Suddenly, as Lu Zheng managed to pull his sword away from Bai Yujin’s grasp, it swiftly turned around and blocked Bai Yujin’s attack.

  Bai Yujin’s eyes widened. Lu Zheng’s stance has changed.

  It appeared calm and serene, yet more deadlier than the previous stance. He narrowed his eyes.

  He attacked again with his left claws, but this time, he turned it into a fist, not quite powerful since his claws were still intact.

  Even so, despite the sheer difference of their power—strength and speed alone—Lu Zheng would always manage to parry his attack. Furthermore, it was smooth and executed smoothly, shifting the weight of his power from the sword itself, enabling Lu Zheng to handle the impact he received.

  Bai Yujin narrowed his eyes. He thought. I have to take this seriously now!

  Without hesitation, he executed the first stance of the White Tiger Martial Arts, Fang of Heaven Stance.

  It was the only stance he was able to execute as swiftly as possible.

  After Lu Zheng parried his attack, he did not make any move. He was in a passive state.

  Bai Yujin frowned. He did not attack him yet, knowing he would be able to block him easily.

  Compared to before, he was quiet. After all, his pride was at stake.

  No, it was already crushed.

  He growled.

  He executed the first technique without hesitation, the Heaven-Piercing Claw.

  This time, he was not gambling his left claws. After all, he had now executed his martial arts, coupled with the internal technique, covering his left claws with beast qi. At this point, he was now surely confident Lu Zheng would not be able to slice his left claws.

  Despite knowing he has a higher chance of successfully hacking Lu Zheng in a half, he remained cautious. He scrutinized Lu Zheng’s actions as deeply as he could.

  Lu Zheng remained his head lower, even his sword, too. He appeared to be in an immobile state.

  Not until before Bai Yujin’s left claws, radiating the beast qi supplemented by the martial arts technique, about to reach his head.

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  He suddenly tilted his head upward and grinned at Bai Yujin straight to his face!

  Bai Yujin had the greatest shock of his life. His heart leapt in fear.

  His bestial instinct were screaming.

  Suddenly he halted his first technique and tried to protect his vitals as much as possible. At the same time, he darted his eyes everywhere to understand where the danger was coming from.

  He growled and scrutinized his situation.

  He thought. Where the hell is it?

  At this point, he would only collide his body to Lu Zheng as he leapt towards him.

  Out of nowhere, he began to feel the strange qi surrounding him…

  No, it came from Lu Zheng itself.

  It simply was a qi without elemental qi, but it appeared it was, too.

  He found it difficult to comprehend what was happening…

  Not until he swept his eyes to his surroundings and had the greatest shock of his life!

  He hastily glanced at Lu Zheng and finally confirmed his suspicions.

  He shouted at the top of his lungs, “HOW?!!!”

  However, staring at Lu Zheng’s bloodshot eyes, with eyes seemingly going narrow, as though he was possessed by a demon, he could not help but tremble in fear.

  “D-DEMON!!!”

  Lu Zheng grinned. His sword, while it remained lower, suddenly disappeared in a flash!

  Just after Bai Yujin screamed at the top of his lungs, his sword vanished, and his body suddenly moved swiftly, too.

  In a blink of an eye, Lu Zheng thrust twelve times rapidly, each targeting Bai Yujin’s vitals.

  Before Bai Yujin’s body collided with him, he had already successfully executed the third technique, Serenity Strike.

  Afterward, he smoothly moved his body sideways, causing Bai Yujin to drop to the floor behind him.

  Bai Yujin was paralyzed. His vitals were pierced. His life slowly slipped away. However, with his anger, it seemed it slowed down his death.

  He gritted his teeth, but even then, the shock was still evident in his eyes.

  In time, he was able to cover his throat and heart with both of his hands, preventing Lu Zheng from ending his life.

  Although it was a shame that even when he reinforced every fiber of his muscles and insides with beast qi, it still did not obstruct Lu Zheng’s sword from piercing his vitals, he was still alive.

  He wanted to move his head on his back, but all his body except his head was paralyzed. In the end, he gave up, still gritting his teeth, as blood dripped from his mouth.

  He said, enough for Lu Zheng to hear him, “How is that possible? How were you able to manifest a partial domain? Are you really a Master? In the first place, how?!!!”

  Lu Zheng did not even turn around as he began to walk forward, still grinning from ear to ear.

  Bai Yujin clearly heard his footsteps. As much as he wanted to turn around and attack Lu Zheng, he was completely paralyzed.

  He growled at the top of his lungs, causing birds to fly away from their nests.

  He shouted, “I WON’T FORGET THIS HUMILIATION! I WILL KILL YOU!!!

  I WILL KILL YOU!!!”

  …

  Lu Zheng, meanwhile, the culprit of Bai Yujin’s first defeat of his life, finally left the city. This time, it was not Ravyn, who possessed him anymore, but he was now in control of his body.

  He continued to walk, though arduously, gritting his teeth from time to time. Even then, marvelous shocks were still lingering in his eyes.

  He said in his mind, not able to produce any noise from his voice anymore, “How did you do it? Partial Domain with the qi in the Intermediate Rank? That was unheard of!”

  Ravyn snorted in his mind. He mocked, “That was not a Partial Domain at all! It was only twenty percent of the real Partial Domain. Your body is too weak! It’s not the qi that is lacking, it’s your body!

  You doofus!”

  Lu Zheng was stunned. He felt embarrassed.