212 Lu Yuping and Jia Lu (2/2)
”Begin!” was all the broker said loudly. Not even half a second had passed before Lu Yuping shot forward like a beam of light. He was heading straight for his opponent, his sword gleaming in the light that was cast from the light orbs illuminating the cave.
The human was much bigger than Lu Yuping, and his frame resembled a mountain. He was at least two meters tall, his body bursting with thick muscles.
He narrowed his eyes as he watched the advancing Lu Yuping. Contrary to everyone's expectation, he threw the club on the ground and took a horse stance.
His fist let loose a fist attack that Xue Wei did not recognize, but it was magnificent to look at.
Not only did it cause nine echoes to resound, but it was also covered in Qi that took the shape of a flood dragon and headed straight for Lu Yuping's heart.
This fist attack required Qi, but the main reason for the nine echoes was the physical strength he poured into it. It seemed that although his Qi level had just advanced to the seventh layer of the Earth Knight realm, his physical strength had exceeded that long ago.
Xue Wei frowned slightly. How would this Lu Yuping deal with a fist attack that excelled at both brute strength and speed? With the form of a flood dragon, it quickly arrived in front to Lu Yuping and wrapped itself tightly around him, halting his advance.
Lu Yuping did not seem too troubled, however. He quickly wielded his sword, lifted it up for a moment, and slashed it down, beheading the flood dragon of Qi with an elegant stroke and dissipating the remainder of the energy into the air.
Lu Yuping stomped on the ground, causing cracks to appear on the floor, before he shot out at lightning speed toward his human challenger again. But the mountain-like man's eyes were calm and collected despite witnessing how easily his flood dragon of Qi had been slaughtered.
Picking up the club by his side, the human challenger did not waste any more time and swung it to greet Lu Yuping. The sheer power behind this swing of the club was so overwhelming that the shockwaves caused even Xue Wei's heart to palpitate. He might have become a Heavenly Warrior, but he felt weak as a chicken when facing something like this.
A sharp clang reverberated through the air as Lu Yuping chose to meet the club head on with his thin sword. It was hard to determine whether he expected to be able to cut through it, but he still swung his sword with all the power he could muster.
In the end, Lu Yuping was forced back several steps, while the mountain-like challenger advanced forward, not letting up, bashing down his club on the Primordial Beast, who only barely managed to keep himself out of danger.
His arrogant demeanor from before changed drastically to one of disbelief. This man was definitely not your average run-of-the-mill cultivator. His achievements in physical body cultivation were overwhelming; even Lu Yuping, a Primordial Beast, was having trouble fighting him.
Lu Yuping tried everything at his disposal, but he was forced back repeatedly. The truth is that Primordial Beasts in human shape were rather crippled when fighting.
Primordial Beasts could not train in the martial arts techniques of humans, but they had innate abilities. These innate abilities usually required the beast to be in its true shape to be used, so when fighting in their human shape, they had to depend on their superior physique.
Lu Yuping was the same. He had thought that his strength, speed, and senses were highly above every human he could encounter, yet now the truth showed that his opponent had a level of physical strength that could suppress even his superiority in speed. As a result, he was being pushed further and further back.
”Be proud of yourself!” Lu Yuping sneered as he started to transform. The eyes of the human challenger finally turned solemn. He pressed for an attack, but his club was suddenly stopped by a paw with a very sharp set of claws. These claws made indents on the surface of the club as they gripped it, and then the club was tossed aside, causing the challenger to stumble. However, he did not let go of his weapon.
Lu Yuping had stopped looking down on his opponent. His heart was filled with resentment for this human who had pushed him so far, but he was not going to play with the opponent. Even after having transformed, he felt an immense pressure from this mountain-like challenger. Perhaps he truly had some sort of ability that could threaten even Primordial Beasts.
”Who is the challenger?” Xue Wei asked Li Chen by his side. Her face cracked a smile as she looked at the young man by her side. ”Finally interested in him?” she asked teasingly, causing Xue Wei to roll his eyes. Although he had not known this woman for long, he felt that she held no malice towards him and she was also rather friendly.
As to why she had changed so suddenly, he did not know, but his guess was that it had to do with the Intelligencer.
Still, he looked expectantly at the woman, who covered her mouth with a hand as she giggled. ”He is quite famous,” she said mysteriously, noticing that not only was Xue Wei listening attentively to her, but everyone within hearing distance had perked their ears and were listening in on the conversation.
”He is a Primordial Beast Hunter named Jia Lu. He can just about count as someone who came from the center of the continent.” Xue Wei raised a brow in surprise. A Primordial Beast Hunter here? Was that not very unusual?