It seemed as if Lu Xuan’s words cut Feng Qingming to his heart and annoyed him completely.
“How could you say that?! I’m no monster, I’m a god!”
The color of blood and golden light on Feng Qingming’s body tangled together to form a towering pillar.
Because of the golden light emanating from Feng Qingming’s body, Lu Xuan believed he had sensed the aura of the Sacred Ones’ born Taoism aptitude on him. However, it was not in Feng Qingming’s bloodline; he had obtained it through sheer force.
The degree of Feng Qingming’s bloodline development was quite low. He hadn’t experienced a nirvana yet. In other words, his level was even lower than that of Lu Xuan.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming collided with one another like two giant planets in the sky, causing sparks to fly in all directions. Although Feng Qingming’s Spirit Flower was ruined by Lu Xuan, he still had the Essence Flower and Auric Flower.
The Auric Flower enhanced his strength remarkably, making it seem like his attacks could directly destroy Heaven and Earth.
Boom!
Lu Xuan also brought forth his Auric Flower, which appeared on his head directly. Instantly, all energies in his body were gathered together.
That was when people discovered that the Auric Flower on Lu Xuan’s head was even bigger than Feng Qingming’s. It was important to know that the latter had performed cultivation for 10,000 years.
Boom!
Now, their energies kept colliding and merging like two vast oceans.
The onlookers who were far away from the battlefield were completely astonished. They never expected anyone to be as powerful as monsters.
Xuanzhenzi said with widened eyes, “They are so powerful! I’m afraid we are not even able to approach in a fight!”
One onlooker then said, Even if we could have all three flowers, I’m afraid there would still be a world of difference between us and them!”
That was when they realized that they still had a long way to go before being on the same level as Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming.
Xuanyangzi, who also obtained three flowers, got the most intuitive feeling about this strength gap.
He was not surprised by how strong Feng Qingming was. After all, a pig would also be very powerful after performing cultivation for 10,000 years.
However, Lu Xuan’s strength had gone beyond his wildest imagination.
Lu Xuan had just obtained the three flowers, so how could the Auric Flower on his head be so large?
That was when he figured out the difference between different bloodlines. People of an ordinary bloodline would never be on par with those who had the bloodline of the Sacred Ones.
For instance, the progress of the born Taoism aptitude could realize in cultivation was about 10 times as much progress as ordinary people could realize. The more time had passed, the larger the gap would grow.
Soon, people found that they couldn’t keep up with Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming’s movements. It was even quite difficult for them to see Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming clearly.
Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming were so fast that people could only see their silhouettes vaguely when they collided with one another. In the meantime, the onlookers even didn’t know where Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming were.
Several experts asked in astonishment, “How could they be so fast?” Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming were constantly breaking the sound barrier. Nobody knew what kind of resistance they were facing at this moment. Even Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming weren’t aware of how fast they were currently moving.
The onlookers only knew they would have been crushed by the sound barrier if their body reached such a high speed.
One person then murmured, “Both of them are using their Auric Flowers. That’s why their bodies could withstand the impact. If we were in their position, I’m afraid our bodies would have been torn into pieces!”
It was true that the Auric Flower could enhance the strength of people’s bodies to a whole new level.
Not only could the Auric Flower temporarily enhance one’s fighting capacity, but it could also realize ultimate control of people’s energies. That way, people could toughen their bodies with their energy for an entire day.
For those who had the Auric Flower, their physique could still be extremely powerful after being toughened by their energy for a long time without having to consume those precious elixirs.
Lu Xuan was a legitimate member of the Sacred Ones who was born with an extraordinary physique. Feng Qingming was an old monster who had performed cultivation for 10,000 years. It was quite normal for both of them to have such formidable physiques.
Both of them took a step back at the same time and heavily panted. They had just finished several thousand attacks and defenses in a very short time.
Feng Qingming looked at his chest with his bloodshot eyes to find a large crack on his inner armor. Then, he remembered his chest was hit by a strand of sword beam just now.
This inner armor was extremely strong because it had been toughened by Feng Qingming for countless years. Therefore, Feng Qingming didn’t worry about Lu Xuan’s attack at all.
Still, he didn’t expect Lu Xuan to cut this inner armor open with just one strike.
If the cut were any deeper, he would have been seriously wounded.
Feng Qingming turned around to find Lu Xuan wearing a white robe with his long black hair flowing behind him, making the latter look just like a banished immortal. Lu Xuan didn’t seem confused at all after the fierce fight.
“I still don’t understand how he could be so powerful!”
Feng Qingming hadn’t felt this way for a long time. He got this feeling as he stood in front of a powerful member of the Sacred Ones when he was not powerful enough.
Still, the pressure that he sensed from this Sacred One was far less than what he sensed from Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan only had one flower, so how could he be so good at fighting?
With a sword in his hand, Lu Xuan stood in the sky and stared at Feng Qingming in front of him, who had three flowers on his head. In other words, Feng Qingming was extremely powerful.
However, the wounds that he got from the Sacred Ancestor hadn’t fully healed yet. His fighting capacity had been crippled, which was much lower than his peak state. Moreover, his Spirit Flower was useless when dealing with Lu Xuan, which further reduced his fighting capacity.
Now, he was forced to fight a war of energy attrition against Lu Xuan. Unlike Xuanyangzi, Lu Xuan was young and strong. In other words, Lu Xuan was full of energy.
Lu Xuan estimated that he was able to rival Feng Qingming.
The fight between Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming stopped for a while, giving the onlookers an opportunity to give themselves a break. Even though they were far away from the battlefield, they still worried that they might’ve been torn apart by the fight between Lu Xuan and Feng Qingming.
Everyone was scared. It was almost impossible for them to witness a fight at this level again.
However, Lu Xuan was not nervous at all. Although Feng Qingming was old, it was hard to say who was older if Lu Xuan’s age in his past life was counted as well.
Feng Qingming said between breaths, “I never expected you to be so powerful. It’s been so long since anyone could even begin to threaten me, and this is the best you can do!”
He may have been backed into a corner, but he still had a few trump cards up his sleeve.
After an angry roar, the golden light in Feng Qingming’s body started to burn until he looked as if he was wrapped in golden flames.
Lu Xuan knew clearly that Feng Qingming was burning the bloodline of the born Taoism aptitude in his body. Feng Qingming didn’t cherish this bloodline because it was not his innate bloodline.
After burning away the bloodline of the born Taoism aptitude, Feng Qingming managed to enhance his horrible strength to a whole new level.
Now that he had temporarily regained the fighting capacity granted by the three flowers, he had finally reached his peak state again.
