Beginning Of Multiverse Saga

Chapter 184: Sharky Vs Emperor

Zhao Ruizhi thought that he had already gotten used to the pain, but he couldn’t have known that the pain of labor wasn’t a sustained and prolonged one, but one that would ease up, and then hit with another intense burst of pain.

Each time the pain arrived, it would be worse than the last. It made one think that one had already gotten used to it, only to strike with an even worse round of suffering.

Sharky used the opening to try and push the Tai’e Sword forward. Zhao Ruizhi’s fingers had loosened up a bit from the intense pain and couldn’t hold the sword in place.

But in the end, Zhao Ruizhi was still an emperor who had risen up through a battlefield of blood and flames. Even though he was feeling an unfamiliar intense pain inside, sweat pouring down his forehead in large droplets, he still caught the sword again. The sword’s tip was now a hair’s distance from his body!

Sharky obviously wouldn’t place all of his hopes on being able to kill the emperor with one strike. He decisively let go of the Tai’e Sword, and his palm slammed toward Zhao Ruizhi’s forehead.

He Li watched the battle, his eyes wide. He was amazed that Sharky had decisively abandoned his sword. No wonder so many of their group had died because of this brat earlier! His combat instincts were just too powerful. He would always do things that were unexpected.

He Li knew fully well that a protector like him, in such a situation where he had just used all of his strength to fend off that sword, would never be able to avoid that palm strike.

But Zhao Ruizhi had already reigned as this world’s number one for a long time. His combat experience was far greater than theirs. His arm curved at a strange angle, and then even though he attacked second, his palm arrived first.

Crack!

Sharky’s arm clearly snapped, his joint bending at an unnatural angle. It was as if the onlookers could experience the pain themselves. Sharky’s entire body was blown backward like a beaten sandbag.

Catherine ran over frantically, her voice filled with panicked sobbing. "Sharky!"

Mi Li had been about to say something, but she fell silent when she saw what had happened.

Zhao Ruizhi laughed in ridicule. "Catherine, I’ve always thought of you as a quick-witted girl, but today, I’ve realized that you’re an utter fool! You actually like this brainless moron? He dared to exchange an attack with me directly?"

He was the most powerful man in this world. He had already adapted to the labor pains. Even though there was still pain coming from his stomach from time to time, he had suppressed it forcefully through ki to a point where it became tolerable.

Catherine stared at him hatefully. "Unlike someone like you who only knows how to use people like objects, he’s willing to give up anything for me, even his life! That’s something that a selfish man like you will never be able to do."

When he saw that the woman he had selected for himself was still speaking up for another man, Zhao Ruizhi was furious. "You’re courting death!"

He Li nodded in deep sympathy. These two adulterers are going so far for each other that even I’m impressed.

But no one could have expected that Sharky would roar with laughter just then. A blast of blood sprayed out from his mouth. With another crack, his broken arm rigidly snapped back into place. The onlookers broke out in cold sweat as they watched him, and yet Sharky’s expression never changed during the entire process.

Sharky activated the Hoppervine powers to recover back.

"Did you think I was just playing around when I traded blows with you?" Mockery and ridicule filled Sharky’s expression.

Zhao Ruizhi was stunned. He suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold attack his soul. When he raised his hand, he saw that the surface of his palm was already covered in frost. That frost was even gradually extending along his wrist.

"This is my technique," Sharky said, looking at him.

The Emperor was shocked for a few seconds, but with his cultivation, he easily transferred his ki through his body. A trace of golden light appeared, forcefully cutting off the white line on his arm.

Sharky rushed in again. There was no way he would give his opponent the chance to slowly detoxify himself. He was separated from the Tai’e Sword, so instead, a black glint flickered in his hand. The Tai’e Sword instantly entered his tight grip, and he thrust it straight at Zhao Ruizhi. He pushed his Electronic X ability to its limit, splitting into several afterimages and attacking from every direction.

With Zhao Ruizhi’s cultivation, nothing could deceive his eyes. However, his current situation was awful. He was wounded, and together with the labor pains and Frozen attack ’debuffs’, his movements had become much slower than normal.

Furthermore, Sharky had changed his strategy, refusing to face the emperor from the front. Instead, he continued to use a hit and run tactic, leaving even Zhao Ruizhi momentarily helpless.

Right at that moment, the battle situation changed.

Zhao Ruizhi exclaimed with a sinister smile, "I’ve caught you!" He grabbed Sharky’s arm through the mirage of afterimages.

But what no one had expected was that Sharky didn’t panic at all. With a flick of his fingers, the Tai’e sword in his hands flew at his opponent’s chest.

The sudden development happened far too quickly. Even He Li and the others felt sincere admiration, even though they were in opposite camps. This guy, Sharky, is absolutely insane! Every single action he takes is unexpected. He was even starting to hope that the emperor would be taken down by the attack. Then, their group would also be free.

However, the black light suddenly stopped. It was clamped firmly between two fingers. Zhao Ruizhi sneered. "I already knew about your strange dagger. Everything you were doing until now was to mislead me and cover up this attack, right?"

Sure enough, Sharky had done all of that earlier precisely because he wanted to use the dagger.

The emperor held the dagger firmly. The feeling of completely crushing his opponent’s plans, dominating them with intelligence, made him feel a powerful sense of superiority. And yet for some reason, he didn’t see shock, annoyance, despair, or any other such emotions on Sharky’s face. Instead, Sharky had a weird smile.

Zhao Ruizhi immediately went on guard. He quickly blew Sharky back with his fist, and dodged off to the side. Unfortunately, it was already too late. A nick had been made in the front of his chest. It hadn’t been done by that pitch-black dagger, but rather by a strangely-shaped throwing knife.

He saw the throwing knife in Sharky’s other hand, a bit of blood still lingering on its cutting edge. Zhao Ruizhi frowned. He didn’t know why such a tiny knife had been able to cut through his defenses.

Sharky fell to the ground, unable to crawl back up for a long time. Blood gushed out from his mouth, but there was a big smile on his face. "You didn’t predict this, did you? I wanted to stab you with the Tai’e Sword, and you knew I wanted to do that as well. So that attack was just to cover this attack... You thought that I was thinking five steps ahead, but I was actually taking more steps ahead."

Zhao Ruizhi had thought that he had completely established superiority in intelligence just a second ago, but now, he realized that he was the one who had been fooled. Anger filled him, but he still forcefully tried to maintain his appearance. "Hmph, you pulled that huge stunt just to hurt me with that tiny knife? What child’s play."

Sharky sighed. "Do you really not sense anything wrong?"

"What could possibly be wrong..." Zhao Ruizhi’s expression suddenly changed halfway through his sentence. He suddenly felt a sharp pain. It wasn’t the pain of labor from his stomach, but rather a pain from his soul. His soul rippled powerfully, and his head was hurting so much it felt as if it were about to explode!

Now that his attention had been diverted, the Frozen attack on his hand flared up. Not even someone with Zhao Ruizhi’s shocking willpower could withstand it anymore. He screamed miserably and fell to the ground, screaming and twitching in pain.

Catherine instantly reached Sharky’s side. She helped him up and asked, "Sharky, are you okay?"

"I won’t die." Sharky wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth while trembling. He stared at Zhao Ruizhi while using the Wildvine powers to recover. What they were competing in right now was time. Whichever party could recover first would take out victory.

The throwing knife he had used had been obtained back then from the Eastern Palace when Shi Kun schemed against him; it was one of the Immortal Beheading Knives. This knife looked ordinary on the surface, but it could wound the soul. It was incredibly treacherous.

Unfortunately, the Immortal Beheading Knives weren’t complete, and so their greatest strength couldn’t be brought out. Otherwise, that attack alone would have already erased the emperor’s soul.

He had been left without any options earlier. The emperor had already seen the Poisonous Prick before, so he would already be prepared for it. In that case, he could only use it as the diversion to cover up the Beheading Immortal Knife’s strike. Fortunately, everything had gone smoothly.

"What happened to him?" Catherine had never seen the glorious emperor in such a sorry state. She was overwhelmed with shock.

Zhao Ruizhi was clutching his head in pain. Golden light flickered around his body from time to time, but at times, chills from the Frozen Soul poison appeared.

"Don’t ask about so much. We need to kill him first. He shouldn’t be able to move for a bit of time." Sharky urged.

Zhao Ruizhi snorted. "He Li, kill them."

"Understood!" He Li instinctively rushed up to Catherine. He was at the peak of the ninth rank, while Catherine was only at the sixth rank. At that point, she was even extremely weak after using a forbidden technique. The difference between them was just too great. Catherine was blown away from a single strike. If not because Catherine was too pretty and he had subconsciously held back, she would already be dead. After seriously injuring Catherine, He Li instinctively wanted to kill Sharky.

Sharky roared, "Bastard He, did all that time you spent cultivating go up your ass?!"

He Li roared furiously. "I might have had to take it if you acted arrogant at another time, but you dare to speak to me this way now? You have a death wish!"

"I’m indeed seriously injured, but isn’t the emperor the same? Why aren’t you using this chance to kill him? If he recovers, won’t that just guarantee your death?" Sharky quickly said.

He Li subconsciously wanted to say something, but he was soon stunned. Wait, you’re making so much sense. I can’t even argue against that. He knew that he was from King George’s faction. The reason he had been taken in by the emperor was because he might still be of some use in the dungeon as cannon fodder.

But he now knew so many of the emperor’s secrets. Even if he really became the emperor’s trusted aide, he would still be silenced afterwards. He had already unconsciously turned around when he realized those facts and looked at Zhao Ruizhi.

Zhao Ruizhi’s gaze turned cold. "He Li, Sharky has always been a glib talker. How can you be misled by him so easily?"

He Li chuckled. "Who the hell does Sharky think he is? How could he deceive me? But what he says isn’t entirely without reason. Don’t tell me your majesty will really let me go after the matter?"

"You’re King George Manor’s trusted aide, so after this matter, I can use you as a spy. That will be greatly helpful to me. Why would I kill you?" Zhao Ruizhi quickly said. His tone was steady and possessed a mysterious persuasiveness.