Urban God of War: The Live-in Son-in-law

Bu Fengning was staring at Ke Li at this moment, his gaze filled with seriousness. He had, in fact, been observing Ke Li and the others battle just now.

No one had been able to inflict any damage on that Stone Man to date, not even a spiritual power attack could do the trick. Not only was its stone body incredibly hard, but because it was a summoned creature, it was devoid of spiritual power. Even Chi Jark and Xiao Rulong, though not caught, had almost exhausted all they had and still couldn't handle the Stone Man, eventually conceding the match voluntarily.

"You are very strong,"

Ke Li looked at Bu Fengning and said earnestly.

Bu Fengning was somewhat puzzled and didn't understand why Ke Li would say such a thing, but he still replied indifferently, "You're not bad yourself. Your summon can be so powerful, your own strength must be higher than your current Realm, right?"

Bu Fengning asked tentatively. In fact, the Realm was not necessarily indicative of one's complete strength, whether it be for cultivators, Onmyoji, wizards, or vampires. The Realm could not represent their power. More often than not, it was the intensity of their Magic Techniques and the progress in their Cultivation Techniques that made up their true combat power.

Ke Li's youthful face showed no extra expression as he said directly, "Let's fight. As long as I defeat you, the Tianluo Spirit Pill will be mine."

Upon hearing this, Bu Fengning instantly understood that the Tianluo Spirit Pill was Ke Li's true goal.

But did he not need the Tianluo Spirit Pill?

That was a precious treasure for cultivating spiritual power, and Bu Fengning was just as tempted. Cultivating spiritual power had always been very difficult, and the value of the Tianluo Spirit Pill, while perhaps not comparable to the Great Hand treasures like the Black Jiao Battle Halberd or Golden Dragon Shield, was still tremendously beneficial to a cultivator.

"Then I'm sorry, but I cannot just hand over the Tianluo Spirit Pill to you,"

Bu Fengning said coldly, as his Divine Sword already appeared in his hand.

Ke Li did not say much, instead he began to chant incantations, and the Stone Man that had swept aside the other contestants was already climbing out of the arena.

...

A quarter of an hour later, Bu Fengning was panting on the stage, and in front of him stood two tall figures—two identical Stone Men!

"That's enough, I admit defeat, this third place is yours, the Tianluo Spirit Pill is yours,"

Bu Fengning's face had already turned somewhat pale; he hadn't been hurt by the Stone Man at all, nor was he continuing to do so. At this point, he was simply over-exhausted. Throughout the quarter hour, he had been using powerful Sword Moves non-stop with extreme energy consumption, yet he had still failed to affect Ke Li in any way.

Initially, Bu Fengning was able to suppress the one Stone Man, but halfway through the fight, Ke Li had summoned a second one. The two large Stone Men then jointly launched an offensive against Bu Fengning.

Although the Stone Men's attacks were powerful, they weren't very destructive, so Bu Fengning wasn't really injured. Yet, any attacks he delivered to these two Stone Men were ineffective.

Bu Fengning had also considered using his movement techniques to attack Ke Li, the summoner behind the Stone Men. When dealing with summoners, many choose this tactic, hoping that defeating the summoner would solve the problem.

However, Ke Li's own strength was not weak at all, and Bu Fengning couldn't deal with him quickly enough, which immediately led to being besieged by the two Stone Men again.

After continuously battling and draining his strength, Bu Fengning couldn't hold out any longer and chose to surrender.

Ke Li ultimately won, securing himself seven points and practically ensured his third-place position.

The crowd was shocked by Ke Li's strength. Bu Fengning was someone who could fiercely compete with Qingya, and now that Bu Fengning had conceded voluntarily, didn't that mean Ke Li had the capability to fight with Qingya?

Everyone was taken aback, as they hadn't expected Ke Li, who had kept a low profile for so many years, to possess such strength.

"Thanks for the fight, your strength is truly great. If your attacks had been a bit stronger, my Stone Men wouldn't have been able to hold on,"

Ke Li said emotionlessly, seemingly unconcerned about revealing his Stone Men's weakness.

Bu Fengning was speechless. If he could have launched a stronger attack, he wouldn't have been reduced to conceding defeat.

This Ke Li was simply more difficult to deal with than Qingya.

But why did Ke Li concede directly to Qingya earlier?

Bu Fengning was very curious. Qingya's combat power was about the same as his, maybe just a hair stronger. Yet Ke Li also gave up straight away against Qingya without fighting.

As if seeing through his confusion, Ke Li's voice rang out again, "My only target is the Tianluo Spirit Pill, so I was waiting for the third-place spot."

On hearing this, Bu Fengning felt like spitting blood and was speechless. So, this fellow was just here for the Spirit Pill; there was nothing left to say.

The others also heard what Ke Li had said and weren't too surprised, since the Tianluo Spirit Pill was indeed very precious. Still, they were shocked by Ke Li's strength, never expecting that the modest Ke Li would be a true contender against Qingya.

Choosing the reward one desired was not a problem at all, and from another perspective, it could be considered controlling the outcome of the fight.

"It seems that during the last genius ranking battle tournament, Ke Li must have deliberately conceded for the sake of the Hun Yuan Green Lotus Seed,"

"Probably. I wonder who would win if Ke Li really fought Qingya,"

"I actually want to see Ke Li and Ye Feng fight; that would be interesting. Perhaps even Ye Feng couldn't stand against Ke Li?"

"Anyone who's not an idiot would realize, didn't you hear what Ke Li said? If the attack were a bit stronger, his Stone Men wouldn't withstand it. Clearly, Ye Feng has enough attack power to defeat his Stone Men,"

Everyone began to chat and laugh.

However, Ye Feng noticed something, the stone people summoned by Ke Li did indeed have a critical point of endurance, and with his combat power, smashing these stone people should not be a problem.

But if Ke Li were to really battle with Qingya, the odds of victory would most likely be in Qingya's favor.

Because he could tell, Ke Li's limit was to summon two stone people, and he couldn't summon a third, whereas Qingya had three powerful shikigami at her disposal.

The stone people's combat power wasn't particularly strong; it was their defensive power that seemed insurmountable.

Thus, Bu Fengning was constantly tied up by the two stone people and had no way to deal with the summoner himself, Ke Li.

If it were Qingya, with three shikigami in play, two top-level shikigami could completely engage Ke Li's two stone people, leaving another shikigami free to take the opportunity to defeat the summoner himself, easily resolving Ke Li.

In essence, Bu Fengning had lost due to being outnumbered.

Thinking this, Ye Feng couldn't help but marvel at the advantages of being an onmyoji; with the ability to summon three shikigami, even an army of onmyoji would be considerable in combat power.

However, it was not easy to cultivate as an onmyoji, so truly powerful ones were rare, but each onmyoji was stronger than other cultivators of the same realm.

...

The points competition continued for a full two days, and all ten powerful competitors had completed their battles.

The final ranking had been announced.

First place, Ye Feng of Xuanyuan Hall, Xuanyuan Nation, nine points!

Second place, Qingya of Yin-Yang Temple, Fusang Kingdom, eight points!

Third place, Ke Li of the Wizard Alliance, Snow Wolf Country, seven points!

Fourth place, Bu Fengning of Xuanyuan Hall, Xuanyuan Nation, six points!

Fifth place, Chi Jark of Xuanyuan Hall, Xuanyuan Nation, five points!

Sixth place, Xiao Rulong of Xuanyuan Hall, Xuanyuan Nation, four points!

Seventh place, Hong Tianyu of Xuanyuan Hall, Xuanyuan Nation, three points!

Eighth place, Mu Tian of Xuanyuan Hall, Xuanyuan Nation, two points!

Ninth place, Nick of the Western Vampire Divine Court, one point!

Tenth place, Savis of the Wizard Alliance, Snow Wolf Country, zero points!

Chi Jark and Xiao Rulong had both managed to defeat Hong Tianyu, leaving him with an extremely unsightly expression over the past two days. He never imagined that he, once second on the previous genius list, would land in seventh place this time.

Moreover, both Chi Jark and Xiao Rulong were individuals he had previously looked down upon, yet they had beaten him in this points competition, something he found utterly unacceptable, but such was the harsh reality.

After the First Hall Master finished announcing the rankings, his gaze turned cold. With a grand sweep of his hand, ten storage rings flew from his hand toward the hands of the ten competitors, each ring containing their rewards.

"Busy for several days and all for just these spirit stones, how boring, it's not as fast as if I just robbed them," Mu Tian, now back at the high platform of the Xuanyuan Hall, muttered with a curl of his lip, clearly dissatisfied.

The people nearby, hearing his words, immediately distanced themselves a bit from him, knowing full well that this fellow was obsessed with the idea of robbery. They hadn't forgotten that those who had been robbed by him from the other three great powers still held a grudge; too close an association with Mu Tian could inadvertently implicate them in trouble.

Mu Tian, seeing everyone's reaction, didn't care and instead took the initiative to approach Ye Feng, his eyes shining brightly, "Ye Feng, bring out your Golden Dragon Shield and let me play with it for a while, how about it?"

Though he said this, Mu Tian was actually thinking that if he could borrow it, he would never return it.

Just as Ye Feng was about to examine the Golden Dragon Shield in the ring, he saw Mu Tian approaching and gave him a dismissive look, clearly understanding Mu Tian's intentions, "Dream on."

Ye Feng simply abandoned the idea of studying the Golden Dragon Shield for the time being. Mu Tian's suggestion reminded him that he felt a strong call from the Golden Dragon Shield, but there were too many people and eyes present. If anything unusual happened later, it would be troublesome.

At this moment, the First Hall Master had already turned to the great powers of the Yin-Yang Realm from the other three factions.

"Gentlemen, since the talent competition has ended, shall we set out for the Source Secret Realm now?" the First Hall Master asked across the distance.

The expressions on the faces of the great powers from the other three factions were not pleasant. They had too few people eligible to enter the Source Secret Realm, which naturally irked them.

But they were aware of the First Hall Master's strength and didn't dare to say much, so they simply nodded in agreement.

The First Hall Master smiled, "Then, it is time to depart."