Divine King of Honour

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The smoke of battle dissipated, revealing the figures of Xu Nian and Fang Chen at last.

Everyone's eyes widened with surprise.

"Xu Nian lost?" Chen An muttered to himself, eyes unblinking as he stared ahead.

Zhao Yanyun and others also furrowed their brows, their expressions grave.

Only to see Xu Nian propping himself up with his sword, half-kneeling on the ground, his robe torn and charred in several places.

And yet, Fang Chen stood upright with his long spear in hand, his clothing intact, seemingly unaffected.

"Haha, I told you in the end you would lose. Xu Nian, did you really think you could beat Mr. Fang, you must be dreaming," Ding Feng laughed heartily, his eyes gleaming with smug satisfaction.

Chen Wudi and others also felt a wave of regret. Did Xu Nian truly lose?

However, just when everyone thought Xu Nian had been defeated, the upright Fang Chen suddenly fell to his knees with a thump, a trickle of fresh blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Uh?" The eyes of the people around all widened in astonishment.

The smile on Ding Feng's face instantly froze.

What happened?

"I was almost defeated. If it weren't for the breakthrough I had in understanding 'potential' following Uncle Chen's guidance, that spear thrust really would have taken my life," Xu Nian remarked reflectively, then he rose to his feet again.

Seeing Xu Nian stand once again, delight swept across the faces of Zhao Yanyun and the rest.

Ding Feng's face turned an ashen blue, and he was so enraged he could not utter a word.

The outcome now was clear, in the last exchange, Xu Nian had won.
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"I really didn't expect that you had grasped the essence of 'potential'?" Fang Chen lifted his head to look at Xu Nian, pain from the wound in his chest paled his face and twisted it with agony.

He had blocked most of the Sword Qi from Xu Nian's strike, but a strand still managed to pierce his heart meridian.

If he had been an ordinary Battle General, a pierced heart meridian would have meant certain death.

The reason he had survived was due to a strand of Spiritual Energy left in his body by the Saint of his family lineage before he set out.

This strand of Spiritual Energy could protect his life in a critical moment.

Now, it was squandered by Xu Nian's sword strike.

"So you didn't die, it seems your life is tougher than I imagined," Xu Nian said with a hint of surprise upon hearing Fang Chen's words.

But upon reflection, it was not so strange; someone from such a major family would naturally have a few life-saving tricks.

"You're from one of the Imperial Capital's Four Great Families, aren't you?" Xu Nian asked, turning to face Fang Chen.

"You actually know about the Four Great Families?" Fang Chen replied with a surprised smile, having stood up once again.

The Saint's strand of Spiritual Energy had also suppressed the injury in his pierced heart meridian.

"I've only heard of them; Xuantian Mountain Fang Family, Wu Emperor Mountain Ye Family, Heavenly Phoenix Mountain Leng Family, and Longyu Mountain Xu Family," Xu Nian said calmly, his tone notably intensifying when mentioning the Xu Family.

Something playful flashed in Fang Chen's eyes, as he realized the boy before him shared the surname with the Longyu Mountain Xu Family.

"Ha-ha, I know who you are now. You are the scandal that has plagued Longyu Mountain for nearly a hundred years—the bastard born to the Xu Family's whore who eloped and was later violated," Fang Chen seemed to remember something, his eyes lighting up as he burst into laughter.

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People around, including Zhao Yanyun, were all stunned upon hearing this.

They hadn't expected Xu Nian to have such a background.

Xu Nian's gaze instantly turned ice cold, and he stared daggers at Fang Chen, "I won't allow you to insult my mother!"

"Hmph, insult?" Fang Chen chuckled. "I'm afraid you are unaware that your mother has become the greatest disgrace of the Xu Family. She's now imprisoned in the Xu Family's Heavenly Prison where she suffers daily. By the way, you also have a half-sister, born to the man she eloped with. Right now, she is looked down upon within the Xu Family. All of this is the fault of your whore of a mother, ha ha." Fang Chen laughed heartily.

"A sister? I have a sister?" Xu Nian was shocked, with a look of horror in his eyes.

"Ha ha, surprised, aren't you? Remember, she's your half-sister. Now you know how promiscuous your mother is!" Fang Chen continued to laugh, as though he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Enough, I won't let you insult my mother," Xu Nian's eyes were brimming with intense fury.

Although what Fang Chen said was a huge shock to him, in his heart, his mother was a very kind mother, the best in the whole world, so he absolutely couldn't allow others to insult her.

"Hmph, do you think if I don't speak, no one else will? The entire Imperial Capital is already buzzing with this news, and the Xu Family has lost all face because of your mother," Fang Chen said with a cold, mocking sneer.

"You're courting death!" Xu Nian was seething with rage, his eyes bloodshot.

Waving the sharp sword in his hand, he slashed towards Fang Chen. The power of earth resonated with the heavens and the earth, infusing the sword blade, and came with a roar like that of a dragon.

"Don't think that just because you've grasped the concept of power, I can't kill you. Sometimes, absolute strength can crush everything," a chill also rose on Fang Chen's face, as a powerful aura burst forth from him.

"Oh no, this guy is about to use a secret technique, his strength is forcefully skyrocketing," Chen Wudi suddenly realized the danger and shouted in alarm.

Zhao Yanyun and the others were also anxious. At this moment, Xu Nian should have activated the Black Gold Puppet, however, Xu Nian was now completely blinded by rage.

It was clear that Fang Chen was deliberately infuriating Xu Nian, aiming to make him lose his reason and thus unleash his formidable combat power for a fatal strike.

"Xu Nian, calm down!" Chen Yao shouted anxiously.

But Xu Nian didn't listen and continued to swing his sword at Fang Chen.

A sly smile flickered on the corners of Fang Chen's mouth, as his aura reached an apex, matching that of a Four-star General.

Facing Xu Nian now, he was absolutely confident of a one-strike kill.

"Die!"

With a loud cry from Fang Chen, he twisted the long spear in his hand, and thunder roared instantly, turning into a dragon of lightning that coiled around the spear tip, thrusting straight at Xu Nian.

However, just as his long spear was about to shatter Xu Nian's attack, he saw a terrifying blue light shining from Xu Nian's eyes, then his mind shook, and his whole head went blank.

When he regained consciousness, his long spear had stabbed into the void and Xu Nian's figure had vanished.

"Not good! A psychic attack." Fang Chen, having seen the ways of major powers, quickly activated the inner armor forged from a strange metal within his body, protecting himself all over, then he swung his long spear towards his back.

But before his attack could hit Xu Nian, it was intercepted by a terrifying meteorite iron hammer.

"Die!"

Xu Nian appeared behind Fang Chen, swinging the Meteorite Iron Hammer fiercely onto Fang Chen's back.

"Boom!"

A gigantic sound came from Fang Chen's chest - his clothes were blown to shreds, and like a meteorite, he was smashed brutally against the wall of the Emperor Palace, shattering it completely.

Everyone around was dumbfounded, all eyes on Xu Nian.

At this moment, Xu Nian was covered with a terrifying layer of the Power of Earth, looking like a demon god incarnate.