Chapter 387: Be Careful of His

"All right. In that case, we—the Blazing Fire Gang—will serve as witnesses!" the vice-chief said from behind Chu Liang. "Elder Yin, you've agreed on a duel. If the Sun and Moon Pavilion doesn't play fair, then we won't either."

"Rest assured," Elder Yin replied softly. "I've been around for so many years, but I still want to maintain my image."

The crowd parted, creating a large area in the middle to serve as a temporary arena. Thousands of eyes were fixed on the arena, making the atmosphere quite intense.

Chu Liang stood quietly in the center.

He had proposed to have a Deathmatch Arena match because he had no other choice. The other party clearly wasn't going to let the matter go, and Python Belly City wasn't large enough for him to have somewhere to hide. It would be better to settle things right then and there.

Proposing this challenge might seem bold, but in reality, the other party's biggest advantage was their numbers. Chu Liang removed that advantage by suggesting to have duels. If Elder Yin refused, the Sun and Moon Pavilion would lose face in front of everyone.

Elder Yin was obviously determined to get the Dustless Sword, but Chu Liang's challenge put him in a difficult position. Nevertheless, he didn't think Chu Liang could win.

The aura that Chu Liang released when he landed was at best that of a cultivator at the peak of the fourth realm. On the other hand, three of Elder Yin's four adopted sons were at the fifth realm.

Except for his most disappointing adopted son... the brocade-robed man that Chu Liang taught a lesson yesterday... the others were all at one realm higher than Chu Liang. If it wasn't for their resources being cut off due to entering Python Belly City, they would have been able to achieve a much higher level of cultivation.

Elder Yin thought,

Even if you manage to win one match by luck, can you win three in a row?

"Yin Tian, you go first," Elder Yin ordered.

"Yes, Father!"

There was a young man in a black robe with a jade belt standing on the carriage shaft. He immediately accepted Elder Yin's order and looked at Chu Liang with a fierce gaze.

"Third Brother, be careful of his powerful flying sword!" the brocade-robed man loudly reminded from the side.

"I know," replied Yin Tian, the black-robed young man.

He then flew down to the arena.

Everyone around held their breath, attentively watching the two people in the arena.

Chu Liang cupped his hands together in greeting. "I'm Chu Liang from the Mount Shu Sect."

"I'm Yin Tian from the Sun and Moon Pavilion," Yin Tian responded coldly. "You go first."

"Me first?" Chu Liang smiled. "Are you letting me have the advantage?"

"You're at a lower realm. I don't want others to say I won unfairly."

Seems he is an honest man,

Chu Liang thought.

He then nodded and said, "In that case, I'll gladly accept it."

Chu Liang summoned the Dustless Sword, and a beam of sword light whistled through the air, transforming into hundreds of swordlights!

He started with the Thousand Swords Seal to test the waters.

On the carriage, Elder Yin's eyes lit up the moment he saw the Dustless Sword. "That's right. This is the flying sword that's imbued with the essence of the Cloud Sword..."

Swish, swish, swish—

Countless shadows of swords descended from midair like falling rain.

Despite that, Yin Tian showed no fear. He stomped his right foot on the black-rock ground, and his longsword flew out too. It transformed into three thousand beams of swordlights, clashing with Chu Liang's swordlights!

Yin Tian's longsword was an excellent flying sword and a rare item in Python Belly City. Nevertheless, it was still far inferior to the Dustless Sword.

In a situation where both of them had Geng Metal foundational qi infused into their swords, Yin Tian's swordlights shattered upon making contact with Chu Liang's. Yin Tian suddenly found himself at a disadvantage, and all he could do was besiege Chu Liang's swordlights with a greater number of his own.

The two young men were like commanding generals leading their armies in battle. One commanded a thousand mounted soldiers, and the other commanded three thousand brave foot soldiers; they were evenly matched.

Right then, Chu Liang leaped. The general was joining the fray!

Yin Tian was a little surprised. He had to place his full focus on manipulating his swordlights to fight against Chu Liang's swordlights, yet Chu Liang was effortlessly controlling the Thousand Swords Seal. On top of that, he even launched an attack on Yin Tian.

A feeling of doubt surfaced in Yin Tian's mind.

Is it a bluff?

Nevertheless, Yin Tian responded cautiously, immediately pulling back three hundred swordlights to defend himself. Simultaneously, he used the sword in his right hand to draw something in the air.

At the next moment, a powerful whirlwind formed from the ground, surrounding him protectively.

How would Chu Liang tackle Yin Tian's heavy defenses?

He did nothing.

A moment ago, he activated the Secret Dragon Blood Technique and the Divine Dragons' Great Blood-Burning Technique, causing blood-colored qi flames and smoke to emerge from all over his body. Furthermore, his Geng Metal foundational qi circulated throughout his body.

A fourth-realm cultivator's version of the fifth-realm Metallic Body was not weak at all.

Chu Liang charged straight through the Hundred Swords Seal head-on!

A hint of hesitation flashed in Yin Tian's eyes, but right after that, he ruthlessly directed his flying sword at Chu Liang.

Swish, swish, swish—

Hundreds of flying swords sliced through the air but hit nothing.

Whoosh.

Chu Liang suddenly appeared in front of Yin Tian.

Yin Tian thought,

This is... that legendary immortal art? It's Dimension Compression!

Chu Liang flitted through the cluster of swordlights. His sword remained in the sky, and in his right hand was instead half a gold brick.

In a panic, Yin Tian could only concentrate his Geng Metal foundational qi on his head.

You have a gold brick, but I have a Metallic Body! My Metallic Body is as hard as your brick.

Yin Tian's Metallic Body was indeed just as hard as the Demon-Revealing Brick.

However... Chu Liang's form as a humanoid divine dragon was famous for a reason.

Chu Liang slammed his brick into Yin Tian's right temple with a bang, sending him flying dozens of zhang... Yin Tian crashed through two black-rock houses before landing in the rubble.

The crowd fell into a stunned silence.

Brutal.

A moment later, the crowd broke into a clamor.

"Third Brother!"

"Third Brother!"

"Third Young Master!"

"What kind of weapon is that?"

"It seems to be half a brick? How can it be so powerful?"

"It actually sent the third young master of the Sun and Moon Pavilion flying... Oh, heavens."

"..."

A group of people pulled Yin Tian out of the rubble and treated his injuries by circulating his qi. After that, they woke him up.

Yin Tian had suffered such a heavy blow that when he woke, his head was buzzing, and he felt as if the world was spinning. Nevertheless, he didn't forget to kneel before Elder Yin's carriage.

Yin Tian cried out, "I, your son, have lost. Please punish me, Father!"

"Victory and defeat are common in battle. Don't take it too hard," the person in front of him consoled. "Also, I'm Laosi. Father is to your left."

"

Eh?

"

Yin Tian raised his head and exerted all his strength to lean closer toward the carriage. He then realized he had indeed knelt in front of the wrong person...

Elder Yin's smile disappeared, and he said, "Yin Kuo, go duel him... Don't underestimate him."

"That's right." Yin Tian scrambled to his feet. "Second Brother, be careful of his powerful flying sword and brick!"

"I know," Yin Kuo replied.

He was the white-robed man who had been speaking with the Blazing Fire Gang's vice-chief earlier. Yin Kuo had high brows and broad eyes on a deep-set face.

Yin Kuo stepped before Chu Liang, cupped his hands together, and introduced himself. "I'm Yin Kuo from the Sun and Moon Pavilion. Shall we just begin?"

Chu Liang nodded. "Yes."

The previous fight had ended too quickly. He had used basically no energy to defeat his previous opponent.

During the time that members of the Sun and Moon Pavilion spent treating Yin Tian, Chu Liang's Sea of Qi had already replenished.

With two ultimate-tier Golden Cores and three Large-Headed Dolls, what seemed like a one-on-one match was actually six against one. Chu Liang alone was an entire army!

Yin Kuo wasted no time on unnecessary words. He raised his hands and made a series of hand seals, conjuring a complex inscription seal overhead.

A black cloud of qi suddenly appeared above Yin Kuo. Golden streaks flashed about within it like a golden dragon roaming the skies.

Chu Liang senses tingled a little, indicating this was something that could be dangerous.

It appeared that Yin Kuo specialized in lightning techniques. As long as Chu Liang got within three meters of Yin Kuo, lightning would descend from that cloud. Yin Kuo seemed to be guarding against close combat.

In the face of Yin Kuo's defenses, Chu Liang did not press forward.

While Yin Kuo had been making the hand seals, Chu Liang had made good use of his time. He gathered his foundational qi to unleash the Heaven-Raising Sword he had just gained a greater understanding of!

Boom.

He started off with an offensive immortal art!

Yin Kuo narrowed his eyes.

How could someone who was clearly at the fourth realm release such a powerful divine sword seal?

The Heaven-Raising Sword's power terrified everyone present. They cowered toward the ground, afraid of being harmed by the sword qi.

Yin Kuo gritted his teeth and pointed upward, summoning his flying sword. He decided to use his strongest sword seal.

In a split second, a golden lightning dragon[1] coiled around Yin Kuo's flying sword and flew forth with a whoosh!

What a swift sword!

Chu Liang was a little surprised.

Despite being released after the Heaven-Raising Sword, Yin Kuo's Golden Radiance Sword Seal reached Chu Liang way before his Heaven-Raising Sword reached Yin Kuo.

Chu Liang hadn't even seen the trajectory of the golden light and had to pick a side to dodge on the spot.

Swoosh.

Using Dimension Compression, Chu Liang narrowly evaded the lightning-fast sword.

However, Yin Kuo's sword didn't stop there. After missing its mark, the sword split into nine golden lightning dragons! They all turned and shot toward Chu Liang!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Chu Liang couldn't just keep using Dimension Compression to dodge the attacks.

How long will I have to dodge for?

He raised his hand and summoned the Green Leaf Umbrella.

Clang, clang, clang...

A golden dragon struck the umbrella and sent bursts of electricity up Chu Liang's arm, numbing it.

Fortunately, the umbrella had been made using the Green Leaf as its base, so it absorbed and neutralized much of the electric charge in that golden dragon. If the umbrella were an iron umbrella, Chu Liang would have been struck by the golden dragon and left paralyzed.

Meanwhile, Yin Kuo's situation wasn't much better.

When the Heaven-Raising Sword approached him, a lightning storm descended from the black cloud above him, blocking the giant swordlight. However, this was the top immortal art for slaying. How could it be stopped so easily? Chu Liang had not perfected his execution yet, but it was good enough to put Yin Kuo in a dangerous situation!

In the end, Yin Kuo brought the black cloud down and leaped back, letting the cloud take its place.

Rumble

—

The black cloud and the Heaven-Raising Sword exploded, causing an earthquake-like tremor that shook half of Python Belly City.

In the chaos, the two men were suddenly less than ten zhang apart.

Chu Liang had been deliberately closing the distance between them...

The umbrella in Chu Liang's hand had disappeared, replaced by a beam of green light that looked like a saber blade. Then he threw the blade into the sky.

Huh?

Yin Kuo's first reaction was confusion.

Where is he throwing the flying saber? It's just a random throw...?

Then...

Swoosh.

The next thought Yin Kuo had was that his back hurt a little...

"

Ah!

" Yin Kuo screamed as the Razor Leaf struck his back, causing him to fall to the ground.

Nonetheless, that wasn't enough to incapacitate him.

Chu Liang stepped forward and manipulated the Razor Leaf, pulling it out of Yin Kuo's back. Then Chu Liang had the Razor Leaf transform into a green snake, intending to use it to restrain Yin Kuo.

"

Hissssss.

"

The green snake soared into the air and bared its fangs!

At this critical moment, a hand suddenly reached out from behind Yin Kuo and grabbed the green snake, swiftly rendering the enchanted tool immobile. The green snake struggled against the hand's grip, but it couldn't break free.

It turned out that the hand belonged to a tall, broad-shouldered middle-aged man with chiseled facial features. Just looking at him made Yin Kuo feel at ease.

This man was the first young master of the Sun and Moon Pavilion, Yin Guang!

"Eldest Brother..." Yin Kuo uttered as he struggled to get up.

The wound on his back wasn't serious, but it left him feeling very aggrieved.

How did things end up this way?

Yin Kuo couldn't figure it out.

"You're injured. Go tend to your injury. Leave this to me," Yin Guang said in his deep voice.

With a light flick, he tossed the green snake back toward Chu Liang. The green snake reverted to its original form, the Green Leaf, in midair.

Chu Liang caught the Green Leaf and gently put it away.

Before leaving the arena, Yin Kuo reminded his brother, "Eldest Brother, be careful of his flying sword, brick, and flying saber... They're powerful."

1. Not an actual dragon. I assume this is lightning in the shape of a dragon. ☜