"This could be trouble..." Duan Li swallowed his saliva at the tingling sensation crawling on his skin.

This was the first time that he ever felt a spiritual Qi wild enough to have his body react as such! After all, this body of his didn"t even shudder when facing Queen Levy who was already beyond the realms of mortal before!

However, this did not mean that Shen Long was now stronger than Duan Li.

In fact, this was to be expected of someone that inherited the bloodline of a dragon, the existence that stood at the very apex of the food chain in the legends..

Just a sliver of its presence was enough to cause instinctive deference from others towards it, and Duan Li was no exception to this!

Shuuaa!!

When the pillar of black aura dissipated, they revealed the boulder-like body of Shen Long that now looked several times more rigid!

Two black horns jutted out from his temples that crooked forwards, his eyebrows seemed to grow longer and thicker to resemble the frowns of a majestic dragon!

Also, his eyes turned black and his pupil slanted vertically that was golden in color, and his previously carefully braided long white beard was now fully unravelled as well, fluttering like the mane of an angry lion!

"Young master, be careful. I sense an overwhelming power pouring out from that old man." Little sword that was dangling on his right earlobe spoke out.

Duan Li nodded in response, "Yeah.. at my current strength, dealing with him right now would be a little bit tricky.."

Super mode is totally out of the question here, so I could only activate the First Desolation Warring Intent right now..

But that would require my body to recover to at least 20 percent..

I guess I would just have to hold out for a bit longer!

Suu!!

Shen Long"s figure abruptly disappeared from the distance, before a hand chop was already threatening to slice at Duan Li"s neck horizontally from his back!

Although Duan Li could detect this attack and his body reacted almost instantaneously, his timing was still a little lagging due to his internal injury, such that even his Martial True Instinct could not move his limbs as fast as possible to dodge in time!

Rriingg!!

Time suddenly slowed to almost a complete halt.

"What the heck... this old man is totally serious!" Duan Li felt his mouth to twitch continuously at this sight, feeling quite exasperated!

To even force the golden mysterious pearl to activate this ability in self-defense..

Is he trying to finish me off?

Seems like I must respond in kind!

Duan Li then swiftly turned around and delivered five square punches to Shen Long"s body with no restraint given! After all, the other party was a Nascent Soul realm expert on the Pinnacle stage, possessing an almost indestructible body, especially after activating such a formidable bloodline ability!


BAM! BAM! BAM!

After he finished delivering these five punches, Duan Li flitted to Shen Long"s back.

"His body should be able to take those punches.. I think..?"

Oh well!

Let"s see... what kind of cool pose should I make before time returns to normal?

Aha!

Duan Li then tucked both of his hands inside the pocket of his pants, his muscular backs facing Shen Long"s back, and he adjusted his expression into that of a solemn expert!

Suuu!

Time then began to flow normally again.

"Let"s see how you handle this killing move from... H-Huh?"

Shen Long was confident that this lethal move of his would at least injure Duan Li to finally get back his honor and pride as one of the strongest expert!

However, contrary to his expectation, just before his hand landed on Duan Li"s neck, the latter abruptly disappeared so quickly that his eyes and senses failed to follow!

This had him thoroughly shocked down to his core!

One has to know that Nascent Soul realm expert will always deploy their Soul Sense around their body during a battle in a fixed spherical shape, and this could be considered as their sixth sense as it covered all direction with their body as the center!

This meant that no matter how fast their opponent"s movements were, even if their eyes could not follow, their Soul Sense would, and this allows them to react accordingly!

Thus, how did the other party managed to elude even his Soul Sense, especially in his current form?

This was totally unheard of!
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In this brief dazed state of his that lasted a tiny fraction of less than a milisecond, he could finally detect Duan Li"s presence!

"He is behind me!"

With a horrified expression, he quickly rotated his body to turn around and adjusted his stances to defend any incoming attack, only to be greeted by a figure that stood tall with his hands inside his pockets, and his backs facing towards him!

Eh?

What"s he doing? Why does his shadow looks so lonely?

Shen Long was stumped right now.

At this moment, Duan Li was tilting his head slightly to the back as he stared right into the sky with an unfathomable expression.

"You! Take this exam serio-...!!!"

Just as Shen Long was about to bellow and reprimand Duan Li, a sudden bout of pain a.s.saulted his chest, abs and pecs!

BAM! BAM! BAM!

A resounding fist pummeled through his body five times, with each creating a deep fist marks!

PUU!!!

Shen Long coughed out blood as he was sent flying away before crashing onto the walls of the barrier!

Puhe!

Coughing out another mouthful of blood, Shen Long crunched up at his body as his face warped in extreme pain, his breathing heavy!

"When in the world... did he landed those punches?!" Shen Long look towards Duan Li"s direction with a look of utter disbelief mixed with horror in it!

Right now in his mind, Duan Li was not a human but a monster!

To think that he didn"t even notice he was punched, not to mention that it was five times at that!

In addition, each punch felt like a mountain crashing upon him, causing a few of his ribcage bones to shatter!

It was fortunate that he was a Nascent Soul realm expert, so this kind of damage could be healed given a few breaths of time. However, his body trembled in realization!

If someone other than a Nascent Soul realm were to take even one of that punch, they would definitely die on the spot!

How is he this strong with only that cultivation realm?!

"Wait.. he is not even at his hundred percent state...!!" Shen Long"s eyes widened even further in incredulity upon recalling this!

Huuu!!

A slight breeze suddenly brushed by Duan Li"s hair, causing them to flutter slightly, making him look more manly, suave and handsome!

At this moment, Duan Li"s figure that was standing far away from Shen Long appeared to be like a lonely vagabond that stood at the peak of Mount Tai!

That expression and that deep gaze of his towards the sky... it was as if this young man was lamenting and begging towards the heavens at the same time, that his strength had grown far too much, such that he no longer found joy in his life, hoping fervently that the heavens would send someone equal to face him!

He was tired of being too powerful!

BAMM!!

Shen Long smashed his fist to the ground with gritted teeth!

"I have underestimated him... moves that my eyes and senses could not see, I should have gone all out from the start!!"

How could I be so blind?!

This arrogance of mine will be my downfall in the future!

"AHHHHH!!" Shen Long shouted out as he stood his ground haggardly, his face emotional.

"Forgive me for disrespecting you Duan Li! To think that you have shouldered such immeasureable power to the extent that it had made you sad and lonely!" Shen Long said with tears welling in his eyes.

Hearing this, Duan Li frowned for a bit.

Ah? What is this old man talking about now?

"Eventhough I might not be a match for you, but I cannot sit idly by seeing such a young man like yourself be hurt that much! My sense of justice does not permit it!" Shen Long said again, his tears now rolling down his cheeks uncontrollably, making Duan Li even more confused!

Did my punch hurt his brain so much to the point that it caused concussion?

Don"t tell me that he had become crazy?

Wiping off the tears with his big forearms, a determined look appeared on Shen Long"s face, "Therefore, if I could lift even an ounce of sadness from that deep pit of abyss of yours... then my whole life of cultivation will not be in vain! Allow me to use my hundred percent power so that I can bring you a shed of joy in your life once more!!"

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Bloodline full awakening!

BOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!

"..." Duan Li.

The heck is happening?

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