No one had expected that Long Tian would suddenly accept Liu Que's challenge, and they all became even more excited.
Liu Que was rumored to be the most powerful expert of this generation, even surpassing the successor of the Four Directions Libra. He was comparable to the Four Young Masters of the past. Long Tian was originally from the Four Young Masters, so the battle between the two of them was something that even the Culinary God was interested in.
He kept his distance from Long Tian, afraid that he'd be discovered. He looked at the blood pool, then back at Long Tian. No wonder he'd rejected the challenge before, and now he'd accepted the challenge. Liu Que was Long Tian's test subject to attract the students.
The Culinary God and the others also realized that Mr. Tang did not want Liu Que to take action.
However, Liu Que did not care why Long Tian suddenly accepted the challenge. He had been looking for the Four Young Masters for a long time. Xia Shenfei had been hiding in the Unbounded Realm and Long Tian had been staying in Dragon Mountain. He had no chance to come in contact with them. Now that he had the chance to fight, how could he give up?
When everyone arrived outside the cave, Long Tian and Liu Que faced each other. Long Tian's expression was calm and there was a faint smile on his face. Compared to the cold and aloof Long Tian back in the days of the Four Young Masters, the current Long Tian was more like an elder.
"You're a junior, you go first," said Long Tian.
Liu Que did not hold back. His long sword flew out from its scabbard and flew in front of him. He raised his hand and grabbed it. In just one step, the sword tip had already arrived in front of Long Tian. Except for a limited number of people, the rest could not see the sword clearly, including Nong Siniang and Qing Feng.
Only now did they realize how fast Liu Que's sword was. Back in Yi Xian Academy, Liu Que had never truly fought. Now, facing the Fourth Young Ancestor, this was his peak sword technique.
Long Tian calmly looked at Liu Que's sword coming from the west. A long spear had appeared in his hand out of nowhere, but he didn't thrust it out. Instead, he used it to block in front of him. Liu Que's sword collided with the tip of Long Tian's spear. With a bang, ripples appeared in the void and spread out in all directions. Then, the void shattered into pieces. Liu Que's sword was deflected, and the tip of the sword pierced towards Long Tian from above. Long Tian held the spear in his hand and spun it rapidly, forming an impenetrable defense around him. Liu Que attacked three times in an instant, but none of his sword managed to pierce through the defense of Long Tian's spear. Instead, it was pushed away by Long Tian's vibrating force.
Lu Yin watched Long Tian attack. Compared to several decades ago, the current Long Tian was much more stable and powerful. Even though he was only at the First Origin Tribulation Stage, his true battle prowess was no less than someone at the Third Origin Tribulation Stage.
Liu Que was far inferior to Long Tian.
Liu Que took a few steps back and stared at Long Tian. "I want a fight, not a target."
Long Tian's lips curled up. "Alright." Just as he finished speaking, his body disappeared. White Dragon Roaming Steps caused Liu Que's pupils to shrink. He couldn't see where Long Tian was, and he couldn't even find the trajectory of his attack.
Liu Que immediately tore open the void and entered the Stellar Source Universe with his countless battle experiences.
Breaking into the Astral Source Universe as an Enlighter was something that only the Four Young Masters had been able to do. Naturally, Liu Que could do it as well.
He wanted to use the Stellar Source Universe to avoid where he was and at least evade Long Tian's spear. However, the gap between them was too big. When Liu Que entered the Stellar Source Universe, what appeared in front of him was not the void, but the tip of the spear. He forcefully controlled his body and retreated. Half of his body was distorted in order to avoid the spear. However, Long Tian's spear pressed down and whipped Liu Que's body. He was pressed into the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The surrounding crowd was silent. They knew that Long Tian would win, but they didn't expect him to win so easily. He only used one move, and Liu Que couldn't fight back at all.
This was Liu Que, an existence that everyone in the same generation looked up to.
Bai Weiwei, Xia Shenguang, and Wang Xiaofan all stared at Long Tian in shock. This was the Four Young Ancestors?
They were clearly stronger than Liu Que.
They could challenge a first tribulation cultivator, but they couldn't even fight back against the Four Young Ancestors. Even if the four of them worked together, they still wouldn't be able to make Long Tian struggle, let alone Liu Que.
Long Tian held his spear and looked down. "Get up. Your sword intent hasn't disappeared. Is this a battle technique?"
Bai Weiwei and the others were stunned. The sword intent hadn't disappeared?
Lu Yin and the others weren't surprised. Four sword intents had been left in the void, and Liu Que had just attacked four times.
It was very strange, as each strike had left a sword intent in the void that was invisible to ordinary people. Only experts could sense it.
When the dust settled, Liu Que walked out from the ground. There was blood at the corner of his mouth, and his body was visibly torn apart. However, his eyes were filled with excitement. This was the feeling of being crushed without being able to resist. Only in this state could he improve.
Long Tian looked at Liu Que in admiration. "Your strength is comparable to what we were back then."
"It's not enough. Although I didn't fight with you back then, I know it's not enough." Liu Que's voice changed, and his eyes turned cold. He gripped his sword tightly and slashed out. The sword was strange; it was a sword technique.
Long Tian stabbed out with his spear. No matter how strange Liu Que's sword technique was, Long Tian could always find it. The tip of the spear collided with the sword's edge every time. This kind of eyesight was so overwhelming that it was hard to breathe.
Qing Feng's breathing stagnated. If he were Liu Que, and Long Tian saw through every move, the pressure he would face would be unimaginable.
Liu Que did not give up and wanted to find Long Tian's weakness. However, up until now, apart from using the White Dragon Swimming Steps, Long Tian had not used any other battle skills, including the White Dragon Race's White Dragon Transformation. The White Dragon Transformation was the White Dragon Race's trump card.
There were already ten sword intents in the void.
Long Tian's gaze swept across the area. "Is your sword intent enough?"
Liu Que leapt up and faced Long Tian's impenetrable defense. He turned his sword and slashed down. At the same time, the ten sword intents in the void merged and merged into a single sword intent that attached to Liu Que's blade. This attack was so powerful that even Long Tian took it seriously. This was the first time he was forced to attack Liu Que's sword, and his spear went up from below.
He had never used astral sources to suppress Liu Que before, and this time was no different.
Bang!
There was another huge collision. Mr. Tang moved his finger, and a domain appeared in front of the students. Otherwise, this collision would have killed everyone who heard it.
Liu Que's ten sword wills combined into one was very powerful, enough to instantly kill a cultivator at the First Tribulation Origin Stage. However, Long Tian still managed to knock it down. Not only that, but the tip of Long Tian's spear pierced into Liu Que's body. An inch longer, an inch stronger. Liu Que's sword was still some distance away from Long Tian.
Long Tian was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed. He saw that the gap on Liu Que's sword had been filled up. No.
The next moment, another gap appeared on Liu Que's sword, and the ten sword intents that should have disappeared disappeared flashed again.
Long Tian subconsciously tried to pull his spear back, but he found that Liu Que was holding it tightly. A terrifying sense of danger rose behind him.
The Culinary God, Lu Yin, and the others stared behind Long Tian. A broken sword had appeared in the Astral Source Universe, and it was the gap on Liu Que's sword. Using the broken sword to combine ten sword intents and break through the Astral Source Universe, slashing at Long Tian from behind. This was Liu Que's trump card.
Liu Que's own strength was enough to kill a cultivator at the first Tribulation Origin Stage, and with this trump card, he could kill two at the same time.
A Tribulation Origin Stage expert.
He was worthy of being on par with the former Fourth Young Ancestor.
Unfortunately, the gap was still a gap, and even his trump card couldn't hurt Long Tian.
Long Tian held the spear with his right hand and grabbed the void with his left, twisting it like a curtain. Finally, the broken sword was caught in his hand, and he clamped it between two fingers.
Many students were shocked. They hadn't expected Liu Que to have such a move. It was impossible to guard against, and the key was that it came from the Astral Source Universe.
Even if Bai Weiwei and the others could temporarily break into the Astral Source Universe like the Fourth Young Ancestor, they wouldn't be able to block this attack that came from the Astral Source Universe and combined ten sword intents.
Once Liu Que used this move, they would definitely die.
At this moment, their fear of Liu Que rose again, and Long Tian was no longer in their range of comparison.
"This is your hidden trump card?
Not bad, "Long Tian praised. He hadn't expected Liu Que to force him to use his innate gift.
Liu Que coughed up blood. "I still lost."
Long Tian put down his spear and put Liu Que down. He looked at Liu Que's weak body and laughed. "You don't think you can defeat me, do you?"
Liu Que stared at Long Tian. "Why not? The Fourth Young Ancestor isn't invincible. Lu Xiaoxuan defeated all of you at the same time."
Long Tian's expression changed. Lu Xiaoxuan's name was taboo. The four young masters were said to be invincible among their peers, and that was indeed the case. However, decades ago, Lu Xiaoxuan had appeared and defeated them in the Sovereign Realm. That was their humiliation.
"If Lu Xiaoxuan can do it, so can others." Liu Que was unwilling to give up. "Wait until I become an Emissary, then I'll challenge you again."
Long Tian didn't argue with Liu Que. Their thoughts back then were different from Liu Que's. They also thought that they could defeat Lu Xiaoxuan, so they had almost joined the expedition. In the end, only Wang Su had gone. "I'll give you one more chance. I know your innate gift is useless. Soak in the Ancestral Mang blood. Not only will it increase your strength, but it will also allow you to recover and challenge me again."
Liu Que wasn't stupid. He knew that Long Tian wanted to use this method to attract the academy's students to join the White Dragon Race. "Even if I want to challenge you, it will be after I become an Emissary. There's no need for that now."
Long Tian said indifferently, "Lu Xiaoxuan knows swordsmanship."
Liu Que's eyes flashed.
"His swordsmanship is the Thirteen Swords."
Liu Que's expression changed, and he was shocked. "The Thirteen Swords?"
Long Tian replied, "I can try to imitate Lu Xiaoxuan's swordsmanship. The Thirteen Swords used to be your Liu family's swordsmanship. Don't you want to see it?"
Liu Que thought about it and then turned around to enter the cave. He then jumped into the blood pool.
Compared to Long Tian, he was more interested in Lu Xiaoxuan. That genius had suppressed the Four Young Ancestors and escaped from the Astral Trees. If there was a chance for him to compete with Lu Xiaoxuan's battle techniques, he would definitely be willing.
He hadn't expected Long Tian to use his name to tempt Liu Que. When he had first come to the Astral Trees, he hadn't known the Thirteen Swords at all. He had only learned it after returning to the Fifth Mainland and merging with Liu Qianjue's body. Long Tian was obviously trying to trick Liu Que. The only reason he knew about the Thirteen Swords was because of Liu Tian and Mu Qianjue.
Everyone looked at Liu Que in the blood pool and saw that his injuries were healing at a visible rate. At the same time, the blood flowed into his body, causing his face to pale. It was as if he was enduring something.