Free Web NovelChapter 95: Chapter 95: Impossible
The Emperor of the Martial Kingdom, clad in a yellow Dragon Robe, possessed an extraordinary air. His every move carried the majesty of a ruler, and his expression was placid, betraying neither joy nor sorrow.
However, he was not in a good mood at all.
Celestial City Academy had publicly declared they would execute Lin Haitao, the Dean of the Sword Institute, without consulting the Royal Family. This was a blatant disregard for his imperial authority.
’What is this? A power play by Celestial City Academy against the Royal Family?’
The crucial point was that after he, the dignified emperor of a nation, had arrived, the old dean of Celestial City Academy, Ma Zheng, hadn’t even shown up to greet him.
It was one thing for Ma Zheng to not appear, but even the current dean, Ren Changfeng, was absent. They were completely ignoring the Royal Family.
This wasn’t an invitation to bear witness; it was a clear attempt to put him in his place.
However, Ma Zheng was currently one of the top masters in the entire Martial Kingdom. The Emperor could do nothing about him, not to mention the powerful factions from the mountains backing Celestial City Academy.
"Lin Haitao! As the Dean of the Sword Institute, you have committed a heinous crime by senselessly destroying our academy and killing our disciples! In accordance with academy regulations, you are sentenced to Sword Punishment!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Vice-Dean Chen Guanggu spoke and nodded to the Steward Disciples on the training grounds.
Immediately, four Steward Disciples took their positions at the four corners of the training grounds. They pressed their palms together and began to chant.
As their voices rose, a massive, circular Array materialized in the center of the grounds. It then erupted with a blinding white light that shot toward the heavens.
Within the haze of light, a colossal Light Saber appeared in the middle of the pillar, like a Divine Soldier descending from the sky.
After appearing, the giant Light Saber slowly lifted, pointed toward Lin Haitao, and then plummeted down like a divine judgment.
At this, the corners of Chen Guanggu’s mouth curled up. Once Lin Haitao was dead, the Sword Institute would be completely erased from the Martial Kingdom.
And what Celestial City Academy had done to the Sword Institute back then would be swallowed by the river of time, never to be known again.
But just as the colossal Light Saber was about to strike Lin Haitao...
A pitch-black greatsword shot up abruptly from the base of Celestial City Mountain.
"SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!"
In the span of a single breath, moving with blinding speed, it sliced the four Steward Disciples on the training grounds in half at the waist. Four Blood Arrows soared high into the air.
With the deaths of the four Steward Disciples, the colossal Light Saber falling from the sky shattered into pieces.
"What?!"
Chen Guanggu shot to his feet in shock. "Who? Who is it?"
The spectating disciples and teachers were all dumbfounded. A dead silence fell over the crowd; no one answered.
Just then, a disciple scrambled up the mountain in a panic, gasping for breath. "Vice-Dean, it’s bad! That... that Shen Daoxing is fighting his way up here!"
"Shen Daoxing? Isn’t he already dead? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Chen Guangu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in disbelief. "Wang would never..."
He trailed off, realizing what he was about to say, and immediately shut his mouth.
The Emperor of the Martial Kingdom, who knew the whole story, gave him a long, meaningful look.
However, no sooner had Chen Guangu’s words faded than a flash of black light appeared behind the messenger disciple. The disciple’s body was split in two, and blood gushed everywhere.
Shen Daoxing’s figure was revealed from between the two halves of the disciple’s body, like an Asura emerging from Purgatory.
All the teachers and disciples of Celestial City Academy present were aghast. "It really is Shen Daoxing!"
Chen Guangu was still in disbelief. "This is impossible! How could this be? Wang, he..."
"How audacious, Shen Daoxing! You dare to openly kill our academy’s disciples? What do you take Celestial City Academy for?"
In an instant, six disciples from Celestial City Academy stepped forward to block Shen Daoxing’s path, their faces filled with indignation.
Shen Daoxing didn’t even spare them a glance. With a light step, he moved past them before anyone could see how he did it, leaving only a string of afterimages in his wake.
After Shen Daoxing had passed, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH! Unseen flashes of sword light flickered between them at incredible speed.
"Argh!"
The disciples cried out as several Blood Arrows shot toward the sky, and they collapsed to the ground.
"Grotto Heaven Realm! When did Shen Daoxing reach the Grotto Heaven Realm?!"
A teacher from Celestial City Academy had recognized Shen Daoxing’s cultivation level.
"What?! Just over a month ago, he was only at the Fifth Layer of the Profound Platform Realm! Does he not have any cultivation bottlenecks?"
A disciple from the academy exclaimed in amazement.
Advancing through minor realms could be achieved through diligent, persistent cultivation, even with insufficient talent. However, between major realms, there existed a natural bottleneck barrier.
To break through it, one needed effort, talent, opportunity, and luck—not a single one could be lacking. Many people would get stuck at a major realm’s bottleneck for their entire lives, unable to cross over, eventually dying when their lifespan ran out.
Yet Shen Daoxing had broken through from the Fifth Layer of the Profound Platform Realm to the Grotto Heaven Realm in just over a month. What kind of outstanding talent was this?
And the more outstanding Shen Daoxing proved to be, the harder the slap in the face was for Celestial City Academy.
At that moment, Chen Guanggu’s expression was as ugly as it could possibly be.
"Dean Lin!"
Shen Daoxing arrived in the middle of the training grounds. Seeing Lin Haitao bathed in blood, his skin split open and his flesh mangled, his heart clenched.
’Dean Lin ended up like this because he tried to avenge me.’ His hatred for Celestial City Academy deepened.
Shen Daoxing flicked the Great Ming Demon Sparrow in his hand. PING! PING! PING! The small bronze swords piercing Lin Haitao’s hands and feet fell away.
"Dean Lin! Are you all right?"
Shen Daoxing reached out to catch the falling Lin Haitao. He pulled a Healing Elixir from his robes and quickly had him consume it.
As the effects of the Healing Elixir spread throughout his body...
Lin Haitao slowly regained consciousness. The moment he saw Shen Daoxing, he excitedly grabbed his hand. "Shen Daoxing, you’re alive!"
"Yes, I’m alive. And not just me—Elder Ling is alive and well, too."
Shen Daoxing nodded.
"Good! That’s good!"
Lin Haitao seemed to let out a sigh of relief before suddenly coughing up a mouthful of blood. He immediately closed his eyes to recuperate; his injuries were clearly too severe for a single Elixir to heal completely.
"Dean Lin, rest well. I’ll get you out of here."
Shen Daoxing patted Lin Haitao’s back and then supported him with his shoulder.
"Trying to leave? Do you think Celestial City Academy is a place you can just come and go as you please?"
At that moment, Luo Fei stepped out, coldly blocking Shen Daoxing’s path.
It was Luo Fei, acting as an admissions teacher, who had made things so difficult for Shen Daoxing back then, causing him to join the Sword Institute instead.
Ultimately, Luo Fei was one of the main culprits. In his eyes, only Shen Daoxing’s death could cover up his past mistake.
"You two remnants of the Sword Institute killed our disciples! Your deaths would be no loss. Luo Fei, kill them for me!"
Chen Guanggu ordered coldly.
’So what if Shen Daoxing came back alive? We’ll just have to kill him again.’
After his brief moment of shock, Chen Guanggu had calmed down.
