by Dragon King
The cultivators in the east exam area saw a dramatic scene! It was even more intense than the combat exams in the Dragon God Shrine so far!
They had understood by now that this Gen-level cultivator was the assisting inspector of the beautiful inspector.
The beautiful inspector was so partial with her assistant that she even made a scene with the main examiner!
Looking at Su Han who had returned to her side, Zhao Hongyu was also shocked. After all, Su Han never cared for anyone, and she had never done anything for others this actively as she did for Hao Ren!
Bang!
In the arena, Little White spat out another fireball.
With Little White’s aid, Hao Ren finally had time to build a sword array with the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll.
Five-elemental fundamental sword array formations!
With 16 sword energies in one group, 20 groups of sword energies of five elements flew toward Wang Xi!
Busy in blocking Little White’s fireballs, Wang Xi didn’t have any time to block Hao Ren’s attacks with his black sword.
Bang! The fireball exploded, and the 20 sword energies stabbed toward Wang Xi under the cover of the flames.
After all, Wang Xi just reached Xun-level and was pushed to mid-tier Xun-level by the elders. Without the advantage of the black sword, he couldn’t unleash the full force of Xun-level, and it made the situation tricky for him.
The level 2 snow lion was equivalent to a mid-tier to top-tier Core Formation Realm cultivator according to the human cultivators’ realm division. In a sense, Hao Ren and Little White were two Gen-level cultivators fighting against one Xun-level cultivator!
“Two Dragons Array Formation!”
The 320 sword energies were divided into two groups which attacked Wang Xi from both sides.
“Do you think you can defeat me like this?!” Wang Xi emitted a dazzling yellow energy as if he was wearing a thick armor!
The sword energies hit Wang Xi’s body, but they couldn’t pierce his armor.
“No matter what, you are only a Gen-level cultivator!” Wang Xi said with clenched teeth as he injected earth-elemental nature essence into his arm, making the black sword shine a yellow light.
Dang!
With the yellow light, the black sword collided with Hao Ren’s sword array and forced Hao Ren to back off five meters.
Undoubtedly, Wang Xi was so far the most powerful opponent Hao Ren had met in the Dragon God Shrine’s general exam.
Faced with Hao Ren and Little White’s attacks from the front and the back, Wang Xi immediately calmed down and blocked the attacks steadily.
Three Talents Heaven Earth Array Formation!
Hao Ren’s sword energies reorganized before flying toward Wang Xi again.
With the restriction of the Five Mountains Bracelets, Hao Ren could only unleash 40% of his nature essence. Otherwise, his sword array would be as powerful as a Dui-level attack!
“Heaven breaks and Earth shatters!” Wang Xi stepped on the ground while holding the sword with both hands.
Beams of yellow light rose from the arena and blocked the sword energies.
After all, the earth-elemental dragons were not weak!
Other cultivators might be caught off guard by Hao Ren’s techniques, but Wang Xi had seen them a long time ago!
Although the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll was unique, Hao Ren had no hope of winning if he couldn’t penetrate Wang Xi’s defense.
Since Wang Xi was not as agile as Hao Ren, he would change from attacking to defending. After all, the earth-elemental dragons excelled in defense!
Little White could only attack from a distance by spitting out fireballs. However, it could spit no more than three powerful fireballs in a short while. If it tried to bite him in close range, it was no match for Wang Xi.
“Let’s fight this out!” While the yellow light around his body darkened, Wang Xi’s black sword suddenly hacked toward Hao Ren.
Hao Ren withdrew all 320 sword energies and took out an ordinary sword from his necklace; it was one he had confiscated from the Fifth Heaven. He injected nature essence into it and condensed a five-colored long sword.
He knew that no tricks or sneak-attacks would work on Wang Xi who was at Xun-level. He had to fight him with his own strength!
Dang!
Their swords collided with each other.
Hao Ren’s longsword wavered, and his body was forced back five to six steps.
Wang Xi advanced and hacked toward Hao Ren again.
Dang! Their swords collided again.
It was not only a competition of dharma treasures but a competition of nature essence as well!
Hao Ren’s sword had two big chips in it; it was not as good as Wang Xi’s black sword.
Dang! It was another collision.
The sword in Hao Ren’s hands was going to break into two, and his heels were touching the edge of the arena.
“Loan me swords!” Hao Ren called out to the cultivators behind him.
Hua! Hua… Immediately, five to six long swords were tossed up from behind him.
Hao Ren caught one and blocked Wang Xi’s attack with it.
Dang! The sound was even crisper.
No match for Wang Xi’s black sword, this sword got a small chip in it, and Hao Ren’s meridians received more shock than the sword.
There was a difference of two realms between Gen-level and Xun-level, and fighting with nature essence was the most reliable way for Wang Xi to win!
Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! The swords collided four times with each other.
Seeing that this new grey sword was about to break into two, Hao Ren kicked up another sword with his toes and continued to battle with Wang Xi.
Such a fight seemed crude, but it was a competition of strength!
In the blink of an eye, the five to six swords were all chipped while Hao Ren turned from one edge of the arena to another.
“Loan me swords!” Hao Ren called out again.
Generously, the cultivators tossed another six to seven swords onto the arena.
Hao Ren, at Gen-level, was fighting a Xun-level cultivator with pure force, and many audience members admired him for this, including those who were not members of the water-elemental dragon clans.
“I’ll see how many swords you can get!” With the black sword in his hands, Wang Xi hacked toward him continuously.
In the violent collisions, Hao Ren’s dragon core became unstable, and the spiritual core in the Qihai acupoint above the dragon core started to shake.
Snap! Snap… Several openings in Hao Ren’s dragon core were unblocked until the number of unblocked openings reached 136!
“Hao Ren, catch!” More than ten meters away, Zhao Yanzi threw a long golden spear toward Hao Ren as if she was throwing a javelin.
Coiled Dragon Golden Spear!
415 The One Inch Longer, One Bit Stronger!
The Coiled Dragon Golden Spear spun in the air as it dashed toward Hao Ren.
“Holy Sh*t! Even if you’re passing a weapon over to me, you don’t have to throw it at me with the sharp spear pointing toward me… How do you think I can catch it!” Hao Ren thought.
Hao Ren looked at the golden spear that was spinning rapidly at him. On the inside, he was screaming for help.
Dang!
Wang Xi lifted his black sword and used it to hit the spinning spear, and the spear bounced off.
Little White was staring at Wang Xi cautiously. It bit onto the golden spear with its mouth and flew over to Hao Ren.
“Thanks!”
Hao Ren took the golden spear from Little White. He was saying that to both Little White and Wang Xi.
If it weren’t for Wang Xi stopping the momentum of the spear, there was no way that Hao Ren would have been able to catch it!
“Let’s see how long you can last!” Wang Xi said while waving his black sword and charging toward Hao Ren.
Hao Ren only knew how to use his fists and not sword
s in close-range combat. After fighting with Wang Xi for a while, his arms were feeling a bit sore.
After receiving the spear, he held the front of the spear with his left hand and the back end with his right hand without thinking and attacked Wang Xi as if the spear were a snake that was trying to capture its prey. Hao Ren successfully hit the body of Wang Xi’s sword and made it go off trajectory.
“Good!”
The cultivators outside the arena simultaneously cheered for Hao Ren. They subconsciously became supporters of Hao Ren. They all hoped that the underdog could win against the stronger adversary.
Dang! Dang!
The two weapons collided once again.
Wang Xi was forced to take half a step back when faced with the long sharp spear.
The one inch longer, one bit stronger! This was the iron rule in the close-range combat. This golden spear was half a meter longer than the black sword.
Hao Ren pierced at Wang Xi using his spear forcefully and redeemed himself!
Although Hao Ren didn’t learn how to use a spear systematically, he learned how to use his fists from practicing the fundamental boxing techniques. From the perspective of martial arts, both spears and fists were similar in principle.
This golden spear was delicately made and was created with tough materials. It was once Zeng Yitao’s natal dharma treasure.
Since it was meant to be the West Ocean Dragon Palace’s Crown Prince’s natal dharma treasure, the spear was really powerful. However, when Zeng Yitao was imprisoned by the East Ocean Dragon Palace, his natal dharma treasure was confiscated.
Hao Ren lacked an appropriate weapon to fight against Wang Xi. While watching the battle, Premier Xia suddenly remembered that this golden spear was in his storage ring and thus passed it to Zhao Yanzi.
Hao Ren breathed heavily as he held the end of the spear and used it to fight.
The tip of the spear was extremely sharp, and it was being used by Hao Ren effectively, giving Wang Xi a hard time to approach Hao Ren.
The Coiled Dragon Golden Spear had incredible powers and was a great treasure. It allowed smooth passage of nature essence. The materials that were used in the Coiled Dragon Golden Spear even exceeded that of Su Han’s White Jade Sword in terms of quality.
Dang! Dang!
The golden spear and the black sword kept colliding with each other, creating a ton of sparks due to friction.
While Hao Ren used sufficient nature essence to fight against Wang Xi, Zeng Yitao who still had connections with his natal dharma treasure was suffering from the pain of Hao Ren’s battle.
Hao Ren used Zeng Yitao’s natal dharma treasure to fight against a Xun-level cultivator. Each time the Coiled Dragon Golden Spear was damaged, Zeng Yitao’s physical body and mental mind would both be hurt even though he was far away. It was killing him!
Piercing, thrusting, pounding, twirling, circling, pointing, pulling, pushing… The soldiers at the East Ocean Dragon Palace used long spears. Hao Ren saw their training many times, and the fundamental boxing technique and the fundamental spear technique were from the same branch of techniques. Therefore, Hao Ren was able to increase his confidence in battle, and he fought more and more fiercely!
Spear was the king of cold weapons!
Wang Xi knew he couldn’t win within a short amount of time and was agitated. He wanted to reserve his nature essence for later battles, but he infused his Xun-level nature essence into the black sword and pierced it at Hao Ren after losing his cool.
The impact of the collision of nature essences made Hao Ren’s dragon core vibrate.
Pa, pa, pa… A few openings were forcefully unblocked in this extreme situation.
“I don’t believe I can’t defeat you!” Wang Xi thought that there was no way he can take the humiliation of being defeated by a Gen-level cultivator. He continued to use more power, and the yellow light around his sword became even brighter.
Dang! Sparks flew all over the place.
Hao Ren backed off three steps. However, another three openings were unblocked.
He finally understood what it meant to level up and get stronger during battle.
Hao Ren felt like his entire body was burning. The new openings needed more nature essence to nurture them.
Dang, dang, dang… The sword and spear collided with each other even faster.
“I’ll see how long you can hold off!” Wang Xi was like a mad dog as he attacked Hao Ren ferociously. Wang Xi’s black sword was unharmed, but Hao Ren’s golden spear had strips of scratches on it.
As Hao Ren backed off and withstood Wang Xi’s attacks, he had reached 152 openings!
That was close to mid-tier Gen-level.
In the midst of this tense battle, Hao Ren was both anxious and thrilled.
Even though he could be defeated at any moment, his strength was increasing every second.
“Hao Ren’s nature essence is overflowing. He should have surpassed Gen-level, right?” Outside the arena, Zhao Hongyu turned to Zhao Guang and asked.
“He is practicing the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll which is different from normal techniques. The amount of nature essence that he stores in his body far exceeds any normal cultivator at his level,” Zhao Guang explained.
Ever since Zhao Guang found out that Hao Ren’s technique was unique and powerful, he transferred the training scroll to the purple-grade level, which was the highest level in the Profound Cultivation Palace. He didn’t want other cultivators to have easy access to it.
Dang!
It was another fierce attack. The impact sent Hao Ren backing for five steps, and he tightly squeezed the golden spear that had scratches all over it.
“Little White!” Hao Ren shouted.
“Roar!”
Little White flew over and lifted Hao Ren with colorful flames under its paws.
“Go!” Hao Ren pointed the spear at Wang Xi.
“Auh!” Little White gave out a weird and excited roar. Without hesitation, it dashed toward Wang Xi violently.
Dang!
Hao Ren pierced fiercely with the golden spear, and Wang Xi was only able to defend himself in time. However, he was lifted and thrown to the back as a result.
Boom! Wang Xi’s entire body emitted a golden yellow light. He firmly stood his ground in the arena and stopped himself from going anywhere.
Hao Ren swung the golden spear as Little White charged to the other side of the arena where Wang Xi was.
Hao Ren was charging toward Wang Xi from the sky, and impact under the boost of Little White’s speed was far from just ‘terrifying’.
Wang Xi finally was forced dodge instead of defending, and he quickly rolled to his right to escape the attack.
Boom!
The golden spear made a massive hole in the floor of the arena!
Hao Ren pulled the spear out from the big hole that it had created. He then looked at Wang Xi with a much calmer expression.
Little White’s claws released a colorful light while its legs were golden, and its body was white. It looked extremely cool.
Hao Ren was riding on the back of this level 2 snow lion, and he looked even more dashing
Suddenly, he used his long spear to pierce!
As Little White moved forward, Hao Ren’s golden spear once again pierced ahead.
“Dang!”
A loud noise echoed through the arena. The golden spear put a long scratch that was lit bright-red like fire on the black sword.
With the movement of the spear, it glided right toward Wang Xi’s throat.
Hao Ren shook his wrist, and Wang Xi was quickly pushed more than ten meters away by the powerful impact.
Hao Ren and Little White were like great partners that could read each other’s minds. In the battle between Hao Ren and Wang Xi, Hao Ren was like a cavalier, and Wang Xi was like a foot soldier. Hao Ren was in the advantage!
Wang Xi clenched his teeth. He knew he couldn’t overpower Hao Ren with the strongest flight dharma treasure since th
e snow lion was too fast.
The cultivators around them all knew that Hao Ren could target Wang Xi’s throat in the last attack, but Hao Ren showed mercy!
The even stronger cultivators were able to tell that Wang Xi had little remaining nature essence left at this point since the black sword was powerful but also consumed a large amount of energy.
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Little White landed in the arena. With flames around its paws, it left burnt marks on the white stone floor as it ran.
After transforming into its snow lion, Little White weighed over 200 kilograms. Yet, it was able to run like lightning!
Dang! Dang! Dang!
Hao Ren thrust forward three times in a row.
Wang Xi held his sword tightly, but his wrist was almost broken. Then, his hand finally let go of his black sword.
Hao Ren stepped onto Little White’s back and leaped forward, grabbing onto the black sword.
The vast power of ancient times immediately rushed inside Hao Ren’s mind.
Buzz… The black sword resonated.
“Let me try!” Hao Ren stabbed the golden spear into the ground and took the sword before striking forward with it.
Boom! The black sword let out three times the power compared to when Wang Xi was using it.
A mark that was more than 20 meters long was left on the arena.
“How is this possible?” Wang Xi was shocked.
Hao Ren was only at Gen-level but was able to use the black sword better than him, a Xun-level cultivator.
He didn’t know that the black sword was a primitive ancient dharma treasure. The Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll made Hao Ren cultivate all five elemental essences, and the combination of the five-elemental essences was the hundun energy. It was a power that was best suited for the black sword!
Not only was Wang Xi shocked, but all the cultivators around the arena were speechless.
Hao Ren’s clothes were torn, and he had blood dripping from his body. However, when he took the black sword that was crooked and dented, he looked like an ancient god!
Tink!
When Hao Ren wasn’t paying attention, Wang Xi took advantage of this time and rolled over to the golden spear before pulling it out.
Dang! Wang Xi used all his remaining nature essence and aimed the spear at Hao Ren.