Ace Of Terrans - Chapter 1114: Flame & Ice. (1)
Chapter 1114: Flame & Ice. (1)
After the duel, Tian Long spent all his time fighting Shi Lang. They would spar from the start of the day till the sunset. The two of them didn’t hold back and Shi Lang generously worked as a whetstone that sharpened Tian Long’s edge.
Although the latter had been fighting all this time, but none could push him to the extreme, and these battles were not somethings that could be half-assed, so Shi Lang pushed Tian Long into the corner and rebuffed his instincts and skills. Some days, Shi Lang would even fight Tian Long by sealing his spiritual energy and the senses to see. Tian Long fended against the waves created by the Terran and he would return home covered in wounds and bruises.
The only thing that was good about this training was that Tian Long never had the same wound. Fairy Moon Jade tended to her husband with great patience. Tian Long had gone very silent, and Fairy Moon Jade was smiling all day long watching this change. This was how he used to be back in the past, the focused and dashing Tian Long, the heavenly Tianjiao.
She found that the wounds on his body were never on the same place, and the bruises were reducing as well. On the last day of training, Fairy Moon Jade asked, “Lang, you have trained him so well, aren’t you worried that he would come back to settle the account with you?”
Shi Lang shook his head and replied, “Nah, this guy still falls short to beat me.”
After that, he stepped up and used his spiritual sense to unblock Tian Long’s seal, and he said, “Oye, you better not falter now. Go and recover.”
Tian Long didn’t say anything and simply left the sparring ground. Amelia was confused and asked, “Is everything alright?”
Shi Lang nodded in reply and said, “Yes, it is fine, he is just locked in.”
The people nodded, this happened when the fighter had been training with all his might, and its like a trigger happy weapon that would go off at the very next moment. So, Tian Long was like that, all these days, the pain that he suffered, he was holding it back inside his heart ready to unload it all at the battle.
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The next morning, the sages from the human side were all ready, they greeted Tian Long with gestures of respect, and the latter walked away with his eyes closed. Shi Lang walked behind him as Tian Long was reaching his limits. Shi Lang sighed and said, “Your battle intent will set off the opponent completely. The Sword Mantis race is not only humanoid but also insectoids, they have the advantage in terms of instincts, don’t give it all up now.”
Tian Long took a few deep breaths as he forced himself to calm down and then they walked inside the portal led by the envoy of the Realm Lord Palace.
Soon, Shi Lang found himself in the same setting as the last two battles. They were all sitting in the same designated area to spectate but now the crowd had been filtered by a lot. The sages from the Sun Archers and the Jewel Eyed Race were all present as they had been winning their battles. Yet, many of the top races were gone.
Shi Lang shook his head as one of the envoys appeared in the void and said, “With the permission of the Realm Lord, the third round of the competition will commence, I will call upon the expert from the Human race, and the Sword Mantis race.”
Many were shocked, because the Sword Mantis race was notoriously famed for their dual blade techniques, and how they were biased towards hunting humanoid creatures. They felt that the humans were low born and only they were the elites. The reason behind this shock was the fact that they didn’t have the time to worry about the opponents the other people had to face. The only ones that mattered were their own enemies.
Tian Long stood up and with his eyes closed the man walked in the arena. The air around him was completely still, and Prince Beiming said, “Is it just me or is that punk wearing the armor of the Flame Emperor?”
Tian Long wore an armor that was completely vermillion and the pauldron of the armor looked as if they were real flames. The artifact was not very high quality if compared around in the immortal realm, but it had a blessing on it, the flame energy augmentation. If Tian Long could handle the flames that were as hot as that of the sun’s then now he could even surpass that.
Shi Lang opened his eyes wide and he said, “Well, finally he is serious. This will be a good show. I am betting a dao artifact, what about you all?”
The people were shocked, not only the humans but also the other races who heard this, were looking at Shi Lang with mixed gazes. Some thought he was arrogant, and some thought he was a fool. However, there were some who had become very serious. After all, in the three rounds, they all have seen that Shi Lang was at the mast of the Human race, but this man had been keeping really low profile, but now, he was simply acting out so confidently.
They couldn’t help but think if the Shura was bluffing or was he for real. Even the realm lord couldn’t help but raise a brow at this. However, that was it.
Tian Long stood before a Humanoid who had to long blades running alone the outside of his forearm. The envoy from the palace looked at the two people and asked, “Are you ready?”
The two of them nodded and the Envoy said, “Let the battle begin.”
The expert from the sword mantis race said, “I am Hajar, you can die in peace.”
He vanished from his spot, but at this moment, Tian Long unsheated his sword and said, “Flame Domain, thousand flame cuts.”
A sea of flames appeared around him, covering ten meters radius in an instant and the ground turned to lava. However, as Tian Long’s blade flicked, the sounds of clanging began to echo all around the arena. The two of them were fighting at such a high speed that without spiritual sense none could see the moves.
