Lu Yi and This Old Man Are Fated

Task:

Defeat Bai Yulong (Progress: 0/1)

Reward: A Strand of Sword Intent

Accept: Yes/No

Sword Intent!

Lu Yi had not expected the reward to be this. The last time he had encountered a task that rewarded an Intent Realm was the task that asked him to make Senior Sister Liu Ningshuang fall in love with him.

Though it was only A Strand of Sword Intent, an intent was still an intent. This was a powerful technique that only great figures of the Void Realm generally possessed. Even a single strand was immensely formidable, enough to raise Lu Yi's combat strength by a great deal!

Lu Yi's eyes lit up as he looked at Bai Yulong, a warm smile on his face. "Senior Brother Bai Yulong, please enlighten me!"

Bai Yulong was taken aback by Lu Yi's enthusiasm and hurriedly smiled. "Junior Brother Lu Yi, likewise."

Dugu Fang's voice rang out. "Begin!"

At his words, Bai Yulong flicked open his folding fan. Spiritual Qi circulated around him, wisps of breeze swirling about his body as his figure vanished.

Lu Yi smiled faintly and likewise activated the White Cloud Footwork, vanishing from where he stood.

The next instant, the two appeared simultaneously in the center of the arena. Dense Spiritual Qi surged over Lu Yi's longsword and Bai Yulong's folding fan as they collided.

Boom!!

Sharp Sword Qi and Blade Qi flowed out, turning into wave after wave of aftershocks that ravaged the arena and carved scar after scar across its surface.

Then both vanished again, only to reappear in the next instant, their clash ringing out once more.

Bai Yulong's footwork was far stronger than Tie Man's, and he was much faster. When facing Tie Man, Lu Yi could rely on his speed advantage to find Tie Man's weakness and defeat him with the speed of lightning before one could cover one's ears. But against Bai Yulong, he could not do that.

In terms of offensive techniques, Bai Yulong's blade techniques were quite formidable. Though they fell far short of Lu Yi's White Cloud Swordplay, his cultivation was high enough. He had likely remained at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer for some time, and his deep reserves of Spiritual Qi made his attacks no weaker.

Thus, the battle between the two fell into a stalemate. Lu Yi held a slight advantage, but it was not enough to turn into a winning edge.

The battle's fluctuations on the arena were exceedingly violent. Translucent waves of force turned into gales and spread outward, leaving all the nearby Outer Sect Disciples staring in shock.

"They're too strong! Whether it's Junior Brother Lu Yi or Senior Brother Bai Yulong, they're both incredibly strong!"

"Yeah! I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to withstand a casual strike from either of them!"

"Senior Brother Bai Yulong is one thing. After all, he's at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer and only one step away from the Foundation Establishment Realm. But Junior Brother Lu Yi is only at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, yet he's already this powerful!"

"This is simply terrifying beyond measure!"

Boom!!

Another collision sent both Lu Yi and Bai Yulong retreating at the same time, landing in opposite corners of the arena.

Bai Yulong slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and calmed the Spiritual Qi churning within him. He took a deep breath, looked at Lu Yi, and said, "Junior Brother Lu Yi, be careful!"

Spiritual Qi flowed around him and poured into the folding fan in his hand. With a metallic ring, incomparably sharp force spilled from the fan, and his aura rose another notch.

Bai Yulong had fully activated the power of his artifact.

Seeing this, Lu Yi smiled faintly and also poured Spiritual Qi into the longsword in his hand. Sharp Sword Intent flowed over the blade.

The longsword in his hand was also an artifact. Old Lu had spent quite a few Spirit Stones on it when he bought it for him.

After activating their artifacts, the two vanished from where they stood once more and clashed again.

Boom!!

Two fierce, translucent blasts of force swept across the arena, carving two deep fissures into its surface. The cracks stretched for more than ten meters before stopping. With their artifacts activated, the power of their techniques had risen considerably as well.

After that strike, the two launched attack after attack, colliding or evading one another. Every strike carried terrifying power, leaving the arena even more of a mess.

After fighting for several hundred more exchanges, Bai Yulong's aura gradually began to weaken. In one clash, he was actually forced back by Lu Yi.

On the arena, Bai Yulong's toes touched down as he retreated to its edge. Looking at Lu Yi in the distance, he let out a faint breath of turbid air, his expression somewhat twisted. "...Junior Brother Lu Yi, haven't you run out of Spiritual Qi yet?"

Lu Yi sensed that he still had roughly two-thirds of his Spiritual Qi left. Glancing at the Spiritual Qi around Bai Yulong, which had grown thin, he gave a dry cough. "It's almost gone. My Spiritual Qi is nearly depleted too."

At those words, Bai Yulong took a deep breath. A fierce light appeared in his eyes as he charged at Lu Yi again.

Boom boom boom!!

The sounds of battle rang out once more. This exchange lasted only a few dozen rounds before Bai Yulong was sent flying. After landing, he staggered back repeatedly, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His face was slightly pale as he looked at the still vigorous Lu Yi and shouted, "Junior Brother Lu Yi! You lied! Do you look like someone whose Spiritual Qi is about to run dry?!"

Seeing Bai Yulong's resentment-filled expression, Lu Yi coughed dryly and said against his conscience, "...It really is almost gone. There's less than a quarter left."

Bai Yulong: "???"

He looked at Lu Yi in disbelief. "You still have a quarter of your Spiritual Qi left, and you call that nearly depleted?!"

Below the arena, Jiang Fan and the others wore equally strange expressions.

Lin Wan'er cried out, "Junior Brother Lu Yi is a monster, isn't he?! Bai Yulong is at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, yet he has less Spiritual Qi than someone at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer?!"

Jiang Fan's expression was grave as he said, "Didn't you hear what he said? His White Cloud Qi Guiding Art has already reached the Returning to Purity Realm. The density of his Spiritual Qi probably far surpasses that of an ordinary Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator."

Even Li Yun, whose expression remained icy, said speechlessly, "...How does it merely surpass the Qi Refining Seventh Layer? Bai Yulong's Spiritual Qi is nearly exhausted, while this guy still has a quarter left. This simply far surpasses the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, all right?!"

In the sky, Dugu Fang and the elders were also greatly astonished.

An Inner Sect elder looked at Lu Yi and exclaimed, "This little fellow is truly remarkable. Of the one cultivation method and two techniques cultivated in the Qi Refining Realm, this little fellow has actually brought all of them to the Returning to Purity Realm."

"Indeed. Such comprehension is simply rare! Even among Core Disciples, there are probably few who can compare to him!"

"I think this boy's talent for swordsmanship makes him well suited to inherit my mantle and become a Sword Cultivator. I intend to take him as my disciple." An elderly man with grizzled hair stroked his beard and smiled.

At once, the atmosphere among the elders froze. Every elder turned to look at the old man, then exploded.

"You old fossil, what nonsense are you spouting?! You think you're worthy?!"

"Exactly! This boy's talent for movement techniques is so strong. He should be learning escape arts from me!"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost! You shameless lot. I obtained a rather excellent fragment of a Spirit Transformation cultivation method from a relic. I've always found it difficult to comprehend, and I plan to pass it on to this little fellow. He ought to be my disciple!"

"This old man believes Lu Yi and this old man are fated..."

The Inner Sect elders all widened their eyes and argued until their faces were red.