Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 182: The Task is Yours to Execute, You Speak Logically!
High in the sky, the Flying Boat carrying Ning Xuan and San Wu suddenly came to a halt.
"You’ve been following us for quite a while. Come on down," Ning Xuan’s indifferent voice rang out.
Immediately, another Flying Boat appeared before them. Jiang Tao stood proudly atop it, looking down on Ning Xuan. "I didn’t expect we’d meet again."
Ning Xuan asked, "Did Jiang Boya send you?"
Jiang Tao looked displeased. "I am a member of the Jiang Family too. I can decide where I go for myself!"
Ning Xuan asked again, "Then did he not advise you against coming here to die?"
"How arrogant! Come, come, come! Let me see if your strength is truly as formidable as the rumors say!" Jiang Tao beckoned to Ning Xuan. He had been at the Sixth Layer Heavens of the Heavenly Realm for a long time. After Jiang Boya advanced to this realm, Jiang Tao served as his exclusive sparring partner, and their duels pushed his own strength to unprecedented heights. The Ten Clans Grand Competition did not feature battles at suppressed cultivation realms; otherwise, he had absolute confidence that he could rank in the top five against the so-called prodigies of the Ten Clans if they were to fight at the same level.
Upon hearing of Ning Xuan’s power, he was naturally unconvinced. In his eyes, Ning Xuan was nothing more than a frog in a well from the Lower Realm who had gotten lucky.
Ning Xuan shook his head, showing no intention of making a move.
"Didn’t you say I came here to die? Come on, do it! I’m begging you to kill me!" Jiang Tao’s demeanor was haughty, and he grew more convinced that Ning Xuan was afraid of him.
Beside him, San Wu couldn’t watch any longer. She suggested to Ning Xuan, "Big bad guy, he’s begging for it. Why not just grant him a quick death?"
"Fine."
The moment Ning Xuan’s words fell, he vanished.
"Hahaha, bring it on! Watch as I..." Jiang Tao roared with laughter.
The next instant, BANG!
Before he could finish his sentence, Ning Xuan’s punch blew him to pieces in the void.
"To think there are still people looking for death these days. I’m always happy to help."
When Ning Xuan landed back on the Flying Boat, the now-empty one opposite them shot into the clouds with a SWOOSH! and vanished.
A short while later, the Flying Boat returned to the larger airship. The two brothers, Jiang Boya and Jiang Bochang, showed no surprise. However, the middle-aged man who had gone to invite Ning Xuan felt his eyes narrow.
The time between Jiang Tao’s departure and the Flying Boat’s autonomous return was too short. This means Ning Xuan killed Jiang Tao in a single move! What’s even more terrifying is that the Flying Boat should have brought back Jiang Tao’s corpse, but now there’s nothing on it but fresh blood. There’s only one possibility: Jiang Tao’s body was completely shattered! One move, and Jiang Tao was blown to pieces, not even a corpse remaining. Ning Xuan’s strength is horrifying! Even I might not be a match for him!
At this thought, he couldn’t help but feel secretly relieved.
Thankfully, I was in a hurry to report back and didn’t attack him earlier. Otherwise, I’d probably be a corpse by now!
"Brother, you are far more experienced than I. How do you think he did it?" Jiang Boya asked the dazed Jiang Bochang.
Jiang Bochang closed his eyes. When he opened them a moment later, the drunken haze in his eyes had vanished.
"A punch! This Flying Boat is still enveloped in a faint punch intent! What’s even more terrifying is that this wasn’t even his strongest punch!" Jiang Bochang’s eyes blazed, but then a trace of gloom flickered through them, and his entire demeanor turned dejected once more. After chugging a few mouthfuls of wine, he left without another word.
"So it really was punch intent, and it’s so similar to my brother’s... If only my brother’s body were unharmed..." Jiang Boya murmured, the hatred in his eyes deepening.
「Below the clouds, aboard the Flying Boat.」
San Wu’s body was tense as she stared unblinkingly in the direction the other Flying Boat had gone.
That guy from the Jiang Family was blown up by the big bad guy’s punch. Jiang Boya will definitely retaliate! I have to keep watch and warn the big bad guy at the first sign of trouble! After all, the big bad guy’s life is mine!
"Alright, they aren’t coming."
This was the eighth time Ning Xuan had said this. San Wu turned a deaf ear, doing as she pleased. Ning Xuan just shook his head and let her be.
He, on the other hand, resumed his cultivation. This time, he wasn’t absorbing the Element Qi of the heavens and earth, but only Heavenly Crystals. The number of Heavenly Crystals he possessed was now quite substantial, so he could afford to be extravagant. However, Ning Xuan soon discovered that as his cultivation realm increased, so did the rate of consumption.
San Wu quickly noticed something was wrong. Seeing that Ning Xuan was still in the mood to cultivate, she was about to speak but snapped her mouth shut.
The big bad guy isn’t arrogant or conceited. If he dares to be this relaxed, it means he’s truly confident they won’t show up.
"How strange. Is the Jiang Family really this forgiving?" she muttered, unable to understand.
After all, the Jiang Family was the undisputed number one family in the Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace. The family once had a prodigy named Jiang Bochang. Not only did he win the Ten Clans Grand Competition of his time, but he also climbed the Heavenly Ladder into the Heavens Beyond, where he supposedly made a great name for himself. Later, a Heavenly Maiden from the Heavens Beyond even fell in love with him. A wild rumor spread throughout the Cloud Summit Heavenly Palace that the Jiang Family would become the first to ascend as a whole!
But then, for some unknown reason, a mishap occurred. Jiang Bochang was crippled.
The other families thought their chance had come, but they never expected the then fourteen-year-old Jiang Boya to rise to the occasion, stunning everyone with his skill. He single-handedly suppressed the other families, preventing them from daring to cause trouble.
And a family like that showed no reaction to someone who killed one of their disciples? San Wu couldn’t puzzle it out.
The same confusion was spreading through the minds of the Jiang Family’s martial artists. As their airship flew farther and farther away, one martial artist could no longer hold back and asked Jiang Boya, "Young Master, are we just going to let this go?"
Jiang Boya countered, "What do you think?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
"Of course we should capture Ning Xuan! Otherwise, he’ll think our Jiang Family is an easy target!"
Jiang Boya nodded. "Well said. Then this task is yours."
The martial artist was stunned.
"What are you waiting for? Go!"
"But..."
Jiang Boya said nothing, merely glancing at him.
The martial artist braced himself and said, "Young Master, could you perhaps assign a few men to me?" He had already realized the problem, but the Young Master’s word was law, and he dared not disobey.
"As long as they are willing, you may command them as you please."
Jiang Boya walked away after saying this.
The martial artist looked at the others, but they all turned their faces away in unison. Left with no choice, he headed to the rear cabin. A quarter of an hour later, he actually managed to persuade five other martial artists to join him. Not daring to linger, he led the five men onto a Flying Boat and departed at top speed.
Behind him, some people watched him go with eyes full of pity. But others, after glancing around, hesitated before speaking.
"Six King Realm martial artists... no matter how heaven-defying that Ning Xuan is, he’s only at the Sixth Layer Heavens of the Heavenly Realm. This should be a sure thing, right?"
Someone immediately responded, "If you’re having second thoughts, you can still chase after them. You can probably still make it."
The man agonized for a moment but ultimately didn’t act. In the period that followed, he was plagued by indecision, sometimes filled with regret, other times with frustration. In the end, he was on the verge of beating his chest and stamping his feet, right up until he saw a Flying Boat returning.
The Flying Boat was empty, splattered with blood.
The man’s hair stood on end, and he was utterly dumbfounded.
