Chapter 709: Long Fu vs Mi Fang – Ruthless Explosion!
“Mi Fang is too conservative!” In the crowd, Hua Tang’s brows tightened.
Of course, he was excellently disguised and mixed in the audience, barely catching any eyes.
He had been watching and knew of Mi Fang’s defensive tactics, causing the latter to miss many battle opportunities.
“This guy, Mi Fang, he is too scared of Long Fu’s trump cards.”
“This caused him to choose such defensive tactics and during real combat, his battle will is also naturally constrained massively.”
“This kind of mentality is an immense influence; he is unable to conform with the threat his strength provides!”
“Hurry up and see the truth already.”
As if hearing Hua Tang’s shout, Mi Fang licked his dry lips, and the notion of counterattacking began to gush from the bottom of his heart.
At this moment, Mi Fang was wearing full armor, including heavy armor, inner armor, and soft armor.
His face was completely hidden by a cavalry type metal visor, and no one could see his expressions.
But the moment his heart began to get restless, the dragoman youngster’s mind suddenly flashed, “Oh? He wants to counterattack?”
Mi Fang had prepared fully and during their confrontation, the dragoman youngster didn’t display the oppressive power of a Great Weapons Master, so Mi Fang being inclined to fight was entirely natural.
The dragonman youngster suddenly halted his offensive and fell back a step.
This abrupt act immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
A moment later, the dragonman youngster’s next action surprised them.
He tossed away the Shifting Striker, the Gold Flower Hacksaw, as well as the alchemy crossbows at his waist!
The dragonman youngster straightened his chest and growled, “Mi Fang!”
“What are you doing?”
“Right now, you are not the opponent I was looking forward to.”
“Where is your courage? Your performance is too ugly and could never compare to your past battle charm.”
“Don’t be afraid.”
“Look, I have thrown away my weapons, I will only fight with my fist and feet now.”
“If you keep this performance up, then you only deserve my fists!”
Mi Fang was stupefied, “Long Fu…just did what?!”
Just as he had the urge to counterattack, it had been dispelled in a split second.
After all, the dragonman youngster had acted so bizarrely, so outrageously. Who would decide to discard advantages during a crucial duel?
This included Hua Tang, who for a moment was puzzled as his brows creased.
“No, this must be a plot of his!” Mi Fang once again grew nervous, and caution blinded him, “He is treacherous, sinister, he must have other schemes.”
“Is he thinking of luring me into attack, causing a weak point to appear in my defense?”
“Yes, that should be it!”
“I must keep up my defense, my powerful defense. He won’t be able to attack. If he uses that offensive trump card, perhaps the price paid will be very high.”
“I can’t fall into his trap!”
“Keep defending, I must not give the enemy an opportunity.”
Next, just as the dragonman youngster claimed, he abandoned his weapons and used his fist and feet to attack.
Without weapons, his offensive was weaker using just punches and kicks.
But this weakness on the contrary made Mi Fang more vigilant, and he was almost convinced that the dragonman youngster was luring him into his ruse.
All of Mi Fang’s energy was invested into defense, he barely moved and his entire body was as sturdy as an army fort.
In this confrontation, the spectators’ attitude clearly changed.
“Long Fu really is bright and open.”
“He actually decided to discard his weapons and only use his weaker fists and feet. It seems quite stupid, but I like him more for it.”
“Yes, although he is weaker than Mi Fang, he longs to fight to his heart’s content.”
“That’s right! Although he is an outsider, he possesses a powerful dueling spirit. He doesn’t want an ugly duel and isn’t worried about layered interests, on the contrary, Mi Fang…oh dear!
“Mi Fang changed his fighting style, and from the beginning, strongly defended himself and never had a decent counterattack. He is too dedicated to the mount potion benefits, isn’t that so?”
“Perhaps the Jing Xiang Clan put him under too much pressure?”
“Then again, the mount potion benefits really are immense!”
The audience gave their opinions one after the other.
They weren’t in the know, and were unaware of the truth, only able to guess and analyze at the surface level clues.
When Hua Tang heard these discussions, his heart gradually went chilly. Quite the discouraging opinion floated into his mind, “Could it be that everything was deliberately caused by Long Fu?”
“He deliberately weakened himself to build even greater renown?”
Hua Tang was a wholly indigenous Ice Sculpture citizen, and he understood that Long Fu’s bearing was extremely heroic and that won the hearts of the people!
“No, that can’t be determined just yet.”
“Long Fu might be luring in his opponent, and Mi Fang choosing defense is the most dependable option.”
Hua Tang couldn’t be certain; therefore, he was unable to give any warnings.
As for the dragonman youngster, he was already prepared to strike.
Battle skill – Dragon Talon Strike.
He opened his dragon talon, and constantly brandished it, with each wave, he could shoot out four golden talon prints.
The talon prints shot out into Mi Fang’s shield, splashing into countless golden light specks. The strong impact often caused Mi Fang’s shield to compress.
Battle skill – Dragon Wings.
The dragonman youngster’s gold battle qi condensed on his back, forming a pair of long dragon wings.
He flapped his wings, easily flying into the air.
He danced in the air, circling around Mi Fang, constantly bombarding him with his new long ranged battle skill.
These battle skills had just been learned by him.
The fighter experiences he obtained from Charming Blue Goddess was lacking in things for the dragonman form. Adding on that he only practiced a bit beforehand, only gaining a superficial knowledge of these skills.
Therefore, when these battle skills were used, it was clear he was unfamiliar with them.
However, as time passed, he rapidly became proficient in these new battle skills and made them passable in practice.
When all of the spectators saw this, they were rather dumbfounded.
“I was really looking forward to this duel, last night I couldn’t sleep from excitement. But I didn’t expect this fight to turn out to be so tedious. Long Fu is actually treating this as training!”
“The main reason is Mi Fang, alas, I had good prospects for him, but seeing his performance now, it really disappoints people. Long Fu is practicing battle skills, yet he hasn’t counterattacked, is he still a veteran duelist? Is he still Long Fu’s senior?”
“But then again, isn’t Long Fu mastering his battle skills a bit too fast?”
“No, it’s really fast! If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I could never have envisioned that someone in this world could master a new battle skill in such little practice, and it’s not even just one!”
“Long Fu has extremely immense fighting talents! He was empowered by many enhancement spells too; he definitely has a saint level bloodline. His rapid learning speed must be his bloodline’s contribution.”
“As his practice continues, the stronger he will become.”
“Oh dear, will Mi Fang passively watch as his opponent gets stronger? That’s very unwise.”
The audience lamented for Mi Fang, frustrated that he failed to meet their expectations, while simultaneously having greater prospects for Long Fu.
This was precisely one of the goals the dragonman youngster wanted to achieve.
The reason why he deliberately hadn’t practiced his new battle skills was that he wanted to build his image as a genius in front of the masses.
This public persona was very useful, especially since he was a “newly promoted” gold level, and without having the public persona of a genius, how could he so quickly improve, how could he have the power to be the ultimate winner?
Mi Fang naturally sensed the audience’s attitude changing.
He was furious.
The dragonman youngster’s actions clearly showed he was trampling Mi Fang underfoot, to make him worthless, and then to serve as the backdrop to Long Fu’s heroism and talent!
“This is an overt plot.”
“He is forcing my hand, forcing me to attack at my own accord!”
“In order to do this, he deliberately put on a show, bringing out ‘newly learned’ battle skills, but because he is a genius, he appears to have rapid and astonishing progress.”
Mi Fang needed to cough out blood.
He felt that Long Fu’s acting was too good, it was duping the masses and also pressuring him!
“No, all of this is his stratagem.”
“I cannot let my mentality unbalance me and fall into his ruse!”
“Since I have already lost my face, then I am even more determined to carry out my tactic till the end.”
“He cultivates the Bursting Explosion battle qi technique, that battle qi is famous for not lasting long.”
“He is attacking at full strength, and I am defending with all my strength. Abandoning his weapons actually isn’t rational. By using boxing, he depletes his battle qi more!”
“His depletion rate is greater than mine, therefore I am actually holding an advantage in this. As time goes on, the greater this advantage will be.”
“By the time both he and I reach a qualitative change in depletion, I will attack, that is the most sensible choice.”
“Even though he possesses some formidable attack skill that can win a 3 v 1, it absolutely needs a lot of battle qi.”
“When his battle qi is depleted to a certain degree, then this offensive skill will be difficult to use.”
“When that moment comes, I will counterattack and be the ultimate winner!”
“So long as I am the final victor, the face I lost in this duel will return in full. The masses will completely realize that I was right, I was the most sober person!”
The dragonman youngster’s constant humiliation did not infuriate Mi Fang into losing his rationality, on the contrary, it was constantly increasing and solidifying his fighting spirit.
Mi Fang was no ordinary gold level, although he had drawn support from many external resources in his personal struggle, it was by his own active choices.
He was shrewd, his insight was original, and even though he was confronted with an expert like Long Fu, he could already make out the road to victory!
However, his way of thinking had been within the dragonman youngster’s calculations.
“It’s nearly time.” The dragonman youngster thought.
He suddenly stopped in the air, the dragon wings on his back freely keeping him hovering.
“Mi Fang, since you’ve decided to turtle up, then taste this battle skill properly!” The dragonman youngster said that as he raised his arms.
He straightened his arms and opened his claws as they were held above his head.
Surging gold battle qi bubbled out and quickly condensed into a gigantic ball.
The ball of battle qi was at first a small ball, but after a few breaths, it expanded to the size of a washbowl. Soon after, as it drew from the dragonman youngster’s battle qi, it quickly grew into a battle qi ball one meter in diameter.
“That is the Battle Qi Ball.” Everyone quickly recognized the dragonman youngster’s battle skill.
The battle skill – Battle Qi Ball was a classic move. Based on its foundation, fighters developed many kinds of battle skills that were spread widely. Thus, even ordinary people know about it.
“Long Fu has Bursting Explosion battle qi, therefore the battle qi ball he condensed should be [Battle Qi Ball – Bursting Explosion]. This will be a ferocious explosion.”
The essence of [Battle Qi Ball] rests with being able to hold a large amount of many kinds of energy types. Long Fu doesn’t have a way to harmonize a variety of energy sources, he singularly cultivates battle qi, and if he dual cultivated magic or divine spells, he could imbue it with his magic power or divine power, at least doubling its might!”
“This type of battle skill doesn’t suit him; it should be a newly practiced skill of his. Looking at the speed of his battle qi condensing, he is a novice at it.”
“Is Mi Fang going to turtle again? He must disturb Long Fu and stop the battle qi ball from being condensed as much as possible.”
Mi Fang decisively acted.
If he let Long Fu keep accumulating battle qi, then the battle qi ball would get stronger, far exceeding Long Fu’s conventional firepower.
Mi Fang used no less than three alchemy items to sufficiently interfere.
The dragonman youngster dodged left and right, and when he couldn’t dodge the final attack, he would rather use his body to endure it, saving the battle qi ball and continuing to condense it.
Mi Fang didn’t stop, continuing to use long ranged attacks and increasing his interference efforts.
The dragonman youngster shouted, then in spite of everything, stuck his talon, followed by his claw, into the battle qi ball, then dove down.
Everyone: ?!!
Mi Fang: !!!
Because the battle qi ball had formidable explosive power, after fighters used it, they would throw it from a distance.
It was like a bomb.
Who would fight with a bomb strapped to them? It was like a suicide bombing.
“Long Fu…is actually this dauntless?”
“The battle qi ball has already reached a diameter of 2 meters, and adding on Bursting Explosion battle qi, that bomb will cripple, if not kill Long Fu!”
“He must be relying on something.”
“Damn it, I can’t dodge!” Mi Fang was extremely anxious, he made a supreme effort to evade, but time and space would not allow it.
Boom!!!
Within the fierce explosion, the dragonman youngster advanced with his head high.
One of Mi Fang’s shields was blown away, while the other burst open wide.
As smoke and dust gradually dispelled, the audience subconsciously stood up.
Soon after, the whole audience saw this-
The dragonman youngster was soaked in blood and his exploded dragon scales fluttered in the air, exposing black skin and flesh.
His left arm, the one he pulled the battle qi ball with, was almost turned to charcoal, and his claws were blown off.
While his right hand was held high, his claws grabbed the nape of Mi Fang, tenaciously pinching the latter.
Mi Fang’s face was a dark reddish purple; he wanted to struggle yet had no strength to strike back.
Due to his intense will to live, Mi Fang resisted his vertigo and struggled to cry out, “I, I concede…”
Just as the dragonman youngster was about to choke him to death, he suddenly relinquished his dragon claw.
As Mi Fang fell, he fell unconscious.
The dragonman youngster raised his right arm, firmly making a fist, faced the assembled audience, and roared.
After a silence, the entire audience’s cheers shook the heavens.