51 Doppelganger vs Goddess

"Little Meng...this might become a slight problem in the future...Well, your and Hengjun's safety at the moment is the most important thing." Tie Zhancang said with a helpless smile as he glanced at Meng who just returned to his seat.

"Clan master, no need to worry. As long as they will come after me, I already have plans on how to deal with the entire Burning Heaven Clan. I have never really revealed anything regarding my master but in his eyes, the entire Burning Heaven Clan is insignificant but dealing with them all would prove a bit more difficult as he isn't the one to just set something on fire and let the flames spread freely." Meng explained to reassure the clan master.

'So he isn't someone who would just kill everyone in case the said sect would provoke him despite having the strength to do so...?' Tie Zhancang immediately understood what Meng meant by letting the flames spread freely...

"Iron Spear Clan's Su Meng versus Heavenly Sword Villa's Ling Yun!"

"Hm? Looks like it's my turn..." Meng muttered before getting up, approaching the stage.

When Meng and Ling Yun arrived at the stage, both politely greeted each other despite Ling Yun being at the 3rd stage of Earth Profound Realm.

"Who do you think will win? My bet goes on Ling Yun."

"I think that Su Meng is quite mysterious, maybe he is capable of winning..."

"I don't think so, it's true that he is strong but Ling Yun is also a genius capable of fighting those above him yet his cultivation base is highly above Su Meng...In my eyes, I don't see how this guy named Su Meng can win." This time, even the strongest sects started discussing the upcoming match except for people representing Burning Heaven Clan who were just glaring at Meng's figure.

"Match start!" The Elder Ling Wugou announced for the start and Ling Yun immediately moved his sword imbued with his profound energy, slashing at Meng.

Meng dodged by using his Cloud Steps, leaving an afterimage behind that slightly confused his opponent for a moment but that moment alone was enough for him to thrust his crimson spear at his opponent.

Ling Yun frowned and suddenly a sword intent surrounded his body and sword, manifesting itself in a dazzling gold sword force, blocking Meng's attack before he retreated some distance away from him with a serious expression while observing Meng. Although for others, Meng's attack might have looked very regular Ling Yun was capable of feeling the pressure of his spear intent that was practically suffocating.

Even though he blocked Meng's attack flawlessly he still got feeling as if he was pierced, that's how uncomfortable it felt when one got too close to Meng's spear.

"I will attack with my full strength now." Ling Yun warned Meng as the aura surrounding his body turned sharper and denser.

"Heaven's Might Sword Formation - Heavenly Star Frenzy!" Ling Yun entire body broke into a dash of light as thousand of sword beams attacked Meng at the same time.

"1st move...Sunrise" Meng thrust his spear towards the middle of the formation of swords before he extended his arm in front of him with his palm facing the rest of the golden swords.

A large image of the transparent moon appeared in front of his palm and...

*bang* *bang* *bang* Swords started attacking the moon in front of them but only a few of them were capable of piercing the moon slightly before being stuck inside it.

While Meng was dealing with the formation of swords, Ling Yun appeared next to him, slashing the sword at Meng's shoulder with a tranquil expression. Meng redirected his gleaming amber eyes from the moon towards the nearing blade and intensively stared at it without moving an inch to stop it.

*BANG* Final explosion resounded at the stage and when the dust cleared up, Ling Yun was seen staring at Meng from several meters away with furrowed brows as a little bit of blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

'He manifested his spear intent in the form of 2 crossed spears to intercept my Celestial Yuan Sword...I was able to break his spear intent with some difficulty but it caused a little explosion, forcing me to retreat but why is he unscathed from this exchange?' Ling Yun thought with a serious expression.

"What?!" Ling Yuefeng couldn't help but exclaim when he saw his son losing the exchange of moves. However, he wasn't the only one who was surprised by this.

"2nd move...Scattering of Light" Meng slashed his crimson spear in front of him, releasing a wide radiant amber slash of formed of his profound energy and spear intent.

Seeing Meng's unique and strange techniques...Ling Kun couldn't help but think of only 1 thing 'Sun Moon Divine Hall'

"Heaven's Might Absolute Sword - Universe!" Ling Yun pointed his sword towards the sky and a large sword formed out of his profound energy appeared around his sword before he slashed his sword down with all his strength.

*BANG!* Another explosion of 2 different profound energies meeting each other resounded in the arena, even a large portion of Meng's spears that came after his slash was dispersed were completely destroyed by Ling Yun's technique.

"Su Zhu, wake up" Meng gently whispered and his crimson spear glowed a few times before he let go of his spear but instead of falling on the ground, the spear remained floating next to him as he clasped his hands together.

"What?! I thought that weapon is a completely regular spear but that spear actually possessed a spiritual consciousness!"

"3rd move...Solar Deity Spear" Meng ignored everyone's surprised cries and formed a gleaming amber-colored spear in his hand before he threw it at surprised Ling Yun.

"Heavenly Sword of Extreme Lightning!" Ling Yun quickly swung his sword and a burst of deafening thunderclaps resonated in the arena as hundreds of lines of sword light targeted Meng's spear.

*BOOM!* The spear was able to pierce through a few tens of sword lights before it was overwhelmed and exploded, creating a large explosion of amber profound energy that must have affected both participants.

When the dust cleared up, Ling Yun was already on one knee, supporting his body with his sword stuck in the ground. His whole appearance was quite battered, there were a few bruises here and there while his clothes were no longer clean as before.

"?!" Ling Yuefeng's eyes widened in shock as he couldn't believe what was happening right now at the stage.

Xuanyuan Yufeng who was seated next to him observed him for a short moment before transferring her eyes to the stage. She was worried about her son but she also felt satisfaction that her intuition didn't fail her when she first started paying attention to Meng. For the 1st stage of Spirit Profound Realm practitioner to be able to fight her son who was the whole realm and a few stages higher simply told all about Meng's unlimited potential.

"Yun'er!" Ling Yun heard his father's shout and when he looked towards him, he noticed a sword flying his way. Ling Yun caught it with his free hand before slowly standing up with now, composed expression.

"What a great focus. As the oldest son of the villa master, you definitely don't put a shame on Heavenly Sword Villa's name." Meng commented, appreciating how composed his opponent was despite being on the losing side.

"Brother Su, you are the one who should be admired here...During our exchanges, I came to admire your spear intent, it's very different from my sword intent. It's as if one was feeling the laws of the world itself. It's as if your spear intent exists solely to bring forth judgment on those who sinned. "Divine" would be the best word to describe it." Ling Yun said with a serious tone and despite his composed expression, Meng could hear a smile from his words alone.

"Let us end this match...I will use my strongest technique now...Sword Spirit… Doppelganger!" Ling Yun said and his sword intent together with his profound energy formed an illusionary figure behind him but that illusionary figure quickly congealed. That figure now actually looked exactly like Ling Yun.

"Oh?! You can actually do something like that with a sword intent? ...Makes sense. I thank Brother Ling for enlightening me!" Meng muttered before he cupped his fist towards Ling Yun which quite puzzled him but he wasn't alone.

Everyone was confused by Meng's words...until Meng closed his eyes for a split second and an illusionary figure started appearing behind him as well.

"WHAT?!!" Two Ling Yuns together with his father exclaimed aloud in shock. While Xuanyuan Yufeng was looking at Meng with open mouth in surprise but inwardly she couldn't help but smile a bit after seeing one shocking event after another.

The illusionary figure quickly congealed behind Meng and the previous uproar immediately quieted down as everyone stared behind Meng with their eyes bulging out. Meng felt that their reactions were a bit weird so he glanced behind him and even his eyes widened.

"You are..." Meng muttered as he narrowed his eyes at the figure standing behind him with the same crimson spear in the left hand while he was holding his spear in his right hand.

It was a figure of a woman with long crimson hair tied in a high ponytail and an extremely delicate face without any flaws. Meng could confidently say that she was most likely even more beautiful than Xia Qingyue however it was not because of how delicate her features were...It was due to the overall aura around her that had a hint of purity and warmness. She was wearing completely the same clothes as Meng only in a more female version as her chest would suffer in such tight clothes.

"Oh my god...How is it possible to form such a beautiful goddess from spear intent?!" Finally, someone broke the silence and everyone once again started a commotion.

'Meng, looks like I am capable of taking human appearance thanks to your spear intent. I can also use all your techniques but I seem to be missing your unique physique therefore I am overall weaker than you.' The figure of the woman was just expressionlessly staring at the opponent in front of her but Meng could hear Su Zhu's slightly excited voice inside his head.

'Eh...You should just return as your appearance will only cause more trouble, plus I just wanted to try it out of curiosity.' Meng replied.

'Whaat?! At least let me experience how it feels to use your pure Yang profound energy!' Su Zhu's expression winced a bit but she still remained expressionless however inside Meng's head she sounded like a spoiled child.

*sigh* 'Do as you wish' "Let's end this, Brother Ling!" Meng said, tightly holding his spear in his right hand while Su Zhu who was standing left to him was holding her spear in her left hand with an expressionless face.

"A-Alright!" Ling Yun just recovered from the shock he received and replied while getting ready to perform his last move. The only reason he wasn't affected by Su Zhu's beauty was that he knew that she was just a spear intent.

"HAA!!" With a vigorous and loud roar, two Ling Yuns simultaneously thrust their swords forward, creating a few thousands of sword lights that covered the entire sky, making everyone feel the sharp pressure that was just nearing Meng and his "partner"

Meng and Su Zhu looked at each other and they immediately understood each other's thoughts.

"4th move...Heaven's Retribution!" Both pointed their spears towards the sky and shouted at the same time. Since only 1 Heaven's Retribution would be enough to cover the entire stage...when 2 combined together, a blinding amber-colored circle appeared above the stage and numerous golden gleaming spears started raining down on the stage as if it was in the middle of a violent rainstorm.

"?!" Both Ling Yuns looked up above them with horrified expressions before...

*bang* *crack* *bang* *crack* *bang* *crack* *bang* *crack*

A loud sound of spears shattering sword lights and getting buried into the ground continued sounding for more than 1 minute which caused everyone of the younger generation to watch this with horrified eyes.

'Such a power was released by a young boy of 1st Spirit Profound Realm?!' This move left even the older generation completely speechless. Even Ling Kun quite admired Meng's recent technique and found its name quite fitting but the one receiving this move was none other than Xuanyuan Yufeng's son. It would end badly for Meng if Ling Yun were to be found dead, pierced by numerous spears.

The elder who was responsible as the referee had a sweat flowing down his temple, being glad that he wasn't hovering above the stage at that time.

Everyone was holding their breaths as they were waiting for the dust to clear up and once it did, Ling Yun's doppelganger already disappeared and he himself had his movement completely sealed off as the golden spears were all around him. The entire stage was filled with numerous golden spears but after a while, the spears started to disperse.

"I-I surrender, thank you for showing lenience, brother Su" Ling Yun cupped his fists with a tired expression.

"Not at all, thank you for enlightening me, brother Ling!" Meng replied in kind with a friendly smile.

"...I-Iron Spear Clan's Su Meng wins!" The Elder announced with a bit shaky voice.

When Xuanyuan Yufeng finally saw that her son was safe and sound, she heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Meng with a grateful look in her eyes.

"We need to get rid of him before he becomes even a bigger threat!" Fen Moli muttered at Burning Heaven Clan's seats

"He arrogantly announced at the public that he doesn't mind us going after him so no one should blame us for making a move when there won't be so many eyes watching..." Fen Juecheng whispered with an unsightly expression.