Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 275 - 65 Counter Current [Request for Monthly Tickets!] _1

Chapter 275: Chapter 65 Counter Current [Request for Monthly Tickets!] _1

"Jiangjiang!"

For a moment, countless gasps of shock echoed throughout the field, every heart in the arena clenched with worry for Jiang Yuebai!

As soon as Ling Ao deliberately chose to battle with a sword in hand, thereby drawing on Dragon Blood, the Elder Sun’s eyes flashed with surprise, "The Divine Dragon Blood Burning Technique?"

This was a secret magic created by the Dragon Race, burning spirituality in blood to temporarily boost strength. Yet each performance of this technique would plunge the user into severe frailty afterwards.

By resorting to this method, Ling Ao clearly wanted to swiftly conclude the match!

"Hiss." God Huang’s expression changed from bright to dark, "This young man is full of fighting spirit. Compared to him, Jiangjiang seems too calm, which could place her at a disadvantage in a fight. She isn’t planning to lose, is she?"

However, even as he said this, the situation in the field suddenly shifted again!

At this point, Ling Ao had already stabbed Jiang Yuebai.

Yet the moment his sword struck, metaphorically hitting everyone’s heart, Jiang Yuebai’s body suddenly shattered with a smack―

Turning into a flurry of shattered ice.

It was an Ice Avatar!

The arena should not normally contain ice, yet Jiang Yuebai’s continuous casting, although brief, had already turned the stage into a frosty world.

This was no wasteful action.

In such an environment, people’s movements would be severely restrained, which was why Ling Ao sought to quicken the duel by using his blood-burning technique!

However, Jiang Yuebai had mastery of numerous techniques, and was highly skilled in each.

This Ice Avatar was so flawlessly created, it was nearly seamless.

But the stage was only so big. If her true body was not here, then when and where had it gone?

Ling Ao briefly cast his gaze skyward, then stamped forcefully on the ground!

Boom ―

The thick ice covering the ground crumbled and shattered at his command!

Above? Below!

As the ice layer shattered, Jiang Yuebai’s figure emerged from the other side of the stage, her white clothes still bright.

Earth Escape Technique!

The material used to construct the stage was incredibly resilient, further buttressed by various formations. Although intended to make the stage sturdy and not affect the flow of matches,

This invisibly limited the implementation of some divine skills.

Take, for example, the Earth Escape Technique. If the ground was soft soil, it would be easy to dive into, but attempting to pierce into the solid stage would be difficult.

That was why Jiang Yuebai had been continuously invading the stage with frost spirit energy. Apart from slowing down Ling Ao’s pace, it was because once the ground was layered with thick ice, she could freely traverse it!

She had been setting up all along!

Ling Ao’s reaction was not slow, and he instantly grasped her intentions. And yet, he had still lost a significant amount of time to Jiang Yuebai’s plays, and the distance between them had once again become the full length of the stage.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yuebai, who had just shown herself, was already gripping a sword technique. The audience was puzzled, seeing as there was no sword in her hand at this moment.

The next second, everyone understood.

Crack crack crack ...

A large spirit energy sword instantly formed in front of her, a sword that she had condensed from frost. Despite being formed on the spot, the sword held a tremendous amount of spiritual energy and did not shatter.

It should be known that such spur-of-the-moment swords are usually fragile and typically can’t be employed in sword techniques like an actual flying sword.

The reason Jiang Yuebai could do this was due to her masterful control of true Qi and spiritual energy, which allowed her to perfectly control all these factors.

Heavenly Sword Technique!

The ice sword spanned the sky, surrounded itself with a massive sword aura, and rose into the air!

At this moment, Jiang Yuebai did not conceal her cultivation any longer. Instead, she released all her cultivation, making everyone in the field feel it.

Fifth Stage!

In this annual Shu Mountain Peak Conference, there was not only Xu Ziyang who reached the Fifth Stage, but Jiang Yuebai had also reached this level!

This was an unexpected revelation for everyone.

The powerful sword aura from a full-powered swing of a Fifth Stage sword bore down. In comparison, Ling Ao’s figure seemed so insignificant.

It seemed that he had completely no room for resistance!

...

"A Fifth Stage against a Third Stage, the gap is way too large," Elder Sun noted.

"However, Ling Ao should not be underestimated. Instead of treating him as a Third Stage Cultivator, consider him a Fifth Stage Martial Artist. Despite lacking a deep foundation in martial arts, the physical state he achieves when he employs the blood-burning technique is not inferior at all," Elder Huang stated.

"Do you think he has a chance then?" Elder Sun asked again.

"Of course not," Elder Huang laughed, "If Jiangjiang had not reached the Fifth Stage, it would have been a different story. But since she also concealed her strength, what can Ling Ao use to win? The Immortal Spirit Body is a mystery that only deepens as one ascends through the stages."

As soon as the words fell, the situation on the field changed dramatically once more.

In fact, for cultivators of their calibre, Jiang Yuebai’s act of concealing her cultivation was not hard to see through. All one needed to do was lock on with their divine sense and take a closer look to potentially discover it.

However, that would be somewhat impolite, and none of the mighty cultivators on Shu Mountain would do that. Even if they discovered it, they would not say anything, which allowed her to hide until now.

While Ling Ao had not expected her stage to be so high, he wasn’t afraid when he finally saw it. After all, Xu Ziyang was also in the Fifth Stage, and he had previously considered defeating him too.

What was the difference?

The enormous Heavenly Sword Technique that Jiang Yuebai had launched from afar was now stirring the wind, causing Ling Ao’s hair to flutter, revealing his eyes, full of fighting spirit.

Not only did he show no fear, but he was even more excited!

All saw him drop Jiang Yuebai’s flying sword and withdraw a magic artifact with his other hand. It was a palm-length, chalky sword tooth, full of breaks and gaps.

This was the first time Ling Ao pulled out a magic artifact he had brought onto the stage. As she watched, he flexed his right arm and used this tooth to slice across his own wrist!

Hiss.

Blood burst out. Not a drop was wasted. All was absorbed by the tooth, which thereafter shone with a blue and golden radiance mixed together.

"Roar–"

A resonating dragon chant suddenly echoed across the field.

A shadowy silhouette emerged from the Dragon Tooth, stretching across the sky above Ling Ao’s head, its eyes filled with chaos and aggression.

It was a Dragon Clan War Spirit!

Though it appeared to be just a remnant spirit, under the support of the powerful spirituality of dragon blood, it might be able to restore part of its power from its previous life in a short time!

The immense pressure from this remnant spirit was terrifying, causing everyone present to experience a sense of suffocation.

"Go!"

Ling Ao waved his hand, his body shooting forward, commanding the Dragon Soul above him as well!

The giant Dragon Soul approached at a higher speed than he did, colliding with Jiang Yuebai’s Heavenly Sword Technique, and it was as if thunder had met fire!

Boom boom boom–

The giant sword slashed at the giant dragon. The collision created a booming sound. The power of the Dragon Soul was too strong; it crushed the Heavenly Sword Technique which was about to break!

Even as Jiang Yuebai sustained the Heavenly Sword with the sword technique, Ling Ao had already come close. Without stopping him, the whole stage was just a blink of an eye away.

An extremely scorching flame engulfed everything, his blood boiling hot enough to pierce through metal and stone. Ling Ao’s face was hideously mad amidst the blood-red scene!

The distance between the two of them was less than ten steps away in a blink of an eye!

...

"An Ancient Dragon Tooth?" Elder Chuan Jian softly exclaimed from the spectators’ stage, "So he was the one who bought it."

"What kind of magic artifact is that?" Elder Huang asked anxiously, "It just looks like a broken tooth, how can it carry such an enormous dragon soul?"

"That was found by the disciples of Shu Mountain years ago inside the Ancient Dragon Nest. It is indeed quite peculiar. A powerful remnant spirit resides inside that broken tooth, but that spirit can only be activated with dragon blood or the blood of a Dragonkin. The power it emits is proportional to the strength of the spirituality in the blood, so regular people cannot use it. It was left in our Chuan Jian Hall, until it was recently bought by someone, it should have been Ling Ao who got some opportunity regarding the Real Dragon that took it to enhance his strength," Elder Chuan Jian explained.

If it was just a simple call to the war spirit, like the Old Fei in Chu Liang’s bottle, it would certainly not be allowed on stage. However, this kind of summoning that uses one’s own cultivation or blood as a base is elegible, as it is fundamentally still based on one’s personal strength.

"It’s good that he took it, this thing can’t be used by others, but it is quite powerful in his hands," Elder Sun nodded his head and said, "but this puts Jiang Yuebai in danger. Ling Ao used Burning Blood first and then summoned the Dragon Soul. It’s certain that he can’t hold on for long and will soon collapse. But his simultaneous attack with the Dragon Soul is indeed very powerful. Can Jiang Yuebai withstand that?"

"It’s over... it’s over..." Elder Huang frowned once again, "Jiang Jiang seems like she can’t take it anymore!"

As he said that, the situation on the field was as ominous as a dark cloud pressing down on a city.

The Dragon Soul in mid-air seemed about to smash Jiang Yuebai’s Sword Aura to pieces, and Ling Ao himself had already arrived near Jiang Yuebai, swinging a formidable punch with a gust of wind!

Even from ten feet away, Jiang Yuebai could already feel the burning sensation from the circling flames.

Finally, she displayed some emotional changes for the first time.

Jiang Yuebai frowned slightly.

Her hands, which had been holding the sword technique, suddenly turned and gave up on controlling the Heavenly Sword Technique. Instead, they started to perform a new Divine Skill.

With the Dragon Soul pressing down from above and the mighty coming from the ground, everyone was sweating cold for Jiang Yuebai. Faced with this enormous shadow formed around her, after Jiang Yuebai changed her hand seals, she performed a simple action.

She gently pointed a finger at Ling Ao.

Bang.

Something seemed to be rotating in the void.

Ling Ao’s imposing body, which was arrogant a second ago, suddenly, without any warning, fell to the ground. He supported himself with both arms and knelt in front of Jiang Yuebai.

The entire set of movements was so coherent that he seemed as if he had always intended to come and give Jiang Yuebai a big gift.

As for the Dragon Soul in mid-air, before it could even let out a dragon chant, it abruptly disappeared, transformed back into a wisp of blue smoke and returned inside the Ancient Dragon Tooth.

"Heh–" Ling Ao took a laboured breath but couldn’t stand up no matter what.

What happened?

Feeling the sudden weakness, confusion filled his heart. He was not surprised by this feeling of weakness as he felt this after every Burning Blood session.

But based on his previous practice, it would usually take at least a quarter of an hour before this happened.

Why did it suddenly come?

He tried to lift up his head. His sweat made his hair stick together and cover his eyes; he could barely see Jiang Yuebai’s blurry skirt as she turned and walked away.

He could not see clearly, nor understand.

She had defeated him with just one move. How did she do it?

...

"This is... Counter Current!" Elder Sun exclaimed, "Yes, that Immortal Law!"

Immortal Law, Counter Current.

It can alter the flow of time in a person’s body, briefly allowing time to revert or accelerate.

"The Dao of Time is elusive, this can be considered one of the hardest Immortal Laws to master. Has she mastered it?" Elder Huang asked in surprise.

There are differences among Immortal Laws, some Daos are incredibly mysterious and hard to comprehend, while some are relatively simple. Like the Shrinkage that Jiang Yuebai taught Chu Liang, which is usually considered the "first Immortal Law for young people", is one of the easiest Immortal Laws to cultivate.

But the caliber of Counter Current is entirely different.

"Although Counter Current is difficult, it rarely defeats the enemy in one move. It is usually used in battles to return to one’s peak state," Elder Sun explained, "But she reversed its usage and applied it to her enemy and accelerated the flow of time. This move exactly counters Ling Ao’s Burning Blood Divine Skill. It’s brilliant!"

"If she didn’t possess Counter Current, her situation would have been quite dangerous back then. Coincidentally, she mastered this Immortal Law and managed to turn the tables with one move. Indeed, it is quite lucky," Elder Huang also let out a sigh of relief.

The young disciples usually only master a few Immortal Laws. It was really good luck for Jiang Yuebai to have one that could subdue Ling Ao.

He really thought that Jiang Yuebai was in danger.

"Lucky?" Elder Sun looked profound and suddenly said, "Could it be possible that she has cultivated many Immortal Laws, and only chose the most suitable one?"