Chapter 6934 Flash Over Substance
Long Chen stood on the martial stage, looking down at Li Wujiu.
He said, “Your life and death energy doesn’t belong to you. You took law power from two worlds. Even your eyes aren’t yours—they’re something you stole from another being. You must have a high status in the Painting Sect.
“Your original talent wasn’t impressive, but your seniors turned you into a top expert using external means. That must have taken a lot of effort and resources. But in the end, none of it is truly yours. While their power is strong, there are too many flaws. If you can’t use them properly, it’s pointless.”
Long Chen’s words stunned everyone, especially Ling Yan from the Painting Sect. His insight was impressive.
Li Wujiu was from the Li family of the Painting Sect. The eighteenth-generation sect master also came from this family, giving them a strong foundation. But lately, their luck had turned bad, and they hadn’t produced any remarkable talents for a long time.
The Li family became desperate, and that was when Li Wujiu was born. His talent was good, but not enough to make him a top genius.
Still, he had a rare double Spirit Root, and the two roots were completely opposite in nature. The Li family saw hope in him and put all their efforts into his growth. They took the laws of life and death from two worlds and wiped out more than three thousand outsider devil tribes, since only those tribes had the Yin Yang Eyes.
They chose the best Yin Yang Eyes and transplanted them into Li Wujiu. After that, they use huge amounts of resources to merge the law power and the eyes with his double Spirit Roots.
This merger was extremely hard and risky. The Li family used up nearly all their resources to make the three parts merge as perfectly as possible. As a result, Li Wujiu became a top expert.
All of this was a secret in the Painting Sect. Only Ling Yan and a few higher-ups knew, but Long Chen figured it out in a few exchanges.
Long Chen continued, “Your technique doesn’t work on me. If I hadn’t wanted everyone to observe you, I wouldn’t have let you use it three times. My violet blood energy contains life energy, and just a little bit of it is enough to break your technique. Even without that, a few drops of essence blood mixed into your white energy would also break it.
“In short, the laws are strong, the eyes are powerful, and the Spirit Roots are impressive, but the user is an idiot. The people who raised you are bigger idiots. Your power isn’t pure. It’s like using glass for a spearhead just because it looks shiny. They cared more about flash than substance.”
“Shut up!”
Just then, Li Wujiu roared and formed hand seals. One black and one white pillar rose into the sky, shattering the void.
“You still don’t believe me? Life and death energy should support each other in a never-ending cycle. Yours aren’t merged, so there’s no support. They’re fighting against each other, which makes them weak. Watch this!”
Long Chen flicked his finger, sending out a violet light. He then unleashed a simple palm.
The next moment, the two massive pillars exploded, dissipating into motes of light that scattered through the martial stage.
The spectators were shocked. The aura of those pillars was incredible, but they broke because of a simple palm.
Some sharp-eyed spectators noticed that the violet light from Long Chen hit the white pillar first. The white pillar swelled and started pushing against the black pillar.
In response, the black pillar pushed back against the white pillar. It was like watching two children fight, with neither willing to back down.
They kept hitting each other back and forth. By the time the pillars reached Long Chen, their powers were clashing so much that they forgot about him. Thus, with one palm, he crushed them.
“What you take from others will never truly be yours. No matter how strong a technique is, if you can’t control it, it means nothing!” Long Chen said.
“Stop trying to mess with me! Die!” Li Wujiu roared.
Black-and-white runes covered his entire body as he integrated his law power into himself. With a single step, Li Wujiu instantly closed the distance between them and then struck with a palm.
Since his magical arts didn’t work, Li Wujiu switched back to close combat, this time using the power of the black and white runes.
But as soon as he got close, Long Chen slapped him across the face.
“Who gave you the courage to stand so close to me?” Long Chen barked.
This time, Li Wujiu only stumbled back half a step. His head snapped back, but he didn’t get knocked away.
“Oh, so you have life and death Dao runes carved into your body. No wonder you can use this power,” Long Chen said, sounding a bit surprised.
“Die!”
Li Wujiu’s fingers were like claws. He ripped through the space between them, his fingers heading for Long Chen’s head and chest.
Life-and-death energy surged through Li Wujiu, making him incredibly strong. He wasn’t even hurt by that slap.
“First, I’ll give you ten more slaps!” Long Chen said as he dodged to the side, avoiding his claws.
As Long Chen kept dodging Li Wujiu’s wild attacks, the sound of slaps echoed through the air. They moved so fast that no one could see the slaps, but every time Long Chen dodged, he managed to land another hit.
They traded ten blows in an instant. By now, Li Wujiu was ignoring the slaps.
“Is that all you’ve got? It doesn’t even itch!” Li Wujiu sneered.
But inside, he was losing his mind. Fighting up close with Long Chen made him feel clumsy and helpless, as if he were a child fighting an adult.
The truth was, Li Wujiu wasn’t skilled at close combat. But Long Chen kept breaking his techniques, and if he kept going, he’d only embarrass himself more.
Now, he felt that fighting up close was the only way to challenge Long Chen and regain some dignity.
“Oh? Violet Blood Infinity-One—God Slaying Cross!”
BOOM!
Long Chen slapped Li Wujiu again. This time, the force was so great that the space around them warped. The whole martial stage shook, and people noticed cracks spreading across its tough surface.
Li Wujiu’s head was at the center of the cracks, buried deep in the bricks.
“You can’t use divine abilities, but I still can! So what are you bragging about?” Long Chen said, shaking his head in mock pity.
The crowd fell silent. They had expected a fierce fight, but Li Wujiu looked like a weakling next to Long Chen. In fact, Li Wujiu’s performance was much weaker than Kui Yin’s. Some people even wondered if he was a fake and Kui Yin was the real leader.
BOOM!
Li Wujiu came flying out of the martial stage, covered in blood.
His eyes burned with rage as he glared at Long Chen like a wild beast. He was nearly driven mad.
“It’s time for you to show your real power,” Long Chen said calmly.
“As you wish!” Li Wujiu growled.
He made hand seals as the void behind him burst open, revealing a giant scroll floating in the distorted space.