She was setting up a formation…? She was actually a formation cultivator?
Watching Hua Yan’s hand movements, Li Chengfeng’s eyes narrowed. He no longer held back his spiritual power, and his aura surged.
He stomped hard on the ground of the martial arena.
The overbearing wind-attribute spiritual power instantly erupted from his feet, transforming around him into a tornado storm that shot straight into the sky, forcibly lifting the multicolored net that had bound him.
His purple medium-length hair stood on end, and his eyes turned into ethereal pale white, like a thunder god descending from the sky.
Carrying the wind-thunder power that could destroy heaven and earth, he charged straight at Hua Yan, who was still setting up her formation on the spot!
‘Damn, he’s like a Super Saiyan!’
Hua Xiangrong appeared to be leaning on the spirit boat’s railing and looking into the distance, but in reality, he was watching the live broadcast from 099 in his mind.
Seeing Li Chengfeng like this, he couldn’t help but exclaim inwardly.
On the other side of the spirit boat…
“Is that Brother Li’s Thunderous True Body? That Hua Yan’er’s precious net is so troublesome that it forced him to use this move so quickly?”
The blond-haired Chu Mingxuan looked at the scene on the stage and couldn’t help raising an eyebrow.
“Actually, if given more time, Daoist Friend Li might have been able to break free from the precious net.”
Lu Wenyuan, who was wearing a square scarf and a jade-colored robe, said calmly:
“But if he had really waited until he broke free, Hua Yan’er’s formation would have already been set up by then, and he would have had an even harder time dealing with it.”
He paused for a moment, then added:
“However, it seems that Daoist Friend Li was still a step too late.”
‘Huh?’
Chu Mingxuan quickly followed his words and looked toward the stage.
On the stage, Li Chengfeng, whose aura had surged and who was surrounded by terrifying thunder, rode the thunder and lightning.
He condensed a huge lightning spear in his hand, channeled all his magical power, and fiercely hurled the lightning spear at Hua Yan, who was still forming hand seals and setting up the formation in the distance.
Wherever the lightning spear passed, the air was violently ionized, emitting a piercing screech. The momentum was terrifying.
BOOM!
The terrifying thunder power exploded instantly at Hua Yan’s location, raising a lightning flash several times stronger than the previous hammer strike, so dazzling that it was impossible to keep one’s eyes open!
Gasp! —
The surrounding cultivators watching were instantly in an uproar. No one had expected that Hua Yan’er would not even dodge, just sit cross-legged, and let that terrifying strike land on herself!
‘Wait… something seems off…’
Li Chengfeng warily stared at the exploding purple-white lightning.
There was indeed a red-haired figure sitting there forming hand seals, but that figure twisted its body, instantly turned into a fading afterimage, and then disappeared without a trace.
‘This… an afterimage? A painting clone? When did she—was it the moment she trapped me?’
‘Then where is her true body?’
Li Chengfeng’s pupils sharply contracted. He then leapt into the air, erupting with even stronger wind-thunder power, and indiscriminately blasted the entire martial arena and the space above it!
“Heh, truly a brainless brute.”
The teasing female voice sounded again, but this time it came from all directions.
At the same time, Li Chengfeng felt his vision blur, and the surrounding scene suddenly changed from the sea platform under dusk to a mountain of blades and forest of swords made of metal and iron—
Hua Yan’s grand formation had been successfully set up during the time he wasted on a false target!
And the bolts of thunder that Li Chengfeng blasted around were instantly attracted and dispersed by the mountain of blades and forest of swords, turning into nothing.
The violent wind was also slashed to pieces by the swinging blades.
At the same time, countless sharp sword lights, carrying the indestructible power of metal, densely attacked Li Chengfeng!
‘Not good!’
Li Chengfeng’s heart sank. He immediately sensed trouble.
Although he had expected Hua Yan to set up her formation quickly, he hadn’t expected to miss, and even less that she would use this gap to directly set up a grand formation, and a metal-attribute grand formation that greatly restrains thunder cultivators at that!
‘This little girl, painting Dao, formations, all sorts of strange artifacts… how can she be proficient in so many methods?’
Li Chengfeng had a headache. If it were an ordinary formation, it would be fine, but a metal or earth attribute formation could cut a thunder or wind cultivator’s strength by half.
But that was only for ordinary wind-thunder cultivators…
Li Chengfeng’s gaze sharpened. He withdrew his Thunderous True Body, his eyes returning to black, and his hair fell back down. He suddenly let out a furious roar:
ROAR!!!
That roar was like a dragon’s howl and a tiger’s fierce cry, shaking the air slightly.
After the roar, the wind-thunder power on his body instantly wrapped around his arms: his left hand gathered blue-purple thunder, condensing into a purple electric scale armor with dragon might; his right hand gathered whirlwind at the top, turning into solid beast fur, faintly emitting a tiger’s roar.
Wind-Thunder, Dragon-Tiger Transformation!
He no longer dodged the incoming sword lights and charged straight at the mountain of blades on the ground.
Some of the swords and blades shot from all directions pierced his body, splattering spots of blood, but Li Chengfeng completely ignored them.
His eyes were only on the mountain of blades on the ground that supported the grand formation.
‘This lousy formation, I just need to smash it!’
‘Blame yourself for learning a metal-attribute formation that excels in offense but not defense!’
‘Watch me break your formation directly!’
ROAR!!!
With another furious roar, he swung both hands high at the same time.
The wind-thunder intertwined dragon-tiger phantom, carrying the momentum of destroying heaven and earth, smashed fiercely into the mountain of blades on the ground!
The Dragon-Tiger Wind-Thunder force was unstoppable, as if it would shatter everything—space itself seemed about to tear!
But at that moment, the surrounding scenery changed drastically again.
The mountain of blades and forest of swords instantly disappeared, replaced by a vast desert made of sand and earth!
Li Chengfeng’s pupils sharply contracted.
BOOM!
His heavy, powerful strike smashed into the suddenly appearing desert. The violent electric light and wind raised a sky full of dust, but it did not shake the formation in the slightest!
“Why?! Why do you know so many methods?!”
Li Chengfeng roared as he stood up, looking around. At the same time, several giants made of sand and earth were marching toward him with heavy steps.
“Otherwise? Like you, only knowing two shallow moves? Truly a pathetic frog at the bottom of a well.”
Hua Yan’s mocking voice sounded again around him, with a touch of derision.
“Damn it! Hua Yan’er! Do you dare to come out and fight me directly?!”
Li Chengfeng roared as he tore apart the seventh sand giant charging at the front, panting heavily, covered in sand and blood.
“Fine, then I’ll grant your wish.”
Hua Yan’s voice sounded again. This time, it was no longer an echo from all directions, but came from behind him!
A powerful gust of wind instantly swept from behind, carrying the momentum of destroying heaven and earth!
‘?!’
Li Chengfeng’s heart jumped violently. He instinctively wanted to turn around, but was slapped hard into the sand by a sand giant—carrying a strange power completely different from before—with a BAM that raised a cloud of dust.
“How about it? Did that satisfy you?”
The faceless face of the sand giant turned into Hua Yan’s appearance. She looked at Li Chengfeng, who was tightly bound by sand ropes, with a mocking expression.
“You!!!”
“You what you? Can’t even speak properly!”
Before the words faded, the sand giant slapped him again.
“You treacherous shrew! Bastard!”
“What, in such a hurry to curse? Rongrong was right, you really are impolite.”
BOOM! Another slap landed.
“Damn it! I’m not convinced!”
“It doesn’t matter if you’re not convinced. I’ll accompany you to the end. I said I’d beat you until even your mother wouldn’t recognize you, and I’ll see it through.”
As Hua Yan spoke, she continued swinging the sand giant’s big hand, aiming specifically at Li Chengfeng’s face. In no time, his rugged but decent-looking face was beaten black and blue, looking exactly like a pig’s head.
“That’s enough, that’s enough. Young Master Li has no power to resist anymore. This Fairy, please stop for now.”
The Confucian cultivation elder acting as the referee couldn’t bear to watch any longer. His helpless voice sounded around, stopping Hua Yan’s actions.
“Senior, you heard it too. He himself said he wasn’t convinced and refused to admit defeat. I was just fulfilling his request.”
Hua Yan grumbled unyieldingly, but she had already withdrawn the formation.
The desert dissipated, and the surrounding scene transformed back into the sea platform under dusk.
At this time, only the last trace of afterglow remained at the horizon.
Stars and the moon had already risen quietly, dotting the ink-blue sky.
Hua Yan clapped her hands and walked toward the long-bearded Confucian cultivation elder amid thunderous cheers. She smiled and asked:
“How about it, Senior? Can you now declare me the winner?”
That Confucian cultivation elder looked at her with a complicated expression—before the match started, he had never imagined that this unknown, charming young girl could actually defeat Li Chengfeng, and with almost overwhelming advantage.
The methods she used were endless. Her mastery of painting Dao, formations, and magical artifacts was truly astonishing.
‘Truly, the waves behind drive the waves ahead…’
With a slight sigh, he stepped forward, raised Hua Yan’s right hand high, and announced to the surroundings using spiritual power:
“I declare that the winner of this match is—a rogue cultivator, Hua Yan’er!”
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