My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

Many more were cut in the chest or head... dying completely before they could even make a sound.

a long time,

The waves of light sliced ​​through the Zhengyangmen city wall, several thousand meters away from the Zichen Palace, before their energy was exhausted and they vanished without a trace.

In this single battle, nearly 10,000 out of the tens of thousands of people at the entire ceremony were affected and killed.

"Run! Run! Get out of here!"

These normally prominent figures, survivors of the catastrophe, stared blankly at the bloody corpses around them, some missing limbs, others heads or halves...

They finally realized that the status and position they usually relied on, and their self-perceived superiority, were all illusions. The cruel reality was that in front of innate martial artists, they were like ants on the ground, easily trampled to death. The so-called power and the so-called army they relied on were all worthless and useless in front of innate martial artists!

Look at the Imperial Guards all around, suffering countless casualties as well. What use are their sturdy armor, sharp weapons, orderly formations, and solemn military spirit? They can't even withstand the aftershocks of a battle between innate martial artists. They... don't even have the right to intervene, let alone watch!

Without force, they wouldn't even know how they died, and countless people began to flee in a frenzy.

Forget the grand ceremony of crowning an empress, forget the great battle between innate warriors. Under the threat of death brought by the battle between innate warriors, all that remained was fear. They only wanted to live, only wanted to leave this place.

The Imperial Guards maintaining order on the outermost perimeter, as well as those maintaining order within the venue, watched this scene unfold, powerless to stop it. Firstly, they too had suffered heavy casualties, with many even harboring the same thought of fleeing; secondly, those who could participate in the coronation ceremony were all of high status and wealth, and they simply could not afford to offend so many people at the same time.

As a result, thousands more people died in the stampede alone.

After the riot, only martial artists of second-rate rank or above, or those with martial artists protecting them, remained at the scene.

Xia Yuxuan was one of them.

Old Master Xiao, who had been hiding in the shadows, also appeared and protected Xia Yuxuan behind him.

Although it's not very useful.

After all, the true energy ripples leaked by innate martial artists during battle are something even grandmasters cannot block; they can only dodge in advance.

Meanwhile, Xia Yuxuan was watching the blurry figures of innate masters fighting in the distance.

And, beside the ruins of the collapsed Zichen Palace, Xia Wuwei sought refuge like a stray dog.

He suddenly felt that his pursuit of the throne for over twenty years was utterly meaningless.

"Elder Xiao, is it really right for me to pursue the throne?"

"This—" Old Xiao didn't know how to answer for a moment.

He naturally knew why Xia Yuxuan asked that question.

After all, what can an emperor do?

If martial arts masters with innate abilities were fighting in your house, you wouldn't even dare to say a word.

Seeing this situation, Xia Yuxuan naturally began to doubt his original intentions.

However, Master Xiao understood even more clearly that innate talent was not something that could be obtained so easily!

On the battlefield, apart from that one freak who appears only once every ten thousand years, which other innate genius isn't a rare and exceptional individual who only appears once every few hundred years?

He was a genius in his youth, becoming a grandmaster before he was even forty. But thirty years have passed, and lo and behold, he's a master of the Innate Realm! Innate Realm... not even a trace of him can be seen.

Only by embarking on the path of martial arts and reaching the level of a grandmaster can one truly understand this despair!

This kind of despair without a shred of hope!

On the contrary, becoming the ruler of a country offers hope!

Old Xiao sighed and said nothing.

Xia Yuxuan didn't ask any more questions. He stared at the stunningly beautiful woman in the battlefield, still dressed in a soft, emerald-green, floral-patterned dress, lost in thought...

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Chapter 234 True Qi Feather Robe

As for the eight major sects, they had already pushed Hui and Tianji back a thousand meters away during their first clash.

At this moment, they were also staring intently at the center of the battlefield.

battlefield.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sonic booms continued to erupt. After hundreds of exchanges, the two were suddenly thrown back and flashed dozens of meters away, facing each other from a distance.

Contrary to expectations of being covered in a mess, neither of them had even torn clothes.

at this time,

Both of their bodies were enveloped by a membrane formed of true energy. Hui's membrane was black, while Tianji Laozu's was blue. This membrane was called the True Energy Feather Robe.

This is a technique for using true qi. When a master of innate level fights with someone of the same level, he will cover his body with a dense layer of true qi, as if he is wearing a garment of true qi. However, although the true qi garment is only a thin layer, it is the hardest armor in the world.

Nothing can break it except true qi.

This is also why innate martial artists are not afraid of ambushes or large numbers of people, because those below the innate level cannot even break through the True Qi Feather Robe, so what use are there if there are more of them?

With nearly 10,000 deaths.

Hui felt nearly ten thousand souls enter her account. Although it was a drop in the ocean and she longed to devour these thousands of souls, she remembered something hidden in the Heavenly Blade Battle Technique. So she endured her "hunger" and only devoured half of them, storing the remaining thousands in her own soul.

The pleasure of consuming thousands of souls brought a look of enjoyment to Hui's face.

Looking at Hui, who seemed to be enjoying himself, the Heavenly Ancestor was puzzled and assumed that Hui was enjoying the battle. He cursed inwardly, "Crazy!"

After the brief exchange just now, Ancestor Tianji had already tested the depth of Hui's abilities.

He had initially thought that Hui had just entered the Innate Realm and her cultivation was not yet stable, so defeating her should be easy. However, after the test just now, the result was unbelievable. In terms of the Innate Realm, Hui's amount of true qi and her understanding of the Heavenly Blade Battle Technique were no less than his own, and her overall combat strength was actually three points stronger than his.

'Is this what a true prodigy is?'

'It's hard to believe she's only just reached marriageable age; she's younger than my own granddaughter.'

'Give her a few more decades...'

'Such prodigies must be nipped in the bud.'

"Brother Xiahou, what are you waiting for? Let's kill this demoness together," said the Heavenly Ancestor.

Xiahou Dun, having witnessed the clash between Tianji Ancestor and Hui, realized that Hui was no ordinary person, and thus, without further hesitation, declared, "Alright!"

After saying that, Xiahou Dun leaped up, his hands forming a strange shape, and he roared, "Six Harmonies Imperial Seal - Brahma and Ghosts Grieve Together!"

The Six Harmonies Imperial Seal is also an innate combat technique. After Xia Yuyu, the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty, obtained the secret manuals of various martial arts schools through coercion, he considered himself extraordinary and wanted to create an innate combat technique that would amaze the world by referring to all the manuals.

As a result, the innate battle technique was created, namely the "Six Harmonies Imperial Seal" used by Xiahou Dun, but whether it was earth-shattering and awe-inspiring is hard to say.

Xiahou Dun unleashed a seal from afar, and a strange golden rune appeared in the void. Although it was hundreds of meters away from Hui, it instantly appeared in front of Hui.

"Huh?! What's this?"

Hui looked at this strange attack; it was the first time she had ever seen such an attack, so she no longer hesitated.

'Never mind, just slash it down!'

"Heavenly Blade Combat Technique - Breaking Edge Strike!!!"

The jet-black longsword in Hui's hand was activated, instantly growing to over ten meters in length and three times its width. Black flames roared on the blade, making it seem as if Hui was holding not a sword, but a burning flame.

He then gripped the knife with both hands, placing it horizontally at his left waist, and suddenly swung it diagonally upwards. A black line shot out from the blade, seemingly tearing open space. In an instant, it traversed several meters, passing through the eerie Brahma Ghost Sorrow Seal and slicing it in two.

Both are true qi, and the Brahma Ghost and the Sorrowful Seal are clearly no match for the Heavenly Blade Battle Technique, which excels in offensive combat.

Strangely, the severed Brahma Demon Seal did not disappear; split in two, it continued to attack Wisdom.

"this!?"

Hui was startled and instantly used the Divine Shadow Vanishing Technique, but a small portion of the Brahma Ghost and Sorrowful Seal still struck Hui.

A strange thing happened. When the Brahma Ghost and the Sorrowful Seal touched the True Qi Feather Robe on Hui's body, they suddenly turned into ferocious and terrifying little babies, frantically devouring the True Qi Feather Robe on Hui's body. In just one breath, a large hole was eaten in the True Qi Feather Robe on Hui's body.

"It's draining my vital energy!"

Hui began to understand the function of the Brahma Ghost Compassion Seal. Fortunately, only a small mark was left on her body. Without further hesitation, Hui used the pitch-black Heavenly Blade to annihilate the little ghosts formed from true energy one by one, just like scraping a cup.

After doing all this, Hui looked at the two menacing figures from a distance.

Hui sneered, "Today I've seen it all. Two grown men, one a so-called sect patriarch, the other a so-called emperor uncle. I thought they were so powerful? Heh, they're just two old hags with white hair, half-dead, only good for bullying weak women like me!"

"you--"

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Ancestor felt a sense of shame.

When Hui publicly exposed his bullying tactics—using numbers to bully the weak, using his age to bully the young, and using men to bully women—Tianji Old Ancestor lost face, which was a great manly virtue.

Upon seeing this, Xiahou Dun said urgently, "Brother Tianji, you must not let this demoness bewitch your Dao heart."

Upon hearing this, Tianji instantly woke up and looked at Hui with an unfriendly expression.

This kind of psychological intervention is effective for innate martial artists who use intention. Once an innate martial artist's mindset becomes inferior, the sword intent and saber intent in their hands will also be weakened considerably.

He was caught off guard just now and almost had his Daoist mind disturbed by Hui.

At this moment, the Heavenly Ancestor retorted without any politeness: "The righteous Heavenly Blade Battle Technique has been used by you in such a vicious and despicable way. If the Heavenly Blade Senior knew this in the afterlife, he would probably die with his eyes wide open in disgrace!"

He also wanted to disrupt Hui's Daoist mind.

But Hui said, "You old codger, you've spent your whole life learning swordsmanship, but in the end you're controlled by the sword. No wonder you can't even beat that messy bunch around you."

"this--"

Upon hearing Hui's words, Tianji seemed to have a sudden realization.

Seeing this, Xiahou Dun spoke up again: "Brother Tianji, wake up, don't forget that we are in the middle of a battle."

"Ah, that was close. This girl's mouth is really sharp; I almost fell for her trick."

Tianji felt a bit scared afterward.

Xiahou Dun was clearly more experienced in this area. He said to Hui Shen with righteous indignation, "You witch, you have spread falsehoods and confused the masses. Today we will act on behalf of Heaven and restore a bright and clear world!"

"Oh, acting on behalf of Heaven! But I wonder how you're going to do it? Is it in bed? By the way, you two old geezers are so old, can you still get hard?"

Upon hearing Hui's words, Xiahou Dun couldn't help but get angry, as a stunningly beautiful woman had publicly declared: You're no good!

It's still not working in that area.

No man could tolerate that.

"You vixen, don't you have any shame?" the Heavenly Ancestor said, somewhat exasperated.