In the past six months, Lou Cheng hadn't had a formal battle with Dragon King. However, they had never stopped sparring in private. In the past two months, he had only won once or twice out of ten times, and those times were when both parties were equally restrained.
This meant that things would get worse in a crucial battle.
The saying that there was zero hope was too biased, but a ten percent chance of winning was close to the truth … This was the consensus of the top experts, as well as Lou Cheng's understanding.
But as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he wouldn't be dejected or afraid. He would use all his passion and courage to chase, grasp, and hold on until the end!
This was a trait he had developed throughout his journey, and also influenced by Battle King Dong Baxian.
He could fail, but he couldn't admit defeat!
One step, two steps, three steps … Lou Cheng's emotions flowed like a calm tide. His will grew steadier, and his aura was contained.
When he reached his predetermined position, he finally raised his gaze and looked straight at his opponent, as the challenger.
It was a handsome, masculine face with chiseled features. It was a face that no expert in the world would dare to look at for ten years!
Dragon King Chen Qitao!
Although the referee had retreated to the edge, he could sense the smell of gunpowder in the air. A battle was about to break out.
Just like the ancient rules used to determine the winner, the Battle of Warrior Sage followed another tradition, and that was that there was no conversation time!
Before Lou Cheng could gather his five flames and prepare, the referee glanced at the hanging electronic clock, raised his right arm, and swung it down heavily.
"Begin!"
The new Battle of Warrior Sage had begun. The loser would not be remembered, and the winner would be crowned the champion!
Bam!
Chen Qitao's accumulated aura exploded like a volcano erupting horizontally. Using his right fist, which was covered in a thick layer of faint purple, he forcefully dragged his body across the thirty-meter distance towards Lou Cheng's face.
Fast and fierce!
This wasn't much weaker than Dong Baxian's Shunpo or Qian Donglou's Thunderbolt. In terms of aura, it was even better. The air around them reddened rapidly, as though reflecting the sea of flames.
The clash seemed to have blended into one with the referee's voice, the change in environment, and the passage of time. Lou Cheng had the time and ability to dodge, but for some reason, he was half a beat slower, as though it was destined to be so.
But under Chen Qitao's guidance, his spirit trembled. His body, as though stimulated, surged with unprecedented strength. He broke through his condition and climbed to a new peak!
Is this the sharpening and strengthening of a top-level battle? How amazing … In a fight between masters, every second counts. Lou Cheng had lost the best chance to dodge because of his slow movement. He could only suppress his thoughts, lower his waist, and twist his muscles and fascia. He shook out his right arm and punched out like a cannonball. Attack against attack!
Because he was inferior to the Dragon King in all aspects of the Fire Sect, he did not use his weakness to attack the Dragon King's strength. Instead, he catalyzed the Ice Soul Technique to counter the Dragon King's strength. Then, he accumulated the Emperor Yan Technique in each of his punches, accumulating his Qi and unleashing his full power.
In a split-second, he had already decided on his follow-up strategy.
Bam!
Fists collided and sparks flew in all directions. However, most of the faint purple flames were sealed in ice. When they merged or tore apart everything, they exhausted themselves and dimmed and extinguished. There were even a few translucent purple snowflakes that fluttered in midair.
Bam! Chen Qitao stretched his back and threw another punch in an extremely aggressive and domineering manner. It was like a prairie fire.
Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!
Lou Cheng couldn't escape from the series of wild attacks. He could only defend passively. But he didn't panic. His Ice Heart froze and his spirit settled. He countered with punch after punch of Ice Spirit. Under the clash of cold and heat, thin mist filled the air. It was like a fairyland.
Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!
As the flames around them grew brighter and brighter, Lou Cheng suddenly opened his mouth and let out a roar. His left fist punched out with bulging muscles.
His Emperor Yan Force had been accumulated to the limit.
A layer of light purple ignited and covered the area heavily. It seemed to be only a small amount, but it was actually formed by the compression of countless Emperor Yan. If it exploded directly, it could flatten an area of ten square meters and "dig" a hole!
Chen Qitao's expression didn't change. He tightened his half-hanging left arm and swung it back. The surrounding flames seemed to have been summoned. They gathered at one point and lit up brightly.
This was the advanced application of Nine Rotations of Five Flames.
Boom!
A sudden light flashed, leaving the broadcast screen white. Then, smoke and dust expanded along with the flames, turning into a mushroom-like cloud that soared into the sky.
Only then did the deafening sound of the explosion reverberate, causing the minds of the audience who had long been prepared to buzz, causing the ordinary glass in the unimportant places to crack and shatter.
Before the terrifying shockwaves subsided, Chen Qitao broke through the layers of obstacles. Like a soldier walking in a rain of bullets, he closed in on Lou Cheng again and launched another round of Fire-like Invasion.
Just like that, he blocked Lou Cheng's ultimate move.
Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!
Lou Cheng tried a few moves but still couldn't shake him off. Whether it was the build-up of Emperor Yan and Ice Spirit, the ingenious short-range changes, or the initial condensation of Five Flames, they were all destroyed by Dragon King Chen Qitao's own Fire Sect ferocious attacks. He fully demonstrated what it meant to defeat ten with one's strength.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Lou Cheng suddenly felt weightless in a collision between an elbow and a fist. Like a kite with a broken string, he flew backwards. While he was still in the air, he had already unleashed three bursts of Emperor Yan Force, helping him change direction three times in a row to escape.
However, Dragon King Chen Qitao was also a Fire Sect Physical Invulnerability expert. His moves were purer than Lou Cheng's. He pounced forward and changed direction, locking onto his opponent with ease.
At this moment, ice crystals appeared on the surface of Lou Cheng's body. He used this opportunity to squeeze out new Flame Force and unleashed another burst.
Bam!
There was a faint sound coming from his body. His body, which was already at the end of its flight, made a strange turn and bounced away.
Four changes of direction!
This was the result of Lou Cheng's combination of Cosmic Universe Style and Fire Sect techniques. He had broken the ceiling of Physical Invulnerability experts who could only change direction three times!
This was also one of his trump cards today!
Seeing that Dragon King seemed to be powerless, Lou Cheng's eyes suddenly froze. This was because the sparks of fire around Chen Qitao had gathered into a ball at some point.
Bam! The explosion of the fireball gave the Dragon King a new impetus to change its direction, allowing it to charge over with a roar.
This … He's really not far from the Forbidden Land … Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to change direction four times … Lou Cheng seemed to have understood. Because his Mesmerizing Snow Steps footwork was interrupted, he had no choice but to fall into Dragon King's suppression again and face thousands of punches and kicks.
Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!
He had used up all his trump cards but still couldn't turn the situation around. Gradually, he could only hold on and wait.
In the stands and in the box, Yan Zheke, Qi Fang, Ji Mingyu, Jiang Fei, and the rest subconsciously held their breaths. Their hands were either tightly clenched or clenched into fists.
Rationally, they knew that Lou Cheng's chances of winning today were very low. They were mainly here to witness his first title match and enjoy the excitement. However, when the battle officially began, they couldn't help but feel a little hopeful and hopeful, hoping for a miracle.
However, Dragon King, at 100%, once again showed what the Legendary Twins were, and what the era of Dragon King and Warrior Sage was.
It seemed that it wouldn't be long before Lou Cheng swallowed the bitter pill of defeat. And it was obvious that he had used up all his tricks.
As if they were listening to a countdown, the cheers of the audience quieted down.
Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!
With the burning pain in his mind and the erosion of the flames, Lou Cheng was triggered. His surroundings turned gloomy. A feeling of boundless coldness, silence, and loneliness materialized.
In the depths of this gloomy darkness, emotions such as love, pity, protection, and obsession to live turned into stars, illuminating the cold, darkness, and loneliness around him.
This was Lou Cheng's increasingly perfected state of mind to resist the spread of Dragon King's prairie fire.
At his peak, Dragon King's punches and kicks carried some state of mind.
Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!
Domineering, barbaric, scorching, and terrifying feelings burned fiercely. With Chen Qitao's aggressive punches and kicks, they slowly but surely devoured Lou Cheng's universe.
The gloomy darkness began to roll back, and the radiance was pressed closer and closer. Lou Cheng's mental state slowly shrank to only half an inch away from his body. After another two or three hits, it would be beaten back to its original state.
Bam!
The volcano erupted, and the flames surged with the fists. Lou Cheng's body swayed slightly as he barely blocked Dragon King's fists. However, his own state of mind was completely collapsing and shrinking inwards.
The radiance merged into one and became more and more condensed. The darkness rolled back, wanting to devour and absorb them into nothingness.
The end of the universe had come!
In that split second, Lou Cheng seemed to be attracted by the picture. He suddenly thought of the small courtyard in the Capital, the scroll hanging in Old Mei's room, the statue of the Heavenly Primogenitor, the Restriction Sect, the Clear Jade Chapter, and the palm as white as jade pressing down on him. The starry sky and the universe became smaller and smaller, more and more solidified. The stars were destroyed one by one, and the darkness rapidly shrank until it converged into a single point. Then, it spurted out and shattered into pieces.
How similar it was to what was happening now!
All of a sudden, Lou Cheng seemed to have understood something. He no longer cared about the darkness that had returned to its original form. His force, mind, and everything else suddenly shrank inward, adding in the little bits of condensed brilliance. He added in the feelings of love, joy, pity, protection, and willingness to give up his life for this.
After an instant, the darkness engulfed the radiance and condensed it into a single point. However, that single point was bursting with a blinding brilliance.
Bam!
As the brilliance burst forth, Lou Cheng threw the most powerful punch of his life.
This wasn't just a punch of destruction, it was also a punch of creation!
The great vitality of destruction!
This was the essence of the Restriction Sect, Clear Jade Chapter!
Everything was destroyed, and something new was born. Dragon King Chen Qitao's eyes were completely occupied by the jade-white fist. However, he wasn't surprised. Instead, he made use of this stimulation to ignite his own spirit.
All of a sudden, he transformed from numerous volcanoes into a "real" sun. He was heavy, hot, and terrifying.
Bam! The sun fell, punching the void!
The two fists collided, and the world seemed to freeze for an instant.
Rumble!
The Jiuwen Stadium seemed to have experienced an earthquake as it shook violently. This time, there was no mushroom cloud, no wind, and no flames. However, both Lou Cheng and Dragon King were shorter by a meter.
With the fists as the center, a one-meter deep crater with a diameter of about 20 meters appeared in the arena.
Many of Lou Cheng's capillaries were broken, and his clothes were torn in many places. Not a single piece of skin was left unscathed.
His body felt drained. He was happy that he could throw such an earth-shattering punch, but also depressed that his body had deteriorated greatly. If Dragon King were to attack again, he would probably only be able to block a few punches.
At this moment, he saw Chen Qitao standing there. His breathing was deep, and his vitality was weak. In contrast, illusory flames surged around him. The scarlet red and faint purple flames were scorching.
Chance! The thought flashed through Lou Cheng's mind. Without thinking, he retracted his Qi and blood and formed the last Dou Formula. Then, his Dan Force gushed out, and he took a step forward. He was in front of Chen Qitao, and he threw a punch at his opponent's head.
Layers of invisible flames gathered spontaneously. The closer Lou Cheng's fist was to Dragon King, the stronger the resistance. However, compared to the Dou Formula, it was still weak and could only slow down the speed.
A second later, Lou Cheng's fist landed beside Chen Qitao's head and stopped there. There was no more resistance.
He raised his head in shock and looked over. He saw that Dragon King's pupils had disappeared, leaving only a sea of flames. A sea of flames that felt unusually real.
The sea of flames was reflected on the outside. Faint purple, scarlet red, light blue, and gold swirled in the air.
In that instant, Lou Cheng inexplicably understood Dragon King's condition.
Using the stimulation and catalysis of my punch, he burned himself and exceeded his limits. He finally broke through the gap between man and god and opened the door to the forbidden territory!
Because the breakthrough was a process, not a node, he lost …
At this moment, the fire clouds suddenly spread, turning the entire venue into a sea of flames. However, Lou Cheng didn't feel any heat or scorching heat. It was so real, yet so fake, just like Elder Mei's courtyard that was always like spring.
Witnessing this scene, the Warrior Sage, Qian Donglou, who was sitting in a private room, suddenly paled. It was as if a certain victory had been unexpectedly snatched away.
Chen Qitao raised his head and looked over. His lips curled. He looked back at Lou Cheng and nodded lightly.
"Well done."
This was the first time Lou Cheng saw such an obvious smile on his face.
With that, Chen Qitao turned around, threw off his broken shoes, and walked barefooted out of Jiuwen Stadium with his back straight.
In the silence, the referee finally came back to his senses. He raised his right arm and announced loudly,
"Lou Cheng wins!"
The audience also came back to their senses and applauded, both for Dragon King and Lou Cheng.
Moments later, the spotlight shone on Lou Cheng. The person in charge of the organizing committee shouted into the microphone, "Let's not talk about other things.
"Let's not worry about that for now. Let's welcome the new Warrior Sage!"
"Warrior Sage, Lou Cheng!"
Warrior Sage, the saint of martial arts.
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