Meng Jingzhou and his two companions were enjoying the lamb, applauding at Li Haoran’s ingenious tactics.

"This is a good strategy. Ordinary tactics won’t work against Lu Yang," Meng Jingzhou exclaimed with admiration. As Lu Yang’s old rival, he was well aware that winning over him using ordinary strategies was impossible. It would take a surprising move to defeat him.

"This skin tastes pretty good, even better than the lamb itself," Meng Jingzhou smacked his lips, having been eating the roasted lamb skin, whose smoky aroma tantalized his palate, followed by a delightful crispy sensation as he bit into it. The refreshing wild chive flowers accompanying the meal made it irresistible.

The taste of lambskin overshadowed that of the lamb itself.

Glancing at the Three Flavored True Fire that was blazing, Meng Jingzhou exclaimed, "I got it!"

He made a bold move by casting a wisp of Nirvana True Fire into the Three Flavored True Fire. The merging of the two kinds of True Fire set off crackling sounds.

Under the effect of the Nirvana True Fire, the lamb carcass gradually grew lamb skin. As the skin grew slowly, the lamb got to be meticulously roasted by the Three Flavored True Fire, making it even more delicious than ever!

Watching the scene, Man Gu’s eyes gleamed in amazement. He hadn’t imagined that Nirvana True flame could be employed in this manner.

If he hadn’t associated Three Flavored True Fire with roasting before, due to a lack of exposure to it, that could be excused.

But it was really embarrassing that he had overlooked the use of the renowned Nirvana True Fire in roasting, especially in light of the fact that every cultivator in the Cultivation World knew about Nirvana True Fire.

It was incredibly disgraceful to his status as the heir to the barbarian roasting tradition!

Indeed, following Brother Lu and Brother Meng always led to enlightenment!

As a Confucian Cultivator, Man Gu held the sage’s teachings in high esteem, constantly self-reflecting and seeking improvement.

While Man Gu was learning, Lu Yang was still dueling with Li Haoran, who had four arms.

With three heads and six arms, Li Haoran put great pressure on Lu Yang by exhibiting such an iconic Great Divine Skill.

"Palm Thunder!"

"Six-C Divine Fire!"

"Dayan True Fire!"

"Foot-long Bamboo!"

With four different hand gestures, he launched four different magic techniques simultaneously at Lu Yang.

The Golden Bird called out, igniting the Three Flavored True Fire, and stretched its wings. Each feather was as sharp as a sword, cutting through the air.

Neither the Six-C Divine Fire nor the Dayan True Fire could withstand Lu Yang’s dual True Fire and Sword Qi attacks despite also being forms of True Fire, which were not celebrated for their explosive power.

The Palm Thunder also vanished during the collision.

Only a section of green bamboo, which Li Haoran had sharpened, made a snap to break the sound barrier and pierced Lu Yang’s arm.

Lu Yang, who had sensed the presence of the green bamboo with his Spiritual Sense, was a little late in responding, causing his arm to get slashed.

"Well done, Junior Brother Li, coating the bamboo with poison," said Lu Yang, extracting an antidote pill from his Identity Jade while holding Li Haoran off with Golden Bird True Flame.

"I had no choice. You’re too powerful, Senior Brother Lu. I can’t beat you without some tricks up my sleeve."

"Moreover, you haven’t shown your real skills yet."

All of a sudden, both Lu Yang and Li Haoran made their moves simultaneously, crashing against each other.

They both had the intention to catch the other off guard while talking, yet they ended up having the same idea.

"Arhat Fist!"

No longer holding back, Lu Yang lashed out. Li Haoran, as an Artisan Cultivator, was simply no match for Lu Yang in close combat.

When it came to hand-to-hand combat, only Meng Jingzhou, an exceptional Body Cultivator, and Man Gu, a Confucian Cultivator, could surpass Lu Yang.

But Li Haoran acted quickly. Knowing full well that he couldn’t go toe-to-toe with the Arhat Fist, he immediately pulled off his two arms from underneath his armpits, temporarily transforming them into magic artefacts to strike Lu Yang with.

BANG, BANG, BANG!

In the blink of an eye, the two of them clashed dozens of times. But these temporary flesh magic artefacts were no match for the Arhat Fist, and Li Haoran was flung through the air.

On the bright side, Li Haoran was wearing a wig, so his encounter with Lu Yang didn’t result in hair loss.

"Golden Body of the Same Size!"

With a light shout, Lu Yang summoned a golden body, which fell from the sky, covering Li Haoran firmly.

"Plant Tree Avatar!"

Lu Yang burrowed into the ground. A seed sprouted, developing into two duplicates of Lu Yang.

"I’m leaving the rest to you."

Lu Yang fist-bumped with his clone. The clone nodded, burrowed into the ground and swiftly approached Li Haoran like an earth dragon.

"Earth Escape!" Li Haoran didn’t panic. He didn’t know how to shorten the distance, but he knew the Earth Escape Skill.

The only drawback of a Golden Body of eighteen feet is not to seal the underground, which would allow those who can perform Earth Escape to get away.

At this moment, Lu Yang’s clone arrived from underground, circling the Golden Body.

"Earth Cage."

The area beneath the Golden Body became a cellar, blocking off Li Haoran’s retreat. Li Haoran was forced to emerge.

From then on, the Golden Body was no longer flawed.

Li Haoran grunted coldly, "I want to see what a newly born clone like you could do."

Lu Yang’s clone emerged from the ground and entered the Golden Body.

Li Haoran’s arm transformed, akin to white jade, and stabbed Lu Yang’s clone.

Lu Yang’s clone was not affected at all, as if its body was not its own.

"Universe within the Sleeve."

He extended his right hand and a continuous flow of lake water spurted out from the clone’s palm, filling the Golden Body in an instant.

"Impossible. Your Universe within the Sleeve stores water, it doesn’t connect with the lake. You are just a newly born clone. When did you absorb the water..."

As Li Haoran spoke, he suddenly remembered that Lu Yang had fist-bumped with his clone.

No doubt, Lu Yang must have already stored the water source in his palm before the fight began and passed it onto the clone during the fist bump.

He was careless!

"Water Separation!"

In just three breaths’ time, the lake water filling the Golden Body had disappeared, transformed into hydrogen and oxygen!

With the sound of a bird’s cry, a golden flame flashed within the Golden Body, causing a huge explosion that even left cracks in the interior of the Golden Body.

"Good grief, Lu Yang’s move is really powerful." Meng Jingzhou was surprised, understanding the principle that the smaller the explosion space, the greater the power.

"Not only that, but the two types of gases that Senior Brother Lu decomposed seem to have also facilitated the explosion." Tao Yaoye said seriously, a single Golden Bird True Flame should not cause such an exaggerated explosion, there must be other factors at work.

"This is the combination of five-elemental magic skills that the Elder of Passing Skills mentioned, isn’t it?" Man Gu was amazed; the Golden Body, Wooden Avatar, Water Separation, True Fire, and Shorten Distance, all five magic skills were present.

Lu Yang dispelled the Golden Body, revealing only two charred bodies.

"Junior Brother Li, stop pretending. I saw you use a magic skill to escape just now." Lu Yang smiled. He had been watching the movement of the Golden Body from beginning to end.

At the moment before the explosion, Li Haoran used a magic skill similar to Shadow Shifting to swap places with his clone and his real body.

He had long detected with his Spiritual Sense a Li Haoran’s clone buried underground, presumably prepared to sneak attack him. Unfortunately, it didn’t get a chance to be used, instead it became a lifesaving move.

Thud!

There was a muffled noise behind Lu Yang and Li Haoran crawled out from the ground.

"Such terrifying power." Li Haoran was still somewhat scared, he knew this was the result of Lu Yang restraining his strength. Otherwise, what awaited him wouldn’t be one Golden Bird True Flame, but several Golden Bird True Flames plus the Three Flavored True Fire.

"Shall we continue?" Lu Yang turned around and asked with a smile.

"Of course I will..." Li Haoran didn’t plan to surrender, but he suddenly felt dizzy, stumbled, and nearly fell.

"I am poisoned... no, what is this?"

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Li Haoran detected something wrong with his body, he couldn’t continue fighting, but he didn’t seem to have encountered any poison throughout.

What was going on?

"Junior Brother Li, do you know that although Vital Qi is essential for living beings, too much of it is not good, it can cause dizziness, chest tightness, and other symptoms."

"From the beginning of our fight, I’ve been using the Water Separation technique, decomposing all the moisture in the air into Light Air and Vital Qi. As the amount of Vital Qi increased, you naturally couldn’t handle it."

"If you were a little more observant, you would have noticed that I’ve been holding my breath all the time."

"So, do you want to continue?"

"I surrender."