Chapter 249: Chapter 345: The Showdown with Full Strength_1
Chapter 249: Chapter 345: The Showdown with Full Strength_1
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"Oh my God! Did I hear that right? Young Master Fang wants to directly engage in True Qi duel with Princess Fulan!"
"Isn't he just an Alchemist? How did he suddenly start cultivating?"
"You don't know? During the preliminary competition, Young Master Fang had already been exposed as an early-stage practitioner of Tianjiang Realm, which was completely inconsistent with the rumors. They said he had no Spiritual Root, but all that was fake. He simply didn't have exceptional cultivational talent!"
"What? Early stage of Tianjiang Realm? Dueling with True Qi against Princess Fulan, wouldn't that be suicide? Princess Fulan is in the midterm phase of Yingyue Realm!"
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Outside the venue, everyone watching the live broadcast was as excited as if they had been injected with adrenaline, buzzing with noise. No one wanted to miss what was about to happen.
Meanwhile, inside the venue, the noise reached even higher levels.
"Young Master Fang really must be crazy! Is he acting out in a fit of anger after being exposed?"
"Yes, how can an early stage of Tianjiang Realm fight against a midterm phase of Yingyue Realm? A slap from her could probably kill someone!"
"He should've just smartly admitted it before the competition, why keep puffing up his face to look fat? The name of a genius in Alchemy, just like that, spoiled by his own hands."
"What's more important is, Princess Bai Xi, whom he's fond of, is watching. If he loses face, it's going to be a big loss."
"It's no wonder that Princess Bai Xi, despite having an engagement, doesn't like him. Who could stand such a fiancé who puffs up his face to look fat?"
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At that moment, the Family Heads sitting in the special seats didn't make casual comments, as they felt the matter was not so simple. From the beginning until now, Fang Ren's expression had remained unchanged.
He did what he said he would do, with no dilly-dallying, in the face of everyone's doubts.
The slight smile on Mu Huanqing's face had disappeared now; she was still very worried about Fang Ren. Even if his cultivation talent was frightening, as Bai Chaojin said before, he had only been cultivating for about two months, and his realm had reached the early stage of Tianjiang Realm.
But in such a short period of time, it was impossible for Fang Ren to make another breakthrough in the Tianjiang Realm.
How could someone of the Tianjiang Realm fight against the Yingyue Realm?
Bai Xi clenched her fists tightly, her heart was extremely nervous. She really wanted to talk her grandfather into stopping the duel, but looking at him, he clearly had no intention of stopping it.
"Fang Ren, it's your own fault for cheating first, don't blame me!"
On hearing that Fang Ren was still puffing up his face to look fat by proposing a True Qi duel, Xia Fu Lan felt it actually suited her plans.
Whizz?
Xia Fu Lan drew her Spirit Form again, the Jade Water Linglong Sword, and the water-element True Qi around her began to burst out in an instant, causing gusts of wind to surge in the center of the venue.
Broken slabs were blown high into the sky, and the ground underneath Xia Fu Lan was compressed by the force of her True Qi.
Her water-element True Qi formed two wing-like shapes behind her, constantly radiating the pressure of someone in the midterm phase of Yingyue Realm.
"Young Master Fang, you better pray that I don't accidentally inflict serious injuries on you, or you'll have to crawl on your wedding to Sister Bai Xi the day after tomorrow."
Xia Fu Lan's smile grew more arrogant as she looked across at Fang Ren.
"It was agreed that I would teach Princess Fulan a lesson, so Princess Fulan, you had better pray that the cost of my lesson isn't too high."
As soon as Fang Ren finished speaking, the red dots of light around his body suddenly went wild, exploding the surrounding air and rushing into his body.
"Nine Extinctions! Third Layer!"
Whizz?
A blazing red breath suddenly surged from his body, instantly scorching the nearby air, and in that moment, his entire being seemed to be dyed red with blood: skin, hair, clothes...
Only his eyes remained white.
Click, click, click?
The air around his body twisted from the heat, and the stone slabs beneath his feet began to blacken.
He aimed to exert full power in that moment; the ground constantly cracked and sunk, his aura no less intimidating than Xia Fu Lan's.
"This! Is this really early stage of Tianjiang Realm!?"
As True Qi was fully released within Fang Ren's body, people in the venue immediately started jumping up, cursing without a second word.
"Bloody Azure Sky Realm! He's definitely at the peak! Absolutely at the peak! No doubt about it!"
"Damn! I didn't expect Young Master Fang to be so capable! Being exceptional in Alchemy is one thing, but having a cultivation realm that places him amongst the top-level talents in Tianjiang at the age of twenty-two is something else!"
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Even Bai Chaojin, sitting in the special seats, had his face freeze in the moment.
Peak of Azure Sky!
There was absolutely no doubt about it!
His entire being felt stunned; he thought his psychological resilience was strong enough to withstand anything, but at that moment, he had to admit that he hardly believed his own eyes.
To think, Fang Ren had only obtained a Spiritual Root three months ago, and his realm had already reached the Peak of Azure Sky! This pace was not only stronger than the combined progress of Mu Huanqing and Bai Xi, but even if you added talents like Song Mobei and Xia Fu Lan, they wouldn't match his individial cultivation speed!
Frightening!
However, only a few people at the venue knew this fact.
"Brother Bai, are you sure that Ran'er... just grew his Spiritual Root two months ago?" Fang Yuanhao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, knowing that Fang Ren never had a Spiritual Root since childhood.
But now, it seemed that they, the Fang family, had given up on a genius in both Alchemy and cultivation - a freakishly talented genius at that!
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"I was very certain before, now... I'm suddenly a bit unsure," Bai Chaojin said with a somewhat dull expression on his face.
In all his years, this was the first time he felt something impossible was happening, and that was the shock Fang Ren brought him now.
Shang Han on the audience stands was completely dumbfounded, the cigarette butt in his hand had burned to his fingers, yet he felt nothing.
"Goddamn it... what kind of monster have I been raising for twenty-two years... If he continues to cultivate, will this kid alone fill the void?"
Of course, the most excited person was Mu Huanqing, the one who knew Fang Ren's realm best. His rapid progress made her the happiest and most excited person.
"Hahaha..."
While everyone was in shock, Xia Fu Lan chuckled heartily: "Just the peak of the Azure Sky Realm! Young Master Fang surely doesn't think, with just this realm, he could withstand a few moves from me, right? That would be truly foolish!"
Fang Ren said, "No, I just want to teach Princess Fulan a lesson, but this lesson must come with a fee."
"You dare to be rampant!" Xia Fu Lan shouted, "If you can withstand five moves from me, I, Xia Fu Lan, will admit defeat right here!"
"You talk too much, Princess Fulan."
Having said that, Fang Ren shook his hands, bent his knees slightly, and the next moment, his whole body shot out like a red lightning bolt from his original spot.
Boom—
With the departure of his footsteps, the over fifty meters of the ground was directly kicked into the air!
"Seeking death! Falling Rain of Lotus Flower Sword!"
Xia Fu Lan roared, her True Qi exploding, gripping the Jade Water Linglong Sword as she charged towards Fang Ren. During the charge, she infused her True Qi into the sword and swung it fiercely.
Hum—
A hundred-meter-long, massive rain of sword energy streaked across the sky, instantly crushing the stone slabs of the ground into dust, with the air continuously emitting buzzing sounds like thunder.
The giant rain of sword energy charged straight towards Fang Ren's legs, as she pondered making Fang Ren wheelchair-bound at his wedding to embarrass him.
Her cultivation technique had a very wide attack range, and even if a single sword energy didn't slash him, the blade could explode and turn into countless gleaming rain, piercing through Fang Ren.
"Sword Shield!"
Just as Fang Ren was about to collide with Xia Fu Lan's massive sword energy blade, he suddenly roared out loud, and at that moment, a hundred-meter-long streak of silver light crossed the sky, landing directly in front of the enormous rain of sword energy.
The crowd looked closely and saw that it was the Sword Shield that Xia Fu Lan had just used! But this Sword Shield was about twice the size of what Xia Fu Lan had used, with a very dazzling silver brilliance!
Boom—
The hundred-meter-long rain of sword energy hit the Sword Shield, instantly transforming into countless streaks of light rain, hovering in the sky like myriad silver needles, then aiming straight for Fang Ren.
Hum hum hum—
The air instantly erupted as if to blast the charging Fang Ren into a hornet's nest.
"Nine Extinctions! Quadruple Layer!"
Boom!
Suddenly, the red aura on Fang Ren's body erupted, devouring the air like an explosion, making his shadow appear somewhat distorted in the air.
"Fang Ren! You can't withstand a single move!" Xia Fu Lan shouted with a smile on her face, seeing this.
Hum hum hum—
In everyone's eyes, those rain of sword energies collided with the red aura around Fang Ren's body, which was about to severely injure him.
But at that moment, something incredible happened.
As if the red aura on Fang Ren's body was the nemesis of water attributes, as the rain-like Sword Qi collided with it, it was instantly devoured and evaporated by the red aura, turning into vapor that filled the entire arena.
Many students sitting in the audience quickly covered their ears, as the impact's pressure was too great, making their heads feel like they were spinning.
However, soon the overall chairman used True Qi to protect the students in the arena.
"What's happening!"
Xia Fu Lan saw her technique being evaporated by the opponent's aura and froze, this wasn't supposed to happen, the realm gap was too big!
Boom—
However, at that moment, a red lightning bolt shot out from within the hundred meters of steam, carrying a destructive aura, and kicked right towards Xia Fu Lan's face!
"Sword Shield!"
Xia Fu Lan immediately conjured a Sword Shield to block, turning around to attack Fang Ren with her Spirit Form.
But she had only just conjured her Sword Shield when Fang Ren's kick landed on it like thunder.
Boom!
The whole arena shook, and the overall chairman immediately intensified his True Qi protection.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—
A grating noise sounded, and in the center of the field, Fang Ren's foot forcibly kicked Xia Fu Lan's Sword Shield back by more than ten meters!
Even Xia Fu Lan herself was pushed back continuously by her Shield, finding that her strength couldn't withstand this mere peak of Azure Sky Realm foe!
Fang Ren's burst of True Qi was like extracting all the True Qi from his body, focusing it all into this one strike as if he didn't care for his own life!
The crowd watched dumbfoundedly at this scene. Just two people each made a move, yet the entire venue was almost blasted into the sky!