Chapter 156: Ill Wait For You (1/2)
The celestial emperors had naturally boasted absolute confidence in the five youths to personally name them the Five Youth Sovereigns of the world.
All of them were young, no one past fifty years old. In the world of immortals, cultivators and immortals alike enjoyed long lives, easily seeing several thousand years, or perhaps even dozens of millennia. One who’d yet to reach fifty truly deserved the appellation of ‘young’.
The sparring between cultivators grew more intense as time went on, turning the radius of fifteen hundred kilometers around Dusk City into their private battleground.
Some fought to the death, some just exchanged moves with each other, others observed the fighting, and some simply sat down and conversed at length, sharing their knowledge.
In any case, five figures still firmly monopolized all five corners of the sky. They’d already weathered five waves of challengers, but were still standing tall. Apart from Lu Yun’s victory over Dongfang Hao, the five chosen youths were undefeated thus far. They hadn’t had a moment’s respite to recover their stamina and energy and were only being sustained by their sheer willpower alone as they repelled the world’s greatest geniuses.
Lu Yun hadn’t returned to hell to recuperate, either. Just like the others, this was a tempering experience for him that deepened his understanding of the nascent spirit realm. This enlightenment didn’t come from the knowledge and experience of his envoys, but belonged to him alone.
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“I truly underestimated him back then.” In a remote corner of Dusk Province, two vague shadows floated in the sky and calmly surveyed the situation around Dusk City.
“Are you not going?” softly asked a man, the vicissitudes of life etched on his face. “You’d be the world’s sixth youth sovereign if you did.”
The girl next to him gently shook her head, her voice firm. “I can’t expose myself yet. I have to keep growing. I have to become an immortal... a peerless immortal, a dao immortal! And when the time comes, I’ll become the young master’s ace, a trump card that no one knows of!”
Wayfarer smiled. “As you wish. In that case, let’s head to Nephrite Capital and meet that pair of eyes.”
“Alright.” Reluctant to leave, Wanfeng took one last look at the dashingly bold and vigorous figure in the air, then followed suit with her master and slowly faded away. “Sir, wait for me.”
Boom!
Somewhere else in the sky, Lu Yun slapped his opponent down with a single palm strike and flashed a bright grin in that direction. “Aye, I’ll wait for you.”
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The five youngsters still stood in the air one month later. They were gasping for breath and marked by many injuries, but their figures remained unbending.
By now, no one stepped forth to challenge them.
From the dragons of the four seas to the genius monster spirits of the ten lands, the youth sovereigns had defeated every last of them. Apart from some genuine demon or divine prodigies who dared not set foot in the nine majors, the youngsters had already thwarted all the rising stars of the nine majors, ten lands, and four immortal seas.
The defeated challengers might have suffered a momentary setback, but they’d nevertheless benefited in countless ways. Being able to fight to their heart’s content and fully measure themselves against equally formidable peers was a unique opportunity.
“Since we’ve run out of challengers, it’s time to determine who’s the strongest among the five of us!” Wu Tulong, Zi Chen, and Mo Qitian all looked at Lu Yun at the same time, their eyes burning with unprecedented fighting spirit.
“Just give up already. It’s still impossible for you to withstand his Vast Dragon Seaturner!” Dongfang Hao smiled. “My sword aura can restrain his, which is the only reason why I could fight him for three days straight. But the three of you would have to take his combat art head on. Let me remind you, it’s an attack that killed a peak august immortal.”
Wu Tulong blanched.
If the Vast Dragon Seaturner could slay an august immortal in a single strike, there was no need to postulate what would happen to them. Lu Yun had only used this move three times in the past month, instantly defeating his opponent each time. Now that he’d familiarized himself with the art, he’d become increasingly more proficient with it.
The other youth sovereigns all possessed their own fighting style, though, each with their own merits. Dongfang Hao’s mighty sword aura happened to counter the sword sea in Lu Yun’s, preventing the governor from invoking the Vast Dragon Seaturner. But the other three weren’t so lucky, and would be defeated in a single move.