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Chapter 582: Chapter 371: Surging Flames, Elemental Body

"You arrogant fool. Next, I will make you keenly aware of the insurmountable gap between Tier Two and Tier Three," Liu Yuancheng said, his expression solemn and his tone cold.

He was about to use his full strength to teach his target a serious lesson.

GULP... Watching from a distance, Fang Jingtang and his three underlings felt the powerful, oppressive aura emanating from Liu Yuancheng. They couldn’t help but swallow hard.

"That lord is about to get serious," one of the underlings said.

"I knew it. They only seemed evenly matched before because His Lordship wasn’t using his full power."

"That’s what I was thinking. The difference in combat power between a Tier Two Cultivator—even one at the Peak—and a Tier Three Initial Stage Cultivator is enormous. There’s no way they could be evenly matched."

Fang Jingtang remained silent, his attention completely fixed on the confrontation between the two men in the distance.

The cultivation levels of these two were something he could never hope to reach in his lifetime. To witness such a duel was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

BANG.

The ground cracked, leaving two distinct footprints as spiderweb-like fissures spread rapidly outward.

Stomping his feet, Liu Yuancheng shot forward at a speed unimaginable to an ordinary person, launching himself toward Lin Li like a cannonball.

’So fast!’

Lin Li, whose attention was fixed on his enemy, couldn’t help but marvel inwardly at the speed of Liu Yuancheng’s attack.

His enemy was attacking much faster than before. ’If I try to dodge, I’ll be overwhelmed by his relentless follow-up attacks and put completely on the defensive.’ So, Lin Li decisively chose to stand his ground and block it head-on.

The Spiritual Long Saber, glowing with a faint golden Spiritual Light, swung down toward Lin Li’s shoulder.

CLANG...

He raised his Spiritual Artifact Dagger to parry. The sound of the two Spiritual Weapons colliding was several times louder than before. A closer look would reveal that Lin Li’s right hand was gripping the hilt of his dagger with all five fingers.

This showed just how powerful the force behind Liu Yuancheng’s slash was. Lin Li had to use all his strength to hold onto his dagger; otherwise, the sheer force of the blow would have likely sent it flying from his hand.

Liu Yuancheng withdrew his blade, leaped to the side, and swung his Spiritual Long Saber again from a different angle. Seeing this, Lin Li immediately jumped back more than ten meters, intending to create some distance and readjust.

But what happened next made his heart sink.

After leaping to the side, Liu Yuancheng didn’t land. Instead, he hovered in mid-air and flew straight toward the retreating Lin Li.

His plan to create distance had utterly failed. The flying Liu Yuancheng didn’t even wait for Lin Li to steady himself after landing before delivering a series of heavy, powerful slashes.

CLANG, CLANG, CLANG...

The relentless, tide-like assault forced Lin Li to retreat again and again.

Lin Li twisted and dodged, trying every method he could think of to put distance between them, but it was impossible with Liu Yuancheng pursuing him by Flying in the Sky.

This was the terrifying aspect of a Tier Three Cultivator. The ability of Flying in the Sky made them far more agile in combat.

For a Cultivator below Tier Three without any special techniques, escaping from a Tier Three Cultivator capable of Flying in the Sky on their own two feet was simply impossible.

THUD.

Twisting his body, he delivered a flying kick in mid-air.

Lin Li hurriedly raised his left arm to block. The force of Liu Yuancheng’s kick sent him flying backward, and as he flew, Liu Yuancheng immediately gave chase by Flying in the Sky.

’So you can fly, big deal!’ Lin Li, furious at being completely suppressed by his enemy, roared and casually threw a Fireball.

BOOM.

The Fireball was unable to harm Liu Yuancheng. Just like before, he sliced it in half with his saber, passed through the resulting wave of fire, and appeared before Lin Li completely unscathed.

He raised his right hand and slashed at the shoulder of his target, who had just landed and hadn’t yet regained his footing.

"Hm?"

The expected resistance never came; his target didn’t raise his dagger to block. Liu Yuancheng was surprised by this, but he showed no mercy, bringing his saber down on his target’s shoulder.

PFFT.

The instant Liu Yuancheng’s Spiritual Long Saber was about to strike Lin Li’s shoulder, flames erupted, and the blade met no solid resistance.

Watching from afar, the faces of Fang Jingtang and his three underlings had been filled with joyful smiles and a sense of satisfaction as they saw Liu Yuancheng about to strike down his detestable foe.

"Damn it, it’s an Elemental Body!"

But what happened next wiped the joyful smiles from their faces, and they all cried out in shock at the same time.

"So this is your trump card. The reason you dared to face me head-on instead of running away!" Liu Yuancheng said as he landed, staring at his target, who had lost his human form and was now a fiery body made of the Fire Element.

"Heh..." Lin Li chuckled, but he didn’t respond. This wasn’t his true trump card, the one that gave him the confidence to face a Peak Tier Three Cultivator.

Next, he was going to test out the Elemental Body ability he had gained after eating the red Magical Little Fruit and breaking through to Tier Two Peak. He wanted to see how well it would fare in actual combat against a stronger opponent.

"If you think this Elemental Body is your trump card and that you can defeat me with it, you’re delusional," Liu Yuancheng said with disdain, looking at the Flame Man Lin Li had become, whose flames were burning ever brighter.

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