Feng Wu

"Little sister Ye Xian, are you asking to spar with your big sister?" Feng Wu broke into a dazzling smile at his words.

Seeing someone even younger than herself actually wanting to fight her was simply unbelievable. Didn't he know she was a First Generation of the academy?

She had already reached the Extreme Realm of Blood Shifting and was confident she was invincible at this stage. Even her senior brothers and sisters at the same cultivation level were no match for her.

"Haha, you're still too little. Sparring with me would just be torturing yourself!" Feng Wu looked down somewhat on Lin Fan, who was a head shorter than her. He was simply too young. How much strength could someone his age have? Ten thousand jin would be the absolute limit.

"What, are you afraid, big sister?" Lin Fan asked with an adorably innocent look.

"All right, then. Looks like I'll get to rub that little face of yours to my heart's content today." A teasing smile shone in Feng Wu's clear eyes as she said, "To keep things fair, I'll give you a one-hand handicap."

She tucked one hand behind her back, keeping it there, and extended only one fair, translucent hand. It gleamed with luster, confident and powerful.

"No need!" The moment Lin Fan finished speaking, he swept his arm forward. A swath of runes appeared across his palm and fingers as he struck fiercely at Feng Wu.

At that moment, the once-calm lake seemed to have had a bomb dropped into it. Towering waves surged up, and the water roared forward like a tsunami.

Feng Wu's heart tightened. Her spiritual senses were extraordinarily keen, and she felt the tremendous force. She hurriedly brought her jade-white arm before her chest, while freeing the other hand from behind her back to block the blow with all her strength.

Bang!

Caught off guard, Feng Wu was sent flying, scattering sheets of spray. She skidded a long way across the surface before stopping, like a stone skipping over water.

The strike had been swift and ferocious, catching Feng Wu completely unprepared. It left her in a sorry state, choking on several mouthfuls of water from the Immortal Pool.

"Cough, cough... So strong. I really underestimated him!"

Her smile vanished. Shock covered her delicate, porcelain-doll face, and she could scarcely believe that someone younger than her possessed such astonishing strength, fully equal to her own.

It was truly hard to imagine that a child barely over five could possess such powerful blood and vitality. Feng Wu strongly suspected he was a vicious beast in human form. Otherwise, how could he have such strength at this age?

Hum!

Runes gathered on Lin Fan's back, shining brilliantly. A pair of fiery-red wings sprouted, and with a beat, he flew out of the Divine Lotus Pool and hovered above the lake's hazy, radiant surface.

From afar, he resembled a god of war, solemn and majestic. Up close, however, he was still an adorable child, his tender features touched with innocence-a rather endearing contrast.

"Little sister Ye Xian, I'm getting more and more interested in you. To think the academy had a hidden genius like you."

Feng Wu's voice was sweet. She licked her vivid red lips, brimming with excitement, feeling she had found the perfect opponent. He also seemed to harbor many secrets. She had never heard of or seen such a person at the academy before.

"What a rare find. But I'm no pushover either! Once I catch you, I'll be sure to examine you thoroughly!" she cried, charging at him.

At the same time, she formed a Law Seal with her hands. As they swept through the air, swaths of runes appeared, and precious light flowed around her, radiating a silvery-white glow. Her entire body shot toward him like a divine arrow, actually allowing her to fly briefly through the air.

With a bang, their fists met in a dazzling burst of light.

Both were extremely fast. In that single instant, they clashed more than a dozen times, relying entirely on their physical bodies.

At once, their blood and vitality surged skyward, rumbling like thunder. It was hard to imagine such power erupting from the bodies of two children. Many adults could not have achieved anything like it.

Bang!

They collided again, both using their full strength, and were sent flying backward together. Lin Fan, however, retreated farther. Clearly, he was a notch below her in raw strength.

"You're still a little short, little sister!" Although Feng Wu smiled as she spoke, inwardly she was far from calm. Her opponent was already close to the Extreme Realm of Blood Shifting and would reach it before long.

Most importantly, Lin Fan was still so young. At his age, she could never have accomplished this.

It stood to reason that he still had tremendous room to grow. This so-called Extreme Realm was not his own ultimate limit.

"Not necessarily!"

Lin Fan charged again, mobilizing all the vital blood in his body. Divine radiance burst forth, spreading outside him and taking shape like layer upon layer of divine feathers. The bone text refined into his blood also emerged on its own to protect him, translucent and holy.

Crack!

An invisible shackle seemed to break open within his body, and his aura instantly became incomparably powerful.

Every inch of him was bathed in golden light, making him exceptionally dazzling, like a little golden figure. He was too brilliant to look at directly, filled with a sacred, inviolable majesty.

"Huh? What's happening?" Feng Wu's eyes widened as she stared at the scene before her in astonishment.

She had never imagined that, at this very moment, her opponent could break through in the midst of battle and dramatically increase his strength.

Lin Fan swung his golden fist, unleashing rumbling sonic booms. Suffocating might radiated from it, as though an entire mountain were crashing down with world-shrouding divine power.

Boom!

The water exploded. The blow had missed. Feng Wu did not meet it head-on, instead evading it with an elegant twist rather than matching force with force.

At the same time, she traced a graceful arc and swiftly moved behind Lin Fan. Her arm, like fine white jade, gleamed as a symbol condensed in her palm, and she struck at him.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth. Close combat was what he did best; his daily clashes with vicious beasts had not been for nothing. After all, learning more Precious Arts would not mean much to him, so he had devoted his energy to his fists and feet.

He dropped downward. Once her palm struck empty air, Lin Fan swept a leg across, unleashing golden light in countless rays as he attacked her lower body.

Feng Wu, however, was very nimble. She swiftly flipped backward and upward, her small body extraordinarily supple. Like an agile monkey, she leaped about, reacting swiftly.

But this was precisely the moment Lin Fan had been waiting for. Spreading his wings, he shot upward, his golden iron fist clenched tight. Like a rising pillar of light, like a flying dragon in the heavens, he struck home with a single spear-like thrust.

Suddenly, Feng Wu's body tensed. Her once-soft, graceful figure took on a metallic luster. Her entire body became like a divine arrow, transforming into an instrument of attack as she hurtled through the air.

"Divine Arrow Art!" she cried sharply, her speed reaching its utmost limit as she met the fierce blow she could no longer dodge.

Boom!

The golden sun and the silver "arrow" collided violently. Brilliant radiance erupted at that instant, sparks flying everywhere in a dazzling display. It illuminated the dim night sky and flooded the area with light. Even the entire lake shuddered.

"Someone's fighting in the Immortal Pool!"

Their fight alarmed the others. Several stunningly beautiful women cultivating in the Tribulation-Transcending Divine Lotus Pool surfaced to see what was happening.

Their clothes were half-open and dripping wet, a sight that beguiled the senses, though some of the female disciples looked angry.

This was supposed to be a sacred place where everyone cultivated, yet someone was dueling here. That was hardly normal, and far too brazen.

With a splash, Lin Fan fell into the water, while Feng Wu was also knocked far away.

Lin Fan did not continue the fight, however. Instead, he dove into the depths. Such a commotion must have alerted many people, and if he kept going, his identity could easily be discovered.

Then getting in next time would be difficult-and he was only an illicit visitor!