(XLI) Fighting. Performances. Unnecessary Battles
Long Bao Tian’s missing, has caused discussion among the audience, to know that this is the battle to decide the commander of the Fourth Army, in their minds there should be no more important things that can make Long Bao Tian absent, and even more unlikely to be blocked, ask who can block this degree of masters?
And phoenix sky dance they are also a less than, make the crowd is more talk, only ao Wanjun is still that look, but the corner of the mouth more than once imperceptible smile, seems to have long known what is a matter.
“I’m long overdue.”
Long Botian slowly stepped out from the shadow of the morning light, the dark clothes and the breathlessness of near death actually made it so that even among the hundreds of people present, including Asus, not a single person was able to perceive his presence.
Along with his appearance, the aura of death immediately filled the arena, and even Asius almost gave pressure to gasp, teaching people can no longer ignore his presence, that from darkness to turn , from nothing to have a feeling, is incomparably shocking.
Influenced by this unusual entrance, Asus’ confidence in what was already a sure victory had been shaken, the biggest taboo in battle was to lose track of the opponent, but he really didn’t perceive Long Boutian’s presence just now.
At the same time that Asus’s mind was shaken as a result, Long Botian could clearly feel that Asus’s heart was simply full of brokenness: ambitions for the future; unwillingness to let go of the past; and suppression of the present.
If it was a real battle, Long Botian only needed to use psychological warfare to make sure that he could defeat him without a fight, but today he had to win squarely with his strength, because this was not a duel with the purpose of separating the winner from the loser, but a showmanship match.
Long Bao Tian wasn’t trying to win over Asus, but to show his power that could be called beyond, so Asus couldn’t lose too fast either, he even had to force Asus to exert his power above his strength, then he would have the chance to play to his heart’s content.
If not necessary, he really did not want to defeat Asius in this way, because this will inevitably leave an indelible scar in his heart, which means that the degree of unauthorized gap between them, will remain in his heart forever, affecting his future.
But that doesn’t mean he won’t do it.
Mercy and compassion are things of the past, and since we have to fight, we have to be transformed into death.
“Begin!”
With the sound of Ao Wanjun declaring the beginning, Asus had already returned to calm in an instant, his sword, too, had been sheathed in the first instance, and as he swept sharply, he drew a glorious trajectory in the void that belonged only to him.
There was no hesitation, no anxiety, a sword in optimal condition, showing that his mind had not been shaken by Long Zhaotian’s actions, and was still absolutely calm, absolutely confident.
The corners of Long Boutian’s mouth, however, surfaced a trace of a smile, because this sword had shown that Asus did have a certain strength, a strength that would not make this battle dull.
If his opponent was an ordinary strong man, I’m afraid that before the other party caught his movements, his long sword has long been in the other party’s neck chopped down, even if he can barely block down, but also fell into his calculations, the next is to win the rest of the attack.
But today, his opponent was Long Boutian, a person that even Ao Wanjun didn’t dare to say that he would win securely.
Long Botian did not draw his sword, but lightning rushed forward, when Asius recaptured his figure, Long Botian had already arrived in front of him, casually using the back of his hand against his long sword, telling him to not be able to swing it down.
Although he did not think that he would win in one move, he had also prepared countless backstops, depending on Long Botian’s reaction and change, whether it is flash or block, he has the corresponding method, but he had never thought that Long Botian would block his strike so easily, making him not able to react for a while.
Asius just couldn’t react, but when he came into contact with the moment of Long Botian’s eyes, he turned from not reacting to being stunned, because what he saw within Long Botian’s eyes was only absolute coldness, as well as endless disdain and killing opportunities.
Death and humiliation are every time an opportunity for man to exceed his limits.
“Is this all you’ve got?” The dragon said coldly.
The cold arrogance and murderous aura contained in Long Botian’s words immediately awakened Asius from his consternation, but it also made him not dare to remain within the range of Long Botian’s attack, only to leap into the air and reorganize his second round of attack.
The sword, dancing faster and faster in the hands of Asus, as he fell back from the air, his sword was no longer a physical object in the eyes of the common man, but a myriad of silvery-white meteors, some fragments of the stars that had returned from beyond the Nine Heavens.
“Meteor Silver Rain Sword.”
Standing at the bottom, Long Boutian watched Asus change his speed to attack after his sword was blocked due to his full strength, but he just laughed coldly in his heart, and did not make any preparations to meet the attack at all, because instantaneous power was exactly the power he was most proud of, and it was undoubtedly self-defeating for Asus to fight with him over speed.
Looking at the dragon breaks the sky that seems to think that this move is simply insignificant demeanor, Asius heart can not help but feel uneasy, but he is no better choice, this sword, has to be sent, the meteor’s destiny is to cut through the soaring sky, landing in the human world.
The meteor’s fall spread grayish smoke on the ground, but when the smoke cleared, the crowd saw that this move that surpassed the boundaries of the human eye was unable to chop on top of the target at all, and could only leave countless crisscrossing sword marks on the floor of the fighting arena.
The dragon, which was standing behind him with its back to Asus, didn’t half multiply.
“Am I judging you too highly?” Long Bao Tian said disdainfully.
The feeling of being fooled made Acius angry, and he turned back to his full strength.
This was his strongest strike, both in terms of change and power, and it also reached his current limit, which made him confident in the sword, not believing at all that anyone could see the change, and even if they could, no one would be able to block the immeasurable power in the sword.
At this time, Long Botian but as witnessed in due time turned around, cold terrible smile from his face spread, and at the same time, has not moved the original sin out of the sheath, in the asius can see clearly the original sin of the body of the sword before it has been a slice in the asius of the sword blade above.
The original sin only struck his sword, but the strong force that penetrated through the sword not only caused the sword in his hand to turn into countless fragments, but also shook him backward and sent him flying towards the edge of the fighting arena.
Change, speed to power, total loss.
Long Botian didn’t pursue immediately, but just the terrible power in the original sin, had made Asius retreat straight to the edge of the fighting arena, before barely stopping, and at the same time he stopped, Long Botian had already disappeared from his field of vision.
When Long Zhaotian appeared from the new world of Asus’ senses, he was already behind him, and the original sin was also already on his neck, the heavy and cold blade of the original sin caused him some feelings he had never tasted before, the humiliation of defeat and the fear of death.
Even if there is no difference between life and death, even if no one judges, everyone knows: the winner is already divided.
The overwhelming result caused Acius to close his eyes, as if he was hoping against hope that Dragon Breaker’s Original Sin would continue to swing down and end his life, rather than being set upon his neck for that, making him bear the weight of the blade that transcended matter.
Losing to Ao Wanjun could still be said to be a difference in the length of time he had been practicing, and he could be expected to catch up in the future, but today his second defeat was to Long Botian, someone even younger than him, and this was what caused his confidence to completely crumble.
However, Long Boutian smiled wryly and said, “I surrender.”
Arceus was stunned and said, “What?”
Long Botian took back the original sin on his neck and turned back to Ao Wanjun and all the important ministers sitting on top of the grandstand and said: “Can’t you hear me clearly? I’ll say it again: I… Surrender. Surrender… I surrender!”
Unexpected declaration, so that the whole field into a stunned silence, for a moment no one dared to believe that Long Botian actually will surrender under this circumstance, so white blade added to the enemy’s neck before surrendering, and who wants to believe.
Stunned silence, uncomprehending commotion, then silence again, waiting for Ao Wan Jun’s decision.
In the midst of everyone’s anticipation, Ao Wanjun finally broke the silence and said his first order of the day: “Asus, since you are the winner of this competition, according to my promise, from now on you are the commander of the fourth army of our country.”
Asus, who had broken the mind field of the dragon, did not feel happy, but only thanked Ao Wanjun out of habit, but always stood in the center of the arena as if he were a corpse, making people feel that this once powerful Silver Son had already fallen.
At this time, Ao Wanjun didn’t have the time to care more about the actions of Asius, only to see him turn to the direction of Long Boutian and said: “Long Boutian, aren’t you willing to take up this position?”
This Li Mang is not because Long Botian refused to take this position, as he said last night, what he needs now is not a general, but the momentum, on this topic, Long Botian has actually given him the purpose, this Li Mang is because Long Botian’s action has really exceeded his expectations, making him unable to see through a person for the first time.
Long Bao Tian lightly said: “Not really, just that my own affairs have not yet been cleared up, really can not stay here it!”
Ao Wanjun’s appearance eased down, seems to have no longer minded the smile said: “I’m sorry, I actually forgot that you pass through my country’s original purpose, this is my carelessness, by the way, when will you start?”
Long Boutian replied: “I also don’t want to waste time, as late as tomorrow morning, as fast as tonight.”
Ao Wanjun nodded his head and said, “Good, it’s only two months to go to Death Island here and back, so I’ll give you three months, and the moment you come back will be the beginning of our army’s stepping on Ao Li’s territory, and you’ll be fighting side by side with me as the Commander-in-Chief of the three armies!”
The ministers present seemed to be unable to expect Ao Wanjun to announce this plan suddenly, and they were already talking about it, while the other generals were even more excited by Ao Wanjun’s bold words, making the atmosphere of the arena warm up.
Lyon and Aole’s confrontation has been maintained for several years, during this time, both sides can only gradually devour the surrounding small countries, which has long made countless ambitious generals impatient and dissatisfied, they have been waiting for the opportunity to start a war for too long, and now this declaration of Ao Wanjun is undoubtedly a gospel they have been waiting for a long time.
When the crowd returned to calmness in the enthusiasm of the war, they found that Long Botian had left at an unknown time, and in the center of the arena, there was only one person left who did not know whether he should be called the winner or the loser, Asius, standing silently in the field.
Outside the door of the fighting arena, Beatrice had a hard time catching up with Long Boutian, this was still because she was not subjected to the atmosphere of the arena’s sense of leakage, so that she could be the first to catch up with it, or else the dragon he had long gone out of sight.
Beatrice, however, had not yet regained her breath from the rush and gasped, “Dragon, let me give you a ride!”
Long Botian then slowed down his speed, so that Beatrice didn’t chase so hard, but he didn’t have the intention to speak or answer at all, he was just silently viewing this young new city that was created less than a few decades ago, but had already become the center of the world.
Just as Abaddon, the capital of Ole, was known as the Capital of the Law, this Tendu had another name, Battle Metropolis.
Although the basic structure of the city had already taken shape under the rule of the silver-haired king, Durufa. Although the basic structure of the city had already taken shape during the reign of the silver-haired King Durufa Gulanxu, most of the people living in the city nowadays are those who came to the city because of Ao Wanjun’s reputation as a king, so it was only during the past four to five years that the city began to really develop rapidly.
This background makes the city not only young and vigorous, but also filled with a warlike spirit among the people, which not only gives it the best living conditions in the Warring States period, but also manifests itself in most of the buildings in the city, making it a unique fighting city.
When Beatrice replied, she immediately asked Long Zhuting tentatively: “Is what you just said true? You’re leaving again so soon, not even waiting for Su Yidi and the others? You arrived less than two days ago!”
Long Botian replied as if nothing had happened, “Do you think I need to lie about this? This journey has already dragged on for too long, and I really don’t want to waste any more time, especially on such a trivial matter of grabbing power.”
In fact, there is another reason in Long Botian’s mind, that is, he really doesn’t know what reaction Ao Wanjun will have to his action today, whether it is sympathetic or jealous, because he has not yet been able to see clearly, what Ao Wanjun has is the Emperor’s temperament or the Emperor’s city.
But in any case, he didn’t want to continue discussing this issue, so he asked, “I haven’t asked you why you’ve come to this Heavenly Capital yet, aren’t you staying at Tianmen City?”
Beatrice gently laughed: “This is also thanks to you, if you did not beat Laht’s army to the point of collapse, I can not take advantage of the victory to follow up on the front line of the fortress of Ole also captured, due to the merits of the elevation of the fight to the general mile.”
Long Botian couldn’t help but ask: “What are you joining the army for?”
Beatrice’s complexion but suddenly dimmed, said: “Originally I just wanted to help Red Jiao he barred, but after he gave Dien Sze Sai assassination, my goal has become to swing Orei, of course, I also hope that the world can be united once again, war and chaos I’ve had enough!”
Hearing Beatrice say that, the dragon couldn’t help but become silent as well, for a good half a moment but then he suddenly stopped, teaching Beatrice to almost bump into him.
“Why did you stop…” Beatrice’s question stopped in mid-sentence because when she looked up, she realized that she had already come to the gate, and her mind, absorbed by her memories, hadn’t realized that she had been walking for so long.
Long Botian didn’t pay any attention to it, he just said: “What do you really want to say when you come up here? You don’t just want to ask me when I’m leaving, right?”
Although she was dumbfounded, but her face that a look of desire to speak, but make anyone know that she is hesitating to say the words of the heart, and finally just said: “Nothing, I hope that there will be a chance to see you again.”
Long Botian but just a slight smile, will open the door and enter, back Beatrice’s casual wave goodbye, seems to be completely did not put her this full of ominous flavor of goodbye on the heart.
Long Botian stepped into the hall, only to see Feng Tianmai and Lion Tangyan, the five of them were leisurely eating breakfast, seeing Long Botian come back also just casually greeted, as if he was just strolling back, because in their hearts, the victory or defeat of this battle has long been insufficient to matter.
Long Botian, however, did not think differently and sat down, saying: “I am now going out for a while, and will immediately set off when I come back, those who want to follow will pack up their things.”
Red Swallow said with dissatisfaction: “Are you leaving again so soon? I have not only not and former friends to recount the old, even this day in the end in the past few years has changed some what not properly see ah.”
Long Botian didn’t care but said: “You can stay if you want to, anyway, Jingliu will also stay here to accompany her two sisters, and Beatrice is also considered your sister-in-law, there is nothing wrong with staying here.”
Shizuru also chimed in, “Since we’re here, let’s stay for a few more days, at least until Sis and the others come back, and that Tiffany’s here to see you, right, so can’t she even stay for a few days?”
Long Bao Tian shook his head and said : “I’m not obligated to find it for anyone, right? And I really want to go quickly, you do not know that there have been people who have tried to just win a fight and give people as a god, and make it difficult to move?”
Chi Yan could only say, “Alright, alright, just go.”
Seeing Long Botian looking towards him, Lion Hall Yan grinned and said : “Compared to the prosperity of the city, I always still like to fight more miles, so don’t expect to be able to drop me, and I don’t have anything to pack ah.”
You Qian also said, “I don’t have an opinion, and in terms of my position, the sooner we set off, the better.”
Long Boutian said, “Alright, I’ll be back soon enough.”
Feng Tianmu said, “You want to go to find Acius, right? I’ll go too.”
(to be continued)