Chapter 1540 - 1520: Earthquake Skill

Yang Xiao decided to return to the City of Hope for a look; an ominous feeling lingered in his heart.

According to the initial agreement, the intelligence team led by Fan Chen and Wanyan Bai should report to him regularly at Wuji Academy. However, since Yang Xiao joined Wuji Academy, he spent most of his time in the underground tunnels of the 101 Cultivation Field and hadn't seen Fan Chen even once.

He had once been declared missing by the academy, and they even sent people to take control of Elder Qi at the City of Hope. What if everyone believed Yang Xiao was dead, and Ba Tianhu and others took the opportunity for revenge and attacked the City of Hope?

Recollecting these thoughts, Yang Xiao felt his heart tremble.

Yang Xiao found Xing Zhe,

"Xing Zhe, if you're free, come back with me to the Central Continent. I need your help with some matters."

Xing Zhe laughed:

"Are you being formal with me? If I said I wasn't free, would you not invite me?"

Yang Xiao smiled bitterly,

"My return to the Central Continent this time might involve some battles. I know you're the only hope of your Xianghe Clan, so I don't dare to force you."

Xing Zhe patted Yang Xiao on the shoulder and said loudly:

"What nonsense are you talking about? Am I not your brother? If you have difficulties and I stand by watching, what kind of person am I? Tell me, when do we leave? I'll get leave from the academy."

"Tomorrow."

"Alright."

On the third day, after asking Lin Director for leave, Yang Xiao and Xing Zhe left Wuji Academy, flew over the Wuji Sea, and headed towards the Central Continent.

Because they didn't take a spaceship and relied entirely on manpower for flying, they got a bit tired over time, stopping to rest after flying for a period.

After half a day, Yang Xiao neared the Dark Forest of the City of Hope.

Yang Xiao suddenly remembered the wasteland he had cultivated in the Dark Forest before he left, so he directly led Xing Zhe to the Dark Forest to check on the crops.

Yang Xiao originally thought he would see a bustling and busy field of greenery, but upon arrival, he saw that the crops were nearly destroyed — most were burned by fire, the soil overturned by strong forces, and some crops were cut at the roots by sharp weapons, presenting a scene of apocalypse.

Yang Xiao's heart sank immediately as he exclaimed:

"Not good!"

Xing Zhe, puzzled, asked:

"Brother Yang, what happened?"

"I don't know either; I need to hurry back to the city to see."

Yang Xiao checked a few more fields nearby, and the situation was much the same. What scared him was he didn't see a single worker, indicating that the guards and citizens of the City of Hope were unable to come here to plant crops.

Yang Xiao turned and flew towards the City of Hope. After flying a few miles, he suddenly heard sounds of fighting in the distance and flew in the direction the sounds originated.

In a section of the forest, Flying Tiger led hundreds of guards in a fight against a unit of Yu Hai's Alliance Army.

Yu Hai's alliance army had about two thousand men, led by a powerful strongman of the Emperor Level Realm named Sha Feitian.

Sha Feitian's army was often ambushed by Flying Tiger's forces in the Dark Forest. For revenge, Sha Feitian set bait, sending a small detachment of two hundred into the Dark Forest.

Flying Tiger led four or five hundred to chase the small detachment, only to fall into Sha Feitian's trap. After a fierce battle, Flying Tiger had about two hundred men left around him, holding on bitterly, about to face total annihilation.

"Flying Tiger, you killed so many of my men. Today, it's your turn to pay with your life. Strike harder, everyone, and I'll reward 200 Crystal Disks for a head. A thousand for Flying Tiger's head!"

On hearing this, Sha Feitian's guards launched an even more ferocious attack.

Next to Flying Tiger, his trusted guard shouted:

"Boss, break through quickly, go! They can't catch you."

Flying Tiger was covered in blood, his eyes red. Ever since the defeat at Cold Wind Valley, he had often been oppressed with pain.

Flying Tiger roared:

"I won't go. If I die, we die together. I won't abandon my brothers.

Ever since the boss went missing, I felt life was meaningless. Rather than live crushed every day, it's better to fight it out to the end. If I die, so be it, kill!"

Flying Tiger's hands moved quickly with fierce vigor, killing a dozen of the enemy in a flash. Even Sha Feitian didn't dare rush directly for a moment. After all, he had more guards; as long as they pinned down Flying Tiger's squad for a bit, they would all be killed, and Flying Tiger wouldn't be able to escape.

A moment later, only two or three dozen guards remained beside Flying Tiger. These were Flying Tiger's staunchly loyal guards.

"Boss, if you don't go now, you won't be able to leave."

"I said I won't go. We've been brothers through it all; I have no regrets in life. We'll die together, then we'll go find Boss Yang Xiao."

Flying Tiger and the group believed Yang Xiao had long died in an explosion caused by the Nuclear Generator on Wuji Island.

Yet usually, no one admitted this fact; they only acknowledged Yang Xiao was missing.

Missing meant having hope!

Sha Feitian, holding a black long spear, shouted:

"Flying Tiger, I respect you as a man. Take your life, and I'll leave your body whole!"

A thousand people surrounded Flying Tiger's two dozen men tightly.

Flying Tiger knew his life had come to an end.

Since following Yang Xiao, Flying Tiger felt life was joyful and smooth. Even in the forsaken land of the Central Continent, he found his dignity and hope for life.

But since Yang Xiao went missing, his life lost hope.

Flying Tiger let out a long sigh and looked up at the sky, then at the twenty or so brothers left beside him, saying sadly:

"Brothers, I'm sorry. I can't lead you to fight anymore. It's come to this, I accept my fate. If there's a chance, let's be brothers in the next life."

Over twenty guards started crying, the atmosphere on site turning incredibly solemn.

"Boss, if you go, our brothers will follow you!"

"Alright, we good brothers fight together, enjoy together, live together, die together."

Flying Tiger drew out a longsword, looked up, and cried to the heavens, shouting:

"Boss, I, Flying Tiger, have brought my brothers to find you!"

After speaking, Flying Tiger glanced at the brothers around him, gritted his teeth, and prepared to commit suicide.

"Wait!"

A loud shout,

A figure rushed over like Lightning, grabbing Flying Tiger's Longsword.

Upon hearing the shout "Wait," Flying Tiger's body shook, his mind went blank.

That voice was familiar; it was the voice he longed for day and night.

When the figure appeared before him, Flying Tiger looked at Yang Xiao, his body trembling incessantly, tears brimming, choked and said:

"Boss, boss, boss, is it really you?"

"Am I, am I dreaming? Have I already died? I see you again?"

Seeing Flying Tiger drenched in blood, with dozens of wounds all over his body, skin shredded, Yang Xiao's heart felt a piercing pain, his eyes grew wet.

Yang Xiao held Flying Tiger's hand, choked with emotion:

"You've suffered."

"Boss!"

Flying Tiger couldn't hold back anymore, tightly embracing Yang Xiao.

Among the twenty or so guards beside Flying Tiger, some had seen Yang Xiao before, getting moved to tears with excitement.

"Boss is back, boss is back, we're saved, we're saved, City of Hope is saved."

Xing Zhe stood behind Yang Xiao, watching the scene, a bit baffled, not knowing what happened, could only guess that Yang Xiao's clan had been attacked and humiliated.

Sha Feitian didn't know Yang Xiao, he thought Yang Xiao had come from City of Hope to rescue Flying Tiger.

Seeing Yang Xiao with just two people, he didn't take it seriously.

He watched Yang Xiao and Flying Tiger embracing, a group of grown men crying emotionally as if reunited after a long time, escaping a life-and-death plight, completely ignoring Sha Feitian's presence.

Sha Feitian felt annoyed, shouted:

"Hey hey hey, who are you? Coming here talking nonsense, a bunch of grown men, if you're dead then die, crying together, what does this look like,

Flying Tiger, you were like a man just now, how have you turned into a woman now, be straightforward, otherwise, I'll chop you into minced meat."

Yang Xiao gently pushed Flying Tiger away, patted the shoulders of a few familiar guards beside Flying Tiger, reassuringly said:

"Don't be afraid, I am here."

The twenty-something guards saw Yang Xiao, each like possessed, excited beyond measure, had long forgotten life and death.

More accurately, they trusted Yang Xiao, Yang Xiao would never let them die here.

Sha Feitian got angry,

"Hey, who the hell are you, acting like a boss here, if you come you're dead just the same, brothers, prepare to fight."

"Yes!"

Immediately, over a thousand people grabbed their Weapons, fiercely staring at Yang Xiao and the others, just waiting for Sha Feitian's command to swarm forward, hacking Yang Xiao and the others into minced meat.

Yang Xiao pointed his finger at Sha Feitian, said to Flying Tiger:

"Is it this guy who bullied you?"

Flying Tiger, over two meters tall, at this moment seemed like a bullied child, said aggrievedly:

"Boss, just kill him, he killed our five hundred brothers, nearly killed me."

"Alright, boss will avenge you."

Yang Xiao only glanced at Sha Feitian from head to toe, didn't even ask his name, which made Sha Feitian very angry.

"Arrogant, brothers, go, kill them!"

"Kill!"

Over a thousand people instantly charged forward, hundreds or thousands of threads of Killing Aura like a tyrannical tide sweeping towards Yang Xiao and the others.

Flying Tiger didn't care at all, not afraid in the slightest, he trusted boss Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao gritted his teeth,

"All of you die for me!"

Facing the rushing over-a-thousand people, he struck down with one palm.

Earthquake Skill!

This was the New Soul Skill Yang Xiao obtained after breaking through to Emperor Middle Level realm.

"Boom!"

With a loud explosion, in mid-air, a giant palm imprint over a thousand meters descended directly.

The guards charging forward simultaneously felt a fear of death.

Sha Feitian's heart skipped a beat, his Long spear shook, transformed into a streak, towards Yang Xiao.

"Boom!"

Another loud noise, Flying Tiger felt the ground underfoot shaking violently, as if the earth cracked and a volcano erupted.

Looking into the distance, Flying Tiger and the twenty or so guards were horrified to see, the more than a thousand guards who were charging moments ago, now all laid on the ground, their bodies smashed into flat meat patties.

A thousand meters ahead, all the trees and flowers were crushed.

Sha Feitian fell to the ground, his entire body embedded deep into the earth, revealing eyes full of terror.