226 Chapter 226 (1/2)
”What is this, the Master from the United Element sect has managed to block Chang Yongzheng's glorious approach! How will the old master react!”
The audience was brought back to attention by the announcer's voice. They instantly cheered out loud and the whole arena started trembling once more. This was more than they bargained for, they expected Zhang Dong to at most doge while getting hit a couple of times. Not to block the whole strike entirely.
The older cultivator looked at the tip of the sword that Zhang Dong was holding. His spear tip was directly pressing into it. He couldn't make it budge at all and he was even holding his weapon with two hands while his opponent was using just one. Where was this monstrous strength coming from? Was this man also a body refiner?
He didn't want to believe it but it was hard to deny the fact that this man had caught his attack. He wasn't just thrusting multiple times with his spear. He was actually creating many copies of his attack with his Qi which made it look like thousands of spear strikes were coming Zhang Dong's way. Somehow the man he was going against managed to pinpoint the one true spear attack and block it without effort.
After pushing his spear against the sword the older cultivator decided to retreat. His opponent didn't seem to be bothered by his action and didn't even follow up with an attack of his own. He just stood there with his sword in hand and one hand behind his back as if he was waiting for something.
”You…”
The old man's face contorted and his teeth were seen as he clenched his jaw out. The silvery spear that he was holding started glowing once more. He moved it above his head and he began to spin it around.
Chang Yongzheng knew what the younger cultivator was doing. This was something prideful and haughty individuals would do. The man before him was probably convinced of his superiority and that he wasn't a threat. This was obvious as he didn't follow up after defending. It was a great chance as the older man was caught off guard.
”Zhang Dong was it… You will regret not striking when you had the chance!”
While speaking Yongzheng's body started flickering with bright light and then crackling with blue lightning. The spear that he was spinning around produced a giant cyclone that surrounded the whole arena.
”Lightning Tempest Spear third form: Execution of the Thunder Tempest!”
The man shouted while Zhang Dong surrounded his body with a thin layer of golden energy. This was apparently enough to defend himself against the thin blades of wind energy.
The people in the audience went wild. The first form of the spear art this master was already breathtaking but this was something else entirely. The amount of spiritual energy that was getting produced was making the whole defensive formation shake and tremble. A little bit more and it might begin to crack.
”That Zhang Dong was just lucky, now when the sect leader is serious he has no chance!”
”Yes, he should surrender and beg the elder for forgiveness!”
The youths and other members from the Silver Spear sect quickly recovered. They started laughing and smiling once more while looking at the unfolding battle.
Due to the tornado inside the ring the visibility of the whole fight suffered. Most people could only see an outline of a man glowing in gold on one side. Then on the other side, there was his opponent glowing in blue light.
Sounds of thunder and lightning frightened some of the weaker cultivators. Some of the nascent soul aura was leaking from the stage which also caused some of them to pass out.
On the inside, there was a giant cyclone. A mix of lightning and wind energies were slowly approaching their apex. Even then, the white-haired opponent didn't seem to be doing anything besides surrounding himself with his aura.
”Fool, I will show you what happens when you disregard your opponent, let this be a lesson for you, receive my divine attack!”
The old man shouted out with resolve. This third form of his spear art took some time to charge but when it did there was no escape. The moment he lowered his spear the wind and lightning energies would fuse into one grand attack.
The people outside the arena that were directly behind Zhang Dong gulped hard. They knew that if that formation couldn't take the blow that they could be injured. Luckily right before the old cultivator swung his spear down the formation started glowing.
Another protective bubble appeared over the one that the two elders were fighting in. Then ethereal shackles of some sort wrapped themselves around the glowing orb. This showed that the whole formation had been strengthened and would even be able to take a hit from a great circle realm cultivator.
Chang Yongzheng finally swung his spear down and the whole place exploded. The people in the stands held their breaths as the lightning and wind energies shone in a blinding light.
The protective formation shook under the strain and the first barrier that there broke. The green and blue elemental energies slammed into the second reinforced one while the spectators worried.
What was happening inside that formation was hard to see, the green and blue lights were so bright that Zhang Dong's faint golden aura couldn't be seen anymore. Thus most people began thinking that the attack must have gone through and the man inside had been defeated, he might have even been dead.
The old seniors from the United Element sect were sweating bullets. None of them beside Feng Maling knew how strong their Patriarch actually was. The use of soul beasts was also forbidden during this type of one on one arena battle so he couldn't defend himself with its help. They were expecting the worst but they relaxed somewhat when they glanced over to the old lady. Zhang Dong's grandmother seemed unimpressed by the whole display of might.