Gaps in Experience

“What a waste of talent. A prodigy of such caliber, you would’ve easily climbed to the apex of the Indigo Cloud City, but your treason was too blatant to be forgiven. You will die by my hands today!!”

“Elder of the great Fire Fortress Sect, I am deeply moved by your words of praise. But it’s such a pity that you have caused me too much distress. If you agree to abandon one of your arms, I might let you go back alive?”

Leng San grinned as he cupped his hands and bowed. The boy’s act of humbleness was an apparent contradiction to his words that stung like bees.

“You!!”

Su Zhao was consumed by rage. He never expected that this boy would dare to use such words to address him. The old man was the son of the former leader of the Fire Fortress Sect and the younger brother of the present leader. He had received nothing but respect from the citizens of the Indigo Cloud City. But now a boy, decades younger, was insulting him.

“I promise that you will die an ugly death!!”

Su Zhao circulated his qi and darted towards Leng San again. His hands were enveloped by his blazing fire qi. Once the old man was about ten steps apart from Leng San, he palmed his fiery hand towards the face of the earth.

“Wildfire!!”

The circle of scorching flame expanded over a hundred meters, with Su Zhao at the center. Trees along the path were reduced to ashes. A pillar of fire, over two meters high, devoured Leng San whole.

Su Zhao was certain that Leng San wouldn’t be able to evade or escape from the furnace that was consuming anything in its path. The old man revealed a smile of victory as he took a glance at Leng San. However, the immortality of the being before him melted his smile.

Leng San didn’t move from the place. Painless, the boy was smirking through the raging fire, both of his arms crossed to the back. Not even a strand of hair was burnt by the flame.

Actually, the boy stealthily circulated a thin film of dragon’s fire qi, not apparent to the naked eyes, to protect his body from heat.

The old man thought that he was hallucinating. The scorching flame of fire qi that his Fire Fortress Sect was so proud of couldn’t burn even a single strand of the boy’s hair. Su Zhao imbued an immense amount of qi into his Wildfire, despite having depleted a lot of qi during the search, hoping to end the fight within one move.

But it appeared that the old man had used up all of his remaining qi for nothing!!

Even if the old man were to use his defensive qi, the effectiveness would decrease by seventy percent compared to normal circumstances. The chance of escape was low. The victory was, of course, out of the option.

“Are you done with your magic show? Elder Su?”

Leng San slowly walked out from the pillars of fire, releasing his killing intent, leaving behind traces of fiery flame, like a demon who just came from hell.

Su Zhao was surprised, but he quickly regained his composure. It was true that his qi reserve was completely depleted, but he had decades of experience in the martial world!! There was no reason for him to be afraid of a young kid who had been born into this world for just fifteen years.

Leng San dashed towards the old man and tore through the atmosphere, creating a horrifying sound, with his right fist, imbued with a hundred percent of his qi.

Whoooooshhh

Su Zhao slightly ducked down to dodge Leng San’s right fist and slammed his elbow onto the boy’s ribs!!

Boooooomm!!

Leng San was thrust ten steps backward. The boy coughed up some blood, the color drained from his face.

‘Shit!! This old geezer is quite crafty. If I didn’t circulate my Mountain Dragon Qi in time, my rib cage would’ve been crushed!!’

“Young brat, I’ve traveled all over the martial world before you’re even born. Don’t think that you could easily kill me because I have no qi!!”

Su Zhao sprung to Leng San in a flash and barraged the boy with highly precise punches imbued with green qi at critical points!! Leng San couldn’t find an opening to attack the old man as he was busy keeping his Dragon Mountain Qi up at all times while blocking the jabs with both hands.

The outcome remained unknown, despite more than one hundred attacks passed by. Fatigue was evident on Su Zhao’s face as his qi reserve was about to run out. The old man wrinkled his brows. All of his attacks were completely blocked by Leng San’s hands. More than that, as the fight dragged on, Leng San was able to counterattack him three times already. So, having his guard down for a split second could lead to an ugly defeat.

‘Absurd!! This brat’s movement is daunting!!”

Su Zhao ground his teeth as he forced himself to carry on, but his body was almost at its limit.

Then, in a heartbeat, Su Zhao adjusted his breathing. Leng San squinted, as he sensed this slight change with the Dragon’s Sense. The boy grabbed this opportunity, circulated one hundred percent of his qi, and socked his fist into Su Zhao’s belly. The old man’s defense broke. His remaining qi was far from enough to protect him from Leng San’s fist!!

Booooommmm!!

The surprise attack sent the old man’s body flying for more than ten meters. A mouthful of blood shot out from his mouth as his body tumbled across the soil like a rag doll. Su Zhao was about to lose his marbles from the attack.

Leng San swiftly adjusted his qi and plunged towards Su Zhao to put the last nail in the coffin. However, once he was ten steps apart from Su Zhao, the old man’s dimensional ring flashed. Su Zhao drew out an object from the ring.

Leng San halted as he tried to take a good look at the object. Startled, the boy retreated tens of steps away from the old man.

‘Shit!! This old geezer has a runic weapon!!”