NOVPUB"Liu Tianyang, today you and I must determine a victor!"
"Ye Zheng, do you think I am afraid of you?"
The two Integration Period Cultivators faced off with relentless ferocity, each move merciless, stirring ripples in the fabric of space that radiated outward in expanding circles.
They fought as they flew, eventually arriving at a location of pristine mountains and clear waters, where they simultaneously stopped flying and chose this place for their battle.
"Please wait a moment, esteemed seniors, might we change the location of our fight?" Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou hurriedly intervened.
Being Integration Period Cultivators was a rarity. Moreover, as a disciple of Daoist Buyu, Lu Yang had early on come to recognize the faces of almost all Integration Period Cultivators in Great Xia, these two included, known as Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng, both at the Integration Mid-Stage, one specializing in Earth Magic and the other in Water Based Magic.
The two also recognized Lu Yang and his companion.
The disciple of Daoist Buyu, Lu Yang, and Meng Family’s Young Master, Meng Jingzhou.
Although Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng recognized their identities, they still had no intention of stopping. They were locked in an intense magical duel, and one misstep could mean total defeat. Whoever paused first would surely lose.
Moreover, even though Lu Yang and his companion had big reputations as geniuses, they were ultimately juniors. What right did they have to interfere in their matters?
"Earth Dragon Roll..." Liu Tianyang uttered lightly, drawing talismans with one hand and forming seals with the other. The ground roared and shook violently, splitting open to reveal an Earth Dragon burrowing up from below.
Lu Yang watched, his eyes wide as the carefully tended landscape was destroyed. Merging Three Flavored True Fire with Golden Bird True Flame into the ultimate True Flame, he flew to the middle of Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng and detonated it.
The casting process was interrupted, and the Earth Dragon, barely poking its head out of the ground, crumbled to dust.
Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng, who were thoroughly enjoying their duel, were suddenly disrupted by the explosion of True Flame, their expressions instantly darkening.
"Lu Yang, I recognize you, Old Buyu’s little disciple. You just verbally intervened in the battle of your elders. Out of respect for Seek Dao Sect, I won’t hold it against you, but you have directly intervened, and this matter won’t be so simple!"
"Junior has no wish to interfere with the duel of the two seniors, but may I suggest that you take your fight into space?"
"You’re meddling too much," frowned Liu Tianyang. Why should he be ordered around by Old Buyu’s disciple?
Even if the storytelling blew Lu Yang’s reputation sky-high, Liu Tianyang knew it was all Buyu’s making—the old liar didn’t have a single truthful word, and with Lu Yang being his disciple, there was surely exaggeration. Lu Yang indeed had some skill, but he was not nearly as powerful as described in the stories, certainly not stronger than himself!
"Earth Dragon Flipping Sky!" Liu Tianyang shouted again, resuming the magic he had been using earlier. The scattered Earth Dragon reassembled, tearing through the terrain and erupting from the ground, charging towards Lu Yang.
With a flick of his fingers, Lu Yang summoned countless Sword Qi from behind him, forming a massive Sword Wheel. Anything that touched the Sword Wheel was sliced into pieces.
The moment the Earth Dragon touched the Sword Wheel, it showed signs of crumbling for the second time.
"Tianhe Inversion!" Ye Zheng also made his move. In an instant, a torrential downpour began, moistening the earth and the Earth Dragon, solidifying its body enough to withstand Lu Yang’s Sword Wheel.
Lu Yang’s eyes hardened as he transformed into a small mound, ramming into the Earth Dragon.
To Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng’s astonishment, the mound that Lu Yang had turned into was slowly but surely devouring the Earth Dragon, which struggled in agony but couldn’t break free!
"What kind of magic is this!"
Lu Yang devoured the Earth Dragon completely, leaving no residue, and transformed into a giant hundreds of meters tall.
"Law of Heaven and Earth?" Liu Tianyang was deeply shocked, beginning to regret his actions. He hadn’t even managed to master this Great Divine Skill himself. If he failed to discipline the junior and instead got defeated, it would be a great embarrassment.
"Rain to Ice!" The pouring rain turned into hail, bombarding Lu Yang, forming a layer of ice on his exterior!
"Old Lu, I’m with you!" Meng Jingzhou had never cared for the environment as much as he did now. He enveloped Lu Yang with his Dharma Aspect, the Pure Yang Flame of the Dharma Aspect blocking the hail.
"Dharma Aspect?" Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng were both startled. Could someone at the Divinity Transformation Stage already master the Dharma Aspect?
"Earth-Shattering!"
"Ice Seal Thousand Miles!"
Liu Tianyang and Ye Zheng acted together, conjuring a majestic ice mountain out of thin air, glinting with cold light.
"Even with the ’Law of Heaven and Earth’ and the ’Dharma Aspect Integration’, don’t even think about withstanding this move!"
An iceberg was hurled toward Lu Yang and his companion, and from the other side of the iceberg came several muffled groans like distant thunder. The iceberg shattered, and ice fog flew in all directions.
A giant stepped out from the mist of ice, his Dharma Aspect adorned with numerous golden Arhats seated in a meditative pose, forming a kind of armor made of golden Arhats.
Originally full of fighting spirit, Liu Tianyang and his ally were stunned by the sight. It somehow made Lu Yang look like a leader of the Demon Path who had gone to the Buddha Country, slaughtered a group of monks, and then draped the monks around himself like trophies of war.
Not even Old Buyu had such sinister moves.
Lu Yang, indifferent to his own appearance, knew that as long as it could enhance his combat capabilities, it was good enough. Now cloaked in his Dharma Aspect and adorned with the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, this combined technique bestowed upon him astonishing defensive power. Not even cultivators of the Body Integration Realm could make a dent in their defense. 𝒏𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
He strode forward, each step creating ripples in space, as if he were walking on air with invisible steps supporting him.
"Arhat Fist!"
Lu Yang infused his Dharma Aspect with layers of Three Flavored True Fire and Golden Bird True Flame, then unleashed the Arhat Fist, forcing Liu Tianyang and his ally to retreat step by step.
Each of Lu Yang’s punches broke the sound barrier, causing a deafening roar.
"My hair!" Liu Tianyang and his partner cried out in alarm; they fought while retreating and losing hair in the process — their appearance couldn’t get any worse.
"Law of Heaven and Earth, Three Flavored True Fire, Gold Crow True Fire... indeed quite capable, truly worthy of being geniuses. However, you shouldn’t have laid hands on us!"
"You’ve forced us to get serious!" Ye Zheng let out an angry chuckle. The gap between the Divinity Transformation Stage and the Integration Period was not just a matter of mana or physical strength.
"Hereby setting a [Rule: Lu Yang cannot use ’Law of Heaven and Earth’]!"
They tried to restrict Lu Yang’s moves with rules, eager to see what he’d do next!
The massive fists kept smashing down as Liu Tianyang and his ally heard Lu Yang’s booming voice.
"Arhat Fist!"
"Hereby setting a [Rule: Lu Yang cannot use ’Samadhi True Fire’]!"
"Arhat Fist!"
"Hereby setting a [Rule: Lu Yang cannot use ’Gold Crow True Flame’]!"
"Arhat Fist!"
"Hereby setting a [Rule: Lu Yang cannot use ’Arhat Fist’]!"
"Arhat Fist!"
"Why isn’t it working?!" Ye Zheng and his companion were more flabbergasted than ever before. They took turns imposing rules, but Lu Yang seemed invulnerable, unaffected by their rules.
Could Old Buyu’s disciple really be this preposterous?
Lu Yang’s fists rained down like a hailstorm, pummeling Ye Zheng and his ally to the point where their hair littered the ground.
Ye Zheng and his companion were pounded into the ground while Lu Yang’s relentless fists created a huge crater.
"Stop, stop, stop; we admit defeat," Ye Zheng and his partner climbed out of the hole, Lu Yang ceased his assault, returning to his normal size, and Meng Jingzhou also withdrew his Dharma Aspect.
"Why on earth did you want us to change locations to fight?" Ye Zheng and his companion asked irritably.
Lu Yang surveyed the once scenic mountains now left ravaged by their battle and said solemnly, "I meant to say that this place has a beautiful environment, wouldn’t fighting here destroy it?"
"I was worried that the two seniors wouldn’t believe me, so I demonstrated."
"Why not just repair it after it’s destroyed?!" Ye Zheng said angrily. Was such a trivial issue worth all the fuss?
Meng Jingzhou thought Ye Zheng made sense, "It’s the seniors’ turn to demonstrate now."
