Chapter 959: Chapter 959: I Love Beating Up Geniuses
"Liu Zixuan!"
This voice came from the mouths of both Gu Huaqiu and Zhang Xiaoxiao, in perfect unison and without the slightest deviation.
They were both very surprised, very shocked!
Gu Huaqiu received the news that Liu Zixuan had led people to the Wei Family, where he should be surrounded and killed by numerous experts from the Celestial Dao Alliance. It was because of this that he held a glass of red wine, wanting to flaunt his presence in front of Zhang Xiaoxiao!
Zhang Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, was secretly worried about Liu Zixuan after hearing Gu Huaqiu’s words, wondering if he would come to any harm and if he had fallen into the Celestial Dao Alliance’s trap.
But now, Liu Zixuan, who should have been miles away, was standing vividly right in front of them!
This... how on earth do you explain that?!
Liu Zixuan took a few quick drags on his cigarette, then tossed the cigarette butt directly into the wine glass Gu Huaqiu was holding.
"In the martial arts tournament, you thought you could defeat me because you were a genius, but I defeated you instead. At the Profound Sword Sect, you relied on being a steward, the Great Elder’s most trusted disciple, but still got humiliated by me time and again."
Liu Zixuan changed his tone, and with a playful smile said, "Gu Huaqiu, oh Gu Huaqiu, didn’t anyone ever tell you that you’re stupid even while flattering you as a genius?"
"You... how did you appear here? This is impossible, you..."
"I should be at the Wei Family, right?" Liu Zixuan interrupted Gu Huaqiu’s words directly.
Gu Huaqiu’s face darkened; even the dumbest person would have realized it by now. He then asked in a deep voice, "You guys never went to the Wei Family; it was a deliberate false message. This way, other sub-branches would be quite empty. This feint is truly ingenious!"
Liu Zixuan waved his hand: "Thank you for the compliment, but it’s not much."
"Snap!"
Gu Huaqiu smashed the wine glass to the ground and clenched his fists tightly, coldly saying: "Even so, what can you do? Do you think you can walk out of our Gu Family alive?"
Liu Zixuan blinked, suddenly finding it extremely amusing.
He’d just called Gu Huaqiu a fool, yet he was still so stubbornly ignorant!
"Humph! Just because you survived falling from the cliff, don’t think that sweeping through the other three sub-branches can prove you’re strong."
Gu Huaqiu sneered: "Let me tell you, with the help of the Ancestor, I have already broken through to the Emperor Realm during this time."
"Tsk tsk, the Emperor Realm sounds terrifying!" murmured Liu Zixuan.
"Stop pretending to be relaxed, Liu Zixuan," Gu Huaqiu sneered: "In the cliff of the Profound Sword Sect, there’s sword wind. Even if you came back alive, you must have suffered considerable injuries, adding to your Half-Step Emperor Realm strength, do you think you can contend with me?"
"Half-Step Emperor Realm..." Liu Zixuan raised his eyebrows, suddenly realizing.
All right, seems like Gu Huaqiu is still living in the era of the Profound Sword Sect. He likely hasn’t received much news from the outside and doesn’t know that Liu Zixuan had even killed the Acquired Emperor Realm ancestor of the Wei Family.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been stupid enough to still refer to Liu Zixuan as Half-Step Emperor Realm.
As for his current true realm, Gu Huaqiu couldn’t discern it at all.
From Acquired to Innate, there is a chasm that is hard to cross!
Before Liu Zixuan could continue, Gu Huaqiu said again: "Liu Zixuan, since the situation at the Wei Family was your set-up, you’ll die here then!"
"It’s just right, let Xiaoxiao watch you die. This will give me a greater sense of achievement and make Xiaoxiao realize your worthlessness!"
"Smack!"
Just as Gu Huaqiu was rambling on endlessly, Liu Zixuan’s ghostly figure appeared beside him, raised his hand, and directly slapped him in the face: "Damn, call you a fool and you don’t admit it? You really think your family’s ancestor stayed here to back you up?"
"You... do you dare to hit me here?"
Having received a slap in front of the woman he loved most, Gu Huaqiu felt it was the ultimate humiliation.
His face immediately turned red, and he stepped back two steps before grabbing his sword from the side.
Pointing its blade, he shouted fiercely: "I will tear you into pieces, repay all the humiliation I received from you before!"
"Alas!"
Liu Zixuan sighed, looking at the frenziedly attacking Gu Huaqiu, and displayed a disdainful expression.
"Idiot!"
Bang!
In conversation, Gu Huaqiu was like a kite with a broken string, slamming into the back wall.
Falling heavily to the ground, Gu Huaqiu spat a mouthful of fresh blood and instantly withered.
Full of disbelief, he asked: "You broke through too? How is this possible? Coming back alive from the cliff of the Profound Sword Sect, even if you aren’t dead, you’d be skinned alive. How could you break through?"
"Not only have I broken through, but I’ve reached the Innate Emperor Realm."
While freeing Zhang Xiaoxiao from her ropes, Liu Zixuan teased: "Gu Huaqiu, I’m truly sorry. It seems since the first time we met at the martial arts tournament, I’ve always had the upper hand. And I’m even more sorry to say that in this lifetime, you’ll never surpass me!"
"No! This is impossible. I am the Martial Realm’s number one genius. Even I had to rely on the Ancestor’s elixir to barely break through to Acquired Emperor Realm. How could you directly break through to Innate Emperor Realm? Absolutely impossible!"
Gu Huaqiu couldn’t believe it, he had always been treated as a star among men.
And he had countless resources given to him to break through one realm after another, thinking that reaching Acquired Emperor Realm at this age would be unprecedented.
But why is it that since Liu Zixuan appeared, he has been suppressing him?
He won the championship at the martial arts tournament!
At the Profound Sword Sect, he was favored by the Sword Venerable Ling Xiao due to his talent.
Precisely because of this, Sword Venerable Ling Xiao and the Great Elder even wanted to marry Xiaoxiao to him!
That would have been fine, but then in the Martial Realm, he broke through again!
Why could he never catch up to Liu Zixuan’s pace!
Why!
He was not reconciled, but the facts kept slapping him in the face!
Liu Zixuan was just stronger than him! This was an undeniable fact!
Due to his injuries and Liu Zixuan’s verbal provocation, Gu Huaqiu’s heart suffered spasms, and a gush of blood surged to his mouth, which he spat out with a "wah".
As he attempted to get up, he collapsed heavily back to the ground, his face even paler, completely drained of strength.
Liu Zixuan smirked: "Genius? Sorry, I’m born to beat prodigies like you to the ground!"
Speaking, Liu Zixuan took Zhang Xiaoxiao’s delicate hand: "Let’s go!"
Zhang Xiaoxiao gave Liu Zixuan a peculiar glance and then followed him toward the exit.
During the time in the Profound Sword Sect, Zhang Xiaoxiao initially looked down on Liu Zixuan, but due to her parents’ orders and Liu Zixuan’s ability to cure her unique physical condition, she somewhat changed her view of Liu Zixuan.
But in just a few days apart, it seemed everything had changed again. Liu Zixuan seemed more and more impenetrable to her...
