《The Strength of Duality (Newly Edited)》Late Dantian Building Clan Leader
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Seeing Yun Tian holding the bags in his hand with bad expression even Chen Long got ready to defend himself.
Everyone became exasperated when they heard what Yun Tian said next though.
"Only two?"
At that everyone around choked up since spatial bags were rare and expensive. Everyone had gotten worried thinking something bad had happened, but it turned out Yun Tian was just upset at not getting enough spatial bags.
Inwardly Yun Tian thought 'I can't believe I didn't think about selling my spatial bags sooner. The one I got from that lady trying to invite me somewhere is already large enough for whatever I put in it. I can trade my extra spatial bags for qi gathering pills and now you are telling me you only have two.'
Chen Long got mad too and said "What use do I have for more? My clan members need them too."
Yun Tian merely responded "Throw me your robe for a moment and make sure your pants and shirt are tight."
Hearing this everyone gave Yun Tian strange looks. Yun Tian was smart enough to search him and while he couldn't go in depth right now, he could at least do this.
Chen Long frowned, but still followed his demands since he knew what he wanted.
He took off his robe and threw it at Yun Tian who caught it. After looking through it, he looked at Chen Long and being pretty sure he wasn't hiding anything in his black pants or shirt, he threw back the robe.
Chen Long put it back on and then said "Is that good enough?"
Yun Tian laughed and said "Good enough alright."
With that Yun Tian lowered his sword and backed away saying "Free to go."
The Elder immediately ran towards Chen Long who at this point was giving him a death stare.
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The Elder cursed his life in his mind at this moment.
'I only tried to help, but I instead made our enemy stronger. In addition, I was an idiot and got used as a hostage. I even made the clan leader agree to these ridiculous terms. Even if he wins their fight, my life is not going to be smooth anymore.'
He kept his head down and stood in the group while glaring at Yun Tian.
'Everything is that kid's fault.'
Yun Tian didn't care about him anymore though. His focus was now completely on Chen Long who had started to stare at him now as well.
Chen Long took some steps forward and his bearing gradually changed completely during those steps. His slightly hunched back straightened out and he started to emit a strong pressure that made people gasp.
Previously he appeared as a weak old man that wouldn't hurt even a fly. Now though, they remembered who he truly was.
Everyone around sucked in a cold breath and many couldn't help but say "That's right, he is a late dantian building expert and a clan leader after all. All he has to do is beat that kid and he will get everything they lost back."
Everyone else realized this as well and thought 'The battles before this didn't matter at all if that kid loses right now.'
While other people thought his situation was grim, Yun Tian was getting slightly excited instead. He couldn't wait to test his new strength. He tested his strength a bit before, but then he was only blocking and he had also grown stronger once more since then.
Looking at Chen Long who seemed to be trying to intimidate him, Yun Tian regained his nonchalant calm face and asked "Are you ready?"
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He was still holding his sword and he was facing off against Chen Long all by himself. Almost no one around thought he could win.
The only people who thought he could win were Shen Yu and the Feng Clan Leader.
Feng Bao had experienced Yun Tian's strength himself, so he thought he could win.
Shen Yu had watched him grow stronger, but even then she couldn't help but worry watching him face off against a late dantian building expert. She once again hated herself for only being able to watch. All she could do was believe in him and hope he would win.
Yun Tian himself barely paid any attention to anything besides Chen Long at this point. He had his full guard up. He was ready to deploy the qi from his dantian to use his skills and strengthen his body with the demonic qi at any moment.
At this moment Chen Long drew his sword and Yun Tian realised why he wanted to keep his sword. He felt the sharpness the sword radiated and the aura gave off and he instantly realised 'That is a mid spirit grade sword.'
He couldn't tell before, but now that it was out within his grasp he instantly noticed it. His expression became more serious at that.
'Chen Long probably has mid spirit grade skills too, just like Feng Bao. Along with that sword, I should still be careful. I should leverage my speed and avoid being hit.'
'Based on the fact that he couldn't react in time previously when I held his Elder hostage, I should at least be faster. I can still go even faster than that too.'
At this point Chen Long said "Before that, everyone back off a bit. I wouldn't want anyone getting hurt."
There was already a large space formed in the middle of the large crowd since Yun Tian was fighting dantian building experts before. His words still made sense though as their battle could be much more destructive, with their strengths.
Everyone in the crowds obliged and even the Chen clan Elders behind him moved further back. They trusted their clan leader.
Shen Yu still stayed not too far from Yun Tian, but since the Elders of the Chen clan were still in his view and he would be keeping Chen Long busy, he put his behind his back and first gave a thumbs up, before waving her away with his hand.
Seeing as Yun Tian was saying to move backwards, Shen Yu moved backwards too.
Now it was just Yun Tian and Chen Long standing alone in a huge open space. The circle in the middle of the crowd was now at least eighty meters from one side to the other.
In the middle was just two figures. Right now to everyone in the crowd the outcome seemed obvious as they looked at the young man holding a sword facing off against an old man who gave off a much more overbearing pressure and had a better sword.
Not only was Yun Tian's cultivation weaker, but he was using a weaker sword and he hadn't displayed any great skills either.
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