Rise of the Demon God

"I mean, we have so many guards that I can't even count. There's nothing special to be proud of," Zhu Chang replied. "So seeing you talk like that feels a bit odd."

"Answer me. Where are you from?" The Heavenly Warrior asked, ignoring the insult. 

He was getting furious, but he didn't want to take the risk. Seeing the arrogance of Zhu Chang, he had a feeling that this guy was probably from some big family. That's why he wasn't scared. 

"You might be a part of some big family, but that doesn't mean you can insult the Heavenly Warriors! We represent the Heavenly Emperor! Insulting us is the same as insulting his authority! Answer me and get down on your knees to repent!" He added. 

"Insulting the authority of the Heavenly Emperor? I don't think I'm doing that. I don't have any enmity with him to insult him. I was just saying that being a guard is nothing to be proud of. You shouldn't waste your time on such fake things," Zhu Chang replied. "Arrogance only suits people like me!"

"On people like you, arrogance can be very irritating. And I would know about it since I've been traveling with two such idiots who are even more arrogant than you, despite having no mettle," he continued, sighing. 

"That's it! I don't care which family you're from! Even if you're from a powerful family, it doesn't matter! I'm going to punish you for cursing His Majesty in public! You shall be executed on the spot!" The Heavenly Warrior declared. 

"Hmm? Cursing your Emperor! I don't think I did that? Ahh, I get it. You want to use that excuse after killing me, lying to others that I cursed the Emperor. Hahaha, that's clever!"

"Lying! Heh, kid. I'm not lying. I already have witnesses that you cursed His Majesty!" The Heavenly Emperor smirked. "Aren't I right?" 

He looked at Patriarch Ming. 

"That's right. I heard him curse the Heavenly Emperor! He even called our Emperor a bastard and said that the Emperor couldn't do anything to him. Hearing the insult for the Emperor, our great Heavenly Warrior executed the arrogant kid," Patriarch Ming said, laughing. 

"Isn't that what happened?" he asked the Town Elder. 

"That's right." The Town Elder nodded his head. "He did."

He also went along with the show. 

"For the crime of cursing his Majesty, I sentence you to death! You can only blame yourself for not answering me when you had the time!" The Heavenly Warrior said as he flew towards Zhu Chang. 

Patriarch Ming grinned. It was just perfect! This guy was going to be dead! Something he deserved for killing his son, according to him. 

The Heavenly Warrior clenched his fist as he appeared before Zhu Chang in the blink of an eye. He tossed a punch, powerful enough to blow the skull of any person on contact.

Slap~

The punch of the Heavenly Warrior didn't land on Zhu Chang. Instead, to everyone's surprise, a slapping sound responded in the surrounding area. 

Zhu Chang grabbed the fist of the Heavenly Emperor and slapped him. The slap was so firm that its sound echoed in the entire town. It was enough to turn the left cheek of the Heavenly Warrior red. 

Slap~

It didn't stop as another slap landed on his right cheek as well. 

The slap wasn't destructively powerful since Zhu Chang didn't want to kill the Heavenly Warrior, but it was powerful enough to send the man into a daze momentarily. 

The Heavenly Warrior's head started spinning as he felt a burning pain on his cheeks. 

He tried to fly back to free himself when he came out of his daze, but in Zhu Chang's grasp, he wasn't able to do it. 

He brought his golden Sword and swung it towards Zhu Chang. 

Clank~

A metallic sound echoed as the Sword was blocked by Zhu Chang using nothing more than his wrist. The sword wasn't able to land even a scratch on his wrist. 

Zhu Chang grabbed the other hand of the Heavenly Warrior as well. He flashed a cheeky smile to the Heavenly Warrior before he twisted both his hands, breaking the bones of the Heavenly Emperor. 

"Argh!"

The Heavenly Warrior roared in pain as his arms were broken. It was the first time he was facing something like this. It was as if he was a kid who was fighting an adult. He couldn't offer even the slightest resistance. 

He was a Heavenly Warrior! He was supposed to be strong! Then why wasn't he able to resist before a youngster? Just who was this youngster to make him feel so helpless?

After breaking the arms of the Heavenly Warrior, Zhu Chang grabbed his throat. "Your plan was certainly good. Blame me to justify your actions. But you forgot one thing, young man. You need to be stronger than the enemy to pull it off."

Hearing Zhu Chang call him a young man, the Heavenly Warrior was sure that he was trying to insult him. However, he didn't realize that Zhu Chang was actually much older than him in age, so he was actually a young man for him. 

Zhu Chang was a youngster in the Black Clan, but that was only because they had a different type of life cycle. 

The Ming Clan Patriarch was also horrified. He sneakily started stepping back to run away. He didn't want anything to do with it. Zhu Chang could even defeat a Heavenly Warrior. There was no way he could face him. 

"And where are you two going? How will we work if witnesses leave? Don't you want to stay here to tell the Heavenly Emperor exactly how I insulted you?" Zhu Chang asked, noticing the Town Elder and Ming Patriarch sneak out. 

"We didn't mean that. W-we were just-"

"No explanation needed. I didn't care about your excuses," Zhu Chang cut the sentence of Patriarch Ming before he could finish. 

"I was actually here for something important. I wanted to stay under the radar for as long as I could. But oh well, that doesn't mean I can't kill a person or two," he added as a devilish grin formed on his face. 

A terrifying pressure started acting on Ming Patriarch and the Town Elder, forcing them to their knees. The Heavenly Warrior also felt that pressure as he was so close to Zhu Chang. 

'T-this aura is so powerful! Just who exactly is this guy?' 

"So, how shall I play with you," Zhu Ming muttered, grinning.. "I still need to pass some time until those two idiots return after all."