Chapter 75: He is Thousand Shadows, then who am I?
“Are you… a cat demon? No… it’s a group of cat spirits!”
The dark figure carefully observed the girl and made a judgment. He was wearing a hooded fur robe, covering himself thoroughly.
The cat-eared girl stared intently at the dark figure, her blood-red vertical pupils fixed on the fur robe, because it was made from the fur of the Nine Nether Demonic Cat, which could completely block spiritual sense.
“You dare to make clothes with the fur of my kin, you must die.”
The cat-eared girl’s vertical pupils were as red as if they were about to bleed, and Yin energy erupted from her body, causing the surrounding space to distort.
“Hmph, a cat spirit in the middle stage of the Demonic Realm, your strength is indeed strong, but to kill me, you are probably not capable yet!”
The dark figure snorted coldly, and without lingering, his figure quickly disappeared from his spot and turned into a black lightning bolt, fleeing into the distance.
The cat-eared girl’s vertical pupils contracted, she locked onto the black figure, and then also disappeared from her spot like a ghost.
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On the other side, Qi Huang, who had slain Xiong Hu, was receiving everyone’s worship.
“Who is this person? He’s terrifyingly strong! He actually killed that fierce god in one blow!”
“I don’t know. I didn’t even see how ‘he’ made his move.”
“The Sect Leader said that General Zhang’s strength is comparable to a cultivator in the middle stage of the Huashen Realm. According to this, that tiger-faced man is definitely equivalent to the late stage of the Huashen Realm. To be able to kill him so easily, could this person be a supreme expert of the Shentong Realm?”
“Impossible! In the Xihui Dynasty, there are only three supreme experts of the Shentong Realm: the Peak Master of Broken Cloud Peak, Ye Donglai of the Donglai Sect, and Elder Zuo of the Immortal Alliance. ‘He’ is called Lord Thousand Shadows, and he is clearly not one of them.”
“Even if he’s not in the Shentong Realm, he’s definitely at the peak of the Huashen Realm. How could such a master be willing to serve the royal family?”
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“You ask me, who do I ask?”
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The onlookers looked up at Qi Huang with reverence, as if they were looking at a descending deity.
“Lord Thousand Shadows is indeed mighty, actually killing this notorious fierce criminal in one strike.”
General Zhang said with admiration. He firmly believed that the person in front of him was the leader of the imperial guards for another reason: for such an important mission, His Majesty would not only send himself, after all, the life and death of the Imperial Concubine was not only related to the Emperor’s reputation, but also to the future of the royal family.
“Just performing normally.”
Qi Huang raised her chin proudly.
“Thank you, Lord Thousand Shadows. If it weren’t for you today, I would have died here.”
General Zhang cupped his fists respectfully.
“It’s just a small effort, nothing to mention. Don’t worry, with this Thousand Shadows here, even if the three supreme experts of the cultivation world were to come, she wouldn’t lose a single strand of hair.”
Qi Huang continued to brag about her scarred wine age: ‘Qi (Nine) Wu Ba Ling’. She was slightly excited and clearly getting into character.
“Is that so?”
However, at this moment, an old woman’s voice came from afar. Before she arrived, a faint pressure permeated the air, enveloping the entire HongHua Sect.
“Here we go again!”
Qi Huang was used to it. Her spiritual sense swept towards the distance, and she saw a hunched figure rapidly approaching from the horizon several miles away. In just a single breath, she could cover more than ten feet, her speed extremely exaggerated. In any case, cultivators in the Huashen Realm could absolutely not do that.
‘A Shentong Realm expert? They’re finally here.’
Qi Huang’s lips curled slightly. To be honest, acting with those small fries before was not stimulating at all, and she wasn’t having enough fun yet.
As the old woman approached the HongHua Sect, her spiritual sense pressure grew stronger and stronger. The entire sect felt like they were trapped in an invisible quagmire. The surrounding air became unusually viscous, making it difficult to even breathe. The weak elderly and children began to tremble, about to kneel. The young men and women beside them quickly went to support them, but as time passed, even they gradually lost their footing.
Other flying beasts and crawling creatures fared even worse, all kneeling in submission, causing the entire HongHua Sect to fall into a dead silence.
“Such terrifying spiritual sense. Although not fully unleashed, it carries the pressure of a superior. The person who came this time is definitely a supreme expert of the Shentong Realm!”
General Zhang muttered to himself, facing a formidable enemy.
“What? A supreme expert of the Shentong Realm? Who could it be? The Grand Elder of the Donglai Sect? The Peak Master of Broken Cloud Peak? Or Elder Zuo of the Immortal Alliance?”
People nearby who heard this began to speculate.
“It would be easier if it were these people. They would definitely be friends rather than enemies. After all, they have been famous for a long time and would not make things difficult for us, nor would they go against the imperial court.”
Someone held onto a sliver of hope.
Qi Huang merely smiled and said nothing. This world was full of hidden talents, and what was seen on the surface was not necessarily the whole picture.
“Lord Thousand Shadows, what should we do? Why don’t you take the Imperial Concubine and leave first, and I’ll hold her off!”
General Zhang suggested anxiously. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of failing the mission and implicating his family.
“Do you remember what I, this Thousand Shadows, said? Even if the three supreme experts of the cultivation world were to come, she wouldn’t lose a single strand of hair.”
Qi Huang reiterated.
The old woman flew above the HongHua Sect and looked at the swaying crowd below, sneering, “Since you can’t hold on, why struggle? All of you, kneel down! Kneeling to this old woman is not shameful!”
“You should get down and kowtow to everyone else!”
Qi Huang let out a cold snort, and her spiritual sense burst out of her body, like an explosion in a quagmire, instantly pushing back the old woman’s spiritual sense.
The people of the HongHua Sect felt as if a great burden had been lifted, and they slowly straightened up. The sobbing of the elderly, the crying of the children, and the bleating of chickens and dogs gradually echoed, as if the HongHua Sect had returned from the gates of hell to the mortal world.
“You ants underfoot, why resist? An ant nest like this, can it withstand the sky falling?”
The old woman’s gaze locked onto Qi Huang, and her spiritual sense erupted again, directly covering the night sky. Then, with the power of heaven and earth, she crushed down, clearly intending to obliterate the HongHua Sect in one strike.
The people of the HongHua Sect looked up and saw the heavy dark clouds above them falling down as a whole, crashing directly towards the HongHua Sect. They had never seen such a terrifying scene before, and their faces were filled with panic. They all shouted, “The sky is falling! Run! The sky is really falling!”
“What’s under your feet is not necessarily an ant, it could also be a nail.”
Qi Huang soared into the sky, her spiritual sense transformed into a giant sword that pierced the dark night sky. Then, with a mighty downward slash, she split the clouds in her path into two, as if she had cleaved the heavens.
“Ah!”
The old woman let out a pained groan, her head almost splitting open. Unable to condense her spiritual sense, she swayed and fell.
Qi Huang, gaining the upper hand, pressed her advantage and directed the divine sword of spiritual sense to chop down at the opponent’s head. The friction caused a terrifying tearing sound.
“Boom! !!! Wu 1′! Qi Ba Ling Niu Yi”
The old woman could not dodge and was directly chopped down like a mosquito, crashing into the street and creating a large pit. She tried to stand firm, but due to the immense impact, she eventually knelt down.
“Now who is underfoot, tell me?”
Qi Huang slowly flew over.
“How is this possible?”
The old woman, disheveled and panicked, rushed out of the ruins and then used her movement technique to escape, like a startled wild dog.
Qi Huang did not pursue. It wasn’t that she was soft-hearted, but that she couldn’t defeat the opponent. The foolishness of this old woman lay in her excessive arrogance. She suppressed herself with spiritual sense as soon as she arrived, purely attacking the opponent’s weakness with her own weakness. If she had directly used her divine abilities, the outcome might have been completely reversed now.
“Lord Thousand Shadows is so powerful, with you here, who would dare to touch the Imperial Concubine even by a single hair?”
General Zhang said excitedly, a long-lost smile on his face. He knew that his return would be promising.
“That’s natural! Please clean up the mess, General Zhang. I’ll take care of the safety.”
Qi Huang didn’t want to be recognized, so she quickly disappeared from her spot.
Qi Huang arrived outside the HongHua Sect and soon encountered Yao Yao, the cat-eared girl. She excitedly asked, “How many cat demons did you rob this time?”
“Rob you my ass! Don’t you know you’re being monitored? I have to clean up your mess for you.”
Yao Yao rebuked in a sweet voice.
“I’m being monitored? By whom? Impossible! With my current spiritual sense, I should have discovered it!”
Qi Huang said with disbelief.
“That human was wearing a fur robe sewn from the skin of our Nine Nether Demonic Cat clan, which could completely block spiritual sense, so of course, you couldn’t discover it.”
Yao Yao explained.
“So cunning!”
Qi Huang was stunned, then quickly asked, “Where is that person?”
“He escaped. That person is very strong. Although he’s a warrior, he’s not much different from me. Fortunately, I hid the robbed cat demons elsewhere at the time, otherwise, this would have aroused external suspicion.”
Yao Yao said resentfully. Nowadays, sects in the cultivation world were robbed every few days. If the opponent had seen her carrying Nine Nether Demonic Cats, and if it spread, she might be exposed.
“The Xihui Dynasty actually has warriors as strong as you? Who exactly is he?”
Qi Huang murmured in shock.
“It should be that so-called Thousand Shadows!”
Yao Yao recalled and said.
“What? He’s Thousand Shadows? Then who am I?”
Qi Huang subconsciously asked.
“Nonsense! Aren’t you my Cat Owner, Qi Huang?”
Yao Yao rolled her beastly eyes.
“Ah! Right, right, right! He is Thousand Shadows, I got too into character.”
Qi Huang patted her head. She didn’t expect that the Dog Emperor would actually send a top expert to protect her in secret. But thinking about it, it made sense. For such an important mission, how could they completely entrust it to those who were openly visible…
“Dare to sew clothes with the fur of my kin. Since I already know who he is, I will definitely kill him.”
Yao Yao gritted her teeth.
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Qi Huang’s victory established her might, shocking the entire Xihui Dynasty. From that day on, no outsiders dared to step into the HongHua Sect. What a joke, who would dare to provoke a peerless expert in the late stage of the Shentong Realm.
In the blink of an eye, it was almost the first of the month, but the people from the Immortal Alliance had yet to show up. Qi Huang was a bit confused. Were they so sure she was lying? Did they not even plan to come and verify?
“Heh heh, this is your own doing. Don’t blame me when you get slapped in the face!”
Qi Huang smiled. She was worrying about not having an opportunity to mess with the Immortal Alliance, but she didn’t expect them to give her an opportunity on their own.
On the first of the month, Qi Huang returned to her true self and began to patiently wait for Eunuch Zhong to visit. She wanted to see if, after knowing that she had regained her True Qi, the Dog Emperor would still dare to take her into his harem.
