“Another technique?” Yan Danqing’s face paled. Yan Danqing was actually preparing another technique to kill Long Chen, but to think Long Chen had another technique too.
Hmph! His meager attack will never be able to beat the secret technique of the Beast Soul Palace!
Yan Danqing relaxed and smiled as he ran towards Long Chen. Yan Danqing’s Qi was still pulsating, forming a large ball of Qi that enveloped him.
“Long Chen, let’s decide this once and for all. We shall see who’s the strongest!” Yan Danqing howled. He was initially only afraid of Mo Xiaolang and not Long Chen, and he had never thought Long Chen would force him to use all of his strength!
Yan Danqing was anything but calm, while Long Chen was the opposite. He slowly placed the Azure Dragon Halberd’s tip on the ground while looking at Yan Danqing calmly.
“Peak Essence Shredding Punch!”
He was very close to Long Chen when he shouted, raising his massive fist up into the air. The swirling Qi enveloped Yan Danqing’s body, and he shot towards Long Chen on all fours.
The entire ground shook. It was clear that even a mountain would be destroyed by that attack, much less Long Chen.
Everyone felt their guts go cold when they saw Yan Danqing punch Long Chen. They thought Long Chen would be able to defeat Yan Danqing after sending him flying backwards, but it was clear Long Chen would lose to Yan Danqing’s strongest attack. Long Chen was still rooted to the ground.
But was that really the case?
Long Chen raised his head and saw the beast towering above him. He smiled and moved in a flurry.
I wonder how strong an intermediate Earth-tier martial technique is.
Long Chen swung the Azure Dragon Halberd upwards from the ground, and a burst of light exploded. Numerous light particles were attracted towards the Azure Dragon Halberd in the air.
Long Chen was essentially swinging the Azure Dragon Halberd upwards, but it was not a simple swing. The massive azure dragon soul flew upwards from the Azure Dragon Halberd.
The halberd had transformed into the flashy soul of the azure dragon!
“Azure Dragon Martial Technique, Nine Heavens Dragon Ascension!”
The illusion of a massive dragon flew skywards, bearing its claws and fangs towards Yan Danqing. The techniques collided mid-air and caused an impressive explosion.
The explosion made everyone cusp their ears. Some of them even fell backwards in pain from the shock wave.
Even though the plaza’s ground was very strong, the stones were currently being sucked upwards before being ground to dust. The dust covered everyone’s vision. All they could hear was a dragon’s roar and a beast’s howl.
The colliding energy exploded and then there were no more sounds. Someone flew outwards from the dust cloud with blood spraying everywhere. The person crashed onto the ground, his breath ragged and his face pale. The look of pain on his face made it clear that he had suffered internal injuries. On top of that, his right arm was missing. Everyone saw his right arm fly up in the air before falling onto the tomb and rolling in front of Mo Xiaolang. Mo Xiaolang sneezed and the arm flew away.
It was Yan Danqing who was injured!
Everyone’s minds went blank when they saw his pale face. Once the dust settled, Long Chen dispelled his transformation and put the Azure Dragon Halberd away. He smiled and looked at everyone, causing all of them to retreat instinctively.
The youths from the Beast Soul Palace almost went crazy after seeing that Yan Danqing’s right arm was severed by Long Chen. Fear and worry flooded their hearts. They knew Yan Danqing was the treasure of Emperor Yuan, and now Long Chen had severed his arm. An angry Emperor Yuan was exceedingly terrifying.
They looked at each other before rushing to Yan Danqing. Some of them treated his injuries while others went to find his severed arm to preserve it. If Yan Danqing died, not a single one of them would be allowed to live.
Thankfully, Yan Danqing was not dead. He was still conscious, but he couldn’t feel his right arm. The burning pain caused his entire body to tremble and spasm. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain to look at Long Chen only to find that the latter was grinning at him,
Yan Danqing’s ego had suffered a serious blow. To think that he, the strongest youth in Yuanling City, had lost to the unknown Long Chen in their first fight! He could not accept it. His hatred towards Long Chen was immense, and he swore he would kill Long Chen for severing his arm!
But then fear gripped his heart when he saw Long Chen’s devilish smile. He felt his heart quivering before blood surged into it, causing him to spit blood.
“I remember seeing you use your right hand to grab the steel plate, so I chopped your whole arm off. Next time, you better remember that you can’t touch anything without my permission.” Long Chen’s voice was calm but dangerous.
“Long Chen … Do you know who I am? My grandfather is the strongest person in Yuanling City. I will also become an Immortal Guard soon. You will die!” Yan Danqing yelled.
“Is that so? I should just kill you, then. Then I can just take the inheritance from you and I will become the Immortal Guard. Your grandfather would not be able to lay a finger on me then.” Long Chen chuckled.
“You can’t kill me! I’ve obtained the inheritance, so the Ninth Prince will kill you!” Yan Danqing howled.
“Long Chen, you can’t do this. Yan Danqing obtained the inheritance first. If you take it now, you will break the Ninth Prince’s rules. If that happens …” Li Ziling quickly advised Long Chen otherwise.
Long Chen knew that the Ninth Prince had stated that they could use any tactic they wanted before the inheritance was found. But now that the inheritance was in Yan Danqing’s hands and everyone was waiting for the Ninth Price to open the gate, that meant that Long Chen would indeed be in the wrong if he killed Yan Danqing now.
But only Long Chen knew that the inheritance Yan Danqing had found was incomplete.
Long Chen was the one who had obtained the complete inheritance, so he didn’t need Yan Danqing’s incomplete one. Also, he had a feeling that the Ninth Prince’s intention was to have them find the inheritance in his stead. Long Chen decided not to tell anyone about how he had gotten the complete Divine Fire Clone technique as well as the two thousand Heavenly River Pills.
Long Chen smiled and approached Mo Xiaolang.
“Let’s go find a quiet place to stay.”
They would have to wait for the Ninth Prince to open the gate, so Long Chen decided to go somewhere else to see what they’d obtained.
Mo Xiaolang stood up and followed Long Chen to leave the plaza.
Everyone just stared at him while they left, especially the Lingwu family youths. Words could no longer describe their shock. Long Chen had defeated Yan Danqing and become the strongest youth in Yuanling City. To them, this was the most shocking news.
More importantly, why was the Sun Devouring Wolf listening to Long Chen?
The Sun Devouring Wolf was an Earth-tier demonic beast, yet Long Chen had turned it into his pet? This meant that even though Long Chen could not become an Immortal Guard, he could still dominate Yuanling City!
“How many more secrets does he have?” Dongfang Tianxuan mumbled.
After separating from the rest, Long Chen found a quiet location and assessed what he had gained.
“If even Yan Danqing isn’t my match, that means no one at the Heavenly Core Realm can beat me. But I must not get complacent yet. As long as I’m not at the Heavenly River Realm, I will still get bullied by others, especially the Ninth Prince and the others at the Biyang Imperial Capital. All of them are at the Heavenly River Realm and above.”
He was only at the mid Heavenly Core Realm at the moment, and he needed to reach the late Heavenly Core Realm as soon as possible. Blood Transmutation was a good way to progress, but Black-tier demonic beasts were no longer useful to him. He needed beasts at the Earth-tier and above.
“There’s still a few days. I need to learn how to use the Nine Spinning Fire Shield and Divine Fire Clone. Mo Xiaolang, didn’t you say that you wanted to try and learn it? Let’s learn it together.”
Rather than talking to Mo Xiaolang, it was more like he was talking to himself. He still didn’t have a method to change Mo Xiaolang back to a human, so he had no choice but to get accustomed to learning Mo Xiaolang’s gestures. Long Chen knew that he would spend a long time with Mo Xiaolang after this was over.
The Nine Spinning Fire Shield was an intermediate Earth-tier martial technique, and it was stupidly strong. After learning its basics, Long Chen realized that the technique could easily block his amateur Nine Heavens Dragon Ascension numerous times. The Nine Spinning Fire Shield was easily the strongest martial technique in Yuanling City.
As for Divine Fire Clone, it was even more of a monstrous martial technique.
“It’s such an interesting technique. There’s no way the Ninth Prince wouldn’t covet this. I should lay low once I get out of here.”
Long Chen would never let the technique leave his side.
Time slowly passed, and Long Chen felt the ancient ruins open up once more.