Chapter 711: Let Me Teach You, Long Fu
The envoy with Long Meng’s invitation was a dragonman too.
The dragonman envoy led Long Fu into a carriage, then after going through a few streets, came to Long Meng’s residence.
After entering and going up two floors, the dragonman emissary arrived at a door, “Lord Long Meng is training inside.”
After saying that, the dragonman envoy lightly pushed it open a chink.
The training room door was never locked and always open.
The dragonman youngster stopped, and in the wake of the door being opened a crack, he sensed a vague spatial fluctuation.
The dragonman youngster was a gold level magician and possessed a lot of casting experience. Before entering the room, he knew this training room must be using some alchemy technology to add internal space to this room.
He pushed the door open and strode inside, and sure enough, he found the space inside was abnormally wide, it was no less than two to three hundred square meters big.
The walls, roof, and floor were white, and blended into one another.
There was no training equipment, only Long Meng inside the pure white space.
The dragonman youngster glanced over, seeing it was indeed Long Meng. He had seen him in many magic images and was quite familiar with what Long Meng looked like.
Matching the young man’s memories: Long Meng was covered in unblemished white dragon scales. He had two dragon eyes as blue as the sea, giving people a feeling of peace and depth.
At this moment, he was wearing a set of wide blue-gray training clothes, the upper cuffs and lower trouser legs were very spacious.
Long Meng only had two pieces of transcendent equipment on him.
There was a white headband on his forehead, the white headband had a dark blue gem inlaid in the middle of it.
The second was on the tip of his dragon tail, it was a golden ring.
The dragonman youngster knew a lot of information on Long Meng, among them was information on these two pieces of equipment.
The sapphire headband was called the Blue God Headband. It could be treated as an improved version of the Ice Heart Headband, providing not just formidable mental defenses, but also could be enchanted and allow the user to cast a mental barrier.
The gold ring on his tail was the Gravity Ring. After putting on this equipment, the dragon tail would become heavier. During training, it would increase results. When used for combat, it could increase the strength of attacks. As for Long Meng, it was not just worn for training, and according to the reports, barely anyone has seen him take off that gold ring.
Long Meng naturally sensed Long Fu, but he didn’t stop training.
His movements were slow and heavy, his attacks following a prescribed pattern to the letter. Because of his internal strength, each time he moved, the hems of his clothes would flutter, and his attacks would create light echoes.
He didn’t wear shoes, and the area where his gigantic soles stepped on seemed to be a uniform circle, and from beginning to end, he didn’t step a meter out of its radius.
Long Fu watched for a spell, then appeared impatient, “Hey, Long Meng, did you call me over to watch you perform?”
Long Meng stopped moving, and smiled at the dragonman youngster, “Did you watch clearly?”
The dragonman youngster coldly snorted, lifting his head, “Why did you ask me to come? State the matter you want to discuss.”
Long Meng shook his head, “You truly possess the fire dragon bloodline’s temperament.”
“Come.” Long Meng waved, “Let us do a small spar first.”
The dragonman youngster grinned, “That’s a good suggestion!”
He gladly stepped forth, ready to fight Long Meng unrestrained.
The dragonman youngster wanted the Dueling Godhead and to be first in this year’s National Ceremony Grand Duel. The powerful Long Meng was his greatest enemy.
The dragonman youngster was worried he didn’t have enough information on hand and had been unable to probe intel on Long Meng.
Even if Long Meng hadn’t said so, he had accepted Long Meng’s invitation with the strong intention to spar with Long Meng.
Long Meng’s proposal was what the dragonman youngster wanted to hear.
As for whether Long Meng would harm him, the dragonman youngster wasn’t worried.
He was a triple system gold level, and when he came over, he decided to bring the divine artifact [Mermaid Fairy Tale]. The strongest combat personnel in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom was a saint level, while Long Meng was a gold level, so the dragonman youngster wasn’t worried about being in danger.
Long Fu and Long Meng began to spar unarmed, swapping between offense and defense frequently.
Long Meng’s martial skill was consummate, and the dragonman youngster quickly began to lose.
Battle skill – Surge.
Battle skill – Demolition Fist.
Battle skill – Dragon Talon Strike.
The dragonman youngster used three battle skills, increasing his speed sharply, striking like an artillery shell with his powerful exploding fist. After sending Long Meng flying, he used Dragon Talon Strike to attack from range, tying down Long Meng as the latter warded it off.
The dragonman youngster immediately gained the upper hand with the help of battle skills.
Weirdly, Long Meng didn’t use any battle skills and was just relying on battle qi enhancing his basic unarmed skills to fight.
Although the dragonman youngster held the upper hand, he was unable to shift that dominance into a victory. On the contrary, the more he attacked, the more apprehensive he got, “This Long Meng might be a [Great Martial Arts Master]! His unarmed techniques are very strong, and he was actually able to withstand my consecutive battle skills attacks without losing his footing in the slightest.”
Long Meng hadn’t used battle skills at all, yet the dragonman youngster felt how intractable he was.
After a few more rounds, the dragonman youngster stopped, “Hey, what’s the meaning of this?”
He directly asked Long Meng, “You aren’t using battle skills, are you looking down on me?”
Long Meng shook his head, both he and his aura was serene, “Just the opposite.”
“Long Fu, do you dare to just use basic martial arts to fight me?”
“As long as you last 30 rounds, I’ll consider it your win.”
“If you win, I will give you a battle skill. Believe me, this battle skill suits you well.”
The dragonman youngster narrowed his eyes, sizing up Long Meng, then bellowed, “Your punching and kicking are far better than mine, but I can absolutely last 30 rounds! Hehe, I’ll take any battle skills you got!”
After saying that, he roared and stepped forward to attack Long Meng.
After this, the dragonman youngster didn’t use a single battle skill, only using his internal battle qi to accelerate his movement and increase the power of his punches and kicks.
He lasted 29 rounds, but in the 30th round, he was knocked to the ground by Long Meng.
Long Meng breathed flatly, and smiled, “Well that’s unfortunate, try again?”
The dragonman youngster coldly snorted, “I’ll try again!”
The second time, at the 30th round, Long Meng used a floor sweeping kick to trip the dragonman youngster to the ground.
He smiled, “Again?”
The dragonman youngster resolutely hammered the floor, resentfully replying, “Again!”
The third time, at the 30th round, the dragonman youngster was shoulder thrown to the ground by Long Meng.
But just as he was about to suffer defeat, he lashed out his dragon tail, the momentum spinning him around into an ugly posture, in a supreme effort to turn his body around, narrowly freeing himself from Long Meng’s grasp.
The dragonman youngster landed on the ground with both feet with a thud, taking a few strides backwards to stabilize his footing.
“You’ve won, congratulations.” Long Meng grinned at him.
But the dragonman youngster snarled, spitting out caustic resentment, “You dare toy with me?”
“I could sense that you deliberately slackened your strength.”
“If you didn’t throw the round, I would have lost again!”
“This doesn’t count, again!!”
The dragonman youngster growled, he was just about to charge when Long Meng waved his hand, “Stop for a bit.”
Long Meng gently chuckled, he sized up the dragonman youngster, not concealing his admiration, “You really are a genius!”
The dragonman youngster was stunned.
Long Meng continued, “I saw the recording of your duel with Mi Fang. You are a newly promoted gold level and the few gold level battle skills you used were horrendous to watch.”
“However, in a short time span during the fight, you swiftly learned how to use these battle skills.”
“You not only have natural gifts in practicing battle skills, but you also have a fundamental aptitude for martial arts ordinary people find hard to strive for.”
“You have already mastered many essentials of basic fighting and had immense progress. Think back carefully, isn’t that right?”
The dragonman youngster thought, “Of course that’s true! Otherwise, why would I be so willing to fight you?”
He realized the benefits of doing this already.
Although the dragonman youngster had obtained many fighter experiences from Charming Blue Goddess, these fighters were fishmen, seafloor lifeforms, there was barely anything for the dragonman form.
These experiences were also focused on how to use battle skills and didn’t touch on combat techniques.
But like Zong Ge once said, the dragonman youngster indeed possessed extraordinary fighting talent. In the past, the dragonman youngster effortlessly learned how to use Penetration Force, and after fighting Long Meng, he quickly improved his basic martial arts techniques easily.
Long Meng was unaware of the truth, but this didn’t hinder his growing admiration of Long Fu.
Long Meng watched as the dragonman youngster sank into contemplation, as he continued, “Unarmed techniques are the basis of combat.”
“In many battles, it isn’t necessary to use battle skills, you can just use unarmed techniques.”
“Believe me, if I was the one fighting Mi Fang, I could break through Mi Fang’s shields with just unarmed techniques.”
“Although battle skills are powerful, each time they are used, they need to be charged by gathering battle qi. Your [Battle Qi Ball] takes a very long time to charge up. This is actually an enormous weakness.”
“When true experts fight, it is unlikely you’ll have such time to spare.”
“Usually when you have such a long time to charge, it proves you completely hold the upper hand. In your fight with Mi Fang, it was mainly because Mi Fang made an immense mistake in his tactics.”
Long Meng had hit the nail on the head when he analyzed the duel.
The dragonman youngster was silent for a bit, then gave Long Meng a weird look, “I admit your words are reasonable, but exactly what are you trying to do by saying all of this?”
Long Meng smiled, “Our dragonman bodies are vastly superior when compared to the other intelligent races.”
“And basic unarmed fighting can magnify this superiority.”
“You are very gifted, Long Fu.”
“Your bloodline is at least saint level, and you possess a natural talent for battle.”
“You are a genius, a true genius!”
“However, you lacked a suitable teacher and training. As a dragonman, I can’t bear to see such a situation persist.”
“Let me teach you, Long Fu.”
The dragonman youngster was flabbergasted when the truth was revealed.
He stared at Long Meng; he never expected that this was why the latter had invited him here.
The dragonman youngster still couldn’t believe it, “Long Meng, what are you really up to?”
“You want to teach me and improve my strength?”
“What are you trying to do?”
“Lest you forget, I am participating in this year’s National Ceremony Grand Duel too. We are rivals, are you giving me benefits beforehand, so I’ll withdraw from the grand duel?”
“There is no need to be so wordy, that’s impossible!”
Long Meng raised his head, then burst into laughter, “What am I trying to do?”
“Get you to withdraw? I’d never consider that.”
“In fact, I look forward to your improved strength, as my opponent.”
“As it is now, the National Ceremony Grand Duel looks very boring. If you grow fast enough and become my match, then even if you defeat me, I will feel excited and won’t feel any regret!”
Long Meng pointed a finger at the dragonman youngster, his eyes shining, and said with a faint arrogance, “Can you understand me?”
“You should be able to understand.”
The dragonman youngster’s mouth fell open, showing his sharp teeth, his orange dragon eyes seemed to ignite with flames, “I do!”
“Your arrogance makes me really want to beat you up with just basic techniques.”
“You got guts, you shall have everything I can teach you! In this National Ceremony Grand Duel, I want to defeat you before an audience of millions and let you taste the bitter fruit of your arrogance.”
“I believe that you won’t forget it for the rest of your life!”