Xuanhuan: The Empress and I Swapped Bodies - Chapter 99

Imperial Clan Elder Liu Ning didn’t have to wait long. In just thirty or forty breaths, Ye Wushuang returned.

However, when he came back, he was holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

At the sight of this bouquet, Liu Ning trembled from head to toe. He couldn’t help but urgently ask Ye Wushuang:

“Where did this Vermilion Bird Flower come from?”

“Naturally, I picked it.”

“Picked it? How is that possible? This is a Vermilion Bird Flower! Our original Great World doesn’t have flowers like this!”

The so-called Vermilion Bird Flower was a blossom imbued with the aura of the Vermilion Bird.

Its shape closely resembled that of the Vermilion Bird. Though not an exceptionally rare spiritual herb, its uniqueness made it valuable.

Such flowers could only be found in the Great Worlds controlled by the Vermilion Bird Sacred Mountain.

Among the thirty Great Worlds later acquired by the Divine Dragon Empire, there were also traces of Vermilion Bird Flowers.

However, those thirty Great Worlds were not close to the Divine Dragon Imperial Palace. To reach them, one would have to cross at least ten Great Worlds.

Yet, Ye Wushuang had only been gone for a few dozen breaths.

Including the round trip, his entire journey couldn’t have taken more than twenty breaths.

Could Ye Wushuang really have crossed over ten Great Worlds in just twenty breaths, reaching what was once the domain of the Vermilion Bird tribe?

In Liu Ning’s mind, he found it impossible to believe.

In the history of the Tianyuan Universe, there had never been such an unimaginable speed.

Even the legendary true Kunpeng couldn’t achieve such extreme velocity, could it?

However, Ye Wushuang’s next words left Liu Ning utterly stunned.

“No, I picked this at the border of those thirty Great Worlds.”

“The border of the thirty Great Worlds? That’s the frontier of our Divine Dragon Empire! You went from the Divine Dragon Imperial Palace straight to the empire’s border??”

“Yeah, I just took a quick trip to the frontier!”

“But—but how could it take so little time??”

At first, Liu Ning had assumed Ye Wushuang had traveled to one of those thirty Great Worlds, plucked a flower, and returned.

In that case, he would have only crossed a dozen or so Great Worlds.

But who would have thought? Ye Wushuang hadn’t picked the Vermilion Bird Flower in any of those worlds—he had plucked it at the very edge of the Divine Dragon Empire, the outermost border of those thirty Great Worlds.

That meant he had traversed at least twenty Great Worlds.

Crossing twenty Great Worlds, making a round trip, all in just thirty or forty breaths—

This realization made Liu Ning’s breath hitch, his eyes filled with disbelief.

He couldn’t fathom what kind of divine technique could achieve such extreme speed.

Anyone who possessed such speed could roam the entire Tianyuan Universe as they pleased.

After all, with this kind of velocity, traversing three thousand Great Worlds wouldn’t take much time at all.

Hearing Liu Ning’s astonishment at the time it took, Ye Wushuang merely chuckled.

“So, was that fast or what?”

“Fast? This isn’t just fast—this is beyond imagination, unprecedented!”

“What kind of divine technique is this? Did you create another supreme technique??”

“It’s not exactly my creation. I just improved upon the Kunpeng Technique.”

“Improved? But you already improved it before! It wasn’t this fast back then!”

Previously, Ye Wushuang had already refined the Kunpeng Technique.

At that time, Liu Ning had witnessed the terrifying speed of the Kunpeng Technique firsthand.

Tens of thousands of miles in an instant—such extreme velocity was absolutely unparalleled in the world.

That alone had left Liu Ning utterly shaken, convinced that the Divine Dragon Imperial Family had gained yet another peerless technique.

Who could have guessed? Now, Ye Wushuang’s technique wasn’t just about crossing tens of thousands of miles in an instant—it was about traversing entire worlds in the blink of an eye.

This speed even surpassed the instantaneous teleportation of formation arrays.

So, when Ye Wushuang mentioned “improving” the Kunpeng Technique, Liu Ning was at a loss.

Could the Kunpeng Technique really achieve such speed? Was this even comparable to the Kunpeng Technique anymore?

Liu Ning stared blankly at Ye Wushuang, hoping for an explanation.

And this time, Ye Wushuang didn’t hold back.

“This really is an improved version of the Kunpeng Technique. However, it’s not just the Kunpeng Technique—it also incorporates the Void Beast’s Void Technique. I merged the two, allowing me to traverse space and worlds directly!”

“What? You combined the Void Technique and the Kunpeng Technique? That’s… that’s just too insane!”

In theory, merging the spatial power of the Void Technique with the speed of the Kunpeng Technique could indeed produce unimaginable velocity.

But this was only a theory.

Both the Void Technique and the Kunpeng Technique were incredibly difficult to master.

Mastering even one would make someone a prodigious genius.

Mastering both would make them peerless across the ages.

But merging the two? That was nothing short of a pipe dream.

The Tianyuan Universe had existed for countless years, yet no one had ever accomplished such a feat.

No legendary genius, no matter how talented, had ever possessed the ability to fuse these two techniques.

Most wouldn’t even dare to think about it.

But now, Ye Wushuang hadn’t just thought about it—he had done it.

And he had succeeded.

By merging the Void Technique and the Kunpeng Technique, he could cross an entire Great World in an instant.

After understanding the full context, Liu Ning’s jaw dropped, and he stood there dazed for a long time.

Then, he muttered under his breath:

“This is insane… utterly insane. I feel completely outclassed.”

“Ugh… What kind of master am I? Such a failure!”

Liu Ning had to admit—he was thoroughly humbled.

Ye Wushuang’s talent was too monstrous, so monstrous that it felt like no technique in the world could ever hold him back.

It made Liu Ning feel like giving up entirely.

If I can’t compare, why not just slack off?

Still, he didn’t voice this thought in front of Ye Wushuang—that would have been too embarrassing.

Instead, he solemnly advised:

“Keep this incredible technique to yourself for now. Until our Divine Dragon Imperial Family has absolute strength, don’t reveal it lightly.”

“As for the Kunpeng Technique, make a copy and store it in the archives.”

With that, Liu Ning turned to leave, eager to escape the scene.

But as he walked away, Ye Wushuang faintly caught another muttered remark:

“Dammit… It feels like more and more people are watching our Divine Dragon Imperial Family!”