Immortal Starry Sky-Chapter 656 - 630 Palace Struggle (Part 2)

Wang Xu continued to stay in the cultivation field, and occasionally he could hear the loud rumbling sounds coming from the Central Palace.

No doubt, the elite students of the Three Great Palaces of Truth had already begun their fierce duels, each showing their brilliance and displaying their strongest abilities in front of everyone.

"Aren't you curious?"

You Ji, dressed in a lazy red robe, was lying in the void, popping grapes into his mouth, and said with a smile, "On the day of the Palace's sanctification, as the first seat of the Eternal Palace, your senior brothers will certainly appear in the duel. If you want to learn about them, this is a great opportunity."

"That's even more reason not to go."

Wang Xu thrust the flame spear in his hand fiercely, and an illusory flaming giant dragon roared and crashed down, blasting a fiery pit in the ground of the cultivation field, "Precisely because I'm a Blade Seat student, attracting too much attention, I don't want to reveal too much."

Other students could go to watch the battles as if nothing was happening, but as the newly admitted focus of the Blade Seat, Wang Xu would undoubtedly cause quite a stir.

Should he be dispatched to the stage at that time, for the honor of the Eternal Palace, he would have to go all out.

In this case, Wang Xu's strength would be completely exposed.

"If your guess about Shulu is correct, I thought once he also came to the Eternal Palace, I don't want to see him again..." Wang Xu paused, sighing inwardly, "Also coming from chaos, if a fight can be avoided, it would be all the better."

If Wang Xu hadn't heard You Ji's words, he would certainly go to the Central Palace to watch the battles now, to chat and drink with Shulu.

But You Ji's words made Wang Xu extremely wary of Shulu.

He believed that as long as he and Shulu met, sooner or later they would fight desperately against each other.

Wang Xu did not want to accept this thing happening deep in his heart.

"You're right; eventually, you two will have a battle. The deeper you preserve your strength, the more at ease you'll face Shulu in the future!" You Ji's eyes sparkled.

"Hmm?"

As he was speaking, suddenly You Ji's eyes condensed, his body paused, and he raised his head sharply looking into the distance, frowning.

"You Ji, what's wrong?" Wang Xu noticed You Ji's change.

"I sensed something unusual, like... the same kind, damn it! It's Shulu!"

You Ji's pupils contracted, and upon hearing this, Wang Xu, as if touched by electricity, his body soared into the air in an instant!

Buzz~~

A dull sound echoed as Wang Xu directly collided with an arc-shaped green barrier.

"An array..." Wang Xu's gaze darkened.

"You didn't notice even the arrays I set up, Wang Xu, you really disappoint me." A taunting laughter came from the other side, Wang Xu stared intently, and immediately saw Shulu walking in from outside the array.

His robe fluttered, his long hair moved without wind, Shulu looked up at Wang Xu in the void, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

"Are you crazy, fighting in the Eternal Palace?" Wang Xu asked coldly, without harboring any luck left, Shulu's appearance had utterly wiped clean any lingering feeling towards his hometown from Wang Xu's heart about Shulu.

Within the Three Great Palaces of Truth, no students from other Palaces of Truth were allowed to enter without permission, let alone harm students of the same palace within its bounds.

Shulu's act violated the iron-clad rules of the Three Great Palaces of Truth.

"I have set up an isolating grand array, everyone is focused on the student battles in the Central Palace, who would care about here?" Shulu laughed disdainfully, "Furthermore, as long as I fight quickly and leave in time, no one will find out."

"Looks like today, you and I must fight." Wang Xu's gaze deepened.

"Don't make it sound so noble, I'm simply here to take your life. If anything, you should thank me for letting you live a few hundred years longer, if I'd taken your life at the Purple Moisture Restricted Area, could you even stand here talking to me now?"

Shulu smiled slightly, grabbing a flaming spear in the void, pointing it directly at Wang Xu, "Stop struggling, accept your fate, your Chaos Devouring Fire, I'll take it for you!"

Once these words fell, boom!

An invisible heatwave swept open, the mountain peak under Shulu's feet exploded violently, and Wang Xu's Palace Mansion and cultivation field collapsed in an instant, a mysterious giant green array appeared!

Wang Xu brushed his space ring, the Bone Saber flew out, grabbed firmly in his hand, his burning gaze fixed on Shulu.

Shulu and Wang Xu exchanged a glance, battle intent soared to the skies, in the next second, both figures disappeared from their original places!

Bang bang bang!

In just the blink of an eye, the sounds of explosive blasts thundered within the range covered by the array, the two already clashing weapons.

Indeed, Shulu came well prepared, within the array chaos reigned, yet not a sound transmitted outside, even from outside looking in, the mountain appeared as serene and unchanged as ever.

...

Central Palace.

"Hmm?"

Sitting at the central seat of the highest platform, the golden ears of the Venerable Gua Ao twitched, his gaze no longer focused on the student battles below.

"Gua Ao, it seems your little guy from the Eternal Palace is quite unwilling to stay lonely."

Beside the Venerable Gua Ao, a young man in white robes, shrouded in a platinum mist, with a dim and ethereal face like residing among clouds, exhibiting an aura of holy grace, inviolably sacred, smiled and spoke.

The young man in white, who could sit beside Gua Ao Venerable, on equal terms, was undoubtedly one of the three Venerables of the Ganges Realm — the governor of the Supreme Palace, Venerable Fulu!

"One is a new student of the Blade Seat, Tai Xu, and the other... is from the Supreme Palace's young ones." A trace of golden light flashed in Gua Ao Venerable's blue eyes, seeing scenes others could not fathom. He then looked towards the other side, at an elderly man dressed in vintage attire with white hair, "Yaoze, he's one of your Supreme Palace's students, yet he acted in my Eternal Palace, violating the iron laws set by the Three Great Palaces of Truth."

This white-haired old man appeared to lack any noble aura of a Venerable, nor did he exude the dominating majesty of a ruler over all living beings in the Ganges Realm, appearing no different from an ordinary elderly mortal.

Yet, he was indeed one of the most esteemed amongst the three Venerables of the Ganges Realm — the governor of the Supreme Palace, Venerable Yaoze!

"Today is the day of the palace visit, all conflicts shouldn't count as violating the iron laws." Venerable Yaoze spoke expressionlessly.

Among the three Venerables, Gua Ao and Fulu Venerable always met people with smiles, but Yaoze Venerable's face never showed any expression, no matter what happened, his face and eyes were always devoid of any emotion.

"Yaoze is right, the day of the palace visit, conflicts among students shouldn't count as violating the iron laws, and observing their battle, it's definitely more exciting than these 'performances' before us." Fulu Venerable said with a smile.

Gua Ao Venerable glanced at the stage below, where two students were fiercely fighting, with dazzling radiance flashing across the sky accompanied by continuous roaring sounds, shaking his head.

Indeed, this purely seemed like a performance.

It seemed as if the students were trying their best to defeat each other, showing all their techniques to make the fight exciting, but all the participating students knew, this was just sparring, just a competition, without any fear of life or death!

The Venerables, governing seats, and students of the Three Great Palaces of Truth would never allow their palace's students to be killed, and should an accident occur, they would go all out to stop death from happening.

Without death, without the terrifying stimulus of life and death, such a competition could only be regarded as a "performance."

"An Early Stage Emperor Spirit Realm, and a Middle Stage Emperor Spirit Realm, which one do you favor?" Fulu Venerable asked.

"I lean towards my palace's student." Gua Ao Venerable replied.

"Shu Lu." Yaoze Venerable said faintly.

"Given the situation, I too believe that the Middle Stage Emperor Spirit Realm's young one has a great chance of winning." Fulu Venerable laughed.

The three of them gazed at the stage below, seemingly focused on the students' battle, but in reality, there was golden light rising in their eyes, and their attention was no longer in this place.

Meanwhile, within the array, the fiercely fighting Wang Xu and Shu Lu, were completely unaware that the three Venerables had already noticed their situation at the first moment, and could not believe that the three Venerables would simultaneously focus on the duel of these two not quite 'elite' students!

"Wang Xu! Stop resisting stubbornly, give up! You are destined to be defeated by me!"

Shu Lu yelled furiously while attacking.

He stood in the void, holding a finely crafted fan shrouded in a blood mist, his head surrounded by a sea of fire, and as he waved the fan, a rain of fire poured down.

On the other side, a red-and-white Chaos Devouring Fire formed a human-sized "cocoon," enveloping Wang Xu, resisting the corrosion of the fire rain, with flames rippling on the surface continuously.

"Shu Lu's Chaos Devouring Fire is strong!"

You Ji said in a deep voice, "He's stronger than when you encountered him hundreds of years ago!"

Wang Xu nodded solemnly.

He could sense how powerful the force Shu Lu was exhibiting at the moment was, not at the same level as when he met him in the Purple Moisture Restricted Area hundreds of years ago.

"I guess over the centuries he devoured quite a few cores, elevating his realm to the Middle Stage Emperor Spirit Realm, with his true strength now completely comparable to a sub-Venerable."

Boom boom boom!

Within the flaming cocoon, Wang Xu remained composed, while outside, explosions raged, never-ending, deafening.

"To have survived under my hand till now, you can also boast, but now, die!"

Fiery substance flickered in Shu Lu's eyes, his murderous intent overwhelming, as he shook the exquisite fan, it instantly transformed into a fierce, sharp long spear, its tip swallowing flames.

Holding the long spear, Shu Lu thrust towards the flaming cocoon!

"Cannot withstand this strike!"

If taken head-on, You Ji would be severely injured by Shu Lu's full-force attack!

The Perfect combination could let Wang Xu remain unscathed, yet he'd still be affected.

Moreover, Wang Xu could now only rely on the Chaos Devouring Fire; if You Ji were to be severely injured, Wang Xu's death wouldn't be far off.

Swoosh!

The flame cocoon suddenly shattered into countless flame fragments, scattering around Wang Xu.

"Resisting futilely is useless, stop struggling, just surrender obediently, and I might consider giving you a swift death!" Shu Lu's face was twisted, the flame spear only a few meters from Wang Xu's face!

"Assault"!

The flame spear pierced through Wang Xu's body, but it was merely an afterimage, as Wang Xu reappeared on the other end.

"Truth Secret Technique? To have cultivated the Truth Secret Technique to such a degree in such a short time, Wang Xu can indeed be considered a genius."

Shu Lu relentlessly pursued, stabbing continuously with the flame spear.

Relying on "Assault", Wang Xu dodged most attacks, but as the technique hadn't reached Perfection, he couldn't unleash extraordinary power, and could only choose to meet Shu Lu's flame spear head-on for those he couldn't evade.

"Whoa..." Hit by the flame spear, Wang Xu's body smashed into the green array barrier like a cannonball, spewing a mouthful of blood, his face pale as paper, while a conspicuous crack appeared on his core with a 'crack.' (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com), monthly tickets and recommendations. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)