Legend Management Bureau Chapter 276

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Xing Tian gritted his teeth and shot forward explosively. He swung the hard bronze Giant Axe like a whip; his speed was so immense that the axe’s trajectory blurred into a curved arc.

The Yellow Emperor’s expression turned ice-cold. He leaned aside and swung the Xuanyuan Sword, barely blocking the strike at an incredibly perilous angle.

Although the Yellow Emperor was not as towering as Xing Tian, the sheer power behind that exchange proved they were evenly matched.

The ground beneath their feet shattered, and a massive shockwave of sword aura rippled outward, carving deep gouges directly into the surrounding walls.

Du Yu and the others hurriedly ducked for cover, feeling an invisible gale slice right over their scalps.

When they looked up again, the two legendary figures were already swinging their Weapons, attacking each other with frantic ferocity amid a shower of countless sparks.

The Xuanyuan Sword truly lived up to its name as a top-tier Magical Treasure. With every heavy blow it took from the bronze axe, its radiant light flared brighter, growing stronger as the battle raged on.

The stray blasts of sword aura slashed deep scars across the walls of the room.

Du Yu could see that the Yellow Emperor’s cultivation base was in no way inferior to Xing Tian’s. A magical duel of this caliber would inevitably only end with the death of one of the combatants.

Du Yu’s group hastily retreated several paces, narrowly avoiding being caught in the destruction.

Looking up once more, they saw Xing Tian and the Yellow Emperor leap out from the ruins. The two soared into the sky, continuing their close-quarters clash.

Deafening booms echoed through the air like a series of explosive thunderclaps.

The Giant Axe swung with the low, roaring momentum of a falling meteorite.

The Precious Sword pierced the clouds like the blazing sun after a heavy storm.

The rolling clouds above seemed influenced by their immense auras, gathering and swirling in the sky as if heralding an impending tempest.

“Rumble!”

With a massive crash, a genuine bolt of lightning suddenly detonated in the sky.

Du Yu looked closely and noticed an enormous entity weaving through the dark clouds. The creature was covered in azure Scales and crackled with blinding lightning. Upon closer inspection, it had the head of a human and the body of a dragon—an incredibly bizarre sight.

The human-headed dragon monster circled the sky for a long time before finally coming to a halt. It revealed a gigantic human face through the dark clouds, looking deeply eerie.

Xiao Nian, standing next to Du Yu, could not help but let out a scream. This scene was more horrifying than any shot from a horror movie.

Seeing this from the ground, Cangjie could not help but reveal a manic smile. “Marvelous! Marvelous!”

He lowered his head and began rapidly carving characters onto his stone tablet. “The two are locked in a fierce aerial battle. The thunderous roar of their clash awakened the true God of Thunder Marsh!”

The God of Thunder Marsh stared in confusion at the two figures in the sky and slowly asked, “Who dares to disturb my peaceful slumber?!”

However, Xing Tian and the Yellow Emperor completely ignored this uninvited guest. They remained entirely focused on each other, constantly exchanging lethal blows.

For them in this very moment, a single mistake could result in death. How could they afford to spare a glance at a giant dragon in the sky?

The God of Thunder, visibly displeased at being ignored, let out a booming roar. “I am lightning itself!”

With that, the entity summoned two heavenly thunderbolts and sent them striking down toward the two combatants.

Finally startled, the two leaped backward, each catching a bolt of lightning.

“I’m in the middle of a crucial fight, and you dare to interfere, you beast?!” Xing Tian glared fiercely up at the God of Thunder without the slightest hint of retreat.

“This battle concerns the future of Huaxia! No one is allowed to interfere!” The Yellow Emperor also grew angry as his hands formed magical hand seals.

“I am the myriad creations of the earth!” Xing Tian roared, summoning up a relentless storm of swirling sand from the ground.

“I am the emperor of the heavens!” The Yellow Emperor also bellowed, and the Precious Sword in his hand multiplied into tens of thousands of illusory blades.

Both men surged toward the God of Thunder in the sky, evidently not planning to let the matter drop.

Faced with this terrifying display, the God of Thunder actually froze for a moment.

“You dare dream of slaying a god?!”

Listening to the giant dragon’s voice, Du Yu could easily detect a trace of fear. But if this was a genuine part of the developing legend, then absolutely no one could interfere.

A violent gust of wind swept past, and the weapons of the two warriors shot directly toward the God of Thunder.

“You arrogant deity, the world does not need your existence!” Xing Tian gritted his teeth savagely, unleashing his full firepower.

The Yellow Emperor also roared, “Once this Emperor destroys you, I will naturally appoint a new God of Thunder!”

The God of Thunder quickly found itself unable to hold on. Although it had summoned numerous lightning bolts for protection, the cultivation bases of Xing Tian and the Yellow Emperor had long surpassed those of an ordinary Immortal Being. An ancient Demonic Beast like the God of Thunder simply could not withstand their combined assault.

After a blinding storm of wind and lightning, nothing but intermittent crackles of thunder remained in the sky. The God of Thunder was gone.

Xing Tian and the Yellow Emperor clashed once more, acting as if nothing had ever happened.

Stunned, Du Yu hurriedly asked Dong Qianqiu about the situation. “Sister Qianqiu, did the God of Thunder really disappear here?”

“There are no records of this in the legends,” Dong Qianqiu replied. “However, the true deity in charge of the Department of Thunder later on indeed became the Duke of Thunder, and eventually, the Mother of Lightning was recruited. The God of Thunder Marsh just seemed to vanish from history entirely.”

“Then it was incredibly unlucky…” Du Yu sighed helplessly. “It got woken up, threw a bit of a tantrum, and before it could even demand answers, it was outright killed.”

“The relationship between humans and Demonic Beasts has been governed by the law of the jungle since ancient times. There is nothing unnatural about this.”

Without any outside interference, the two figures in the sky fought with even greater abandon. The swings of their weapons grew louder, and the physical collisions of their bodies grew far more intense.

It reached the point where the onlookers on the ground could no longer distinguish between the two streaks of blinding light streaking through the sky.

They only knew that the two continuously clashed and separated, like two celestial bodies locked in eternal, violent collision.

Waves of violent wind generated by their impacts battered the crowd below. The terrifying momentum left everyone thoroughly shaken.

“Big Brother Feng Hou…” Chang Xian muttered from the side. “If all four of us generals put our lives on the line, could we kill Wuming?”

“You should be asking whether we would even have lives left to risk if Wuming truly went all out.” Feng Hou stared up at the sky with a solemn expression. The answer was glaringly obvious.

Xing Tian and the Yellow Emperor fiercely swung their weapons together once more. Although their physical bodies still possessed strength to spare, the Magical Treasures in their hands looked like they could not hold out much longer.

This latest collision caused fine, hairline cracks to spiderweb across both the Battle Axe and the Xuanyuan Sword.

Without a word, the two swung their weapons for yet another strike.

The tiny cracks widened until they were clearly visible to the naked eye, and small fragments actually chipped off from the two Magical Treasures.

These tiny shards plummeted toward the earth at extreme speeds. Every single fragment struck the ground like a crashing comet, kicking up massive clouds of dust.

“Just what kind of power do these two possess?!” The hand Cangjie used to hold his stone tablet trembled violently. If mere fragments knocked away by their clash possessed such devastating force, how terrifying was the power behind every single one of their collisions?

Hovering in midair, Xing Tian and the Yellow Emperor gasped for breath. As if by mutual agreement, they both loosened their grips, allowing their shattered Magical Treasures to plummet to the ground.

Immediately after, the two lunged forward, locking together in brutal hand-to-hand combat.

They continuously threw punches, aiming directly for each other’s faces. Neither bothered to dodge anymore; their only desire was to beat the other out of the sky.

Before long, a literal rain of blood began to fall from the sky. Both combatants bled profusely as they put their very lives on the line.

Many tribesmen were slowly stepping out from their shelters, gazing up at this unparalleled battle unfolding in the heavens.

A man covered from head to toe in severe burns also walked out. Glancing around, his gaze instantly locked onto Du Yu, and his eyes burned with a vicious, murderous intent.

The man slowly walked up to Du Yu, looking as though he had something to say.

Du Yu and the others were too busy looking up at the sky. It took them a long moment before they finally noticed the man standing in front of them.

When Shiranui Asuka saw him, she let out a terrified scream, jumping back in fright.

Her scream drew everyone’s attention away from the sky, prompting them to look down at the newcomer.

The man was covered in burns, and his right arm was completely ruined. He looked like something halfway between a human and a ghoul.

“Gou Wu?!” Du Yu was taken aback. “You aren’t dead?”

Gou Wu sneered coldly. “Fortunately for me, I possess a body of pure water. I barely managed to cling to my life. Didn’t I tell you? If you didn’t kill me, I would return to haunt you.”

“Is that so?” Du Yu looked Gou Wu up and down, completely unable to find a single reason to be afraid of him.

“Who is this?” A Can asked coldly.

“He’s a huge creep!” Shiranui Asuka said anxiously. “He tried to take advantage of me! He bullied me! If Senior Du Yu hadn’t intervened, I would have already…”

Before she could even finish her sentence, a figure blurred into motion. He flew directly over Gou Wu’s head, then plummeted violently, slamming the man face-first into the dirt.

Before Du Yu could even process what was happening, he saw Jin Jianglang pinning Gou Wu firmly to the ground.

“You dared to touch Little Xiang?” Shiranui Jinjiro glared ferociously at Gou Wu, his eyes brimming with pure killing intent. “Did you ever bother to ask who I am?”

“Brother Yu, leave this to us.” A Can, A Kui, and Liu Ling all stepped forward, radiating intense murderous intent. “You managed to scrape by with your life, yet you still don’t know what’s good for you…”

Gou Wu jumped in fright. Earlier, when Du Yu claimed that every man around him was far harder to deal with than himself, Gou Wu had assumed it was just an empty display of power. But looking at the current situation, not a single one of these men was a pushover.

“Forget it.” Du Yu waved his hand dismissively. “Since the heavens allowed him to keep his life, there’s no need for us to act. His right arm is already useless. What threat could he possibly pose to us now?”

Jin Jianglang snorted coldly and asked, “Little Xiang, which hand did he use to touch you?”

“Uh… Elder Brother, he didn’t actually touch me.” Shiranui Asuka offered an awkward smile. “Senior Du Yu stepped in and stopped him in time.”

“If that’s the case…” Jin Jianglang pondered for a moment before saying, “Leaving you to live the rest of your life as a beggar is probably a fate worse than death, right?”

He slowly released his grip and stood up.

Gou Wu struggled back to his feet and roared, “You will all regret this!”

“Regret?” Du Yu shot Gou Wu a frigid glance. “What exactly do you plan to do?”

“You guys came here with Wuming, didn’t you? I will do everything in my power to ensure he dies right here!” Gou Wu snarled viciously.

Du Yu and the others exchanged glances. Du Yu scratched his head, his expression slightly conflicted as he said, “You might think you’re threatening me right now… but the entire reason we protected Wuming and brought him all this way was specifically so he would die.”