Chapter 11: Great Que Awakens, Azure Dragon Dynasty’s Skies Shake!
by post_api“Good! Very good! Excellent!”
“Who dares speak to this Family Head like that?”
“Today, I shall grind your bones, scatter your ashes, annihilate your clan, and dig up your graves!”
After Qin Xuan finished his verbal assault, flames seemed to roar within the Patriarch of the Han Family’s heart.
Pure fury filled him, making his eyelids twitch uncontrollably.
Ever since he broke through to the Rotating Sea Realm and became Patriarch of the Han Family, he hadn’t heard anyone bold enough to challenge him, let alone endure a direct, public, and thorough dressing-down like Qin Xuan had just delivered.
Only one thought burned in his mind: Kill everyone present connected to Qin Xuan!
Kill them all! Annihilate their clan!
BOOM!!
As the Patriarch’s furious roar echoed, an overwhelming, powerful aura instantly exploded outward, sweeping in all directions.
The peak pressure of the 9th level Rotating Sea Realm weighed down on everyone present, making it even hard to breathe.
Yet, Qin Xuan remained expressionless.
“Great Que, let his blood herald your awakening!”
“Wave Breaking Sword Art, breaking a Thousand Layered Waves!”
Facing the charging Patriarch of the Han Family, Qin Xuan also stepped forward.
His white robes fluttered, and his pupils instantly tinted a blazing gold, as if two suns burned within.
With his right hand, he swiftly drew the Great Que Sword from his back.
Another step forward, both hands gripping the hilt fiercely.
Swirling energy and pure Solar Divine Power surged onto the blade’s edge as he brought the sword down in a mighty slash towards the Patriarch!
ROAR!!
Searing, explosive heat waves crashed outward. To the crowd’s stunned eyes, a single swing from Qin Xuan unleashed a thousand streaks of Sword Qi!
These thousand streaks surged like tidal waves, carrying the force to topple mountains and infused with the world’s most scorching Solar Divine Power.
Like rolling waves of fire dancing upon the sun’s surface, capable of incinerating everything to ash!
“A petty Divine Martial Realm little master! So what if you grasp Sword Intent? My foundation is unshakeable by the likes of you!”
“Sky-Parting Wind Dragon Sword!”
Seeing Qin Xuan strike first, a trace of disdain flashed across the Patriarch of the Han Family’s face.
Though Qin Xuan’s talent was indeed rare, grasping Sword Intent while still in the Divine Martial Realm, the gap between them was a full major realm – a chasm vast as the heavens! Even Sword Intent couldn’t bridge that!
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!
The Patriarch of the Han Family swept his sword forward.
Wind and clouds churned violently in the void. Sword Qi spun fiercely, forming a whirlwind.
From within this cyclone of Sword Qi, a Sword Qi dragon broke free, clashing head-on with Qin Xuan’s thousand-layered Sword Waves!
KABOOOM!!
A deafening explosion shook the air.
The collision of these two mighty martial techniques sent waves of visible energy rippling through the void.
Onlookers felt their hearts pounding furiously; caught in the epicenter, they’d have been vaporized instantly.
Qin Family members stared at Qin Xuan, utterly dumbfounded.
The Qin Xuan they remembered? Just a Blood Moving Realm training failure!
How had he suddenly become a Peerless Prodigy capable of clashing with a Grandmaster?
Qin Daorong and Qin Jinglong, both injured earlier by the Patriarch of the Han Family, felt their eyeballs might pop out.
They’d thought their return in glory meant they were the strongest and most respected within the Qin Family.
Never had they imagined their own clan nurtured such a little monster!
A Divine Martial Realm Master, bolstered by Sword Intent, actually fighting toe-to-toe with the Patriarch of the Han Family at the peak of the 9th level Rotating Sea Realm!
Win or lose, survive or fall, Qin Xuan’s name would ring throughout the Azure Dragon Dynasty after this battle!
The energy waves from the explosion faded in the void.
Two figures reappeared within the crowd’s sight.
“Qin Xuan of the Qin Family… really held his ground against the Patriarch of the Han Family?!”
“Absolutely terrifying! A Divine Martial Realm Master, matching a peak Grandmaster of the 9th level Rotating Sea Realm blow for blow! A Heaven’s Pride who grasps Sword Intent is truly peerless within their realm!”
Seeing both figures reappear, the onlookers could no longer hold back their shock, murmuring aloud.
Hearing their whispers, the Patriarch of the Han Family’s expression soured.
Match him blow for blow? He was merely testing this Qin bastard!
How could a little Qin thief ever be considered his equal?!
Fueled by rage, he channeled Spiritual Energy through his entire body.
An even mightier, more overwhelming aura slowly began to rise from him.
Within its essence, it seemed to tremble, threatening to shatter the very barrier between the Rotating Sea Realm and the Palace of Dao Realm!
Raising his power to its peak, the Patriarch of the Han Family lifted his longsword high.
An aura of terrifying power condensed on its blade, freezing the blood of all who felt it.
“Hiss! The Patriarch didn’t even go all out with his last sword strike! This one now… its power is monstrous!”
“Truth! Such a horrifying strike… can this Qin Family prodigy still withstand it?”
Feeling the Patriarch’s power climb again, the crowd collectively gasped.
Qin Family members watched with growing anxiety for Qin Xuan.
The gap in their realms was simply too vast! A single layer of Sword Intent couldn’t possibly bridge it!
“How will you block this strike?”
The Patriarch of the Han Family glared at Qin Xuan, his voice heavy with power.
Faced with the Patriarch’s heightened combat strength, Qin Xuan showed no fear. Instead, a faint smile touched his lips.
“Old thief, who told you I’ve only grasped one layer of Sword Intent?”
BOOM!
His words dropped like a boulder onto calm water, sending massive ripples through everyone’s hearts.
“Impossible! Utterly impossible! Even one layer of Sword Intent is incredibly rare, grasped by few even among Palace of Dao Realm greats. Two layers…?!”
“Exactly! Two layers?! Even legendary Grotto-Heaven Realm Colossuses, powers capable of moving mountains and filling seas, struggle to comprehend that!”
Qin Xuan’s claim was met with universal disbelief.
For them, one layer of Sword Intent was already a legend.
Two layers? That was pure myth!
Ignoring their stunned exclamations, Qin Xuan slowly raised the Great Que Sword.
He released the full, flowing Sword Intent within him!
He’d used only one layer earlier to gauge its effect on his combat strength.
Now, he knew.
With one layer of Sword Intent boost: Peerless beneath the Palace of Dao Realm!
As for two layers… we’ll see with this sword strike!
HWEEEEE!
As Qin Xuan lifted Great Que,
Innumerable streaks of Sword Qi manifested throughout the heavens and earth.
They churned violently in the void, emitting sharp, metallic cries.
Every longsword within a hundred-mile radius vibrated intensely, buzzing fiercely; some even seemed on the verge of flying from their owners’ grasps.
Unleashing the full Second-Layer Sword Intent, Qin Xuan’s sharp gaze locked onto the Patriarch of the Han Family.
“Wave Breaking Sword Art, breaking a Thousand Layered Waves!”
BOOOM!
Once again, a thousand streaks of Sword Qi formed rolling, relentless Sword Waves in the void.
But this time, the waves carried a destructive aura hundreds of times more terrifying than before!
“Patriarch of the Han Family, how will you block this strike?”
Qin Xuan looked at the Patriarch, throwing his own words back at him.
Across from him, the Patriarch’s face had already drained of color the instant he sensed the Second-Layer Sword Intent.
Block?
That was Second-Layer Sword Intent! Block it with what?
Primordial fear surged within him.
The Patriarch had only one thought now:
Run!
Beneath the thunderstruck gazes of the crowd, the Patriarch of the Han Family instantly bolted backward, fleeing desperately.
But how could his speed ever hope to outrun the speed of light—or sword light?!
“AAAAHHH!!”
A bloody shriek tore through the air.
Far off on the horizon, a streak of crimson bloomed amidst the clouds.
The peak Grandmaster of the 9th level Rotating Sea Realm… the Patriarch of the Han Family… was dead!
Staring at the distant crimson stain, fear swallowed the nine Han Family elders whole.
Their Patriarch… dead just like that?
So… would they live?
Some turned their desperate gazes towards Qin Xuan, hoping to plead.
Others, like their fallen Patriarch, spun around and fled outright.
Choice mattered not.
The outcome remained the same.
Under the petrified stares of the onlookers, Qin Xuan stepped onto a wisp of cloudy energy.
His speed exploded tenfold.
Then… one sword strike per Grandmaster.
Nine strikes later… a rain of blood fell from the sky!
The Imperial City experts watched the graceful young man walking serenely through the crimson downpour.
His white robes remained untainted by a single drop of crimson.
One thought echoed simultaneously within all their minds:
The Qin Family… would rise!
The sky of the Azure Dragon Dynasty… was about to change!
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