Volume 1 Chapter 8 — Xin An vs Jin Flamestar

"Jin Flamestar is already itching for a fight. Go ahead."

Xin An nodded his head and took a deep breath. He looked at Jin Flamestar and his fighting spirit burned!

After arriving in the center of the field, his hand gripped his sword. Strand of essence gathered to his sword and his feet.

Xin An wasn't able to communicate with Jin Flamestar, so he merely waited for him to move. But the young flood dragon seemed not intending to attack, looking at Xin An as if he was some kind of ant!

Seeing this, Xin An initiated the first move and thrust his wooden stick. It was simply an ordinary move that was enhanced by a tiny strand of light essence. However, the property of light essence was extreme agility and speed. As soon as the sword came slashing, the speed of the stroke was quick as thunderflash.

Jin Flamestar looked at the incoming sword stroke and spun his saber. The saber was about 90 Jin worth of strength and it was extremely light. Under the control of the young flood dragon, the saber transformed into a blurry object, and a 'Ding' sound occurred, as the sword and saber collided.

It was a simple exchange. Old Bull and the two young spirit fox and shadow wolf spectate silently.

Under their watchful gaze, Jin Flamestar finally moved after that exchange and his saber transform into a stream of scorching river heading towards his foe.

Sabers are known for their speed and striking power. With Jin Flamestar infusing Fire Essence into it, the attacking power instantly doubled!

However, Xin An merely smiled and spun his feet to turn around, barely dodging the strike.

Jin Flamestar didn't stop there and sent more attacks after attacks. But these strikes that were as fast as lightning seemed to be nothing in the eyes of Xin An.

When every attack came slashing down to him, Xin An would evade it by an inch. If his body couldn't evade the strike, the slight rotation of his sword would block the attack.

Jin Flamestar was finally aware that his assaults were not connecting, so he retreated and looked at the manling in front of him. This manling was bare-chested and he held an ordinary stick that was remodeled into a wooden sword. On every angle, he was very plain and ordinary!

But Jin Flamestar had the feeling of being toyed around during the short exchange! This ordinary-looking manling had anticipated each of his lethal attacks like an expert playing around an ant!

"Ah, li xin wu! la shu xo a wo? La! La! Shi xu mu di ca mo be a wu zu xi a yo!" Jin Flamestar declared on his local tongue. 'What an insignificant human! Mocking me with your sword? Good! Good! I'll show you what's the difference between a manling and a mighty dragon!"

Fire essence began emitting from his body and his saber hummed. As it hummed, it blazes a turbulent of flames, turning the saber into a wind of fires. Jin Flamestar let out a cry and his saber came flashing as if the burning sun descended to the ground; the heat set the trees ablaze!

The spirit fox and the shadow wolf chatted among themselves. Old Bull narrowed his eyes and explained to them, "This person is not simple, don't underestimate him because he's human. He even forced Jin Flamestar on using the Scorching Sun in the second exchange!"

The spirit fox opened her mouth and rebuked on a bestial language.

However, Old Bull looked at her indifferently, "I know. Jin Flamestar has yet to use his strongest killing move and the abundant amount of his stored essence is a major advantage. But, if I'm not mistaken, this weak human is aware of his disadvantage. If he wants to win, he had to defeat his foe quickly!"

Old Bull was not mistaken. Xin An was aware of his disadvantage. On profound realm, the amount of essence a body can store is only around 999 drops and that was if the cultivation is already on the verge of Profound Realm, one last step to advance on the next realm.

However, Xin An was still at the fifth layer and the drops of stored essence he can accumulate is only around 520 drops. If a royal blood diremonster has twice the number of martial artists in the same realm, that means Jin Flamestar was brimming with 1040 drops of essence on his body!

Comparing stored essence, Jin Flamestar stored essence was comparable to a newly advanced essence foundation cultivator while Xin An was nowhere near; the difference was very obvious.

Once Xin An depleted, it would be his loss. However, if he can defeat Jin Flamestar very quickly and not rely on endurance battle, perhaps he would be the winner!

Xin An looked at the incoming scorching saber strike. He calmly analyzed. "This saber skill is terrifying! But using this technique cost around fifty drops of his stored essence."

As Xin An was analyzing, Jin Flamestar had already appeared right in front of Xin An. His saber was emitting a dazzling sea of flames. This was the scorching sun skill, a mid-tier human skill. It was not an extremely violent and fierce technique, however, to a profound realm cultivator, it was a skill worthy to be dread!

Xin An looked at the saber and his skin stand to the end. Because he ripped his robes a few hours ago and he hadn't brought any clothes with him, he faced the heat bare-chested! He could feel the slight burning on his skin as this saber descended to him!

Xin An muttered and his step becoming elegant. "A step forward and a crouch."

Xin An followed his words and the saber missed its target. Then Xin An delivered a fatal sword strike to Jin Flamestar's stomach!

It was very fast and full of power! Jin Flamestar had been knocked ten meters away and his robust body had a trace of redness. A tinge of pain assaulted him.

"wht? mpssbl!" The spirit fox and the shadow wolf were shocked. They couldn't believe the domineering saber strike was blocked by a human! Furthermore, he pushed Jin Flamestar away!

Old Bull looked silently but deep within his eyes was astonishment. He was not astonished that Xin An pushed Jin Flamestar away but the precise words he says.

The truth was Scorching Sun Skill was a martial technique a diremonster and human could practice. It was widely spread into the circle of people who wield fire essence. However, although it was considered the lowest level of martial technique, to the eyes of the profound realm cultivator, it was profound and mysterious.

Not someone with the cultivation of profound realm could see the weakest point of the ferocious attack of Scorching Sun Skill!

However, Xin An did it as if he was some kind of seer or someone with Fate Essence. Old Bull, however, was someone who formed his core and was comparable to a cultivator of essence core! He was someone capable of glimpsing the fluctuations of essences. During that exchange, Jin Flamestar used fire essence while Xin An used light essence and fire essence to boost his movement speed and the attacking power of his sword!

There was no fate essence or a divination skill involved! It was merely pure perception!

This second exchange astonished Old Bull! He was shocked that the weak human he casually picked on a random area was actually so fierce! He wielded two different essences! And he had terrifying battle perception! This human was simply a monster in the guise of human skin!

However, the thing Old Bull didn't know was that Xin An had been in the realm of Essence Core. Although he was still a profound realm junior, glimpsing traces of essence fluctuation and striking the weakest point of this technique was very easy for him to do.

Jin Flamestar looked at his body and let out a cry. He was injured! He was injured by a manling! This is a disgrace he can not wash away!

"Yo dr 2 njur m! I'll kll yo!"

Jin Flamestar raised his saber in the sky and boundless fire essence erupted on his body. The grasses around his feet turned asunder and a hint of blaze lit into leaves on the trees. The spirit wolf and the spirit fox let out a small groan; the intense flame also affected them.

Old Bull waved his hand and formed a true essence barrier around the two juniors. He looked at Xin An and Jin Flamestar solemnly. This fight was no longer a battle between the 5th layer profound realm, but a battle between the 8th layer!

Old Bull looked at the condensed small ball of flame around the tip of Jin Flamestar saber and let out a sigh. This technique was a high-tier secret skill— The Infinity Flame Ball. But Jin Flamestar only achieved Small Success and his ball was the size of a small stone.

However, when this technique reached perfection, this ball of flame would condense a sphere almost as big as the sun. Even someone with the cultivation of middle-phase essence foundation will be seriously injured if they meet the perfection Infinity Flame Ball!

"But this technique cost him around 300 drops of stored essence. This technique is very tolling to the body. Unless someone capable of accumulating five thousand drops on their body, they will not dare to use it unless dire circumstances. Jin Flamestar had merely cultivated for thirteen years, let this be a lesson for him to learn." Old Bull commented and looked at Xin An. "Let's see how this human will block this attack. If I'm not mistaken, he similarly used a hundred drops of his essence during the short exchange."

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Xin An eyes narrowed as he looked at the ball of flame at the top of the saber. 'Is that Infinity Flame Ball?!'

Xin An was a martial artist specialist on fire essence and light essence. Although Infinity Flame Ball was a Fire Essence saber-type martial technique, it was a Secret Skill. He had once faced a guy three years ago using this technique. Three years ago, he was still Essence Foundation, and facing that technique was utterly impossible to not sustain injuries.

But now...Xin An could say that facing this technique, he no longer had any dread on it. Furthermore, Jin Flamestar Infinity Flame Ball was not so powerful. He was indeed astonished, however, if this secret skill intended to defeat him, that would be a joke!

In reality, if Xin An had used his sword intent, this battle would have been over on the first exchange. The reason he didn't use it was to test his strength as a 5th layer profound realm cultivator. And he was also unwilling to use it because Jin Flamestar was merely 5th layer cultivator too. If he accidentally injured or kill him, his father, the Beast King would definitely pursue him to the end of the world!

Jin Flamestar thrust his saber. The infinity flame ball was shot out! It simply dashed straight to Xin An! Whenever it flew, grasses would turn gray ashes.

Xin An gripped his sword and fire essence crazily revolved around his dantian. He condensed 150 drops of essence and converted them into 75 drops of fire essence and 75 drops of light essence. This 150 drop of essence meshed with his sword as Xin An shouted—

"Luminous Sun Secret Skill, First move: Sunstroke!"

A flash of flaming light appeared and it disappeared right after. However, the instance it disappeared, the infinity flame ball was shattered, cutting them into nothingness!

As for Jin Flamestar, his figure was sent crashing into a tree. His condition, unknown.

The spirit fox and shadow wolf eyes widened as if they popped out from their socket, but they were similarly confused...What on the earth happened?