Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 683: Slap in the Face

Shi Hao looked at the Purple Gold Rat, and the Purple Gold Rat looked back at him.

They had struck it rich!

The River of Time, ah, it wasn’t just a small puddle, but the actual River of Time.

"Little Stone, tell Grandpa, Grandpa isn’t dreaming, right?" the Purple Gold Rat was almost in tears.

"Yeah, you are dreaming," Shi Hao nodded.

"Damn, let Grandpa kick you to see if it hurts." The rat said cheekily.

"Why shouldn’t I kick you?"

"Grandpa is afraid of pain!"

"Get lost!"

After a few verbal exchanges, the man and the rat readied themselves, preparing for a big showdown.

"Found you!" Just then, a chilling voice sounded, as if grinding teeth.

Shi Hao turned his head, his gaze slightly sharp.

Nangong Zheng.

He was holding a sword in his hand, and from the tip of the sword, crystal clear fresh blood was dripping, falling to the ground and blooming like plum blossoms.

Shi Hao could sense that his body was covered in a lot of blood.

—He had obviously killed many people on his way here.

Did all these people provoke him?

Not necessarily; it was possible they merely appeared on his path, and he killed them.

"You killed a lot of people," Shi Hao said.

This was not a question, but a statement.

Nangong Zheng didn’t hurry to make a move. With no special environmental restrictions, Shi Hao, no matter how capable, could not possibly escape from his palm.

He looked at this ant, whose appearance was exceptionally handsome, truly unrivaled by many, but to think that the Founding King Court dared to extract a tooth from the tiger’s mouth, making him stumble like that?

"Correct," he said indifferently, "those who block my path shall be killed without mercy!"

Shi Hao nodded, "When I step into the Supplementing Divine Temple, I surely will send you on your way too!"

"Haha!" Nangong Zheng burst out laughing, "You still think about stepping into the Supplementing Divine Temple? What gives you such confidence?"

"Then just watch," Shi Hao smiled.

"You won’t have such a day!" Nangong Zheng charged at him. Shi Hao had the Mother of Gold hidden on him; he had to secure it.

—Although he had come for something else this time, by comparison, the Mother of Gold was slightly less valuable, but it was still a rare treasure that he couldn’t possibly miss.

Shi Hao laughed heartily and jumped up.

Nangong Zheng attacked, only to hit empty air, but he sneered, "You jump to the sky, thinking you won’t fall—"

Damn!

He hadn’t finished his sentence when he realized something was wrong because Shi Hao showed no signs of falling but was instead rising higher.

This obviously didn’t make sense.

In this area, the formation in the palace suffered severe damage, and gravity was extremely strong. In his opinion, a person from the Founding King Court could only jump up to about five or six yards at most.

But now?

Shi Hao had already ascended to a height of thirty yards!

Keep in mind, he could only jump that high himself.

How is this possible!

He quickly also jumped up, chasing after Shi Hao.

However, when he reached his height limit—indeed only thirty-two yards—Shi Hao had already reached fifty yards.

Dammit!

This was a blatant slap in the face.

He hadn’t even finished his sentence, and Shi Hao had already fiercely slapped his face, such an immense humiliation.

Nangong Zheng hurriedly made his move, launching an attack at Shi Hao.

It was only a difference of twenty yards; he could definitely knock Shi Hao down.

He was now quite intrigued by this ant. What allowed him to defy gravity and jump to such a height?

No, if you were to go even higher, it wouldn’t be called jumping anymore, but flying!

Could the mere Founding King Court actually fly?

Isn’t that a huge joke?

Therefore, this person must be harboring a great secret, and he must obtain it.

Boom, a massive black hand reached out towards Shi Hao, the aura of the Supplementing Divine Temple fully unleashed, terrifyingly boundless.

Shi Hao snorted, suddenly accelerating.

Little Star Universe allowed him to be untouchable by all methods, but Nangong Zheng’s attack didn’t work.

The gravity here even affected the force exerted, as the giant hand slowed down increasingly in its attempt to catch Shi Hao and ultimately disintegrated under the influence of gravity.

Shi Hao, from a height, looked down upon Nangong Zheng.

One continued to ascend while the other was falling, their distance growing larger.

Nangong Zheng incredulously watched Shi Hao, this guy really could fly!

My God, the Founding King Court could fly, something utterly unimaginable, yet some secret treasures allowed even mortals to roam the skies, which was acceptable.

But what place is this?

What secret treasure could still function here?

Damn it all.

After the shock, Nangong Zheng felt even more anger.

A mere Founding King Court, daring to look down upon him from a height?

Bang, he had already landed on the ground, but Shi Hao was still ascending, still above him.

This feeling, it made him want to commit murder.

You have to come down eventually, you have to get out, and once you leave this place, everyone can fly, so your advantage will be gone, and I will definitely kill you!

...

After ascending more than two hundred feet, Shi Hao finally reached the top of the waterfall.

"Little Stone, let’s cultivate quickly!" the Purple Gold Rat said, "Since the Heavenly Palace allowed us to enter, it indicates that the methods laid out in the palace are about to stop working and the River of Time might not last much longer; let’s immerse ourselves quickly."

Shi Hao nodded, and with a leap, plunged into the River of Time.

He looked toward the ground again, everything had slowed down.

The waterfall appeared almost still, only falling a bit after a long time.

This is a thousand times the speed of time.

Shi Hao took out the Star Core and together with the Purple Gold Rat, they began to refine it.

They refined for one day and rested for three, but under a thousand times the flow of time, four days hardly amounted to even half the time it normally takes an incense stick to burn.

The cultivation of both the man and the rat started soaring.

Aside from refining the Star Core, Shi Hao pondered the way of the blade, taking this opportunity to grasp the third realm of blade mastery.

"Two months" passed, and Shi Hao had reached the peak of the Fourth Kings.

He strived for the Fifth King.

To him, everything before the Ninth King was trivial, and he had long prepared a vast amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to support his breakthrough in the upcoming minor realms.

Just two days later, Shi Hao successfully constructed the fifth layer of the Royal Court.

Fifth King realm.

And this was only the beginning.

Shi Hao continued to cultivate, and "another two months" passed, pushing him to the end of the Fifth King realm, ready to advance further.

Alright, time to challenge the Sixth King.

Next, the Seventh and Eighth Kings were like breaking bamboo—although taking slightly longer time, all together it merely amounted to "one year."

In the River of Time, a year translated to less than even a quarter of an hour.

What astonishing speed was this?

This was definitely a cheated cultivation speed.

This Star Core was also powerful, although it was being refined by a man and a rat, half was still left, and only a third of the River of Time had been utilized.

Shi Hao began his challenge for the Ninth King.