Chương 221: Fighting the soul cultivator!

Long Feng met with Hua Yao who was still waiting by the palace entrance. Hua Yao nodded at him and didn't ask anything about what transpired, and Long Feng didn't bother to explain either.

"I will now take you to the guest Elder!" Hua Yao smiled and wrapped Long Feng up with his energy, taking both of them into the sky and flying rapidly out of the Yihua clan towards the west. All around them was barren lands with no life to be found. The hills and mountains beneath them rapidly vanished as they rushed straight ahead. Suddenly, Hua Yao's speed fell drastically and he stopped in the air. Long Feng didn't need to ask what happened. He could see by himself.

Standing on the peak of a small mountain before them was a solitary figure. The figure gave off a very weak aura and a mysterious feeling at the same time. His pure white robes flapped against the wind as he stood there facing Long Feng a s Hua Yao calmly.

"It's you?" Long Feng was shocked. This was clearly the soul cultivator youth from the competition, the youth who Long Feng found to be the most mysterious of them all.

"This kid? What's he doing here? How did he know we were coming this way?" Hua Yao frowned suspiciously. As far as he was aware, very few people knew of the guest Elder summoning Long Feng and even fewer knew that they were heading there right now. How this youth found out? That was probably a question only he could answer.

"Kid, what're you doing out here?" Hua Yao stopped guessing and asked loudly. The soul cultivator youth actually ignored Hia Yao's existence completely and stared deeply at Long Feng. Then a faint smile lit his face.

"I was right indeed. You have a powerful soul cultivation, same as me." He spoke loudly enough for Long Feng to hear him. Hua Yao's expression wasn't bright after being ignored by a small kid, but he naturally wouldn't find trouble because of that. Besides, this youth would be dreaming if he really came to find trouble alone.

"Who are you?" Long Feng frowned and asked. He wasn't particularly surprised that his soul Cultivation was exposed, after all any soul cultivator would be able to see that. What truly stumped him was this mysterious youth's identity and history. He seemed to have appeared for the cultivation out of thin air, and he gave Long Feng a feeling of being immeasurable.

"Who I am doesn't matter to you right now. I'm here to challenge you Long Feng. Do you dare to accept?" The soul cultivator replied calmly. Long Feng's brows twitched. He rapidly calculated his chances and realized that if this Youth's strength was all he had shown in the competition, then he stood a chance of winning. As long as he ended it quickly, then victory would be his.

"Why won't I accept it?" Long Feng replied with similar calmness. He turned to Hua Yao apologetically"I'm sorry senior. I hope you don't mind" Hua Yao laughed heartily"Not at all. You are both at a stage where you're hot-blooded and filled with passion. It's only natural. Fight to your heart's content!"

"Thank you Senior" Long Feng slowly descended and landed on the same mountain peak, standing a few hundred yards away from the youth. They stared at each other for a minute before Long Feng spoke"You give me a feeling that you're hiding your strength in every way. Your calmness in every situation can't be formed without sufficient confidence. And confidence comes from strength. I'm really curious about your identity" The young man smiled brightly"Long Feng from the Star mountain city's Long clan. Let's fight.

Don't disappoint me!" When he uttered Long Feng's background, Long Feng's pupils shrank. Without warning, his aura exploded out of his body and he used the Nine Firmament Steps to appear behind the youth. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

"Demon sword!" He used his finger as the sword to unleash the demon sword skill.

"Not bad. But soul attacks move much faster than you can imagine!" The Soul Cultivator's voice sounded in Long Feng's head! Long Feng's eyes flashed as he abandoned the attack and retreated quickly but he was too late. A wave of invisible soul energy surged into his head and attacked his soul core, causing him to feel lightheaded and weak. His body temporarily left his control and moved back itself. Long Feng had to use all his soul energy to disperse the attack and regain his footing.

If he didn't have a soul cultivation of the spirit layer, then this attack would have injured his soul and left him like the other opponents of the youth, unconscious and blank.

"Your skills with your soul cultivation is weak, useless! You're wasting your gifts! The soul energy isn't used that way. You're merely using it roughly like a child welding a hammer. Useless!" The soul cultivator chided softly.

"Shut up! Third wave demon annihilation!" Long Feng grimaced and used this skill without hesitating. The huge demonic being began to form behind him but…

"Before a soul cultivator, your body might as well be non-existent. Physical attacks have no use. And if you can't attack, then you're as vulnerable as a baby!" The young man slowly said. His soul energy suddenly gathered Into an invisible spinning cone with the tip pointed at Long Feng. This cone suddenly shot into Long Feng's forehead at a terrifying speed. He wasn't even able to sense the trajectory of the attack before it smashed against his soul core.

Long Feng felt as though the world had upturned and shattered. His head burst with great pain as his soul defense was pierced through by the attack like paper. It pierced into his soul core and appeared in his soul world, causing great destruction within Long Feng's soul world. Long Feng couldn't barely think with the terrifying pain that filled his head. Inner energy was simply useless in this situation.

Long Feng had to gather his soul energy to repeatedly smash against this cone several times before it shattered to pieces. But before Long Feng could sigh in relieve, the youth's voice suddenly sounded within his soul world!

"A thing about soul energy is that it never leaves your control unless you sever it or send it beyond your range. Otherwise, it is always under your control like a part of your body. Even if the attack is destroyed, if the soul energy itself isn't wiped away, then…" The shattered soul energy suddenly gathered and turned into a large axe that cut down on Long Feng's soul world, leaving a deep gash on the floor. Long Feng grabbed his head with his both hands and roared in pain.

The pain of having his soul injured was hundreds of times greater than a physical injury of same depths.

"Your soul energy manipulation is pathetic! We may be at the same layer but you're far from being my opponent. Is this who you are? A trash?" The Youth's voice resounded in Long Feng's mind amidst his gut wrenching pain.

"Shut up! Argh!" The pain was nearly driving him crazy. At that moment, he suddenly remembered something.

"The Infinite Immortal Soul Formula! That's right!" He recalled the Soul Cultivation Manual that was given to him by his master Wu Kong. He was so focused on his martial cultivation that he had totally abandoned this manual completely. Today, it automatically came back to his mind under the stimulation of this pain.

"Infinite Immortal Soul Formula! Revolve!" He shouted this in his mind. His soul energy suddenly began to revolve in a mysterious way according to a set of rules that he couldn't fathom. Slowly, it revolved through his soul world and his soul core. Instantly, Long Feng felt his control of his soul energy increase by over half! At the same time, his soul energy became much denser than before.

"Get… out… of… my… Soul!" Long Feng growled in his mind as his soul energy smashed against the axe that was causing chaos in his soul world. The axe instantly shattered back into an unfamiliar soul energy.

"Infinite Immortal Soul Formula!" Long Feng circulated his soul energy according to this formula a second time. His soul energy density rapidly surged and his control also increased even more.

"Be destroyed!" Long Feng was filled with rage upon sensing this unfamiliar soul energy. He gathered the full power of his soul energy and crashed down on this energy, completely annihilating it. His soul world finally calmed down and began to mend itself. Long Feng felt so exhausted that he fell to the ground. The relief from the terrifying pain was so overwhelming that he wanted to laugh out loud. His body was drenched in sweat without him knowing it.

Apparently, this experience had shocked his body to no small extent. His opponent, the young man also staggered backwards after his soul energy was destroyed. His face paled but a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad Long Feng. Your soul power is much more passable than before." Long Feng wasn't in the mood to reply him. He took this opportunity to furiously revolve his soul energy. Once, twice, thee times, four, five, six, untill nine revolutions. After the ninth revolution, Long Feng's soul energy was much denser and stronger than it was before the fight. At least five times denser. And his control was so good and flexible that it shocked him.

At the same time, he realized that nine revolutions was the point where he truly began to cultivate the Immortal Soul Formula. He could be barely considered to have stepped into the beginner levels. A mysterious aura suffused his soul world and seeped into his soul energy. Long Feng had a feeling that this aura rapidly strengthened his soul energy till it showed signs of being comparable with the soul energy of a second heaven spirit layer!

And most especially, his soul energy suddenly gained a mysterious attribute of endlessness. It was very faint, almost non-existent, but it drastically raised his soul energy to another level entirely. Defeating the former him would only take a second for the current him with his soul Cultivation!

"It was actually so strong! I remember the introduction of the Infinite Immortal Soul Formula mentioned that cultivating it granted the attribute of endlessness, infinity and immortality to the soul. Could this be a strand of aura of endlessness? It makes my soul energy to immediately recover any soul energy wasted or lost. I'll find it hard to run out of soul energy even if I wanted to!" He slowly stood up from the ground, his expression calm again.

He glanced at the young man deeply before speaking"Why are you helping me? Who are you?" Although the youth seemed to have attacked with deadly force, Long Feng now realized that he was not really trying to harm him but was trying to temper his soul energy and improve it. Although the youth certainly wouldn't have expected that Long Feng possessed something like the Immortal Soul Formula which resulted in his soul energy suddenly becoming very strong, it was still out of good will that he helped Long Feng.

The youth smiled but didn't reply. Instead, a wave of soul energy rushed out of him and rapidly charged at Long Feng's soul core.

"Hmph! The same trick won't work on me twice!" Long Feng wasn't the same as a few minutes ago. He casually gathered his soul energy to form a shield around his soul core. It completely blocked the Youth's attack while shivering a tiny bit without even cracking.

"Good! Good!" The youth couldn't help but exclaim twice.

"For you to reach such a level of mastery in a few minutes from being absolutely trash, I must admit that I underestimated your talents!" Long Feng stared at this youth deeply then sighed, turned around and began to walk away.

"I admit defeat today. You helped me to become stronger so this is my thanks. Next time, I will defeat you!" His voice drifted over with the wind as he walked over to Hua Yao and both of them flew away, continuing their flight. The young man stood there with a faint smile and watched them leave.

"We'll meet again Star mountain city's Long Feng! You're currently much too weak. Get strong quickly. Remember my name. I am Chu Haoyun!" His voice appeared in Long Feng's head before they disappeared into the distance. Long Feng was startled, then a smile appeared on his face.

"I was right. You are the most mysterious, Chu Haoyun. I'll surprise you the next time we meet." He looked back at the mountain but saw nothing. The youth had vanished completely with not even a shadow left.

"Tsk! So much weird things today! I really need a rest!" Long Feng sighed and shook his head. This soul fight was a close call. If he hadn't quickly used the infinite Immortal Soul Formula, then although he wouldn't have lost his life, the gut wrenching pain was still terrifying. Merely remembering it caused cold sweat to appear on his forehead.

"Now, let's see what this guest Elder wants with me"