Chương 265: Defeating an Overlord

Jin Bao's heart shook as he stared at Long Feng's calm expression. But then his pride set in and his rage began to burn.

"Hmph! What arrogance kid! You caught me unaware!" Long Feng didn't reply. Instead, he held his sword hilt tighter.

"Nine Firmament Steps!" Long Feng slowly muttered. This wasn't just the first step of the Nine Firmament Steps. This was the second step! Long Feng was using the second step of the Nine Firmament Steps for the first time since he comprehended it! And the speed was simply… breathtaking. Jin Bao's heart clenched and he gasped in shock as Long Feng completely vanished from his sight. The next instance, he heard the sound of air being split apart from behind him.

Jin Bao didn't even have the time to exclaim as he turned around and used all hundred percent of his strength. A berserk aura comparable to that of a rank three Imperial realm master exploded from his burly figure. Ripples spread across the entire supreme heaven mystic realm, drawing the attention of all powerful geniuses to this overwhelming aura. This was the full power of an overload genius in it's full glory!

"What's up with that dumb wolf? Who is he fighting?" Wang Qiang paused and looked in the direction of the aura with a frown. They were all overlord geniuses, and they naturally only knew each other. No one else deserved their attention. They clearly knew their auras completely and could recognize the aura of The berserk wolf.

"Who could force Jin Bao to go all out? Did he meet Dong Fang or Lei Jie? Or maybe that crazy Huang Fang Hao?" Mei Ling sat lithely on a tree branch swinging her tiny feet, her skirt flying in the wind and revealing her slender long legs. Huang Fang Hao stood in the center of hundreds of beast corpses, each of them having the aura of at least a peak spirit level beast, include dozens of Imperial level wild beasts.

He still looked indifferent, his white robes utterly spotless and contrasting against the red background around him. When he sensed Jin Bao's aura, he merely snorted, looking completely unimpressed"Weakling. All of them!" --"That was the second strike!" Long Feng's calm voice sounded in Jin Bao's ears as his blood tumbled in his chest. He had reacted very quickly, but Long Feng's sword still left a cut across his chest. The wound wasn't deep at all due to Jin Bao's thick skin. It was barely a tickle to him.

But this wasn't just about injury. This concerned the face of the seven overlord geniuses, the pride of the Berserk Wolf. How could he get injured twice by a rank one spirit realm kid? This was the ultimate humiliation Jin Bao had ever received.

"Kid, you're courting death!" Jin Bao roared through gritted teeth, truly enraged.

"I'll let you taste the true strength of the Berserk Wolf!" He glared at Long Feng coldly and took a stance. His aura surged into the sky and a huge Wolf seemed to appear behind him, howling at the sky.

"Howling Hundred layered Fists!" Jin Bao shouted. His momentum gathered untill his aura was truly frightening, enough to scare even normal rank three Imperial realm masters. He punched out with his two fists simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of fists that seemed to fall like rain upon Long Feng. Long Feng stared at him, his calm expression giving way to seriousness again.

"Three layered waves demon annihilation!" He muttered, forcefully gathering all the demon energy into his sword. This method stopped the demonic being from appearing, but it actually made the attack to be stronger than before and even possess a piercing attribute. Right when Jin Bao thought their attacks would collide, he suddenly saw a faint mocking smile on Long Feng's face.

"This is the third strike!" Long Feng's voice sounded directly behind Jin Bao! Jin Bao's forehead was dotted with sweat as he struggled to understand how Long Feng had suddenly appeared behind him without him sensing anything. If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. His attack was already released and he couldn't instantly turn around to unleash another attack. He could only make a hasty decision and decide to withstand the sword with his bare back.

There wasn't any loud explosion or any shockwave that spread, just a flash of pitch black sword light. Long Feng reappeared before Jin Bao as though he hadn't moved at all, while Jin Bao's clothes suddenly ripped apart at his back and a deep gash appeared on his skin, so deep that his bones were nearly visible. The blood flowed out like a geyser, dyeing his clothes red. But even this was barely a lethal injury to Jin Bao due to his body tempering.

His expression was extremely colourful as he stared at Long Feng while trying to stop the bleeding.

"Who are you?" He asked seriously, truly assessing his opponent for the first time. Long Feng slowly smiled"I told you, I'm Long Feng." He found it funny how Jin Bao didn't bother to remember his name earlier. But now, he was suddenly asking for it seriously.

"You're hiding your cultivation?" Jin Bao asked coldly. This was the only logical situation to him. It wasn't possible at all for Long Feng to be a rank one spirit realm warrior. That wasn't even a funny joke.

"I'm not hiding anything. This is my cultivation level" Long Feng replied.

"Bullshit!" Jin Bao exclaimed with a dark expression.

"Do you take me for a fool? Your concepts, your comprehensions, all of them are above what normal Imperials can achieve. And you're trying to tell me that you did that with a rank one spirit realm cultivation?" He asked with brewing rage. Long Feng shrugged"That's exactly what I'm telling you. My cultivation is clearly unstable. You ever heard someone with an unstable foundation hiding his cultivation?" Long Feng asked, completely unbothered by Jin Bao's thoughts.

Jin Bao stared at him with disbelief, then he snorted, rejecting that crazy idea.

"What a joke. If you want to keep hiding, that's your issue. But today, you must leave your token behind!" He roared, his voice beginning to transform into something more beastly than human.

"Howling Wolf body tempering skills!" Jin Bao shouted and a clear wolf manifested behind him. Then the wolf quickly shrank and vanished into Jin Bao's back. His body began to expand, actually growing larger under Long Feng's astonished gaze. Jin Bao was already a head bigger than Long Feng, and with his sudden growth, he became two heads bigger than him. His clothes began to rip apart, revealing bulging muscles filled with wriggling veins that looked like snakes in his arms.

Jin Bao's upper clothes tore to bits completely as he roared in a completely inhumane voice with blood red eyes.

"Damn. What the hell is this?" Long Feng was speechless. These overlord geniuses were really cheaters. How could he use such a skill here? Long Feng could tell that it had raised his power by more than just a bit. He could defeat almost all rank three Imperials in his current state though he still fell short of reaching the fourth level. Jin Bao finally stopped his growth, his muscles bulging at the slightest movement he made. His skin shone with a gloomy light reminiscent of stone.

"Long Feng, eat my fist!" Jin Bao spoke in a voice that could easily come off as a beast growl. He took a step forward and sent a huge at Long Feng's head. The fist alone was nearly the same size as Long Feng's head already. Long Feng didn't even dare to imagine what would happen if that fist met his head. A watermelon exploding flashed past his mind and he instantly had goosebumps. He instantly used his second step of the Firmament Steps and dodged the huge fist.

The fist hit the ground where he stood and left behind a deep crater on the floor with several cracks spreading along the edges of the crater. Long Feng swallowed as he stared at this scene. If that was his head, then heaven knew that he would be mashed meat by now.

"Heaven ripping finger!" He moved rapidly, dodging Jin Bao's huge fists and sent out several beams of light from his finger tip. These beams possessed great piercing power, and normal rank one Imperials would find it hard to block them. But Jin Bao withstood them with his bare skin without a blink. His stone like skin was almost completely impervious to attacks below rank three imperial level. Jin Bao continued to shower his huge fists at Long Feng, who continued dodging.

Long Feng's body was nowhere as strong as that of Jin Bao. He could withstand a few casual fists with difficulty, but to take on Jin Bao's full physical strength in a fist head on… Long Feng didn't dare to do that. That was a disadvantage when facing a body tempering cultivator. Fighting in close combat was a foolish decision to make.

"Hahahaha! Long Feng, how long can you hold on? I can do this all day!" Jin Bao spoke, or roared as that was how Long Feng heard it. His expression became serious as he realized that Jin Bao's words were true. His spirit energy was already beginning to run low. He wouldn't be able to last an hour. Jin Bao on the other hand, looked like he hadn't even done anything.

"You're right. Since that's the case, then allow me to use you as practice" Long Feng dodged another of Jin Bao's huge fists and retreated backwards till he was a safe distance away. Jin Bao also paused and stared down at him mockingly.

"What else do you have? Bring it on. Your earlier attacks barely tickled me" He roared. Long Feng measured the big figure before him with his gaze and nodded.

"I formed my sword heart. It's time to see just how strong my sword skills have become." Long Feng murmured. It could be said that he had been growing stronger slowly ever since he reached the spirit realm. From comprehending the second step of the Nine Firmament Steps to mastering the Heaven ripping finger, to glimpsing into the Heaven Firmament Sword strike and forming his sword heart. All of these were major boosts to his combat power alone, not to mention all of them combined.

And he had never tested how strong he was all this while. Until now. And facing Jin Bao, Long Feng couldn't help but feel excited. Not because he was proud of anything… But because he hasn't gone all out! He was barely serious while Jin Bao had already used nearly all his cards. Just this was enough to make Long Feng very excited. It has nothing to do with his spirit energy. It was merely comparable to a rank one imperial master.

And if he truly fought with just his spirit energy, then he would have lost to Jin Bao's first two fists since at the beginning. But his body strength; though weak, also contributed to his strength. That still wasn't enough to face Jin Bao. His sword Dao was at the peak of rank eight, nearly at rank nine. His demon Dao was at rank seven, closing in on the eight level. And finally… His enhanced Nine Firmament Steps granted him speed much faster than before, allowing him to move faster than Jin Bao could react.

It was a generally accepted concept that speed was undefeated. Attacks could be defended against, Defense could be shattered, but speed was unrivaled either way! If he was facing someone with a weak defense, then Long Feng would have won already. Long Feng smiled and slowly replayed the Demon sword skill in his mind. This was the skill he had created personally. The demon sword itself was merely similar to the heaven ripping finger in terms of power. But he wasn't looking for power.

What he wanted was pure speed and offense. He was using the Light Sword! Long Feng dared to do this because he was confident in hiding the fluctuations of another Dao for a brief moment. Otherwise he wouldn't even think about this. After all, he could reveal his strength, but he Absolutely, Positively couldn't reveal that he had both the demon and light Daos in his Dantian.

"Light Sword!" He slowly spoke, raising his sword. A brilliant light covered the sword blade, glimmering with a dense light that nearly blinded Jin Bao. This was the light Dao, the Origin of light. This was the Pinnacle of speed, the peak of offense tailored into a single blazing Dao. This was the light sword! As Long Feng slowly swung his sword, Jin Bao's skin instantly began to prickle even before the sword light came. His expression changed as he roared in rage.

"Howling Wolf devouring the Moon!" He let out a wolf howl at the sky. A huge Wolf head manifested behind him and roared as well, releasing a powerful aura that swept through the mystic realm. Long Feng's bright sword light silently swept over, bringing along with it a blinding radiance that hid a great power. It moved at a great speed. Jin Bao couldn't even keep up. All he saw was a flash of bright light shooting from Long Feng's sword and then it was already before him. This speed nearly terrified him.

If he didn't have time to react, then this could definitely cut his head off. The wolf head lowered and formed a blurry layer of armor around Jin Bao's body as the sword light hit him. There was stalemate for a moment before a blinding light exploded, covering the entire area. Even the spectators outside had to close their eyes under that bright light. Jin Bao's hoarse voice echoed as he roared before the voice was swallowed by the explosion.

When the dust settled, Long Feng was seen kneeling down and gasping heavily with a bitter smile.

"I really need to get rid of this my energy weakness!" He sighed. His spirit energy was nearly completely exhausted by unleashing that one strike. But it was worth it. The light sword was the Pinnacle of speed and offense he had. Even the Earth Firmament Sword strike lacked speed, having just offense and profoundness. Seeing Jin Bao's condition, he knew that it was worth it. He was truly strong, at least in the continent zone, he now possessed true strength!

Jin Bao laid down on the ground, his eyes wide open but unable to move. A long and ugly sword wound extended from his left shoulder down to his right waist and blood poured out like a broken tap. He has already been forced out of his huge state and returned to normal under this injury. The world outside was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop falling. This was understandable. They just witnessed someone defeating one of the seven overlord geniuses! If it was another overlord, then that would be fine.

But this kid was certainly not an Overlord. He was completely unknown until now. Hell, they didn't know his name!