Lin Lei Battles Fengyun

With the main guest present, the others also began enjoying the table full of delicacies.

Compared with Fengyun, who had gone three days without food or water because of his blade forging and now ate like a living magic beast, the others ate far more politely. Only Lin Lei, who was also training as a warrior, displayed a little of Fengyun's current "elegance" at the table.

After eating and drinking his fill, Fengyun sprawled on the sofa, rubbing his stomach. "Hahaha! That was satisfying. Lin Lei, leave your trip to train in the Monster Forest to me!"

"However, I need to remind you first: don't underestimate the Monster Mountain Range just because you've broken through to become a Level 5 Mage."

"Although a Level 5 Mage is already an advanced mage, and there are basically no magic beasts in the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range that can threaten you, the most dangerous things in the Monster Mountain Range have never been magic beasts, but people!"

"Since you've decided to go train, you need to prepare yourself to face the ugly side of human nature."

Lin Lei was slightly surprised. Rather than taking Fengyun's latter words to heart, he asked, "Brother Yun, you could tell I've broken through to become an advanced mage?"

Fengyun smiled faintly. "At Level Four, you could only barely hold on under my attacks. Yet the moment we met today, you were confident enough to challenge me. If I still couldn't figure out that you'd broken through to become a Level 5 Mage, that would be strange!"

"Besides, your breakthrough speed is monstrous. It wouldn't be impossible for you to reach Level Five already!"

Reno, who was holding a glass of Emerald Green to aid digestion, was equally puzzled. "Brother Yun, you already knew Third Brother had become a Level 5 Mage, yet you still dared accept his challenge? Aren't you afraid Third Brother will beat you until you're crawling around looking for your teeth?"

Fengyun burst into cheerful laughter. At the same time, he released the aura of a Level 5 Warrior, enveloping everyone in the room. "Lin Lei may be catching up fast, but it's not like I've been slacking off!"

"If he can break through to become a Level 5 Mage, can't I break through to become a Level 5 Warrior?"

"I'll put my words here today: even if he's advanced to a Level 5 Mage, he still won't be my match. Even if King of Finlay came, he couldn't change the outcome of Lin Lei suffering defeat again today!"

"I said it!"

"Hahaha!"

After saying that, he looked at Beibei, who was completely unaffected by his aura. "Of course, that's without taking Beibei into account!"

Every time Lin Lei broke through, he would come to challenge him. Naturally, Beibei could never resist joining in as well!

Rubbing Beibei's proud little head, Fengyun sighed again. "I really don't know what's going on with your Little Shadow Mouse. Its speed is so fast that even I can't..."

As he spoke, an idea suddenly struck him. According to the original novel's description, Beibei's overall strength at this stage should be around Level Seven.

Now that I've comprehended Lifting the Light as if Heavy, ordinary Level Six Warriors are definitely no match for me. But Level Seven is a dividing line for cultivators.

I have no idea how great the gap is between them and my current self. After teaching Lin Lei a lesson, why not fight Beibei too and test the strength of a Level Seven expert?

The moment the thought arose, a competitive urge inexplicably welled up within him. He immediately went with Lin Lei and the others to the sparring grounds at the bottom of Azure Paradise.

After he and Lin Lei took their positions in the arena, Fengyun did not attack. He simply stood quietly where he was, just as he had when he first met Lin Lei, looking down on everything as he waited for Lin Lei to make his move.

He said bluntly, "Go ahead and attack. I won't interrupt you. Use whatever magic you want without hesitation. I'll show you the true strength of a warrior!"

Lin Lei did not stand on ceremony either. If Fengyun had still been at Level Four, then after becoming a Level 5 Mage, Lin Lei would have had some confidence in defeating him. But against a Level 5 Fengyun...

Although mages were indeed stronger than warriors of the same level, every time Fengyun broke through, Lin Lei would challenge him, only to lose once again. Having never won even once, he did not think he could defeat Fengyun.

Even if he, Lin Lei, was a dual-element mage of earth and wind, and even if his warrior cultivation had already reached Level Four.

He still did not think he could defeat Fengyun, who had broken through to Level Five!

Since Fengyun had clearly stated that he would not interrupt his spellcasting, Lin Lei did not hold back at all. Without another word, he cast Shatter Stone, summoning more than a dozen massive boulders half a person's height tall and sending them smashing toward Fengyun.

Yet as he watched those boulders carrying terrifying momentum, Fengyun merely smiled. He did not even use the newly forged Light Shadow Blade. Instead, he directly coated his palm in battle qi, using it as a blade, and casually slashed several times, cutting and cleaving the boulders that reached his side into small chunks of nearly equal size.

The cutting effect came from the technique of Lifting the Light as if Heavy. A Battle Qi Slash sharpened to the utmost could easily split open giant stones. The bursting effect, meanwhile, was Fengyun's attempt to develop the explosive force of Lifting the Heavy as if Light.

However, his explosive force was not yet thorough enough. Once he fully mastered this technique, a light touch would be enough to blast these stones into powder.

Lin Lei's expression immediately turned grave at the sight. Although advanced warriors of Levels Five and Six could shatter boulders weighing hundreds of pounds, that referred to ordinary stone, and merely shattering them. It was impossible to break them into such neat little pieces.

From Fengyun's casual display, Lin Lei immediately understood that he would indeed suffer defeat again today. Moreover, he inexplicably recalled the days of his childhood, when Fengyun had utterly crushed and tormented him at will.

At that thought, he subconsciously shook his head and reassured himself. Impossible. When I challenged Brother Yun at Level Four, I could already hold out for a long time.

Now that I'm an advanced mage, how could this battle possibly return to the state from childhood, where I was completely crushed?

As a Level 5 Mage, my various status spells are no longer as powerless as before. Let Brother Yun witness the might of an advanced mage's status magic!

Unwilling to admit defeat, Lin Lei rapidly began chanting one magical incantation after another!

Gravity Spell!

Slow Spell!

Wind Bind Spell!

Earth Prison Spell!

Wind Chain!

With so many different status spells layered together, even a Level Seven Warrior would have a hard time dealing with them!

Yet Fengyun merely used a Light Shadow Shield. Through the elemental repulsion formed by compressing Light Magic Power to the extreme, he forcibly blocked most of the weakening effects. Although his strength was still restricted by roughly thirty percent, seventy percent of his strength was already more than enough.

Lin Lei, on the other hand, had nearly exhausted his magic power after casting such a large number of earth- and wind-element support spells.

Fengyun rolled his neck and asked doubtfully, "Lin Lei, after casting so many status spells at once, can you still cast attack magic?"

"Your magic power must be nearly depleted already!"

After casting spells on himself to increase his strength and speed, Lin Lei, whose entire body flickered with green and yellow light, flipped his hand and drew a Flat Blade!