Chapter 241 Battle Of Geniuses. (1)
Hu Jitian and Hao Ren stood facing each other. The former was thinking about how to get through the astounding defense of the latter, while the latter had been observing the previous battles of the third prince and noticed his exceptional charging and breaking attack skill.
Hu Jitian had a special movement skill, Lion Charge, and combined with the chain attack move, Frantic Halberd, this guy was definitely not so easy to deal with. Hao Ren did not dare to believe that this man had revealed his complete strength. He was a prince and a favored one at that.
The Chief Inspector looked at the two people who were staring at each other and raised his hand as he announced, "Let the Battle begin!!"
Hu Jitian took hold of his Halberd, and Hao Ren took out his sword.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
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Someone sitting next to Hao Mei said, "That halberd is called Chaos Halberd, a medium spirit weapon. However, do not look at its grade, this thing is a Royal Artifact. The Third Prince made great contribution to redeem this from the Forbidden treasury. This thing can cut through metal like mud."
People nodded and someone said, "Look, Hao Ren took out his sword, he really intends to fight with that normal sword? The integrity of both the weapons is so different, if Hao Ren does not have the skill to back it up, he might lose his weapon and suffer."
The people agreed once again. Hao Mei sighed and thought, 'Could you not have asked for a better weapon. Dumb Ren.'
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On the stage, Hu Jitian narrowed his gaze and said, "Lion's charge."
He did not waste anytime, Hao Ren was not an opponent he could take lightly, and if the opponent was good at defending, he was specialized in attacks. He was the commander of the Tiger Cavalry, he had the power and the intention to reach out and move forward any obstacle.
Hao Ren narrowed his gaze and mumbled, "Cloud Breeze Step."
He vanished from his position right a second before Hu Jitian stabbed the spot with his Halberd. His speed surprised the prince, and the rest of the people. In this aspect, Hao Ren appeared to be ahead of the Prince. Even the royal guards around the King were surprised when they saw this. Hao Ren was much stronger than what they anticipated.
Hao Ren used Yin and Yang eyes to sense the shift in the energy. He was not sitting silently all the time but observing his potential enemies. The third prince attacked in a straight line, but it was anything but simple. The attack had two forms, one was the physical attack, and the other was an energy form.
The energy attack impacted the distance five meters around the front in a cone shape. Assume the tip of the Halberd as a shapecharge that directed the energy stored inside the blade to the front.
Hao Ren had taken notice to this and made sure to stay clear of the field. If the energy was allowed to invade his body it would cause trouble and hamper his own energy circulation. Hao Ren did not want to suffer from this as his enemy would gain an upper hand.
His speed and the accuracy of the movement was the reason that caused Hu Jitian and the rest of the people to be surprised. Hao Ren was two inches away from the impact zone. He used the chance, and said, "Four Season Sword, Heat Wind."
He moved his sword in an upward arc, the blade was imbued with his spiritual flame energy and it let out a flaming arm that moved toward the Prince at a high speed. Hao Ren knew that this was far from enough and taking another step forward he said, "Second Wind."
He slashed his sword horizontally from left to right. The fiery sword energies overlapped with each other as they shot towards Hu Jitian who was dodging the first one. The prince was skilled enough to dodge the attacks, but he was shocked when he realized how strong they were.
The tiles on the stage behind Hu Jitian, where the attacks landed was all scorched. The crowd saw this and they all sucked in a deep breath.
Hu Jitian narrowed his gaze and asked, "Master Hao, do you intend to kill me?"
Hao Ren smiled and replied, "Didn't you just stab aiming at my Dantian? Your Highness, do you think that since I am not of Royal Birth, I am disposable?"
His words caused the people to be surprised one more time. They did not expect something like this to happen. Hu Jitian frowned and said, "I did not expect you to utter non-sense so blatantly."
Hao Ren chuckled and said, "Fine, you say I am saying nonsense, then I will give you the benefit of doubt, but did you climb the stage without considering the possibility of death? Are you a fool?"
Hu Jitian roared, "How dare you! Do you know my identity?"
His loud shout caused Hao Ren to be dazed for a second, before the system said, *Ding: It is detected that the host is under a mental attack. Initiating self defense mechanism.*
Hao Ren woke up from the daze and he saw the Prince charging at him with the Halberd and this time he would not be able to get away from the attack. The young man took half a step forward, bent his body a little before exerting force and doing a quick backflip. The people gasped, the arena was surrounded by an anti-flying array, so even the might nascent soul realm cultivators were forced to stay on the ground for the sake of fairness.
However, Hao Ren was not using the skill of flight. He was simply jumping over and he accurately landed on the shaft of the halberd. He said while looking down on Hu Jitian, "You are the prince when you are in the palace. On the battle stage, you are a participant, on the battlefield you are a soldier and nothing more. If you think your identity will make the enemy give you face or the heavens make your tribulations easier, than you are nothing but a glorified piece of trash."
His words made sense, but what surprised the people the most was how harsh and blunt he sounded. He was so straight that it sounded rude. Hu Baihe raised her brows and then she smiled. The people around her, and those who have participated in the battle all agreed with Hao Ren.
The young man said, "Hu Jitian, recognizing your identity means nothing but one should understand and bear the responsibilities that come along with the title."
He tapped his feet off the shaft and he appeared to be standing on the shoulder of the prince for a moment before he used the enemy as a launch pad and jumped high in the void. He flipped his body upside down and clenched his fist as he said, "Descending Phoenix Punch."
The momentum of the attack was several times higher than what Hao Ren had displayed in the past. His fist was covered with flames, and behind him a faint silhouette of the phoenix manifested for a moment he lashed out. The attack caused the wind to heat up and Hu Jitian was forced to kneel on the ground.
The prince grit his teeth and clenched his fist before he yelled, "Fuck it. Tiger's vigor."
With that he countered Hao Ren with his own Halberd Attack. The two attacks collided and it caused the void to ripple. The people could sense the strength infused in the two attacks. Hao Mei watched the scene while channeling her energy through the imaging stone. She would show it to the seniors of the family.
As for Han Lingshi, she had recorded a lot of footage where Hao Ren was relaxed and guiding others to work leisurely.
After the attack finished, Hao Ren appeared on the stage, and Hu Jitian was kneeling on one knee. He was cut in many places, bleeding all over the body. However, his gaze was still unwavering and his vitality was increasing.
Hu Baihe stood up on her feet and looked at her Father sitting in the viewer's gallery with a cold face. She clenched her fist and said, "I did not expect that rotten old man to teach him the family skill."
Ma Blade asked, "What is this skill?"
Hu Baihe replied, "My ancestors admired the Tiger as the most valiant beast. They created this skill, Tiger's vigor, because they believed that a wounded tiger was more dangerous than a normal one. So, as soon as someone was injured and they used this technique, their vigor and tenacity would continue increasing. Hao Ren is in trouble."
Lu Long, her senior disciple said, "That is not necessarily true, from what I can tell about Hao Ren, he is not a simple person, look at his eyes and you will know that he still have a few things up his sleeve. If he can pull off that punch one more time I am sure he will flatten the prince."
The battle was reaching its climax, and everyone was leaning forward in anticipation to the climax.