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  Baruch Rising

  Book 3 of the Coiling Dragon Saga

  Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  Ren Woxing

  Wuxiaworld Limited

  Copyright © 2018 by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi, translated by Ren Woxing

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  Book 4 - Gods of Yulan

  Book 5 - The Infernal Plane

  Book 6 - The Four Divine Beasts

  Book 7 - The Planar Wars

  Book 8 - Lord of the Mists

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  Contents

  Prologue

  I. His Fame Shakes the World

  1. A Powerful Supporter

  2. A Breakthrough in Spiritual Energy

  3. Provocation

  4. The Blade Named ‘Slaughterer’

  5. The Colosseum

  6. The Duel

  7. Intending to Inflict Serious Wounds

  8. The Prodigy Sword Saint

  9. Linley vs. Olivier

  10. The Two Geniuses

  11. The Challenge

  12. Front Courtyard as Busy as a Marketplace

  13. Caylan’s Arrival

  14. An Exchange Between Geniuses

  15. The Results

  16. Congratulatory Gift

  17. Stepping Onto the Stage

  18. Experts of Other Planes

  19. A Choice

  20. The War God’s College

  21. The Eldest Disciple

  22. The War God’s Summons

  23. Pulseguard

  24. Olivier vs Haydson

  25. The Southeast Administrative Province

  26. As Resilient as a Monolith

  27. A Time and a Place

  28. The Yulan Empire’s Special Envoy

  29. Delia

  30. Meeting Ten Years Later

  31. Delia’s Protector

  32. The Anticipation of the Crowd

  33. Desperate

  34. Astonishment

  35. Fame Spreading Far

  36. Target: Anarchic Lands!

  37. Reynolds’ Crisis

  38. Grievous News on the Wedding Day

  39. Is it True?

  40. The Cover-Up and the Truth

  41. The Secrets of the Yulan Continent

  42. The War God’s Favor

  43. The Corpse

  44. Enslaved

  45. Cruelty

  46. The Order

  47. Establishing a Base in the Anarchic Lands

  48. Administration

  49. The Mysterious Mountain Village

  50. Linley and Olivier

  II. Baruch

  51. Delia and Linley

  52. Two Letters

  53. Expanding Power

  54. War Machine

  55. Heading Out

  56. Third Bro?

  57. Desri

  58. The Terrifying Power of Grand Magus Saints

  59. Sparring

  60. Forget It!

  61. The Order Comes Down

  62. A Sudden Change of Events

  63. Linley’s Return

  64. Downfall

  65. The Fierce Battle Against Osenno

  66. Baruch

  67. Homecoming

  68. Delia, Marry Me!

  69. Kingdom

  70. A Procession of Arrivals

  71. The Laws of Light

  72. The Four-Sided Gathering

  73. The Wedding

  74. That Night

  75. Twelve Years in the Blink of an Eye

  76. Blueheart Grass, Dragon’s Blood

  77. A Heated Battle

  78. Submission

  79. Glory

  80. Discovery

  81. Magicite Gemstone Mine

  82. Joining Forces

  83. Calling the Troops, Summoning the Generals

  84. A Beast of Burden?

  85. The Call to Assemble

  86. The Door

  87. The Power of Magicite Cannons

  88. Explosive Fury

  89. Battle to the Death

  90. Meat Grinder

  91. Trump Card

  92. An Utter Catastrophe

  93. The Ratmageddon Wave

  94. Meeting Invitation

  95. Shameless

  96. A Falling Out

  97. Downfall of Many Saints

  98. Beirut

  For the rest of the Coiling Dragon Saga

  Prologue

  Linley had survived the pursuit and the onslaught of the Radiant Church, but not without loss. Grandpa Doehring was forever gone, a tragedy which he would perhaps never get over. But in the process, Linley has grown powerful, and he now has powerful friends - Zassler, the Barker brothers, and even an enigmatic king of killers. He arrives at Channe, finally ready to openly meet his beloved little brother…

  Part I

  His Fame Shakes the World

  1

  A Powerful Supporter

  Linley and Wharton had been separated for nearly seventeen years.

  Seventeen years ago, shortly after the Yulan festival of that year, Wharton had left the town of Wushan by the side of Housekeeper Hiri and headed towards the distant O’Brien Empire. At that time, Linley was only ten while Wharton was six. The two brothers had been very innocent and knew so little about the outside world. Back then they were supported by Hogg, who had protected them like an old hawk looking after its chicks.

  But now, Hogg was long dead. Of the two brothers, one was a count of the O’Brien Empire, while the other possessed the terrifying power of the Saint level.

  Within the count’s manor. Linley, Wharton, Housekeeper Hiri, Hillman, Nader, the Barker brothers, Zassler, Jenne, Rebecca, and Leena were all gathered together in front of two rectangular tables covered with wine and food.

  Wharton and Linley were engaged in conversation regarding what had happened in recent years. Although Wharton had gotten general information regarding Linley from the Dawson Conglomerate, when he personally chatted with Linley, he couldn’t help but grow anxious as he listened. So close! His Big Brother had come so close to dying.

  “During those three years of training in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, followed by the six years of training in the Northwest Administrative Province, I engaged in several dangerous battles, yes, but in the end I arrived without suffering any major harm.” Linley laughed. “In the past, I was worried about the Radiant Church. But now? Although I don’t have the power to raid their headquarters yet, I have more than enough power to protect myself.”

  The Radiant Church had been established in the Yulan continent for many years now. For it to be on par with the O’Brien Empire as one of the premier powers of the Yulan continent, it definitely had a terrifying amount of hidden power. From the fact that the War God’s College was able to send out three personal disciples who were all at the Saint level, one could determine that the Radiant Church must surely have quite a number of Saints of its own.

  “Big Bro, you, you’ve reached the Saint level?” Wharton was shocked and excited. Wharton knew how difficult training could be. Although he himself had an extremely high density of dragonblood in
his veins, he was still only of the eighth rank, and even in dragonform was only at the peak of the ninth rank.

  The density of the dragonblood in Linley’s veins was lower than in his own, but for Linley to be able to claim that he had more than enough power to protect himself surely meant that Linley had reached the Saint level. “After dragonforming, I indeed am at the Saint level,” Linley said with a smile.

  Hillman and Housekeeper Hiri, seated at the same table, exchanged glances, excitement in their eyes. Housekeeper Hiri’s voice was hoarse with excitement. “I’ve taken care of three generations of Baruch clan members now. The Baruch clan has finally produced a Saint.”

  Saints were simply on a whole different level. If a clan had a Saint in it, as long as that Saint- did not die, then the clan would never decay or weaken.

  “Wharton.” Linley looked at Wharton. “When I was in the Northwest Administrative Province, I paid attention to your affairs. It seems that you and the Seventh Imperial Princess…”

  Wharton nodded honestly. “It’s true, Big Brother. I truly wish to marry Nina, but right now, the situation is very complicated. Right after Caylan gave up his pursuit of her, Blumer appeared.”

  On the road over, Linley had already learned of this issue. After all, right now, there are many rumors regarding Wharton, Nina, and Blumer. “Blumer. I’ve heard people in the streets of the imperial capital discussing Blumer. He seems to be the personal disciple of the War God, and is the younger brother of Olivier.” Linley smiled calmly.

  Wharton nodded, a hint of worry appearing in his brows again. “Big Bro, you don’t understand how famous Olivier is within the O’Brien Empire. Olivier is simply too powerful, terrifyingly powerful. Nine years ago, he already possessed the power of a peak-stage Saint-level. And now… who knows how powerful he has become?”

  Linley patted Wharton on the shoulders. “Wharton, don’t inflate the deeds of others and downplay your own abilities.” Wharton nodded.

  Housekeeper Hiri sighed emotionally. “Young master Linley, you’ve never lived in the imperial capital. Perhaps you don’t fully understand how influential the War God’s College is. Even the Emperor himself would be extremely courteous to the personal disciples of the War God’s College. The personal disciples of the War God have an extremely exalted status.”

  Hillman said seriously, “After all, there have been over a hundred generations of Emperors since the War God founded the Empire. Many of the Emperors in the history of the Empire have never even met the War God. But the personal disciples of the War God? They are qualified to meet him. Tell me, who does the War God care more about?”

  Linley now understood. This was a good point. A hundred-plus generations had passed since the War God’s appearance. Although the War God was Johann’s ancestor, who knew how many descendants the War God had after five thousand years? How much affection would the War God truly have for each individual descendant of his over the past hundred generations?

  Just judging from the fact that many Emperors had never even met the War God, one could tell what the answer to that question was. In contrast, personal disciples were different. The War God would even personally instruct them.

  “It isn’t that I’m inflating the deeds of others. It’s that I truly am not confident.” Wharton was frustrated. “I really don’t know what I’ll do if Nina ends up being given to Blumer.” Wharton truly could not accept this result.

  “Fuck his granny, if the Emperor dares to do such a thing, then we bros will go over and abduct the princess and bring her over to be your woman,” Gates immediately said.

  The entire hall immediately grew silent. Wharton stared at Gates in shock, then looked at Linley. “Big Bro, who is this?” Only now did Linley come to his senses. He had been so excited at his reunion with his little brother that he had focused on chatting with him, and had totally forgotten to introduce Zassler and the others.

  “Haha…” Linley rose to his feet. “Wharton, let the servants leave first. The attendants outside can leave as well.” Linley was about to introduce these people in his group to Wharton. There was no need to hide anything from one of his own.

  “Understood.” Although Wharton didn’t know what Linley wanted to talk about, he immediately followed Linley’s instructions and dismissed the servants and attendants.

  Linley first walked in front of Jenne, Rebecca, and Leena. Sighing with emotion, he said, “Wharton, in the past, our mother was abducted by the Radiant Church precisely because her soul was pure. Rebecca and Leena had been abducted for the same reason.” Hearing these words, Wharton felt an emotional resonance in his heart.

  “When I was in the Northwest Administrative Province, I rescued them. This one is Jenne. Wharton, you need to treat these three girls as you would a big sister or little sister,” Linley instructed. Wharton nodded.

  “As for this gentleman…” Linley walked towards Zassler. Actually, whenever Wharton and the others looked at Zassler, they felt their hearts tremble. His thin, skeletal body and his dark green eyes caused fear in the hearts of whoever saw him.

  “This is Zassler, an Arch Magus necromancer of the ninth rank. He is the oldest member of my group, and is already over eight hundred years old.”

  Linley’s words caused Wharton, Housekeeper Hiri, Hillman, and Nader to all be astonished. Necromancer? This was a legendary type of magus. And an Arch Magus necromancer at that? It was far harder for a magus to advance than a warrior, due to the high requirement for spiritual energy. By contrasts, warriors didn’t require much spiritual energy.

  The spiritual energy of a magus of the eighth rank was generally greater than that of a Saint-level warrior. Although Saint-level warriors possessed extremely tough and durable spiritual energy, in terms of volume, a magus of the same rank would possess a hundred times the amount of spiritual energy, if not more.

  “Eight hundred years old? As I recall, a person’s maximum lifespan is only five hundred years, unless he reaches the Saint level,” Housekeeper Hiri suddenly said. Saints had an essentially unlimited lifespan, but humans who did not reach the Saint level couldn’t live for more than five hundred years.

  “Haha…” Zassler’s ancient voice rang out. “You are referring to normal people. Let enlighten you. Those magi who train in the three ultimate types of magic – Oracular Magic, Life Magic, and Necromantic Magic – all live extremely long lives. Of the three, we necromancers possess the longest lifespan.”

  Zassler glanced with an evil look at the group. “If one of you were about to die from old age, you can come find me. Given my relationship with Linley, I can help you transform your body into a zombie-body and allow you to never perish.”

  Never perish? This was the goal of countless people. But a zombie-body? Just from the sound of it, one could guess that it must be one which belonged to an undead being. Wharton, Housekeeper Hiri, and Hillman all squeezed out a smile. They really were rather nervous in dealing with an Arch Magus necromancer.

  “Zassler.” Linley looked unhappily at Zassler.

  Zassler’s eyes flashed with green light as he laughed, “I’m just teasing your little brother and his friends. Transforming a body into a zombie-body isn’t an easy task either.”

  Linley shook his head, then walked over to Barker and his brothers.

  “It’s finally our turn.” Gates intentionally puffed out his chest. Wharton’s eyes lit up as well. All five of the brothers were as tall as Wharton, and they were much more muscular than him. Those long-handled greataxes in particular clearly were extremely heavy weapons.

  “Wharton, have you heard of the Armand clan?” Linley looked at his younger brother.

  “The Armand clan? Can it be… the Undying Warrior clan?” Wharton’s eyes lit up.

  Linley nodded with satisfaction. “Right. Barker, Ankh, Hazer, Boone, Gates. These five brothers are the descendants of the Armand clan, and all five of them are Undying Warriors.”

  “All five of them are Undying Warriors?” Wharton was shocked. Next
to him, Hiri and Hillman were stunned as well.

  Being a descendant of the Armand clan and being an Undying Warrior were totally different concepts. For example, although Hogg was a descendant of the Dragonblood Warrior clan, he himself wasn’t a Dragonblood Warrior. It was very rare that one of the Supreme Warrior clans would produce a genius actually capable of transforming into a Supreme Warrior.

  “Right.” Linley nodded. Seeing the astonished look on Wharton’s face, the five brothers felt extremely proud.

  “The Armand clan had fallen on extremely hard times, and even their ‘Secret Undying Manual’ had been lost. Fortunately, Lord Cesar helped out,” Linley said gratefully. “Wharton, amongst these five brothers, Barker, Ankh, and Gates have already reached the ninth rank of power. The other two are at the peak of the eighth rank.”