Chapter 40

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Chapter 40: Rematch

After Yun Ye’s victory, he fell silent and kept his distance, trying to hide his presence completely.

However, Tong Yuan still observed him meaningfully for a long time, thoroughly noting this person down.

Though Huo Yang wasn’t considered the most gifted, she emerged from the Tong family’s hellish training with no weaknesses at all. She even possessed a major Spiritual Law that ordinary cultivators could hardly reach, making her strength that of an armored soldier. She should not be someone a newcomer could defeat.

Was it a suppression of status?

Tong Yuan found it hard to believe that any form of status could nullify a major Spiritual Law, was there really no burden at all?

Having used the major Spiritual Law, Huo Yang still hadn’t recovered. Why did this newcomer look unaffected, not even breathing heavily?

"Hahahahaha! Tong Yuan, I truly witnessed a joke! Just look at someone’s words, can a major Spiritual Law win a match? Hahahahaha… not even breaking their defense, this is simply too amusing!"

Yun Wen’s hearty laughter echoed through the Training Ground, nearly bringing him to tears as he took every chance to attack the defeated opponent.

However, such taunting meant nothing to Tong Yuan; he joined in the laughter, "Hehe, genius, indeed a genius."

The laughter prompted the young members of Tong Yuan’s faction to press their faces in disbelief. They looked at Little Moon, who was returning with her head bowed, and one of them said, "Huo Yang, you are really weak. A major Spiritual Law is tens of times more powerful than common Spiritual Laws, yet you couldn’t even break their defense!"

"……”

Little Moon fell silent.

In the recent battle, she felt like she had done a lot yet seemed to have achieved nothing, leaving her with no ground to argue.

"Li Shui, you have the Water Element. Why don’t you give it a try?" Tong Yuan suddenly suggested.

"Ah? A person can only be challenged once, right?" Li Shui replied, puzzled.

"It’s not considered a challenge, just a friendly spar. With your confidence, how can you not give it a shot?" Tong Yuan smiled.

"Um, I’m fine with it, as long as that senior Yang Shi agrees." Li Shui said.

"What do you think, Yun Wen?" Tong Yuan asked.

"I don’t care! I’ve had enough of this joke; I’m not interested in playing along anymore, just get lost!"

When the mockery didn’t have any effect, Yun Wen immediately lost interest.

"I’ll use the Spirit Gathering Ring as a wager."

"Deal!"

Yun Wen instantly changed his expression.

"Hehe."

Tong Yuan tossed a green jade ring that landed on the rising stone platform, faintly radiating spirit energy.

This was an enchanted item.

The Spiritual Tool must be controlled by the user; it does not possess much magical quality on its own.

However, a magical artifact is different; it has constant abilities that are always in effect.

This ring clearly has the power to gather spirit energy, greatly enhancing combat effectiveness. It boosts the power of all Spiritual Laws and makes using major Spiritual Laws easier, making it extremely valuable.

Yun Wen desired the ring, so he earnestly patted Yun Ye on the shoulder and said, "Little Shi, give it your all; don’t hold back at all. If you show mercy again, you might end up as useless as Liu Jingyu, lingering not long in the Black Armored Army."

Yun Ye felt no waves of emotion within.

He even somewhat wanted to punch him in the face.

Flames flickered.

"(I will do my best.)"

After stating this, Yun Ye stepped back into the fight.

The patterns of his Fire Spiritual Roots lit up.

He glanced at his lifespan limit…

Only 90 remained.

He was much stronger than Little Moon. After all, he had just awakened his Spiritual Roots and hadn’t used them many times, while Little Moon had surely fought extensively to use her major Spiritual Law smoothly, reducing her lifespan limit to 68.

This immortal cultivation practice was cutting their lives short.

Continuing to fight like this, even with Major Achievement Qi Cultivation Technique reducing life loss, it wouldn’t be enough.

Under everyone’s watch, the two took their places.

The young man’s weapon was a flowing ribbon, which he tore from his arm. He said, "My name is Li Shui; I’m very fortunate to spar with Lord Yang Shi."

Yun Ye had automatically assumed the role of the leader of the Baishi Town Spiritual Law team. He could mobilize a five-member group for external tasks, while Li Shui was merely a Spiritual Law soldier, lacking the qualification to join the Black Armored Army.

At this moment, Yun Ye truly was the commander.

"……"

After quietly nodding, Yun Ye picked up a new Mingzhu bamboo sword and fixed his gaze on Li Shui.

He had defeated Little Moon only because of the suppression of status; that possibility did not exist this time, and any attack could lead to his direct defeat.

"Bathing Fire Feather Coat."

Unlike the previous battle, Yun Ye entered the Bathing Fire Feather Coat state right from the start, with scarlet flames covering his entire body.

This Spiritual Law could enhance all physical qualities, and since it was semi-pure flames, the effect far exceeded what Yun Ye should normally be capable of.

"Eh, are you not using that invisible flame?" Li Shui asked curiously.

"……"

Yun Ye moved, swinging his sword to unleash flowing flames that covered a distance of over ten meters, demonstrating an impressive might.

The crucial factor was that the flowing flames were semi-pure flames, moving so fast they hardly resembled fire.

"Boom!"

Although Li Shui tried to evade, he was still grazed, forcing him to activate the Water Elemental Spiritual Law to block. He leaped high, riding on waves, while the flames behind him were completely stopped by the flowing water.

But with an explosion, the flowing water quickly turned into steam.

"How fast!"

Li Shui’s pupils shrank; this person before her had an extremely high level, unlike a commoner at all.

“Flowing Flames!”

Yun Ye’s accuracy wasn’t good, so he could only use flowing flames.

While flowing flames had lower power, their massive attack range left no place to hide, and it was impossible to use agility to escape.

Suddenly, Yun Ye felt a tremor beneath his feet. A thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately jumped away.

Then, sharp stone spikes shot up from the ground, aiming to skewer Yun Ye like a hedgehog.

In the distance, Li Shui interrupted Yun Ye’s offensive and immediately unleashed a barrage of water jets for an attack.

The flowing spirit energy of the Water Elemental Spiritual Law made it great at impact attacks, and its range was much longer than fire-based attacks.

Moreover, Li Shui’s actual mastery of spiritual law far surpassed Yun Ye’s, and in no time, the flames were quickly extinguished.

The tide of battle shifted, and with countless water jets falling, Yun Ye struggled desperately, finding it hard to break through the situation.

Flames were not adept at defending against impact damage, and water was a restraining element. Using Azure Flame for defense would cause spirit energy consumption to outpace recovery, and maintaining this state for long would drain the life energy in the spiritual void. Continuing to use spirit energy would quickly diminish his vitality.

Little Moon had just unleashed a great move and exceeded her limits, resulting in a rapid depletion of her life energy in the spiritual void.

This was not a sustainable approach.

To defeat Li Shui, Yun Ye needed to approach faster, break through with stronger power, and not be restricted by the flowing water.

Yun Ye gripped his sword, solidifying his breath to the utmost, focusing all his energy on evading even faster!

Then…

Under everyone’s gaze, the Bathing Fire Feather Coat collapsed, seemingly on the brink of exhaustion.

"Heart Fire!"

Yun Ye had previously tried using half his spirit energy for Extreme Flame and half for semi-pure flames, but the outcome was that he couldn’t focus on two things at once, ending in complete failure.

This taught Yun Ye that without enough time, it was better not to attempt things beyond his capacity.

So, as the Bathing Fire Feather Coat crumbled, Yun Ye abandoned all defense and invoked Extreme Flame: Heart Fire.

This time, he externalized Heart Fire, covering his surface with a garment of pale light interspersed with strands of black.

With no temperature or range of attack, Heart Fire resembled an energy form more than actual fire; its external shape and color merely reflected Yun Ye’s perceptions.

In that moment, Yun Ye’s physical qualities increased by dozens of times, entering an unimaginable bullet time.

The enhancement of his senses allowed him to effortlessly perceive gazes from all directions and even faintly grasp the meanings behind them.

“Has the invisible flame revealed itself?”

Tong Yuan observed with a hidden desire for control; he wanted Li Shui to engage in another battle to understand Yun Ye’s true power.

However, the more they explored, the more unknowns emerged.