Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 956: Battle Tests

Leng Hua, who had just arrived at his Leng Clan, was furious after hearing the news of Zhang Xiaolong [3]ʼs success in learning the Indestructible Vajra Immortal Body technique. ”How could that kid do it in less than a day? I have studied that technique for thousands of years, but I have never managed to master even the initial stage, and I finally gave up on learning it.”

A young man suddenly appeared behind Leng Hua and knelt down directly on one knee. ”Is there a task for me, Master?”

”Go to the battle test site and capture the brat who is undergoing the test.” Leng Huaʼs order confused the young man. ”Bring him to me alive, or you will die.”

”Yes, Master.”

Leng Hua looked into the distance with narrowed eyes. ”No matter the cost, I must get that kid, and I will force him to teach me the method so I can master that technique. If I succeed in doing so, I can take over this realm from the hands of Tian Jingxuan and his Tian Clan.”

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Zhang Xiaolong [3] walked into the middle of the encirclement of the cultivators. He looked at them one by one before speaking to them. ”I donʼt mean to be disrespectful to you guys, but I would rather not waste my time in this place.”

”Stop talking and fighting us.”

”Yeah! Fight us!

”As you wish.” Four golden mirrors suddenly appeared and circled Zhang Xiaolong [3], confusing the cultivators. Without saying anything else, he immediately moved to attack one of them, but he did not use his full speed.

The person immediately moved to attack Zhang Xiaolong [3] first, and several others also moved to attack him as well. Although the fight was unequal and unfair, they had no other choice but to gang up on him, especially since their leader had assigned them to eliminate everyone who tried to enter their realm.

Zhang Xiaolong [3] smirked in response to their actions, but he had no intention of attacking them. Instead, he allowed them to attack him, especially since he wanted to try out the fifth move of the Reversal Mirror technique that he got from Shang Ziyuan.

As soon as their attacks reached Zhang Xiaolong [3], the four golden mirrors immediately glowed, and they groaned in pain after being hit by their own attacks.

”Arghh!”

”Shit!”

”Damn it!”

The cultivators immediately jumped away from Zhang Xiaolong [3], but he swiftly dashed towards one of them and gave him a kick to the stomach, slamming him into the wall. ”Guah!”

Bam

The man fell to the floor and held his stomach. ʼShit! His kick seemed to have no power, but the impact was really painful! What kind of mirror technique is that? My attack was reversed on me when I almost landed my attack on him.ʼ

Seeing that, the other cultivators did not immediately attack Zhang Xiaolong [3]; instead, they circled him to find a way to attack him while thinking about his mirror technique.

”Second Heaven: Violet Lightning Spear.” Dozens of violet spears made of lightning appeared above Zhang Xiaolong [3], and he launched them toward those cultivators.

”Dodge!” One of the cultivators shouted to his comrades as he himself tried to dodge the lightning spears, but one of the spears immediately chased him and electrocuted him. ”Arghh!”

The other cultivators also suffered the same fate as that person, and they were also electrocuted by those lightning spears. ”Gahhh!”

All the cultivators immediately fell to the floor, and their bodies convulsed repeatedly due to the shocks from Zhang Xiaolong [3]ʼs lightning spears. They looked up as soon as they sensed his other technique, and dozens of other lightning spears had appeared above him.

”Stop! You win!” One of them shouted to Zhang Xiaolong [3].

”Thatʼs good.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately canceled his technique and walked towards the next room, where dozens of other cultivators were waiting for him for the second stage of the battle test. However, he did not cancel the Reversal Mirror technique. ʼHmm? Those people are really annoying! They are not fair to me, but at least they still havenʼt sent any cultivators in the Divine Manifestation Realms and above!ʼ

Those people remained silent and directly attacked Zhang Xiaolong [3], but the four golden mirrors immediately reversed their attacks based on the strength they used, causing them to experience pain from their own strikes.

Similar to their friends in the previous room, those cultivators refrained from attacking Zhang Xiaolong [3] with close-range attacks after the mirrors reflected their attacks back at them. Instead, some of them tried to attack him using long-range attacks, but the mirrors still reacted and reversed the attacks back at their owners, causing them to suffer pain once again.

ʼHahaha! Shang Ziyuan is indeed a genius! Her mirror technique is truly awesome!ʼ Zhang Xiaolong [3] then tried using another technique, and a giant golden palm appeared above the room, covering the entire area. In that instant, a powerful pressure pressed down on the cultivators from above, forcing them to kneel on the floor with pale faces.

ʼShit! How can he suppress us like this with his cultivation only at the 1-Moon Divine Transcend Realm?ʼ

Zhang Xiaolong [3] shook his head at them. ”Please give up. Otherwise, I will drop this technique on you all, and you guys will suffer quite severe injuries from it.”

Those people exchanged glances for a moment before nodding to Zhang Xiaolong [3]. ”Go to the next room.”

”Thank you.” Xiaolong [3] went straight to the third room, where tens of cultivators at the Divine Manifestation Realm were already waiting for him. ʼTch! They ended up sending cultivators at this stage, but I wonʼt bother with them.ʼ

Once again, Zhang Xiaolong [3] relied on the Reversal Mirror technique, which caused the cultivators to hesitate in approaching him due to the reflecting effect of the four golden mirrors. He also used several techniques from the Nine Heavens Lightning Art to attack them, including the Ninth Heaven: Eternal Thunder Judgment.

In just a few minutes, Zhang Xiaolong [3] had already passed the third and fourth stages of the battle test, and he immediately rushed to the fifth room, where many cultivators at the Divine Fusion Realm were waiting for him.

Unlike his battles in the previous four rooms, Zhang Xiaolong [3] did not only rely on his two previous techniques, but he also used several other ones, such as his soul technique, the Annihilation Flame, several techniques of his own creation, and some of his demon abilities.

Even so, Zhang Xiaolong [3] still restrained himself from using his full speed, especially since he was sure that he would meet cultivators with levels far above his own soon.

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Jia Yuyan inwardly sighed in relief as she watched Zhang Xiaolong [3]ʼs battle test from the Qi screen. ʼIt seems I worried too much about him, and heʼs been holding himself back since the first fight started. If he didnʼt do that, he should have entered the tenth stage by now.ʼ

”Hey, Jingxuan! I think we shouldnʼt fight over this kid, and we can take him as our direct disciple.” Shi Yan expressed his opinion while looking at Zhang Xiaolong [3].

Qing Huang nodded in agreement with him. ”This kid is a monster, and we wonʼt be able to handle him alone. Therefore, we have to handle him together, which will benefit our three clans.”

”My Li Clan will join you guys.” Qing Huang and Shi Yan turned to the old woman who had just said that. ”I didnʼt say anything before because I wanted to see this kidʼs fighting ability first, and his fighting ability is truly impressive. The most intriguing thing is his mirror technique, especially since it can reflect both close-range and long-range attacks. In my entire life, I have never seen such a technique before; even reflection artifacts canʼt be used continuously like his technique, and they will be destroyed after reflecting two or three enemy attacks.”

”You are right, Li Zixun.” Another old woman suddenly spoke. ”I donʼt know where this kid got his technique, but Iʼm sure itʼs not a low-grade one, and itʼs probably a divine grade or above.”

”Are you sure his technique is a divine grade or above, Chi Yuexin?” Li Zixun doubtfully asked.

Chi Yuexin nodded. ”His technique is at least a divine grade.”

”Master, I once met someone who had that technique when I was wandering outside the realm.” They immediately looked at a young woman behind Chi Yuexin. ”I met a woman named Shang Ziyuan in the Void Heaven Realm when I was searching for the Alchemy Goddess a few years ago, and Senior Brother Xiao Feng tried to get close to her, which irritated her. When they fought, she used the same technique as this kid, and she fought him while reversing his attack.”

”Did you also fight Shang Ziyuan, Wenren Yue?” Chi Yuexin asked her.

Wenren Yue shook her head. ”I didnʼt want to interfere with Senior Brother Xiaoʼs business, so I just watched their fight from afar, and he ended up being heavily injured by his own technique.”

”Do you know where Shang Ziyuan comes from?” Li Zixun asked.

Wenren Yue told them straightaway. ”After I helped Senior Brother Xiao, I managed to meet the Alchemy Goddess, and she told me that Shang Ziyuan came from the Shang Clan in the Red Sun Realm. According to her, she was a genius cultivator of her generation, and she created many extraordinary techniques that became her signature , one of which was the mirror technique.”

Wenren Yueʼs answer shocked all of them, and Tian Jingxuan spoke to the others. ”If Shang Ziyuan could create a divine-grade technique from scratch, that means she is indeed a genius cultivator. Even my ancestor, Tian Kongquan, was unable to create a divine-grade technique. All the techniques we have now are inherited from the past before the universe wall separated the three realms from the realm beyond, including the ten immortal-grade techniques.”

”Do you think we should try to meet Shang Ziyuan?” Qing Huang asked the others. ”If she is so talented, we should recruit her to join us, and we will give her an exception not to go through those tests.”

”I think thatʼs a good idea.” Shi Yan spoke, nodding his head. ”If we can persuade Shang Ziyuan and give her good resources, she will definitely be willing to help us create many new techniques, and she might be able to create new immortal-grade techniques that are suitable for us in the future.”

Li Zixun nodded her head in agreement. ”Even though we have the ten immortal-grade techniques, almost none of us have managed to learn any of them. If Shang Ziyuan helps us create immortal-grade techniques according to our wishes, we will definitely become stronger, and we will not have to fear anyone anymore.”

”Haha.” Chi Yuexin softly laughed. ”Even if we donʼt have immortal-grade techniques, no one from the three realms will dare to fight us. They canʼt even find our realm, remember?”

”Youʼre not wrong about that, Old Chi.” Qing Huang then turned to the mountain. ”Have you forgotten about the existence of the realm beyond? Have you forgotten about that female phoenix? She could even infiltrate our realm without us knowing, remember? Since she could open the portal to the realm beyond so easily, Iʼm afraid that people from that realm will descend upon our realm in the future, and we wonʼt be able to deal with them if that happens.”

Chi Yuexin and the othersʼ expressions turned serious after Qing Huang mentioned that, but Li Zixun immediately spoke to them. ”Iʼm also worried about that, but we all know that no cultivators from that realm have ever descended here since the two realms separated from each other.”

”Zixun, you have forgotten Xereth.” Li Zixun frowned at Jia Yuyan directly. ”Thereʼs a possibility that the demon has gone to the realm beyond before, or his presence wouldnʼt make the people of the Xianjin Realm anxious, right?”

Li Zixun nodded in agreement after she remembered the story from Yuan Tiancheng and the others about Xereth. ”Do you think that demon can find our realm and attack us?”

”All possibilities exist, so we must remain vigilant.” They nodded in agreement to Jia Yuyan, who immediately continued. ”I think itʼs okay if we go to Shang Ziyuan and try to persuade her to join us, but we canʼt force him to join us.”

”Why is that?”

”Him.” Jia Yuyan pointed to Zhang Xiaolong [3] on the Qi screen. ”Since this kid can use Shang Ziyuanʼs technique, Iʼm sure they have a special relationship. If we force her, we might lose the opportunity to recruit him.”

”I think youʼre wrong about that, Senior Jia.” Jia Yuyan turned to Wenren Yue. ”According to the information Iʼve heard, Shang Ziyuan doesnʼt like men, and she only likes women, so I donʼt think she has that kind of relationship with this kid.”

Jia Yuyan nodded in understanding. ”Whether they have a special relationship or not, we must never force Shang Ziyuan to join us. She may be a genius at creating techniques, but this kid is a genius in many ways, so we shouldnʼt waste the opportunity to recruit him.”

”I agree with you, Yuyan.” Tian Jingxuan then spoke to Li Zixun and Chi Yexin. ”If Little Yueʼs information is true that Shang Ziyuan is only interested in women, I and the others will not be able to meet her. Therefore, I want you two to go to the Red Sun Realm using our fastest flying artifact, and you can try to tempt her using the best resources we have.”

”In that case, Zixun and I will prepare everything now, and we will go to the Red Sun Realm afterward.” Chi Yuexin and Li Zixun immediately stood up from their chairs. ”Yue, you should come with us, especially since you have met Shang Ziyuan before.”

”Yes, Master.”

”Hmm?” Tian Jingxuan and the others suddenly heard Zhang Xiaolong [3] shout inside the Qi screen, and they saw that he had already reached the ninth room.

”What the fuck? How could he be there already?” Shi Yan screamed in shock. ”Weʼve been deliberately making things difficult for him, but he still managed to pass the first eight stages of the battle test so quickly.”

”This kid doesnʼt use any tricks at all, and he only utilizes his speed, raw strength, and a few others, including his mirror technique.” Jia Yuyan suddenly raised her eyebrows after she saw a shadow not far from Zhang Xiaolong [3]. ”Leng Hua sent someone to do something to him.”

”Hmm?” Tian Jingxuan narrowed his eyes and contacted someone directly to stop Leng Huaʼs subordinate. ”What does that kid mean by asking that? Does he have a powerful beast contract by his side?”

”I think so.” Jia Yuyan nodded at him. ”Since this kidʼs next opponents are cultivators at the Divine Ascendant Realm, I think we should allow him to summon his contract beast.”

Tian Jingxuan immediately agreed with her. ”We deliberately made things difficult for him by giving him many opponents that were much stronger than him, so I will allow him to use the help of his contract beast.”

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In the battle test, Zhang Xiaolong [3] smiled in satisfaction after he got the agreement, and he immediately summoned Long Jiuxiao out of the beast space, which shocked Tian Jinguxan and the others. ʼHa ha ha! They donʼt know that I have several powerful beasts by my side!ʼ

Unlike him, Long Jiuxiao wore a gloomy look, especially since Zhang Xiaolong [3] treated him as his beast contract.

Long Jiuxiao frowned when he felt the presence of Leng Huaʼs subordinate, but Zhang Xiaolong [3] shook his head casually and walked toward the ninth room. ”Forget about him and help me defeat the people inside.”

Leng Huaʼs subordinate immediately moved to capture Zhang Xiaolong [3], but a shadow moved first and knocked him unconscious, and the shadow carried him away from that place.

ʼAs expected! The higher-ups of this realm send his or her subordinate to stop that guy.ʼ Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately led Long Jiuxiao into the room in front of them, and the presence of the dragon ancestor caused the cultivators inside to tremble. ”Fight or give up; the choice is yours.”

- To Be Continued -