Death of Elder Wu

"A disciple challenging an elder?"

This is something new. The disciples were as surprised as they were excited. In the world of martial artists, strength is considered above all, age is not really important. As long as you are strong, you can do pretty much anything you want to do. But its still rare to see an elder of a sect being challenged by someone of the younger generation in the sect and the challenge was accepted by the elder.

"Can he really defeat Elder Wu?" one of the disciples asked with excitement clearly visible in his voice. Although they didn't want to believe it, well, it was happening right in front of them so they have no choice but to believe.

"Don't get carried away, even though he is at the Foundation Realm also, you should know that there is a difference between the early tier and mid tier of the Foundation Realm. Why do you think none of the other elders dare to offend Elder Wu?" a top disciple of the sect said

Elder Wu has completely dominated all the elders of the sect over the years as none of the other elders have managed to make a breakthrough to the mid tier of Foundation Realm, there are elders currently in the Third stage of the Foundation, breaking through though, is another story. The grand elder and the sect leader were the only people who were above him in terms of cultivation base in the entire sect.

Usually, the Sixth stage of the Foundation Realm was the highest realm in the Chailing region. But the sect leader had a fortuitous encounter during one of his travels, and that was what greatly increased both his and the grand elder cultivation base. Currently, Elder Wu can basically go anywhere in the Chailing region unhindered.

Although Elder Wu wanted to kill Hao Ren badly, he felt angry being challenged by someone who wasn't even the age of his late son. If not for the fact that Hao Ren might probably hide in the sect which will lead to him not having any chances of killing him, he would never had accepted this challenge. For him, he feels its a disgrace to be seen battling with someone of the younger generations, what was worse was the fact that all the sect disciples were present.

Elder Wu had already made up his mind that he would use this chance to kill Hao Ren and once again established his authority as he felt that he had been greatly disrespected by Hao Ren in the presence of everyone. Elder Wu stood at the battle arena and looked at the youth who was standing opposite him, the youth looked completely calm and Elder Wu felt somewhat amazed seeing this.

'Keep looking calm, you will be dead soon' Elder Wu sneered in his heart when he saw how calm Hao Ren was

Elder Wu didn't talk any nonsense with Hao Ren and immediately attacked

The moment Elder Wu attacked, the arena immediately went quiet. The disciples were in awe when they saw it. When Elder Wu attacked, it was totally different from when they saw Wu Chen or even Hao Ren attacking.

Elder Wu was experienced and when he attacked, you can clearly feel the sharpness and see how precise his attacks were.

Hao Ren immediately fell on the defensive. Although Hao Ren had defeated a beast at the Fourth stage of the Foundation Realm, it was totally a different matter battling an experienced human as humans were more cunning. Beast do have higher fire power compared to humans when it comes to overall strength. But due to humans intelligence, most experienced humans have the edge over their beasts counterparts in the same stage.

Elder Wu was stunned on seeing that Hao Ren was able to keep up with him, although Hao Ren was on the defensive, Hao Ren was still able to keep up with his attack speed. Elder Wu's face changed on seeing this, then he calmed down as he was an experienced fighter. He knew as a fighter, when you are battling, you shouldn't be distracted by anything.

Hao Ren also kept his calm. Although he was on the defensive, he didn't lose his cool. He exchanged more moves with Elder Wu, after another 5 minutes, they separated. Elder Wu looked at Hao Ren as if he was looking at a monster.

"Is he really at the Second stage of the Foundation Realm?" Elder Wu mumbled to himself in a low voice

The disciples and elders couldn't believe their eyes, the elders especially were more shocked as they knew exactly how strong Elder Wu was.

"How can someone at the Second stage of the Foundation Realm be this strong, with the strength he has shown, he has no issues with fighting with me head on" Although Elder Li felt elated seeing that Hao Ren was fine even after exchanging so many moves with Elder Wu, his shock still couldn't be hidden when he saw how strong Hao Ren was.

"This boy truly is a genius" Yuan Hai said with a wry smile

"I know of people battling against opponents with higher stages than them, but I have never heard of anyone battling across tiers" the grand elder also commented on what was happening

The disciples were also shocked speechless, they didn't know what to say about the battle. This was a battle that has totally passed their league, they didn't even have the right to comment on it.

"This is unbelievable"

"I can't believe Hao Ren is able to go toe to toe with Elder Wu"

Some of the disciples and even the elders got into conversations on the stands, this is probably the most shocking thing they might ever see in their lives. Seeing a disciple battling and actually fighting toe to toe with an elder who is a tier higher than him is something that will definitely be remembered for a long time.

"Hmph, don't forget Elder Wu still haven't used any of his martial techniques" Elder Yun snorted coldly when he saw all the conversations going on in the stands

When the elders heard this, they immediately calmed down and remembered that although Elder Wu and Hao Ren had been battling for a long while, they haven't used and martial techniques. Elder Wu has already mastered his martial techniques to the highest level it could be cultivated to

"Don't feel so proud of yourself boy, I was only testing you out. The battle begins now" Elder looked at Hao Ren fiercely when he was saying this

"Bring whatever you have old man, I will fight with you to the end" Hao Ren said to Elder Wu without any fear

"Hmph" Elder Wu snorted icily

"Piercing fingers"

Elder Wu immediately attacked Hao Ren with one of the sects strongest attack technique he was able to matter. The highest tier of technique in the sect was a low grade tier 3 technique and only the sect leader had the right to use it. The technique Elder Wu used was a high grade tier 2 technique. The technique allows the user to pierce almost anything with his fingers. Elder Wu had 2 of his fingers pointed out as he stab them towards Hao Ren, he aimed at his heart as he was hoping to end the match quickly

"Phoenix dash"

Hao Ren immediately responded with a movement technique to dodge the fatal strike heading towards him. After dodging the strike, Hao Ren immediately attacked Elder Wu from the side. This was the first time since the battle began that Hao Ren had attacked and he took the best time to do it.

Unfortunately, Elder Wu was very experienced and had already anticipated that Hao Ren would attack so he immediately used his momentum of moving forward and used a movement technique to dodge the attack.

'This technique is definitely above low grade tier 3, its likely around mid grade or high grade tier 3. This boy must have a lot of high grade techniques on him and even a tier 3 cultivation technique, if I can have that then I will be able to improve in my realm' Elder Wu thought to himself while looking at Hao Ren. The movement technique Hao Ren just used was highly sophisticated

The way Elder Wu looked at Hao Ren changed completely as now there was greed in his eyes. He attacked more violently and was able to push Hao Ren back.

Hao Ren was temporarily unable to counter attack because he wasn't given the chance. Elder Wu continued attacking more violently and brutally and everyone could clearly see how badly he wanted to kill Hao Ren, they all thought it was just for the sake of revenge.

Hao Ren kept dodging, and the attacks he couldn't dodge he would block them. He was injured in the process of Elder Wu's crazy attacks, although not severely injured, once the injuries stark up, it will certainly start affecting his combat strength and he might likely lose his life because of it.

'I need to think of a way to get out of this situation fast' Hao Ren was almost at the point of panicking, if not for the constant duels with his father he would have already lost his cool a long time ago

Even though Hao Ren was under great pressure, he always kept a clear head and kept looking for opportunities to deal a fatal strike. He knew the chance would come as Elder Wu had already entered a somewhat crazed state, although he waited for a while, the opportunity finally came when Elder Wu made a wrong movement after attacking.

Hao Ren took complete advantage of the mistake and started his counter attack. After being able to push Elder Wu back, he immediately went for a punch which Elder Wu quickly raised his arms to block.

When Hao Ren saw this, his lips curled into a smirk as he knew just how strong this attack of his was. This was not a normal fist strike as he used his martial technique 'Sonic punch'. Immediately Hao Ren's fist made contact with Elder Wu's arm, Elder Wu immediately regretted his decision of blocking the attack when he felt the strength of it.

Elder Wu was immediately sent staggering backwards from the strike and that left a clear open gap for Hao Ren to attack. Hao Ren immediately sent a foot towards his ribs which sent the already unbalanced Elder Wu falling downwards in pain. After the foot connected, he attacked again with his fist towards Elder Wu's head and immediately ended Elder Wu's life right there and then.

The whole arena turned as silent as a graveyard as they were shocked by the fact that Hao Ren had not only defeated Elder Wu but also killed him.

"How..... can this be" Elder Yun and everyone else immediately stood up from their seats