Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Chapter 497: Chapter 496: Unseal!_1

Long Huo, with several life-saving elixirs stuffed into him, was rescued by the referee.

Meng Jingzhou won.

A cool sensation rushed through Long Huo’s throat, the elixir began to work, he slowly regained consciousness, his mind blank, took a while before realizing, he had lost.

“Are you okay, you fought well.”

Meng Jingzhou extended his hand to help Long Huo up.

Long Huo shook his head with a bitter smile: “Loss is loss, I am not one who can’t afford to lose.”

Meng Jingzhou, worried that Long Huo might be completely disheartened after losing, kindly said: “I’ll wait for you to beat me next time.”

Long Huo was silent for a moment, then nodded: “Deal.”

After a brief exchange between the two, Long Huo descended the ring and saw the serious middle-aged village head waiting for him.

“Headman… I failed the village’s expectation.”

A smile appeared on the corner of the headman’s mouth, he lightly patted Long Huo’s shoulder: “To fight like this already deserves credit. Meng Jingzhou is anything but ordinary, he is both the Young Master of the Meng Family and a disciple of Seek Dao Sect, the number one sect and family in the world respectively. With these double identities, he can sweep all his peers.”

“Look who’s here.”

Long Huo looked up to see two beautiful figures appearing behind the headman, one his childhood sweetheart, and the other, a sister figure who treated him as a younger brother.

“Brother Long Huo, you were amazing!” The childhood sweetheart was a lively little girl.

“Long Huo, you fought well, it was worth it for me to tutor you.” The sister figure was a woman with a proud figure and an efficient manner.

“Everyone…” Long Huo’s eyes filled with tears and he sobbed, vowing to practice hard after returning and not let everyone down.

Meng Jingzhou from a distance: “…”

Could they fight one more time? He wanted to give this kid a singlehood curse punch.

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Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the second round of the martial arts contest featuring Young Master Lu was about to begin.

“Heavenly Court, Young Master.”

“Flying Waterfall Sect, Kong Hao.”

Flying Waterfall Sect, a second-tier sect with shallow ancestry, the Sect Leader is but at the Refining the Void cultivation level. Even among second-tier sects, Flying Waterfall Sect is a name hard to be heard of, very unimpressive.

Bai Ming had specifically learned about a few opponents before the battle: “This Kong Hao is not simple, look at him so calm, like a Confucian Cultivator, more like an untamed beast in combat. Before even starting the fight, his wild demeanor alone makes his opponents shiver.”

The Sect Leader of the Flying Waterfall Sect stroked his beard, looking satisfied with Kong Hao, who was attracting attention on the stage.

Thanks to Kong Hao, he was qualified to attend the ceremony and meet so many important people.

“Kong Hao, as expected, was hiding his power.”

Kong Hao keeps to himself, rarely talks to people and acts modestly. Whenever there is a Sect-wide competition, Kong Hao always narrowly wins the first place, as if there is not much difference between him and the runner-up. But no matter how hard the second place chases, they can never beat Kong Hao.

He had guessed Kong Hao hid his power, but had not expected him to hide so much.

Young Master Lu unsheathed his sword, a weapon temporarily borrowed from the Sect’s treasury.

The Green Peak Sword and the Dark Moon Sword had already made appearances at the Qingzhou grand ceremony. Using them again with his identity as Young Master would reveal his secret.

Lu Yang then used his powerful connections and had Fairy Eternity borrow a sword from the treasury on his behalf.

Lu Yang faced Kong Hao, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. This man surprisingly gave him an exceptionally dangerous feeling, even the great cultivator who started over after disbanding cultivation had not stirred this feeling in him.

“Truly, crouching tigers and hidden dragons…”

Kong Hao knew of the strength of the opponent in front of him, only by fighting with all his might would he have a hope of winning.

He placed two fingers on his lips, exhaled cold air, and the temperature on the stage gradually dropped. Lu Yang lifted his foot slightly, but it was somewhat sluggish as if stuck in a quagmire.

“An ice-based ability is quite rare…” Immediately, Lu Yang realized something’s wrong, “No, it’s not just cold air, there’s poison gas mixed in with the cold air!”

If one were to mistakenly believe it to be only cold air and try to dispel it with their power, they would only allow the toxic gas to enter their body and be absorbed faster. By then, they would have put themselves in a passive situation.

“But it does not matter.”

As a frequent visitor of Elixir Cauldron Peak, Lu Yang has resistance to most common poisonous gases. He won’t be in trouble in the short term. With a gentle spin of his sword, he cleared up an area around him, free of both the cold and poisonous gases.

The various magic skills of Lu Yang standout, at a glance, it can be identified that it is his magic. When he was Young Master Lu, he could only display swordsmanship.

Luckily, he is a Sword Spirit Root, and his sword skills are excellent.

While Lu Yang was clearing the cold and poisonous gases, Kong Hao let out a low growl, his muscles bulged like a wild beast in rage. But his eyes were clear and cold, obviously maintaining his sanity.

He rushed up furiously, his fingernails elongated, resembling the claws of a Demon Beast, collided with the sword, and surprisingly did not break.

Lu Yang narrowed his eyes slightly, the solid foundation Kong Hao displayed did not seem like something a second-rate Sect could cultivate. This cannot be simply explained by exceptional talent…

As the crowd watched the two people fighting relentlessly on the stage, there were subtle exclamations from below. In comparison to the first quick battle, this one is difficult to conclude.

Only those Cultivators in the Unification stage could see, in this battle, Young Master Lu holds the advantage. Both parties seemingly traded offense and defense, each has their own, but in actuality, from beginning to end, it was Kong Hao being led by the nose by Young Master Lu.

“Merely with this, it won’t pose a threat to me.” Lu Yang thought to himself, deciding to go all out.

Lu Yang turned his wrist, the sword tip traced an arc in the air, each pore spewing thin-as-hair Sword Qi. The Sword Qi gushed and converged on the sword blade.

Sword Qi crisscrossed, like a rosy cloud, like a vast ocean, sweeping across all directions, swallowing heaven and earth.

Retreat—!

Kong Hao took this hit directly, even if his forearms were ready to block, it was of no use. His arms were bloody, his breath instantly wilted and he was panting heavily, the injury was not light.

“Lad, are you going to lose?” A voice echoed in his mind, the sound was low and slow, one could imagine what a massive being was speaking.

“What’s it to you?” The strike just now made Kong Hao realize the gap between himself and Lu Yang. This was a gap in talent, which could not be bridged by hard work.

Standing behind the iron fence in his mind, he stared at the enormous creature.

The enormous creature chuckled, mocking Kong Hao’s arrogance: “Speak politely, arrogant lad, without me, would you have today?”

“Since you were born, I have been inside you. You’re a very stubborn soul, you may appear low-key, but have you ever admitted defeat in a fight? Your desire to win is stronger than anyone else’s, if it wasn’t like this, I wouldn’t be bothered with you.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Strength, you lack strength, I lend it to you.”

Kong Hao silently stared at this massive creature. Indeed, even a tiny bit of its power would suffice for him to turn the tables and win.

But in order to use its power, one layer of the seal needs to be unlocked.

Should I unlock it?

The gigantic creature grinned, its massive beast eyes reflected Kong Hao’s troubled expression. Once you’ve used my power, and you truly realize that it can make you stronger quickly, you will start unlocking the seal step by step. When that happens, I can come out.

Kong Hao gritted his teeth; the colossal creature was right. He didn’t want to lose, he wanted to be champion.

Just one layer, just unlock one layer. There are still eight layers to not be unlocked.

The gigantic creature laughed silently, unlocking one layer of the seal. An ominous force passed through the iron fence and attached itself to Kong Hao.

“Hmm?”

In the outside world, Lu Yang looked surprised at Kong Hao. He felt a surge of power from Kong Hao’s body, ceaseless, carrying fierceness and bloodthirstiness, almost ominous.

Kong Hao’s body underwent changes, his injuries were healing at a visually observable speed. His previously heavily injured body was now fully recovered, his pupils vertically dilated, like a wild lion, and again, like a tiger, his skin sprouted a layer of beast hairs. There was no telling whether it actually grew, or a result of the spiritual energy.

“Roar—!”

Kong Hao roared, the sound shook the heavens.

Lu Yang felt his hair stand on end; this was the source of the danger he had sensed!

However, Kong Hao’s condition seemed familiar to him, as if he had borrowed a power that wasn’t his, similar to being temporarily possessed.

Lu Yang slowly raised his hand, watchfully staring at Kong Hao, and preparing to use his trump card.

“Referee, I accuse him of cheating.”