The Heavenly Road: God Hunters
Ch64 Split Back
The next day the imperial palace hall became the most crowded place for people who wanted to see the awarding of the prize to the winner of this Martial Arts Tournament.
Martial Arts Tournament is not only a show of strength of young geniuses held for fun, which makes the number of participants itself is due to the prize as well.
The winner of the top five of this tournament would get the prize that even high-level cultivators wanted. In addition to getting direct direction towards the cultivation path from Emperor Arkhan and Manager Row also still getting Pill and Artifact level 7 plus each winner will get his own nickname.
The winners of this tournament are Han Bin, Kenshin, Cang Hue, Asta and Hao Chen.
The emperor called the five winners to get a prize from him, so they went up on stage to receive the prize in person.
"Han Bin even though you can only stay in fifth rank but your performance during this tournament you never let me down in the least, I'm sure someday the Ice Sword will be heard all over the cultivation land and boast of the Arkhan Empire,"
Han Bin also received a gift from the Arkhan Emperor in the form of 1 Nine Colors Life Pill with an Ice Jade Sword Divine Spirit Artifact.
"The Nine Colors Life Pill is a pill that can be used to make a person have nine lives of life. This pill helped one recover from an extremely powerful attack nine times. I hope you didn't waste this gift on me,"
"Thank you, your majesty, of course I won't let you down" Han Bin said in thanks.
"In the handle of the sword I have instilled a deep understanding of sword techniques and I hope you can understand them very well,"
Han Bin was invited to come back down, then it was Kenshin's turn to receive the prize.
"Kenshin I know who you are and your family lineage, I hope you can count on this. I trust you, one day the name Illusory Sword who is a True Cultivator will definitely electrify the cultivation world. I hope you can keep this trust of mine,"
The Arkhan Emperor gave gifts for him 2 grains of the Nine Colors Life Pill as well as the Star Fatamorgana Sword which was a divine spirit artifact.
"You have a high sword technique even if I teach you a technique it's still not as good as your technique which depends on the rigors of your training,"
Kenshin nodded in understanding while smilingly leaving the stage. Alternate with Cang Hue who will now receive his prize.
"Cang Hue, your talent and abilities really make me speechless. Your performance was very interesting during the match I just hope that you can continue to strive to improve your abilities and introduce yourself to the world as the Messenger of the Universe,"
Cang Hue received a reward of 2 pills with the Star of Destruction Armor.
"In that there is an understanding of the bare-handed fighting techniques that I deliberately input into the artifact, I hope that this armor will help you in the fight to strengthen your defenses,"
"Thank you, your majesty!" It was with great pleasure that Cang Hue received the prize and got off the field.
Now it was Asta's turn to go up on stage to receive the reward, his eyes widened as he saw the sword the Emperor had prepared as a gift for him was the night demon sword that should have been his.
"What's up..?" Arkhan Emperor asked puzzled as to why he was looking at him so intensely.
"Emperor are you kidding me about my sword how could you and the manager cheat me by making my sword a gift for me," Asta protested after he carefully examined the sword as a night demon, although there was something that distinguished him a little.
"Hey Asta! Being greedy is not good you already have a divine spirit artifact so why would you ask for another. Accept this," the Emperor said with a teasing smile.
The spectators who witnessed the distribution of the prize laughed at the emperor's teasing behavior of Asta who was frowning at him.
"This place is very innocent and very brave to the emperor, Hahahahaa," not only Han Bin, Cang Hue and Kenshin also laughed at his behavior.
"What's? Don't you want this sword anymore? Well then let me keep it," seeing Asta's response so scowled at him the Emperor distracted him.
"That's my sword," Asta took the sword quickly. "Where's the pill?!" Asta questioned the nine-colored pill that the other winners had previously received.
"What pills..?" The Emperor asked back while throwing his face away. "It's coming down fast, what else are you waiting for. Hussh.. Husshh.." said the Emperor cast him out like a cat.
"Look at you doing it again! Aren't you ashamed as an emperor toying with a child like me, quickly give me the pill!" The protest did not accept.
People laughed again to see Asta who was angry because he played the Emperor himself. Asta was a representative of the association, although he did not get the pill from the emperor he could still request it from the manager for free. They thought to what Asta asked the emperor for the pill while the pill was given from the association he represented.
The emperor reached into the bag of his cloak to pick something up, "you want a pill, right? Here open your hands, "the emperor put something in his palm and immediately closed his hands.
"Don't open it now or it'll fly, trust me I'm giving you a very special pill" she said as she opened her fist.
Asta looked at the emperor's face sharply before opening his palm.
"Bronze piece..?!! Haha, uh.."
"It seems the emperor likes it. Haha..."
The Emperor held back his laughter seeing the change in Asta's increasingly reddened facial expression.
"Emperor you lied to me again, what the hell is this bronze..?!!" Asta yelled annoyed then slammed the bronze piece onto the floor and left the stage while snorting in annoyance. Inevitably he also left the stage rather than himself being humiliated more than this by the Arkhan Emperor.
"That is our hero the Holy Fire Mask! Give a standing ovation to our hero" exclaimed Emperor Arkhan, and they accompanied Asta's steps down the stage with a pat.
"Whispering!!" Asta shouted annoyed that the emperor was unceasingly playing tricks on him.
"Maha..."
Asta went down the arena while snorting annoyed at being played by the Arkhan Emperor.
“It was fitting that yesterday the Manager did not return the demon sword of the night turned out for this,” thought Asta was upset especially Manager Row who kept smiling from earlier towards him, his guess was right.
Then next was the gift-giving for Hao Chen, although the reward the Emperor used was his sky demon sword but he still received a share of the nine-colored pill plus he obtained 4 grain pills at once.
"Hao Chen you have indeed become the most powerful person in the Martial Arts Tournament this time, I hope you don't underestimate the enemy in the future just because you can win this tournament. I hope you will continue to be passionate in training and not disappoint him,"
Hao Chen nodded enthusiastically and smiled warmly at him, unlike the first time when he was indifferent to the emperor.
Asta no longer cared about the matter of the pill, even though the pill was basically a tier 7 pill which was certainly very valuable, he said, but with the teacher one day if he needed it then his teacher would definitely give him.
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"Teacher actually where you are, from yesterday you have not appeared and your aura is not even felt at all," Asta murmured slowly somehow he missed the presence of his teacher at this time.
"Asta! Is that you?!!" Shouted someone from behind him.
Asta turned his head to see whose voice it was. "Kenshin's? What's with him why he's in such a hurry,"
"What's wrong? Looks like you're in a hurry, "Asta asked him.
"Heem. Now that the martial arts tournament is over I don't have any more activities to do in this capital, so I'm going home today," kenshin told him that he was leaving the capital.
"Are you going back to the True Fire Flame Sect or where are you going?" Ask Asta wonder.
"No I will not go back to the Fire Flame Sect but rather I will go to the Frozen Moon Country, the Dark Wing is there and of course I must also go back there and resume training again. I can't keep silent next to you who also continue to desperately practice" Kenshin told him.
"Well then I'll wait for the moment when we'll meet again someday" Asta said, shaking hands.
Kenshin accepted, "I hope you also continue to train so that later we can fight with all our might," after which Kenshin left and invited someone in black robes to leave immediately.
"It looks like that person is the person in charge of guarding Kenshin," so Asta and Kenshin go back to separate ways.
"What do you notice why you're so focused in that direction?" Someone surprised.
"Moegi you surprised me," Asta said surprisedly sighing for a moment. "What are you looking for me for?" Ask Asta.
"What if I'm looking for you don't you like me here?!" Moegi looked at him sharply.
"That's not what I mean, I mean is there something important that you have to say to me now?"
Moegi looked at her deeply, "why do you want me to say something important to you?" Moegi asked back.
"Ahh, so you don't want to say anything..."
"There's one thing!" Cut Moegi fast. Asta looked at him questioningly.
"This afternoon we will return to the True Fire Flame Sect. Do you really not want to go back there with us, is not now the desire to meet your father and mother has been achieved," Moegi tells him that while trying to persuade him who knows Asta will change his mind and choose to return to the True Fire Flame Sect with them.
"I've told my father and mother that I won't be returning to the True Fire Flame Sect anytime soon. It's my wish that I've achieved but there's something else I still have to do, I owe it to the teacher, if it wasn't for the teacher I wouldn't be here right now,"
Moegi already knew from Matriarch Misaki when he asked whether Asta would return to the Sect or not which answer was no. But still he still hoped Asta would return to the Sect.
"Alright since it seems like you have decided not to come with us back home, we also have no right to force you," Shiro, Kesha, from the other direction, Zaraki and Gao Li came to see him to say goodbye to him as well.
"Take care of yourself, Asta,"
After that the five of them left the capital and went home to the True Fire Flame Sect.
Asta who was about to walk back to his inn was stopped by Yu Tiandu, Yami, Yu and Jaza who were also about to say goodbye to him. After that they also left the capital to return to Tiandu city.
"Young master seemed to be feeling lonely again after saying goodbye to some friends," Asta turned his head around the figure he knew so well and also as the winner of this tournament still called him as the young master.
"Aren't you also going with Uncle Hao?" Asta said.
"Heem. I still have to keep training to be strong, father told me that maybe in the near future there will be a split within the Arkhan Empire, so he will train me very hard again this time to get ready for the split" Hao Chen explained.
"Strivial? You mean war?" Asta was shocked when he heard Hao Chen say the thing that Hao Ryun said about the split.
"Heem. You either have to try hard or you won't be able to survive when the war actually happens" Hao Chen told him afterwards.
Asta walked towards the inn but in the middle of the road Ace and Zaru stopped him.
"What are you doing here?" Ask Asta wonder.
"You no longer need to go to the inn or to the empire to see the Manager or whoever it is, it's time we go now to continue your delayed training for some time now," the words Flares suddenly appeared to surprise him.
"Teacher!! Where have you been I honestly miss you so much..!!" Asta ran to embrace the body of his teacher formed from the spirit.
"Hey! Oi! Oi! Missing teacher may be but you still have to get punished according to the agreement for not winning this tournament," the teacher grinned widely.
Instantly the look on Asta's face that had been happy to be sour to hear his words, he just remembered again if there was a penalty if he could not win the martial arts tournament.
"Your teacher ruined my longing for you, you know," Asta said slowly.
"The teacher doesn't want to do it right now. The reason the teacher disappeared was to repair the twin dragon pot, now it's time we go on our way to the next place" the teacher enthusiastically said.
"Is that a place where I can increase my strength quickly again..?" Ask Asta curious.
"Of course..! How could the teacher allow my beloved disciple to practice in such an ineffective place at all. Let's go now,"
"Let's go to the next place...!!!!"
#Arc 2 End “Defense Arts Tournament”
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Finally finished also Arc 2, thank you for those who are still following the author's work until here;)
