Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way

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He was furious as he wiped away the blood around his lips.
“What a strong body you have,” he muttered as he glared hatefully at Gu Suihan, while Gu Suihan stood where he was and kept his sword away.

“The same could be said about you.”

“Take another move from me,” said Gu Suihan with a smile.

“Fall of the Immortal!”

Gu Suihan pointed his sword downwards, making the tip of the blade scrape noisily against the metal surface of the arena and leaving a long line behind him.

His expression was serious as he suddenly brought it up and rotated his wrist, his frosty gaze reflected in the blade as he lowered his center of gravity and charged forward.

In that instant, everyone lost sight of Gu Suihan.

“He’s there!” someone shouted.

Gu Suihan had appeared right next to Li Xianlong in an instant.

The glint of the sword tip made Li Xianlong’s pores open.
Before he could react, he felt a terrible pain in his torso.

But when Gu Suihan tried to brandish his sword again, Li Xianlong had already swung his heavy sword down powerfully toward Gu Suihan.

Since it was not possible to attack Li Xianlong, Gu Suihan swiftly slammed his left foot against Li Xianlong’s knee, using it as a springboard to leap away from the attack.

“Not bad.” Li Xianlong glowered at Gu Suihan as his left hand gently touched the wound inflicted by Gu Suihan.

“Thanks for the compliment.”

“My turn: Blazing Sun in the Sky!”

Li Xianlong gave a shout as his left hand wiped his sword down and his heavy sword trembled with a soft buzzing sound.
A meter-long flame suddenly shot out from the hilt, and the blazing flame was so hot that parts of it turned white.

It was as if Li Xianlong was holding onto the sun itself, the heat rising so rapidly that the black metal was beginning to melt.

“Ride the Wind! Catch the Sky!” he yelled as he ran on air, defying gravity as he charged towards Gu Suihan.

Gu Suihan’s expression finally budged when he saw Li Xianlong come towards him like a powerful three-legged crow.
He couldn’t dodge this attack at all.
He simply couldn’t.

“He’s going to die,” said Miss Mo flatly with a mysterious look in her eye.

Li Rong turned to look at her in surprise and caught sight of the incomprehensible look in her eye.
He couldn’t help but go into a daze for a moment.
Miss Mo looked like a gorgeous lotus flower, an otherworldly and aloof sort of beauty.

“Nothing is confirmed until the fight ends.”

“Since I can’t dodge it, then I won’t.” Gu Suihan’s look hardened as he suddenly raised his left hand swiftly.

Everyone watched as a gleam of green tore through the air towards Li Xianlong.

“Tch.
That’s it?” Li Xianlong snorted when he realized that the thing coming toward him was just a dagger.
If it were some arrow or spear capable of piercing walls, he would definitely dodge it.
But this dagger was only a few inches long.
It might not even be enough to pierce through his skin.

Li Xianlong gave a loud shout and spat out some saliva at the same time.
The shout carried the saliva far enough to hit the side of the dagger, breaking the blade off.
Li Xianlong then turned to stare down at Gu Suihan with a triumphant smile.

“What on earth…”

That was the only thing everyone could say as they stared in shock at Li Xianlong, while even Gu Suihan’s lips twitched slightly.

“You mean that’s even possible?!” exclaimed Li Rong as his eyes and mouth widened.

“Incredible!” Miss Mo’s eyes were equally wide.

It should still work, thought Gu Suihan.

“Worldly Passions!” Gu Suihan’s hair flew wildly as he slowly sliced the air in front of him with the remainder of his dagger with a calm expression on his face.

This slash seemed to not only cut through the air but also cut right through Li Xianlong’s subconscious.

As that blade of Gu Suihan’s sword came down slowly like the way a child pretended to be a swordsman, Li Xianlong felt his mind waver violently.

In the next moment, Li Xianlong roared in horror, “How can this be?!”

To him, Gu Suihan had transformed into a genial woman who looked exactly like his late mother.

A faint chanting started to fill the air, a chanting that was gentle, familiar, and filled with love.

“My son, put your sword down and go home with Mother,” the woman’s gentle voice rang in his ears.

“Long’er, come home with Father.
We’re not going to stay here anymore.” That voice belonged to his father.

“As long as I’m around, nobody will be able to bully my precious brother!” That voice belonged to his older sister, who got married and moved out years ago.

“No!!” Li Xianlong looked like he had gone completely insane.
His eyes were bulging as he stared furiously at where Gu Suihan was standing and roared, “My heart for the way is as strong as a rock! These are just illusions! How is it able to affect my mind? Begone! Disturb me no more!!”

The voices ringing in his head seemed to have gotten a fright and sounded even more anxious now.

But Li Xianlong ignored the voices and desperately tried to use every technique he knew to drive those voices away.
Blood began seeping out from his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth as the magic energy in his body gushed into the heavy sword in his hands.

“World of Brilliance!”

The heavy sword had transformed into a huge ball of light that was too bright for anyone to look at directly.
The terrible heat it emitted burned anything it touched to a crisp.

“Lowly brat, meet your maker!”

As he roared, the ball of light boomed like thunder and fired a beam of light toward Gu Suihan.