Chapter 20 Fist VS Sword

"CLANG!"

"KLINK!"

As they both met in the middle, the fist clashed against the sword, with no clear victor. 'His body's quite durable.' Long Lei thought as he watched on the side. The 2 disciples were going at it, trying to kill the other with all their might.

"Thunderous Sword!" Huang Wei screamed as suddenly lightning and thunder coated his sword, increasing his attack speed and power by many times. "Heaven Sundering Fist!" Yun Li screamed back, as his fist was coated in golden white energy.

"A, a genius." Long Tian said in shock as he gazed at the Heaven Sundering Fist displayed by Yun Li. As one of the core martial arts of the Heaven Breaking Sect, the Heaven Sundering Fist was no joke, and that golden aura displayed that Yun Li had near perfect mastery over it. The fist and sword clashed yet again, yet the outcome this time was much different.

"BOOM!"

"Pua!"

With the clash, the victor and the loser was clear. Yun Li had undeniably come out on top, so much so, that at this moment Huang Wei was on the floor coughing out blood.

"Is this all you're worth?" Yun Li said arrogantly as he walked towards Huang Wei. "Not, yet!" Huang Wei replied in defiance, as his image quickly moved, reappearing in front of Yun Li in a flash, his sword swinging towards Yun Li's neck.

In the next moment, Yun Li blocked the sword with his palm, taking visible damage and being pushed back, but Huang Wei's onslaught had yet to end. Attack after attack, sword stroke after sword stroke, Huang Wei pushed Yun Li back as if his life was on the line! (which it was)

"I'll finish what I started!" Huang Wei declared as the lightning and thunder around his sword condensed into an almost physical form.

"Sky Parting SLASH!" He said before his sword slashed overhead towards Yun Li. "Hmph, you've forced my hand! HEAVEN BREAKING FINGER!" Yun Li said as he shot his finger forward, a golden aura encasing it.

This was the Heaven Breaking Sect's strongest martial skill, the Heaven Breaking Finger. Even Long Tian was lost for words. "If he makes it out of this, I will take him under me as a disciple." He muttered lightly. He was so quiet that only Long Lei could hear him.

'A disciple? Hahaha, am I hearing, free rage point farm?' Long Lei mused as he continued to watch the battle.

The two had clashed, and unlike what one might expect, they were perfectly still, the air was tense, and the lightning and thunder were still crackling on Huang Wei's sword, while the golden aura still surrounded Yun Li's finger.

"Pua!"

"Huh!"

Huang Wei spat out, as more blood left his body, while Yun Li grunted in pain his arm being visibly bruised. "I-I concede." Huang Wei sighed, as he fell to his knees, the regret on his face evident.

"At least you know when to back down, may you live a good and prosperous life in the next!" Yun Li voiced before punching Huang Wei in the chest, ending his life for good.

"The victor, is YUN LI!" An Elder shouted, before the crowd livened up again at the sight of this. "Not only that, I think he could win the entire tournament." Long Tian said briefly before walking towards Yun Li.

"Disciple thanks Sect Master for his praise." Yun Li quickly bowed, although before he was riled up, right now he couldn't afford to piss of Long Tian. "Haha, don't worry, you may raise your head." Long Tian said before patting Yun Li on the shoulder.

"Your body sure is tough, what technique do you cultivate?" Long Tian inquired as he locked eyes with the boy. "Disciple cultivates the Heaven Vanquishing Body." Yun Li replied concisely, causing shock to appear in almost everyone's eyes.

'Not only is that technique extremely strong, but its also extremely taxing on the body, regardless the gains are immense its almost on par to the Divine Body Art of the Hou Clan.' Long Tian contemplated, and with that he made a decision.

"Yun Li, how old are you this year?" Long Tian asked. "19." Yun Li answered, as he looked at Long Tian questioningly. "Good, then, would you like to become my disciple?" Long Tian asked yet again, causing shock to run through the entire crowd.

Long Tian was a genius like no other, still in his 50s and at the peak of the Spirit Gathering Realm, the oddest thing about him though, was that he still had no disciples. So because of this, this statement was a shock to many people.

"Eh, disciple is sorry, about I must decline, our paths are much different from each other, I believe if he was still alive Huang Wei would have been much better suited to be your student." Yun Li replied trying to be as respectful as possible.

"I see, well this old man can't force your hand, seeing as you think we're not fated, I will take my leave." Long Tian said, as he hid his shame. It was the first time he found someone worthy of being his disciple and they shot him done so promptly, not only that, but in front of the entire sect.

Long Tian then quickly went to Long Lei and grabbed him, before calling Yun over along with Qin Mei. "Call me when the finals commence." Long Tian told the Elders before Yun shot into the distance.

Seeing this, everyone felt quite awkward, and Yun Li felt quite ashamed. 'I didn't mean for the Sect Master to lose face, but I already have a master, alas what can I do?' Yun Li thought, before quickly leaving the arena.

"Father, don't worry about that boy, he's not that great overall, barely comparable to my left pinky." Long Lei said as he tried to cheer up his father. "Hah, ya I guess you're right." Long Tian said as Yun made it back to their home.

Long Lei couldn't help but feel like they forget someone though.

In the Heaven Vanquishing Arena, Mr Lu stood awkwardly in the private viewing area. 'They, they really just left me here like that.' He thought before quickly making his way out of the arena and to the carriage.