Soul Land 3: Legend Of The Jade Emperor

"Huang Yu… let's talk about this…"

"Nah, let's not."

Huang Yu and Xie Xie faced each other down on the fighting stage as tens of thousands of people in the stadium watched with excitement obvious on their faces.

Letting out a deep breath, Huang Yu relaxed his muscles as he prepared for battle. He was going into this fight with a mortal body, and only his cultivation base to supplement him.

He had sealed away his physical body's true power temporarily through using his understanding over the myriad laws of the universe used along with the King's Wisdom. He had found out that the King's Wisdom amplified the usage of laws by quite a bit when he had done so.

That also left a question in Huang Yu's head. Could he use the King's Wisdom without his third eye open? That would be something really interesting to test out.

Despite Xie Xie's nervousness, his instincts were still running at peak performance as of this moment. Noticing Huang Yu����s momentary ŀȧpse of concentration, he dashed forward, summoning both of his martial spirits and the parts of his battle armour as he tried to get a cheap shot in.

Huang Yu reacted instantly, dropping into a Renewal Taekwondo stance while he mobilised the energies in his body to every part of his body.

Seeing this, Xie Xie chose not to opt for a direct confrontation. Instead, his third spirit ring appeared before two clones appeared beside him.

[Light Dragon Clones]

Along with his two clones, Xie Xie surrounded Huang Yu with all of them. A smirk appeared on his face as all three of 'him' moved forward, aiming at the jugular.

Huang Yu snorted. Taking a step forward, he arrived in front of the real Xie Xie in a flash. Although his physical strength had been sealed up, he still had his techniques to bolster his speed.

One of the blades was instinctively swung at Huang Yu's face as a result of his sudden movement. Nonetheless, Huang Yu remained calm. He sidestepped the swing before he grabbed onto Xie Xie's wrist and twisted.

Hard.

Instead of trying to fight against Huang Yu's twist, Xie Xie chose to take a more rational approach and twist his body along with his wrist. As he did so, his other dagger was aimed at Huang Yu's jugular once more.

It was at this time that Xie Xie's two clones arrived in the fast-paced confrontation. The two of them aimed at Huang Yu's vital areas, knowing that anything less wouldn't be enough to beat the monster he was currently facing.

Huang Yu squated, dodging two of Xie Xie's three strikes. Then, twisting on his heel, he used momentum and jumped up at invisible speeds, blasting his foot up high and straight.

Shockwaves blasted through the field as one of Xie Xie's clones found his skull annihilated. Meanwhile, the other two were pushed slightly off balance as a result of the shockwave.

Huang Yu wasn't one to ignore an opening as he made his move towards the original once more.

[Light Dragon Blade]

A blade of light was suddenly sent flying towards Huang Yu, forcing him to stop his approach. Tsking, Huang Yu chose to grab the head of the clone instead before he slammed its head on his knee.

Crack.

Using this momentary respite, Xie Xie placed multiple metres between him and Huang Yu in less than a breath of time.

His breathing was heavy as his heart beated heavily after such an intense faceoff.

'Is it just me, or does Huang Yu seem to not be as strong as he should be? His current strength kinda feels like what it was two years ago when he fought the entire class by himself…'

'Or maybe it's just that I've improved a lot?'

A smirk slowly appeared on his face as his thoughts went rampant. His ego was slowly rising as optimistic ideas filled his head.

"Welp. I think that's enough playing around. I should start using a bit more strength."

Yeah, those words shattered Xie Xie's dreams entirely.

Huang Yu raised his foot up to his ċhėst and took a deep breath. Then, with literal earthshaking force, he stomped down.

"Law of Earth"

Xie Xie's instincts roared at him as he jumped away from his spot in an instant. He was lucky, as spikes of earth jutted out from the ground at that time.

'Wha…'

"Law of Wind"

Xie Xie felt an odd feeling of deja vu before he raised his blades to block several blades of wind that had formed around him.

"Law of Space"

Space coalesced around Xie Xie as he felt his movements being hindered by some type of barrier. Gritting his teeth, he flared his energy wildly as he fȯrċɨbŀƴ tried to break free of his restraints.

'Isn't this Gu Yue's ability?' Xie Xie thought in shock.

It was at this moment that Huang Yu suddenly appeared in front of Xie Xie. Fear gripped his heart as Xie Xie put up both of his blades in defense.

Seeing this, Huang Yu smiled, sending shivers down Xie Xie's spine.

"Law of Metal"

At those words, Xie Xie's blades immediately turned as heavy as lead. He was unable to put up even the slightest bit of resistance as the blades pulled his arms down his guarding position.

Huang Yu ċȯċked his fist back, twisting his hɨps as he did so. In one smooth movement, Huang Yu swung forward, uttering a whisper as he did so.

"Law of Causality"

Xie Xie didn't register that last phrase however, as his thoughts went into hyperdrive at the moment. A shit-eating grin appeared on Xie Xie's face as he cried out in pride.

"Gotcha!"

It was then that an invisible figure suddenly appeared with its blade at Huang Yu's jugular. Huang Yu's figure froze as his movement stopped completely.

Seeing this, Xie Xie jumped a few metres away. "I win, Huang Yu! Surrender!"

Xie Xie's excitement was immeasurable at this moment. His gambit had worked!

He knew that he definitely wasn't a match in a frontal battle against Huang Yu, so he had lured him into attacking him, planting an invisible clone to ambush Huang Yu at the side.

There was silence for a few moments after that. Everyone in the stadium stared at the scene in shock as they didn't expect Huang Yu to lose.

Huang Yu's performance today was far inferior to his previous performances. One should know that Huang Yu had beaten a one-word battle armour master in three minutes in one of his battles.

Now, despite Huang Yu using far more abilities, he seemed to be a lot more sluggish than before!

"Did… Xie Xie win?" Yuanen asked in shock. "And how did Huang Yu do all those things? Aren't they Gu Yue's abilities?"

"I… don't know… is Xie Xie really this strong now?" Tang Wulin said with a slight tremble in his voice.

It was at this moment that Gu Yue cut in.

"No. Xie Xie has already lost. He just doesn't know it yet."

Everyone instantly turned their head towards the one person in the room who was the most mysterious out of all of them. If anyone were to know what was going on, it would surely be Gu Yue!

"What do you mean?" Tang Wulin asked. "Xie Xie looks like he's in a pretty good position to me."

Hearing this, Gu Yue laughed. "Did you really think that Huang Yu could fall into a trap like that so easily?"

At those words, a bolt of thunder seemed to strike in everyone's minds. Realisation appeared on their face as they turned back to the battlefield.

"The only reason Xie Xie could catch him like that was because he allowed Xie Xie to do so. And the only reason Xie Xie is still in the fight…

Was because Huang Yu allowed him to."

— — — —

A soft laughter came from Huang Yu's lips, causing the audience to look in confusion.

"Not bad, Xie Xie. You've improved quite a bit."

"However, did you really think that you've won?"

The moment those words were spoken, the Huang Yu who was being threatened by the clone disappeared in a mirage. His voice seemed to emerge from every direction, causing Xie Xie a mild headache.

Law of Illusions

At that Xie Xie's smug expression disappeared in a flash. He jumped back into a ready position as he kept his guard up.

'I knew it wouldn't be that easy.' Xie Xie lamented.

"You probably don't know this Xie Xie..."

"But you've already lost."

Nani?!

A fist print appeared on Xie Xie's ċhėst at this very moment. There was a slight delay, before Xie Xie was suddenly sent crashing into the wall.

As the dust settled, Xie Xie's prone figure was shown lying unconscious at the wall. As the medics went up to check on Xie Xie, they found out that despite him being unconscious, he wasn't that badly hurt.

The reason for this was that Huang Yu pumped some vital energy into Xie Xie's body at the moment the blow landed. And as for how the blow landed…

The Law of Causality is pretty op you know. Lancer's Gay Bul— oops, he meant the Gae Bolg works the same way.

Whilst Huang Yu walked off the stage, cheers ran rampant as the epic scene in front of them was burned into their minds.

— — — —

As Huang Yu walked back to the resting area, he pondered on the understanding he had obtained during the fight.

While it wasn't that much, it still helped him in improving his combat prowess.

He could bȧrėly use the laws in combat yet as a result of his inexperience, but hopefully, he could one day use them with his sword just as well as he did with the King's Wisdom.

"Husband…"

The voice was soft and was extremely enchanting. It seemed to hold the beauty of the universe as it entered Huang Yu's ears.

Huang Yu froze instantly. His third eye blasted open in an instant as he spread out his mental powers everywhere.

Despite his best efforts, he couldn't find anything near him. A cold sweat trailed down his back as he felt his third eye pulsing slightly.

"What was that?" Huang Yu whispered out involuntarily. Gritting his teeth, he scratched the back of his head slightly roughly as his mind suddenly pieced the puzzle together.

'Fuck… is this some sort of love debt from the bloodline?'