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Chapter 497: 37: The True Dragon's Seven Warriors

Chapter 497: Chapter 37: The True Dragon’s Seven Warriors

Li Fei, in his past life, had heard a joke within the system:

A colleague was just one step away from a promotion, thinking it was almost certain, but in the end, he failed to pass.

Later, after much inquiring, he found out it was a high-ranking leader who had vetoed him.

The colleague felt aggrieved, questioning himself since he had never offended the person, and had barely ever met them, puzzled unable to understand why.

It took a long time before he learned the reason by chance:

Years ago, during a meeting which he happened to attend with that high-ranking leader, he was distracted and didn’t greet the leader.

It was for this reason that his promotion was denied.

When Li Fei first heard this story, his initial reaction was disbelief; it seemed unrealistic that such a trivial matter would be remembered for several years, especially by such a prominent leader.

How could someone who had risen to such height be so petty?

How could such important figures act this way?

Not even novels would dare to write something like this!

But the truth was, this story had really happened to a colleague in his past life.

Prior to this, the Third Prince had told Li Fei that the Eldest Prince targeted him not only because the Crown Prince had recruited him but also because the Eldest Prince was envious of his talent.

Li Fei also found it unbelievable after hearing this.

A prince, so high and mighty, would target him for such a reason?

Could the Eldest Prince, who had contended with the Crown Prince and the Third Prince for so many years, act so capriciously?

But now, seeing the Eldest Prince who had ‘chased’ after him from the Imperial Palace, Li Fei had to admit—

Reality was far more absurd than fiction!

“Princes are also human.”

Li Fei now deeply understood the meaning behind the Third Prince’s words.

Shoosh—

The pedestrians around, upon seeing the disembarked Eldest Prince, knelt down in unison.

They didn’t recognize the Eldest Prince, but as ‘citizens of the Capital,’ they at least knew that anyone who could ride in a ‘golden dragon’ carriage was definitely a member of the royal family, so they naturally knelt down.

On the long street, pedestrians knelt all around, with only Li Fei still standing.

The Eldest Prince, dressed in gold and red-trimmed Martial Arts Clothes, exuded an overbearing aura, striding forward:

“Li Fei!”

“Your Highness, we meet again.”

This time, Li Fei didn’t perform a courtesy gesture, he stepped out from the black sedan, and calmly responded.

The Eldest Prince raised his hand, pointing at Li Fei, gesturing in the air:

“It’s been a long time since someone dared speak to me like that.”

Li Fei smiled, “Your Highness, are you here to seek an apology from me?”

“Haha? Hahahahaha——”

The Eldest Prince’s laughter was like a charge of Iron Cavalry, filled with a deadly aura!

He looked into Li Fei’s eyes, his gaze intense:

“I dislike beating around the bush, and as it happens, there’s a Dueling Platform here. Let’s see how much weight the leader of the Martial Arts contest truly holds!”

He wanted to duel with Li Fei personally!

What the Third Prince said about him being a Martial Arts prodigy was actually not an exaggeration.

The Eldest Prince, Qin Zihong, was 37 years old, a Tao Foundation Stage powerhouse, and had integrated four Implants.

He had broken through to the Tao Foundation Stage at 28 years old, and although he was somewhat short of the ‘unprecedented prodigy’ standard set by the Heavenly Pride Theory, having broken through before the age of 30, he could still be considered a formidable talent.

As a prince, daring to repeatedly confront life-and-death situations, continuously honing himself, he was indeed exceptional among the royal descendants!

Of course, in terms of talent, the Eldest Prince was no match for Li Fei.

However, what he intended to compare with Li Fei today was not talent.

In his eyes, Li Fei, the champion of the Martial Arts exchange contest, was nothing but a pretender!

He had thoroughly investigated Li Fei’s path to the championship:

In the matches from the top 16 to the top 8, and from the top 8 to the top 4, the opponents he defeated were only Third Tier Tao Foundation Stage warriors.

In the semifinal against Gan Jingcheng, Li Fei had taken an Elixir beforehand, and then Gan Jingcheng allowed Li Fei to fully release his Shadow Clone and set up a Big Array, only then did he win.

As for the finals, there was no need to say more, Ming Qi directly forfeited, giving Li Fei a victory without a fight.

Therefore, the Eldest Prince didn’t think Li Fei was all that impressive.

Today, he planned to defeat Li Fei in public and take away the champion’s reputation!

This edition of the Martial Arts exchange had become well-known nationwide and turned into a grand event.

The Crown Prince first had Pudu Temple join the big contest, then set the location for the competition, and finally, he returned to Lanling City with two high-profile historical figures, grabbing all the limelight!

The Eldest Prince did not wish to let the Crown Prince take all the credits, so he came to fight Li Fei here, also hoping to ride this wave of popularity to fame.

As an aside, he wanted to vent and teach Li Fei a lesson.

As for envy, he would never admit to it.

“Your Highness wishes to spar with me?”

Li Fei asked calmly.

“We are of the same Realm, and my Cultivation is even inferior to that of Gan Jingcheng whom you defeated in the Martial Arts exchange. Today I will not press you with my status, and we will duel fairly; that wouldn’t be considered bullying you, the champion, right?”

The Eldest Prince wore a mocking look on his face.

“Very well, as you wish.”

Li Fei straightforwardly walked towards the nearby Dueling Platform.

The Eldest Prince revealed a savage smile and also walked over with large strides.

By now, his guards had already ‘cleared the area’ around the Dueling Platform and were standing guard at the perimeter.

The two men each leaped onto the Dueling Platform.

Seeing this, the surrounding kneeling pedestrians all showed looks of anticipation.

They never expected to come across such excitement while out for a stroll, witnessing a royal prince spar with someone!

Li Fei, with one hand on his Ghost Slash Blade, faced the Eldest Prince across the platform:

“Your Highness, how shall we determine the victor?”

The two contenders, one a Prince and the other an imperial envoy freshly decreed by the Emperor, naturally could not fight to the death.

“It’s simple. If one falls and cannot rise, falls off the platform, or surrenders voluntarily, that counts as a loss.”

The Eldest Prince stood on the platform leaning on his blade, saying so with ease.

Just then, more than a dozen reporters appeared at the corner of the street, shouldering several cameras quickly aiming them toward the dueling platform.

These people were naturally brought by the Eldest Prince, even the headline for the news was already prepared—

“The Eldest Prince Tramples the Champion of the Martial Arts Tournament!”

Reputation was something Princes needed too, and the more, the better.

“We can start now.”

The Eldest Prince said.

Li Fei stood still, another version of him walked toward the left, then a third version walked toward the right.

Soon after, a fourth Li Fei appeared, and then the fifth.

Through the trials of the martial arts exchange tournament, Li Fei had become increasingly adept at using “Ghostly Shadow”; after breaking through to the Qi Change Stage with his third implant “Flame Core,” his speed at creating clones had also become faster.

The Eldest Prince chuckled in derision, not about to sit by while Li Fei kept creating clones, and abruptly drew his personal blade.

Clang—

A bright blade light shone on the platform.

Being a Prince, his equipment was naturally nothing less than superb.

The blade in the Eldest Prince’s hand was a sixth-level mutant weapon, custom-forged by a master to maximize his combat power!

The Eldest Prince, with one hand on his blade, vanished from his spot and swept across more than ten meters in an instant, slashing down from above at one of the ‘Li Feis.’

Li Fei also drew his Ghost Slash Blade, meeting the attack with a strike from below upwards.

Bang!!!

An explosion like thunder boomed above the long street.

Li Fei was forced back several steps, his feet crushing the stone paving into several footprints, gravel flying.

This Li Fei was the real body!

He looked up at the Eldest Prince, seeing his eyes a golden yellow, filled with a regal aura.

The founding Emperor of the Da Lan Dynasty was a human Martial Saint, who had reached the pinnacle of martial arts.

After becoming Emperor, he collected martial arts from all over the world and personally established the Royal Book Collection Pavilion.

During the more than two hundred years of his reign, the founding Emperor assimilated hundreds of top martial arts techniques, combining his own realm and experience, and eventually created an unparalleled martial arts—True Dragon Seven Martial Arts!

Later, this martial arts became an exclusive secret technique for the royal offspring.

Unfortunately, since the founding Emperor, very few royal descendants had mastered it.

Now, the Eldest Prince was using the True Dragon Seven Martial Arts·Red Gold Pupil!

This was a very rare Pupil Skill, the prerequisite of which was that one must already possess some kind of extraordinary pupil ability.

Later, this Pupil Skill could gradually alter and strengthen one’s extraordinary ability.

Even if it wasn’t a core-level extraordinary ability to begin with, once the Pupil Skill was mastered, it could be turned into a core-level extraordinary ability!

The Eldest Prince had integrated four implants, and all had cultivated the Innate Qi.

He had awakened three core-level extraordinary abilities, with a nominal combat power of 5.5 at the Tao Foundation Stage.

But he used the best implants, consumed the best elixirs, practiced the strongest martial arts, and from a young age, was mentored in his cultivation by Great Grandmasters and even Martial Saints!

Someone like him had a combat power that far surpassed other martial artists of the same realm.

Moreover, his mastered Red Gold Pupil was the nemesis of Li Fei’s Ghostly Shadow, which is why he was full of confidence in this fight.

How could someone with the combat power of a True Dragon lose?

Having pushed back the real Li Fei with one strike, the Eldest Prince continued his attack, a slash of red-gold energy swiftly rolled across the platform, barreling toward Li Fei.

The rolling slash thundered!

Li Fei’s figure swelled as he entered the Overlord Body state, then applied the Vajra Seal·Dragon Elephant, slashing horizontally from left to right with his blade.

Equally glistening with golden brilliance, his blade energy blossomed.

Boom!!!

The two blade energies collided head-on like two heavy Iron Cavalries charging into each other, their momentum earth-shattering and then exploding into fragments.

At the moment of the blade energies’ collision, Li Fei’s spirit shook as he felt an immensely domineering spiritual power, also taking the form of a heavy Iron Cavalry, breaking into his consciousness!

For a moment, he seemed to be on a battlefield of thousands of troops, facing the charging Iron Cavalry alone, about to be crushed into pulp!

This was an attack similar to Tao Power, but it wasn’t fused with force or Qi-blood.

Combined with the Eldest Prince’s blade energy, it was like a duet.

This too, was the power of the Red Gold Pupil!

This spiritual force turned ‘Heavy Iron Cavalry’ was well hidden, but had aroused Li Fei’s alarm before striking.

Warned by his Danger Perception, as Li Fei struck with his blade, he internally visualized the Red Sound Fire Vajra Phase:

On the battlefield, a Vajra Dharma Form hundreds of meters tall suddenly appeared before the charging Heavy Iron Cavalry.

This Dharma Form had an aura of Vajra’s Angry Eyes, was protected by a Heavenly Dragon, surrounded by Heavenly Fire, and was unmovable regardless of the Iron Cavalry hammering at it…

What happened in the world of consciousness seemed complex, but it took place in an instant.

On the Dueling Platform, the Eldest Prince and Li Fei exchanged a blow, each stepping back.

As they retreated, two shadow clones appeared behind the Eldest Prince, slashing at him together.

Bang! Bang!

Two blasts, after each clone attacked, they exploded, their Evil Qi assaulting the Eldest Prince.

The Eldest Prince’s whole body was enveloped in a layer of red-gold force, as if he had donned a fearsome armor.

This armor was adorned with dragon scales.

The Evil Qi coming at him dissipated swiftly upon contact with this Dragon Scale armor, like snow melting under the blazing sun.

True Dragon Seven Martial Arts·True Dragon Martial Body!

This was another ultimate technique from the True Dragon Seven Martial Arts.

Meanwhile, Li Fei, too, was clad in a golden Sun, Moon, and Star Armor, equally majestic and in no way inferior to the Eldest Prince!

The two once again charged at each other.

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