37 The Villainous Thug: Hu Tao!

  Hu Tao found himself strolling through the Inner Court looking for a good fight. His thick ,wild, and wavy white hair flowed in the wind and his lack of a shirt showed off his powerful muscles. Jing still hasn't contacted him about his task and he's going crazy with all this pent-up energy. Up ahead, he saw a stupid looking weakling walking along with this fat chested slut. She was happily running her mouth while the shrimp just listened and nodded along with whatever she was blabbing about. They both look pretty young to be walking around the Inner Court. Do they got connections with some elders or are they really talented?

  The sides of Hu Tao's lips turned up. Why don't he find out for himself whether these two are talented or not? He changed directions and headed straight towards them while whistling innocently. As they were about to pass by each other, Hu Tao suddenly shoulder bashed towards the chick. Stupid bimbo didn't even feel his killing intent when he was walking up towards them. If anything, she deserves this for being so careless.

"Whoa, are you okay senior martial brother?" The shrimp actually managed to get in front of the dumb bitch and block his attack?

"Aha. Sorry about that. Almost tripped." Hu Tao smiled before walking away.

  That look in the shrimp's eyes were definitely interesting. He was ready to defend her no matter what. Hehe... Let's see how he handles this. Before he got too far away from the duo, he disappeared and reappeared behind the shrimp with a spinning elbow strike to the back of the head. His eyes gleamed as he imagined the little shrimp's head rolling on the ground after this attack.

  However, the fucking midget ducked and dodged his attack before grabbing the tits and jumping away.

"Hey, don't run away so soon. I was only kidding around you know? It's not like I'm trying to kill ya!" Hu Tao dashed towards the two and swiped towards them with his claws.

  The brat blocked his attacked with his forearm coated in qi. His claws didn't even leave a mark on him. That qi was condensed heavily, the brat must have found a sky-ranked or higher martial art that let him condense that much qi. That's good. Maybe he'll be able to give him a good fight. But he won't be able to fight him with that dead weight on his shoulders, he should do him a favor and get rid of it.

Hu Tao got on all fours.

"Why are you attacking me!? I have never met you before in my life and I'm sure I haven't offended you in any way!" The shrimp said.

"Oh, you offended me alright! Carrying around a hot piece of ass like that all for yourself? How selfish can you be?! Give this disciple a share of the ass too!" Hu Tao pounced towards the shrimp.

  He coated his body in that dense ass qi again but Hu Tao wasn't an idiot. Just before he reached the shorty, he leaped over him entirely and thrusted his claw out towards the cow's throat.

"Shen!" She screamed.

"No! Meili! You bastard!" The shorty screamed.

  His body erupted in that dense blue qi. Hu Tao was blasted away but he didn't fail to do what he wanted. He controlled his chain like another limb as he was flying away and wrapped it around the throat of the broad, snatching her out of the shrimp's hand. She couldn't even scream out as she flew towards Hu Tao. Hu Tao dragged his claws in the dirt to stop his momentum and saw that the brat was fucking glaring at him like he just murdered his family or something.

"Now that this useless bitch is out of the way, maybe you can take this fight seriously." Hu Tao roughly slapped her breasts as his chains snaked around her body up and wrapped her up completely.

"Release her now." His 2nd stage Qi Consolidation aura grew stronger.

"I like the attitude shrimp but you're not in the position to be making demands. You save that shit for when you are stronger than me. Follow me. We can't have a real fight inside the sect." Hu Tao hefted the chick over his shoulder as he walked towards the Immortal Forest.

"I will never forgive you for this..." His tone deepened and his qi got even sharper.

"That's what I'm hoping for. Also, turn down the qi flares. If I get a scratch on me because of them, I'm gonna do something you're gonna regret." Hu Tao pinched the shapely ass of his little girlfriend, causing her to yelp. Hu Tao controlled his chains to cover her mouth.

  He could feel the kid's anger slowly rising. This was turning out better than he thought. Who knew the first person he'd pick was actually a hidden dragon? He was kinda looking forward to this fight now. He hoped that he had even more to show him. Maybe he should kill the girl before they fight... Would his strength explode even more?

"Just wait Meili... I promise I'll save you."

  Hu Tao brought him pretty far into the Immortal Forest. They had plenty of room to go all out and possible destroy a small section of this forest. Small, because he doubted the brat would be able to make him go all out. Unless he was hiding a few magical treasures on him, then Hu Tao believed he could use his full strength.

"This place looks good enough." Hu Tao casually threw the chick on the ground and cracked his knuckles with a smile.

"You rea---" Hu Tao was rudely interrupted with a fist to the face as soon as he dropped the girl down.

  He crashed through multiple trees as the shrimp tried to rip apart the chains he left on the girl. Those chains aren't gonna break no matter how hard he tries. Hu Tao believed that they were actually unbreakable because no matter what he tried with them; this spirit weapon just wouldn't crack. Hu Tao slowly got up from the 4th tree he just broke in half and howled. Soundwaves from his howl, knocked away anything around his body. He could feel his body and qi getting stronger. That was a damn good hit the shorty got him with.

  He got on all fours and dashed towards him. He was still trying to get rid of the chains wrapped around the cow. Ah, this won't be very fun if he doesn't put his heart into it. Hu Tao rammed into the midget with his elbow and gave him a taste of his own medicine. He flew through 6 trees and Hu Tao stood over the girl with the big honkers. He picked her up by the back of the head and waited till the shrimp got back.

Once he saw him with her in his hand, his qi started building up again. Now this was exciting, it was kind of like fighting Jing that first time. Let's see just how strong he can really get.

"You aren't taking this fight seriously if you got time to worry about this dead weight. Do I have to kill her for you to take me seriously?" Hu Tao put a single nail across the throat of the cow.

"I will rend your flesh and eat your bones if you dare!!!" He stomped the ground, causing little cracks to form underneath his foot.

"Don't threaten me with a good time kid." Hu Tao giggled manically as he slowly dragged his finger across her throat, a red line dripping blood soon followed.

"AHHHHHHH!!!!!" He exploded.

  Hu Tao's body was sent flying through 10 trees this time, he made sure to count. The chick also wasn't in his hand anymore. He was also pretty sure if his chains weren't wrapped around his body, his bones would be cracked from the impact of that charge. Haha that fucking son of a bitch! He didn't even get to kill her! Hu Tao howled into the air and even more strength filled his body. The shrimp suddenly appeared in front of him and tried to slug him in the face.

  Hu Tao punched back and clashed with the little freak. The whites of his eyes were visible and his small frame was rippling with muscles and veins now. The shorty pulled back his other arm and tried to punch him with that hand but Hu Tao just copied his same movements and they were back at the stalemate.

"Don't tell me all you have is brute force and some strong qi? You're gonna need more than that if you wanna kill me." Hu Tao unballed his fists and grabbed the shrimp's fists before lifting him up and throwing him into the ground.

  The midget bounced off the ground from the impact and Hu Tao stomped down on his chest, burying him even further into the ground. He tried to lift his foot but the little freak grabbed hold of his foot and slammed him into the ground. Hu Tao had to go with the throw unless he wanted his ankle broken. He fell into the dirt face first. He could hear the weakling getting out of his hole and quickly followed after his example.

"Shen! You have to snap out of it! Look! I'm fine okay!?" An annoying voice interrupted.

  Hu Tao could feel the bastard's qi waning and his pupils returning. No! His fight! She was trying to take away his long-deserved fight! Hu Tao kicked his metal ball towards her mouth, in hopes of shutting her up for good. He saw her attempt to defend against it with some technique but it wasn't even needed as the fucking brat blocked it with both of his forearms.

"Get out of here Sister Meili! I can't defend you and fight him at the same time! He's stronger than he looks!"

"Promise me you'll make it out of this alive!"

"I wouldn't dare leave you all by yourself... Now leave!"

  She nodded with tears in her eyes before turning back and running away.

"Well, isn't that fucking touching? Once I'm done with you, maybe I'll have a little fun with her afterward eh?" Hu Tao sneered.

"Over my dead body."

"I can fix that." Hu Tao chuckled.

"Try me." He got into a proper martial stance this time around.

  Hu Tao got on all fours and leapt forward. He rapidly slashed at the shrimp with his claws. The annoying little fuck met him blow for blow, he deflected Hu Tao's attacks at the perfect moment with his palms and left him in a vulnerable position! The midget aimed a powerful blow at his stomach as he looked defenseless. But was he really defenseless? Did this little fetus really get him out of position?

  Hu Tao grinned as his metal ball moved like it had a mind of its own and smashed into the sissy's fist, knocking his fist into the ground, and allowing Hu Tao enough time to recover and kick him across the face. He was sent spinning through the air in a spiral and Hu Tao followed after him as he was flying, landing multiple blows all around him as the shrimp was spinning mid-air. Hu Tao finished his assault with a sharp kick to the face from above that kicked Shen 6 feet under.

  He wasn't done yet though, his chains latched around the foot of Shen and launched him high into the air. Hu Tao crashed Shen into the dirt once more and used his chain to pull Shen towards him at high-speeds. This was getting boring now. It was more fun when that bitch with the tits was still here. Now the little idiot isn't even trying.

'Guess I'll kill him and then go after the slut next.' Hu Tao pulled back his arm.

  Shen finally reached Hu Tao and Hu Tao plunged his entire arm through his stomach, prompting a pathetic scream to cry out from him. The nearby animals and spirit beasts fled from the sound of the terrible cry. The fucking brat's qi was strong at first but has only been getting weaker as the fight went on. Hu Tao shook his arm a little while inside Shen to get a couple more screams out of him before taking his arm out and throwing him to the ground like a sack. Shen rolled miserably and could only whimper and wheeze with a hole through his stomach.

"I hope that titty bitch will be more fun than this pussy was. I'm definitely gonna tear her ass up. Before I go though... let's see if he had anything good on him." Hu Tao began searching Shen's barely living body and found a brown martial book.

  He quickly flipped through it and smiled. This was a damn good palm martial art! It had to be at least Sky-ranked from what he could tell. He's gonna use this for himself till he can find a better one more offense focused. Hu Tao could still hear the shrimp slowly breathing and smacked him on the chest.

"Haha, just die already pipsqueak. You are only making things more painful for yourself. Oh, and thanks for the Flowing Palms of Judgement kid." Hu Tao got up and started walking back to the sect, leaving behind Shen's body for the animals.

'I'm sorry Sister Meili... I failed you... I couldn't defeat him...' Shen lamented as his foe pierced a hole through his abdomen.

'He was too strong... I tried everything I could to defeat him. My sky-ranked Flowing Palms of Judgement were no use against him. My heaven-ranked cultivation technique didn't give me the power I needed when my own life was in danger. I should've trained harder.' Shen was tossed on the ground, causing his already fatal injury to get even worse.

  He coughed up blood and a little bit of his insides.

'I should've cultivated more diligently... I should've done all I could to keep fighting. I should've run away once I knew I couldn't win. Then maybe... I wouldn't be sitting here, dying. I wouldn't be passing on knowing that you might be joining me soon. Hopefully, Elder Suyin will protect you before he can get to you. I know that she is stronger than she claims to be. Her origins are not as simple as most people think...'

"...Gonna tear her ass up."

'No...! Meili! I have to... get back up. I have to keep fighting... For Meili. I can't let him near her... I can't let him hurt her...! Body please respond to me! Even if it's just a finger, let me poke his eyes out at the very least! Come on work you useless body!' He could only wheeze as his body was robbed by that monster.

'WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK! WORK..." His heart responded to plea as Hu Tao faded into the distance.

  His vision was fading as well but his regrets were too strong. His will to live was overwhelming. His heart bumped and thumped every time he repeated himself. His body glowed in a faint blue light. The hole in his gut responded positively to this light. This light produced by his undying wish and unstoppable will to live. His ancient hidden bloodline responded to his hope. His bloodline that was has never shown a trace of itself until this day, when he needed it most.

  One of the rarest bloodlines across the Evergreen continent. The Azure Dragon's bloodline. Those who were said to wield this bloodline were said to have the blood of kings and tyrants! They were born to rule with fierce power that couldn't be matched! It has been 1,000s of years since another member of this bloodline has awakened. What will this spell for the future of the Evergreen continent?

  Shen's body was being destroyed and reconstructed by the blue light. Becoming something infinitely tougher than the mortal body he was born with. It wasn't just his body either that was being reformed, his qi, organs, and even cells were all being refined into a body suitable for a descendent of the Azure Dragon's bloodline. By the time the transformation was finished, 5 months would have passed with him not being aware of the change that has happened to him.