Chapter 1402: Can I Snatch it?

Long Xian made no attempt to stop the battle as he and his son had already planned things out beforehand. He had wanted Long Ding to break through first and then defeat Long Qi. Only like this would Long Ding get revenge for the earlier incident and simultaneously demonstrate how much his strength had increased.

Long Kui reflexively tried to stop the matter. “No, we must hurry back to White Mountain.”

Long Xian smiled. “Why are you so nervous, elder? It’s just a spar between two youths to let them test out their strength. Don’t worry, neither of them will go overboard in a friendly spar.”

Long Kui became a bit annoyed. “Brother Xian, Long Qi is the main family’s son-in-law, and he can’t fight with any random person.”

Long Xian retorted, “What does it matter, elder, if he is from the main family? The White Dragon Clan’s main family has raised their reputation through their members’ constant battles. I can’t believe that Long Qi would be timid enough to be scared of a simple spar.”

He then turned to Lu Yin. “Isn’t that right, Long Qi?”

Since Long Xian had already said so much, Lu Yin was essentially being forced to fight against Long Ding, as refusing would embarrass the main family.

Long Kui was no longer able to stop the matter, and he glanced over at Lu Qin. “Don’t force yourself.”

Long Ding’s strength had spiked after opening his lower meridian point. Even though Lu Yin had managed to defeat Liu Lu before, Liu Lu could not compare to Long Ding’s current strength. At this moment, Long Ding was strong enough to even challenge Liu Hao.

Lu Yin hesitantly walked forward. He looked like Long Ding’s polar opposite.

“It’s just a spar, Brother Long Ding. Don’t forget that we’re just sparring,” Lu Yin emphasized, sounding as though he was scared of getting hurt.

Long Ding smirked and a cruel glint flickered across his eyes. “Don’t worry, Brother Long Qi. It’s just a spar.”

A spear appeared in his hand that he pointed at Lu Yin. “Are you ready? I’ll let you have the first move.”

Lu Yin immediately used his Vacuum Palm, and Long Ding struggled to dodge the invisible attack. This was the same attack that had even surprised Wang Yi, and it was hard for Long Ding to evade even though he had opened his lower meridian point. However, he proved very lucky, as Lu Yin’s palm struck his spear. Long Ding was forced a few steps back, and he looked up. “Nice one, Brother Qi.”

He then roared and started moving towards Lu Yin with a strange technique.

It was the Roving White Dragon.

Lu Yin grew solemn. Long Ding had become much stronger from before, as shown by his ability to withstand Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palm despite Lu Yin using a full 200 Stacks.

The spear flashed, and nine lined battle force appeared on it as Long Ding thrust the spear forward, tearing the air apart. This attack was much stronger than any attack launched during their last fight, even the ones made after he used the White Dragon Transformation. Lu Yin had used his Vacuum Palm against Long Ding back then as well, which was why he had some understanding of Long Ding’s attack. Also, there was what Lu Yin had learned from the Sword Monument’s inheritance.

Lu Yin’s domain was unable to predict Long Ding’s attacks due to Long Ding’s greatly increased strength. So, Lu Yin kept a careful watch on the spear, and he suddenly dodged once the spear was about to strike. Long Ding sneered—he had already known that Lu Yin was able to read the trajectory of his weapon, but did that even matter?

The spear suddenly shifted and moved in the same direction that Lu Yin had dodged in.

Lu Yin’s domain erupted, and the spear slowed down as though it was moving through mud. Lu Yin immediately retaliated with a Vacuum Palm.

Long Ding roared as scales appeared on his body. He had used the White Dragon Transformation.

The Vacuum Palm crashed into Long Ding, but it did nothing despite injuring him before.

Long Ding grabbed his spear, and the shaft smashed against Lu Yin’s shoulder, sending him flying backwards.

Long Ding continued to press the attack, and he leaped towards Lu Yin, still attacking with the spear.

From the distance, Long Kui shouted, “Stop!” and he moved to interfere.

Long Xian blocked Long Kui’s path. “Elder, there’s no need to worry. It’s just a match. Ding’er won’t go too far.”

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Long Kui looked at the battle, furious.

Long Ding’s spear shot towards Lu Yin’s neck, and it looked like he was about to kill Lu Yin, especially since Long Xian was not even keeping an eye on the two youths. Even if Long Ding did not dare to kill Lu Yin, he could still maim him. Long Xian would not be held responsible for such an accident if he was not watching, and Long Tian would definitely protect Long Ding.

There was no way that Long Tian would care about what happened to Lu Yin as long as he was not killed.

Long Ding looked at Lu Yin with cruel eyes. He had been waiting for this moment ever since he had learned that Long Qi would marry Long Xi. This attack was not merely revenge for the earlier battle, as Long Ding was also venting his anger. Furthermore, there was another motivation that he had not shared with even his father: Yu Chen had met with Long Ding right before Long Qi had arrived at Flying Armor Pass.

This attack could become a bridge between Long Ding and Bai Shaohong.

The trip to the Dominion Realm would be extremely dangerous, and even Young Master Long Tian might die there. Long Ding did not intend to place all of his hopes of survival on Long Tian. Thus, if he was able to get closer to Bai Shaohong, he would increase his own chances of survival. Long Ding believed that Bai Shaohong would be even more willing to save him than Long Tian because Long Tian was the White Dragon Clan’s young master.

This attack could increase Long Ding’s chances of survival in the Dominion Realm, and personally, he also wanted to kill Lu Yin. Thus, this attack was completely ruthless.

As the spear moved towards Lu Yin, Guo Shan stepped forward, only to be blocked by somebody else.

The spear continued to close in on Lu Yin, and he could feel a threat from the spear. Just as the spear was about to strike, the Channeling Diagram appeared. The spear was stopped by the combination of Lu Yin’s domain and the Channeling Diagram, redirecting the force of the spear attack away in all directions and causing the ground to tear apart.

The Channeling Diagram managed to disperse Long Ding’s attack as well as his battle force. Long Ding was stunned. This was not something that he had seen during their last battle. Was this a sourcebox array?

Long Ding had not expected some random person from a branch family to be able to comprehend a sourcebox array, let alone be able to use it to withstand his attack.

Lu Yin took advantage of Long Ding’s shock to spot the weaknesses in Long Ding’s techniques. Without any pause, Lu Yin’s hands moved past the spear, and he repeatedly used Vacuum Palms to attack Long Ding. Long Ding’s eyes went wide as the barrage struck his body and smashed him deep into the ground.

Although he could withstand one or even two Vacuum Palms after opening his lower meridian point and using the White Dragon Transformation, there was no way he could withstand this many continuous attacks from such a short distance. On top of that, Lu Yin had increased his Vacuum Palm to 220 Stacks, which was much stronger than his previous ones.

Long Ding had no chance to retaliate, and he was already injured by the fourth attack. His battle force shattered, and his scales faded away. However, Lu Yin had launched more than ten Vacuum Palms in an instant. Nobody had ever managed to endure this sort of onslaught aside from Nightking Zhenwu.

No Hunter was able to withstand ten Vacuum Palms without any sort of injury, and Long Ding was no exception.

The earth shattered as the force of Lu Yin’s attacks spread throughout the area.

Long Xian instantly whirled around, furious. “Stop!”

He moved forward to grab Lu Yin, but right at that moment, Long Kui caught Long Xian from behind. “Brother Xian, we shouldn’t interfere. It’s just a spar between youths.”

Suddenly, a strange fluctuation swept over the grounds, and a glowing thread lit up the army’s headquarters. It was a thread of tribulation crystal.

Long Xian and Long Kui were both stunned when they saw the thread of tribulation crystal. Lu Yin had actually forced the crystal thread out of Long Ding’s body.

Lu Yin was also shocked. He had not known that the crystal thread could be forced back out, but he reflexively grabbed it since it was right in front of him.

Long Ding bellowed in anger. He had been heavily injured by Lu Yin’s Vacuum Palms, but he still tried to snatch the crystal thread back from Lu Yin.

This was a rare opportunity that Lu Yin had not expected to encounter, but now that it had appeared, he would not allow it to pass him by.

“Long Qi, do you want to die? The Flying Armor Troops won’t let you off!” Long Ding threatened.

Lu Yin immediately took out the ring that Long Xi had given him and stood within its protective circle.

The ground broke apart, and Long Xian, Long Kui, and the others finally saw the crystal thread in Lu Yin’s hand.

Long Xian was enraged. He tried to grab Lu Yin, but he was stopped by the ring’s barrier. Although he was certainly strong enough to destroy the ring, it would still take him quite some time. On top of that, Long Kui was right beside him, and the elder would not allow Long Xian to continue attacking Long Qi. “Long Qi, put down that crystal thread, and I can pretend that nothing has happened!”

Lu Yin frowned, but he did not even bother to look up.

Long Kui did not know what to say. He had secretly hoped that Lu Yin would be able to absorb the crystal thread and open a meridian point, but now that the opportunity had actually arrived, the elder did not know what to do. How should he handle this? One of the two youths was a captain in the Flying Armor Troops while the other was the son-in-law of the White Dragon Clan’s main family.

Long Ding spat out a mouthful of blood. At this moment, everything in his vision was blood red. He glared at Lu Yin and ordered in a hoarse voice, “Long Qi, give me back the crystal thread! Give it to me!”

Long Xian roared, “Long Qi, put down that crystal thread! Don’t make a mistake! If you steal from a clan member, then the main family won’t let you off!”

He then turned to Long Kui. “Elder, please say something! You’re an elder of the White Dragon Clan, and you are aware of the rules. Don’t allow Long Qi to make this mistake.”

Long Kui’s lips went dry. He did not know how to react to what he was seeing. The tiniest bit of favoritism that he held in his heart stopped him from speaking up.

The Flying Armor Troops surrounded the two youths, brimming with a powerful killing intent.

Guo Shan was shocked. He suddenly remembered Lu Yin’s words. “Can I grab that?”

“Can I grab that?”

“Can I grab that?”…

Guo Shan could not believe that the kid had actually managed to grab the thread. What a lunatic!

Lu Yin stood inside the ring and looked up at Long Kui. “Elder, you need to consider the bigger picture. I’m the main family’s son-in-law, so if anything happens to me, you’ll have a hard time answering to Long Xi and the clan. Don’t forget how I managed to become the main family’s son-in-law.”

Long Kui suddenly remembered the Celestial Frost Sect. Nothing could be allowed to happen to Long Qi, as that would cause Long Xi to be threatened by Bai Shaohong. The Celestial Frost Sect craved the power of the White Dragon, and that was the motivation behind all of their schemes.

“The commander of the Flying Armor Troops, Long Xian, is suspected to be a traitor! Whoever aids Long Xian will be considered an enemy of Humility’s Gate! I, Long Qi, am from the Fourteenth Gate, and I suspect that Long Xian is a traitor! Who dares to help him?” Lu Yin suddenly shouted. He was not actually trying to threaten the members of the Flying Armor Troops, as he knew that that was impossible. They would always follow the orders that they received from the army. Rather, Lu Yin was reminding Guo Shan about his connection to the Fourteenth Gate and that he had both the authority and a valid reason to stand up to Long Xian.