Chapter 317 A petty, dangerous man "Although I am an Expert Stage Cultivator, I am serious, I can easily get away from a few King Stage Cultivators pursuing me. I am stronger than I look." Nux smiled playfully and Ember narrowed her eyes. If it was anyone else other than Nux, she would have doubted these words, however, Nux was a monstrous prodigy, He wouldn't have survived this far if he didn't have a few trump cards hidden. Also, Nux never said he could defeat King Stage Cultivators. He said he could run away from them. Although this wasn't something very common, there have been a few cases where an Expert Stage Cultivator survived an assault from a King Stage Cultivator. Therefore, Nux achieving that isn't something impossible. However, "How are you so sure about it?" Ember questioned. She wanted to know more about it. "That, Is a secret." Nux smiled. Ember narrowed her eyes in frustration, however, she soon controlled herself and questioned. "Have you tested it before?" "No, I have not." Nux shook his head. "How about you test it with me here? I am sure it will help you." Ember offered with a smile. She had two reasons to do what she did, First, she wanted to help Nux, Second, she wanted to see if Nux could actually do it. Getting away from a King Stage Cultivator, she wanted to see how Nux would do or try to do it. She wanted to see why he was so confident. However, as if trying to annoy her purposefully, Nux shook his head, "As I said, it is a secret and is my trump card. I can't show it to you carelessly." "But wouldn't it be better if you knew if it would work or not with full certainty?" Ember questioned. "It would, however, I will still not risk it." Nux smiled. Ember's face twitched in frustration, however, soon, a small smile appeared on her face. "Hmmm, so you are telling me that you won't use it unless it is absolutely necessary?" "Yes."𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶 "You are saying that you won't reveal your secret unless a King Stage Cultivator is coming for your life? Is that correct?" "Yes, it is." Nux nodded and Ember's smile widened. Different thoughts were running wild in her mind right now. However, Nux shook his head. "Don't do what you are thinking of doing." He muttered with a soft smile on his face. "Huh? Why not?" Ember questioned. She didn't even try to deny it. She knew Nux had caught on as well. "Well, as I said, I will only use it if my life is on the line and if you push me that far, I will take my revenge." "..." Ember turned silent. For a moment, she found herself lost in Nux's golden eyes that were shining uncontrollably. It took her a good minute to bring her mind out of that frozen state and once she returned, she looked at Nux and smiled playfully. "Oh? So you will attack me after you become a King Stage Cultivator?" Nux shook his head. "No, I will attack you once I become strong enough to kill you. I am a very petty man, General Ember. If you come after my life, I won't let you go scot-free." Nux muttered with a solemn expression on his face. Inwardly, however, he was praising himself for acting like that. He has noticed that Ember was kind of a combination of Arvina, Amaya and Thyra. She is prideful, she is a good Leader and she can kill without blinking her eyes. Now the next question was, What kind of man would a woman like Ember prefer? The answer was simple. A wild, dangerous, strong and petty man. A man who would match her energy. A man who would be stronger than her. A man, who would defeat her. That would be the type of man Ember would like. And this is exactly how Nux would present himself in front of Ember. His methods seemed to have worked as a wide smile appeared on the General's face, and along with that, a ferocious aura was released from her body, trying to engulf Nux without any mercy. However, no matter how experienced she was, no matter how many people she has killed before and no matter dangerous she is, her aura wasn't able to threaten Nux who was stronger than her. Nux tackled her aura with an expressionless look on his face. He treated it as if it doesn't even exist. Seeing this, Ember's smile widened even more. "I really want to attack you right now." She spoke out loud as her red eyes shined brightly. Right now, her whole body was trembling in excitement, however, soon, her body stopped trembling and she calmed down. "I really want to attack you right now, however, if I do, you will become my enemy in the future. That, I do not want. Therefore, I have decided to wait. I will wait until you become a King Stage Cultivator. And once you do, I will fight you all I want." Ember smiled excitedly. Seeing her acting like that, Nux smiled. "Be prepared to be defeated." He taunted. "Heh, we will see about that." Ember chuckled. The two of them looked at each other with smiles on their faces and after a while, another question popped up in Ember's mind. "Mind if I ask you another question?" "Hmm? Go ahead." "Let's say you are wrong and were betrayed by your Teacher. You were attacked by the Skyfall Kingdom, however, you managed to escape. What would you do after that? How will you take revenge against the Entire Kingdom that has an Emperor Stage Cultivator defending it?" Instead of answering, Nux questioned back. "What do you think would the Dynast say if I reveal my talent to him and tell him about my intentions of joining ranks of Woods Dynasty?" Ember raised her eyebrow, "You would betray your Kingdom just because you want revenge?" "Betray? Why are you making it sound like I am the one betraying? Aren't they the ones who attacked me first? Also, it's not like I have any attachment to the Skyfall Kingdom, as I said, I was just born there. I have no other relationship with that Kingdom." "What about Arvina? What would you do with the Teacher who betrayed you?"