Chapter 10
BOOM!
Terrifying energy ripples exploded outwards. Some youths were still slightly injured.
On the stage, the two fighters stood across, staring at each other. Their strikes just now, had cancelled each other.
"You are stronger than i thought" Long Qing gasped lightly.
"I could say the same." Long feng replied.
Suddenly, her whip shot towards his head, but Long Feng was ready. He steadily dodged the whip, and slashed his sword at her. She also dodged his strike.
The battle became even fiercer. Long feng threw out his fist at her head. She also threw her fist.
BOOM!
They exchanged blows several times before selerating. The crowd held their breaths and waited tensely for the results.
Long qing stared at Long Feng uneasily. She had to end the battle quickly.
"It's time to end this. This is my strongest attack, and even I can't control it. You can still admit defeat right now!" She said.
Long Feng held his sword tightly and waited, silently stating his response.
Long Qing snorted coldly. "Fine. Don't blame me for any severe injuries!" She released her full power and began to gather her energy into the whip.
First, there was nothing, then suddenly, the temperature began to fall. Long Qing's whip turned snow white.
"Thousand snow whips!" She shouted.
A thousand white whip shadows appeared around her and fused into one. Sensing the aura of the attack, Long feng's pupils widened in shock. The strength of the attack was terrifying!
Without thinking, he began to pour every ounce of Martial power within him into the sword. The sword glimmered coldly.
The sword light and the whip lights collided. There was no terrifying energy ripples, instead, a blinding light erupted, and then,
BOOM!
An extremely powerful energy ripple exploded outwards. several weaker clansmen would have been injured if some elders hadn't stepped forth and canceled the shockwave.
On the stage, both Long feng and Long Wei were spurting mouthfuls of blood. They had bore the brunt of the explosion!
Long Qing stared at Long feng with disbelieve. He actually withstood her martial skill without using a martial skill, nor releasing his cultivation!
It goes without saying how humiliating that was. Most importantly, she was suffering from the backlash of using a martial skill which she couldn't control. She might not even be able to defend herself.
Long feng understood that too. As long as he stood up, he would be declared winner. Besides, his energy was recovering several times faster than normal, most likely due to the three Dragons within his dantian.
He took deep breaths and regained some energy, before standing up. He picked up his sword and walked towards Long Qing slowly.
The whole Mountain was enveloped in a pin drop silence. Every step Long Feng took echoed through the whole Mountain.
He pointed the sword at Long Qing's.
"You lost." he muttered to her. He really did enjoy the battle.
"Long Feng…wins!" Long qianmu announced with a slightly shivering voice.
The crowd was shocked to the extent that no one reacted for a minute as Long Feng turned to walk down the stage.
"Cousin Feng, may I know your cultivation realm?" Long Qing asked.
Long Feng stopped and turned to look at her
"Trust me, you don't want to know" he replied.
She shook her head
"I really do wish to know" she insisted.
Long Feng shrugged his shoulders, before releasing his aura for everyone to feel. His aura rolled out of his body. It was rolling with savage energy , yet, it was still unbelievably gentle!
The crowd expected to feel the aura of a rank 9 or 8 connate realm, but they were all wrong.
Long Qing was shocked.
"R…rank 5 connate realm or am I mistaken?"someone asked dazedly.
"How is that possible? A rank five connate cultivator defeated two rank nine connate cultivators! That is impossible!" Another person said from the crowd.
For a while, everyone was thrown into chaos! Even Long Yuan and the great elders of the clan were dumbfounded. The envoys of the four clans nearly leaped out of their seats.
Long Qing's eyes became blank and empty at this realization.
His cultivation was four levels beneath her… and he still defeated her anyway. This was a huge blow to her heart.
What would happen once Long Feng became a rank nine connate cultivator? Probably not even the Clan Chief could defeat him if he didn't lose this outrageous combat power!
And everyone could clearly sense that although he was a rank five connate cultivator, his aura was as strong as a peak connate realm.
What was the definition of a genius!? That was it. Without doubt, Long Qing's talent wouldn't even catch up to his shadow.
The envoys of the four clans were scared out of their senses. If Long feng was allowed to grow, then maybe five or ten years from now, the long clan would trample over them all, including the Gong clan!
Long Feng absolutely couldn't be allowed to Live! That was the thoughts they had as they felt like they were sitting on needles.
On the other hand, Long Yuan and the four great elders were unable to keep their calm.
"The heavens finally decided to favor my son!" Long Yuan muttered with gentle eyes.
The first great elder glanced at him.
"Yes. It appears that we've all been wrong, and the young clan chief is actually a genius. We must protect the boy at all costs. The other four clans would definitely try to eliminate him. They can't take the risk of waiting for him to grow." He directly stated.
"Focus all our resources on him!" Another great elder added.
Long qianmu and Long Yan looked miserable. Their expressions were spectacular. They also knew Long feng was a threat to them, but they couldn't do anything to him within the clan. Helpless, they both exchanged a subtle glance.
Suddenly, the crowd started cheering out. This would certainly become the new talk of the city. Many people instantly left to spread the news of what happened.
The envoys of the four clans instantly stood up and left for their various clans. This matter had to be reported to the highest authority within their clans.
Long feng walked down the stage and went back to his father.
"Hahaha! Well-done, Feng'er. I can't be prouder than I currently am. Just knowing that my son is such a genius is enough for me for a lifetime. You brat, tell me, when did you started cultivating?" Long Yuan asked loudly.
Long Feng traced his nose, not knowing whether to reply or not. He would further destroy Long qing's will to cultivate.
"Father, You may not believe me" he managed to reply.
Long Yuan laughed loudly
"Nonsense! Who would not believe you? Come on say it." he shouted happily. Many people were stunned! The Clan Chief was behaving like a child.
Nevertheless, everyone perked their ears and paid attention to the discussion.
Long Feng sighed, then glanced at Long qing who was with her father.
"I began cultivating two months ago. Currently, i have no martial technique, which is why I used none." he replied, deciding to hide the truth.
Two months should sound much more plausible than two days.
Of course, he still underestimated how shocking it would be.
The entire elders stand fell silent again.
"Impossible!" Long qianmu broke the silence, expressing his disbelief.
Many elders also shook their heads and laughed, disregarding Long Feng's words as a joke.
Long Feng shrugged
"You can choose to believe me or not." He replied.
"Feng'er, you really began cultivating two months ago?" Long Yuan asked with quivering pupils. Even the four great elders were unable to sit still any longer. Their hands shivered as they leaned closer.
"You mean to say you made five breakthroughs in the short span of two months?" The first great elder asked
"Yes. If I had cultivated earlier, then I would have studied some martial skills, and defeating Long Qing would have been that much easier. The clan doesn't lack techniques" Long Feng explained. His explanation was reasonable.
Long Qing had been helped back to the stand just in time to hear this conversation, and she nearly collapsed.
Two months of cultivation had actually defeated her years of cultivating… this was such a blow that she couldn't help but question the point of her own cultivation.