During the time Ye Chui and the others were talking, more and more people appeared around them. Ye Chui also saw numerous princes arriving one after another, including the eldest prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince, these fellows who seemed to harbour a blood feud against Ye Chui. They all looked at Ye Chui with cold and provocative gazes. Of course, there were also the second prince, the seventh prince, and the eighth prince, these people who harboured fear towards Ye Chui and wished they could stay as far away as possible.
Ye Chui also spotted Shi Yi from the Moonstone family. Although she passed by from a distance, her gaze still seemed as if it could kill Ye Chui.
These people all arrived at the stone platform under the mountain wall, a place where only the royal family, key ministers, and important nobles were allowed to sit.
Prince Geller’s and the old emperor’s imperial carriage soon arrived here as well. The two old men disembarked from the imperial carriage and slowly walked towards Ye Chui and the others.
Debbie, upon seeing the old emperor and Prince Geller, immediately waved her arms happily: “Little Fatty!”
“…”
Ye Chui clearly saw the old emperor’s body stiffen slightly, as if in the next moment he was prepared to change direction and refuse to come over… However, after a moment, he still continued walking over with a wry smile.
Debbie had already stood up and walked over happily.
“Debbie sister, long time no see.” The old emperor said, his voice filled with emotion.
“Hey, back then I never imagined you could become emperor. Truly unexpected.” Debbie placed her hands on her hips and looked the old emperor up and down.
“Hehe, you were very unhappy about our previous engagement. Do you regret it now?” The old emperor teased.
“Hmph, I would not regret it at all. I am still glad that I made you break off the engagement back then. Looking at you now, who would have thought you would still be so fat even in old age.” Debbie said with a look of disdain, and she could not help but reach out her hand to lift the old emperor’s double chin, (yes, just like Sakuragi Hanamichi and Coach Anzai…), her face showing an expression of “you are indeed very fat.”
The old emperor’s expression immediately became somewhat annoyed. He was, after all, the emperor now, not that little fatty you bullied as a child! He glared at Debbie: “Only you would dare say such things to my face…”
“I have not finished speaking yet, you look at your sons and grandsons, not one of them is worth looking at. I really do not know how you raised your sons. Back then I should have just…”
Ye Chui hurriedly walked over and covered Debbie’s mouth. Debbie was truly happy, reuniting with an old friend, and her mouth was unguarded. He smiled awkwardly at the old emperor: “Hehe, Debbie is just speaking casually. We did not know about her flicking your jj until you grew up. Do not overthink it…”
The others: “…”
And the old emperor’s fat face was on the verge of exploding…
However, seeing Ye Chui and Debbie fooling around, his face soon turned into a wry smile again. He sighed: “Debbie sister is indeed still that Debbie sister, lawless yet impossible to truly hate… Now I understand how my father felt when she tugged at his beard.”
Ye Chui sweated. It seemed Debbie had a history of such behaviour. He asked: “Your Majesty, Prince Geller, what is the deal with that girl on the stone platform?”
Hearing Ye Chui’s question, the old emperor’s and Prince Geller’s faces both suddenly turned cold. Prince Geller snorted coldly and said: “We also encountered them on the road just now. They are representatives from the Magic Guild and arrived in the imperial capital two days ago but did not come to the Red Fort to pay respects to fourth brother, so we did not know about them before… Ye Chui, this is my oversight. A couple of days ago you asked me to investigate them, but I did not expect their identities to be so astonishing!”
“Who exactly is she?” Ye Chui continued to ask.
“The twelve phase magic guide books each have their own names: Ghost Crab, Gold Lion, Giant Spirit, Divine Horse, Spirit King, Heavenly Maiden, Golden Body, Water Bearer, Ringing Bell, War Bull, White Sheep, Magic Ring. Among the twelve phases, all others are still alive. The Heavenly Maiden phase magus guide passed away five years ago due to old age. That girl is precisely the heir to the Heavenly Maiden phase magic guide book. Her name is Posri, and the old man beside her is her guardian, the Black Phase Servant.” It was the old emperor who answered Ye Chui.
His face carried a hint of anger: “Their appearance here seems to be to interfere with your martial duel with Yuren, and it is very likely they came specifically for you, Ye Chui. I suspect they have already made contact with the Beastmaster Jores family and may have even helped Yuren with certain enhancements. Be careful in the upcoming duel.”
When Green encountered them, they were inquiring about the location of the Jores family residence. Ye Chui knew they had clearly come for the Jores family.
Hearing the emperor’s reminder, Ye Chui smiled and nodded: “Yes, I understand.”
He already knew that One Punch Man could be further unlocked, and each unlock required five thousand points. Ye Chui currently had over thirteen thousand points remaining, enough to unlock One Punch Man twice. He had hesitated over the past two days and had not chosen to unlock it yet. If necessary during the battle later, if Teacher Saitama could not solve the opponent with one punch, he would not hesitate to spend the points.
Even if he became stronger, two punches from Teacher Saitama should suffice, right?
At this moment, the old emperor looked towards the few people standing beside him. Hoyn was originally standing there trembling with fear. The previous generations of the Anduin family could freely enter and exit the imperial palace Red Fort, but it had completely declined by his time. In fact, this was the first time he had been so close to His Majesty the Emperor, and he felt immensely nervous for a moment. Yet the old emperor smiled and said: “You are Hoyn, right? Hehe, I heard you bet fifty thousand gold coins on Ye Chui. Very good, you have guts.”
“I believe in Mr Ye Chui’s strength. The companions of Miss Debbie are definitely not ordinary people.” Hoyn hurriedly said respectfully.
The old emperor laughed heartily, and his gaze suddenly fell on Jacob, who was standing somewhat timidly behind Ye Chui. He trembled slightly, vaguely thinking of something, and asked: “You are Ye Chui’s companion?”
“Yes, yes, I am Jacob, from Greyrock City.” Jacob hurriedly replied.
“So you are Jacob.” The old emperor’s expression showed some surprise. He had obviously heard of Jacob’s information but was seeing him in person for the first time.
“Fourth brother, what is it?” Prince Geller said somewhat curiously.
“Nothing.” The old emperor shook his head, but the corners of his mouth suddenly revealed a strange smile. He then encouraged Ye Chui a few more words before turning around and heading to the stone platform under the mountain wall together with Prince Geller.
He sat in the central position on the stone platform. Seated to his right was Prince Geller, and to his other side was that girl named Posri. From this alone, it was clear enough how noble the status was of the Magic Guild representative and the Twelve Phase heir.
An extremely elderly man who appeared to be at least over ninety years old stood up with the support of an attendant. He was the empire’s grand scholar, and his voice trembled as he read out the rules of the martial trial.
Because his voice was very soft, and with Dragon Treasure still sprawled atop the dragon’s lair roaring loudly, almost no one could hear what he was saying.
And at that moment, a piercing screech suddenly came from the sky: “Hiss, hiss,”
Accompanied by that sound, a terrifying giant bird suddenly flew in from afar. It was a huge flying bird with an eagle head and snake tail, as well as a pair of terrifying wings covered in scales. This was a fourth-rank magic beast, the flying bird beast. Vaguely, one could see a person standing on that flying bird beast, and that person was none other than the snake-haired Yuren!
He had been late in arriving, but now he made his entrance in this manner, instantly attracting everyone’s attention. That flying bird beast did not hurry to land but instead circled continuously above the dragon’s lair, as if to exert intimidation on Ye Chui. Countless spectators of the martial trial all felt the extraordinary nature of the snake-haired Yuren. Such a flashy entrance was unmatched by anyone, and then…
Dragon Treasure, who had been cursing inside the dragon’s lair cave, lifted his head and saw this ugly bird flying back and forth in front of him. He opened his mouth and let out a roar: “Scram,”
Boom,
That flying bird plummeted directly from the high air, crashing onto the ground not far in front of Ye Chui.
Silence fell all around.
That flying bird beast still struggled to crawl up from the ground, but the snake-haired Yuren, who had nearly fallen off its back, roared in anger and punched the flying bird beast’s head. Blood immediately sprayed, and this fourth-rank flying bird beast was actually killed by him with one punch. The snake-haired Yuren turned his head to look at Dragon Treasure atop the dragon’s lair, his eyes flashing with two beams of cold light. He then swept his gaze towards Ye Chui and roared: “Ye Chui, today I will tear you into pieces!”
The grand scholar was so frightened by the sudden change that he nearly collapsed to the ground. At this moment, he hurriedly shouted loudly: “The martial trial has begun… Bystanders clear the field, the duel starts!”
Ye Chui chuckled, collected the tables and chairs, waved to Debbie and the others, letting them leave the field. Debbie, Theresa, Green, and the rest told Ye Chui to be careful before coming together to the sidelines. Ye Chui then smiled and walked towards Yuren.
At this moment, Yuren did not look as if he had been injured at all. Only his body was covered in coiled muscles, his face full of bulging veins, giving off a very eerie and terrifying feeling, just like a humanoid ferocious beast completely dominated by anger. His magic guide book floated at his side.
Although there had been some mishap in the entrance process, seeing his current ferocious appearance, those who had placed heavy bets on him all revealed smiles.
“That Ye Chui has some ability, but in a formal duel, he absolutely cannot be this Yuren’s opponent!”
“I feel that the current Yuren can already rival the Magic Mountain of old! Injecting the magic beast bloodline into his own body, his power will undoubtedly be immensely strong.”
“This time I am going to make a fortune. Look at that Ye Chui, how could his white-covered magic guide book possibly be Yuren’s opponent!?”
“See how that Ye Chui will fend it off!”
The snake-haired Yuren had previously been severely injured by Ye Chui’s [Explosion is Justice], which brought him immense anger. Although angry, he had not completely lost his reason. The petrification demon eye on his forehead suddenly opened, preparing to use his strongest trump card right from the start!
In the instant that Ye Chui’s petrification demon eye opened, he transformed into a flock of bats and flew towards the snake-haired Yuren, flapping and swarming around Yuren’s body.
“Roar,” The snake-haired Yuren let out a roar that did not sound human. His huge palm quickly grabbed towards the surroundings. Ye Chui had dealt with this move against him before, and now he knew how to counter it. No longer wasting effort using the demon eye to fix these bats in place, he used his body to attack those bats, forcing Ye Chui to condense his true form.
But suddenly he sensed something amiss. The bats surrounding him seemed a bit few?
He hurriedly lifted his head.
In mid-air, half of Ye Chui’s body had already condensed into entity.
Ye Chui’s bat transformation was just to buy time, allowing him a chance to summon the One Punch heroic spirit.
Just as the snake-haired Yuren raised his head to look at the sky, a bald man wearing a strange yellow tights appeared out of thin air in mid-air.
His face looked somewhat listless, and he raised his fist.
One-fifteenth serious punch!
The snake-haired Yuren revealed a cold smile, and the petrification demon eye condensed cold light.
Petrification!
However, the figure in the air did not halt his movement. That serious punch seemed unstoppable in this moment, smashing down from mid-air.
Boom!
The hard black dragon’s lair mountain seemed to shake violently. Cracks spread in all directions across this surface as hard as glass. The powerful fist wind pressed towards all sides, as if this punch had nearly shattered the entire mountain. In the gale, several people standing closer were directly blown to the ground, and quite a few let out cries of alarm. But their gazes were still fixed on the field. Their faces still held the狂喜 from the previous moment when they thought Ye Chui was surely dead, but then those expressions all stiffened.
Those princes, the old emperor, Prince Geller, the members of the Privy Council, the nobles of great families, the Black Phase Servant, Posri, all stiffened as well.
Their expressions became like this: O-O!
The bats quickly condensed, forming Ye Chui’s body, landing on the ground.
That bald heroic spirit also landed beside him. While rubbing his bald head with his hand, he curiously surveyed the surroundings.
A black crater appeared on the ground in front of them, with cracks converging into that pit. Strands of black smoke rose from there.
“…” Deathly silence, then someone let out a cry of alarm,
“Ah, is it over just like this?”
