244 Qi vs Spiritual Energy (1/2)

Xue Wei was casual about it. He started stretching his waist as if he was preparing for a little jog. His attitude was rather prideful.

The three-eyed troublemaker slowly regained the disdain within his eyes. ”My name is Tang Liu! Remember the name of the first genius you have encountered, and be honored that I am here to take some time out of my day to spar with you!”

Xue Wei looked at Tang Liu as if he saw a complete idiot. He had some real faith in his ability to beat someone at the same layer as himself. Although there were not many on Chang'an who focused solely on spiritual energy, this did not mean that there were none.

In his group, there was Bai Tianyi who could only cultivate spiritual energy, from whom he learned many ways to engage a spiritual energy user.

The most important thing was to protect and guard the soul. His own spiritual energy was weaker than his opponent, and thus he might become a target of spiritual energy attacks.

However, Xue Wei's soul was not an ordinary soul. It was the soul of an Azure Dragon. His spiritual energy had even taken the shape of a golden dragon, and it was much stronger than what one might expect. Fighting realms above his own was not a problem!

Xue Wei stopped stretching and turned to look at Tang Liu. There were a hundred meters between them—an advantage for Tang Liu since he used ranged spiritual energy attacks, and a disadvantage for a Qi user like Xue Wei.

Still, Xue Wei did not seem to mind. Everyone looked curiously at this Qi-using Ordinary Knight, wondering what exactly he could be up to, and what exactly could be the reason behind his confidence.

”Begin!” someone called out. Xue Wei snickered.

Forbidden Rush!

Xue Wei left behind numerous afterimages as he suddenly rushed towards Tang Liu with a speed so fast it shocked the hearts of all present.

Tang Liu's eyes widened in shock and he tried retreating as fast as he could. Unfortunately, he was not fast enough.

Shattering Mountain Palm!

A palm that was shrouded in azure Qi descended onto Tang Liu. This palm brought with it a dangerous feeling that made the hearts of everyone present beat rapidly. Their eyes widened in surprise. They had never before seen Qi attacks as dangerous as this one.

Tang Liu was shocked to the core, but he was an experienced veteran when it came to battle. He gritted his teeth and spiritual energy poured out of his body, creating a shield in front of him.

As the fist and the shield collided, a loud boom sounded out. Shockwaves from the clash caused the grass on the ground to billow in the wind, and the sand was swept up and made the two of them impossible to be seen for a short while.

When the sand settled once more, they found that neither Xue Wei nor Tang Liu was moving. The spiritual energy shield that Tang Liu had created was completely shattered from that one palm-strike.

”Are you some sort of monster?!” Tang Liu asked, shocked as he retreated as fast as he could.

Xue Wei just snickered as he once more vanished from the spot he had stood on before.

Kick of the Forgotten Kings!

A leg whipped out like a flood dragon. It came crashing down upon Tang Liu so fast that he was unable to retreat in time. Another shield appeared around him, created from spiritual energy, but the kick was so fast that the shield did not manage to fully form before it was shattered and the leg connected with Tang Liu's chest.

The sound of bones breaking could be heard as Tang Liu shot backward like a kite that was let loose from its string. Blood welled up in his mouth and was spat out. His face was extremely pale and his entire body was in pain.

He had gained internal injuries. His ribs had been broken and his blood was in turmoil. The bodily strength of these experts was only at the Heavenly Warrior rank. If not for Xue Wei holding back, then the other would have already said farewell to his little life.

Tang Liu had no doubts about this. The many people who were observing the fight also had no doubt in their minds that Xue Wei had gone easy, but this was a rather frightening thought.

Xue Wei was already this powerful and he claimed to not be the strongest of them. Did this not mean that there was someone even stronger than him in their group of Qi cultivators?

Were Qi Cultivators really this frightening? Were they really able to rival spiritual energy cultivators? This was something that only made sense if they were Primordial Beasts with innate abilities, but what he had used did not seem to be innate abilities.

Looking at the injured Tang Liu, Xue Wei went towards him and handed him a small red pill. This was a Spring Powder Pill that he had concocted. It was the strongest healing medicine that he was capable of creating right now. Not only did it heal physical injuries, it also increased the speed with which one absorbed the essence of the heavens and the earth.

Although Tang Liu had suffered severe injuries, he should recover relatively soon as this was a pill meant for an Ordinary Knight. It was a high purity pill, and with his Heavenly Warrior rank, it should be possible to heal the wounds rather fast.

The people on Yan Dalu did not have a lot of medicinal pills that healed the physical body, nor did they have many pills that helped with Qi cultivation. They had never considered it an issue, so no one experimented on this type of pill.