The Heavenly Road: God Hunters
Ch61 Demon Sword
"Bruck..!!!"
"That kid-!! Why is it so hard to set-up!!"
Manager Row growled to the point of hitting the stone table before him, not only did Asta disobey him as well as release the claws in his hands.
"Already Brother Row let his name is also a young boy he must be in the phase of wanting to become a famous person. You let it go anyway it's almost similar to the nature of Kak Row first," Emperor Arkhan tried to comfort him while smiling withholding laughter.
"I told you that brat isn't a boy you can handle" Zaru laughed at Row.
"Stop complaining. After all it's time we showed the world this," Ace prepared to agree with what Asta did.
"It's good that there are no spies if there are..?!!!" Row was so annoyed to see the stubbornness of Asta to shed his tears. At once Zaru, Ace and Arkhan laughed at the look on his face like that.
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'His strength is so strong I could hardly fight it at all if it were not for the strengthening techniques of a perfect body compound, I am no match for it'
Fighting just with bare-handed technique against Cang Hue was exhausting for him. From the clash Asta realized his weakness, if not because he was steeped in the fighting knowledge of the heavenly scriptures his talent was definitely defeated by him.
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On the other hand Cang Hue also felt the same way, he did not know that there was someone who had higher talent than him. All this time he continued to work hard to reach these heights no matter what people around him called him the loser of a small sect.
'His ability is above mine, it would be very difficult to win this match if I didn't put all my skills into it. Tang San was still nothing compared to him'
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The longer the match the more interesting. The sound produced from the shootout signifies the fierce competition between them. Cang Hue was seen taking a step back for a moment to transform.
"Don't transform you haven't even shown your spirit essence during this match, Asta," however Cang Hue also has a curiosity towards him let alone Asta like never showing it at all.
"Maybe the expression of brother Cang is right. I had never shown it, but I must have activated it several times, for example, against Brother Ye," Asta did not avoid or blame him but certainly he used it.
"The technique of my destructive slashing sword which has great destructive power is not the style of the sword but the technique of my spirit" Asta continued.
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The spectators were a little surprised to see the two of them suddenly stop fighting and instead chatted on top of the arena.
"It looks like the two of them agreed to take a few breaths,"
"What one of them really doesn't want to take that chance and attack, what is this,"
"Can you speak sooner we don't have time to see you like this where your fighting spirit is first,"
The audience began to cheer impatiently.
"Whispering!!! Can't you just sit back and watch?! Since when did the martial arts tournament arena become a demonstration venue for the spectators!!" Shouted someone who was casually standing on the top of a flagpole.
The man carried 2 swords on his back from his clothes, mask and sword sheath they knew for sure who the figure was. A figure no less powerful than the Emperor and Manager. The Demon Hunt Lord, Hao Ryun.
"Heeehh.. Dad must have been worried about me finding trouble with the Emperor and the Manager so he came to the tournament this time,"
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"Sister Row..!!! She..!!!" So surprised Arkhan to be speechless to see his figure that reappeared suddenly.
"It seems like something was bothering him until he showed himself again after so long disappearing. Brother Hao never joked with his own words, if he had re-appeared by himself like it could be ascertained because something disturbed his calm,"
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Asta and Cang Hue tried to see where the sound came from. He smiled at her, saying that the person was none other than Uncle Hao, the one who gave him the Night Demon sword.
"Since Brother Cang is curious enough about my spirit essence then I will show it to brother Cang,"
After Asta said like that a black dot appeared from the back of his palm, the black dot then formed a fire pattern on both of his hands.
"You..?!!! True Cultivator..!!! That..!!! That Spirit Star True Fire Eater Light..!!! You...!!"
Cang Hue could not help his shock even the spectators, the Chief of the 7 Great Sect, and the Head of the Great Family were shocked instead of playing. Together with disbelief they all looked towards Manager Row who was seen banging his head against the stone table.
The Arkhan Emperor could only smile awkwardly seeing the question mark-filled attention they were directing at them.
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"Rai why do you look so lest she...."
"Sut..!!" Not yet had Fujan finish his speech Rai Ken immediately cut him by telling him not to be noisy.
"I'll explain later from here," Fujan Daru smiled and nodded slowly. Just deserve the behavior of the two of them who are strange every time it's his turn to fight.
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"If you know this for what to continue the fight again,"
"Brother Cang what are you saying..?!!" Asta was surprised to hear Cang Hue say that.
"It's not clear what this match will end up like and how, why I'm endangering my life even further. Perhaps only Hao Chen deserves to be your opponent as your fellow true cultivators will surely compete strongly," Cang Hue sighed softly.
"I hope someday I can also compete with you, Asta," he continued as he climbed down the stairs.
Although the end of this match was a little hanging but the audience even the referee could not comment if one of the participants had given up. From his performance during the tournament Cang Hue got an interesting nickname from the audience as the Dragon Hand.
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From beside the arena Hao Chen greeted Asta by unmasking him while smiling kindly.
"Young master it seems my guess is correct. From the beginning I was very confident that we would be opponents in the final of this tournament" Hao Chen said kindly.
"Rather than that I was even more surprised when I saw your true strength, I felt embarrassed when I remembered the incident back in Tiandu City a few days ago," Asta replied with an awkward laugh.
"For that Kenshin I really had no choice but to do so I hope that Young Master can forgive me," once again Hao Chen told him this but Asta casually replied with a smile that did not concern it. For him it was natural that someone was injured in a match like this. Kenshin himself would definitely not mind it.
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Next was Asta's turn against Hao Chen in the final round of the Martial Arts Tournament but before the match started as usual there would be a break.
The average onlookers were cultivators unceasingly talking about the last Asta who was with the True Star Spirit of Light-Eating Fire. The arena became boisterous only because of the small riots they caused, the questions of who Asta really was and the rumors about Asta.
"Haissch. The arena was full of talk about my abilities. It seems that I was wrong to disobey Manager Row, he must be banging his head against the wall," Asta slightly regretted his decision to reveal his spirit essence to the general public.
Flares certainly did not stay silent he laughed at Asta's regretful remarks especially when he said that Row might be banging his head against the wall.
"Yahh, it never hurts to show off our strength after so long in hiding. Teacher seems to be starting to agree with your thoughts," Flares held her chin looking like she was thinking.
"After all this we will go to do closed training until you step on enough ground to find the materials you need to help the teacher" he continued, smiling cheerfully.
"Of course I will help the teacher but before that can we find out where my parents are first, I want to see him" Flares nodded in understanding.
"Let's just relax you'll be able to see them tonight teacher promise," Flares invites Asta to make a pinkie promise.
"For the sake of animating teachers as well,"
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Returning to the arena of the tournament where the spectators were already impatient for the final match between two young geniuses who were both born with the True Spirit Essence.
Asta who came from the Red Dawn Association which was famous as the strongest neutral group in the entire land of the Atalist Continent met Hao Chen who came from the Lotus Flower Sect of the Magic Forest Country, who was from the Lotus Flower Sect, which is not widely known as a sect that has a high reputation history.
Comparison of their origin is spelled out like the sky and earth, one of which comes from a famous group while the other comes from a group that is not even known by many people.
"Rai do you think Asta can win this match?" Misaki was worried at once hopeful.
"It's just a slight possibility for him to win this fight. His flying sword besides having an aura that can affect the mind is also very dangerous if faced directly. This fight will depend on whether Asta can face the sword or not. Didn't you already know that, too..?" rai said explaining the results of his evaluation so far towards his son and Hao Chen.
Misaki nodded slowly, "heemm. I know for sure the ability they've been showing all along. But I hope there's something Asta is hiding from all of us, too" she said with a glimmer of hope.
He also returned the concern with a calm smile, "do you forget they haven't transformed with their animal spirits from the beginning,"
"Don't worry about them, with 3 high-ranking Celestial Experts here what you need to think about," Fujan Daru reminded them.
"I hope you two don't cause any more trouble this time. The presence of the Manager and Emperor was common in this tournament but the arrival of the Master Hunters this time was something of a surprise. It seems like the rumors he was moving to protect the Arkhan Empire from the true shadow," Shai Ya said.
"Once again, Master Hunters do not only fight in his mind. You guys don't talk about it anymore" Liang Wen said, reminding them to stop talking about it.
"What Patriarch Liang said is indeed true," Yu Zhao said in agreement.
"You guys are too careless to talk about Master Hunter so seriously that you don't realize it huh," Lao Kuang laughed softly at the behavior of those Great Sect Chiefs who turned out to be very gossipy. From now on Hao Ryun already knew they were talking about it but he did not take a headache about it.
The six people opened their mouths wide in surprise. Hurriedly they lowered their heads towards Hao Ryun who was looking at them.
Behind his mask Hao Ryun held back his laughter seeing the unceasing behavior of these Great Sect Chiefs always like this. The hospitality and habits of those who can melt the susasana still comfort his heart.
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Beneath the arena Asta was seen riding the battle arena along with Hao Chen. The referee prepares them to get ready and pull out the weapons.
"Brother Hao I hope you don't budge from me just because you have a Celestial Devil," Asta smiled at him as he took out the Night Demon Sword that he had been hiding during this tournament.
"Young Master it seems that you also have a lot of secrets that you haven't shown yet" Hao Chen replied as he took out his flying sword, Sky Devil.
The spectators shouted in surprise at the sight of the two swords instantly affecting the atmosphere of the arena. The guards were unable to withstand the aura of the two swords so the Manager also intervened himself to isolate the entire arena so that the aura did not affect the minds of the spectators.
"The other Devil Sword..??!!! There were actually how many Divine Spirit Artifacts this time that the two of them who were young only had them...!!!"
"Hao Chen's Sky Demon flying sword was extremely powerful and even seemed to have his own consciousness, then what about this one,"
"The match looks like it will go into a very interesting round. It was truly unexpected to be able to see the Divine Spirit Artifact in this martial arts tournament,"
People began to speculate with the power of Asta's Night Demon sword. Because from the beginning he never used it at all so of course it will attract the curiosity of the audience.
Plus a god-class artifact plus a spirit artifact was something extremely rare. Even the 7 Great Sect Chiefs or the 5 Great Families did not have it. Having a level 5 spirit artifact alone was already a lucky thing if they obtained it.
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Rai Ken stood up from his place, "where did Asta get this demonic artifact. Even though his strength was extremely strong a demon artifact was still a demon, if his mental strength was not enough it was certain that he would receive a backlash from the artifact. Although the sword he used before was also a demon artifact yet it was only a rank 5 sword, I wouldn't be curious if he had one because the Manager must have given him one. But a sword like this isn't something Manager Row would give him when his cultivation isn't enough,"
