" Lin Yao, Xu Wei, Hu Zhaoshan!"
"Follow us into battle!"
When the headmaster Zhong Taiyue spoke, Zhong Quan immediately stopped hesitating. His powerful Primordial Qi suddenly erupted from his body, and he was the first to leave his seat and rush out. Qiu Chu followed closely behind, along with three other Great Divine Ability Practitioner from the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall.
Lu Ming glanced over them; these three Great Divine Ability Practitioner were all quite young, likely young disciples of the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall.
These should correspond to the five Great Divine Ability Practitioner of the Blazing Radiance Hall. Clearly, after years of competition, the two sides have already established a set of rules.
Young people versus young people, established brands versus established brands.
The advantage of this is that it prevents the situation from escalating.
Lu Ming looked at the five disciples of the Blazing Radiance Hall. The most eye-catching among them were the two in the lead, two young men with red hair. Judging from their features, they were somewhat similar to Lü Huan, so they should be his juniors.
What concerned Lu Ming the most was the fluctuation of Primordial Qi emanating from the two individuals, which faintly indicated that they each possessed around seventeen or eighteen Divine Ability Dharma Mark.
They are in no way inferior to Zhong Quan and Qiu Chu.
"Cousin Lu Ming, those two guys are the grandsons of Lü Huan, the Grand Master of the Blazing Radiance Hall. Their names are Lü Wu and Lü Wen. They are brothers. Lü Wu should have cultivated eighteen Divine Ability Dharma Mark, making him comparable to Brother Quan, while Lü Wen is slightly weaker, but he has also reached seventeen Divine Ability Dharma Mark."
"They're old rivals of Brother Quan and Senior Brother Qiu Chu. They fight several times a year, and it's hard to say who's better." Behind Lu Ming, Zhong Xia's cousins gathered around and whispered their explanation to him.
Lu Ming nodded slightly.
As they were talking, Lü Wu, who was carrying the golden bell, saw Zhong Quan and the others rushing towards them. A sinister smile immediately appeared on his face, and he let out a long roar, "Attack! Take them down! This golden bell must be placed at the birthday banquet today!"
As the long roar subsided, Lü Wu channeled his powerful Primordial Qi, lifted the golden bell, and hurled it fiercely at Zhong Quan.
clang!
Zhong Quan's Primordial Qi surged, and he darted out, slamming his palm heavily onto the golden bell. Instantly, a resounding bell chime echoed throughout the banquet hall. The golden bell was sent flying by his impact, crashing heavily onto a rooftop outside the banquet area, causing most of the roof beams to collapse.
But just as Zhong Quan slapped the golden bell away, Lü Wu's figure appeared before them like a ghost, spewing out billowing crimson flames that swept over with extreme ferocity.
"Take this 'Prairie Fire!"
This Prairie Fire is a Middle Divine Ability of the Blazing Radiance Hall. It compresses Primordial Qi into a raging fire, so violent and intense that it spreads like wildfire, leaving no one able to escape.
However, Zhong Quan was already very familiar with Lü Wu's methods. As the eye-catching flames swept in, he took a step forward, waved his sleeve, and a sharp and powerful azure Primordial Qi swept out from his sleeve.
It was as if a cyan wind slashed through the Prairie Fire with its sharp and fierce force.
This is the Wind and Wave Slash, Middle Divine Ability passed down from the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall.
In the blink of an eye, the two, the strongest among the younger generation on both sides, had already exchanged dozens of blows, their Primordial Qi roaring wildly, dazzling to behold.
At the same time, Qiu Chu's figure swooped in like a falcon, but was intercepted by Lü Wen.
The other three Great Divine Ability Practitioner from the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall also stopped the other three bell carriers from the Blazing Radiance Hall from moving the Golden Bell to the banquet area.
A major battle suddenly erupted.
The other factions at the birthday banquet were thoroughly enjoying this spectacle, and even made a bet on whether the golden bell would actually make it to the banquet today.
Zhou Fuling was also watching the battle closely. Although she had no interest in either of the two Fourth-Tier Divine Ability Hall, she naturally sided with the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall because of Lu Ming. Therefore, she hoped that Zhong Quan and the others could block the Blazing Radiance Hall's "gift of the bell".
"Hehe, Miss Fuling, who do you think will win?" Just as Zhou Fuling was watching the match intently, a laugh suddenly came from in front of her.
Disturbed for a moment, Zhou Fuling frowned slightly. She looked up and saw Huo Qing had come over to her side at some point and was now making small talk by asking her questions with a smile.
"I don't know any of them well, how would I know who will win?" Zhou Fuling said calmly.
"Since Miss Fuling isn't familiar with it, let me explain it to you. The main points of contention in this battle lie with Lü Wu, Lü Wen, Zhong Quan, and Qiu Chu. However, in the end, Lü Wu and Lü Wen will definitely prevail. Therefore, the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall will probably have no choice but to accept this bell today," Huo Qing said with a smile.
Zhou Fuling's eyes flickered slightly as she said, "Why are Lü Wu and Lü Wen considered superior? I think their Primordial Qi should be about the same."
Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't care who won or lost, but since Zhong Quan was Lu Ming's older cousin, she had to suppress her emotions and ask one more question.
Upon hearing Zhou Fuling's inquiry, Huo Qing immediately perked up and readily answered, "Miss Fuling, you may not know this, but I am quite acquainted with the brothers Lü Wu and Lü Wen. As far as I know, just a few days ago, both brothers achieved a breakthrough with the help of elixirs. I suspect they came here specifically for this birthday banquet."
Zhou Fuling's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly; it turned out this was a well-prepared move.
This intelligence was somewhat unexpected.
Zhou Fuling then turned her gaze and cast a worried look at Lu Ming, who was sitting in the next seat and had also heard Huo Qing's words.
Lu Ming stared at the fierce battle outside the banquet area, his eyes narrowing slightly.
boom!
At this very moment, the battles between the two sides intensified in several battle zones.
Both Zhong Quan and Lü Wu were enraged, unleashing their full inner Primordial Qi and unleashing a barrage of deadly attacks.
However, with a fierce clash of Primordial Qi, both sides were blasted back several dozen feet.
"Haha, Zhong Quan, it seems you haven't made any progress these past few months?"
Lü Wu laughed loudly, his eyes glaring menacingly at Zhong Quan: "If you're still only at the level of the eighteen Divine Ability Dharma Mark Primordial Qi, then I'm sorry, you're going to take this bell today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present suddenly sensed that the Primordial Qi fluctuations emanating from Lü Wu's body had suddenly surged.
Nineteen Divine Ability Dharma Mark!
At the birthday banquet, all the forces present were taken aback. This Lü Wu, at such a young age, had already reached the nineteenth level of Divine Ability Dharma Mark?!
Meanwhile, the disciples of the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall all paled.
Lü Wu stomped his foot, and his figure soared into the sky. Crimson Primordial Qi surged out of his body like flames, and finally transformed into a fiery wing about ten feet long behind him.
Flames surged from the fiery wings, radiating intense heat.
The wings are like knife edges, implying sharpness.
" Zhong Quan, try and withstand this divine power of mine again!"
As Lü Wu roared to the sky, his figure spun around, and his fiery wings transformed into a massive Flame Blade, carrying a violent sharpness capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, as it slashed down fiercely.
The fiery blade light resembled a phoenix spreading its wings to cleave the heavens and earth.
This tactic is familiar to many people in the room.
That's the renowned Upper Divine Ability technique of the Blazing Radiance Hall in Fengyang Prefecture, the Blazing Radiance Wing Slash Technique!
The fiery blade slashed down fiercely, but Zhong Quan neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, a Great Golden Bell suddenly materialized, covering his figure.
"Clang!"
The resounding boom of the golden bell echoed throughout the land.
The violent shockwave of Primordial Qi spread outwards, but it was quickly neutralized by the Divine Ability Master present.
" Zhong Quan, my Primordial Qi is now superior to yours. Can your golden bell still withstand my Blazing Radiance Wing Slash Technique?" Lü Wu's figure descended from the sky and landed on the top of a stone pavilion. He looked at the smoke and dust gradually dissipating and sneered.
However, his sneer quickly froze.
As the smoke and dust dissipated, the golden bell remained perfectly still, though golden ripples continued to vibrate on it, it never broke.
"How could this be?!" Lü Wu exclaimed in disbelief.
The golden bell shrank, eventually becoming the size of a palm, and landed in Zhong Quan's hand. Amidst the surprised gazes of the many disciples of the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall, he stepped forward, and at that very moment, the Primordial Qi within his body also surged.
" Lü Wu, you don't think you're the only one hiding something, do you?"
"I completed the nineteen Divine Ability Dharma Mark a month ago!"
Zhong Quan held a golden bell, his gaze sharp as he smiled.
"Brother Zhong Quan is awesome!" The disciples of the Golden Bell Mystic Gang Hall cheered and applauded.
Even Lu Ming couldn't help but smile. His older cousin was exceptionally talented and had a bright future ahead of him.