Chapter 741: Bao Li Gen vs Mo Gui Ji
The dragonman youngster’s renown was in the middle of a qualitative change.
Before, when the dragonman youngster challenged Shi Liu, and duelists Zhu Gan and Yun Zhong, most people were anxious about him. Now, much more people generally favored Long Fu and disfavored the veteran duelists.
However, something small unexpectedly happened.
When the dragonman youngster privately contacted Mo Gui Ji to schedule a duel, Mo Gui Ji, a training madman, unexpectedly declined.
“I look forward to dueling Commander Long Fu!”
“But before that, I have a more important duel to fight.”
“Bao Li Gen!”
“I’ve hated this guy for a long time.”
“Let me fight him first in the arena.”
The duelists were not all harmonious with each other. Among them, Bao Li Gen and Mo Gui Ji seemed to find each other objectionable from the start. The two had a vile relationship and were always fiercely competing against each other.
In Bao Li Gen’s eyes, the dragonman youngster was his biggest enemy, because he had killed many of his fellow soldiers.
But in Mo Gui Ji’s eyes, the dragonman youngster was just a relatively special outsider, that’s all. In his world, he still loathed Bao Li Gen more.
He had to use his fists to sort out this annoying chap!
Mo Gui Ji’s refusal forced the dragonman youngster to change his target, “Qing Hong Yan or Yi Jiu, who is the better choice?”
After consulting Cang Xu, the dragonman youngster decided to choose Yi Jiu.
Yi Jiu had attacked the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, so tackling him after the dragonman youngster had already sorted out most of the duelists would not provoke them. Otherwise, if he prioritized choosing Yi Jiu, it was liable to impress on the other duelists that “Long Fu is taking revenge”, causing them to be vigilant and take precautions.
As for putting Qing Hong Yan last, it was for a similar reason too. Qing Hong Yan had raided the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ caravan, and was in a more complex situation than Yi Jiu, he was a half rabbitman, half alchemy creation whose mind was unstable and would easily go insane. If he went mad during a duel, and the dragonman youngster was unable to calm him down, he would be forced into sorrowfully murdering him.
The dragonman youngster didn’t want to do this. Even though to him, an enemy like that dying was good. But as he matured with every passing day, he realized when and how an enemy died would be investigated.
Vengeance too needed a carefully chosen methodology, and an outstanding leader would properly think through how to obtain the most benefits from revenge.
“Actually, him going mad is a good thing for me.”
“This will give me the justification of ‘unable to stay my hand’ and allow me to openly kill Qing Hong Yan!”
“Qing Hong Yan is very estranged from the other duelists. If he goes mad and I kill him, the other duelists won’t have much to say.”
“The only worry is that Qing Hong Yan and Splice Mountain’s rabbitman clan’s high class have a very close relationship. At the time, when the great master alchemist captured and altered his body with alchemy, the rabbitman clan’s leadership did everything they could to seek the royal family’s assistance. If I kill Qing Hong Yan, then any thoughts of having a relationship with the rabbitman clan will vanish.”
“But that is nothing to worry about.”
Splice Mountain’s rabbitman clan was small and wasn’t eye-catching in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom.
“First Yi Jiu, then Qing Hong Yan. Then if Mo Gui Ji has time, I will challenge him.”
“Gu Dong, Mei Lin, Bao Li Gen, and the others should not be touched for the time being.”
These people had a military background, and the dragonman youngster didn’t want new problems arising unexpectedly. After all, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ relationship with the royal family had just eased recently.
The royal family wanted to deal with the “saint potential” dragonman youngster later, and the dragonman youngster too was mainly focusing his energy on seizing the Dueling Godhead.
The dragonman youngster was just about to invite Yi Jiu to battle when Yi Jiu, on the contrary, personally paid a visit.
“Lord Long Fu!” Yi Jiu took the initiative to visit with a gift.
Yi Jiu directly placed the main responsibility of the time he attacked the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps on Mei Lin.
The dragonman youngster thought about it, then he accepted Yi Jiu’s gift and smiled, “Leave the past in the past.”
“I have come here to do business.”
“And doing business needs lots of friends.”
“Truth be told, I really like duels, and I am very fond of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s plucky character. But aren’t my repeated challenges all for the purpose of selling more medicine?”
“That is a justification.” Yi Jiu nodded, “Aren’t gold coins always the most dependable thing?”
“I happen to have a big transaction happening, and I want to invite your corps to collaborate on it!”
“What kind of transaction?” The dragonman youngster asked.
Yi Jiu first took out a few alchemy devices, and after fiddling with and activating them, he explained that these devices were used to prevent eavesdropping and detection.
This was just the first step, next he took out a magic scroll and tore it, releasing a protective cover that shielded them.
“This transaction is very big, and to insure motive, I had to personally speak with you Lord Long Fu.” Yi Jiu explained.
This piqued the dragonman youngster’s curiosity, and under close questioning, Yi Jiu disclosed his purpose in coming.
As it turns out, he wanted to attack Chao Xin.
“Chao Xin?” When the dragonman youngster heard the name, he felt it sounded familiar, then the answer quickly came to mind as his gaze deepened.
“Are you talking about the Green Ocean Kingdom’s envoy Chao Xin?”
Yi Jiu nodded, “Chao Xin wears a necklace called the Ocean Tears, it is the product of a withered ocean eye, priceless.”
“It’s my target.”
“I know your corps has formidable methods that can create perfect disguises.”
“If we can work together, we can steal the precious [Ocean Tears]!”
The dragonman youngster: …
He had the urge to kick Yi Jiu out.
The dragonman youngster appeared to carefully deliberate it, and after a moment, he tactfully declined, “Chao Xin is from the Green Ocean Kingdom, and is herself a gold level sea elf magician. If her equipment is stolen, it will provoke massive trouble.”
“My corps are mending our relationship with the royal family, so let’s just pretend I heard nothing about this collaboration.”
Yi Jiu promptly reached out, “Don’t…”
He offered a higher price, but the dragonman youngster refused without the slightest hesitation.
Seeing the dragonman youngster wasn’t worried, Yi Jiu was forced to sigh with exasperation and withdrew with a bow.
“Don’t leave just yet.” The dragonman youngster asked him to stay, “Since you’ve come, we should fight in the arena first. It just so happened I want to invite you to fight.”
Yi Jiu’ look changed, and he shook his head, “Sire Long Fu, you know I have an important target, I need to prepare an action plan, I don’t have any free time to duel. You can still fight another, and in my opinion, Qing Hong Yan is a good choice.”
Yi Jiu immediately rejected the dragonman youngster in a firm manner.
But before leaving, he was still unreconciled, “If I agree to fight you, will you work with me?”
The dragonman youngster shook his head.
Yi Jiu deeply sighed, regretfully and moodily leaving.
The disguise method Yi Jiu pointed out should be Deceptive Disguise + the Anti Investigation and Prophecy spell. This secret was something the Li Jian Clan knew about. After all, at the time, it was them who noticed two “Long Fus” and saw through Zong Ge’s dangerous condition and then used a teleportation formation to intercept Zi Di’s group as they wanted to leave the capital.
The dragonman youngster naturally could not use these spells on an outsider like Yi Jiu.
He was busy keeping it a secret.
Deception divine spells were the same.
After Yi Jiu left, the dragonman youngster wanted to make a move on Qing Hong Yan.
After considering that a private invitation might be declined, the dragonman youngster planned to publicly challenge Qing Hong Yan to force him to accept it.
But as he was about to do that, news came through that Mo Gui Ji and Bao Li Gen were about to start fighting.
The dragonman youngster pondered it, then decided to postpone his duel and instead go to the arena to personally see these two fight in real time.
Mo Gui Ji and Bao Li Gen agreed to duel in Soldier City.
This city was very populated, had many large barracks, and was the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s main source of troops
Long Fu was a public celebrity nowadays, and to not disturb the audience, he and Zi Di quietly bought tickets to a spectator room.
Mo Gui Ji and Bao Li Gen were evenly matched in the early, middle, and late stages, just as the masses predicted.
Before this duel, these two had fought each other twenty times.
Mo Gui Ji had a devil bloodline, and one of his trump cards was an infernal devil form transformation, giving him a tall stature and bulging muscles.
Bao Li Gen was also a dauntless type of fighter; his battle skills were plain but were very violent. His bloodline was the Muscle Meat Tree, and to restore his stamina, all he needed to do was take root in the ground and absorb earth elements. And the dueling arena’s surface was normally soil and not ice, a place that suited the foundation of his fighting.
The two violent figures earnestly attacked each other. From the fighting styles shown in this astonishing spectacle, both were the same type as the dragonman youngster, there was only a few discrepancies.
As the two grappled in their exhausted state, Mo Gui Ji was impassionedly content, roaring to Bao Li Gen, “Come, concentrate all the energy we have left into one final fist!”
But Bao Li Gen exposed a shameful look, whispering, “Sorry, this time I am burdened with a mission.”
A moment later, he finally started using his strongest trump card.
In a split second, his equipment greatly changed, exchanged for an entire set of magic construct armament.
The construct armament was exquisitely gorgeous and thin. At the center, there was a gigantic oval sapphire. Energy moved within the sapphire, quickly transferring energy to the other parts of the construct armament.
Boom!
A light beam sprayed from Bao Li Gen’s whole body, shooting into the heavens.
The rolling air wave caused Mo Gui Ji’s charge to falter again and again.
The astonishing magic aura was a perfectly integrated whole, causing everyone’s mouths to fall open in shock.