Family Cultivation: I Farm and Raise Fish under the Sea

Lu Li instantly rose to his feet, leaping up and flying onto the battling platform.

A gentle breeze passed by, fluttering his white Daoist robe and making him appear quite carefree.

Chen Tianqi also made a show of casually flying onto the platform, standing opposite Lu Li.

As soon as the two men reached the stage, the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, and the atmosphere became somewhat tense.

"Buzz..."

With the activation of the array, the duel officially began.

Lu Li circulated his mana and drew forth the Aminokaze and the Green Origin Cauldron, his momentum forcefully pressing toward his opponent.

Chen Tianqi was not to be outdone, he also summoned his magic artifact, and without making a move, his aura rolled towards Lu Li with equal crushing force.

The two forces collided fiercely, raising gales in the air that whipped their robes into a fierce rustling sound.

Lu Li displayed a Qi Cultivation prowess of eighty percent, roughly on par with his opponent.

However, this man was much older.

Before long, the momentum of both had peaked, and the air was increasingly thick with the scent of gunpowder.

The two men were at each other's throats, and a major battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Lu Li did not want to wait any longer and made his move directly.

It was an earth-shattering start.

"Slash!"

A sword beam as sharp as could be transformed into a dragon, swiftly slashing towards his opponent.

With an unmatched fierce momentum carrying the utmost killing intent, the energy surrounding the sword seemed to tear through the void.

It reached above Chen Tianqi's head in an instant.

He used only a portion of his mana for this strike, and due to the Aminokaze being refined to the limit, it appeared quite extraordinary.

Chen Tianqi felt the astonishing presence on the Flying Sword, and his heart tightened.

He too circulated all his mana, and as the Flying Sword's Sword Qi breathed in and out, it transformed into a long rainbow that met the approaching Aminokaze.

"Boom..."

A violent collision sounded, with chaotic mana splashing wildly around.

It struck the Array Light Screen surrounding them, raising wave after wave.

At the very first contact, Chen Tianqi's Flying Sword was fiercely knocked back several meters.

A massive impact traveled through the sword.

Chen Tianqi felt some difficulty breathing in his chest.

"This man is strong!"

Waves surged in his heart; just one probing exchange made him feel an overwhelming sense of inability to cope.

"Could it be that this man is the trump card Lu the old ghost had prepared?"

Two days ago, although the opponent's strength had amazed him, after today's exchange, he knew the depth of it.

Chen Tianqi cursed the cultivators of the Lin and Wang families in his heart; when he had messaged them the day before, they had kept silent.

Below the platform, Lin Hui and Wang Chi smiled coldly, seeming a bit schadenfreude.

They had felt from the beginning of the exchange that this person was extremely difficult to deal with.

Now it was Chen Tianqi's turn to truly feel it.

If Chen Tianqi put on a good show, wouldn't it make both of them lose face?

At this time, a shadow loomed over the faces of the Chen Family members.

Chen Mo and Chen Wuluo's expressions turned somewhat ugly.

"Could it be that something unexpected will happen this time?"

But then thinking of their own Qi Cultivation tenth level spirit beast gave them considerable confidence.

Comparatively, the Lu Family members, seeing Lu Li gaining the upper hand, all had smiles on their faces.

Even Third Aunt Lu Yuting showed a rare hint of approval.

"It's no wonder the old ancestor valued this young man so highly."

While the crowd below had divergent thoughts, the platform above underwent yet another change.

Lu Li's lips curved into a faint smile, having gained insight into his opponent after a probing strike.

No longer holding back, he began to circulate mana to stimulate the Flying Sword once again.

One saw multiple sword shadows forming around the Aminokaze, quickly turning into more than a dozen sword beams as solid as reality.

The sword shadows swiftly connected with the Flying Sword, creating a huge sword force that instantly enveloped Chen Tianqi.

Fine Sword Qi, emanating a destructive aura, weaved between the sword shadows and the sword itself, sketching a beautiful and misty picture of deadly elegance.

Endless killing intent wove and overlapped within the Array, growing stronger and more fierce.

"Sword Array!"

Chen Tianqi's face instantly filled with terror, his complexion turning somewhat pale.

Enveloped within the Sword Array, the extremely sharp Sword Qi whirled about, sending chills through his entire body.

In a panic, he hurriedly sacrificed his Defensive Magical Artifact, holding it above his head.

The earthen-yellow cauldron emitted a radiant and precious light.

Even so, it did little to enhance his sense of security.

This person had actually mastered a Sword Array, and feared it had even reached the minor accomplishment stage.

Lu Li manipulated the Sword Array to attack the opponent's Defensive Magical Artifact.

"Zsst..."

The sharp Sword Qi frenziedly sliced at the opponent's Magic Artifact's spirit light, like relentless waves of the sea.

In just the time it took to drink half a cup of tea, the Magic Artifact's spirit light had significantly dimmed.

Chen Tianqi felt the mana within his body rapidly depleting and grew very anxious.

"I must hold on! Only if I win this battle will I have a chance of achieving Foundation Establishment."

"Although his Sword Array is strong, it must consume an enormous amount of mana..."

He clenched his teeth, desperately supplying mana.

Clearly, his strategy was to outlast his opponent by draining his own reserve of mana.

Realizing he couldn't hold out much longer, he grew fierce and directly stimulated his Essence Blood to operate the Demon Prohibition Technique "Blood Fiend Transformation."

Suddenly, a massive surge of mana welled up within him.

With this mana, they both became entangled in a tense deadlock for a time.

Seeing this development, Lu Li smiled inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged. He clearly understood his opponent's thought process.

He wasn't in a hurry, calmly supplying mana to maintain the Sword Array while also squeezing out a few beads of sweat on his face.

In the arena, countless strands of Sword Qi rampaged wildly, like a fierce storm, engulfing Chen Tianqi within it.

A huge precious cauldron magic artifact hovered in the air, emitting a glowing light, flickering uncertainly as if it could extinguish at any moment.

Below the stage, the Chen Family members felt somewhat reassured seeing the stalemate.

Although unexpected, the individual from the Lu Family posed no significant threat, judging by the power displayed and only appeared slightly stronger than Chen Tianqi.

Chen Mo, seeing Chen Tianqi trigger the forbidden technique, wore a look of approval.

"Tianqi is quite decisive; he's a promising young seedling."

Cultivators from the Lin and Wang Families watched with a look of eager anticipation, their expressions tinged with surprise.

They had not expected the Lu Family to have kept a hand hidden.

Members of the Lu Family felt joy at the scene in the arena, but it was mixed with a hint of worry.

"I wonder if Brother Six has enough mana to defeat the opponent..."

Lu Qingqing and Lu Yuling watched the situation on stage with some concern.

Seeing the bloody hue on Chen Tianqi's face, it was clear he had used some sort of secret technique.

But Lu Yuting, beside them, smiled lightly, "Don't worry, that kid Lu Li has all sorts of tricks up his sleeve; he's probably well-prepared."

She had long known about the cultivation technique granted to Lu Li by their ancestor, a technique she also knew about, but as she wasn't of the Water Element spiritual root, it was not her fate to practice.

However, she had never heard of such vast mana that could be cultivated from this technique.

Listening to Third Aunt's words, Lu Yuling and Lu Qingqing's worries were somewhat alleviated.

At the same time, they were puzzled—could there be some secret they weren't aware of?

Time slowly passed.

The impasse on the stage persisted.

The endless Sword Qi, as if never ceasing, frantically sliced at the Magic Artifact, emitting a grating humming sound.

"Let's see how long you can last!"

Watching Lu Li struggling to maintain the Array, a touch of madness surged in Chen Tianqi's heart as his Essence Blood rapidly evaporated.

The robust mana inside him continuously surged forth, bolstering his confidence a little.

Lu Li, controlling the Sword Array, supplied mana at an even pace, while his face intentionally showed a touch of ashen pallor.

Yet his heart was brimming with glee.

For a moment, the two stood in a strange stalemate.

Violent Sword Qi recklessly splashed around the Array, rippling waves of radiant light.