Chapter 357: 280 Lu Qiulong_2
“The True Spirit Academy is different. If they know their opponent is strong, they can absorb the power of their spirit beast in advance, regardless of the spiritual consumption,” he said.
Lu Tiansuan voiced out everyone’s concern. Upon listening, Ming Yuhua couldn’t help but gasp in surprise.
If it were indeed the case, Chen Mobai might truly not stand a chance.
Now, all they could do was hope that Lu Qiulong had not done so.
Chen Mobai was oblivious to this.
After knowing that his opponent was Lu Qiulong, all the cultivators watching the Little Red Sky livestream diverted their attention to watch their fierce competition.
At this moment, this magic duel topped the trending list on every portal website and forum.
“Do you belong to the Kunpeng Daoist Institute or the True Spirit Academy?” Chen Mobai asked Lu Qiulong. The famous beast tamers were from these two institutions.
“True Spirit Academy.”
“Oh, what a pity.”
“What’s the pity?”
“Most of the power of you beast tamers lies with your spirit beasts. In this Little Red Sky, you can’t fully exert your strength and fight at your best.”
As Chen Mobai spoke, he retracted his Void Spirit Eye.
Undoubtedly, Lu Qiulong had reached deep into spiritual cultivation. His bloodline and beast tamer aptitude combined, bearing the fierce and evil Qi of the Extremely Wicked Tiger. If it weren’t for Chen Mobai’s counteracting Divine Slash, he might’ve already been defeated at first glance.
“No pity, because I knew I would face you today. Hence, I borrowed some power from my spirit beast in advance,” said Lu Qiulong. As he spoke, his fists clenched.
With a boom!
A magnificent surge of blood and evil aura burst out from all over his body, tearing his upper body clothes apart and revealing his muscular and perfect physique.
Chen Mobai’s eyes locked onto Lu Qiulong!
Beyond his sight, Lu Qiulong disappeared all of a sudden. A terrifying fist force, indescribable in words, loaded with ferocious evil Qi, aimed right at Chen Mobai’s right cheek.
“So fast!”
This pure physical speed was the fastest that Chen Mobai had encountered in his over a hundred fights.
Fortunately, his sword light had reached the level of reacting as swiftly as his thoughts.
He lifted one finger on his right hand, a brilliant deep purple sword light erupted, perfectly intersecting with Lu Qiulong’s punch before it could hit his cheek.
Sword light and fist force!
From the very beginning, they clashed directly with their powers!
In the midst of a thunderous boom, after Lu Qiulong’s left fist was blocked by the sword light, he wore a wild grin. Without advancing, he retreated, and his right fist-force, loaded with explosive blood force, heavily smashed towards Chen Mobai’s chin.
At this moment, Chen Mobai raised his left index finger and pointed a sword at him.
With a bang!
A massive impact spread from the center where the two were, and Chen Mobai immediately flew backward.
While retreating, he clasped his palms together, and dazzling red electricity had already begun to form in his palm.
On the other hand, Lu Qiulong grounded his feet and, like a cannonball, counterattacked and sprinted towards Chen Mobai.
Amidst the roaring sound!
Lu Qiulong crashed directly into the Bing Fire Divine Thunder Technique. His whole body hair ignited, his bronze skin radiated streaks of red lightning, but he forcefully disrupted the powerful spell.
He was getting close to Chen Mobai once again.
At this point, a pair of fireballs formed in Chen Mobai’s palm along with the exhalation of sword light.
With a swing of both fists, the fireball and Sword Light shattered simultaneously.
But in the face of a strong adversary, Chen Mobai started to display his talent in Magic Duel. His hands moved again, his Divine Sense started to operate, wielding the Fire Chain Technique from the Eternal Life Sect.
Flames and Sword Light, scattered by Lu Qiulong, rapidly consolidated under his control. They transformed into large fire chains, seemingly rooted in the void and firmly bound Lu Qiulong, who had already made it to Chen Mobai’s front.
After control was established, a shimmering light sparkled in Chen Mobai’s eyes, he opened his right hand, and within his palm, a cluster of purple-green flames began to burn, an awe-inspiring and terrifying Sword Light was about to burst forth.
Lu Qiulong felt the power of his Spirit Beast within him rapidly depleting while also being astonished at Chen Mobai’s terrifying power, but the equation for victory was already in his hands.
Roar!
After a thunderous roar, his blood surged, and his entire body transformed into a three-meter-high fierce tiger, breaking free from all the fire chains, and lunged towards Chen Mobai.
At the same time, Purple Fire Sword Light, aroused by operating Sun Raising Technique with Fire Spirit Body, extended from the palm of Chen Mobai, directly piercing the center of the huge mouth of the fierce tiger that Lu Qiulong transformed into.
“Who won!”
On the outside, under the dazzling purple-green firelight intermingled with an impressive burst of Qi and blood, everyone was prevented from seeing the scene clearly where the two of them locked in combat.
Just as Hua Zijing and Ming Yuhua were clenching their fists tightly in tension, the Spiritual Light surrounding the two of them began to fade away.
Chen Mobai’s Sword Light was held by Lu Qiulong with his left hand, redirecting what would have been a fatal injury piercing his heart, to his left shoulder.
Although his left hand was rendered useless, he managed to avoid death and being disqualified. At the same time, Lu Qiulong’s right hand turned into a claw, holding Chen Mobai’s neck, looking as if he was about to decapitate him.
However, a cluster of clear Spiritual Light transformed into an invisible barrier, akin to an aura, protecting Chen Mobai’s neck, preventing his right hand from advancing further.
This was “Heavenly Wood Spirit Light”, that Chen Mobai had worked hard on for nearly two years after his Foundation Establishment!
As an immature version of “Sacred Tree Divine Light”, the supreme secret technique of the Divine Wood Sect, this Heavenly Wood Spirit Light may not possess much offensive power, but with the Spirit Light Hundred Changes Jue that Chen Mobai learned from the Eternal Life Sect, its form could vary, making it his most powerful defensive technique.
“Weren’t you supposed to perform Foundation Establishment using Pure Yang Scroll?”
Lu Qiulong looked surprised as he glanced at the Heavenly Wood Spirit Light that was defending against his right claw. He could sense that it was transformed from a Wood Attribute Spiritual Power, which perfectly countered his Earth Spiritual Power.
“Your Earth Spiritual Power counters my Fire Attribute Sword Qi, indeed, you are the most suitable opponent to face me.”
While speaking, Chen Mobai wanted to pull his right Sword Finger out of the blood hole in Lu Qiulong’s shoulder, but the latter held it tight, immobilizing him.
“It’s a pity that your previous hundred or so opponents were too weak, they didn’t push you hard enough to reveal your trump cards.”
Lu Qiulong expressed his sentiments as the nails of his right hand, under his Spiritual Power, transformed into five sharp blades. They slowly yet firmly pierced into Heavenly Wood Spirit Light, almost scratching Chen Mobai’s neck.
“Shouldn’t the True Spiritual Academy stand with the Kunpeng Daoist Institute?”
Suddenly, Chen Mobai said something that caused Lu Qiulong to frown.
“What do you mean?”
“Taishi Shu was defeated by the Pure Yang Academy not long ago, Lan Haitian, out of resentment towards Xiahou Weihuan and others for bullying the weak, has already come to Crimson City, I originally thought that you ought to be fighting against the Pure Yang Academy, instead.”
Lu Qiulong’s face changed at Chen Mobai’s words, but soon he shook his head.
“Although I am a graduate of the True Spiritual Academy, I come first, since I promised to beat you, I will fulfill that commitment.”
As Lu Qiulong finished speaking, his eyes suddenly turned into the pupils of a tiger, his left hand firmly gripped Chen Mobai’s Sword Finger, and one of the five right claws finally broke through Heavenly Wood Spirit Light, seeming about to slice the latter’s throat.
“Such a pity, I had hoped to make your surrender honorable.”
Chen Mobai suddenly let out a sigh. As Lu Qiulong wondered what that meant, the latter’s entire head suddenly exploded into blood and gore.
To face such a formidable adversary, Chen Mobai used a “Divine Slash” evolved from his flower fruit-shaped Divine Consciousness Forming.
If Lu Qiulong had been in his prime, he certainly wouldn’t have suffered so easily.
But after a fierce battle with Chen Mobai, along with Lu Qiulong holding his breath while forcefully absorbing his Spirit Beast’s powers just to fight Chen Mobai, he had already been significantly drained, which consequently led to his demise.
Chen Mobai lifted his right hand with its bending and straightening fingers, and with intersecting Sword Qi, sliced Lu Qiulong, who had been restraining him, into several pieces.
In the midst of the blood rain, he looked up at the final trace of his adversary and expressed his heartfelt admiration.
“A formidable opponent indeed.”