Chapter 294: Collision Between Pure Yang Weapons; the Octupole Exquisite Pagoda vs. the Golden Flame Mirror (2/2)
”You're so sure that he's half-blooded?”
The man sneered. ”Even the owner of Fiery Eyes is half-blooded! How can he be a pureblood?”
”Do you think that a pureblood is that easy to find?”
”You're right. After hundreds of thousand years, we still don't have any information on purebloods. Even if there is, it's about those in the ancient times and not now. That's because no matter how pure the bloodline is, it'll be tainted after hundreds of thousand years.”
”Exactly. That's why we need to face the truth. It's pointless to consider so much. Let's go, Golden Rooster. There's nothing much to see here. Let's go to the gate. That's the reason why I'm here.”
”Don't you want to find out the outcome of their battle?”
”Outcome?” The man raised his eyebrows. ”Since the boy dares to start a fight, he'll definitely have something he can depend on. But perhaps he has never witnessed the strength of a Pure Yang Weapon and thinks too highly of himself. His defeat is certain!”
”Yes, he does think too highly of himself. However, you say his defeat is certain? I think otherwise!”
”You want to bet on it?”
Golden Rooster considered this and laughed. ”Fine. Since you're interested, I won't dampen your spirits. I bet on Junior Leopard's victory.”
The man halted his steps when he heard what Golden Rooster said and looked at him with interest. ”I bet on that boy named Yan Fei. I don't know where your confidence comes from. Even if your boy has a Divine Weapon, it's impossible for him to defeat someone with a Pure Yang Weapon!”
Golden Rooster didn't argue and merely said, ”We'll see!”
Back at their fight, Junior Leopard felt a tremor in his hand when he hit the mountain and felt the force he used rebounded at him several times over.
The force wasn't anything he could take. The corner of his thumb numbed and he nearly lost all feeling in his hand. He nearly lost grip of his cudgel and his body was also hurled away by the rebounding force as if he was blasted by an explosive. He was thrown to the grassland, creating a pit of more than 20 feet in diameter and 10 meters in depth.
In contrast, the mountain created by the cyan gate merely shook gently.
”Humph! A brat who doesn't know his strength!” Yan Fei looked satisfied when he saw Junior Leopard hurled away. He sighed with relief inside and his tone also became more contemptuous. ”I never thought of giving you any trouble this time. But since you're determined to be my enemy, I don't mind taking care of you two at the same time!”
He then looked up and spotted Liu Xiu, who was flying to where Junior Leopard was. ”I didn't expect you to be so loyal and not run off alone. Since that's the case, I'll be merciful and let you two brothers die together!”
”Motherf*ker!” A furious swear came from the grassland as Junior Leopard slowly crawled up from the bottom of the pit.
”Zhou Bao, you alright?” Li Xiu asked, surprised that Junior Leopard could still talk.
”Of course. You think a shabby Pure Yang Weapon can do anything to me?” Junior Leopard spat with hatred.
”Then let's see if I can do anything to you!” Yan Fei was infuriated and sent his suspended mountain crashing down on them with a point of his finger.
This time, Junior Leopard wasn't stupid enough to try to fight against a Pure Yang Weapon with brute force.
”You think you're all that with a Pure Yang Weapon?” He sneered as a burst of golden light appeared behind his head and enveloped him and Li Xiu under the protection of his own Pure Yang Weapon.
”I happen to have one, too!”
”What?” Li Xiu's eyes were wide and round.
”Impossible!” Yan Fei was in disbelief when he saw his falling mountain blocked by the golden light appearing from behind Junior Leopard's head.
”No way! Where did this boy get a Pure Yang Weapon from?” Hundreds of miles away, in Junior Leopard's fief, Golden Rooster also wore a look of incredulity. He turned to the man beside him and said happily, ”Looks like I'm the winner this time!”
The man's expression was unsightly as if he had swallowed a fly. ”How could you have not known that the boy owns a Pure Yang Weapon?”
”Don't you bother about that. Our bet is on the winner, not if he has a Pure Yang Weapon. What's wrong? You want to go back on your word?”
”Humph!” The man sneered. ”It's too early for you to be happy. When both of them own Pure Yang Weapons, it's still not certain who's the winner.”
”Can't you tell?” Golden Rooster laughed. ”Zhou Bao's weapon is refined and can be used as he pleases. Yan Fei has just gained his weapon recently and he still can't use it skilfully yet. You think he still stands a chance?”
The man said nothing in response. His face twitched as he fixed his eyes on the battle far away.
Yan Fei's mountain was suspended mid-air after it was blocked by Junior Leopard's golden light. Yan Fei tried to withdraw his mountain several times but failed. Gradually, he felt his connection with the mountain was also cut off.
That was one of the great functions of Junior Leopard's Golden Flame Mirror: containment.
His mirror could even constraint a Pure Yang Weapon!
This didn't mean that his mirror was superior to the pagoda. Rather, he had refined the mirror himself and the nature of the mirror was also suited for him. This allowed him to demonstrate the full strength of the mirror. In contrast, Yan Fei had just acquired his pagoda recently. His ability was just so-so and refining a Pure Yang Weapon wasn't an easy task.
Thus, this created a large gap in their powers.
”It's useless. Don't waste your effort!” Zhou Bao laughed heartily and launched himself into the air. The golden light behind his head only grew brighter and a palm-sized mirror appeared in a flash. ”Since you tried to kill my friend on my turf, I'll show you no mercy!”
”You think I'll be scared of you?!”
Yan Fei wanted nothing more than to rush up and slap Junior Leopard on his arrogant face. They both had a Pure Yang Weapon each. Even if he can't compare to Junior Leopard, it wasn't to the extent that he couldn't fight at all!
With such a thought, he condensed the power of his pagoda again.
”Heaven and Earth, the octupole of the world! The mountain of the extreme east! Enlightenment Door! Show yourself!”
”Heaven and Earth, the octupole of the world! The mountain of Bo Mu! The Door of White Sun! Show yourself!”
”Heaven and Earth, the octupole of the world! The mountain of the extreme South! Summer Door! Show yourself!”
Three beams of light flashed in yellow, white, and blue. They transformed into three massive gates and collapsed on Junior Leopard.
The pagoda, with its eight gates and holy mountains, was a magical thing. Unfortunately, Yan Fei's cultivation was limited and he could only use four of them.
One gate alone was enough to defeat ordinary people, never mind four.
Unfortunately, his opponent this time was Junior Leopard. He wasn't someone who could be dealt with using common sense.
Thousands of auspicious Qi beams fell from the air as the three gates forcefully tried to suppress Junior Leopard and Li Xiu.
Junior Leopard didn't dare to underestimate Yan Fei's pagoda after suffering a hit earlier. The golden light burst and scattered from behind his head. With a flash of cyan light, three lotuses appeared in the mirror and steadily constrained the three gates and holy mountains.
”This!”
Even Junior Leopard didn't think the mirror could produce such an effect. Though he had refined the weapon, he had few ideas about the true magical uses of the weapon. The mirror had a strong intelligence as a Pure Yang Weapon. Earlier, he had merely unleashed the power of the mirror by force but this time, the mirror had chosen the best way to fight off its enemies by itself. And it did so by creating three lotuses to fend off the three holy mountains.
At this moment, he finally learned something about the Pure Yang Weapon and the intelligence of a weapon.
The weapon was just like a computer program that was self-operational once it received one order. That was what intelligence was.
The differences between intelligence and spiritual intelligence were comparable to the difference between a computer and AI in his former life.
Yan Fei's expression soured when he saw how the mirror constrained his holy mountains with stream-like golden light and cut off his connection to them.
”You!”
”I don't want to kill anyone today, but I won't let you off easy either. You must pay with something.”
Junior Leopard found it hard to hide his joy when he saw how his mirror subdued the pagoda. ”You can leave after handing me your pagoda!”
”Impossible!”
Yan Fei shouted his denial without even thinking about it. Just then, four-colored streams of light were entwining him. These were the remaining four gates of the pagoda. However, he could only use them for protection as he hadn't refined the weapon yet.
”You can't even defeat me with that you can control. What more of those that you can't control?” Junior Leopard smiled when he saw Yan Fei's expression. He touched the back of his head to fetch his mirror. It was like a miniature sun, shining with light as it fixed itself on the four holy mountains.
In Junior Leopard's hands, the mirror condensed its light. The four holy mountains, transformed into streams of light, rotated around the mirror.
”Let's test the protective capability of your pagoda!” With a laugh, Junior Leopard raised his hand and raised his mirror high. A straight golden light emerged from the mirror and directly struck Yan Fei.
Yan Fei's expression changed as if he could sense some devastating strength from the mirror. The four streams of light around him fused together and transformed into a golden screen of light that stood before him.
Crash! The golden light from the mirror crashed into the screen of light from the pagoda, resulting in an odd noise. In a flash, Yan Fei's face lost all color.