Chapter 109: Even the Heavens Favor this Old Thief
With a single sentence, thrown to the ground, it rang out clear and loud.
Even the sinister old woman on the high platform softened her gaze.
Indeed, the soldiers of the Li Family never knew the meaning of surrender.
Every one of them from the Li Family stood tall and upright.
"Just for that statement, I'll fight you," Tang Rao nodded, saying that Li Yuze indeed had the air of a soldier about him.
"Good!" Li Yuze responded, and then slightly bent forward, his right hand on the dagger at his waist, his eyes suddenly turning cold and indifferent.
Looking into Li Yuze's eyes, Tang Rao suddenly felt a strange sensation.
From Li Yuze's gaze, he saw something out of the ordinary.
Indeed, in those pitch-black pupils, strands of blood slowly formed and spread upwards.
But before Tang Rao could figure it out, Li Yuze had already launched himself, speeding forward.
His speed was very fast, even faster than Ye Fengsheng by half a notch.
What made Tang Rao find even more unbelievable was that Li Yuze hadn't used any Spiritual Energy.
It was purely the speed his body possessed.
Could it be this fierce?
Tang Rao was shocked; to have such speed without using Spiritual Energy, truth be told, even he couldn't do it.
You should know that he had been using Spiritual Energy to temper his body in the way of the Nine Deaths Undying Body continuously.
Yet even so, he couldn't match Li Yuze.
"Whoosh!" When there was still ten meters to go to reach Tang Rao, Li Yuze's speed increased again, his footsteps faintly visible as he pounded the ground in rapid steps.
His body twisted, changing moves with high speed, the dagger in his hand flickering in and out of view, its cold light flashing.
Bang!
Five meters, his frame twisted, and he changed moves again.
"Good!" Tang Rao's eyes brightened, and after shouting out loud, he too didn't use Spiritual Energy, retreating at high speed, deploying his stepping technique.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The two on the platform were like two ghosts, with variable footsteps.
Bang bang bang!
Each time the two of them tangled, it resulted in a series of violent explosions and fierce collisions.
The fight was not only fast enough to overwhelm the spectators, but extremely intense, making everyone clench their fists tightly.
"This Tang Rao is going against the heavens!" exclaimed the sinister old woman on the high platform.
She could see that Tang Rao, like Yu Ze, was fighting purely with his body's strength, without using any Spiritual Energy.
But then, was Yu Ze naturally mighty, or could it be that Tang Rao also had innate immense strength and extreme combat talent?
"What a pity Yu Ze can't open his Qi Mansion," the old woman sighed.
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The battle lasted a full ten minutes, and Tang Rao was already showing signs of fatigue.
This Li Yuze was simply monstrous; under such intense clashes, his breathing was still even. What's more terrifying was that Tang Rao felt this guy's speed and strength had become even stronger than at the start.
If Ye Fengsheng was a natural-born fighter, then Li Yuze was a fighting machine.
Each move he made was simplistic to the ultimate degree, but each move was precisely executed and impregnable.
If he didn't start using Spiritual Energy, he feared he would lose.
"Body speed and strength, I indeed cannot match you," Tang Rao admitted to Li Yuze.
Li Yuze was momentarily taken aback, and nodded while still moving at high speed.
"But that's all, I can't open a Qi Mansion," Li Yuze said with a hint of helplessness.
If I could become a Qi Mansion Practitioner, my strength would undoubtedly see a huge increase.
"Really?" Tang Rao's eyes suddenly narrowed, and Spiritual Energy burst forth violently.
With the augmentation of Spiritual Energy, Tang Rao's speed soared abruptly.
His body, wrapped in Spiritual Energy, collided crazily towards Li Yuze without any warning, his right fist swinging wildly.
Feeling Tang Rao's momentum, Li Yuze's expression turned ugly, indeed, he was still far from being a match.
"I thought you were some kind of master; turns out you're just a piece of trash who hasn't opened his Qi Mansion. Seems like all you can do is play soldier, garbage!" Tang Rao's voice was contemptuous and dismissive.
On the high platform, the evil old lady's gaze suddenly turned cold.
She actually quite admired Tang Rao, but that remark made her very unhappy.
As for Li Yuze, his gaze also completely changed.
"You can insult me, but you cannot insult the soldiers, you cannot insult the military!" Li Yuze's voice was so cold it sent shivers down one's spine.
At the same time, the fine blood vessels in Li Yuze's eyes became clearer and brighter, even emitting a faint blood-red glow.
"So what if I insult you? Trash!" Tang Rao provoked Li Yuze again.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, Li Yuze let out a heaven-shaking roar, a sound that did not seem to come from a human throat.
Tang Rao's eyes were piercingly astute, and the instant Li Yuze roared furiously, he noticed the changes on Li Yuze's face and body.
Strange patterns emerged on his skin, appearing and disappearing, looking exceedingly complex.
"Indeed! A superior bloodline!" Tang Rao's mouth curled upwards.
When he first saw the blood vessels in Li Yuze's eyes, he had his suspicions.
That was why he deliberately enraged Li Yuze. Unexpectedly, he really drove this guy to reveal himself.
However, for such a superior bloodline to awaken so carelessly, it was truly wasteful.
As a Spiritual Pharmacist, Tang Rao could not stand for such a thing to happen.
"Seal!" Tang Rao once again employed Flash Strike, rushing to Li Yuze in an instant, his fingers jabbing out fiercely.
Zhongji, Qi Sea, Tianshu, Shuifen, Shenque—every hit was heavy and forceful.
"Thud!" The next moment, Li Yuze suddenly knelt on one knee, propping himself up with both hands, sweating profusely, eyes bulging.
"Tang Rao, you scoundrel, you've botched it with my grandson!" The evil old lady roared and flickered in movement, appearing above the arena.
Tang Rao looked at the evil old lady and couldn't help swallowing saliva.
This old crone was actually a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
"Brother Yu Ze, I'm sorry, I went too far with my words earlier," Tang Rao said with a smile towards Li Yuze.
Li Yuze and the evil old lady were both startled. What did Tang Rao mean?
"I had no choice, just now that was mainly to provoke the anger in your heart," Tang Rao continued to speak, "Perhaps you've noticed yourself that every time you're in a state of rage, whether it's your speed or strength, it increases tremendously."
"How do you know that?" The evil old lady and Li Yuze asked in unison.
"It's not convenient to explain in detail right now, I can only tell you this—once the power within your body is properly harnessed, it can become strong enough to instill fear in any cultivator," Tang Rao smiled as he spoke.
Think about Hao Cang, the master of Beizhou Realm in the Seventy-two Domains of the starry sky, with his ferocious bloodline power, so fierce that he's practically inhuman.
Even at his peak, Tang Rao couldn't bring down Hao Cang, that maniac.
Can you imagine what it's like to fight something that can't be hurt even by tearing through space?
In any case, Tang Rao summed it up in two words: Despair.
"Tang Rao, you... you know..." Li Yuze suddenly became agitated.
"Of course I know," Tang Rao said with a beaming smile.
It's like heaven is looking out for me. First, there was Lei Li with her Thunder Spirit Root, and now here comes another with a superior bloodline.
Once I've trained them well, returning to the Seventy-two Domains of the starry sky, I could shake the entire cosmos in minutes.