Chapter 244: Best Actor Su Wen
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The sky was as black as ink!

In midair, Xiang Feng straightened his arms.

The bloody hole on his shoulder suddenly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Su Wen narrowed his eyes.

Xiang Feng said in a deep voice, “My Xiang family is the descendant of the four ancient emperors. Back then, the founding emperor of my Xiang family rose up through the war of the demons and left four ultimate techniques for my Xiang family: Annihiliation Force, Nirvana Palm, the Blood Fiend Divine Body, and the Nine Deaths Demon Slaying Saber!”

“I, Xiang Feng, have a poor aptitude. I’ve never mastered even one of the Nine Deaths Demon Slayer Saber Techniques. My Nirvana Palm Technique is also mediocre. Only the Blood Fiend Divine Body is what I’m best at!”

Xiang Feng looked at Su Wen and sneered. “You can’t defeat me. Even if you can injure me, I can still rapidly heal through the Blood Fiend Divine Body. Furthermore, what you will see next is the Descent of the Demon God!”

An inky-black Qi surged as black lines began to appear on Xiang Feng’s body.

His eyes turned blood red, and his body began to expand. His body gradually turned into a dark red color.

Whoosh!

Xiang Feng moved, his speed greatly increasing as compared to before!

Bang!

He and Su Wen’s fists collided.

A smile appeared on Su Wen’s face.

“Hahaha! Interesting! I want to see how strong your Blood Fiend Divine Body is! Can it be as strong as my Vermillion Bird Glazed Body!”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the sky, the two of them soared higher and higher as they exchanged blows!

They continuously rushed towards the Nine Heavens!

Su Wen’s eyes flashed with excitement!

It had to be said that Xiang Feng, who had activated the Blood Fiend Divine Body to the utmost, had the strength to fight on par with him physically.

In reality, while Su Wen’s cultivation technique was powerful, compared to the Annihilation Force, the Heaven & Earth Great Solar Sutra still lost out by a bit..

After all, this was left behind by the four emperors, and their cultivation techniques were naturally extremely formidable.

Although the cultivation techniques left behind by the Nine Saints and Four Emperors were still considered Heaven Rank techniques, these cultivation techniques were similar to Su Wen’s Great Solar Supreme Policy. They were all Heaven Rank techniques at the very pinnacle.

The opponents that Su Wen met previously were either unable to cultivate well or had low cultivation levels.

It was very difficult to unleash the power of these cultivation techniques.

As someone who could reach the Heaven Rank, there was no doubt about Xiang Feng’s abilities!

Furthermore, Xiang Feng still had the Heaven Earth Origin Qi barrier.

It could greatly deflect Su Wen’s attacks.

However, Su Wen was no ordinary 1st Grade Heaven Rank cultivator. His Vermillion Bird Glazed Body and his True Qi after fusion allowed him to fight Xiang Feng one level above him without being at a disadvantage!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amidst the violent collision, Su Wen’s Pupils of the Vermillion Bird gradually began to capture Xiang Feng’s movements.

That’s right!

It was difficult to predict a Heaven Rank expert’s movements from the start, but the Pupils of the Vermillion Bird was like a large-scale data collection and analysis machine.

As the two of them fought, the Pupils of the Vermillion Bird could already predict some of Xiang Feng’s movements!

Bang!

Su Wen’s fist struck Xiang Feng!

Currently, since he was circulating the True Qi of his innate Sun from his body with each punch, Xiang Feng’s Heaven Earth Origin Qi Barrier could no longer completely disperse Su Wen’s attacks.

However, after activating the Blood Fiend Divine Body, Xiang Feng’s resistance had increased by more than one level.

At this time, the importance of martial techniques was displayed!

“Sunfire Golden Awl!”

“Psshhh!”

At the extreme distance, Su Wen seized the opportunity again.

The holy flames instantly pierced through Xiang Feng’s body.

Boom!

In the huge explosion, Xiang Feng was still unscathed.

The Annihilation Force in his body stopped the explosion in time.

However, the pain from being pierced through and the depletion of Qi energy were real.

“Nirvanic Reincarnation!”

Suddenly, Xiang Feng’s hands danced, and the Annihilation Force combined with the Nirvana Palm before it erupted.

The dark force seemed to devour everything as it charged towards Su Wen.

Xiang Feng panted heavily. This move, Nirvanic Reincarnation, could be considered the strongest attack he could currently unleash.

However, Su Wen, who was only at 1st Grade Heaven Rank, didn’t seem to panic at all.

He stretched out his right hand’s five fingers. Suddenly, his five fingers were filled with holy flames.

However, this time, the color of the holy flames was different!

His thumb was white, his index finger was red, his middle finger was gold, his ring finger was blue, and his little finger had black flames respectively!

The five-colored holy flames were all under his control.

As the seat of the South, the Vermilion Bird controlled all the flames in the world.

And it just so happened that in the Great Solar Supreme POlicy, the second form of the Sunburst Spirit Finger, required one to control five different types of Extraordinary Flames!

The Five Flames Eight Trigrams!

Five-colored holy flames flew out and each took a spot representing the five elements, before extending out and condensing into a eight trigrams diagram in the air!

The five colored holy flames gathered within.

They continued to collide and merge.

Boom!

All sorts of flames and Qi collided with the Nirvanic Reincarnation!

As the two forces collided in the air…

All one saw was the annihilating power constantly swallowing the flames!

The flames condensed from Su Wen’s Five Flames Eight Trigrams were actually forcefully swallowed by the Nirvana Reincarnation.

“Hahaha! You’re dead!”

Xiang Feng shouted excitedly.

The Qi directly charged towards Su Wen.

Pa!

Su Wen snapped his fingers!

In the darkness that annihilated everything, there was suddenly a spark.

A single spark could start a prairie fire!

The power of a prairie fire was unstoppable! In an instant, the flying flames that filled the sky exploded and five-colored lights rose.

All the Qi force was converted into flames all of a sudden.

Xiang Feng’s eyes widened in shock.

This… this fellow is too strong!

Now that his strongest move had been broken, he already had the intention to retreat.

“Run!”

He immediately turned around to run!

However, just as he moved, he froze.

In the sky, after the Sacred Flame fused with his Nirvana Qi, it had completely surrounded him in the form of a colorless flame!

Up, down, left, right! Four huge eight trigrams of five-colored flames formed a Holy Flame Region in the air!

Su Wen smiled. “You’re not bad to be able to make me serious. However, farewell!”

Boom!

The four eight trigrams shot out violent Holy Flames at the same time.

A sea of flames filled the sky, its brightness even rivaling the sun from afar!

“Die, die. In your next life, pray you don’t meet me.”

The Blood Fiend Divine Body was indeed very powerful. Even under the impact of the violent holy flames, it actually did not turn straight into ashes!

“Ah!!!!!!”

Xiang Feng wailed miserably.

The Heaven Earth Origin Qi Barrier could still help him block a portion of the attacks, but in the grand scheme of things, it was useless.

He wanted to use the Annihilation Force in his body to block Su Wen’s holy flames.

The Annihilation Force could indeed obliterate everything.

However, Su Wen’s holy flames had a trace of the essence of the actual laws of fire.

In the end, it was still the difference in the depth of one’s cultivation technique and comprehension of the laws.

Su Wen possessed the bloodline of the Vermilion Bird.

He looked at Xiang Feng, who was struggling to break free from the Flame Realm.

Su Wen stretched out his finger.

“Sunfire Golden Awl!”

The penetrative power of this move could already be said to be at the extreme. Only by condensing a large amount of flames and Qi into a single point could it then be activated!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

This time, Su Wen did not shoot out a single shot.

Xiang Feng, who had turned into a live target, was shot crazily at by Su Wen!

Thigh!

Chest!

Heart!

Eyes!

They were all pierced through!

However, in his Blood Fiend Divine Body state, Xiang Feng’s vitality was extremely tenacious!

“I beg you! Don’t kill me! I submit! I’m willing to submit to Big Sister!”

Xiang Feng struggled to hold on and begged for mercy.

Su Wen’s eyes lit up.

If he could subdue this guy with the Breaking Ranks…

[Ding-dong. The Army Formation can’t be activated against a Heaven Rank expert…]

The system gave a notification.

Su Wen completely gave up on this idea.

It seemed that there were many restrictions in this formation.

His finger moved to aim at Xiang Feng’s head.

If he didn’t die even after piercing his eyes, how many times would it take to shatter his entire head?

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Under the continuous shots, Xiang Feng finally breathed his last.

His body was burnt to ashes by the Holy Flames.

Su Wen retracted his Qi and the sky turned clear.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Su Wen’s hair fluttered in the wind as he flew straight back to the capital.

His heart was not calm. This was after all Su Wen’s first Heaven Rank opponent.

This also reminded Su Wen of something.

This fellow’s cultivation of the Nirvana Palm was mediocre, and he was no match for Su Wen.

But if it was really a fellow with a deeper comprehension, he might be able to fight Su Wen and even beat him!

“The Heaven Earth Origin Qi Barrier reduces the user’s injuries greatly. There are no blind spots around the user. An ordinary 1st Grade Heaven Rank cultivator would be at a great disadvantage in battle.”

“Die Yi’s armor can provide about 40% damage reduction. After being hit by the violent Qi, my skin will temporarily be exposed.”

“My fleshly body is very strong, so the 60% remaining Qi can’t cause serious damage to my body… but according to what he said, his comprehension of palm techniques is not high. I still have to be careful in battle…”

“I should have taken that Nirvanic Reincarnation move head-on. Otherwise, it’ll be hard to say if a 2nd Grade Heaven Rank attack can threaten me or not.”

Su Wen’s battle could be said to have not been serious at the start. It was mainly to test and collect data.

He was pitting against himself and measuring his own strength.

One had to know that he could no longer afford to hire sparring partners in the system space.

Hiring a Heaven Rank sparring partner each time would cost him a million Emotional Value points! It completely exceeded Su Wen’s current tolerance.

Furthermore, the system space could only hire 1st Grade Heaven Rank experts at most. This time, Xiang Feng was a 2nd Grade Heaven Rank cultivator!

Actual fighting experience was always the most important part of combat.

Including the other Heaven Rank experts, Su Wen needed to know their true strength and their limits.

People were different from each other. Two people might be at the same cultivation level, but there was a huge difference in their combat strength.

He had to at least get an idea of where he stood.

At the very least, he believed that the data he got of the Heaven Earth Origin Qi Barrier was rather accurate.

After that, he couldn’t help but complain about Die Yi.

“Look at you! What’s the use? You’re not even comparable to a Heaven Earth Origin Qi Barrier…”

Little Die Yi’s aggrieved voice came from the armor. “I’ve already tried my best…”

“I’ll punish you! You’re not allowed to eat True Qi for ten days…”

“I really tried my best… and I was injured this time… it hurts…” The little Die Yi started to act pitiful.

Su Wen sneered. “Hehe.”

Little Die Yi became a boot-licker. “And isn’t my armor handsome? Master is so strong, I just need to make Master more handsome, right?”

“That makes sense. I’ll waive the punishment, but can you change the style?”

“Sure!”

As soon as Die Yi finished speaking, the red armor turned into a red robe.

“Don’t you know how to materialize some pants?”

Su Wen complained as he felt the cold wind blowing below.

“I’m sorry… This is the first time Die Yi is changing to this. It’s a little unfamiliar!”

Soon, a pair of pants appeared on Su Wen’s body.

“Where are my shoes? You won’t let me walk barefoot, will you?”

“Doesn’t Master know how to fly?”

“Am I not going to land for the rest of my life?”

A pair of shoes then materialized on Su Wen…

“I hate wearing shoes barefoot the most…”

“And where’s my underwear?”

“What the hell? Don’t you know I don’t like triangular underpants?”

As he educated Little Die Yi, Su Wen quickly flew back to the capital.

At this moment, beside Xiang Feiyan’s bedroom, she was wearing the clothes of a zither girl. She sat quietly on the ruins, hugging her knees and staring blankly at the ground.

She did not go anywhere, nor did she look for anyone!

She couldn’t believe anyone anymore.

Except for Su Wen.

Suddenly, a figure landed.

Xiang Feiyan raised her head. The moment she saw Su Wen, she was overjoyed. She stood up and hugged Su Wen.

Her tears could not help but flow down!

During this period of time, she had been bordering the edge of losing herself in anxiety and fear.

She knew that once Su Wen lost, the outcome awaiting her would be extremely miserable.

“Brother Wen!”

“Cough, cough, cough!” Su Wen coughed a few times… and a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth. He waved his hand and said, “That Xiang Feng is so strong… he almost killed me on the spot. It’s all thanks to me thinking of you at a critical moment. I know… I can’t die. If I die, there will be no one to protect you. It’s you who gave me strength to return victorious!”

Su Wen’s oscar worthy talent was perfectly shown!

Since he had already done it, how could he not take the chance to increase his favorability in her eyes?

Xiang Feiyan hugged Su Wen tightly as tears streamed down her face.

“Brother Wen, meeting you… is the greatest fortune of my life.”

Compared to Su Wen’s 99% lie, Xiang Feiyan was completely revealing her true feelings.

Although she was not smart, she was not stupid.

Now that she thought about it, it seemed strange that those Heaven Rank experts had refused to go to the Hu Prefecture.

And it just had to be Xiang Ding that went.

At the same time, the Heaven Rank experts didn’t really lean towards supporting Xiang Feng.

She finally understood. Perhaps her words held enormous weight in the royal court, but in the hearts of these Heaven Rank experts, Xiang Ding was the one who could truly speak.

Xiang Ding’s attitude decided everything.

It could even be said that if Xiang Ding was willing, she, the emperor, could be replaced at any time.

“Little Brother Wen, I want to do something before Fourth Great-Grandfather returns,” Xiang Feiyan said coldly.

Su Wen narrowed his eyes and smiled. “What is it?”

“Kill all the Xiang Family’s bloodline!”

Xiang Feiyan’s tone was cold.

“This matter must have been tacitly approved by Fourth Great-Grandfather. His attitude is ambiguous, which is why Xiang Feng has this opportunity! Then will he consider others in the future?” Xiang Feiyan gritted her teeth and said, “No matter what, I can’t accept this possibility!”

“Therefore, I want to kill all the royal bloodlines. I’ll be the only one left! Let’s see what he can do!”

Xiang Ding would never have thought that his silent acquiescence this time would trigger such a strong reaction from Xiang Feiyan.

In reality, it was also only because Xiang Feiyan knew that they were absolutely no match for Xiang Ding, otherwise, she would have wanted to kill him.

Humans were like this. Even though Xiang Ding had expressed his support previously and had even gone to look for the vicious beast egg, his ambiguous attitude was enough to erode all her trust in him.

She even thought that it was all thanks to Su Wen being in the palace and Xiang Feng’s overconfidence.

Otherwise, if Xiang Feng killed her first and announced his ascension, would Xiang Ding and the Heaven Rank experts still watch Su Wen avenge her?

Hatred grew in Xiang Feiyan’s heart.

She could also tell that these Heaven Rank experts wouldn’t necessarily serve her to the death!

However, Su Wen almost died fighting with Xiang Ding in order to help her!

The difference was obvious.

Su Wen fell silent when he heard Xiang Feiyan’s words.

After a while, he smiled and said, “I’ll listen to you!”

Back then, he had left the Fourth Prince and the Third Prince behind because he wanted them to keep Zhang Yong in check. In the end, not only did the two of them not offend Zhang Yong, they were even distracted by their own affairs.

From the looks of it, it was useless to keep them any further.

Su Wen could also tell that Xiang Feiyan was fully triggered this time.

She had to find some way to vent her anger.

However, killing all of the royal bloodline would implicate countless people.

The problem was, how could Su Wen not consider a problem that Xiang Feiyan had already considered?

Xiang Ding was the highest authority in this country.

Xiang Feiyan’s sense of danger did not come out of nowhere.

If you want to kill, then jolly well make sure you do a good job!

In order to stabilize the throne, it didn’t matter how many people he killed.

If he could not bear to do so now, there might be a coup in the future, and more people would die!

If one had to blame someone, they could only blame themselves for being born in the royal family. While enjoying endless honor, they also had to bear the risks.

“Little Brother Wen, I want to transfer Big Brother Su Cheng back and let him control the capital’s Royal Guards!”

Xiang Feiyan spoke out.

That’s right, just now, she had discovered that she did not even dare to trust the Royal Guards of the capital.

After pondering for a moment, Su Wen smiled and said, “Alright, you make the decisions!”

It was undeniable that Su Cheng did not have Yan Luoying’s talent in military command.

He could not be considered outstanding, nor could he be considered an ordinary person.

Transferring back to the capital was not a bad thing.

When Su Wen returned, Xiang Feiyan’s courage also returned.

She moved her chambers to another hall, and immediately after, she issued an order to capture all the members of the royal family in the capital!

At this moment, Su Wen received a report.

The Third Prince had led his men to attack the Nanli King’s residence.

Even after hearing this news, Su Wen was not too worried.

Ni Hongxiao was at home after all.

That woman was definitely not a good person!

She could not let Su Wen’s family be killed either.

Furthermore, Ning Shuang’s cultivation was not low!

The Third Prince was no longer the same as before. He did not have many experts by his side.

Hence, Su Wen was not surprised when he heard that the Third Prince had been captured.

He looked at Xiang Feiyan and smiled. “Then I’ll go home and deal with your third brother first!”

Xiang Feiyan however grabbed his sleeve in response.

Su Wen patted her hand and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, that old fellow, Xiang Ding, is only wavering between you and Xiang Feng. Otherwise, with a word from him, he could change the position of Emperor. Now that Xiang Feng is dead, no one will dare to make a move on you. Otherwise, when Xiang Ding returns, he will definitely not let that person off. In Xiang Ding’s heart, only Xiang Feng can make a move on you!”

Xiang Feiyan bit her lower lip and said, “I originally thought that as long as I ascended to the throne, Fourth Great-Grandfather would fully support me. I didn’t expect him to do such a thing.”

Su Wen smiled. “Just as Xiang Feng said, you might not be as close to him as he is.”

As he spoke, Su Wen hugged Xiang Feiyan and whispered into her ear, “This is how humans are. Relationships are the foundation of trust. Just like you and I, we are the ones who can trust each other the most, right?”

“Yes!” Xiang Feiyan nodded lightly. That was right!

Su Wen’s position in her heart had already surpassed that of anyone else.

That included even her own son, Xiang Sheng!

She saw the truth in everything that happened. Furthermore, she and Su Wen had given birth to a life together.

Su Wen immediately rushed home after he left the palace!