Chapter 738 - 313: Long Time No See, Little Prince (Part 2)

Chapter 738: Chapter 313: Long Time No See, Little Prince (Part 2)

The Turkic people had been waiting for this for a long time, and at last, their opponent had arrived.

"Your Highness."

After Du Wushuang arrived with the written challenge, he was immediately led to Andenuk’s Prince’s Mansion.

The challenge had to be delivered to Andenuk in person.

At that moment, Andenuk was roasting a whole lamb in the courtyard.

Although he had already entered the Qi Refining realm and achieved Fasting, which meant he no longer needed to eat, Andenuk had not changed his habit of three meals a day. In fact, he had an enormous appetite, devouring three whole sheep every day.

And these weren’t the sort of sheep raised by herdsmen, but wild goats captured from the Hundred Thousand Mountains. They carried the Beast Blood of Demon Beasts, capable of nourishing one’s Spiritual Power.

No ordinary person could afford a single one.

"Your Highness, the Envoy from Great Yuan has come to deliver a challenge to you."

The Deputy General who had led Du Wushuang in said fawningly.

"Oh?"

Andenuk could hardly believe his ears.

Someone actually dared to challenge him at a time like this. Still, he had been waiting a long while. He looked up and saw it was Du Wushuang. Although the two had never fought, Andenuk, who often visited the front lines, had seen Du Wushuang directing troops on several occasions.

Honestly, his military strategy was decent, but his cultivation was a bit low—only at the third level of Qi Refining. Andenuk wouldn’t even need the Heavenly Mirror; he could kill him with a single palm strike.

"Who is it from?"

he asked nonchalantly.

"An old friend of yours... Chu Lingguang."

Du Wushuang showed no stage fright. Andenuk was at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, augmented by the Heavenly Mirror, and his Spiritual Power was unfathomably deep. Du Wushuang knew he was no match for him.

But as an Envoy, Du Wushuang showed no fear.

"What did you say?"

Andenuk was stunned.

Hearing the words "old friend," he had thought it was Yan Zhen, and his eyes had lit up. But upon learning it was Chu Lingguang, he was just as excited.

Having been entangled with Yan Zhen for so long, he was well aware of Chu Lingguang’s reputation. Even Yan Zhen himself had mentioned Chu Lingguang multiple times during their life-or-death battles in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

His evaluation of Chu Lingguang had been extremely high.

Last time, he hadn’t managed to kill Chu Lingguang with a single palm strike. Now that Chu Lingguang was back at the National Border, Andenuk felt a strong desire to kill him outright when they fought.

As long as Chu Lingguang died by his hand, given the bond between Yan Zhen and Chu Lingguang, Yan Zhen would certainly come looking for him once he heard the news.

He would no longer have to search aimlessly for Yan Zhen to settle the score.

"His mourning period is over. He wants to have a go with you."

Du Wushuang said with a calm expression, completely unphased by Andenuk’s intimidating presence.

"Hahaha, good! If he hadn’t come looking for me, I couldn’t have stopped myself from going after him."

Andenuk laughed heartily.

He was clearly aware of Chu Lingguang’s return to Great Yuan. He had even sent people to offer condolences after Guo Wei’s death. Although the two nations were in conflict, Great Yuan did not stop them from mourning a Martial Arts Grandmaster of another country.

Furthermore, when Li Qiushui had returned to find Chu Lingguang in a fit of rage, it had been Andenuk’s deliberate doing.

He had used the Heavenly Mirror to defeat Li Qiushui and then provoked her with his words, hoping she would summon Chu Lingguang to fight him. But Chu Lingguang was too bound by tradition; until the three years were up, he had been unwilling to leave.

Now that his mourning was over, he had finally appeared.

This made Andenuk ecstatic.

"Here is the written challenge."

Du Wushuang left the document.

"Go back and tell him to get his neck ready. Tomorrow, I will tear him limb from limb."

Andenuk said, his voice filled with excitement.

"We’ll see whose neck gets cut tomorrow. Don’t get ahead of yourself."

Du Wushuang snorted coldly.

Then he turned and left.

’Yan Zhen, if I kill Chu Lingguang, I wonder if you’ll come running back when you get the news? You’d better still be alive. Don’t go dying on me over in Great Qin.’

Andenuk muttered to himself.

In truth, more than Chu Lingguang, he wanted to defeat Yan Zhen.

Before the age of reincarnation began, the two of them had fought no less than a hundred battles in the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Every single time, it ended in a draw. Both were peerless geniuses who were able to improve by studying each other’s Martial Arts.

Back when Yan Zhen was taken away by a master from the Profound Celestial Sect, Andenuk had even wanted to go and bring him back. If not for the Demon Sect’s intervention, Andenuk might have been in the Great Qin Territory right now, and perhaps even joined the Profound Celestial Sect himself.

"The Heavenly Mirror looks something like this."

Back in the military camp, Mr. Du was helping Chu Lingguang analyze the Heavenly Mirror.

Beside them were several other Practitioners who had been wounded by Andenuk. Their Magical Treasures had been destroyed by the Heavenly Mirror, but they had managed to escape with their lives.

Chu Lingguang took a closer look.

These people who had managed to survive an encounter with Andenuk were not weak. They were all at least at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, and there was even a cultivator at the twelfth level.

One of them was over three hundred years old. Most of his Spiritual Power was depleted, and his physical body was breaking down. He had clearly suffered a severe internal injury and did not have long to live.

According to the information on his panel,

Chu Lingguang knew that Qi Refining cultivators, especially those at the twelfth level, could live for more than eight hundred years.

Just like him—if he never broke through to the next realm, he could also live for nearly eight hundred years.

Therefore, a twelfth-level Qi Refining cultivator dying at just over three hundred years old could only be considered a premature death.

Besides the old man, the others also had weak auras. They were all severely injured, their lifespans greatly reduced.

"Seniors, would you be willing to show us your Spirit Root Attributes and Levels?"

Chu Lingguang said, clasping his hands in respect to the group.

"I have a level-four Metal Spirit Root."

the cultivator over three hundred years old said.

In front of Chu Lingguang, he released his Gold Spiritual Power, revealing his Spirit Root Level.

He had only awakened a single-attribute Spirit Root.

Although his Spiritual Power wasn’t the purest, it was still considered quite powerful in the eyes of most cultivators.

In a place like Great Yuan, anyone who could reach the twelfth level of Qi Refining was no ordinary figure.

Even in Great Qin, they would be considered a formidable master.

"I awakened a Dual Spiritual Root—Wood and Earth—at level three."

a cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Refining said.

It was because he had awakened a Dual Spiritual Root that he had managed to stay alive.

He now had only one arm. According to him, if he hadn’t abandoned his Magical Treasure in time, he would have been annihilated just like it, which showed just how powerful the Heavenly Mirror was.

"Thank you, everyone."

Chu Lingguang said gratefully.

The power of a high-grade Yellow Level Magical Artifact was beyond his expectations.

"When you fight him tomorrow, you must not stare at that mirror. Once your image is imprinted on it, you’ll feel as if your soul has been stolen. I only glanced at it once, and that’s how I ended up like this."

a female cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining said.

Half of her body looked as if it had been scorched, and she appeared to be in immense pain.

"Thank you for the warning, Senior."

Chu Lingguang nodded.

He patiently spoke with them for a while longer before seeing them off.

"The Heavenly Mirror has the ability to interfere with one’s Sea of Consciousness. But it is, after all, only a high-grade Yellow Level Magical Artifact. Your Telekinesis is strong enough that as long as you’re careful and on guard, the Heavenly Mirror shouldn’t be able to affect you."

"However, the Heavenly Mirror can resonate with the power of the Five Elements. You have to be careful of that. With only a Dual Spiritual Root, it will be difficult for you to gain an advantage."

Li Qiushui reminded him.

"If I can make my Gold and Fire Spiritual Power resonate on my Flying Sword, could I use the Sword Control Technique or the Immortal Slaying Sword Technique to break the Heavenly Mirror?"

Chu Lingguang asked.

"Well... The Heavenly Mirror’s resonance with the Five Elements Power isn’t a true, tangible resonance. It’s very different from the kind of resonance a cultivator establishes with their own awakened abilities. Without immense Spiritual Power to support it, that resonance is unstable. If you can really achieve what you described, you might actually be able to break the Heavenly Mirror."

Li Qiushui said with a serious expression.

"So you’re saying I have a chance to break the Heavenly Mirror."

Chu Lingguang released Gold and Fire Spiritual Power from his palm.

The two powers intertwined in his hand, eventually completing their fusion.

During his three years of mourning, Chu Lingguang had not neglected his cultivation. Through three years of practice, he had already learned to fuse his Gold and Fire Spiritual Power.

However, making this fused power resonate with his Flying Sword was another matter entirely. Chu Lingguang had been exploring this for a long time but was still stuck at a conceptual level.

So, right there in front of Li Qiushui, he attempted to make the fused Spiritual Power resonate with his Flying Sword once more.