175: Shangguan Jing looking for a midwife

With Xiong Da's palm crippled, the intense pain instantly muddled his thoughts.

Being a hybrid of human and beast, his rationality was inherently shorter than a human's. Now, enraged by Zhou Huang, all notions of benevolence and rules could go to hell!

Xiong Da let out a beastly roar, and his Nascent Soul Realm emerged from his body.

It was, astonishingly, a genuine white furred bear!

With the bear-shaped Nascent Soul Realm's augmentation, Xiong Da's entire aura surged by at least thirty percent!

"Furry Bear Shakes Tree!" Xiong Da roared, his body once again growing to ten meters.

He casually reset his dislocated palm, and his massive body clenched its fist, striking ferociously at the tiny, ant-like Zhou Huang.

The immense spiritual energy fluctuations caused the surrounding space to intensely twist!

If the energy level were just a bit stronger, it might have even collapsed the void!

On the viewing platform, Lan Zhixi, her younger sister, looked solemn: "Even I don't have absolute confidence in defeating this Xiong Da."

"He's indeed a bit unusual. It seems human-beast hybridization has potential..." Lan Zhiqing's eyes were calm, a thoughtful expression on her face: "That tiger clan young master who's pursuing you, are you interested in having a little tiger cub with him?"

"Tiger your head!" Lan Zhixi's apricot eyes widened as she loudly protested.

Yet, she inexplicably recalled Yu Jingshen's handsome face.

If that tiger brother could be as handsome as him, having a litter of tiger cubs wouldn't be impossible.

Oh dear, what am I thinking?!

Lan Zhixi's cheeks flushed, and she lightly patted her face, turning her gaze back to the arena.

The immensely powerful force, swift as wind and aggressive as fire, surged towards Zhou Huang. Such momentum finally made even someone as strong as Zhou Huang dare not resist it with his physical body.

"Alas."

A faint, almost imperceptible sigh echoed softly above the plaza. The next moment, Zhou Huang's Nascent Soul Realm also slowly materialized on his shoulder.

It was, surprisingly, an Emperor Nascent Soul Realm radiating supreme majesty!

The Nascent Soul Realm was entirely golden, enveloped in holy light, and the fluctuations emanating from it caused a strange stinging sensation in one's eyes just by looking at it!

Anyone weaker than Zhou Huang immediately averted their gaze the moment this Emperor Nascent Soul Realm appeared.

Imperial divine might cannot be directly gazed upon!

Under the shroud of the Emperor's radiance, Zhou Huang's combat power more than doubled!

Compared to Xiong Da's thirty percent combat power increase from his furred bear Nascent Soul Realm, this was undoubtedly far more powerful!

Under the Emperor Nascent Soul Realm, Zhou Huang's body also carried an irresistible sense of majesty.

He murmured, his indifferent words softly spoken:

"Kneel."

Like a grand bell, the indifferent voice boomed in Xiong Da's ears.

The spiritual energy within Xiong Da's body uncontrollably surged, actually forcing Xiong Da's legs to slowly bend!

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Xiong Da roared in furious defiance, veins bulging all over his body, blood spurting out as a crimson mist, as he fiercely resisted Zhou Huang's oppressive might.

Unwilling!

Unwilling!!

Xiong Da's body was bathed in blood, yet he stubbornly halted his kneeling motion, and even, under the gaze of thousands, stood up once more.

"Holy crap, Xiong Da got up again?"

"He's got spirit, he's got strength!"

"The power of the bear, kid!"

In the audience, various discussions, openly praising Xiong Da, erupted.

Meng Yun, however, looked indifferent and casually said, "It's over."

Nangong Jing turned her head to Meng Yun: "Although Xiong Da might lose, it won't be this fast, will it?"

"Just watch." Meng Yun said no more.

Having fought the peak Zhou Huang, Meng Yun naturally knew his true strength like the back of his hand.

Although Zhou Huang's current realm was only Nascent Soul Realm, and he hadn't even become the Holy Son of the Holy Palace yet, his true nature would not change.

Indeed, almost the instant Meng Yun finished his assessment, a sudden change occurred on the field.

...

"Get lost."

A golden light suddenly burst forth from Zhou Huang's eyes.

This golden light directly struck Xiong Da's exposed Nascent Soul Realm, and the furred bear Nascent Soul Realm was instantly annihilated.

Xiong Da's own body also shrank like a deflating balloon, returning to its normal state, his aura listless.

His Nascent Soul Realm had been crippled with such speed that even he himself had not anticipated it.

"Ah ah ah ah!!!"

Xiong Da screamed in agony, his body painfully curled into a ball on the arena stage.

"What are you barking about!"

Zhou Huang kicked him savagely.

Without spiritual energy protection, this kick would likely break at least half of Xiong Da's bones.

Xiong Da, severely injured, flew off the stage, crashing heavily onto the ground and rolling countless times.

Zhou Huang didn't even glance at him, his gaze piercing through the distance to meet Meng Yun's eyes.

As if saying:

This guy's current state is your preview.

Meng Yun's face was expressionless, but a cold killing intent burst forth in his eyes.

Zhou Huang strode away amidst the uproar of the entire audience.

The final battle of the Xia Ya Dynasty, a battle of the Transformation Realm, ended with the opponent conceding at the very beginning.

Thus, the Xia Ya Dynasty successfully distinguished itself, becoming one of the top eight... no, top nine.

With the Xia Ya Dynasty's Transformation Realm victory, the preliminaries officially concluded.

Tianjian Dynasty, Shui Yue Dynasty, Dark Crow Dynasty, and Xia Ya Dynasty, as expected, became part of the top nine.

After a brief rest, they would face the other five dynasties in the semifinals.

...

Tianjian Dynasty's resting area.

"Ruoruo, are you alright, Ruoruo?" Shangguan Jing, the Nascent Soul Realm representative from the recently victorious Changli Dynasty, hadn't even warmed his seat when he saw his wife clutching her pregnant belly, looking pained.

Xu Ruoruo, seeing her husband return, endured her intense pain and asked with difficulty: "How was it, husband? Did you win?"

"Of course, I won." Shangguan Jing nodded, quickly reaching out to help his wife up.

The Changli Dynasty, even within the entire White Tiger Heaven, was an extremely insignificant, low-tier dynasty.

For Shangguan Jing and the others to win this time, there seemed to be some powerful destiny interfering in the unseen.

"It's good that you won. Now our family can give an explanation to the imperial court... Ugh!!"

Just as Xu Ruoruo's brows relaxed, the intense pain from her abdomen began to make her groan again.

"Ruoruo, you... you're bleeding!" Shangguan Jing turned pale with fright: "Bear with it for a moment, I'll go find a doctor right away!"

"Hus... husband..."

Xu Ruoruo was weak, but could only watch Shangguan Jing run off.

"How could this be? There's at least half a month until her due date!" Shangguan Jing's brows were furrowed with anxiety, and in his panic, he stopped everyone he saw!

Originally, he hadn't planned to bring his pregnant wife here, but she insisted on accompanying him!

If his wife and the child in her womb...

He would never forgive himself!

In his anxiety, Shangguan Jing's gaze suddenly pierced through the crowd, meeting the eyes of a young man in black and gold attire.

He recognized this young man!

It was Yu Jingshen, the rising young talent in the Tianjian Dynasty!

There was hope. If it was him, he would definitely be able to find a midwife or doctor!

"Daoist Friend Yu, please wait!" Shangguan Jing pushed through the dense crowd to reach Meng Yun.

Meng Yun was momentarily dazed.

Although the other party was a handsome young man, Meng Yun distinctly felt that it was Shangguan Qing, rushing towards him.

Shangguan... Qing?

It truly has been a long time.