NOVEL WEB Chapter 55: Unshackled
Yi Longhu unlocked the door with a massive key. More than ten thousand copies of manuscripts and records of the sect’s history were stored within the room. Yi Longhu took out a manuscript from a small chest that was kept within the deepest part of the room and gave it to Leng San.
“There’s only one night left. This is just a glimmer of hope, but I hope that you could make use of it during tomorrow’s match.” Yi Longhu gently tapped on Leng San’s shoulder.
“Thank you, my lord, I will not let you down,” Leng San stored the manuscript within his shirt. Both of them left the secret room afterwards.
Leng San read the manuscript at the sect’s usual training ground. The technique within this manuscript is called Emperor’s Qi Sword. It was a high-level technique of the Soaring Dragon Sect, developed by its founder, Master Leng Jizhong, who had been a former member of the Leng Clan.
At first, the boy was confident that he would be able to extract fifty percent of the technique with the half he had. But once he read the manuscript, he was completely wrong as the half he had in his hands was the latter part of the manuscript!! This meant that he had to figure out the initial qi circulation for this technique by himself!!
Puzzled, Leng San scratched his head helplessly. He tried out various qi circulation methods of the Leng Clan and the Soaring Sword Sect, but they weren’t close to this technique’s characteristics at all.
“This is hard!! This technique is as powerful as the Raging God’s Sky Breaker. Or do I need to circulate qi in a special way in order to create a qi sword,” Leng San shook his head and sighed.
“Silly kid!! This technique is equally as powerful as the Devas’ technique. If so, why don’t you think this is one of the Devas’ techniques?” Freya’s voice perked up, feeling quite amused.
Leng San knitted his brows and closed his eyes to circulate qi again. After a short while, a golden qi sword appeared in front of him.
“You’re right!! The qi circulation part is identical to the Devas’ technique!!”
It turned out to be true according to Freya’s speculation. In the past, one of Leng Jizhong’s acquaintances was a Deva, who taught him a special way of qi circulation which was used as the basis of this technique. But teaching a Devas’ technique to other beings was against the rules of the Devas. So, Leng Jizhong tore and burned the first half of the manuscript to prevent it from causing trouble to his ally. Thus, no successor of this technique existed until today...
Leng San’s eyes shone bright. This technique was very powerful. Raging God’s Sky Breaker accumulated bursts of qi from the whole body into one spot to create a powerful impact. Similarly, the Emperor's Qi Sword would refine a user’s qi throughout the body and compress it into a sharp and penetrative force...
On the next day, more than half of the population of the Indigo Cloud City came to watch the final rounds. The news of Zhu Yuanfan and the pathetic condition of Li Yang became the talk of the town, attracting a massive amount of audiences!!
The third round, with sixteen participants, proceeded according to schedule. Leng San and Zhu Yuanfan had automatically advanced to the quarterfinals, leaving six qualifiers.
Dong San from the Shining Dawn Sect.
Xiaolin Zhang from the Xiaolin Sect.
Yi Longwang from the Soaring Sword Sect.
Fang Mu from the Glowing Moon Sect.
Ao Ping from the Golden Qi Village.
and Guan Sangtian from the Deluge Sect.
The quarterfinals then started immediately...
“Ma Chen of the Soaring Sword Sect and Zhu Yuanfan of the Fire Fortress Sect, please step onto the stage,” the referee announced the names of the two.
Leng San gracefully stepped onto the stage while charming the audience with his alluring gaze. The ladies of the Indigo Cloud City were mesmerized by Ma Chen’s good looks.
Followed by Zhu Yuanfan, who walked up to the stage, smiling. As he traveled from a secluded valley, being out in the world pleased him greatly.
Both of them cupped their hands and humbly bowed to each other.
“I hope that Master Zhu Yuanfan would go easy on me,” Leng San grinned slightly.
“Hahaha, Master Ma Chen, you’re too humble. I am just a traveler from a rural area, there’s no need to call me master,” Zhu Yuanfan’s face beamed.
“The match will start now,” the referee announced.
Leng San used the light-body technique of the Soaring Sword Sect to close the gap and fisted Zhu Yuanfan tens of times. Zhu Yuanfan had a hard time blocking Leng San’s attacks. Leng San demonstrated to his opponent that his speed was vastly superior to the disciples of the Xiaolin Sect.
Zhu Yuanfan knitted his brows immediately. At first, he thought that no one in this Indigo Cloud City would be able to match his power as the northern region was generally considered to be weaker to the southern, eastern, and western regions, substantially.
As the northern region was connected to the ocean, they weren’t involved in intercontinental struggles!! Unlike the southern region that was connected to the Vermilion Bird Continent, where there were ongoing conflicts. The eastern region was next to the Azure Dragon Continent and the western region shared their border with the White Tiger Continent. Thus, on average, the skills of each sect were much higher than in the northern region.
And due to this reason, Zhu Yuanfan who was the little master of one of the top institutes within the southern region had been looking down at the sects within the northern region. However, after receiving a few of Leng San’s attacks, he realized that he had severely underestimated his opponent!!
Wham!!
Leng San punched Zhu Yuanfan’s face with his right fist. Zhu Yuanfan had to retreat half a step. His smiling face withered at once.
“I see, your small town punches are pretty good,” Leng San said, smirking.
“You!!” Zhu Yuanfan’s face twisted. Rage was brewing inside him. He always had the upper hand, but this time he was taken off his balance by a user of low-level indigo qi. It was unacceptable for the boy.
“You’re better than I expected. Perhaps, you are as good as the core disciples of my institute. Good!! I will show you how far off you are from defeating me!!” Zhu Yuanfan unsealed his energy. Blue aura gushed out from his body. The crowd was completely befuddled!!
“Eh!! That’s the second level blue qi.”
“Unbelievable!! He’s not even eighteen yet, but his qi is already at the blue stage.”
“Yi Longwang’s qi is only at the ninth level of the indigo stage.”
“This is the end!! The winner of this year’s Indigo Cloud City youth tournament will be snatched by some outsider.”
Even Xuanwu Jincan, the head referee of the tournament, stood up from his seat.
“That’s insane. This boy’s qi reached the blue stage at such a young age. It’s a very rare occurrence even in the capital city!!”
Zhu Yuanfan held his head high and looked down on Leng San. But Leng San clapped his hands and laughed!!
Clap! Clap! Clap!
“Haha, and I thought that you weren’t going to reveal your true power to fight with me. Or else this fight would cease to be entertaining.”
Zhu Yuanfan frowned as he pointed his finger at Leng San’s face.
“Don’t act as if you knew that I concealed my qi!!”
Leng San’s smile disappeared. One of the things he hated the most was having someone point at his face!!
“Your concealment was just too sloppy. I’d still know even if I closed my eyes. You said that you’re going to show me the difference between our powers. But I just can’t see much difference.”
“Bullshit!! How is it not different from your trashy low-level indigo qi?” Zhu Yuanfan’s anger was almost at its limit. He was the young master of a top institute. There was no way he could remain calm after being provoked again and again.
“Well, if that’s the case, look at this!!”
Leng San unsealed his power. The blue aura that was denser than Zhu Yuanfan’s was taking over the area with a massive pressure that gushed out continuously!!
“Th...third level blue qi!!”
“What!! Ma Chen’s qi is also at the blue stage and one level higher than Zhu Yuanfan’s.”
The audience buzzed like bees. They didn’t even dare to blink as they might miss an important scene!!