Vol 2 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Volume 2 – Chapter 8: Breaking Through the Clouds and Comprehending the Truth behind the Red Cloud Qi (Part 2)
A sudden pain sensation throbbed in w.a.n.g Pan’s soul as he lost the connection with the flying sword. It made him startled and curse in anger, “Zhang Yan, I know that Dao Master Sun is an expert at the concealing art by using fog. Your Senior Brother Ning has certainly pa.s.sed onto you a few secret techniques, but don’t you ever dream that because you’ve learned a few techniques to hide in the fog, that I could do nothing to you!”
He loudly shouted as he extended his hands out and made a grasping move, then a sucking force suddenly pulled all sand and pebbles within a 10 feet radius. Dead branches and stones were floating and revolving around him. Because he was at the Second Stage of Radiant Qi Realm, he was able to pull any objects weighing hundreds of pounds and made it float in midair within a 10 feet radius, let alone these small rocks and branches. As soon as his sleeve waved, innumerable stones and leaves suddenly flew out in all directions.
This venting-anger destruction lasted for half an hour, but w.a.n.g Pan was still unable to trace Zhang Yan’s silhouette in the slightest bit. This mountain was covered with dense vegetation and coupled with the thick fog enveloping the air, it was easier said than done to find a cultivator that deliberately hid himself.
w.a.n.g Pan couldn’t help but feel some regret, and also blamed himself for his previous excessive boasts. He said that it would take at least an hour that he would beat Zhang Yan today. He now had lost his magic treasure, while his enemy had disappeared without a trace. If this situation were to be dragged on, not only would it take one day, it may even last a few days and nights, he might not be able to take on the opponent.
Calculating for a while, w.a.n.g Pan then thought, “What magical tools have Ning Chongxuan given to Zhang Yan? He even could s.n.a.t.c.h my flying sword head on. But if he has the ability, he should have come down to kill me, so why would he hide? It seems that he’s afraid to fight me head on.” After thinking about it, he touched the Amethyst Bronze Short Spear and spoke with a vicious tone, “It seems today, for the first time I must use this!“
His hands formed a seal and then yelled toward an empty place, “Zhang Yan, look at my treasure!!!”
As he had expected, the short bronze spear was responding to the opposite party, as in a split second after, he could feel that he lost the connection with this magic tool. But he also didn’t hope that this magic tool could cope with Zhang Yan, so as soon as he could trace Zhang Yan’s approximated position, he loudly yelled, “Zhang Yan, young brat, you’re dead now!!!”
w.a.n.g Pan’s Dantian’s gate was opened and 18 strands of reddish-brown colored gases were emitted out from his mouth, resembling a turbid scarlet cloud full of fierce and powerful energy. In an instant, the ground he was standing on, was burnt and covered with layers of a black scorched color, even the vegetation around him was ablaze in flame. In a blink of an eye, the flame surrounded the 10 feet radius of Zhang Yan’s position and encircled the spot.
w.a.n.g Pan practiced a cultivation law in the “Coiling Fireblaze Cloud Manual”. It was a fire-based cultivation technique collected by his family. Practicing this profound technique to the highest extreme could even melt steel easily. However, he only had a half volume of this manual and it only had the “technique and power” but without &ldquo
law and method”, causing him to be unable to freely manipulate his fire-based qi.
Therefore, for this reason, he had always been looking for many methods and means before he was finally accepted as an apprentice under Du De. However, since he only just entered the apprentices.h.i.+p for a few months, Du De only pa.s.sed onto him an offensive fire-based technique called “Violent Yang Brazier” which used 9 strands of fire qi inside the body to attack the enemy. Once this technique was cast, the place hit by this technique would become a scorched earth.
However, he had yet to practice this technique to its peak and had to use 18 strands of his spiritual qi to barely be able to cast it.
After these 18 strands of fire qi spread out, each flame occupied a certain position and was submerged underground. Blazing flame then rose to the air and quickly burning up the tree where Zhang Yan was standing in a flash.
w.a.n.g Pan’s estimation was actually very good, which could even be said that it only had small flaws. However, since he didn’t proficiently master this technique, he could only cast it around the flat land. On the other hand, Zhang Yan was able to ride on the fog, and upon seeing the scorching blaze, he only smiled and with a flick of the tip of his toe, he soared along with the billowing smoke and instantly came out of the technique’s scope area.
Looking at the blazing inferno underneath, the fiery flame was blazing and indefinitely moving back and forth like Formation Array was being stirred. Astonishment covered Zhang Yan’s face as his intention was aroused to try the might of w.a.n.g Pan’s blazing flame. He then opened his mouth and released his Pure Yang qi above. He didn’t expect that he would only hear a “boom” sound as the two energies then collided and both were extinguished completely.
He couldn’t refrain but stared blankly as he immediately let out a wry smile and shook his head to see the result showed by a strand of his Pure Yang qi.
While Zhang Yan somewhat regretted it, shock and an ached feeling engulfed w.a.n.g Pan’s heart.
Those 18 strands of fire qi were refined qi from the pure and impure qi. Originally, he was planning to use it as part of the 36 strands of qi to break through into the Third Stage of Radiant Qi Realm. He didn’t expect that Zhang Yan inadvertently spat out a strand of his refined qi and completely extinguished it. If he went back to practice again, it would take 2 months of cultivating to make it up, much less that it wouldn’t be as pure as the ones that he had been constantly refining in his body.
However, the key point that was missing from his calculation was that Zhang Yan seemed to have a technique that contained fire qi. He couldn’t help but hesitate, would it be better to continue using magic arts and retract back his fire qi?
Having carefully calculated for a short while, he clenched his teeth and stimulated his fire qi again. He didn’t believe that Zhang Yan was really able to face his fire qi. In the end, he must go all out today. Even if his qi was exhausted, at the worst he just had to practice again. Could even this loss be compared with the true disciple’s position?
Zhang Yan on the other hand, was determined to see the disparity between his two types of refined qi. At this time he spat out the Billows Cloud pure qi. It was like snow rolling in the boiler as it instantly evaporated and was gone.
He shook his head. It seemed that this Billows Cloud pure qi condensation was nowhere near the Pure Yang qi.
But at this time, his complexion changed, by his keen sense, he was quite sensitive to the qi fluctuation. Only then did he realize that a thread of spiritual qi was not dissipated and was seemingly floating in there.
His eyes flashed as he spat out a Pure Yang spiritual qi to wrap that thread of spiritual qi and absorbed it into his chest to examine it.
From his initial observation he found out that his pure qi had lost a large part of its energy, however, this wisp of spiritual qi was extremely pure and had even nearly reached the pureness level of the Pure Yang spiritual qi refined from the Golden Phoenix Blazing Inferno. At present, a brilliance flashed from his eyes, as a bold idea sprouted in his mind.
He decided to try again.