Chương 193: The Jianhai clan chief

"Who are you! How dare you act presumptuously within the jianhai clan!" The rank nine yang realm cultivator, a middle aged man roared coldly, glaring at the three kids before him.

"Where's that old man jian thingy? Found you!" Long Feng ignored the middle aged man and searched through the group behind the man for a particular familiar face. Recognizing the face of old man jian, Long Feng laughed.

"You damned old thing! Back then when you bullied me, I told you that I would come and payback the favor. Are you ready?" Old man jian's face reddened when Long Feng spoke.

"Hmph! You should speak when you survive Lord jianhai shang's fury. How dare you ignore a peak Yang realm cultivator? It seems that your little power has gone to your head, making you unbelievably arrogant!" He retorted.

"Oh? Your courage comes from this jianhai Shang guy? Very well. Watch as I shatter your hopes." Long Feng laughed and turned to jianhai shang, the peak Yang realm cultivator who was already red from anger.

"Hey there. Let me make it clear now that whatever beating you receive later is his fault. He caused it" Long Feng smiled and spoke nicely.

"Bastard!" Jianhai shang roared and jumped at Long Feng. A long saber appeared in his grasp as he swung it with all his strength.

"Die!" Long Feng was quite surprised as he sensed this jianhai shang's energy. He was infinitely close to the spirit realm! The jianhai clan truly couldn't be underestimated.

"But if that's the extent of your strength, then get lost!" A longsword appeared in Long Feng's hand, emanating the powerful aura of a spirit armament; the origin spirit Sword! The sovereign Sword was currently too weak for Long Feng to use, so he could only switch to using the origin spirit sword.

"Demon Sword!" This time, Long Feng unleashed the full power of this demon Sword technique. The dazzling sword light streaked across the sky and collided against jianhai shang's saber light. The power of jianhai shang's saber light was only close to the spirit realm, but at the end, it was not the spirit realm. On the other hand, the power of Long Feng's Demon Sword was comparable in every single aspects to a rank one spirit realm cultivator.

It's power had already surpassed the power of the first wave demon annihilation and was even slightly stronger than the second wave. Only the third wave demon annihilation was superior. As a result, there was no suspense as Long Feng's energy destroyed jianhai shang's saber light.

"Impossible!" Jianhai shang, old man jian and all the other elders there were astounded beyond words. Right before the sword light sliced jianhai shang into two, Long Feng dispersed it. He looked towards the depths of the jianhai clan with a smile.

"Senior clan chief, are you sure you are not going to appear? Aren't you worried that I'd kill this guy?" There was no answer, but Long Feng was sure that the jianhai clan's clan chief was watching them right now. His soul power was so strong at the peak of the saint soul layer that no spirit realm cultivator could hide from his senses.

"Alright then. I'll come and find you either way even if you don't come out." Long Feng shrugged and turned to old man jian who was shivering in disbelief.

"Old thing, how did you see that? Cool right?" Old man jian couldn't reply. He simply stood there immersed in shock.

"Alright. I don't kill without reason, so I'll just cut off your arm and end our grudge there, don't you think, old thing?" As Long Feng spoke, sword light was already gathering at his finger tip. The sword light slashed straight towards old man jian's right arm.

"No! Lord clan chief, save me!" Old man jian exclaimed in fear. This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. A powerful aura suddenly erupted from the center of the clan and turned into a palm that caught the sword light and destroyed it. The energy palm was also destroyed.

"Energy manifestation!" Long Feng muttered as he watched the palm explode. This was one of the major abilities of a spirit realm cultivator. They could attack through the air over a distance and the attack would have the same power as a close range attack. They could easily use their inner energies to form manifestations of things like palm and legs or animals and weapons to attack. Those below the spirit realm could never use this ability because their inner energy was not condensed enough.

Only at the spirit realm, where one's inner energy condensed into a revolving Core would one be able to do this. Below the spirit realm, one could only borrow the power of martial skills to form fragile manifestations that were nothing compared to the true energy manifestation. What the jianhai clan's clan chief just used was precisely this energy manifestation. Old man jian sighed in relief.

"Thank you for saving this one, Lord clan chief" he even have Long Feng a taunting look.

"Hmph! No one here can save you, not even your Lord clan chief!" Long Feng suddenly vanished from where he stood as though he never was there at all and reappeared a moment later in the same position like he never moved. The next instant, old man jian screeched in pain as his right arm fell to the floor, severed from his shoulder! The entire clan was silent, and even the jianhai clan's clan chief didn't seem to have imagined this. The nine Firmament steps!

This was the signature movement technique of the Firmament Sword Saint. The technique was divided into nine and Long Feng had just barely grasped the basics of the first part, but it was enough for him to be on par with most spirit realm cultivators in terms of speed. At least, not even the jianhai clan's clan chief could react on time. During his past few days of cultivation, he had further studied all of his techniques.

Apart from completing the demon sword technique, he had also learned how to control his speed using the nine Firmament steps and barely mastered the basics of the first Firmament Sword strike, the infinite Firmament! After the momentary silence, a powerful aura sped out from the center of the clan towards their direction. An old man dressed in pale blue robes appeared a few hundred meters above the ground in the sky like a Deity. His powerful aura and dignified expression gave the impression of a powerhouse.

This was none other than the jianhai clan's clan chief himself!

"Rank two spirit realm?" Long Feng frowned after sensing the jianhai clan chief's aura. According to rumors, he was only a rank one spirit realm cultivator but this old man was clearly a rank two spirit realm cultivator. At the spirit realm, the difference of a single level could mean a vast different in power. A rank one spirit realm clan chief could be underestimated but not a rank two spirit realm cultivator.

"You're that Long Feng from the mortal heaven sect? Truly, heroes come from the young. The mortal heaven sect is really lucky." The old man stared down at Long Feng from the sky and spoke. This was another advantage exclusive to spirit realm cultivators and above, they could fly albeit for a short while. Nevertheless, it was enough for them to bombard those below the spirit realm with attacks from the sky using the energy manifestation. Long Feng looked up and smiled.

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord clan chief!"

"What brought you here? Surely, you didn't come merely to cause trouble and amputate arms?" The jianhai clan's clan chief asked. Long Feng laughed.

"Senior is wise. This Junior recently had some breakthroughs and needed a sparring partner to verify his gains. Unfortunately, no one below the spirit realm is able to withstand a single attack from me. In this entire province, only senior could probably let this Junior to fight to my heart's content!" Everyone there was instantly stunned speechless. What boldness and arrogance was this? Openly declaring that no one below the spirit realm could face him was simply Calling himself invincible below the spirit realm.

Yet, he even dared to come to challenging a true blue spirit realm cultivator?

"Hahaha! You are an interesting kid. I happen to appreciate talents. Join the jianhai clan and I will spare your life and the mortal heaven sect today. The jianhai clan will use up all it's resources to help you to reach the spirit realm in a year's time. Interested?" The jianhai clan chief spoke with a wide smile.

"Hm?' Long Feng seemed to be pondering.

"So? What's your decision?" The jianhai clan chief asked.

"Nope. Sorry old man, but I'm not someone who switches alliances at a whim. Besides, can you hear yourself? Spirit realm in a year? Like hell. If I take a year to reach the spirit realm from now, I might as well cripple my cultivation and settle down as a mortal. I might reconsider if you defeat me!" As he spoke, the origin spirit sword in his grasp buzzed as dense sword aura surged out of his body. His rank five Sword concept was fully unleashed! Next, pitch black demon energy surged out of his body.

Rank four demon concept! His demon concept recently had a breakthrough to the fourth rank, increasing his combat power.

"Demon Sword!" Long Feng instantly attacked without wasting time. His swung his sword upwards at the jianhai clan chief in the sky.

"Hmph! I give you a toast and you refuse it. Now you must drink a forfeit!" The jianhai clan chief snorted and stomped his right leg in the air like it was solid floor. A huge foot appeared and stomped on the demon Sword light, crushing it and continuing downwards with crushing pressure.

"Second wave demon annihilation!" Long Feng roared. Demon energy rushed out of his demon core and surged right at the huge foot. The two energies collided and cancelled each other out.

"So what if you are comparable to a rank one or two spirit realm cultivator? I can still crush you from up here!" The jianhai clan chief spoke coldly despite the shock he was feeling in his heart.

"Don't be so sure of yourself." Long Feng replied.

"What? Don't tell me you can fly? Hahaha! What next, you're also secretly a spirit realm cultivator? What a joke. I can still spare you're life if you reconsider my proposal""Old man, don't take me for a fool. Your so called proposal for me to join your clan is actually a trap. You will probably kill me to get rid of trouble later on. Besides, you haven't defeated me yet!" Long Feng replied with a laugh.

After that, before anyone could react, he circulated his inner energy through his legs according to the method of the nine Firmament steps. He instantly felt the pressure of gravity on him decreasing by half. He leaped into the air and swung his sword at the jianhai clan's clan chief.

"Demon Sword!" Watching the pitch black Sword light, the jianhai clan chief snorted.

"Jumping? You think jumping can help you? Fool!" In such situations where someone was attacking you from the sky, it was a truly foolish decision to jump into the air, as after unleashing an attack, the gravity would push you back to the ground thereby causing you to lose your balance. The opponent could seize this opportunity to bombard you with attacks and easily defeat you. The only solution was to be able to defeat the opponent with a single attack when you jump. But could Long Feng do that? The answer was no.

The demon sword was only as powerful as a rank one spirit realm cultivator's attack. It was not possible for it to pose a threat to the jianhai clan's clan chief.

"Break!" The jianhai clan chief punched out, manifesting a huge fist in the sky that punched the demon sword light into oblivion. The jianhai clan chief then waited for Long Feng to fall back to the ground, but to his and everyone else's absolute shock, Long Feng remained floating in the sky, at the same height as the jianhai clan chief!

"He can fly? Impossible! How can a yang realm cultivator fly?" All of the elders and disciples nearby were in disbelief.

"Long Feng can actually fly?" Yan jian was also shocked.

"It should be the nine Firmament steps he got from the yin ghost forest." Li Yue'er guessed. Both of them were no strangers to Long Feng's secrets, even regarding the golden dragon Jade token. Long Feng never hid anything from them. The only thing about him they didn't know was Wu Kong's existence.

"Old thing, we're on equal levels now." Long Feng grinned at the dumbstruck jianhai clan chief.