Chapter 0920: Father and Son Clash
The battle between the pair immediately caused the atmosphere to heat up. There were numerous individuals who were dismayed at Li Qingfeng's machinations, resulting in them feeling disappointed as they were unable to watch a fight between peak-level combatants. However, the appearance of Li Taixuan's replica caused their previous emotions to be overwhelmed by sheer excitement.
It was a fight with Li Taixuan!
Although he had left the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent many years ago, his influence had lorded over an entire generation. Thus, there were numerous individuals in the Twenty Banners who understood how amazing he was.
Li Taixuan was a heavenly genius that had the entire Heavenly Dragon's Five Lineages under his thumb. His name resounded throughout the continent during his prime, and the other geniuses and talents from the other powers paled in comparison to him. If not for the sudden appearance of Tan Tailan, perhaps he would have been the sole supreme genius, looking down upon everyone else in disdain. However, the tales that had been passed down were the only reference that the young people had. They had never really had the chance to personally experience how outstanding this genius was in his youth. Thus, they were looking forward to the ninth battle.
Although this was just an energy replica and not Li Taixuan in the flesh, the replica possessed the majority of his techniques and strength thanks to the stone dragon's special influence.
Thus, no one knew whether it would be the father teaching the son a lesson, or the son besting the father.
As the crowd's excitement reached its peak, Li Luo's fingers were tightly grasped around the Onyx-Elephant Blade. The three resonant palaces within his body churned, and extraordinary amounts of resonant power gushed out like the rising tide.
Li Taixuan, on the other hand, remained unarmed and seemingly defenseless. His youthful and handsome face seemed to hold a hint of a smirk, but his eyes were vacant and soulless. After all, this was ultimately still just an energy replica and not a true person.
At this point, two Heavenly Pearls appeared behind him and began to ravenously devour the worldly natural energy around him. Tenacious waves of resonant power were released as a result, applying a sense of pressure towards Li Luo.
This suppression was more powerful than what had Li Qingfeng exerted.
This scene caused numerous individuals to sigh in their hearts. From this alone, they could see that Li Taixuan in his youth possessed horrifying strength compared to those of his generation.
It was said that he possessed three-pearl strength when he became the Dragon's Head, which was an achievement that no one had surpassed even now.
"The old man actually reached the three-pearl tier by the time he obtained the position?" It seemed that the energy replica was only able to replicate just seventy or eighty percent of the original's strength. This caused Li Luo to sigh. This sort of strength was amongst the best of the best. Even Li Qingfeng was nowhere near that powerful.
Still, an inevitable question popped up in his head. If he had been born in the Dragon's Fang Lineage and had not suffered from having blank palaces, could he have achieved something similar?
Perhaps. As his heart pondered over the possibilities, he remained focused and decided to strike first. He formed some hand seals, and a strand of green resonant power appeared before everyone's eyes. It tunneled into the ground, causing a towering tree to come into being.
A moment later, its sturdy and thick branches intertwined, turning into a dragon ent. The dragon ent roared, radiating undulating waves of energy from its body as it dashed towards Li Taixuan murderously.
"Pseudo Duke Art: Emerald Dragon Ent!"
Li Taixuan took a step forward, five fingers clenched into a fist
Bang!
A punch flew out. It was like a dragon had roared, and even the void gave way as an ear-splitting sonic boom blasted throughout the field.
The moment the fist collided with the ent, the ent collapsed completely into motes of light without any resistance. It was a domineering strike. This sight caused the Banner Leaders' eyelids to jump in surprise. They could sense that this single punch was something they could not receive without losing pitifully.
A single punch had taken down the dragon ent. Li Taixuan immediately strode forward, each step crossing tens of meters, quickly closing the gap between him and Li Luo.
Li Luo immediately roused his resonant power, giving form to one dragon ent after another, each one dashing towards Li Taixuan in an attempt to obstruct him.
This didn't seem to have much effect as Li Taixuan remained undeterred, sending out punch after punch, each strike leaving afterimages in its wake. The dragon ents shattered one after another like crushed twigs before his domineering display of power, leaving the audience shocked.
Bang!
In the end, after his fist smashed the last tree, he stopped in his tracks. He glared at Li Luo with a gaze full of hostility.
He then lifted his hand and clenched his fist once again, stomping the sole of a single foot, preparing his stance.
BOOM!
The ground below him crumbled into fragments, looking like the back of a turtle's shell. His entire body turned into a beam of rainbow light that soared towards Li Luo. He was holding his first in front of him, and its target was clearly Li Luo's chest. This was a tyrannical punch that caused the void to explode in its mere presence.
When Li Luo felt the pressure bearing down upon him, he sucked in a breath of air, and the boom of thunder could be heard coming from his body.
It was deafening and berserk, far surpassing anything that had been seen before.
This was because Li Luo had activated the Four Sonic Pulses state!
Thunderpeal Avatar: Four Sonic Pulses!
The sound of the thunderclap flooded the field, and Li Luo's body trembled from the sheer vibration. Majestic amounts of energy surged out like a raging dragon boat coursing through a river of limbs and bones.
His body had strengthened after receiving the Sanctified Dragon's Body, so Li Luo was now able to handle the stress of the Four Sonic Pulses.
He had planned to utilize this move against Li Qingfeng, but the opportunity never presented itself.
"Divine Elephant Power, Level Three!"
With the blade in hand, he met Li Taixuan's iron fist head-on. There was no retreat, and all of his resonant power poured out of his body without reserve.
Pure and dense dual resonant power surged forth with Vestiges of Spirituality.
At the same time, the blade was augmented with Fiend Dipper Energy, increasing its sharpness
This single strike was not bolstered by any resonant art, but it was a strike that carried all of Li Luo's spirit. He wanted to face off against Li Taixuan openly and see just how strong he was in the past.
When the two clashed frontally, gasps could be heard coming from the audience as everyone stared at the scene without daring to blink.
BANG!
During the moment of collision, a wild and furious storm of energy kicked up and the tiles beneath the two began to fracture. The floor cracked in every direction, unable to withstand the sheer impact. ReadNovelFull.com
Swish!
The two were forced backwards, and as they stumbled to regain their footing, the floor shattered beneath them.
However, it was clear that Li Luo had been forced back much more than his father.
After stabilizing himself, his blood essence churned and roiled. Glancing at the hand that was holding the blade, he could see a wound gaping like a tiger's outstretched maw with blood oozing endlessly.
His entire arm was throbbing with piercing pain while a tyrannical resonant power gushed into his body. However, it was quickly dissipated and resolved with the aid of his dual resonant power.
"Gosh, the old man is pretty ferocious," Li Luo mumbled to himself. He had evidently suffered more during their first frontal clash. Li Taixuan's two-pearl tier cultivation gave him vigorous and forceful resonant power. This short exchange had given Li Luo a taste of how domineering his father was.
Despite having a quasi ninth-grade resonance comparable to Li Qingfeng’s, they were poles apart in terms of sheer brutality.
It was clearly no weaker than a true ninth-grade resonance.
"Li Luo, you have to be careful. Third Uncle's resonance is the Heavenly Dragon resonance. It's known to be both barbaric and overbearing," Li Fengyi reminded him from the side.
Li Luo was slightly taken aback. "Heavenly Dragon resonance? No wonder it’s so menacing." He only knew that his father had a dragon resonance. However, as to what sort of dragon resonance it was, he didn't really care much for it. All dragon resonances were the same to him... or so he thought.
At that very moment, Li Taixuan activated his two Heavenly Pearls. They began to vibrate with increased intensity, devouring worldly natural energy ravenously.
Li Taixuan's resonant power began to surge upwards with renewed vigor.
He folded his fingers together, forming a strange hand seal with his fingertips, looking perhaps like a fist seal.
Roar!
An illusory dragon manifested behind Li Taixuan, winding and curling, exuding a sense of immense majesty. As soon as the dragon appeared, everyone from the Heavenly Dragon's Five Lineages felt an indescribable pressure bear down upon them.
The Heavenly Dragon resonance!
Li Luo immediately realized that fist seal Li Taixuan had just formed was not foreign to him. He once saw him demonstrate it when he competed against his mother.
This was his signature move.
Duke Art: Hundred Battles Dragon Fist!
Who knew just how many Dukes from the Xia Kingdom had fallen to this very strike all those years ago, hammering into them a lingering fear of Li Taixuan that had never left them?