Absolute Victory, Demonic Heart
Seven days pass, and the stage holds its largest battle in a long time. Ju Kai Bei, a senior whose fame is deeply entrenched in the city, has forcefully challenged the rising star Fang Yuan. The stage promotes the match, and Shang Chi Wen, who runs it, is extremely happy at the huge boost to her revenue. Most in the crowd grant Fang Zheng real skill but do not think he can win, taking him for only rank three middle stage, below Bai Ning Bing, let alone Ju Kai Bei. Some say he must fight with all his strength or Ju Kai Bei will take his all-out effort Gu. ch. 316
Fang Yuan enters the black stone forest stage calmly. He sighs that this is the final battle, as the three kings inheritance is starting and no time is left. After winning he must still help Shang Xin Ci become a young master, and the day she does he leaves Shang clan city. Unlike the public, Fang Yuan knows the secret identity of Ju Kai Bei and Yan Tu. Whoever dominates the stage becomes a Shang clan external elder, but he has no interest in that or the clan leader position, chains of fame and wealth. ch. 316
Ju Kai Bei arrives, his rank four aura already pressing on Fang Yuan. In Fang Yuan’s memories of his previous life, Ju Kai Bei killed many established demonic Gu Masters at the great righteous demonic battle of Yi Tian mountain, serving among Shang Yan Fei’s capable generals. Fang Yuan trails in cultivation, rank three peak stage shown as middle stage by the breath concealment Gu, but a Gu he successfully refined a few days ago raised his chances of winning to sixty percent. His demonic heart demands an attitude of absolute victory even with less than ten percent chance, or none. ch. 316
At the bell Fang Yuan activates all-out effort Gu and charges with the vertical crash Gu, a horse phantom turning into a boar on impact. Ju Kai Bei grows tusks, stabs his own chest to form pure white armor, and meets the charge. Fang Yuan is pushed back five steps while Ju Kai Bei is sent flying, and the crowd sees the attack overwrite the breath concealment Gu, exposing his rank three peak stage aura. Ju Kai Bei, a little surprised, rises with only his shoulder armor cracked. ch. 316
This is the ivory armor Gu, a rank four Gu with strong defense that needs time to grow and must be broken off by its user after the battle. Fang Yuan’s shoulder aches a little; without golden shield Gu, bronze skin, iron bones and steel tendons alone gave him extraordinary defense. The attack was only a small test. He judges Ju Kai Bei the strongest opponent since his rebirth and keeps breaking the growing armor with iron fists, and it cannot reach its complete form. Even so, Ju Kai Bei’s strength grows until the two are tied. ch. 316
Fang Yuan knew from information that Ju Kai Bei has a rank four habitual strength Gu, made by current strength path Gu Masters to replace the extinct all-out effort Gu. It removes the weakness of its lower rank, the rank three store strength Gu, whose user cannot move while storing energy, and after activation Ju Kai Bei’s strength accumulates over time while he moves freely. In the next exchange both men land blows and step back six steps in a draw. Fang Yuan’s fist is numb, while only some cracks mark the armor. As Ju Kai Bei keeps moving, the armor thickens and his skin grows monstrously thick, his strength showing in rank four yellow gold primeval essence and rank four Gu worms. The armor alone rivals Fang Yuan’s steel tendons, iron bones and bronze skin combination. ch. 316
