Chapter 899: Titan Dragon.
Shi Lang watched Long Yang walking over. The latter had a calm expression and his eyes were filled with a strong battle intent. Shi Lang couldn't understand what was going with this guy.
Even Elder Yao had a confused expression on his face. She asked, "Long Yang, are you challenging him for a black token challenge?"
Long Yang shook his head and said, "Elder Yao, I only seek a chance to spar with him."
Elder Yao thought for a bit and then nodded before she looked at Shi Lang while saying, "It is just a spar. You can refuse to it if you want to."
Shi Lang looked at Long Yang and then he said, "Senior Brother Yang, please guide me."
Long Yang laughed loudly, "Hahahahaha, good, Junior Brother Shi, I didn't make wrong assumptions about you."
Shi Lang did not say anything, he came and stood inside the ring. Long Yang stood twenty meters away from him. The latter raised his fists and said, "Junior Brother, I hope you don't underestimate me."
Shi Lang shook his head and replied, "I don't have the habit to underestimate my opponents, Senior Brother."
Long Yang nodded and then he moved quickly. Shi Lang moved quickly too, and the two people clashed using there physical body. The fists clashed and the void shook. The people had trouble believing that Shi Lang could keep up with Long Yang in terms of physique. Even the people in the Inner Court had trouble matching his strength.
Shi Lang was moving around and avoided all the attacks coming at him. With Shura Heaven, he could avoid all the attacks that Long Yang was making at him. He could analyze the fighting style of the opponent using his sensory abilities. After exchanging fifty blows, none of the people managed to land any attack on the other person, and they backed off.
The Terran did not take much time to react, and he vanished in a blink. Long Yang was still thinking about what he could do to attack Shi Lang. He was caught off-guard, Shi Lang moved in and his fists were covered with lightning as they flew through the void.
The wind made a howling sound. It was something that none of the people expected. However, the next moment, Shi Lang was shocked, his fist landed on Long Yang's ribcage. The blow emitted a clanging sound.
TANG!
Shi Lang stepped back and he stood with his eyes wide open. He retreated quickly but this time Long Yang followed him, and his fists were covered with a silver glow.
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The two of them were fighting inside the ring, and the people discussed this with fervor.
One of the people said, "Haha, I like how Shi Lang got to taste the Titan Dragon Body of Senior Brother Long."
Another disciple replied, "However, you see, he is able to avoid the punches from Senior Brother Long. How fast do you need to do that?"
The people were all discussing this, and someone else said, "He has a Lightning Spirit Attribute. That's why he is so fast."
However, there was something else that was going on here. Shi Lang was using the Dao Laws of Time. He was using this moment to learn more about this ability of his. When he was channeling this ability through his body, as soon as the fist reached as close as half a meter, the attack seemed to have slowed down.
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Shi Lang moved closer to the attacks on purpose and changed his movement using the lightning movement skill. Long Yang was surprised when he saw this. He was a ferocious fighter and his fists were not something that would miss so much, and at this moment he should have been able to predict how Shi Lang was moving, yet he could not connect.
As he got frustration he yelled, "Titan Fist."
His arms turned into flickers as they moved quickly, and the void was shaking from the momentum of the aura. Shi Lang realized that his time technique was falling behind and the fists were grazing his skin. Shi Lang replied Long Yang with his own attack, "Shura Fist."
He blinked and his aura went under a change, the lightning energy in his body turned sharp. The two people fought with the intent of mutual destruction. Shi Lang could not avoid Long Yang, and he could not defeat him either. So, the best he could do was to enter the battle of attrition.
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Yao watched the battle and she was at a loss, an elder appeared beside her and asked, "Elder Yao, what do you think?"
The lady replied, "I have no idea what to say, Elder Meng. These two monsters are using each other as whetstones to sharpen the edges of their weapons. Shi Lang is not a body refiner like Titan Long, but he is keeping up with the onslaught. I would have digested this but look at Titan Long, Shi Lang is pushing him to use the Titan Fist to full extent. I doubt if anyone else has seen this."
Elder Meng nodded and said, "He is a prodigy in the pugilist world. Refining the body to the level where he has reached is not something that can be done by just anyone. Long Yang has shed blood, sweat, and tears, far more than anyone else. There is a reason why he is called the Titan."
Yao nodded and said, "I have heard the rumor. He ventured in the valley of the titans and absorbed the blood a fallen dragon. That surely is not an easy task to do."
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Tang! Tang! Tang!
The two people were no longer paying attention to dodging the blows, they were now brawling. No part of their body was left untouched by the opponent. Shi Lang had a trail of blood leaking from the corner of his lips. However, his eyes were brimming with the intent to fight, and he showed no sign of slowing down in his attack.
Long Yang was even worse, if his punches were akin to hammer banging against Shi Lang's body. Shi Lang's punch was absorbing a lot of vibration, but Long Yang was akin to a metal sheet and Shi Lang was like a sledgehammer. His body was strong but he was obsolete compared to the Terran.
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After half an hour, Yao took a deep breath and yelled, "Stop, have you two people lost your minds? Do you wish to suffer a critical injury? Or do you wish to cripple your arms? Stop the fight this instant!"
Shi Lang and Long Yang did not look anything like their usual elegant self. Their hair were unkempt, clothes were torn. They were bleeding from various places on their body, and their faces were covered with bruises. They both looked like a couple of kids who were caught by their mother while fighting over candy.
Yao said, "You both, get your wounds tended and then get to your own work, You are not allowed to fight or spar with each other."
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The next period of time Shi Lang dedicated himself to learning Alchemy and improving his Dao Branch. He used alchemy to improve his understanding of Dao Laws. Practicing alchemy enabled him to understand the laws of Fire through the refining process.
The pill tribulations helped him comprehend the Dao Laws of Lightning. The dao of indifference came to him with ease, it was his second nature now. In his free time, he would spar with disciples from the Inner Court. In the outer court the upper dragon listers came to challenge him once a month. The people knew they could not win the match at all, but it was still a chance worth trying.
Shi Lang also did not back down, firstly it was against the rules. Warring disciples could not refuse to the challenge. However, he was still using these people to increase his capabilities. His battle prowess was increasing and in these battles he would only use the spear skills to fight.
After three months, Shi Lang was called over by the Hall master Yang Bingshan. The Terran was confused but the old man greeted him with a smile and said, "Xiao Lang, come in."
After exchanging the greeting, Shi Lang sat down on the chair as Yang Bingshan said, "The reason I called you over is a secret realm."
The Terran asked, "Elder, why me?"
Yang Bingshan smiled and said, "You would not be alone. A group of disciples will enter there with you. The sect has asked you to go there because you have a profound skill in alchemy. Also, your fighting skill is not bad either.
Other than that, you are the disciple of the holy elder. As a warring disciples venturing in the unknown is necessary for you."
Shi Lang thought for a bit and said, "Can I talk to my master about this?"
Yang Bingshan nodded and said, "You can but I would suggest that you go there. You can find many opportunities there and those are somethings that you need in order to break through."