Invincible Divine Sword - Chapter 114
Chapter 114: Chapter 114: If I Encounter Hall Master Yang, I Will Protect Him
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Although it was still early, the streets of Royal City were already impassable.
To the people of Divine Sea Country, the grand competition of the academies was even more significant than the Pharmacist Contest, so all the major families, sects, and academies of Divine Sea Country were present.
Yang Xiaotian looked out and saw nothing but a black sea of people, extending all the way to the end of the street.
However, just as Yang Xiaotian and his party had not gone far from the other courtyard, they saw a large troop of heavily armored Royal Palace Guards approaching.
“Lord Divine Yang, Royal City is crowded. The King has sent us to escort Lord Divine Yang to the Royal Palace, ” said the Guard Captain as he approached Yang Xiaotian and bowed respectfully.
Hearing that the Royal Palace Guards had come to escort Yang Xiaotian and the others to the Royal Palace, the people around were all abuzz.
In the entire Divine Sea Country, probably only Yang Xiaotian received such treatment.
Thus, with the Royal Palace Guard leading the way, they escorted Yang Xiaotian and his party to the Royal Palace.
With the Royal Palace Guards clearing the way, the path was smooth.
The members of Yunhui Academy in the crowd, seeing this, naturally felt uncomfortable.
Deng Yichun said coldly, “He’s just relying on having a good little sister, otherwise, who does he think he is?” He then added, “He’s just a commoner from the small Yang Family Manor.”
Cai Hao watched the spirited Yang Xiaotian in front and silently shook his head. The taller the tree, the more it catches the wind. The more ostentatious Yang Xiaotian was, the less likely he would survive in the Demon Hunting Ground.
Under the guidance of the Royal Palace Guard, Yang Xiaotian and the others arrived at the Royal Palace Square without incident.
After escorting Yang Xiaotian and his party to the Royal Palace Square, the Royal Palace Guard then departed.
In the square, some families and sects had already arrived, and many people came forward to greet Yang Xiaotian. Some were trying to ingratiate themselves.
Some were admiring.
Of course, some were certainly hoping in their hearts for Yang Xiaotian to die in the Demon Field.
After a while, Cheng Long, Hu Xing, and Cheng Beibei and others arrived.
Since the Pharmacist Contest, Cheng Beibei had become much better behaved.
After a few months without seeing her, she had grown quite a bit taller.
Seeing Yang Xiaotian again, her feelings were decidedly complex.
Lin Yong saw that Hu Xing and Cheng Long stayed together, and his expression turned sour. He had reprimanded his disciple Hu Xing, telling him to associate less with Cheng Long, but Hu Xing seemed to treat his words as if they were
the howling wind.
It seemed that Hu Xing believed that he would surely make it into the top ten in the academy’s grand competition and successfully pass the assessment to enter Tiandou Academy, so he no longer took his master’s words to heart.
“Hu Xing, come here!” Lin Yong shouted.
Hu Xing pretended not to hear and continued to chat and joke around with Cheng Long.
It was only after Lin Yong repeated himself that Hu Xing leisurely made his way over.
“What does my master want with me?” Hu Xing asked nonchalantly.
Lin Yong saw Hu Xing’s demeanor and scowled, “I’ve warned you many times not to associate with Cheng Long.”
Hu Xing, however, laughed and said, “Master, whom I associate with is my business, and you have no right to interfere.” Then he scratched his ear and said, “Don’t worry. Once we’re in the Demon Hunting Ground, if I encounter Hall Master Yang, I will protect him well and take good care of him.”
“I won’t let him suffer a single injury.”
Hu Xing’s words were loud.
Yang Xiaotian looked toward Lin Yong, who was feeling embarrassed.
Indeed, he was worried about Yang Xiaotian’s safety in the Demon Hunting Ground, which is why he had asked Hu Xing to protect Yang Xiaotian when the time came.
Yang Xiaotian hadn’t expected Hu Xing to bring it up at this moment, placing both him and Yang Xiaotian in an awkward situation.
After Hu Xing finished speaking, he turned to Yang Xiaotian with a smile, “Hall Master Yang, don’t worry. Once we’re in the Demon Hunting Ground, I will protect you and make sure you don’t get hurt.”
Yang Xiaotian looked at Hu Xing, his expression indifferent, “There’s no need to protect me. Just make sure you protect yourself when that time comes.”
Hearing this, Hu Xing laughed heartily, “Alright,” then turned around and left.
From a distance, Luo Junpeng of Yunhui Academy watched this scene and said to Cai Hao with a smile, “I didn’t expect Lin Yong to have specifically instructed his disciple to protect Yang Xiaotian in the Demon Hunting Ground.”
“Yang Xiaotian is the darling of the Divine Sword Academy, of course Lin Yong and the others are afraid that Yang Xiaotian would die in the Demon Hunting Ground,” Cai Hao laughed. “However, Hu Xing has a conflict with Yang
Xiaotian, and is also close to Cheng Long. How could he possibly follow Lin
Yong’s orders to protect Yang Xiaotian?”
Then he added, “But, the Demon Field is dangerous. Even if Hu Xing wants to protect him, it’s not certain whether Yang Xiaotian would be able to come out alive.”
Seeing the people around whispering to each other, Lin Yong felt quite apologetic as he said to Yang Xiaotian, “Hall Master Yang, I didn’t mean anything else by it, I just…”
Yang Xiaotian smiled, “I understand.”
He knew Lin Yong had his best interests at heart.
As the time for the academy’s great competition drew near, more and more disciples from various sects and clans arrived.
A while later, King Cheng Kai of the Divine Sea Country, dressed in a dragon robe and moving with the might of a dragon and tiger, appeared before everyone.
Cheng Kai stood on the Dragon Platform and commanded the Grand Eunuch to begin announcing the rules and rewards for this great competition between the academies.
When they heard that the first-place winner of the competition would be conferred the title of Baron, the crowd was in an uproar.
The title of Baron undoubtedly excited every disciple of the Divine Sea Country.
“Alright, now please prepare yourselves, the disciples participating in the great competition. After I activate the array, everyone will be able to enter,” the Grand Eunuch called out with his shrill voice. He then went to the square’s array and activated it.
Instantly, lights surged on the square, and a gigantic portal appeared before everyone.
Seeing the portal, the competing disciples rushed to enter, one after another.
“Hall Master, please be extremely careful,” Lin Yong couldn’t help but say when he saw Yang Xiaotian moving towards the portal.
Yang Chao and Huang Ying also looked concerned, advising Yang Xiaotian not to be reckless after entering the Demon Hunting Ground.
Yang Xiaotian smiled, reassuring everyone. He approached the portal and, with a flash of his body, vanished into the spatial passage.
Upon seeing Yang Xiaotian enter the Demon Hunting Ground, Cheng Long, Hu Xing, Deng Yichun, Chen Zihan, and others stepped forward and entered the portal one after another.
After Yang Xiaotian entered the portal, he felt the world spin and then landed in a dark desert.
The desert was empty and lifeless, oppressively hot and completely silent.
So this is the Demon Hunting Ground, Yang Xiaotian thought as he surveyed the endless desert before him.
The academy’s great competition was divided into two rounds. The first round was to hunt demons in the Demon Hunting Ground. If one could stay in the Demon Hunting Ground for ten days and kill a hundred demons, they would pass the first round.
This round might seem simple, but it was extremely dangerous, because there were countless demons in the Demon Hunting Ground, and it was possible to encounter a large group of them at any time.
If one encountered a large group of demons, even a Martial King Realm might find it hard to escape with their life.
Yang Xiaotian figured out the direction he needed to go and, with a leap, started sprinting forward.
However, he hadn’t gone far when he saw a demon tearing through the sky towards him.
The demon was several meters tall with scales covering its body, two horns on its head, and its appearance was utterly hideous.
This was a Yaksha among the demons.
A Yaksha possessed immense strength and was as tough as iron, making it very difficult to kill, equivalent to the Innate Realm. The Yaksha in front of him had a hump growing on its back, indicating it was close to growing wings. Once it had wings, it would become a Flying Yaksha, equivalent to the Martial King Realm.
Just as the Yaksha charged at him, Yang Xiaotian saw another group of Yakshas rushing towards him from a distance, a total of fourteen of them..
