Chapter 208 - In the Spotlight (2/2)

"I hear that these two expert cultivators are arch-enemies, they've fought over twenty battles and never once could one defeat the other!"

Sparks of curiosity flared within her heart, Qing He brought along the other four ladies with her to the city wall. They cast their gaze down to the metal chains that shackled the saint city, and praised the magnificent view in their hearts. There were two Awakening Qi Practitioners standing on the metal chains. One of them was an expert cultivator from the ape monster race, a 170 feet tall with his body covered in golden hair. He had a heavily-built stature and his muscles bulged out like bumpy rocks – strong and brawny. He held a 200 foot-long wooden pillar that was engraved with lustrous golden totem patterns of the ape monster race weapon — he was Yuan Ji.

While on the other end was a scholarly-looking young man, donned in a white robe with patterns of various colored flowers embellishing the sleeves. Even the decorations on the folding fan he was holding in his hand were flower-patterned. He struck a suave and charming figure. This individual was the most outstanding disciple of the flower monster race, Hua Feiyu.

These two monster Qi Practitioners were very well-renowned, even Qing He had heard of their illustrious names before. Hua Feiyu of the flower monster race, although he was also a monster cultivated from a plant, he was not a disciple of Shu Qianqiu. Instead, he was a young expert cultivator from the flower race of Qing Ming City.

The flower race of Qing Ming City was a strong and ancient clan, they worshipped the spirit of the flower god who was also a monster god from the old days. Even though Shu Qianqiu was the leader of the Xuan Keep, he was a new monster magnate cultivator, he had yet to build up his own clan and influence – his forces weren't strong enough. Even the spirit they worshipped in the Xuan Keep was the one that had been there since before Shu Qianqiu had established the Xuan Keep, rather than one that he brought himself.

Yuan Ji was from the ape race of White Tiger Keep, the ape monster race was also a big clan with a storied history and great prowess. The two of them were both from strong and ancient clans, and they themselves were the brightest stars of those respective clans.

On the top of the city wall, a white-haired elder stroked his mustache and said smilingly, "The humans have the eighty-feet tall and wide Zhong Shan Clan member, the celestials have three Awakening expert while we monsters have Yuan Ji and Hua Feiyu! The battle between them will be an event no less intense than the Zhong Shan Clan member battling the celestial race!"

Long Xia'er was very curious, she stepped closer and asked, "This old master, is the human Zhong Shan Clan member really eighty-feet tall and eighty-feet wide?"

"Is he not?"

That old monster could immediately tell that they were humans, but as Qing He who was a monster was standing beside them, he naturally would think that they were her maidservants. He took out a scroll and opened it up to show them, he said, "This is the picture image of the Zhong Shan Clan member drawn by the famous artist of East Barren, Dan Qingzi. Come and take a look."

Qing He and the other four ladies stepped forward. In the scroll was depicted a barbaric-looking creature – it was stocky with eight legs, eight arms and eight necks and eight heads.

Each of its faces was contorted in grotesque expressions; some of the faces were laughing nefariously, some were gnawing over at the celestials while some were already devouring the celestial Qi Practitioners in his mouth. Even the ugliest monster would be hundred times more charming than him.

Long Chun'er and the other ladies shuddered as the cold touch of terror gripped their hearts, the old monster sneered coldly and said, "If he isn't this monstrous, how could he have eaten so many celestials? You have to know that the celestials are incredibly strong, they've enslaved us monsters for countless years! If he could eat the celestials like eating snack beans, surely he would look monstrous! However, our monster gods are overlooking the monster race, Yuan Ji and Hua Feiyu aren't any weaker than that one from the Zhong Shan Clan!"

Outside of the city, the metal chains that shackled onto the saint city were immensely huge, every link was at least a million kilograms heavy, so huge that its width could accommodate a few horse carriages running on it side-by-side. Yuan Ji and Hua Feiyi looked simply puny when standing atop it.

Hua Feiyu was gently swaying his folding fan while flowers waltzed around him, the figure he struck was marvelously stunning. He said smilingly, "Brother Yuan, you and I are dueling again; however, it'll be a little bit different this time, as today will be the day of your defeat. You will become a stepping stone for my victory and reputation."

Yuan Ji laughed out loud, he was a strong and sturdy man who harbored a heroic aura, "Little Brat Hua, you can't say for sure until we've fought!"

Hua Feiyu erupted his aura, a huge flower emerged and bloomed on his back, in the middle stood a goddess who held a flower basket and a hoe in her hands. "I've specifically learned the secret technique of the flower race, [Thirty-Six Styles Flower Burial], and mastered all thirty-six styles. Today, I'll slay you under my Yuan Shen's hoe and bury you under a grave of a hundred flowers. At the very least, your death will be accompanied by their fragrance!"

Yuan Ji swayed his body, the Combat Ape Spirit which was also his Yuan Shen emerged behind him, suffusing the air with a wild and barbaric aura, he said, "You've cultivated the [Thirty-Six Styles Flower Burial] of your race; but I have also cultivated the secret technique of my ape race. Today, we shall decide who the strongest one truly is between us, the battle will end only when one of us falls!"

On the top of the city wall, the monsters were frantically praised, "Can you feel their aura? This is incredibly amazing! This is something that can only belong to true experts, how awe-inspiring!"

"Such momentum ... are they really just Awakening Qi Practitioners?"

"Such an indomitable aura, probably not even the ordinary Atman Body cultivators would have such awe-inspiring auras!"

….

On the metal chain, their auras were getting stronger and stronger in a crescendo before peaking at a suffocating level as the outbreak of their battle was fast approaching. Meanwhile, countless monsters were gazing at the two expert cultivators. But right at this moment, a miniature sandstorm concomitant with thunder and lightning was billowing over towards their direction from outside the city outskirts. Soon, a phalanx of Atman Body Qi Practitioners could be seen coming over the horizon as they chased after it from behind towards the Xian Kong Saint City!

At the tip of the sandstorm was a silhouette that flitted like a fully-nocked arrow that was released, deftly evading the attacks and skills coming at him from the back with great dexterity. Suddenly, he leaped onto one of the metal chains and strode up it like a furious dragon, rushing towards the top of the mountain!

"Get away!"

The furious dragon-like silhouette was a human-bodied dragon, rushing over with great speed – Bang – a loud boom reverberated throughout the sky as he clashed into Yuan Ji. The two Qi Practitioners crossed paths for a split second and Yuan Ji spat out a mouthful of blood, countless attacks struck at him and he was sent flying away!

In the next second, Hua Feiyu felt like he was rammed at by a wild beast's full-blown charge as he was launched away like a meteor before slamming heavily into the city wall. Blood trickled out of his mouth in thick rivulets before pooling around him like a sanguine field of blooming red flowers. The monsters on the city wall were all shocked and stunned by this sudden development and they were lost for words.

"Long Yue!"

Finally, some monsters recognized the newcomer who stormed in with considerable flair and they shouted collectively, "It's Long Yue that brat!"