Chapter 93: Famous Throughout the World

The result of the life-and-death duel sent a shockwave through the imperial capital in an instant.

At once, tongues wagged everywhere.

“Who would have thought it? In the end, it was the Azure Cloud Martial Academy that won. It has been so many years since anything like this happened. Unbelievable!”

“Indeed. This time, not only did Young Master Jun win the life-and-death duel, but Mo Xingyun also washed away his old humiliation by defeating Jiang Taixu. Had the emperor not intervened, Jiang Taixu would likely have died beneath Mo Xingyun’s sword.”

“After this battle, the Imperial Martial Academy has fallen from grace, while the Azure Cloud Martial Academy is set to rise on the tide. From now on, the imperial capital will be even more lively.”

Although most of the imperial capital’s citizens had witnessed the duel with their own eyes, they were still stunned when they heard the final outcome.

Who could have imagined that the Azure Cloud Martial Academy, which had declined for so many years and seemed on the verge of becoming nothing more than dust in history, would rise from the ashes?

The Imperial Martial Academy, which everyone had initially favored, instead plunged into decline.

Countless people sighed at the turn of events.

And this news did not merely circulate within the imperial capital.

With the speed of a storm, it spread rapidly to every corner of the Great Qian Empire.

Very soon, the whole empire was shaken by this battle.

The Azure Cloud Martial Academy, long in decline, once again entered the public eye.

And Mo Xingyun, once known as the greatest prodigy of Great Qian, was once again spoken of.

Of course, the most important figure was Jun Wushuang.

In this life-and-death duel, Jun Wushuang played the decisive role.

With a single blade, he cut down ten heaven-rank students in succession and secured victory in the duel.

He also stained the imperial capital red with blood, slaughtering three thousand students and erecting a new mountain of severed heads, utterly breaking the backbone of the Imperial Martial Academy.

The name Jun Wushuang.

For the first time, it spread across the entire Great Qian Empire.

Jiangning City, in the Green Province.

By now, Jun Zhantian had also received the news and was overjoyed.

“Send out the order: my Jun family will hold a grand banquet for three days. Feed the whole city!”

Jun Zhantian wanted the entire city to share in his joy.

Since the annihilation of the Ye family and the Ji family, Jiangning City had long since become dominated by the Jun family alone.

With Jun Zhantian now the new city lord, power was firmly in his hands.

Today’s Jun family was not only thriving in numbers, but also brimming with experts and rich in resources.

It had become the true undisputed ruler of Jiangning City.

And all of this was Jun Wushuang’s doing.

Jun Wushuang had truly become famous this time.

Before, his reputation had been considerable, but it was confined to Jiangning City and the imperial capital.

Moreover, Jiangning City was only a small place, and in the imperial capital he had been showing off under the banner of the Southern Suppression King’s authority.

Thus, the world had not understood Jun Wushuang very deeply.

But this battle allowed everyone to see his potential.

With only the strength of the sixth level of the Sea of Spirit realm, he fought above his level against Heavenly Human realm opponents, and won ten battles in ten victories.

Such potential had already surpassed the Four Great Prodigies and was rapidly closing in on the lofty crown prince.

Most important of all, Jun Wushuang came from humble origins, and that gave countless common-born disciples tremendous confidence.

Now, many such disciples already regarded Jun Wushuang as their idol.

It could be foreseen that the Azure Cloud Martial Academy would soon usher in a period of rapid growth.

The imperial capital.

The Azure Cloud Martial Academy.

Three days had passed since the life-and-death duel.

During these three days, Jun Wushuang had shut out all worldly affairs and devoted himself entirely to seclusion, devouring the energies of the physiques he had obtained.

In this duel, Jun Wushuang had reaped a great harvest of corpses.

There was Dongfang Li’s Thousand Illusions Imperial Physique, and Nangong Tianxuan’s Violent Thunder Imperial Physique.

These special physiques were the greatest gain to Jun Wushuang.

Creak.

The doors of the Hall of Boundless Might opened, and Jun Wushuang stepped out.

The Hall of Boundless Might was a grand hall specially built for Jun Wushuang by Jiang Hongru. It was low-key yet luxurious, with depth beneath its splendor, in no way inferior to the Azure Cloud Hall.

Sunlight fell upon Jun Wushuang, making him seem like a deity descending from the heavens, awe-inspiring to behold.

“The Devouring Demon Physique has finally reached minor mastery!”

Jun Wushuang wore a smile of satisfaction at this seclusion.

His outward appearance had not changed much.

Yet, if one observed closely, one would find that every pore on his body had become a tiny vortex, endlessly devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and its swallowing power was now ten times greater than before.

This meant that Jun Wushuang’s cultivation speed was ten times that of an ordinary martial artist.

“Manifestation: Death Black Hole!”

Once the demon physique reached minor mastery, it could give birth to a unique manifestation with marvelous and mysterious power.

A burst of black light soared upward, and a black hole ten meters wide appeared behind Jun Wushuang.

The black hole made its appearance, impossible to look upon directly, as though everything in the world would be swallowed by it.

With this manifestation, Jun Wushuang’s devouring power increased another tenfold.

If he went again to the Imperial Martial Academy’s spiritual meridian cavern, it would likely be drained dry within the span of an hour.

“The Heaven-Devouring Demon Art has also reached the second level!”

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Art had eighteen levels in all. Each level increase granted a new innate divine power.

“Innate divine power: Demon Seed!”

A pitch-black seed appeared in Jun Wushuang’s palm.

It was a special creation condensed from demonic energy, spiritual force, and murderous aura.

The Demon Seed had only one purpose: to control others.

Master Wu had always acknowledged Jun Wushuang as his lord, but that had been due to the Southern Suppression King’s command.

With a Demon Seed, however, once it was planted into the sea of consciousness, life and death could be controlled with a single thought, and the target could be utterly subjugated and turned into a demonic servant.

Still, the Demon Seed was not without limits. At Jun Wushuang’s current level, he could condense only three seeds, and the target’s strength could not exceed his own by more than one major realm.

In other words, he could not plant a Demon Seed in a powerhouse above the sixth level of the Heavenly Human realm.

But as Jun Wushuang’s strength grew, so too would the power of the Demon Seed.

“And last is the second fusion divine power.”

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Art was overbearing and tyrannical. It could not only devour the essence of special physiques, but also seize their innate divine powers for itself.

Dongfang Li’s spiritual poison and Nangong Tianxuan’s Myriad Thunder Heaven Summons had both fallen into Jun Wushuang’s hands.

He had then fused these two imperial-physique divine powers once more, obtaining a second fusion divine power.

“Innate divine power: Godslaying Violent Thunder!”

Jun Wushuang reached out and seized a bolt of lightning from the firmament.

The lightning was half real and half illusory, containing not only terrifying destructive power but also the fusion of spiritual poison.

One strike could inflict both physical and mental damage.

Its might was even more fearsome than heavenly thunder and earthly fire.

Manifestation.

A second innate divine power.

A second fusion divine power.

And with that, his cultivation had advanced to the seventh level of the Sea of Spirit realm.

These were the fruits of Jun Wushuang’s seclusion.

Boom!

Just as Jun Wushuang was comprehending his own state, a sudden deafening crash rang out.

The ground trembled, dust billowed through the air, as though some tremendous explosion had occurred.

The next instant, a giant ape ten meters tall appeared, white-haired and red-footed, its savage might shaking the world.

Its eyes burned scarlet with madness and ferocity, and at that very moment it charged straight toward Jun Wushuang.

Wherever it went, houses collapsed and the earth caved in, its destructive force astonishing.

Jun Wushuang frowned slightly and was just about to strike.

Then, a frantic voice from Liu Yiyi suddenly rang out.

“Don’t kill him! He’s Ah Man!”