Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 597 - 70 I’ll hit you again next time [Ask for Monthly Tickets!]_1

Chapter 597: Chapter 70 I’ll hit you again next time [Ask for Monthly Tickets!]_1

"This...seems to be the Tiger Breaking Technique of the Heavenly Gang Sect?"

From the among the crowd outside, those who were knowledgeable immediately recognized this as the unique secret art of the Heavenly Gang Sect, a highly sophisticated martial arts combat skill.

Disciples of the Shu Mountain typically do not delve deeply into martial arts, in fact, most Daoist disciples do not practice it. Even Body Cultivators tend to focus more on enhancing their physical body.

No matter how many fancy moves you’ve mastered, if I’m faster and stronger than you, my fist will always surpass yours.

This is indeed the basic logic of Body Cultivators.

However, just before the retreat for Mirror Sky Eight Diagrams, Chu Liang had a conversation with Ling Ao.

If the seventy days were to be used to delve deeper into Body Cultivation or elevate one’s realm, the benefits to Ling Ao’s combat capabilities wouldn’t be significant, as there are marginal effects in any part of cultivation.

As far as martial arts was concerned, Ling Ao had little prior exposure. Even though he had practiced some combat skills before, they were mostly in favor of increasing speed and strength, with little focus on combat techniques.

Having practiced the Brick Fighting technique, Chu Liang knew that in many cases, martial arts could provide significant leverage. Ling Ao hadn’t explored this much before, and if he were to delve into martial arts during this period, Chu Liang believed that the improvement in his abilities would be far greater than anything else.

To practice martial arts, appropriate scriptures are needed. There are many martial arts techniques stored in Shu Mountain, but it’s unclear which one would be most suitable.

At this time, Chu Liang displayed his top-tier connections.

He called Yun Chaoxian overnight, had a comprehensive assessment of Ling Ao’s physical qualities, and selected the most suitable martial arts technique for him.

The disciples of the Heavenly Gang Sect shared a brain as they had all their wisdom concentrated on martial arts. In this respect, Yun Chaoxian was undoubtedly a genius.

After assessing, he felt that Ling Ao’s speed, explosive power, and Divine Sense reaction were all top-notch, but his physique was not robust enough. He was suitable for practicing arts that focused on attacks, heavily prioritized dodging, and put less emphasis on defense.

Eventually, Yun Chaoxian left the Tiger Breaking Technique.

The Tiger Breaking technique emphasizes close range combat, small area mobility, and vicious and decisive attacks. It can be regarded as a major weapon in close combat.

And now, Ling Ao was showing the results of his seventy days of diligent practice in the Tiger Breaking Technique.

"Heh!"

While Qi Lin’er was dizzy, Ling Ao naturally wouldn’t give him a chance to catch his breath and counter-attacked.

His figure, like a lingering shadow, instantly approached Qi Lin’er. Qi Lin’er dodged and evaded, but Ling Ao pursued relentlessly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!—

Thanks to the spacious corridor, the two could chase each other around. After a short while, Qi Lin’er was eventually caught up by Ling Ao.

Slap.

He abruptly turned around to punch, but Ling Ao intercepted it with a knife-hand strike to his wrist, followed by a knee strike.

Bang—

This strike hit Qi Lin’er directly in the waist, smashing him into the corridor wall, and another punch!

Boom—

This punch, with the knuckles protruding, ruthlessly punched Qi Lin’er in the throat!

Any one of these hits would cause instant death if an ordinary person were to receive them, but his small and skinny frame managed to endure them all.

As Ling Ao prepared to take advantage while Qi Lin’er was down, Qi Lin’er suddenly opened his mouth and roared, "Roar—"

His roar echoed like a Divine Beast, dazzling light shining from his eyes!

Ling Ao was sent flying by this roar, his body smashing against the other side of the corridor wall!

"Cough... " Qi Lin’er landed, coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood, his voice hoarse, "Originally, I wanted to use this move to defeat Chu Liang. Since it’s come to this, I’ll use it to finish you off first..."

While speaking, his eyes transformed into vertical pupils, ignited into golden flames. Blue scales covered his skin, a horn begun to grow on his forehead, and his whole body quickly transformed into a dragon-like figure.

This is... Dragon Soul Possession!

Ling Ao had done extensive research on the Dragon Race’s secret arts, even more so than Chu Liang. He immediately recognized that this was a gift higher in rank than the Dragon Scale Heritage.

The Dragon Race has a strict hierarchy for giving strength: Dragon Blood, Dragon Breath, Dragon Soul... each with a clear hierarchy.

Among them, Dragon Blood imparted is more like enhancing a subordinate or a servant. A drop of Real Dragon essence blood is used to refine their body, giving a significant improvement in a short period of time, but with limited potential for further growth.

Dragon Breath given is towards juniors or disciples, delivering a dragon scale filled with Daoist Rite, which will grant them Dragon Breath. This doesn’t provide a strong improvement in a short time, but in the long run, it has the greatest potential and the highest limit. It is a form of true Dragon Heritage.

The Dragon Soul is even more precious as it weakens the True Dragon. Giving a part of a Dragon Soul to another, allowing them to possess the Dragon Soul, borrowing part of their own power when necessary. This is usually a protection provided by adult True Dragons to their offspring of the Dragon Race who have pure bloodlines, to prevent enemies from hunting their offspring.

In a sense, Dragon Blood is an enhancement, Dragon Breath is an inheritance, and Dragon Soul is a protection.

What Qi Lin’er initiated at the moment was the power protection of the Azure Dragon.

"Roar--" With his complete dragon transformation, his imposing demeanor has increased dramatically, and he let out an angry dragon roar into the sky.

Boom!

When he countered next, he did it with the sound of wind being broken, his body nearly teleporting, appearing in a flash right in front of Ling Ao.

Break, draw, hit.

Ling Ao silently chanted the key points of the Tiger Breaking Technique in his heart, but when his palm gripped the opponent’s fist, he felt an unshakeable force.

Boom——

His left hand blocked Qi Lin’er’s fist, yet he was still hit on his shoulder. His right elbow, in turn, hit Qi Lin’er squarely in the temple, causing the fire in his vertical pupils to flicker.

But with dragon scales covering every inch of his body, including every weak point, Qi Lin’er quickly turned his head after being hit.

Boom boom boom boom rumble——

When Ling Ao attempted to employ the Tiger Breaking Technique again, he was no longer able to inflict heavy damage on Qi Lin’er. Although he might only suffer a blow from Qi Lin’er for every three he delivered, the disparity between their physical strengths had now become huge. This disparity wasn’t something martial arts skills could make up for.

After a round of clashes, Qi Lin’er’s dragon scales were shattered, and his flames flickered, clearly having drained his energy, while Ling Ao had fallen to the ground, gasping for breath.

"You were strong enough to force out my Dragon Soul. You’re powerful," Qi Lin’er admitted, an admission that did not come easily. This forced him to give due recognition to the opponent in front of him.

With that, he turned and walked through the opened portal.

"Penglai Upper Sect’s Qi Lin’er defeats Shu Mountain’s Ling Ao!"

As the high-pitched announcement sounded, Qi Lin’er entered the next corridor and looked up to see the longtime rival he had been obsessing over.

"Chu Liang?" A brutal smile appeared on his face, which was covered in dragon scales. "Is that really you?"

Although he and Chu Liang had different starting positions and the probability of meeting in the first two rounds was small, there would inevitably be one more person after the second round, when there were five people in every direction and a fierce fight would likely ensue.

They had actually run into each other like this.

Ever since he was killed by Chu Liang’s palm strike the last time, Qi Lin’er had found it hard to let go. He felt he was taken by a dishonorable surprise attack before even activating his divine skill.

When had he ever experienced such humiliation in his life?

If he were to square off properly against Chu Liang, fighting a real fight with a real weapon, he definitely wouldn’t lose so disgracefully, nor would he be the laughingstock of the Immortal Sects.

That’s why he had been carrying a grudge, wanting revenge on Chu Liang in the Imperial City’s Battle.

The moment had actually come!

"I just defeated one of your fellow disciples. It seems I’m destined to climb to the top stepping over Shu Mountain this time. I hope I’ll run into Jiang Yuebai in the next round. If she agrees to be my wife, I’ll..."

While Qi Lin’er was still blabbering, Chu Liang had already pulled out his Dustless Sword.

He wasn’t against children, but he had to teach a lesson to this kind of bearskin kid who clearly lacked manners.

If once wasn’t enough, then twice it would be.

Last time, he had to rely on the Whale Swallowing Endless Pills to aid him in instantly killing Qi Lin’er’s physical body. This time, he had an intact Dao by his side. Once his sword was swung, a sword Qi swirling in the shape of a Flood Dragon was again dispersed!

Qi Lin’er was still speaking when he saw Chu Liang drawing his sword. He originally intended to withstand it with his physical body, but when the swirling Sword Qi shaped like a Flood Dragon appeared, he suddenly felt his heart tremble.

It wouldn’t work!

This Sword Qi posed a great threat to him.

He needed to escape!

This Chu Liang must have resorted to a deceitful and despicable trick again. This was not the kind of attack he should be able to make at his current cultivation level.

Sensing the warning in his heart, Qi Lin’er had no choice but to dodge and burrow into the earth, rendering him completely beneath the ground!

However, that Void Slashing Sword Qi followed him like a shadow and chased him into the ground, splitting the earth instantly ... Boom!

When the dazzling Sword Qi dispersed, a gigantic hole several feet deep appeared on the ground.

Chu Liang walked slowly to the edge of the hole, where he saw Qi Lin’er covered in broken dragon scales and blood, shakily trying to climb out.

"You..." his pupils filled with blood, teeth grinding against each other, "you ambushed me again ..."

"Who told you kids to have such a sharp tongue?" Chu Liang looked down at him from above without any emotion. As he watched the child slowly crawling towards the edge of the hole, Chu Liang slowly raised his foot again, speaking, "There are many who admire Senior Sister Jiang, and I don’t mind. But I don’t want to hear her name from your mouth again... You’re not of age yet."

Qi Lin’er, who was about to climb up laboriously, saw a finely patterned sole of a shoe descend from the sky right onto his face.

Boom——

Chu Liang put all his strength into this kick, without the slightest mercy, directly sinking Qi Lin’er’s face in, making him tumble back to the bottom of the hole, unconscious. Fortunately, his thick skin was able to handle it, otherwise if it had been some other child of around ten years old, the injuries would have been enough to kill him hundreds of times over.

It’s doubtful whether he heard Chu Liang’s last sentence clearly.

"If there’s a next time, I’ll hit you again."