Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 232 - 164 The True Dragon Before Leaping Through the Dragon Gate

Chapter 232: Chapter 164 The True Dragon Before Leaping Through the Dragon Gate

Dragons clashed and tigers battled, dark clouds densely packed the skies for fifty miles around, the aftershocks of the magic duel trembled for a hundred miles.

Should they have left Immortal Land, the power of the two would have surged greatly, a hundredfold increase, effortlessly moving mountains and filling seas.

A hundred-zhang White Tiger lay prone, its mouth biting on a narrow blade resembling a peacock plume, streams of air swirling around it, its four feet gathering wild winds.

With one strike, the hurricane swept across tens of miles, blowing the clouds in the sky askew, accumulating into a wall in the heavens.

Seventh Level Dao Foundation.

On the other side, Ao Heng transformed into his dharma form, turning into an Azure Dragon a thousand zhang in size, its massive body covered in spots of charred scales, the worst areas even exposed flesh.

Through Jun Yan, no one could detect the divine thoughts, Gu Wen clearly saw the duel between the top talents of the Devil Clan, feeling the difference in the magic skills used by the Human Race.

The Devil Clan’s power emphasized strength, the power of the body, the power of Innate Divine Ability, even the power of some special bloodlines. First, they compared their lineage, and then their cultivation and skills.

Both the Dragon and the White Tiger were from among the highest-tiers of the Devil Clan, called the Four Symbols, akin to the Three Religions among the Human Race; many clans of devils more or less attached themselves to one of these Four Symbols.

Such that his strength was somewhat compromised, thus he traded blows equally with the White Tiger.

Scales and fur, these were the main defenses of the Devil Clan. Similar to the Magic Treasures that Human cultivators possessed for protecting their lives, this was also why Gu Wen could seldom kill an enemy with a single strike.

If everyone were to defend and dodge, it wouldn’t be a problem for Gu Wen to strike down an enemy three levels above himself.

"It’s our Daoist Sect’s Five Thunders Skill," Ao Tang exclaimed in surprise, "Did this kid recently duel with a Daoist child of our sect, hence he got injured?"

The Orthodox Five Thunders, one of the top Divine Skills within the Sanqing Taoist Sect.

Only Yu Hua and the Three Pure Daoist child teams had entered Immortal Land from the younger generation of the Daoist Sect; ideally, someone from Taiqing Sect would have come, but unfortunately, this generation lacked a solid leader.

Last generation it was the Yuqing Sect with no one; this time it was the Taiqing Sect, conversely, every generation in the Upper Pure Sect produced prodigies.

"It must be that female Daoist child; I guess she’s somewhere in Nanshui."

Gu Wen stroked his chin, pondering. The situation would be much better with one more ally.

Three of them facing one each, and the female Daoist child sharing one, avoiding a two against one situation.

Considering how clever the opponent was to approach him, they should clearly understand the difference between sending charcoal in snowy weather and adding flowers to the brocade, so if their mind was clear, they should appear soon.

"Jun Yan, can you locate her?"

"I’ll try."

Jun Yan extended his divine thoughts outward, instantly stretching dozens of miles, such a wide-ranging search caused no ripple, and the Devil Clan’s top talents miles away remained completely unaware.

This was a terrifying ability, all struggles fundamentally boiled down to power and knowledge.

Strength was the basis for inflicting damage on the enemy, intelligence was the reliance for effectively striking the enemy.

If it wasn’t for needing to get the Earth Core Crystal, Gu Wen might have already fled, how could he think of going head-to-head with these top talents of the Devil Clan. One day, when his practice reached the Eighth Level Dao Foundation, this so-called first talent of the Devil Clan seeing him and not kneeling to speak would just wait for their family to collect their corpse.

Gu Wen suppressed his scattered thoughts, turned, and transmitted to Chi Yu Zi, "Can you handle two later?"

"I can with Xuanpin Tongshen, I trust your decision this time."

Chi Yu Zi nodded her answer; now that she had restored most of her soul, her strength had reached the Seventh Level fulfilled.

Adding the indestructible Taoist Body’s defensive power, handling enemies two levels higher wasn’t a problem. If not seeking to kill but merely to delay, she could handle enemies three levels higher.

However, unlike Gu Wen who maximized attack, Chi Yu Zi couldn’t achieve victory through delay.

Gu Wen frowned silently, Chi Yu Zi with a smile said, "As long as I cultivate the Indestructible Taoist Body and fully restore myself, becoming a Demi Immortal will bring back my senses."

"Do what you think is best, but only use it if I say."

Gu Wen wasn’t optimistic, in his view, Chi Yu Zi was slowly dying, just crawling from one pit to another not so deep one.

From a deficit in Divine Soul to a deficit in the body.

Today losing touch, tomorrow losing hearing, the day after tomorrow losing sight.

But Chi Yu Zi had no choice, and Gu Wen couldn’t lecture her on it. The only help he could offer was to make the most out of a bad situation.

Best to preserve hearing and sight, at least not to be disabled.

Optimism wasn’t wrong, but Gu Wen was more cautious about loss. What if being a Demi Immortal didn’t heal her?

Chi Yu Zi’s forcefully maintained smile slowly collapsed, she slightly nodded and said, "I’ll listen to you."

"Remember, if I don’t let you use it, don’t."

A quarter hour later, Jun Yan came back to his senses, saying, "I’ve detected many unusual auras, but to keep it safe, I can’t confirm exactly who they all are."

"Do you want to bet that the Daoist child is among them?"

"Do we have a choice?"

Gu Wen’s Immortal Sword and scabbard on his back trembled slightly, the shattered image of the Immortal Sword instantly formed in his hand.

He couldn’t use the Immortal Sword continuously without intervals, as his Eighth Transition Golden Core mana also required a minute’s gap, but it didn’t mean a pre-cultivated Immortal Sword wouldn’t work.

The scabbard’s greatest use was to enhance power and store the Immortal Sword, using the scabbard Gu Wen could achieve a slash with two Immortal Sword strikes, thus reaching power far beyond his level.

This was how he accomplished striking down an enemy three levels higher.

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After a bout of dueling, the Saint Heir of the White Tiger Clan, Bai Lan, finally affirmed that his opponent was injured, otherwise he wouldn’t have contended with him.