《Emperor's Might》


 Chapter 2 : Jiang Chen

    As the boy walks closer to the bandits who were on guard at the entrance they started to notice him. Instantly every one of them releases their blade from the sheath.


    "Older Brother Long Guo, isn''t that the brat who escaped before? Why is he here, is it possible he came back with reinforcement already!?" one of the bandits who was guarding at the entrance started to panic.


    "Brother Long Feng, you don''t need to worry, our senior has already bribed the captain from nearest outpost, and that brat would still take five days to report but it''s only been three days. Does he think he can take all of us?" Long Guo began to laugh arrogantly.


    Everyone began to laugh, who would they fear? the current captain on this area was an acquaintance with their senior from before. Moreover, who would bother this far away village from the capital. Both of the brothers came out and receive the boy, but their gaze was full of killing intent.


    "Hey stop! Who said you can just come back here, let''s see if you can still escape!" Long Guo''s tone was full of mocking tone and at the moment he suddenly moves besides the boy.


    "Wind Element Piercing Strike!" Long Guo began to grip his blade with more strength ripples of wind element magic surrounds the blade having used the wind element the blade itself increased its speed two times more than normal and perfectly execute a piercing strike at the chest of the boy.


    People who focused on martial arts were able to use magic, but they are limited to amplifying magic on weapons to help them in battle, not like magus who can do with a single wave of their sleeve they would release a strong gale of wind capable of destroying everything on its path without the use of weapons.


    But before the blade could pierce the boy, a palm was made from the boy and instantly hit the chest of Long Guo, he who was at advantage was now blown meters away from the boy. before he could stabilize himself he noticed that his right hand was no longer connected to his body and his hand that was holding the blade was being gripped by the boy and was casually thrown at the side, every bandit felt fear from the scene and began to step back.


    "Y-yoouuu! My arm!" Long Guo began to shout like an animal his hand was ripped apart instantly. His brother Long Feng started to panic surely his older brother Long Guo was far stronger than him. Instead, instantly his brother''s arm was ripped off how could he not fear the boy in front of him.


    "Who are you!? Clearly, you aren''t that brat from before!" his brother Long Feng was shaking violently before falling down. The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    "Heh, a little ant dares to take my life?" the boy began to laugh arrogantly and he walks beside the path snapping a branch from a near tree.


    "Wind Element Piercing Strike was it? watch carefully this is how you execute it." the boy who was meters away instantly appeared beside the both of them. the branch that was being used emitted a stronger ripple of wind element magic at the same time the life of nature that was surrounding the area was being sucked on to the branch and formed a transparent blade.


    The branch right now was being covered a transparent like formless blade made with wind elemental magic. after executing the strike both bodies of the brothers exploded in the blink of an eye. After the death of the two brothers other bandits escaped in every direction, the scene right now was terrifying and they didn''t want to die yet.


    "Kneel." before they could escape far away, all of their legs begin to weaken and every one of them was forced to kneel and kowtow. the boundless pressure was being emitted in the area, the bandits felt like a huge mountain was being pressed at their backs.


    "Die." Suddenly everyone exploded the scene right now would make every people tremble. the scenery that was full of lush green grass and trees was now covered with blood outside the village was now surrounded with the mist of blood.


    After killing everyone he proceeds to enter the village in a nonchalant manner. Not only was the boy ruthless he was also decisive by killing every one of them to avoid possible future problems.


    Arriving at the village square was the bald man sitting on top of the corpses. The men who were being separated from the start were now all headless as to women were being dragged on to houses by bandits.


    "Heh, you killed my men outside? do you think you can get away with what you have done?" his voice was full of confidence and arrogance. A light was steadily forming in his right hand and began to take shape of a blade which then he pierced it on the ground.


    "Rock Blade" Suddenly, the ground beneath the boy started to tremble and pushed out a rock that was formed like a blade. After the boy dodged another blade was being pushed out on the ground that he was standing on.


    The Old Man was capable of using Intermediate Magic while being on a level of Body Strengthing Realm. Training both skills was harder than focusing on one type. Only few would be capable of using both skills especially in an unknown place like this.


    "Hoh, you have skills not everyone can figure out that there will be another blade that would appear after the first one. But how long will you last?" now the bald man was being serious his gaze was full of killing intent the bandits which were beside the old man were all stepping back. They knew that when their leader would get serious when someone gets hit there were now friends or foe, with the battle being started its subordinates could only watch from afar.


    "Before this Old Man starts his rampage, I''d like to ask who are you?" The old man was grinning ear to ear, it''s been so long since he had to fight like this.


    "Jiang Chen." the boy was still smiling, but beneath that smile was a gaze of cold and killing intent.

 Chapter 3 : Might

    Upon hearing the name Jiang Chen the old man was somewhat astonished. The current Imperial Family is surnamed, Jiang was this boy part of the Imperial Clan? if he was then why is he here far away from the capital? The Old Man was full of doubt.


    "This Old Man''s name is Wan Xue, It''s my first time seeing as young as you that manage to break away my magic. are you perhaps a noble of this empire? surely you are not someone who is nameless." Wan Xue asked with caution, if this Jiang Chen was indeed part of the Imperial Clan then it will be a huge problem.


    The Imperial Clan, It all started hundred thousand years ago where a young genius was recognized as the overlord of the continent and was titled as the first true emperor. Countless so-called genius fell down when they compete with his might, but suddenly after a thousand years of being the emperor, he mysteriously disappeared never to appear in the public eyes again.


    Some said that the first emperor has reached his end on his life and entered on his slumber beneath the Imperial Clan''s Palace while some said that the continent couldn''t hold him down anymore and he ascended to the heavens to challenge the mighty gods.


    The First Emperor was the role model for every people in the continent, he who was kind to his friends like an angel, while ruthless to his enemies that he is worse than a demon. His strength was respected by the people. It is said with his Martial Arts level with a simple slash of a blade he could cut countless of mountains in half while a stomp would shake the entire continent. He was also gifted with absorbing natural energies such as mana, he was capable of changing the weather with his current thought and with a single command, he could change the seawater as a sea of flames.


    Countless years have passed the first emperor''s exploits was gradually exaggerated by its people and just soon became a legend.


    "You don''t need to worry, I am not part of the nobles of this empire. I am merely a merchant who happens to pass by." Jiang Chen was full of smiles, which made Wan Xue skeptical.


    "Don''t play with me, with your current strength how are you a mere merchant!" Wan Xue was insulted, he who has achieved Body Strengthening Realm and also an Intermediate Magus was easily dodged by a merchant!? he was angered that he nearly vomit blood.


    "Martial Art Death Blow" Suddenly he pounced right at Jiang Chen and used his blade, unfortunately, he missed only to blow the ground the earth below started tremble and countless cracks appear. Jiang Chen manages to dodge instantly from the blow and jumped back meters away dodging the impact made by Wan Xue.


    "B-Boss has managed to learn Death Blow!? Wasn''t it a Rank two Martial Skill!?" the crowd of bandits was trembling by the scene they could only suck a mouthful of cold air from shock.


    The Death Blow was not a normal second rank martial skill but instead, if mastered it could be list as a third rank. The higher the rank of the skill the harder for it to master. The Death Blow was a martial skill that only used raw strength since it managed to cracked the earth for two meters long means that Wan Xue possesses abnormal strength.


    Upon seeing Wan Xue strength Jiang Chen was somewhat amazed, a strength like this was somewhat not a normal bandit could have.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.


    "Surprise? Truth be told, I was once a soldier from the Imperial Clan. I somehow managed to have a conflict with a person in the Inn and accidentally killed him. later on, I became a wanted man since I killed was someone from a noble family, but before I escaped I still managed to rape his wife and killed her before fleeing. It was the most satisfying feeling ever." Wan Xue began to laugh aloud not only was this man ruthless he was also twisted.


    Still Jiang Chen''s face never once changed when hearing Wan Xue boasting about his experience.


    "Poison Mist" Jiang Chen then shoot out a palm in air and soon the surrounding area of Wan Xue was covered with green colored mist. Wan Xue was quick when he saw the mist entered his skin, it began to suck his skin dry and turn it to open wounds and parts of his mana would escape from the wound as if the poison mist was capable of extracting mana into his body.


    "Resistance!" Wan Xue shouted while escaping from the poison mist, then a bright yellow light coated his body and expelled some of the mist. Still, he already lost a lot of mana the time when he encountered the mist.


    Resistance was a Light Elemental Magic for people who have reached the Intermediate Magic Realm. Every soldier who has achieved the realm of Intermediate Magic was required to learn this type of magic as it was useful for dispelling poisons, but the downside was it used up a lot of mana so the resistance should only be used during non-combat.


    He already used up a lot of mana so he needed to end this battle as soon as possible. after stabilizing himself he was supposed to directly pounce on Jiang Chen again and release a Martial Skill that would instantly kill him. But at this moment he saw Jiang Chen smiling soon his movement has stopped and his breathing has started to get hard.


    Even using all his might he couldn''t move a single finger. He was terrified because it wasn''t a martial skill or magic that was suppressing him but it was Jiang Chen''s raw might. his legs started to feel weak and were forced to kneel while the surrounding bandits were already crying being pressed down to the ground, they were bleeding nonstop from their eyes, nose, ears and they would continuously vomit blood.


    "I''m sorry to disappoint you. Yes, you indeed have the skills to boast but not enough to surprise me." Jiang Chen was no longer interested in this matter.


    "Y-y-you! are you from the Imperial Clan!?" Wan Xue was kneeling while he kept vomiting blood. He was deathly pale, this young man was capable of excluding his Might akin to the members of the Imperial Clan. But even working for the Imperial Clan for years never had he met this young man from the Imperial Clan or was it an Old Monster from the Imperial Clan that are capable of changing their outer appearance.


    Then he suddenly remembered, the first Emperor of this continent was also named Jiang Chen and the young man that is right in front of him is also called Jiang Chen and even capable of using an Imperial Might. He was going already going mad on thinking about this young man was the first emperor was this a coincidence?


    "You! are you the fi-" Before he could finish speaking his body was pushed down forcefully and began to explode at the same time all his subordinates exploded down with him. the remaining villagers were so terrified on this scene that some started to faint.


    With a flick of his finger, the remaining villagers that were still conscious fell down part of their memory was removed.


    "Heh, this is a bit troublesome. I manage to overdo it again." he opened up a palm and soon a small kind of cyclone was circling on his palm and the blood that was everywhere from the village and the dead bodies were soon being sucked on it, in just moment the village was back to its tranquil feeling even the burnt house was fixed and all the blood that dyed the street was missing. It was all sucked by Jiang Chen''s cyclone which was on his palm.


    "Finally done, It''s been a long time I left the Imperial City. I should probably drink to my heart''s content again!" Jiang Chen''s face now showed an emotion and it was longing and full of excitement. Countless years have passed andhe can finally return to the Imperial City.