Chapter 250 - 246: The Difference Between Strong and Weak (Seeking Recommendations, Monthly Tickets, Muah~~)
When Tang Luo revealed his realm, his title changed from “boy” to “younger brother,” even Ji Fu’s attitude softened a bit, even willing to share one-tenth of his resources with the two of them.
This was not out of fear from Ji Fu, but respect and admiration.
The so-called Holy Land envoys are those who represent the holy lands and demonstrate their martial power. The thing they have in common is the ultimate strength in their current realms.
Young practitioners often choose to venture the world at the peak of their Transcendence. This is because they are the backbone of the world’s practitioners. Selecting a practitioner from the Fierce Realm would be deemed unreasonably highhanded. Besides, Heaven-level bloodline has too much impact on combat power, hence it would inevitably lose the essence of martial arts.
The martial practitioners of the Holy Land, those with good qualifications and awaken bloodline, take about sixteen to seventeen years to accumulate at the peak of Transcendence. The majority need more than twenty years.
Every ten years, a Holy Land sect selects an envoy. This means that a holy land martial practitioner would have at least two chances to become an envoy after reaching Transcendence, one at the onset of reaching the peak of Transcendence, and another after honing their skills for ten years.
Some martial practitioners of the Holy Land even delay breaking through to undertake the challenge a third time so that they could earn the title of “World’s Envoy”.
Elder Xu is only around twenty years old, without a doubt, this is his first challenge, and most of his opponents are clan members of Xu’s Holy Land who have accumulated for more than ten years at the peak of transcendence.
Everyone cultivates the same Dharma Secret. Even if they are in the same realm, others have ten more years than you to refine their martial skills. If one can succeed on the first attempt and become a Holy Land envoy, Elder Xu is definitely a peerless genius among the geniuses.
Such individuals are very likely to hold a long reign, becoming second-generation envoys, even third-generation envoys. Any such envoys from the Holy Land would become powerhouses at the Grandmaster level, unless they died.
In Ji Fu’s eyes, Elder Xu was such a future Grandmaster, steadily stepping into becoming a second-generation envoy. Because when he opened his sword domain, Ji Fu saw a mountain of swords floating inside!
Despite his reluctance to admit it, he knew that Elder Xu might not have used his full strength just now.
As for Tang Luo, he is undoubtedly the youngest at the peak of Transcendence in the history of martial arts. Such aptitude was unimaginable for him. As long as he does not die prematurely, even without any martial talent, he could suppress a generation only based on his realm a hundred years later.
Having these two geniuses standing before him, made Ji Fu feel a surreal sense of fate, as if the world would belong to the three of them after a hundred years. That was the reason he chose to step back.
One-tenth of these resources was vital for the Han Family, but even more, the Han family needed allies like them. When Ji Fu came back with the Han Family a hundred years later, these two would undoubtedly be the behemoths.
Therefore, he wanted to present one-tenth of his resources, similar to the Zhongzhou treasury, to these two.
However, Ji Fu’s seemingly reasonable offer made Tang Luo frown. He looked at Ji Fu and said coldly, “Don’t you understand the situation?”
“This Boundary Breaking Stone is mine. How it’s divided is up to me, not you!”
“Even if the division is based on strength, you should be the one with the least share. Don’t you have a sense of shame?”
“However, considering that you just thought of sharing one-tenth of your resources, I’ll double the return and give you two-tenths!”
These words came so naturally from Tang Luo’s mouth, that even Elder Xu felt awkward. Dividing two-tenths of someone else’s Spirit Realm treasury into others’, and calling it a generous return. Such an outrageous statement sounded so justified, making the prestigious son of a saint avert his gaze, afraid to witness Ji Fu’s reaction.
Ji Fu, who initially held out an offering of one-tenths of enormous resources in order to make friends with the two, upon hearing Tang Luo’s words, felt a gush of blood rising to his head, almost resulting in a ferocious yell.
Rage swelled in his chest, spiritual power churned, a tiger-like domineering aura rose, Ji Fu, with his red eyes filled with killing intent, shouted, “Greedy overstepping, insolent! Even though you are the youngest at the peak of Transcendence in the world, today, I’ll teach you a lesson, you can’t insult the Holy Land!”
Elder Xu saw the two about to start a fight, he muttered under his breath about the disaster. Also, he released his own aura, and tried to mediate, “Calm down, brother! Calm down!”
Then he said to Tang Luo, “Little brother, don’t push too far. The Han Family used to be the number one Holy Land in the world, and Saint Han was the greatest contributor to the extermination of the monsters. Even considering Saint Han’s contribution to the human race, you shouldn’t have proposed two-tenths just to insult them.”
Elder Xu believed that Tang Luo was still angry about the previous incident and this was purely out of vengeance, but he could also feel the calmness and conviction in Tang Luo’s emotions.
This left him in a predicament because, in his view, whether it’s the Tang Clan or Tang Luo, they were the weakest among them.
Martial practitioners of the Han Family are adept at group battles, while the Slaughter Immortal Army is reputed to be the number one army in the world. Even from Xu’s current perspective, in facing the Slaughter Immortal Army from a thousand years ago, only the Divine Sword Army could rival them, while the Cavalry Army and Falling Star Army fall slightly short.
After a thousand years of recuperation, the Han Family has definitely rebuilt the Slaughter Immortal Army. In this estimation, they command a formidable force, second to none. Tang Luo’s insight is just too limited to match this level of strength.
Listening to Elder Xu’s words, Ji Fu’s temper cooled down slightly, but there was still anger in his eyes. He stared fiercely at Tang Luo, ready to attack. If it was not because the Boundary Breaking Stone was clenched in Tang Luo’s hand, he would have attacked earlier.
Seeing Elder Xu defending Ji Fu so loyally, Tang Luo sneered disdainfully, “Do you think I am boastful? Come on!”
“The Han Family Holy Land? Where is the Han Family Holy Land now? There’s nothing but a group of homeless dogs who daren’t even use their family name. Talking about power?”
“Ah!” Ji Fu felt like going berserk, fury burned in his eyes, a silver halberd appeared in his hand. With the sound of the wind howling, he took a swing at Tang Luo, vowing to slice the arrogant prince in half.
“Don’t, brother!” Surprised at Tang Luo’s words, Elder Xu was too late to use his sword technique in response, faced with the all-angry halberd attack, he could only shout in an attempt to stop them.
Ji Fu was imbued with the Power of the Dragon Elephant, his halberd could even slice a mountain, let alone a martial artist in the Transcendence phase without any activated body-protecting techniques.
Elder Xu was extremely anxious, drawing a heavy sword trying to stop the impending strike. But before he could swing his sword, the unstoppable halberd suddenly stopped.
“Crack, crack!” Ji Fu’s halberd shattered into a shower of silver dust, both of his hands broken from the forearms and hanging down, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
This miserable change in Ji Fu was not because of any outstanding martial arts by Tang Luo, but because Tang Luo had switched the Boundary Breaking Stone from his right hand to his left and lifted it to the trajectory where the halberd was descending.
If Ji Fu wanted to slice Tang Luo, then the Boundary Breaking Stone would be shattered by the halberd first. How could Ji Fu, who had devoted his life to restoring the Han Family, accept this?
It was almost impossible to stop the full-force halberd swing, but Ji Fu had found a way just in time – forcefully absorb the force of impact – and that was why he ended up in such a pitiful state.
And that devastating halberd attack turned into a breeze carrying silver dust, blowing up Tang Luo’s black hair..