Chapter 463: The Flood Dragon’s Present (2/2)

Then, it merged together with Xiao Chen’s remaining Vital Qi. When he slashed out with his claw, a strong wind blew in the air, leaving five deep marks on the ground. Only after flying for a long time, did the energy finally scatter.

“Just using half of my Vital Qi is already able to produce such might. I wonder how powerful it would be when using all of my Vital Qi,” Xiao Chen said, revealing a joyful smile.

Xiao Chen had not used the Azure Dragon Qi in his arm in this move yet. If he merged his Dragon Qi and Vital Qi together, it was likely that the power unleashed would be ridiculous.

“This peak Superior Grade Earth Ranked Fist Technique is worthy of its rank. It was worth me spending so many Spirit Stones on it.” Xiao Chen laughed happily.

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Two days later, Xiao Chen had already achieved the basic level in the first three moves of the Dragon Claw Fist—the switching between fist and claw.

He had just reached Small Perfection, but was still far from being able to switch as he pleased. However, that was something that came with time.

It was not a problem of Xiao Chen’s comprehension; it was just a matter of time.

“Fist!” Xiao Chen shouted loudly in the courtyard. All his Vital Qi circulated once in his abdomen before pouring into his right arm.

After two days of practicing, Xiao Chen’s physical body could now handle this Vital Qi. Furthermore, he did not feel pain anymore.

When the Vital Qi flowed through the meridians in Xiao Chen’s arm, the Azure Dragon tattoo started to move slowly. Dragon Qi slowly infused into the Vital Qi.

The energy flowing through Xiao Chen’s arm increased by at least twenty percent. When he clenched his fist, he could feel it surging. He punched.

“Boom!”

A visible azure energy exploded out. A strong wind blew in the courtyard, ripping out a few small trees.

As the energy surged out, the small trees were immediately shattered into countless pieces.

“Claw!” Xiao Chen shouted again. He turned his fist into a claw. The surrounding azure energy gathered back and merged with the remaining energy in his arm.

“Pu ci!”

Five azure streams of energy tore through the air, and five cuts clearly appeared in each of the leaves flying around him.

“Fist!”

Xiao Chen’s lower body sank down and the instant he withdrew the claw, he pushed it forward. Suddenly, his aura changed, turned into a fist, and pounced forth.

Xiao Chen switched between the fist and claw several times before he came to a stop. After thinking for a while, he said softly, “The fist looks powerful but it is too scattered. I have to find a way to focus it.”

Following that, Xiao Chen started to practice the fist. He tried to make the force of the fist explode out at one point and not let it disperse to other places.

Time slowly went by. After another two days, Xiao Chen managed to gain a firm grasp of the three foundational moves on the Dragon Claw Fist

As for the problem of the fist force dispersing, Xiao Chen found a pretty good solution to it. After all, it was not a particularly profound technique.

He could already do it in the past. Now, by only making a minor change to the Dragon Claw Fist, he made it more suitable for himself.

“It is time to practice the true moves of the Dragon Claw Fist. The Berserk Dragon can be split into the Berserk Dragon Fist and Berserk Dragon Claw. It is clearly one move yet there are two ways to execute it. I have to think this over carefully.” Xiao Chen said with a resolute gaze as he took a deep breath.

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In the west of Desolate City stood a large courtyard. The entire place had already been reserved by the Beast Taming Abode’s Zuo Mo.

The tables and chairs in the courtyard were arranged in an orderly fas.h.i.+on. The two hundred odd people from the various nation who qualified for the second round were currently gathering there.

The people from the Great Tang Nation sat together and those from the Great Chu Nation sat together as well. After all, the people they were the most familiar with were the ones from the same country.

It was hard to avoid conflicts between geniuses. Thus, when the geniuses from the same nation gathered, it was like allying with each other.

There were close to three hundred outstanding talents from various places here. The group of the Great Qin Nation was very small. Aside from Duanmu Qing, Hua Yunfei, Mucheng Xue, and Ji Changkong, there were also some other outstanding talents from the Imperial Capital. The whole group only consistent of slightly more than ten people.

Compared to the other nations, which had tens of people, the difference was obvious. Even adding Xiao Chen and Chu Chaoyun, who had not arrived yet, their number did not exceed twenty.

When the surrounding outstanding talents from the other nations glanced towards Hua Yunfei and the others, contempt flashed in their eyes.

Occasionally, they discussed about them in soft whispers. This made the people from the Great Qin Nation feel very embarra.s.sed.

In reality, the Spiritual Energy in the Great Qin Nation was very spa.r.s.e. They had been at the bottom of the Five Great Nations for a very long time already. In the past Five Nation Youth Compet.i.tion, they did not even have anyone who entered the top one hundred.

Unfortunately, the Five Nation Youth Compet.i.tion had a rule that the disciples from the Royal Clan could not partic.i.p.ate. Otherwise, with Ying Yue’s strength, she would have certainly been able to climb to the top twenty.

The Royal Clans of the various nations were in a group of their own. According to the rumors, they could communicate directly with the upper realm. They all had their own paradise for cultivating.

Thus, just like with the Five Nation Youth Compet.i.tion, the Royal Clans of the various nations would not receive an invitation for the Ancient Desolate Tower.

“Liu Yong, we have not met for three years already. Given this rare meeting, I wonder if your sword can still defeat me?” A cultivator called Zhou Wei from the Great Xia Nation said to a cultivator of the Great Tang Nation as he released his aura.

In the end, behind all these facades, the gathering was a chance for everyone to check out their opponents before the arena battles.

There were countless people who were familiar with each other. They wanted to know how much the other party had improved by. Then, they could make an estimation of how big their chances were of obtaining one of the twenty spots.

Many people showed up. Half of it was due to the respect for Zuo Mo and the other half was because of the twenty spots.

The Great Tang Nation’s Liu Yong got up and said, “I was thinking of challenging you as well as well. I could defeat you in the past and I will be able to defeat you in the future.”

“Xiu!”

When the two spoke, the whispers immediately stopped. Everyone looked over.