Chapter 170 Burn, Firebird!
ree consecutive times when playing rock-paper-scissors, he would never have been running out wearing pajamas and slippers to buy cigarettes. He had originally been lying down reading a book when they...Chapter 170: Burn!
Banyan found a small mistake in the previous chapter. The correct color for gold-based magic is white, not one. Qin Shaoyang didn't expect Hao Ren to make such a request and hesitated slightly.
The original plan was to take advantage of testing Hao Ren's realm by touching his palm and suddenly rushing fierce energy into Hao Ren’s body. This would disrupt the arrangement inside his body, just like how a water pool that can only hold 1000 cubic meters of water suddenly has 10000 cubic meters of water poured in. Such an action would undoubtedly cause Hao Ren great pain, and might even destroy his meridians.
Anyway, as a tour inspector, he wouldn't worry even if his relationship with the East Sea deteriorated because of this matter. He must take revenge for the last arrow shot against him.
"However, I haven’t mastered that barrier yet, so if we’re to compete here, Mr. Qin shouldn’t mind, right" Hao Ren continued speaking.
Hao Ren's words kept coming one after another; if Qin Shaoyang didn't challenge him, it would seem like he was retreating.
"Alright! If you want to compete, come on then!" He was wearing a silver suit today and looked very heroic. However, when competing with Hao Ren, he even refused to take off his coat.
Hao Ren, being more cautious, unbuttoned the black suit jacket and handed it over to Zhao Hongyu standing beside him, leaving on only a striped shirt.
Today, he was meticulously groomed by hairdressers and makeup artists, looking very handsome. This was also the first time Zhao Yanzi saw Hao Ren in a suit, realizing that this messy uncle actually looked so upright.
Seeing things not going well, Zhao Yanzi, who was chatting with Su Han, pulled her over too.
Their striped shirts were coordinated, almost like a couple’s outfit. Among the crowd, they stood out on either side of Hao Ren and Qin Shaoyang.
"With so many seniors present, I, Qin Shaoyang, don’t want to take advantage of my higher level by lowering it to Kan Level. If any move or technique goes beyond Kan Level, even if it’s just a little bit, I’ll consider that as losing," Qin Shaoyang looked around confidently.
The crowd stepped back several steps, leaving a circle about three to four meters in diameter. For these guests, Kan Level attacks were like tickling from an eight-year-old child; how could there be any real power
For those kids, they had elders protecting them and wouldn’t face any danger, so everyone didn't mind competing without a barrier.
Hao Ren stepped forward and activated the Swordlight Division Art.
Zhao Yanzi standing outside the circle grabbed Su Han’s hand slightly nervously. What situation was this where Hao Ren challenged Qin Shaoyang
Su Han also found it hard to understand; even if everyone reduced their level to Kan Level, Qin Shaoyang's practical experience couldn’t be ignored. A Geng Level expert wielding Kan Level power might not even be able to defeat a Ling Level opponent!
"Please!" Hao Ren extended his hands slightly forward.
Qin Shaoyang snorted coldly, since it was a Kan Level showdown, he wouldn’t take out his magic items but clenched both fists and stared at Hao Ren.
The gold-based art is renowned for its sharpness; as long as the energy is channeled to the hand, iron could be cut like mud. Among the five elements, gold-based arts have the highest attack power; their profound techniques allow even punches and kicks to reach the level of magic items.
Hao Ren took a deep breath and suddenly thrust his middle finger forward, sending a thin white sword qi towards Qin Shaoyang!
Golden Sword Qi!
Qin Shaoyang opened his palm and caught the sword qi directly, crushing it into pieces!
Hao Ren didn’t show any disappointment. He waved his hand again, sending a red beam of sword light towards Qin Shaoyang!
Fire Sword Qi!
Similarly, Qin Shaoyang wasn’t panicked at all. With a casual flick of his hand, he shattered the weak sword qi into scattered pieces.
Su Han sighed slightly; this Splitting Light and Shadow technique was indeed flashy but ineffective. Its early-stage attack power was pitifully weak, and whether one could train to the later stages remained unknown.
Hao Ren’s expression turned serious as if he dared not be careless. He flicked his hand once again, sending a green sword qi!
Wood Sword Qi!
This time Qin Shaoyang didn’t even use his hands; instead, he took a deep breath and blew forward, instantly dispersing the relatively impressive-looking green sword qi.
"Hahaha!" The few children watching couldn't help but burst into laughter. This big brother's attack was indeed impressive, but it wasn’t as good as their own!
Standing on the sidelines, Mu Lao looked at Hao Ren and Qin Shaoyang in the circle, smiling. This guy actually knows five-element techniques; that’s interesting, although his attacking power is lacking.
After three unsuccessful strikes, Hao Ren seemed a bit anxious. He wildly unleashed the Five Elements Sword Qi—gold, wood, water, fire, earth; white, green, blue, red, yellow—like fireworks, shooting towards Qin Shaoyang.
Qin Shaoyang remained calm and collected, channeling his energy through his palm to dissipate these superficial sword qi. He could handle even more complex and chaotic attacks, so he now chose to merely drain Hao Ren's true energy while watching the spectacle.
In the arena, Hao Ren seemed unable to cope. While sending out sword qi, he was retreating backward.
His back pressed against Mu Lao’s body in the crowd; he nearly fell and his hand flailed wildly for support.
"Hahaha!" The children watching laughed even louder. They had no bias and found it amusing whenever someone made a fool of themselves.
Mu Lao sensed a slippery true energy flow out from in front of him at this moment.
Hao Ren's fingers released another green sword qi once more, his posture chaotic as if he feared Qin
Qin Shaoyang didn’t mind; with one hand he waved it away and directly used his palm to block the sword qi.
Bam Bam Pah!
Cyan sword qi suddenly exploded from his palm. Unprepared, Qin Shaoyang took six steps back and found that the palm of his hand was already blackened!
If he were at the Kun level realm, he wouldn’t have been afraid of such an attack in the first place, but now he had dropped to only the Kan level realm!
But Hao Ren’s previous attack was at least a Li-level strength!
Hao Ren didn’t give him any chance to check or catch his breath. Swipe-slash-swipe! Three more cyan wood-element sword qi!
Qin Shaoyang couldn’t block nor dodge, and a light screen appeared in his hand for defense.
Bam-bam! The defensive shield set up with Kan-level strength fluctuated, and the third sword qi directly penetrated through it!
Qin Shaoyang hurriedly used both hands to grab the sword qi. But when this sword qi encountered resistance, it suddenly burst in his hand!
Bam!
Qin Shaoyang was blown black and dirty. The originally handsome face was instantly covered with a layer of smoke.
Swoosh-swoosh-swoosh! Hao Ren didn’t give him any chance to adjust himself and threw out three more wood-element sword qi!
Mu Lao, who stood on the side, felt his true qi flowing out from within his body. Although this was just a negligible amount compared to his vast cultivation base, it still made him understand where Hao Ren’s sword qi came from!
Transferring energy!
The elder Mu Lao also started to wonder: what kind of skill had Run Buzi practiced With his strength, he could control the leakage of true qi with just a thought and prevent even Kan-level Hao Ren from borrowing any. But as he was here to eat Zhao Yanzi’s birthday dinner today, and since one shouldn’t be too picky when accepting others’ hospitality, he didn’t want to expose this trick either. He could only allow Hao Ren to gradually take away his true qi.
Hao Ren also wouldn’t ask for too much from such a senior elder, so he moved slightly and stood in front of Shang Lao who was smiling as he watched the situation inside.
Similarly, this Shang Lao felt that his own true qi suddenly started to be drawn out. The suction force was very weak, like being bitten by a mosquito, but it would still take away a bit of energy.
Bam!
A red sword qi shot out from Hao Ren’s palm!
Qin Shaoyang, who was about to wipe his face, saw the sword qi approaching and didn’t care about appearances anymore. He took out his golden shuttle!
The collision between the sword qi and the golden shuttle produced a loud bang! The strength of this sword qi was no less than that of a magical treasure’s defense!
Hao Ren wasn’t going to be polite with him, whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—three more red sword qi were thrown out!
The Divine Skill of Spectrum Sword Shadows is to absorb elements, transform them, and generate Five Elements Sword Qi!
And these old seniors who have mastered their own cultivation methods to the extreme are themselves the purest aggregates of elemental energy! Their bodies contain no impure traces of other elements; Hao Ren could easily draw out a rich concentration of pure elemental energy just by absorbing it.
These elements can't be stored within the body but they can be utilized through Spectrum Sword Shadows. They can be emitted anytime via arms, fingertips, and palms.
Three streaks of fiery sword qi rushed towards Qin Shaoyang. He didn’t have time to evade them. If he had used his Kun-level Divine Skill, Gold Shuttle could expand infinitely to block the three sword qi strikes. But since he’d promised to use only Kan-level strength and there were so many people watching, he could only grit his teeth and defend against one with Gold Shuttle, dodge another, and brace himself against a third!
Bang!
The red sword qi exploded in Qin Shaoyang's palm.
Five Elements are interdependent and mutually opposing! Metal overcomes Wood; Fire overcomes Metal!
If the previous Wood-type sword qi could still be partially negated by Qin Shaoyang’s Metal defense, this Fire-type sword qi would be a major enemy of his Metal cultivation method!
The dense Fire element Hao Ren had borrowed from Shang Lao was originally powerful and became even more formidable when it met Qin Shaoyang's hands imbued with Metal techniques.
Qin Shaoyang staggered back three steps but still couldn’t withstand the Fire-type sword qi. The scattered fragments of fiery energy tore several slits in his black suit!
The sword qi burned out, and Qin Shaoyang's hair was scorched by the intense heat.
Qin Shaoyang now had no trace of the confidence or ease he’d displayed earlier; he looked like a homeless beggar.
In battle, deception is permissible! When Hao Ren challenged him, he had already planned his strategy: feign weakness first and then reveal strength!
Shang Lao was irascible and cultivated fire-based techniques. He’d befriended Zhao Hongyu's father in the old days and only agreed to come out of retirement this time because Zhao Hongyu asked him to; he couldn’t stand Qin Shaoyang’s arrogance and took advantage of Hao Ren absorbing elements to secretly enhance his power.
Whoosh!
Hao Ren felt intense heat in his palm and immediately launched the sword technique from Spectrum Sword Shadows.
This time, what he threw wasn’t a straight sword light but a rapidly advancing firebird.
Phoenix Rebirth through Fire, burning all eight directions!
The attack was at least Shu level and possibly even Zhen level—equivalent to the full power strike of a Human Realm Cultivator in Core Formation stage. The target was merely Qin Shaoyang who was only Kan-level and thus akin to a Human Realm Practitioner in Foundation Establishment stage!
Failure was certain if he couldn’t block it.t, thus scoring these two points. This achievement should be credited to Hao Ren.Chen Dali lost two points at the start of the game and dared not take this "shorty team" lightly anymore. He rolled up...