Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Having a system installed in his mind, Jun Xiaoyao was born with both invincible talents and background.
He was destined to be the one to rule that era he was born in.
Every other genius out there who acted like a lead character would be reduced to side characters playing out in his story; their brilliance would never surpass his.
It was even more so for Xiao Chen, who seemed to have just been born with a bit of luck.
“You…”
Xiao Chen clenched his fist and gritted his teeth.
Truth to be told, having suffered such a complete defeat and looking so downtrodden were things that he never anticipated could happen to him.
All that humiliation was now raging within his mind.
He was no longer able to say anything that even sounded remotely cocky.
The fact before their eyes was louder than any words that could be spoken.
Bai Yu’er stood out from the crowd and said, “Enough, Xiao Chen. The divine child is so powerful that he could have easily killed you if he wanted. He’s already showing mercy right now.”
She was so utterly disappointed in Xiao Chen that she had nullified their engagement.
Then again, they had once been considered childhood friends. Thus, they were still acquainted despite not being all that close in the first place.
Even so, that was all there was to it.
Seething with rage, Xiao Chen then shouted in extreme anger, “Shut up, slut! Do I look like I need Jun Xiaoyao’s mercy!?”
Bai Yu’er said that out of kindness, yet all those words simply angered Xiao Chen even further.
His eyes were about to be filled with dejection and defeat, yet they were newly reignited with flames of indignation and frustration.
‘That fool… She truly does know how to make enemies for me…’ Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.
However, he found the turn of events suited him all the same.
That was because Jun Xiaoyao currently had yet another plan in his mind.
“You… fine, then just treat me like I’m the bad guy here!”
Xiao Chen’s insistent accusation of her being a slut made Bai Yu’er turned glum again. Whatever remaining affinity they shared immediately dissipated.
Xiao Chen’s chest heaved as he panted.
He knew that he no longer had any way of beating Jun Xiaoyao on that day.
Xiao Chen clenched his fist so hard that his nails were driven into his hand, causing him to feel a very sharp pain.
He shot cold glares at both Bai Yu’er and Jun Xiaoyao before declaring, “Don’t you think you can stay cocky for long, Jun Xiaoyao. Fate wouldn’t always be on your side. You better not look down on the underdog.”
“I shall fight you again three years from now!” Xiao Chen said with a determined and sorrowful look on his bloodstained, handsome face.
Some girls from the Jun family did somehow find his magnanimity rather admirable.
That unyielding spirit that Xiao Chen showed at that moment did make him look rather dashing.
Xiao Chen, who finished making his pompous declaration, turned around and walked out of the combat arena, dragging his grievously wounded body and leaving bloodied footprints behind.
Even Bai Yu’er was left slightly shocked by what she was currently seeing.
She seemed to be able to see how Xiao Chen would one day command the skies as a dragon in human form.
However, a cold voice rang out.
“Hold on…”
Xiao Chen halted right where he stood upon hearing the voice.
“Did I say anything about letting you leave?” Jun Xiaoyao wore a rather amused expression as he stood with his hands behind his back.
‘You think that you could just throw down some classic, magnificent lines, and just leave the place without repercussions like you’re some sort of big shot? Boy, you’re quite the fool, Xiao Chen,’ he said
“What… what do you want?”
Xiao Chen turned around with a stiff look on his face.
He wondered why Jun Xiaoyao, the divine child of the Jun family who should be very generous and merciful, wasn’t going to just let him leave so he can come back and smack the younger man down in three years.
He wondered why Jun Xiaoyao was acting so unconventionally.
“You think you could just leave like that, throwing down such hard lines at me, the divine child, in the Jun family’s estate? What do you take the Jun family for, huh? What do you take me, the divine child, for?” Jun Xiaoyao wore a cold smirk and continued.
“What else do you want then? Are you that scared that I would beat you three years later?” A tinge of desperation and panic was seen in Xiao Chen’s eyes, which he suppressed and forced himself to act calm.
Jun Xiaoyao wore a faint grin and said, “Heh, don’t try to prod me. Then again, I do have no intention of killing you right now.”
“What are you playing at then?” Xiao Chen was somewhat relieved when he heard that, but he still refused to let his guard down.
“I’m not gonna kill you, but I’m not gonna just let you walk scot-free either. I’m taking a liking to your dragon qi.”
Jun Xiaoyao made his move as soon as he finished the line.
The golden spirit sea in his body surged as his powers were brought out, which was then conjured into a huge hand grabbing Xiao Chen.
“You despicable as**ole!” Xiao Chen’s expression changed drastically as he turned around and ran.
However, he was still knocked over by a single swat from that golden hand.
Jun Xiaoyao then grabbed at the air. A howl of the dragon was then heard from within Xiao Chen’s body.
An ethereal specter of the blue dragon was instantly yanked out by Jun Xiaoyao.
That was the manifestation of the dragon qi Xiao Chen had.
“No! My dragon qi!” Xiao Chen’s eyes were bloodshot as he yelled in a frenzy.
“Shut up!” Jun Xiaoyao slapped him once more.
A rumble was heard, followed by the harrowing sound of bones snapping.
Over half of the bones in Xiao Chen’s body had snapped, while blood spilled from his mouth as if it came from a spring.
“You… you severed all of my meridians!?”
With an ashen expression, Xiao Chen’s seemed to want to bite down on his jaw.
While Jun Xiaoyao didn’t kill Xiao Chen, he had practically crippled the other man nonetheless.
By doing so, all that talk about three years later was rendered null. Even if Xiao Chen were to work at it for 300 or even 3000 years, there was no way he could beat Jun Xiaoyao.
“Jun… Xiao…Yao…” Xiao Chen uttered every single word of the other man’s name with seething hatred and anguish seen in his eyes.
The disciples of the Jun family around them shuddered slightly as well, feeling chilled to the core.
That was the first time they saw just how cold and brutal Jun Xiaoyao could be.
An elder who was watching from midair grinned and commented, “Zhantian, Xiaoyao has quite the way of going about his business.”
“That’s how it should be. The more brutal he is, the more relieved I’ll be,” Jun Zhantian replied with a smile.
None of them found anything wrong with the course of action that Jun Xiaoyao had chosen. On the contrary, they instead thought that it was all very normal.
Things that were even more brutal awaited on his path to becoming an emperor in the future. His current acts were hardly considered something worth mentioning.
Jun Xiaoyao then absorbed that dragon qi without hesitation, still standing at the combat arena right before the man that he took it from.
Explosions were continuously heard from within his body.
Those were the sounds of the granules of the giant elephant awakening.
Another 10000 granules of the giant elephant were awakened within his body by the time he was done absorbing over half of that dragon qi he took.
He had currently awakened 30000 granules of the giant elephant in total, which meant that he would be able to bring about a harrowing 300 million catties of force with his attacks.
That was not all. Jun Xiaoyao then sensed that the dragon qi was also nourishing his Sacred Body of the Ancients, which had been incredibly powerful, to begin with. That made it even more unbelievably tough.
Other than that, a layer of blue glow seemed to be traveling under his skin, which he could conjure into a layer of inner armor made of dragon scale whenever he needed.
What a reward indeed. Jun Xiaoyao nodded his head slightly.
He then infused whatever was left from the dragon qi that he had yet to absorb into Bai Yu’er’s body.
“Sir, you…” Bai Yu’er was very shocked. She never thought that Jun Xiaoyao would do such a thing.
Jun Xiaoyao simply said, “You have the Divine Fire of the Phoenix in you. That bit of dragon qi should work well to enhance and complement your powers.”
He was simply doing so to win over the hearts of those he considered his own.
He needed Bai Yu’er to manage the Ancient Kingdom of Phoenix for him in the future, so it was imperative for her to not be too weak.
“You have my utmost gratitude, Sir Divine Child!” Bai Yu’er was so touched that one could see tears glittering in her eyes.
That grace was tantamount to giving her a new lease on life.
Xiao Chen, who had just witnessed all of that before his eyes, was unable to help but spit out yet another burst of blood.
He was furious.
He felt as if all of his organs were burning so much that they were about to be charred.
Not only did Jun Xiaoyao absorb that dragon qi that had been his right before his eyes, the other man actually gifted a small part of it to the girl who had been his fiancé not too long ago.
He saw how his former fiancé, Bai Yu’er, looking like she was Jun Xiaoyao’s property as she knelt and thank the other man.
Xiao Chen was so furious that he felt as if he was about to pass out.
Jun Xiaoyao saw it all and said earnestly, “Don’t be angry, Xiao Chen. Think of this as me doing you a favor by taking your dragon qi and crippling you.”
All lead characters had gone through unspeakable hardships and adversaries during their journeys, after all.
Nobody who had never been crippled before dared to even claim themselves to be lead characters.
One could easily see that Jun Xiaoyao was genuinely trying his best to help Xiao Chen if they were to see it from such a perspective.
Xiao Chen had gotten even more furious hearing all that. He shuddered all over until he eventually yelled in sorrow, unable to take it anymore. He threw a tantrum with whatever energy he had remaining before spewing more blood and passing out.