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Chapter 252: Commandery Princess Zhenling
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
A tall, lean Elder wearing a grey gown walked through the blizzard . He had an aquiline nose, deep eyes and long grey hair parted down the middle that flowed down to the ground .
Strong wind power flowed around him, giving off a swishing sound that split the air .
A closer look quickly revealed that there was nothing under the Grey Gowned Elder's robe . The elder had no legs; wind power alone kept him floating three feet off the ground .
His control over wind power had reached a superb and perfect Realm .
Han Qiu crawled out of the sunken pit and breathed heavily . There were more than ten bloody wounds on her body, but luckily they were all non-fatal flesh wounds .
"SWISH!"
The Ancient White Jade Sword fell from 30 meters in the air and returned to her hand .
Han Qiu gripped her sword and stood, a murderous look in her eyes . "Master Huo," she said in a deep voice, "are you going to kill me?"
The Grey Gowned Elder was called Huo Jingcheng . He was the presbyter of Yuntai Suzerain as well as the Royal Family member of the Square Commandery . His cultivation had reached the Initial Stage of the Heaven Realm .
Back when Huo Jingcheng was in the Earth Realm, he was a twofold genius whose fighting capabilities spanned two Realms .
After his breakthrough into the Heaven Realm, a group of people had broken his legs . This incident cut off the Meridians of his lower body, which restricted his blood flow and reduced his power .
Despite this, his present fighting abilities still allowed him to surpass the limits of his Realms .
Huo Jingcheng smiled mercilessly . "For the safety of the Square Commandery, you and Zhang Ruochen must die . I'm sorry about this, Qiu'er, but I have no choice . "
"Zhang Ruochen? Who is he?" Han Qiu asked, giving him a perplexed look .
Huo Jingcheng sneered . "Don't play the fool," he said . "If you don't hand over that account book right now, I'll make you wish you could die . "
"I'm curious," Han Qiu said . "Why did you decide to secretly collaborate with the Black Market, even though the Yuntai Suzerain treated the Square Commandery with kindness and generosity?"
Huo Jingcheng sneered . "Treating us kindly and generously? The Yuntai Suzerain extorts more than half of its resources, money and labor force from the Western Nine Prefectures . We send a great number of Practice resources and silver coins to Yuntai Suzerain, and what has the Square Commandery got to show for it? At least, our cooperation with the Black Market benefits us a lot since we trade as equals . "
Han Qiu was annoyed by his words . "How could you have cultivated to the Heaven Realm and become a superbly strong Martial Artist without the help of the Yuntai Suzerain?" she asked . "If the Yuntai Suzerain hadn't helped defend you against the savage beasts in Omen Ridge, I fear those beasts would have ruined the whole Square Commandery . Your civilization would have been destroyed and reduced to another barren wilderness . "
"Cut the cr**p; who has the account book?" Huo Jingcheng asked .
"Whoever has it, you won't be able to take it from them," Han Qiu replied .
"Swish!"
A fierce gust of wind blew as Huo Jingcheng moved as quickly as the speed of sound . His flight stirred vibrations in the surrounding Spiritual Qi of the universe .
Han Qiu saw Huo Jing Cheng, who stood more than ten meters away, blur across that distance and appear before her in a single moment . He reached out with two hands clenched into claws, seeking to seize Han Qiu by her throat .
"Reverse the Universe . "
The Genuine Qi inside Han Qiu's body poured out like a flood . Her skin took on the hue of divine, translucent jade, shining with light that glared like the burning sun .
Suddenly, she leapt over Huo Jingcheng's head with a swishing sound and struck towards his head .
Hands seizing only empty air, Huo Jingcheng looked up towards the sky the moment he felt the fluctuation of Genuine Qi . He raised a clenched fist towards the sky and roared, "Mountain-crashing Tiger Fist!"
"BOOM!"
The ground cracked beneath Huo Jingcheng's feet as the strong power of his palm blasted him back down . His Genuine Qi spread in all directions .
Huo Jingcheng grinned hideously: "Is that the Holy Universe Reaching Skill? Such a pity you lack the experience to use it . "
"Bam!"
Huo Jingcheng's body shrank and sank directly into the ground, leaving a deep hole in the earth .
Han Qiu withdrew her palm and fell back to the ground, staring down at the hole . Suddenly, fluctuations of Genuine Qi appeared behind her .
Her expression changed . Before she could turn, she felt the strong power of a fist rushing towards her back .
Huo Jingcheng sprang up from the ground behind her and struck Han Qiu's back .
In that moment, Han Qiu infused the jade bead on her wrist with Genuine Qi . The inscription emerged from the jade bead and condensed into a two-meter long Light Shield behind her back .
Ripples spread along the Light Shield in circles as Huo Jingcheng struck it with a loud "Boom" .
The Light Shield impeded the power of his fist . As a result, Han Qiu was flung forwards without suffering any injury .
"Body-protecting jade bead!"
Huo Jingcheng sneered: "How many of my fists can you withstand, I wonder?"
Huo Jingcheng rushed in again, wind blades gathering around his fists as he punched .
Han Qiu was very anxious; she could not compete against Huo Jingcheng with her present cultivation .
Though she had reached the "Three-and-a-half Realm", there was a three-realm gap between the Completion of the Earth Realm and the Initial Stage of the Heaven Realm .
Generally she could compete against warriors from the Initial Stage of the Heaven Realm, but she definitively didn't stand a chance against strong ones like Huo Jingcheng .
Han Qiu defended herself against Huo Jingcheng's attacks while looking towards where Zhang Ruochen was .
She realized that Zhang Ruochen had vanished from the spot where he fell .
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