Chương 209: Lan Yanyue versus the burly youth

"This kid's comprehension skills aren't too shabby. I didn't observe this his skill that combines his sword and demon energies together earlier. Now that I'm seeing it again, it's really ingenious." Young master Liu leaned forward with a look of interest.

"That's right young master. It's unfortunate that he was born in such a backwater place. If he has someone to guide him, this his skill would be quite powerful. It might come close to becoming a Dao skill" one of the ladies behind the young master spoke up.

"It's his luck that I want to take him as my servant. I guess it wouldn't hurt to give him a pointer or two later. Hmmm… after this, I'll choose those among them that are worthy of being my servants. They can follow me back to the mainland" the young master smiled and leaned back comfortably. The continent leaders standing behind him could barely hide their anger when they heard him referring to their continent's best talents and servants and trash.

Anyone would feel offended, but remembering this youth's background, they could only swallow their rage. Considering his identity and where he came from, he actually did have the right to call the continent's geniuses as trash. But it still didn't sit well with these powerhouses. Back in the square, the Misty Mountain's Master stared at Long Feng again with a pondering expression.

"Everything points to his comprehension abilities being above average, though his cultivation talent doesn't seem to be good. He isn't enough to gain the attention of the sect…" He finally sighed and closed his eyes again,"Gongsun Hao should be able to take a place among the top three, and if the Yihua clan doesn't send a peak rank four spirit realm cultivator, he should have a chance at the first place.

If he also makes some waves at the hundred continent meeting no matter how small, I can use my connections to get him into the outer sect" he sighed again, "The Sect's requirements are just to strict" After Long Feng's fight with Bai Guang, the remaining few fights quickly ended. Since Bai Guang, the only Spirit realm level of their group had already been defeated by Long Feng, there was no suspense to the remaining fights.

Long Feng easily clinched the top spot of the group and gained the right to join the semi finals! The strongest among the other groups we're also slowly revealing themselves. The three rank three spirit realm cultivators all took the top spots in their groups respectively. In fact, their opponents all surrendered without fighting or got defeated easily. Then there was Lan yanyue, the burly earth Dao youth and the soul cultivator.

An exciting fight that made people's blood boil was set to happen between Lan yanyue and the burly earth Dao youth. They actually belonged to the same group, so the strongest of the group was still up in the air. Everyone waited with bated breath for the fight between those two to occur. The soul cultivator watched everything indifferently from his own spot. He could also be considered lucky, having no particularly strong competitor in his group.

The strongest was a rank two spirit realm cultivator who he had already defeated. Li Yu'er also took the top spot among her group after a tough fight against a rank two fire Dao cultivator. She barely won the fight due to her superior Dao concept. As for Yan jian… many people were rendered speechless by his own technique. He actually bought his wins from his opponents! After the first instance where he was kicked out of the stage, he had actually bought his way through all the other fights.

This could be accredited to his backing, Long Feng. Yan jian's opponent usually sold their spots and admitted defeat after hesitating a bit. Thus, Yan jian's grin could be seen from miles away. Finally, the fight that everyone was waiting for was going to begin. The old judge of group 7 waved his hand and called out,"Next contestants, come on stage!" Then he stepped away to make space. Lan yanyue was the first to leap into the stage.

Her lithe figure flipped in the air then she landed softly on the stone stage, her bow held tightly in her hands. Over half of the crowd burst into cheers, shouting her name frantically. It wasn't surprising though. She was a very strong genius at the top of the continent, and she was also beautiful with an appealing figure. She was every man's dream. Thus, much of her admirers were men. One could see the fanatic admiration and lust in many eyes.

Then a huge young man jumped into the stage, making a dull sound echo from the impact and the stage itself shook a bit. Although his face had hints of youthfulness, the mature feeling he gave off made it hard to believe he was just 19 years old. His admirers also roared out, sounding no less frantic than their counterparts. The combined chants of two names raised the atmosphere to it's peak. Even the mysterious young master within the tower was looking forward to the fight.

"I really want this spot. Please forgive my offense" Lan yanyue calmly nodded at the burly youth, then she lifted her bow. The youth laughed. Just the sound of his laughter made some people to grimace and close their ears.

"How funny for you to say that. I also need the spot. So let our strengths talk!" This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Immediately he said that, he roared as his aura flooded the stage, giving the whole area a heavy atmosphere. His energy rushed through his veins and formed a dark yellow curtain of light around him, almost like an armor that covered everywhere.

One glance at that curtain of light was enough to show that it was a joke to attempt breaking it without a rank two spirit realm cultivation.

"Bring your best shot little girl!" The burly youth growled.

"Very well" Lan yanyue nodded and positioned her bow. An arrow appeared in her hand which she fixed, aimed at the burly youth, pulled back the bowstring and released. The arrow shot out like lightning, leaving a faint streak of energy in the air and collided against the yellow curtain. BOOM! The explosion shook the stone stage. The arrow had shattered from the impact against the curtain, which has only shook slightly with not even a scratch.

"This guy's defense is really a headache!" Long Feng clicked his tongue. No one in the same level as Lan yanyue could take on an arrow head on without dodging, but this burly youth just did exactly that.

"Hahahaha! Is that all you've got? Fire a few more for me! That wasn't even a warmup!" The burly youth laughed loudly.

"Let's see how long your turtle shell will last" Lan yanyue calmly responded by taking out three arrows this time. Phew! All three arrows were shot at the curtain. The impact shook the curtain again but left not a scratch. But Lan yanyue wasn't flustered. She calmly took out another three arrows and fired, then another three again and again without even looking at the results.

The explosions were continuous, shaking the stage and raising a layer of dust that covered the burly youth and his curtain of light from sight. Lan yanyue continued shooting arrows at the same spot a couple more times before she paused to breath, sweat rolling down her forehead. Although shooting arrows seemed easy, each arrow consumed part of her energy. At this rate, she would tire herself out before she could break the burly Youth's defense.

The cloud of dust slowly faded away, revealing the situation of the youth.

"There's a crack!" Many sharp eyes people immediately noticed the crack that ran across the curtain of light.

"Whoa! That's better. If there was still not a crack in this shield after that barrage of arrows, then we might as well leave this competition early!" Long Feng sighed. Many other competitors had the same thought as they secretly felt relieved. The dust completely cleared away revealing cracks on the stone stage spreading from beneath the youth as the center. Then a long crack ran the surface of the yellow curtain of light and the burly youth appeared behind it, looking a bit pale.

"Hahahaha! That's just a crack! You must have used up a good portion of your energy right? How many more times can you do that?" The burly youth laughed. Many people had to agree with him. After all, he was defending, and it was well known that defense took up much less energy than the actual attack. So he was consuming his energy slower than Lan yanyue was. At this rate, she would soon run out of energy and he would swoop in and take the win. His battle technique was despicable but very practical.

"You're right. This won't work" Lan yanyue was still calm in this situation.

"I'll have to try something else." Saying this, she took out one arrow. The moment this arrow appeared, a sharp aura spread from it. It was clearly different from the other arrows she had been using. The tip of the arrow gleaned dangerously under the sunlight, the sleek body looking like it could pierce through the air.

"A spirit level arrow! This is insane!" Long Feng gasped.

"That's a spirit level arrow! Amazing!"

"It looks so sharp! I think my energy shield would be pierced through before I can even react!" A random rank two spirit realm old man from the crowd shouted in disbelieve. The top three geniuses who had remained indifferent to all opponents untill now also couldn't help but glance at that arrow, feeling threatened. A spirit armament itself was a weapon suitable for the spirit realm. A careless spirit realm warrior, even one who is at the peak could get severely injured by a spirit armament if careless.

And one time treasures like this arrow were even more dangerous. If a peak spirit realm warrior used such an arrow against a rank one imperial master, the former could severely injure the latter and even threaten the latter's life with some luck. Though Lan yanyue wasn't strong enough to use the full power of a one time spirit armament, she could still injure rank three spirit realm cultivator and even a fourth rank would be wary of her.

"She shouldn't have much of that arrow. As long as i can dodge them, she's still weak before me!" Gongsun Hao once again looked away. The other two top geniuses also made the same observation and look away disinterestedly. The burly Youth's expression turned bitter.

"Bring it on! I don't believe you can break my defense!" Though he said this, his rank three earth Dao concept surged out of his body and into the yellow shield. The crack on the shield slowly vanished and it's glow became darker. Lan yanyue slowly set the arrow and aimed. All the sharp aura of the arrow receded into the arrow and it became ordinary looking. Then she pulled the bowstring and let go. The arrow shot out with frightening speed.

Even the rank three spirit cultivators could barely see the trajectory of the arrow as it flew past. Before the burly youth could react, the arrow had already collided against his shield. The explosion was particularly loud. A shockwave spread from the point of collision.

"Hmph!" The old judge snorted and waved his hand, obliterating the shockwave. The stage slowly calmed down, revealing large snake like cracks on the stone floor. The curtain of light was still standing, but it looked bleak. The surface was covered in several cracks and it looked like a single gust of wind would shatter it down. Behind it, the burly youth looked pale. A line of blood rolled down his lips and he looked ruffled. Lan yanyue was also panting heavily.

After all, she had just used two spirit armaments at the same time. She certainly wasn't enjoying the experience. Half of her remaining energy was gone. She would only be able to use that spirit level arrow one more time in a short period of time. Seeing that the burly youth actually blocked that arrow, Long Feng drew in a sharp breath. He calculated his chances before that arrow and realized that without using the Nine Firmament steps to escape, he would absolutely lose!

"This guy's defense is simply scary!" Many other competitors had the same opinion after they realized that they had no chances against that arrow.

"Hmmm… passable" Gongsun Hao muttered and closed his eyes indifferently.

"You're still here?" On the stage, Lan yanyue frowned when she saw the burly youth breathing heavily.

"Your turtle shell really isn't bad. See if you can handle this!" She took out an ordinary arrow this time. After all, not even she could handle the consequences of using another spirit level arrow consecutively. Before she could release the arrow though, the burly youth hurriedly dispersed the energy shield and rose to his feet"Stop! I quit! You're insane little girl! You win!" And he jumped off the stage. Lan yanyue was clearly relieved when her opponent admitted defeat.

She sighed and lowered her bow, then she clasped her fist at the youth's back.

"Thank you for letting me win" Then she also left the stage. The crowd couldn't help but sigh at the end of the fight. It was every inch as Intense as they had imagined, though they would have rather it was more stirring. After all, this was more or less a fight where whoever lasted longer would win. It couldn't be compared to a fight between two close combat geniuses.

"After watching them fight, I reckon my chances of winning against that burly youth is just 40 percent! And it rises to sixty again that Lan yanyue." Long Feng narrowed his eyes and calculated. He didn't have much of a chance facing the burly Youth's defense that could give one a headache. His strongest skill, the first stance of the Firmament sword skill could certainly defeat the former's defense, but he would rather not do that.

The Firmament sword skill was his trump card, something he wouldn't use unless he had no other choice. And without that, none of his other skills could break that damn turtle shell. Not even the third wave demon annihilation skill, his strongest skill if the Firmament sword art is not included. As for Lan yanyue, he had more chances against her because her attack method could be countered by him. As long as he could dodge her arrows and close in on her, then he was confident that victory was his.

He believed that his Nine Firmament Steps were among the best movement skill even in the mainland! But…

"These are not even the strongest. Yet they're able to make me take out all my trump cards! Then there's that soul cultivator. I have a feeling he's harder to deal with than those two. I don't know how I'll fare against him. And then the top three… I am absolutely not their match unless I use the Earth Firmament sword skill. And even then, If they also have some trump card which is very likely, then I'll lose! Then Gongsun Hao, he gives me a dangerous feeling, life threatening even.

And these aren't counting the three Yihua clan geniuses coming to join the party. I'm still so weak…" Long Feng clenched his fist, all his joy earlier suddenly flowing away. His strength was barely in the top ten of all these youths. This wasn't even leaving the continent. What of other low ranked continents? And then mid rank continents? He couldn't even imagine how strong the high ranked continent's geniuses would be. And above even those were the peak ranked continents!

Then the mysterious mainland, the four regions towered above all those! The sheer pressure he felt was enough to shatter the will of anyone else!

"I might get lucky enough to gain a spot to the hundred continent meeting, but then what? I'll go and get defeated by some mid ranked continent's genius?" Thinking up to this point, Long Feng couldn't help but feel bitter. But then he gritted his teeth.

"I must get stronger! I have to rise at the hundred continent meeting and leave this continent zone, otherwise I'll be mediocre for life!"