nChapter 59: A Close Call

nTranslator:

/ KurazyTolanzuraytor Editor: Lucas

n“I…admit defeat.”

nLi Zhong originally had an imposing manner that could pierce the skies.

nEven when knowing he wasn’t a match for Li Qing, he wasn’t one bit afraid.

nBut now…

nThe three ancient mammoth silhouettes formed in the space above Li Qing, causing him to feel a sense of powerlessness.

nThree ancient mammoth silhouettes.

nLi Qing had obviously stepped into the second level of the Core Formation Stage.

nSounds of drawing in cold air could be heard rising and falling from the combat arena’s surroundings.

nSecond level of the Core Formation Stage!

nLi Qing had actually stepped into the second level of the Core Formation Stage at the age of eighteen.

nShocking!

nEven last year’s Clan Martial Meet champion, Li Feng, only recently broke through to the second level of the Core Formation Stage.

nLi Qing’s natural talent was higher than Li Feng’s!

nIn terms of strength, he obviously surpassed the Li Feng of last year.

n“An eighteen-year-old Core Formation Stage disciple; even throughout the past 100 years of our Li Clan’s history, it could be counted with one hand.”

n“Yeah, Li Qing’s natural talent is really shocking!”

n“As expected of the Grand Elder’s grandson.”

n……

nA wave of exclamations sounded from the crowd. They were all shocked by the cultivation revealed by Li Qing.

n“Second level of the Core Formation Stage, huh?”

nDuan Ling Tian’s eyes narrowed and the corners of his mouth curled into a faint smile.

nThe Clan Martial Meet was getting increasingly interesting.

nAs the burning sun slowly dimmed, the Clan Martial Meet was coming to an end.

nTwo figures flashed onto the combat arena.

nLi An, Li Fei.

nLi An had a slight advantage when the two battled, defeating Li Fei.

nLi Fei’s beautiful eyebrows slightly knit, seeming to be slightly displeased.

nAfter a few more battles.

n“Duan Ling Tian, Li Fei.”

nThe judge’s voice sounded from afar.

nOn the combat arena.

n“We meet again.”

nDuan Ling Tian lightly smiled as his burning gaze sized up Li Fei’s pretty appearance and hot body without restraint.

n“Humph! Pervert!”

nNoticing Duan Ling Tian’s gaze, Li Fei grunted and her beautiful face blushed.

nOutside the combat arena.

n“Oh my god, what did I just see? Li Fei blushed…she actually blushed!”

n“F**k, it’s really true… Could there be a relationship between her and Duan Ling Tian? Why else would she blush the moment they met?”

n“They certainly have some sort of relationship.”

n“I think so too.”

n“Duan Ling Tian really has good fortune in love affairs, already having a young girl whose appearance is not one bit inferior to Li Fei’s beside him, and now even capturing Li Fei’s heart.”

n……

nThe crowd was in an uproar.

nLi Fei, the Li Clan’s famous beauty who had countless pursuers but would rarely look a man in the eye was now blushing towards a man.

nIf it was another person using the same gaze Duan Ling Tian used to size her up, it would only incur her murderous rage gaze.

nBut now…

nFacing Duan Ling Tian, she actually blushed!

nUnbelievable!

nLi An arrived beside Li Qing and slowly said, “Li Qing, you pursued Li Fei for so long, but she was indifferent… Now she seems to be interested in that Duan Ling Tian.”

nAs he spoke, his burning gaze swept past the nearby young girl.

nBut the young girl’s gaze was now completely on the violet-clothed youth in the combat arena, completely not noticing him.

nHis expression couldn’t help but turn gloomy.

n“Humph! Just him, is he even worthy to compete with me?”

nLi Qing sneered disdainfully.

nHis speech showed how he completely looked down upon Duan Ling Tian.

n“That’s for sure. You have broken through to the second level of the Core Formation Stage now, so in terms of strength, Duan Ling Tian cannot catch up to you no matter how hard he tries… But you should still be careful; he is skilled in sweet-talking women. Even Li Shi Shi seems to have her eyes on him,” Li An said exageratively.

n“Li An.”

nSuddenly, Li Qing looked at Li An with a cold and indifferent gaze.

n“Huh?”

nLi An was dazed momentarily.

n“If I’m not wrong, you’re interested in the young girl beside Duan Ling Tian, right? What, you’re not confident to deal with him so you want to use me?”

nLi Qing saw through Li An’s thoughts.

n“Just him? Don’t joke around. It just depends on whether he meets you or me first. If he meets me first, I’ll surely make him not have the strength to continue another battle, and you can save some strength too.”

nLi An didn’t feel ashamed about being seen through.

n“Same here. If he meets me first, he’ll surely have no chance to battle with you after me.”

nLi Qing’s gaze descended on the violet-clothed youth in the combat arena, killing intent flashing.

nOn the combat arena.

nLi Fei naturally was able to hear the crowd’s discussion, so she was ashamed and angry.

n“Duan Ling Tian!”

nWhen Li Fei noticed that Duan Ling Tian was still using that sort of gaze to size her up, her clear eyes stared at him fixedly as she gnashed her teeth and let out a shout of shame and rage.

n“Huh? Is something the matter?”

nDuan Ling Tian came back to his senses and was dazed.

nThis scene drew in a wave of cordial laughter.

n“Duan Ling Tian, if you’re unwilling to destroy a flower, then admit defeat,” someone from the surrounding crowd said.

n“Admit defeat? Little Fei, do you need me to admit defeat?”

nDuan Ling Tian smiled as he gazed at Li Fei.

nLittle Fei?

nFor a moment, the people present looked at the two of them with dubious gazes.

n“Duan Ling Tian!”

nLi Qing’s gaze turned gloomy and cold and the Origin Energy in his body became restless as if ready to swallow him up.

nOn the combat arena.

nLi Fei couldn’t stand it any longer, so she attacked in rage.

nShe never would have thought that Duan Ling Tian would be such a scoundrel, actually calling her nickname…

nOf course, she was curious in her heart about how could Duan Ling Tian have known her nickname.

nWanderer’s Flash!

nLi Fei’s seductive and gracefully slender figure moved, as if transforming into a bolt of lightning, going straight for Duan Ling Tian.

nAbove her, two ancient mammoth silhouettes dashed in and followed.

nDuan Ling Tian’s eyes narrowed.

nLi Fei’s speed was even slightly faster than Li Zhong’s.

n“Hmm?”

nQuickly, Li Fei noticed.

nShe had already gotten close to Duan Ling Tian, but he actually didn’t have any intention of dodging or attacking.

n“Looking down on me, huh….”

nA sense of shame and anger arose in Li Fei’s heart.

nStarfall Fist!

nUnder her violet clothes, her fist swung out like a falling star, descending towards Duan Ling Tian’s chest.

nDuan Ling Tian’s eyes flickered.

nHis fleshly body instantly exerted a strength of 28,000 pounds…

nGreater Teleportation!

nHe circulated his defensive martial skill in preparation to take Li Fei’s punch head on.

nBang!

nLi Fei’s fist slammed onto Duan Ling Tian’s chest in the next moment.

nLi Fei was dazed.

nDuan Ling Tian actually really didn’t dodge, allowing her fist to slam into him with its full force.

nShe felt slightly regretful. Was her attack too heavy-handed?

n“The strength of two ancient mammoths!”

nSuddenly, Li Fei heard a wave of shouts of alarm enter her ears.

nBefore Li Fei could even react, she felt like the fist which she slammed on Duan Ling Tian’s chest actually wasn’t even able to break through his defensive qi barrier.

n“This… How is this possible?!”

nLi Fei’s beautiful eyes constricted as her charming and beautiful face was filled with an expression of disbelief.

nShe unconsciously raised her head and clearly saw.

nIn the space above Duan Ling Tian, two ancient mammoth silhouettes were indistinctly visible…

nNinth level of the Body Tempering Stage, the strength of two ancient mammoths?

nHer beautiful and charming face had only just emitted an expression of shock when…

nIn the next moment, she felt a boundless force reflect back from Duan Ling Tian’s defensive qi barrier, flowing into her fist.

nThis force was extremely familiar to her.

nIt was precisely the force exerted by her Starfall Fist…

n“Retreat!”

nDuan Ling Tian frowned. He realized that he might have taken things too far, so his body jerked and he hurriedly retreated.

nLi Fei, on the other hand, wasn’t able to retreat in time.

nAlthough Duan Ling Tian restrained most of the reflective force from his Greater Teleportation, there was still a small amount that ignored the defensive qi barrier on Li Fei’s body, going through her right arm before blasting onto her body.

nImmediately, Li Fei’s face turned deathly pale.

nShe flew out like an arrow leaving the bowstring, descending towards a corner of the combat arena.

n“Not good!”

nSuddenly, a startled shout sounded from outside the combat arena.

nDuan Ling Tian glanced forward and his expression instantly turned grim.

nPresently, the deathly pale Li Fei was powerless, unable to move her body in the air.

nAnd the head of her dropping body was on a collision course towards the pillar at the corner of the combat arena…

nThe square pillar’s sharp edge was directly facing Li Fei’s head.

nIf Li Fei were to collide with it, it would lead to unimaginable consequences!

nOn the high platform.

nPatriarch Li Ao’s expression turned grim as he prepared to rescue Li Fei.

nBut he was quickly dazed on the spot again.

nAt this moment, it wasn’t only him; even everyone who was spectating Duan Ling Tian and Li Fei’s battle were all dumbstruck.

nAt this moment, they seemed to have even forgotten about Li Fei, who was in imminent danger.

nOn the combat arena, the youth that seemed to transform in a spirit serpent as he flashed out, revealing a shocking speed…

nIn the air above him, three ancient mammoth silhouettes abruptly formed. They were exceptionally dazzling.

n“No…Impossible…It’s impossible…”

nSeeing this scene from afar, Li An shook his head in disbelief.

nHe wasn’t willing to believe this to be real.

nOn the combat arena.

nNoticing Li Fei was in imminent danger, Duan Ling Tian couldn’t bother about anything else, so he exploded forth with his full unrestrained strength, revealed his maximum speed, and flew towards Li Fei.

nBut, when he was halfway, he noticed that his speed was slightly slower than required.

n“No!”

nInstantly, Duan ling Tian’s eyes turned a crimson red and he let out an unwilling roar.

nOn the high platform, Patriarch Li Ao and the elders noticed this, so their expressions distorted.

nBut at this time, even they wouldn’t be able to reach Li Fei in time…

nThe distance was too great.

nLi Fei, who was blasted flying, had a trace of despair flash in her eyes.

n“Am I going to die?”

nSuddenly, she saw the violet-clothed youth who had a ferocious expression as he desperately flew towards her…

nAt this moment, the youth’s insanity caused a sense of warmth to arise in her heart.

nSo it turned out that he wasn’t really that detestable…

n“Ah!!” Duan Ling Tian, who was flashing at high speed, abruptly shouted.

nThe muscles in his entire body bulged and his veins started moving about…

nBang!

nHe stomped on the ground once more to gain momentum.

nAt the instant his legs touched the ground, Duan Ling Tian’s mind flashed with a scene.

nIn the scene, a white and a black little python were agilely flying about like bolts of lightning flashing by…

nVaguely, Duan Ling Tian seemed to have caught on to something.

nAt the instant his body dropped on the ground to gain momentum, his Spirit Serpent Movement Technique underwent a change due to being forced by circumstances…

nMastery Stage!

nWhoosh!

nDuan Ling Tian’s speed explosively increased, flashing by and arriving beside the pillar before Li Fei.

nBut Li Fei’s head’s distance to the corner of the pillar was extremely close, without much empty space in between.

nDuan Ling Tian grit his teeth and directly forced his body straight in between her and the pillar.

nBang!

nBefore he could even circulate his defensive martial skill, Li Fei’s body had already descended, smashing into Duan Ling Tian’s embrace.

nThe piercing pain coming from his back caused Duan Ling Tian’s face to become deathly pale and he grunted…

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