Chapter 294: Collision Between Pure Yang Weapons; the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda vs. the Golden Flame Mirror (1/2)
Chapter 294: Collision Between Pure Yang Weapons; the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda vs. the Golden Flame Mirror
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The arrival of the two was abrupt, but it was obvious what they were doing.
Yan Fei was trying to hunt down and kill Li Xiu.
Junior Leopard frowned. Whether it was Yan Fei trying to kill Li Xiu or vice versa, both scenarios didn't make sense.
Yan Fei was King of Xining's eldest son and Emperor of Jin's rumored illegitimate child. Of course, that rumor originated from Junior Leopard himself. Yan Fei's designation appeared higher than Li Xiu, but his status was in fact much more inferior.
He was merely a royalty without authority. If not for his great cultivation, he would likely be living an ordinary life under the protection of the King of Xining. He might be able to flaunt his status as a member of the royalty in front of ordinary folks but could only lower his head in front of experts like Junior Leopard. Further, a royalty had to obey the strict rules of the imperial court and had even less freedom than ordinary people.
Li Xiu was different.
Li Xiu was the eldest lineal son of the Li family in Pingzhou. Even if he was an ordinary person with low cultivation, he still had the chance to become the head of his family. Even if he couldn't, he would still command quite the authority in his family. Whether it was freedom or influence, he was much better than Yan Fei.
Though Yan Fei now received the admiration of the Emperor of Jin for his cultivation and yielded more power compared to the average royalty, Li Xiu was also a teen expert and a rising star in the Jianghu. Either way, Liu Xiu's status was still a little higher than Yan Fei's.
Yan Fei's popularity might have clouded Li Xiu's with after earning the Emperor's appreciation and gaining the Pure Yang Weapon, the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda, but it was still unbelievable that he would hunt down Li Xiu.
But the truth was before his eyes. His belief was insignificant.
The two flew past mid-air at an incredible speed, wrapped in a cloud of Gang Qi. Though they were fast, it wasn't considered much to Junior Leopard. What surprised him was the eight beams of light around Yan Fei.
”Octupole Exquisite Pagoda!” Green Spirit cried. ”This idiot didn't refine the pagoda completely and can only control it at a basic level! What a disgusting misuse of the weapon!”
It was truly a great misuse of the weapon.
Being unable to concentrate into a single entity, the great spirit pressure coming from the pagoda scattered at random. It caused a commotion among all the sensitive creatures in the prairie. If Yan Fei had the ability to fully control the pagoda and concentrate the spirit pressure to a point, there was no way Li Xiu could escape him.
At least, he wouldn't be able to run this far.
”What are these two doing?!” Scoffing, Junior Leopard instantly created a cloud of fire and chased after them without concealing himself. He showed no concern about the scattered spirit pressure at all.
Both of them were Level Seven experts with great spiritual minds. They instantly noticed him the moment he started to fly.
”Zhou Bao! Dude, I finally found you! Come and help me. Yan Fei has gone mad!” Li Xiu was overjoyed to see Junior Leopard that there wasn't any trace of his coldness as a child. Of course, Yan Fei might have just frightened the wits out of him.
Yan Fei's expression changed when he saw Junior Leopard flying toward them and yelled, ”Don't you meddle in this, Zhou Bao. This is between me and Li Xiu!”
Zhou Bao was publicly acknowledged as the best fighter among the fourteen experts in the world, with the ability to contend against experts at the peak of Level Eight. It was even said that his combat capability was the strongest among all experts below Level Nine. Though that might be an exaggeration, it proved that the public held him in high esteem.
Yan Fei was also one of the fourteen experts. He once wanted to challenge Zhou Bao but was delayed by the emergence of an unidentified rumor. By the time he squashed the rumor, Zhou Bao had already returned to his fief and he lost his opportunity.
He didn't expect to meet Junior Leopard under such circumstances.
This was the worst case scenario for him. Though he had the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda with him, it was nevertheless a Pure Yang Weapon that he could barely handle. He could still take on a Level Seven expert but two would be difficult, not to mention that one of them was Zhou Bao, who was famed for his great combat capability.
”Meddling? Royal Highness Yan Fei, this is my territory and you're trying to hurt my friend here. Do you think I'll stay out of it?” Junior Leopard sneered and the Fire Earth Qi around him suddenly grew vigorously. He transformed into a beam of red light and dashed between the two.
Boom!
The two blasts of strength collided with a dull thud. Junior Leopard felt a powerful force hit him and forced him backward.
”Humph!”
Junior Leopard sneered and flashed his Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire at the powerful force, canceling it out.
Opposite him, Yan Fei was thrown backward by hundreds of feet. His expression darkened at once.
Yan Fei had always thought highly of himself and aimed too high. He had reached Level Seven at such a young age after all. That was why he yearned to compete with the famous Junior Leopard.
He didn't expect Junior Leopard would display a strength beyond his expectations in their first meeting.
Yan Fei's expression was incredibly unpleasant.
He knew Junior Leopard was strong, but not to this extent.
The Octupole Exquisite Pagoda was his celestial device now and he naturally knew how strong it was. It was thanks to the pagoda that he managed to track down Li Xiu for thousands of miles, yet Junior Leopard managed to force him back without any celestial device. It was too unexpected.
Junior Leopard didn't just push him back, but his pagoda as well.
”Impossible!”
”Nothing is impossible.” Junior Leopard seemed like he really enjoyed the shock on other people's faces. He smiled coldly and said, ”The pagoda is a great weapon but you didn't master it completely, meaning you can't demonstrate the full strength of the Pure Yang Weapon!”
”Humph! I was just careless!”Yan Fei's expression darkened even more. ”Zhou Bao, you sure you want to get involved in this?”
”I've already mentioned Li Xiu is my friend. I'm being merciful by not attacking you when you tried to kill my friend on my turf. I don't want to give you any trouble. Just leave and never show up in front of me again!”
Junior Leopard's tone was also aggressive.
”Looks like we can't solve this amicably.” Yan Fei's eyes turned cold as he stared at Junior Leopard.
”Then stop the nonsense and bring it on! I'd like to see how strong your pagoda is!” Junior Leopard's voice was also filled with coldness, staring at Yan Fei as if he was in deep thought. Gang Qi flared up around him, releasing his Ninth Heaven Fire Dragon. The dragon entwined itself in the air and transformed into an immense cover of fire, fiercely charging at Yan Fei.
”You dare!” Yan Fei's expression stiffened. He pointed at the dragon and beams of cyan light shot out from his fingertips.
”Heaven and Earth, the octupole of the world! The mountain of a patch of earth! The Door of Deep Cyan! Show yourself!”
The beam of cyan light flared in the air and transformed into a massive gate that beamed with a blinding cyan light. The cover of Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire was absorbed into the huge gate and disappeared at once.
”What?”
Junior Leopard's expression changed. He used Gang Qi to build the cover of Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire. Though his Gang Qi was inexhaustible, he would still need time to recover it. The cover had consumed nearly one-third of his Gang Qi but was so easily swallowed by the cyan gate. He obviously didn't feel good about it.
”The mountain of a patch of earth! Fall!”
Just as he was still feeling sorry for his loss, Junior Leopard heard a roar coming from Yan Fei. It was followed by Li Xiu's voice shouting, ”Watch out, Zhou Bao!”
With the condensation of the cyan gate, the light around it transformed into a mountain more than three kilometers tall. It then fell on Junior Leopard.
”The mountain of a patch of earth!” Junior Leopard sneered. With a raise of his arm, the Golden-Scaled Cudgel appeared in his hand and grew larger along with the whistling wind. He showed no mercy, fully intending to test the strength of the mountain. He directed his strength into the cudgel and fiercely struck the mountain.
Boom!
It was as if thunder had just struck, leaving behind a continuous and lingering thunderous sound.
The three of them weren't far from the heart of Junior Leopard's fief. No one had noticed them before the thunderous sound. But with such a sound on a sunny day, numerous residents were startled and all of them looked over with their heads raised.
However, they couldn't get a clear look at the fight happening hundreds of miles away due to their limited eyesight. Those with better eyesight barely managed to see a couple of bright spots. Those with terrible eyesight saw nothing at all.
There was one exception.
It was Zhu Ba.
With Junior Leopard's dedicated guidance, his cultivation continued to rise. As his cultivation improved, he also felt his eyesight becoming increasingly extraordinary.
He didn't dare to brag about other qualities, but his eyesight was far better than ordinary folks. He could see clearly even if it was a hundred miles away, providing the sky was clear without clouds and there were no obstructions. But he didn't realize that he was being stared at while his attention was on Junior Leopard's situation.
”Though this kid's strength isn't anything to talk about, he seems to also have the bloodline of ancient times.”
Two courtyards away, two people stood on the roof and watched the fight in the air with leisure. Every now and then, they would look at Zhu Ba for his pair of eyes had aroused their attention.
”Are you interested in him?”
”No. His eyes are wonderful, but he's too weak. And he's already at that age. Even if he improves, it won't do him any good. He'll only step into the realm of Tendon Changing in his lifetime and that doesn't help me much.”
”He owns the ancient bloodline. Who knows what miracles will happen to his pair of eyes in the future.”
”Tch! For eye skills, they're not worth much if they're not Fiery Eyes,” one of them said, grinning as he glanced at Golden Rooster beside him. ”Of course, I'll reconsider if he's a pureblood.”