Free Web NovelChapter 90: Chapter 90: Bloodwashing Celestial City Academy
At that moment, the Six-Eared Demon Ape cracked open its cavernous mouth and let out a terrifying laugh.
Shen Daoxing looked up, meeting the intelligent glint in its eyes, but the movements of his hands didn’t stop.
"You might be vicious by nature, but you’re not stupid. With me here, you still have a chance to get out. Without me, you’ll be trapped here forever, right?"
As he spoke, Shen Daoxing tapped the cell door lightly with his finger. A golden light flowed over it, and with a CLICK, the cell door swung open.
"That’s right! I won’t kill you!"
The corners of the Six-Eared Demon Ape’s mouth split into a grotesque, terrifying grin. It took a single step out of the cell, and the entire ground trembled. "However, with your current strength, you are not yet worthy of being my master."
"Then I’ll just have to beat you into submission!"
With that, Shen Daoxing extended his hand, and the Great Ming Demon Sparrow appeared in his grasp.
Shen Daoxing gripped the sword with both hands, leaped high into the air, and descended with unstoppable momentum.
"Good. Cocky enough!"
The Six-Eared Demon Ape snorted coldly. Its aura suddenly surged as it swung its massive fist in a powerful punch.
"SWOOSH! SWOOSH!"
The wind from the fist howled, and the air crackled around it.
Unafraid, Shen Daoxing brought the Great Ming Demon Sparrow down, choosing to meet the fist head-on.
"BOOM!"
Shen Daoxing felt a violent tremor in his mind, as if it had exploded. His vision blurred, then went completely white.
By the time he opened his eyes again, he had returned to reality.
Shen Daoxing sighed to himself.
’This Grotto Heaven realm Demon Ape is truly incredible. I couldn’t even take a single blow.’
But after clashing with a Grotto Heaven realm master, Shen Daoxing felt as if he could see the threshold of the Grotto Heaven realm itself.
"Again!"
With a single thought, Shen Daoxing returned to the Venerable Domain to face the Six-Eared Demon Ape once more.
He fought the Six-Eared Demon Ape again and again, and each time, the outcome was the same.
The Six-Eared Demon Ape’s Body Technique was exceptionally agile, and its Demon Ape Meteor Step was nothing short of miraculous. Shen Daoxing couldn’t even get a chance to touch it.
However, through Shen Daoxing’s relentless challenges, he began to last longer and longer against the Six-Eared Demon Ape.
After every exchange, his combat experience grew, improving both his reactions and his speed.
He gradually realized he was getting closer and closer to the threshold of the Grotto Heaven realm.
Meanwhile, as Shen Daoxing was cultivating in the mountains, on Celestial City Mountain in the Martial Kingdom’s capital, Ren Changfeng, the Dean of Celestial City Academy, and Vice Dean Chen Guanggu stood atop a peak, gazing toward the Martial Kingdom’s border.
"Dean, Wang has been gone for several days and has yet to return. Could he have...?" Chen Guanggu said with some concern.
But before he could finish, Ren Changfeng cut him off with a raised hand. "No. In the Daoist School, Wang’s strength is second only to mine. That Ling Shuanghua from the Sword Institute is merely at the Ninth Layer of the Grotto Heaven realm; she’s no match for Wang."
"But..." Chen Guanggu hesitated before continuing, "If that’s the case, then why hasn’t Wang returned to the academy yet?"
"Hmph!"
Ren Changfeng snorted coldly. "It’s not like you don’t know what those people from the Sword Institute are like. They’ve always been extremely cunning. They’re probably hiding somewhere again."
"The Dean makes a good point!"
Chen Guanggu thought for a moment and nodded affirmatively. ’The Dean is right. Wang is a Spirit Transformation realm master, second only to the Dean in power. How could he possibly fail to deal with those two from the Sword Institute?’
Just then, a disciple from Celestial City Academy rushed up the mountain. "Dean, we found this in the dense forest at the border."
As he spoke, the disciple tossed out a broken sword and a blood-stained sleeve from Ling Shuanghua’s robe.
Seeing this, both Ren Changfeng and Chen Guanggu were delighted.
"It seems Wang was successful."
Ren Changfeng stroked his beard, his face filled with relief. "That Shen Daoxing killed so many of our Celestial City Academy’s chosen geniuses. Letting him die like this is getting off easy."
"But why hasn’t Wang returned yet?" Chen Guanggu asked, puzzled.
"That fellow Wang has always been willful and undisciplined. He’s probably off doing his own thing again," Ren Changfeng said dismissively.
"Then what should we do next?" Chen Guanggu thought for a moment before adding, "Although there’s no concrete proof, if Lin Haitao finds out Shen Daoxing is dead, he will definitely come looking for trouble."
Ren Changfeng stroked his beard, looking calm and unconcerned. He pointed to the broken sword and the blood-stained sleeve. "Deliver these two items to Lin Haitao."
"Dean?"
Chen Guanggu was completely baffled. "We’re worried about Lin Haitao causing trouble, yet you want to deliberately provoke him. Why?"
"Hehehehe!"
Ren Changfeng chuckled. "That Lin Haitao has been hiding in the Sword Institute, and because of the Royal Family, we haven’t been able to make a move against him. If we can provoke him into attacking us first this time, we’ll have a legitimate reason to strike back and eliminate the Sword Institute once and for all. Wouldn’t that be satisfying?"
The realization dawned on Chen Guanggu. "A brilliant scheme, Dean! Not only do we get rid of that annoying Shen Daoxing, but we can also use this opportunity to erase the Sword Institute forever. Truly killing two birds with one stone."
"What scheme?"
Ren Changfeng’s expression suddenly turned cold. "Shen Daoxing’s death on the Martial Kingdom’s border has nothing to do with our Celestial City Academy. Lin Haitao is baselessly attacking our Celestial City Academy, and we are merely acting in self-defense."
Chen Guanggu understood and chuckled. "Exactly! Exactly! Lin Haitao is attacking us without cause, and our Celestial City Academy is merely erasing the Sword Institute in self-defense!"
As the Celestial City Academy disciple took away the broken sword and Ling Shuanghua’s blood-stained sleeve...
「A moment later.」
A dazzling beam of light suddenly shot up into the sky from the distant Desolate Mountain.
"Ren Changfeng! What have you done to Ling Shuanghua and Shen Daoxing?"
Lin Haitao’s furious voice suddenly boomed across the heavens and earth, startling the birds in the forests of Celestial City Mountain into flight.
"BOOM!"
A massive crash resounded. Suddenly, stone and debris exploded as Lin Haitao’s figure plummeted from the sky, slamming heavily onto the summit of Celestial City Mountain. His expression was utterly grim.
"Lin Haitao, don’t make baseless accusations! What does Shen Daoxing’s death on the Martial Kingdom’s border have to do with our Celestial City Academy? We were kind enough to inform you, and you bite the hand that feeds you. What are your intentions?!" Chen Guanggu said calmly as he stepped forward.
"Baseless accusations?"
Lin Haitao let out a dry laugh. "Others might not know what kind of people you are at Celestial City Academy, but don’t you think I do? If it wasn’t your Celestial City Academy that sent someone to assassinate my Sword Institute disciples, then who was it?"
"Lin Haitao, that is malicious slander! The Celestial City Academy is the number one academy in the Martial Kingdom. Why would we trouble ourselves with a mere disciple?" Chen Guanggu said coldly.
"If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a charge!"
Ren Changfeng spoke calmly. "Lin Haitao, are you actually planning to fight our Celestial City Academy?"
"I’ve said it before. If you old dogs from the Celestial City Academy refuse to play by the rules," Lin Haitao’s eyes swept over the academy halls below the peak as he said coldly, "I wouldn’t mind bathing this Celestial City Academy in blood."
