When he realized that Li Ling's martial arts skills were actually no weaker than his own, the Carefree King marveled at Li Ling's talent, but at the same time, an uncontrollable jealousy rose in his heart.
Keep in mind that Li Ling is only in his early twenties, yet he has already reached the Innate Grandmaster realm. His future prospects are limitless. In fact, barring any unforeseen circumstances, his future achievements will far surpass those of the Carefree King.
It was precisely because of this that the Prince of Xiaoyao's killing intent towards Li Ling increased considerably. It could be said that his previous desire to kill Li Ling was mostly due to the Eighth Prince's request, and he still felt some regret.
But now, even for his own sake, he must kill Li Ling, because in his heart, the supreme ruler of the martial arts world can only be himself, the Carefree King!
Faced with the eight sharp swords thrusting straight at him, the Carefree King immediately shouted, "Good, good indeed, Yi Jifeng! Let me see what you're made of."
After drinking, the Carefree King stared intently at Li Ling, and the lightning energy in his hands surged even more violently. He had been holding back a little earlier, but now he was ready to go all out!
The explosive lightning and Li Ling's eight swords flying together were in fierce competition!
Despite the increasing pressure from the carefree king, Li Ling was full of confidence. He had originally thought that he was a newly initiated Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, while the carefree king was at a higher level, and that he was far behind the carefree king in martial arts competition.
However, Li Ling discovered during their clash of auras that, after unleashing the fusion of the Chaotic Intent with the Eight Swords Flying Together, combined with the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Intent, he was able to fight the Carefree King to a standstill.
This made Li Ling extremely eager to compete with the Carefree King in martial arts. (The rest of the text appears to be unrelated and likely refers to a series of characters or symbols.)
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Chapter 206: Still so wild at his age!
"Bang bang bang bang!"
As their true energy and spirit clashed, explosions rang out continuously around them, the explosive force of which pulverized the surrounding stalls.
Fortunately, the merchants had sensed something was wrong before the fight even started and left far away, thus avoiding being caught in the crossfire.
"Hmph!" The Carefree King snorted coldly, channeling his lightning true energy to gather a ball of electricity in front of him, which shimmered with purple light. The arcs of electricity flickered and sparkled, making it look beautiful and dazzling.
Li Ling knew that these spheres of lightning formed by the aggregation of innate qi represented unparalleled power; lightning was extremely destructive.
At that moment, Li Ling concentrated his mind and poured more true energy into the eight swords around him, causing the swords formed from the sword energy and true energy to emit a layer of warm light.
Chaos, yin and yang, the five elements, and the eight colors all became more intense.
"laugh!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The eight swords exuded a violent aura, and the heavy pressure forced the top experts carrying the sedan chair behind the carefree king to retreat. Even Zhang Qiqiao, a master of the innate realm, felt a heavy pressure and had to retreat more than ten feet before he felt more comfortable.
"drink!"
As if by prior agreement, the two shouted simultaneously, and the eight swords beside Li Ling thrust towards the Prince of Xiaoyao. In mid-air, these swords spun and circled, finally condensing into a giant sword as tall as three people. This was one of the moves of the eighth of the eight famous sword styles of Li Ling's Famous Sword Manor.
He concentrated his power into a single point, using it to break through the surface and directly entered the central palace, colliding with the purple lightning sphere formed by the innate qi of the Carefree King!
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
It was as if an explosion had occurred around the two of them, with violent energy spreading out and even causing many of the houses around them to collapse.
"Oh no, retreat!"
Zhang Qiqiao, standing behind the Carefree King, sensed something was wrong and shouted loudly, instinctively retreating quickly to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
Although the eight top-notch palanquin bearers heard Zhang Qiqiao's warning, their reaction was a step too slow. They weren't as lucky as Zhang Qiqiao. Even though they had moved some distance away, they were still thrown three or four zhang away as if they had been hit by a heavy tank, and were instantly seriously injured.
"Puff puff puff puff~"
Those who were thrown out coughed up blood, some of which was mixed with fragments of internal organs.
"Ahhh..."
The Carefree King roared to the sky, and his fierce lightning energy pressed down on Li Ling, even pushing the huge sword slightly backward.
"snort!"
Li Ling couldn't help but frown. Although breaking through to the Innate Grandmaster realm had elevated his skills to a higher level, he was still a step behind the Carefree King, who had been a Grandmaster for over ten years.
It was only thanks to the fact that Li Ling practiced the Eight Famous Sword Techniques, which combined eight different states of mind, that the moves he unleashed with his own sword intent were so powerful that he managed to fight his opponent to a standstill. However, if this continued, Li Ling would be the one to suffer.
Just then, two figures suddenly appeared on the roof of a house on the side street. They were Benlei and Shandian, two of the three disciples of Xiaoyao Wang.
They watched Li Ling and Xiaoyao Wang compete, their eyes filled with a hint of shock. They simply couldn't imagine that there were such powerful people in the world today.
Even though both of them have deeply inherited the true teachings of the Carefree King and are experts who are close to the realm of innate grandmasters, they probably still wouldn't last more than a few moves against these two.
At this moment, Li Ling and Xiaoyao Wang were focused entirely on each other, their energy and spirit highly concentrated, colliding and clashing with each other, completely oblivious to the surrounding commotion.
As they faced off, Zhang Qiqiao, who was observing the two men, suddenly ordered Benlei and Shandian, "Benlei, Shandian, hurry up and attack Yi Jifeng!"
"this……"
Both Benlei and Shandian hesitated. Although they were both disciples of Xiaoyao Wang, they were both selfish and could see that Xiaoyao Wang and Li Ling were competing. If one of them was distracted even slightly, he would probably be doomed.
They all knew that the martial arts of the Carefree King were far beyond their reach, and how could they possibly withstand the counterattack of such a master as the Carefree King? At this moment, the two of them had already pushed their power to the limit, and the force of the backlash from their true energy alone might very well take their lives!
"Thunderbolt and Lightning, how dare you two not save your master!" Zhang Qiqiao said sinisterly as he watched the two of them remain unwilling to make a move for quite some time.
"this……"
Urged on by Zhang Qiqiao, the two exchanged a glance and gritted their teeth helplessly. If they didn't act now, they would offend the Prince of Xiaoyao, and then they would surely die.