......
During the silence.
In the sky, a figure appeared without concealing their aura in the slightest.
A pair of pure white wings spanning over ten meters unfolded.
Illusory feathers transformed and drifted down like snowflakes.
Lu Ding sensed it and looked up.
After exchanging a smile with Louis in the sky, he directly launched himself upward from the ground.
An Wuyang shouted: "Be careful!!!"
Was this concern for Lu Ding?
Not entirely.He was concerned about the leather jacket he was about to inherit.
Afraid it might get damaged.
Lu Ding, who had shot up into the sky, faced off against Louis.
Since this wasn't a life-or-death battle, his traditional skills of ambush and zero-frame initiations couldn't be displayed.
The battle opening lines he usually disliked saying.
Today unusually spilled from Lu Ding's mouth.
"How do we fight?"
Louis gently fluttered his wings: "Short of life and death, how about going all out?"
Being humble and polite was Louis's cultivated demeanor.
But the position of White Eagle's Lord Shen wasn't something one could attain through demeanor alone.
Being in this position represented confidence.
In other words.
Louis was a perfect-score top scholar from one province's college entrance exams.
While Lu Ding was the perfect-score top scholar from the neighboring province.
Both were top scholars - heroes appreciate each other, but if you have a sword, do I not have one too?
Who's afraid of whom!?
As long as it's not to the death, then we can fight freely.
This was like excluding the soulful essay question from the exam, leaving the remaining questions for our confrontation.
Since it was short of life and death, the Black Prison of Death's Body couldn't be used.
Because once deployed.
It would become a fight to the death.
But he could use the newly acquired Black Devours Sun, just slightly restraining its power.
Perfect chance to test new toys.
Lu Ding nodded: "Alright."
If this weren't a spar, Lu Ding would have already formed and thrown the Black Devours Sun.
However.
Not life or death.
Could only start with fist and leg techniques, then progress to magical arts and divine abilities.
Progress step by step, determining superiority gradually.
The two closed the distance.
Both raised their hands gesturing for the other to make the first move.
Right at the moment of contact, the battle began!!!!
Holy light enveloped and illuminated the heavens, darkness surged forth devouring the world.
Letting Louis seize the initiative, watch him: passing hand blade level slicing cutting mountain, one move missing, changing technique lifting wrist stabbing throat.
Lu Ding deflected with elbow block.
Louis single finger becoming double, upward raking claw clamping jaw tearing throat.
Lu Ding leveled hand beneath jaw, one block one twist.
Louis followed the momentum, twisting his body into a roll, executing a tiger's tail whip—a heavy kick powerful enough to shatter mountains came fiercely lashing out!!
Crack!!!
The sound exploded through the air.
Lu Ding used the momentum to step back several paces, looking him up and down: "You know many things and know them well, you've learned quite a lot."
All were techniques from Great Han's traditional martial arts.
Lu Ding never expected that a White Eagle's Lord Shen would use these.
Louis smoothly twisted his body and rolled, executing a tiger's tail whip, a heavy kick powerful enough to shatter mountains came fiercely whipping toward him!!
Though his words were light, his heart sank to the depths.
Strong!
Lu Ding used the momentum to step back several paces, looking him up and down: "You know many things and know them well, you've learned quite a lot."
Lu Ding's physical attributes were too abnormal!!
Those techniques he just used - any single one hitting a mountain peak could shatter it instantly, especially that last kick.
Could have kicked a mountain peak flying.
Yet after taking it head-on, Lu Ding showed no sign of pain or discomfort.
Reaching this point, Louis already knew: in physical combat, he couldn't defeat Lu Ding.
But since Lu Ding had deliberately taken so many of his techniques.
If he didn't return the favor now, he'd lose face!!!
So, even if it meant going down a hopeless path, Louis wanted to try.
This was his pride!!!
Looking at Lu Ding.
After half-clenching his fist and shaking out the arm that had just taken the kick directly.
He adopted an extremely casual boxing stance and pressed forward.
Since the other had shown respect to his nation, returning some was appropriate.
Louis recognized his intention, prepared for exchange and defense, then said: "Come!"
Lu Ding stepped forward, jab coming straight as 'probing'
Looking not too fast, seeming not too powerful.
Louis intended to test the force, thinking: just a probing jab, probably not much power.
Result.
After half-clenching his fist and shaking out the arm that had just taken a direct hit from the kick.
The punch landed solidly, Louis's radius immediately emitting sounds of unbearable stress.
Crack....
Fractured!!!!
His heart filled with terror.
Is this the power someone at Earth Observation should have? What kind of monster!!!!
The follow-up came - Louis wanted to dodge, but too late. With combo attacks, if you eat one, you eat the whole set.
The rear hand punch instantly followed with roaring sound, fist breaking through air, white mist trailing arm.
Not a single unnecessary movement, displaying simple direct numerical beauty.
Fast, accurate, fierce, tremendous force overcoming technique. Want to dodge? Reaction speed insufficient. Want to block? Power values unmatched.
Could only take it head-on!
Watching Lu Ding's heavy punch - before it even hit Louis's ribs, his clothes were torn apart by the terrifying force and acceleration.
On his ribs, flesh and skin churned.
Rear hand punch, rib strike liver burst, BOOM!!!!!
Creating white mist rings that scattered outward.
Louis was sent flying, right ribs completely caved in, bones all broken.
Pain surged through him in mid-air.
Louis uncontrollably opened his mouth and spat blood, eyes instantly bloodshot and bulging outward.
Before he even hit the ground.
Lu Ding advanced with stance bobbing and weaving, his entire body flickering under the moonlight, appearing frame by frame in different positions, rapid teleportation advancement, pressure overwhelming.
Moon Arc Kick at his feet, enhanced with butterfly steps.
Killing while dancing, both flashy and elegant.
Making Louis's scalp crawl.
Just as he tried to endure the pain and respond, he felt his wrist grabbed.
Wrist capture into chest straight punch, Louis's back clothing completely exploded.
Rear hand heavy punch to abdomen, making him bend forward.
Lu Ding circled behind for waist grab.
Lu Ding advanced with stance bobbing and weaving, his entire body flickering under the moonlight, appearing frame by frame in different positions, rapid teleportation advancement, pressure overwhelming.
Over-the-shoulder throw lifting him like a chick.
The two fell like meteors.
Heavily crashing onto the ground, terrifying force absorbed by the earth, creating spiderweb-like cracks that spread across the surface.
Lu Ding stood up, looking at the White Eagle's Lord Shen at the center of the web.
"What do you say?"
Then heard.
The Lord Shen started making dragon-like sounds.
"Ugh...... ugh....... I ugh......"
Well then, he made the contemporary number one of White Eagle vomit.
The kind of vomiting where you're curled on the ground unable to even get up.
Not that Louis didn't want to.
He simply couldn't.
Spine broken, ribs all shattered, internal organs pulped, back of his head flattened by the final impact.
That he was still alive was thanks to Lu Ding holding back, and his own cultivation and strength.
Otherwise, after that numerical onslaught, he would have died miserably.
Heavy punches opening respiratory tract, body slams restoring heartbeat - no three circles with sky-shading trees, only Lu Ding subduing all things.
No technique, all numerical superiority.
The first heavy punch basically shattered Louis's sparring dreams, and before he could call stop, Lu Ding followed up with several dirty moves.
Not that he could withstand five hits - Lu Ding delivered five hits straight away.
That liver burst pain - he couldn't even cry out.
Louis never dreamed he could be beaten into such a pathetic state by such simple, unadorned methods.
After recovering for a long while, Louis laboriously swallowed saliva and sat on the ground, responding to Lu Ding's earlier "What do you say?"
He thought Lu Ding wanted his evaluation.
Now after being beaten, Louis's usual aloof demeanor had disappeared.
He opened his mouth and said: "Attacks have angles, punches have power, bobbing has speed, hiss......."
"The degree to which they land on the body is unimaginable."
Full of smooth rhymes, are you taking the imperial exams?
"I didn't mean that, I meant it's time for magical techniques."
Hearing this, Louis froze rigidly on the spot.
Slowly looking up: "No... no more fighting, it's just sparring after all."
Finally having a test subject to try the newly acquired Black Devours Sun on.
How could Lu Ding easily let go.
"The procedure should still be followed."
Procedure......
"Then what magical technique are you planning to use?"
He didn't know what mindset prompted him to ask this question.
But he instinctively felt that if the power wasn't too great, then following procedure might be acceptable. Perhaps he could salvage some face.