Seeing that the spear was flying right at him, Austin immediately leaned back and tapped his toe on the
ground. The Wind-commanding Skill was handy at such critical moments. Austin started floating
backwards at an incredible speed about 20 meters, and managed to avoid the attack.
Lanny was confident that his spear wouldn't miss Austin. But when he saw that Austin had dodged his
attack swiftly with his incredible skills, his face darkened. He realized that the longer this battle lasted,
the worse it was for him. So he didn't say anything more and continued pursuing Austin.
"Eagle Soaring Pace!"
Lanny yelled as he lightly tapped the ground with the tip of his toe. Instantly, vital energy gushed out
from his body with such momentum that Lanny flew at high speed towards Austin, like a leaf in the
wind.
Meanwhile, his long spear twisted again. Wrapped in a cold glow, it stabbed Austin like a spinning
viper.
Austin frowned when he noticed that Lanny closing in on him. He looked back and found that Lanny
was already turning the corner. Just then, an idea struck him. He jumped up and pressed his feet on
the wall. The moment his feet touched the wall, a layer of light golden vital energy covered them. Then,
by bending his knees and using his full strength he pushed himself off the wall.
The rebound momentum allowed Austin to hover in the air. Summoning all his vital energy, he waved
the Violet Royal Sword and stabbed Lanny a dozen times with robust vital energy force.
"You old bastard! Time's up! Go to hell!"
During the fight, Austin realized that although Lanny's vital energy cultivation base had reached the
pinnacle of the preliminary stage of Earth Realm, he would be able to defeat him. As Austin had
cultivated the Golden Sun Scripture, his vital energy was much stronger than other cultivators on the
same level. His vital energy cultivation base wasn't inferior to Lanny's.
Austin wanted to end the fight as soon as possible, so he used all his vital energy to attack. As he had
the vital energy stone in his belly, he wasn't worried about using it all up.
Seeing Austin use all his vital energy force in the battle, Lanny flew into a rage. He roared and rotated
his spear. The tip of the spear immediately got enveloped in a whirlwind. It cut through the air with
mind-boggling speed. After a short pause, the energy, which had built up around the spear transformed
into a dozen blood-red plum blossoms, which blocked the attack from Austin.
Each of these plum blossoms contained violent vital energy force. Lanny had gone all out and was
using his remaining vital energy to fight with Austin. He never expected to be cornered by such a young
man in this way.
"Clang! Clang! Clang..."
a string of sounds rang at the corner of the Li mansion as the metals collided.
Countless times did the sword and the spear clash, generating flying sparks everywhere.
At this point, they were competing not through skill, but with vital energy.
A moment later, both Austin and Lanny felt a sharp depletion in their vital energy.
Sensing that Austin's vital energy cultivation base was not inferior to his, Lanny did not dare to provoke
him further. He realized that the vital energy of the young man in front of him was even stronger than
his own.
After several minutes, they disengaged abruptly, and the sound of the metal clanging stopped. Austin
and Lanny stood with their weapons in their hands and looked at each other. A hint of admiration
reflected in their eyes.
"Young man, it seems I underestimated you. Your competence is better than mine, however, it's not
enough to kill me."
"Ha! Really? You seem very proud. Maybe it will be a piece of cake for me to kill you. Who knows?"
Austin said with a sneer.
"Hmph! Don't gloat so soon!"
Lanny warned him angrily.
Austin smiled wryly and communicated with the vital energy stone in his belly. In no time, vital energy
gushed out from the stone and flowed into his belly and his energy meridian.
By repeating this several times, Austin restored his vital energy to its fullest.
He summoned it once again, and strong vital energy flowed out of his body, causing his clothes to
shake and billow. Even the dust around him and on the ground was blown away.
"You..."
Lanny's pupils contracted in shock. He looked at Austin as if he were a ghost.
"That's impossible! How could you restore your vital energy so quickly?"
Normally, it took cultivators a long time to replenish their vital energy and Lanny had never seen
anybody who could recover it as quickly as Austin did. Naturally, he couldn't believe what he had just
seen.
"Ha-ha! It's not a big deal. For me, nothing is impossible!"
Austin couldn't help but be arrogant seeing Lanny in a state of panic and confusion.
Using the Wind-commanding Skill once more, Austin collected all his vital energy and charged towards
Lanny. The Violet Royal Sword in his hand shot a dozen beams of light towards Lanny.
Lanny's eyes were filled with fear as he sensed an extremely strong vital energy force radiating from
Austin's body. He had already consumed half of his own vital energy by now, so he had no enough
power left to fight with the young man.
Lanny knew that he had no opportunity to escape the incredibly skilled young fellow, so he had to grit
his teeth and resist the oncoming attack to the best of his abilities.
After several rounds of sparring, blood sprayed out of Lanny, accompanied by a heart-wrenching moan.
On the left side of his chest, there was a long gash and the rib under his wound was now visible.
"Now you know I wasn't just talking big, right?"
Austin asked sarcastically.
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