This Martial Saint's Health Bar is Too Thick!-Chapter 445 - 7: Please Entertain the Lord with a Play_2
Chapter 445 -7: Please Entertain the Lord with a Play_2
Li Fei stood up and bowed calmly, “I am willing to entertain Your Highness.”
Before, he had “entertained” only for Qingxu True Monarch.
Now, he had the Crown Prince as an additional audience.
This elevated the stakes of the sparring match!
“Excellent!”
The Crown Prince clapped his hands, switching to a playful demeanor, showing no trace of the manipulative schemes and shrewdness he had exhibited before:
“Since it’s a sparring match, how can there not be a prize? I will provide the prize for this match.”
After speaking, he turned to look at the old eunuch who had just revealed his cultivation as a Great Grandmaster:
“How many bottles of Spirit Heart Pill do I have left?”
The old eunuch bowed slightly, “Your Highness, there is one bottle left, with a total of thirty pills.”
“Good, the prize will be one bottle of Spirit Heart Pills, plus a sixth-level Protective Clothing, the Cloud Dream Gold Thread Robe!”
The Crown Prince declared with a smile.
Hearing about the prize, many of the Martial Arts Masters in attendance were somewhat tempted.
The Spirit Heart Pill was specifically for martial artists to facilitate the process of ‘Unity’.
Taking a Spirit Heart Pill would result in several hours of mental clarity and concentrated Mind Power, which would make it easier to control the ‘Implant’ inside the body to achieve ‘Unity’. Some barriers that were otherwise insurmountable could be overcome after taking the Spirit Heart Pill.
A bottle of Spirit Heart Pills, with thirty pills included, could significantly increase the chances of a martial artist at the peak of the Qi Change Stage breaking through to the Tao Foundation Stage by at least thirty percent!
Such elixirs, even if those present did not need them, could be given to others, offering the chance to cultivate a powerful Tao Foundation Stage warrior.
As for a sixth-level Protective Clothing, that was even more valuable.
Even a Martial Arts Master might not possess a sixth-level Protective Clothing!
A Martial Arts Sect like the Green Mountain Sword Sect only had one sixth-level Protective Clothing and passed it only to the Sect Master.
The Cloud Dream Gold Thread Robe that the Crown Prince mentioned was specially made by the Royal family, and the current Emperor had awarded fewer than ten such robes.
Offering both a bottle of Spirit Heart Pills and a sixth-level Protective Clothing in one gesture was truly a grand move!
“With such generosity, it seems the Crown Prince has his sights set on Li Fei, the foremost talent recorded in history.”
Everyone there came to this conclusion.
Only the title of ‘foremost talent in recorded history’ could warrant such a substantial bet from the Crown Prince.
Nolan Zhi turned his head to look at Meng Tao, giving him a signal.
The original purpose of this sparring had been to suppress Wu’an University while also seeking an opportunity to severely set back Li Fei and slow down his cultivation progress.
However, with these two prizes now up for grabs, even Nolan Zhi found himself tempted.
A bottle of Spirit Heart Pills could possibly add another Tao Foundation Stage powerhouse to the Green Mountain Sword Sect.
A sixth-level Protective Clothing could be another prized treasure for the Sect.
Therefore, they had to win this sparring match!
Meng Tao nodded back at Nolan Zhi, then calmed his spirit, rose from his seat, and stepped into the center of the area.
Li Fei also got up, picking up his Ghost Slash Blade, and walked to the center.
The two of them stood opposite each other, less than ten meters apart.
“As this is a sparring match, I ask you both to stop at an agreed point. If you cannot restrain yourselves, we will intervene to stop the fight. As for determining the victor, with so many masters and grandmasters present, surely no one will make a mistake,” Qing Xia the True Master said, setting the tone for the match—
No killing!
After all, this banquet was hosted by the Daluo Sect, and she could not allow someone to die here.
Li Fei and Meng Tao both nodded their acknowledgment.
“Please.”
“Please.”
Clang—
The next second, a dazzling flash of fire burst forth within the Great Hall.
Meng Tao drew his sword, and a line of fire extended from the tip of his blade, instantly covering the distance of less than ten meters, and arrived in front of Li Fei!
He possessed a Core Level Fire Attribute Extraordinary Ability ‘Flame Decision,’ which allowed his instant maximum output Force to far exceed a martial artist of the same realm.
In simpler terms, if everyone’s total Force was 100, and the average force per strike was between 0.1 and 1 without gathering strength, with ‘Flame Decision,’ Meng Tao could push that number to 3 or even 5!
Combined with his Fast Sword Skill, many of his battles could often be concluded with a single strike.
As the line of fire was about to reach his face, Li Fei dodged to the side, avoiding the direct strike.
He had started to sidestep before Meng Tao drew his sword, and just as the fire line rushed towards him, he had perfectly completed the simple sidestep move.
Meng Tao’s sword was indeed fast, but it wasn’t faster than his premonition.
For Li Fei, the question wasn’t whether he could win this battle, but rather how to win.
Before an audience of masters, grandmasters, True Masters, and even a True Monarch.
How to hide his strength was the greatest challenge that Li Fei faced.
Utilizing his ‘Danger Perception’ to dodge a strike, Li Fei stepped forward and rushed towards Meng Tao.
During the charge, his body continually swelled and grew as he activated his ‘Overlord Body.’
Simultaneously, he also activated his ‘Divine Movement,’ creating afterimages as he moved.
A series of sword lights appeared in front of him, blocking all his paths forward.
Li Fei’s movement was fast, but Meng Tao’s swordplay was faster!
Faced with these sword lights, Li Fei held his Ghost Slash Blade horizontally in front of him and channeled the Vajra Force fused with Earth Element Evil Qi.
The next second, his body was shrouded in golden light, as he charged forward, bearing the brunt of the sword lights!
The Vajra Force was rightfully known as one of the ‘top three defenses of the age’ among all high-level forces, and with the addition of the Earth Element Evil Qi, its defense was even stronger, comparable to other defensive high-level forces.
Thus, Li Fei managed to bear all the incoming sword lights and charged straight to Meng Tao’s side.
Meng Tao’s expression remained calm, his wrist flicked and his longsword tore through the air, unleashing hundreds of fiery sword lights!
His second core-level extraordinary ability with the Wood Attribute was ‘Transplanting Flowers.’
This ability allowed him to seamlessly accommodate power that was not his own and temporarily ‘graft’ it onto his body.
‘Transplanting Flowers’ could be used in cultivation to ‘graft’ higher-level powers to break through current barriers, and experience different abilities to enhance understanding and insight.
It could also be used in battle, allowing oneself to possess power beyond one’s limits!
When he sparred with a professor from Wu’an University, he did not use ‘Transplanting Flowers’ in advance to obtain higher-level power because the outcome of that battle was not so important; what he sought was to break through his own limits during battle.
In fact, his swordsmanship had indeed broken through after that battle.
And now, sparring with Li Fei, Nolan Zhi had input a strand of Tao Power into his body an hour in advance, allowing him to ‘graft’ it into his own force using ‘Transplanting Flowers’!
This was Nolan Zhi’s reliance.
Even if Meng Tao’s realm was limited, and the ‘grafted’ Tao Power could only exert at most one-fifth of Nolan Zhi’s actual Tao Power,
That was still one-fifth from a Martial Arts Master!
A single strike would be enough to determine the winner!
At this moment, Meng Tao released the Tao Power inside his body, combined with ‘Flame Mountain’ and his own Fast Sword Skill, and unleashed the strongest move of his life:
A giant flame lotus bloomed furiously within the Great Hall!
This flame lotus was brimming with vitality yet also filled with a destructive aura, embodying the purest burst of power.
Within Li Fei’s mind, a raging flame lotus also appeared, intending to dry up his mind and destroy it!
“It’s over.”
Watching the flame lotus swallow Li Fei’s figure, Meng Tao thought with some regret.
If the spar with Li Fei had been a mere skill competition between the two of them, he wouldn’t have used the Tao Power within him so quickly.
He too wanted to properly compete with Li Fei, known as the ‘First in History.’
But the outcome of this spar was tied to his sect’s honor and a mission entrusted by the Sect Master. Therefore, Meng Tao could only choose to fight in this manner:
He sought to defeat Li Fei as quickly and effortlessly as possible!
The faster Li Fei was defeated, the more face Hongyi University would save, and the greater the blow to Li Fei, potentially leaving behind a mental scar.
Inside the Great Hall, the numerous Martial Arts Masters present were all wearing strange expressions, and Nolan Zhi, even more so, had a gloomy countenance.
As the flame lotus completely engulfed Li Fei, and no one intervened to stop it, Meng Tao didn’t achieve the victory he had anticipated.
When he realized something was amiss, a slash of blade light cleaved through the fully erupted flame lotus, striking at Meng Tao who had just unleashed his power and was in a ‘vulnerable state’ above his head!
Whish—
The blade ultimately came to a halt above Meng Tao’s head without striking down.
Li Fei stood in front of him, unscathed, looking at him calmly:
“You’ve lost.”
PS: The protagonist didn’t reveal his strength, everyone can try to guess how he won~
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