Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Remember what you said!”

Li Hao’s eyes instantly turned sharp. ‘Openly challenging me? You’re courting death!’

“Elder, today happens to be the lecture on the cultivation of Soul Dao. Why don’t I take this opportunity to spar with Junior Brother Ran who cultivates Body Cultivation?”

The leader of the elders glanced at him. He was almost done talking about the cultivation of Soul Dao. Otherwise, he would have stopped Li Hao just now.

There was another important reason. Speaking of which, he had a good relationship with the first elder. He had long been dissatisfied with the chief’s actions as well.

‘Why should Li Ran be the next chief?

‘Which disciple in the Pure Wind Clan isn’t more promising than Li Ran?

‘I heard that Chief had invested a lot of heavenly and earthly treasures on Li Ran over the past few days to temper his body!

‘Was it useful?’

The elder also wanted to use this opportunity to ruthlessly slap the chief’s face.

“Li Ran, do you want to spar with Li Hao?”

The elder asked very politely on the surface.

“Sure.”

Li Ran responded casually with a fearless look.

The elder smiled meaningfully and sized up the young man.

‘He’s too ignorant.

‘You’ll suffer in a while!’

“The rest of you spread out. Make space in the middle of the training field for Li Hao and Li Ran to spar!

“I won’t say too much about the rules of this sparring. This is sparring, not a life-or-death battle!”

As long as Li Ran did not die, it would be fine. The elder did not care how the fight would turn out.

Once he finished, the group of disciples spread out in a hubbub. The training field suddenly became spacious.

“Junior Brother Ran, I’ll try my best to be gentler later so as to avoid accidentally injuring you!”

Li Hao sneered.

“There’s no need for that, Senior Brother. There’s no such thing as controlling your powers when sparring. Besides, what’s the point of sparring if you don’t bleed a little? Don’t you agree?”

“Junior Brother, you’re really carefree. I like sparring with people like you!”

Clearly, Li Hao did not realize that the young man would say such a thing. He was taken aback for a moment before he chuckled.

‘You’re courting death!’

“Senior Brother, before we spar, I have a small wish… I’ve been tempering my physical body for the past few days, but I have no idea how far I’ve reached. I’ve been troubled by this for a long time.

“So… I wish to engage in close combat with you, Senior Brother… Is the request too much?”

Li Ran smiled sheepishly. From the looks of it, he was just a pure-hearted child. He only made this request because he wanted to know the strength of his physical body.

In fact, he was playing dumb to take advantage of his opponent!

Li Hao frowned. ‘Why does it feel like Li Ran has become a different person? Wasn’t he being shameless just now?’

He had not undergone Body Cultivation, and his physical body had not been tempered, but his physique was not bad.

In fact, Li Hao was not worried. In his opinion, that good-for-nothing Li Ran was usually sick. Even if Li Ran had tempered his body, it had only been a few days. At most, his physique had improved a little.

‘His physical power?

‘You must be joking!

‘It has just been a few days so what kind of physical power can he have!’

The others including the elders also felt the same way.

“No problem. I’ll do as you say then; let’s have a close combat!”

It would be even easier. Li Hao would not need to use his Soul Ring to beat Li Ran to the ground!

“Senior Brother, I… Still have another small request.”

Li Hao was a little impatient. He just wanted to spar with Li Ran. There was so much nonsense.

“What? Hurry up and say it.”

“Sparring is so boring. We can place some bets. Don’t you think it’ll be more challenging?”

Li Ran suggested with a smile.

‘I’m going to troll you!’

“Bet?”

Li Hao thought for a while. This idea was feasible. He could take the opportunity to extort money from Li Ran.

“Tell me then, what’s at stake?”

“If I win, you’ll give me a magical monster that’s more than 600 years old. The monster must be complete.”

A magical monster that was more than 600 years old?

Everyone was surprised. The age was neither high nor low, but it was quite risky to hunt such a monster.

“Okay, what if I win?”

Li Hao agreed right away. He had never thought that he would lose.

He had a 600-year-old monster but could Li Ran take it from him?

“If you win, what do you want, Senior Brother?”

“You’ll never be allowed to continue on the path of Body Cultivation again!”

Li Hao’s eyes were provocative.

‘Would he dare to agree to this?’

A Soul Warrior had no other way except to increase one’s strength through Body Cultivation.

This was equivalent to gambling on Li Ran’s future.

No one had expected that the thin young man would agree to it.

“It’s a deal!”

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere around them became subtle.

Li Hao crossed his arms in front of his chest, and there was a faint sneer on his face. He did not have the intention of making the first move.

He glanced at the youth across from him, and his eyes seemed to say, ‘You’re weak, so go first’.

Li Ran did not hesitate. He took a few steps and when the tip of his foot touched the ground, he jumped up. His body was unusually agile and in the blink of an eye, he shortened the distance between him and Li Hao such that he was only one fist away.

‘You can’t stir up anything!’

Li Hao snorted coldly. He nimbly dodged to the side and within a second, he got further away from Li Ran.

At this moment, the hair on Li Ran’s back stood on end, and he suddenly turned his head back.

Li Hao appeared in front of him in a ghostly manner!

He seemed to have casually stretched out his hand but the air buzzed, and an illusory figure appeared.

Li Ran did not dodge, and his fist went up to meet it. He did not borrow any external force, and he only used pure physical power!

Bang!

Both parties were forced back. Li Hao was shocked when he saw his bloody palm.

‘That trash’s physical body has changed so much?’

On the other side, Li Ran was only forced back a little due to the effect of external force. Even so, he was not injured.

He smiled. Taking advantage of the fact that the others were not paying attention, he rushed toward Li Hao at a much faster speed than before.

Li Hao came to his senses and looked at the youth who was rushing toward him. He gave a cold snort.

He gently activated the Soul Qi in his body. His Soul Ring seemed to have sensed something, and a chill appeared on his arm. That was the power of a Soul Ring.

Even if he did not use the Soul Ring, he could still activate the power within.

Li Hao showed a sinister smile. He felt the power of his arm and rushed out like a spear!

‘Die!’

The people in the training ground were sweating for Li Ran. If this continued, Li Ran would be smashed into a sieve!

Even if Li Hao did not use his Soul Ring, he would still not be at a disadvantage in close combat.

In the next second…

The two of them directly collided. The sound of their bodies colliding could be heard with the sound of bones cracking.

After two seconds of silence, a figure suddenly flew out. Everyone heard a very loud sound as he fell on the edge of the training ground!

“Cough, cough, cough. Impossible… That trash.”

Li Hao struggled to get up from the ground. He had used the power of his Soul Ring just now and was very confident that he could defeat Li Ran in one move!

Despite that, when they collided, he instantly felt that things were not good. ‘He was too strong…’

The surrounding disciples and elders were struck dumb. ‘Li Hao was thrown out?’

‘How was that possible!’

That said…

They had not seen wrongly. It was indeed Li Ran who had used his physical power to send Li Hao flying!

“Junior Brother, be careful!”

Li Rui, who was in the crowd, was the first to react. When he saw the ghostly figure in the training field, he cried out in alarm.

Li Hao was half a beat slower. When he turned his head, he was met with a fist.

That physical power was very powerful. He subconsciously wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

A mouthful of fresh blood splattered out!

Li Hao’s face was filled with shock, and he dodged to the other side of the training field in a fluster with a vigilant look on his face.

He was repeatedly injured, and it was not due to luck. He raised his eyes to look at the youth in front of him.

Li Ran’s physical power was very strong!

If Li Hao continued to engage in close combat, he would have no chance of winning. He looked grave, and he shook his arm!

“Snow Tusk Spear!”

A one-meter-long, snow-white spear shaped like a tusk was held in Li Hao’s hand.

As soon as the Snow Tusk Spear appeared, the surrounding temperature rapidly dropped. White mists could be seen in the air, and they instantly turned into sharp ice shards.

Li Hao shook slightly, and the ice shards in the air evaporated and disappeared.

“Li Ran’s finished.”

Some disciples sighed. Previously, Li Ran had gained the upper hand by relying on his physical power.

Once Li Hao used his Soul Ring, Li Ran would not be his match!

One could tell at a glance.

After all, Li Hao’s Soul Ring was only a ten-year-old rock. How could it compare to the 400-year-old Snow Tusk Spear?