Dual Cultivation God Returns

Chapter 755: Making Sparks



Wu Long took out his spear, floating up to meet the Guild Leader who was seemingly annoyed by his words being taken so lightly that the beauties started having small talk after mocking him.

But there was confidence that suppressed that anger, confidence that once the fight started he would wipe those smiles and easygoing expressions off their faces.

"Heh, you've got to be kidding me", the Guild Leader saw Wu Long's weapon, taken out seemingly to mock him further. It was a quazi-Profound Grade spear, so it could technically hurt him if it landed with sufficient technique and force, but its tip was chipped and a crack went through the blade.

"Tsk, so be it, it's your choice", the Guild Leader saw that Wu Long wasn't releasing a higher cultivation, or changing the weapon, and no longer seeing any reason to wait, pointed his spear forward.

And the next moment, Wu Long moved with speed that defied all norms of his cultivation, his body covered with streaks of lightning.

'I knew it!', the Guild Leader inwardly cackled as he knew this man had something up his sleeve, 'A Lightning attribute cultivator... certainly rare, and looking at it, he seems to have used his attribute to achieve incredible results in speed... but if he relies on that to defeat me he's the delusional one'

This speed was certainly a menace, if he was in 3rd or even 4th level of Essence Gathering Realm, but it was lacking compared to the Guild Leader's speed in 5th Minor Realm.

Though it certainly eliminated the absolute speed dominance of the Guild Leader, it was not that impressive in his eyes.

"...!", however, his eyes widened when the thrust that was supposed to obstruct Wu Long's way and keep him in check inexplicably missed, as if Wu Long instantly disappeared from one spot and appeared in another.

"Storm of Raging Spears!", the Guild Leader quickly retreated in order to maintain range since it was breached, throwing in a technique covering a large area in front of him, as Spiritual Qi Spears flew in a constant barrage.

A circular area around Wu Long became discolored, and any Spiritual Qi spear that made contact with that area was shattered into glittering rapidly fading shards of Spiritual Qi. Thus completely failing to stop his advance.

"S-Such spear intent... no... i-it's impossible!!!", the Guild Leader's look completely changed, turning into a horrified one.

He had never seen it, but a name came to his mind as he witnessed the scene unfolding before his eyes and feeling the Spear Intent that far outclassed his own or any he had ever witnessed... 'S-spear Domain?'

But the more he peered into it the more he realized he was doomed if he tried to fight this man with spear technique. It was simply impossible.

"W-Who the hell are you?!", he shouted with abject horror, completely flipping his previous attitude, continuing to retreat as fast as he could, and sending out more mid-to-long range Spiritual Qi attacks that shattered against Wu Long's area of absolute dominance.

Wu Long's face was also solemn, without any traces of emotion, as his eyes that were as cold as ever seemed to hold a slightly different than normal look.

"Falcon Talon Piercing Strike"

"Damn it!!!", the Guild Leader gritted his teeth. A luxurious-looking shield appeared in the air next to him, as he decided to not hold back at all.

A clear shattering sound resounded in the air as the shield appeared at the same moment Wu Long's spear was about to reach the Guild Leader's vicinity for the first time.

Wu Long's eyes slightly narrowed at the unseen, unheard of, and invaluable in such a countryside mid-level 2nd-tier Profound Grade Spiritual Treasure. And it was not one, but a set of three shields that moved independently of each other, but could be also coordinated. Now his opponent had a virtually impenetrable - for the current Wu Long - defence, likely the Guild Leader's trump card. Wu Long also had no hopes of outmaneuvering it since his base speed, although fast, was still slower than the Guild Leader's.

Wu Long's elements, including the Lightning of Annihilation, were not powerful enough to go through Guild Leader's normal Profound Qi protective techniques, so distracting the shield defense from the melee combat with an array of ranged elemental attacks was not an option.

Even Wu Long's Weapon Domains, while striking fear into his opponent, were in actuality negated by the gap in their cultivations being too vast, which was why he used them against the Guild Leader's attacks but did not use it directly against him.

In essence, Wu Long was relatively stuck against this opponent, while the latter wasn't able to do anything to him either.

A sword he got from the Elder of the Seven Extreme Swords Sect, the name Ironleaf engraved at the base of its blade, appeared in his hand in place of the spear that shattered into pieces, and a crimson-colored large saber, the Blood Drinker, appeared in his left hand, since he couldn't just stay still even if they were at a stalemate now.

"Hah, so you did have better weapons!", the Guild Leader spoke up, as his greatest fear was in Wu Long taking out another, better quality spear.

His nerves that were on the verge of snapping from extreme stress started to calm down, since a Spear Master holding a sword and large saber wasn't something to fear in his mind.

Wu Long proceeded to attack with the two weapons he held, while the Guild Master took on a passive, defensive approach, resulting in a drawn-out battle of attrition.

"Why... is that man attacking empty spaces?", from the ground and looking up at the fight, Song Lingfei asked as even someone untrained in combat like her could see that from the very start of the fight, when he was using precise strikes instead of area attacks, the Seven Scars Guild Leader just struck in a random direction near Wu Long who just moved forward without minding that attack.

"He's seeing phantoms", Ye Ling replied, her clear blue eyes slightly tinged with melancholy.

"Phantoms... like illusions? I thought Wu Long wasn't good with Illusion Arts... is he using talismans? Or is it because of Celestial Fox bloodline?", Song Lingfei widened her eyes.

"No, not those kinds of phantoms", Ye Ling shook her head with a wry smile, "That man is skilled, far more skilled in combat and especially spear combat than any opponent that Wu Long faced up to now in this life. However, it is because of that skill, that he anticipates Wu Long's movements before they happen, his mind is wired to anticipate, to predict, reading all clues, but... their skills in weapon wielding are in quite literally different dimensions. So what he's perceiving are merely phantoms created by his own mind, of what he thinks Wu Long will -do"

The meaning of her words first triggered understanding in the eyes of Luo Mingyu and then the assassin twins, followed by others who were not locked in battle, as their jaws slightly dropped, looking at this fight in a whole new light, seeing the man thrust his spear into empty space beside Wu Long again, and then saved from losing his hand by his shield treasure again. "I see, so to him, it must look like Wu Long instantly appears and disappears in various places, when in fact, he rarely actually sees the real Wu Long, his mind through all of his senses and processing, shows him Wu Long in places he is not", Shen Min nodded with

understanding.

"Yes, of course, that doesn't mean he will be tricked by his own mind enough to completely and drastically misjudge the direction in which Wu Long is, so with how large those shiels are he's still relatively safe from Wu Long", Ye Ling nodded.

And then continued, anticipating the natural question that would follow.

"His problem is that even if he somehow suddenly realizes this, it won't change anything since he won't be able to not see those phantoms. At his level of skill, it is ingrained in him. Not just that, if he does notice it, and for some reason Wu Long decides to let him live, there is a small chance it could lead to a breakthrough in his Spear Dao, but a far more likely outcome is the opposite, a complete collapse in which his skills would be ruined. In a way, he reached a level of skill which can be described as 'not quite', though it sounds terribly harsh, it's just how it is", she spoke in her usual calm tone, but both Xue Bing and Gong Cui could feel her

lament.

"Are you pitying that man?", Xue Bing bluntly asked as Gong Cui widened her eyes at her for actually asking.

"No", Ye Ling chuckled and shook her head once again, "I feel bad for Wu Long. Before now, the skill of his opponents was too low for this to happen, so the feeling of bullying weaker opponents was never so pronounced for him. Or rather, he didn't really think in that way at all, since killing those who opposed him was natural whether they were weaker or stronger. But this is a bit different. It's the first time I see that expression in his eyes..."

As they focused, they could see that there was indeed a rather strange look in his eyes, which were calm, yet somehow unsettled at the same time.

But it was just that, a slightly unsettling feeling.

His mind was focused elsewhere.

'Hmm, I'd rather not destroy those shields', Wu Long thought as he searched for a way to

break this stalemate.

He in fact could use more powerful techniques to break through the defense of this shield, which would require some preparations, but ultimately possible, but he wasn't looking to destroy something he could give to Bi Rui, which coupled with her spear and fighting style would elevate her power to a whole new level.

The formation trapping everyone here and masking their presence wasn't made with any other functions, and was not as powerful as the one he used in Three Continents, so he could not restrict the shields like he did with Gu Zhen's cauldron either.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

'Hmm~, how about...', suddenly, an idea came to his mind, and striking the shield with the Blood Drinker, he used the Sound Rune to suddenly amplify the sound created by that clash as much as he currently could, and without letting it disperse outward, directed that sound forward with both the Sound Rune and the Wind Rune.

The Guild Leader suddenly lost sense of balance and was overwhelmed by intense pain coursing through his head, as his eyes lost focus and his ears bled. It wasn't enough to render him unconscious, as the resilience of someone in his cultivation was too high, but just for that moment, he completely lost track of what was happening.

At that moment, his three shields moved to protect him without his command, blocking three separate barrages of lightning attacks, while a sword ran through his throat.

As his eyes became focused again, the Guild Leader could only look at the blade of the sword that pierced him in shock, and then turning his eyes full of disbelief, anger, and resentment toward Wu Long's face spoke out with hardship, "Y-ou...khh... will r-egre-kht th...ssss" Wu Long recognized that look, it was a look of someone who will be avenged. 'Haa~, welp, the moment those shields showed up I could guess it was the case...', Wu Long thought with a wry smile. It was completely possible that this man had just luckily stumbled upon something like this by chance, however the other possibility, which unfortunately turned out to be the truth, was that this man had someone powerful enough to bestow such a treasure backing him.

Wu Long had a feeling about it earlier because everything about this man was unlike a rogue cultivator with no backers.

From his fighting style, posture, clothing choices, and overall demeanor, to the way there was

no desperation in his eyes that was present in the eyes of even powerful rogue cultivators, but a kind of superiority that belonged to those who were born and raised powerful.

"I guess, we can't avoid making some sparks, whether they'll cause a fire remains to be seen", Wu Long concluded as he floated down to the canyon.