Chapter 482: Chapter Four Hundred Seventy-Eight: Evil Guest

“So, I pass if I get through, right?” Tang Luo asked Xiao Ziyu in a mild tone.

Xiao Ziyu nodded and stepped into the queue, making a gesture of invitation. Eight dragons of different flames rose from his back, blocking the top of the queue. The intense heat imprisoned even the Monument Dragon Diagram.

Tang Luo stared at the camp, stroking his chin in contemplation.

His hesitation was not because he was daunted by the test, but because he was pondering which method to use to pass.

Activating his full Undying Battle Body was the simplest method. The essence of the dragon shadow was spiritual power. As long as the power of the dragon shadow didn’t exceed ten thousand points, it couldn’t hurt his fifth-tier Undying Battle Body. However, this would expose his peak Mortal Realm strength, and being a fifteen-year-old with unity of spirit and intent was too astonishing. He did not want to reveal this potent power just yet, so he ruled out this straightforward method.

The other methods would use up spiritual power, which was why he was hesitating. It was harsh that even collecting rent required him to use up spiritual power. What an unfriendly world!

He glared at the hundred-meter dragon shadow path laid out before him. With a snort, he directed his spiritual power into the eight acupoints on his back and waist, and the eleven acupoints on his feet, with millions of pores within his body opening and closing.

Ghost Step —Flash!

His spiritual power directed in the same precised path which gave Tang Luo a near-instantaneous speed. The warriors of the Xiao Clan didn’t even have time to react before Tang Luo lifted the curtain of the tent. The three after-images left in the path were torn apart by the whipping dragon shadows, while he himself had long disappeared.

Through the small gap where the curtain fell, Xiao Ziyu saw that Tang Luo was already seated in the main hall, facing Xiao Jinlin, the strongest man in Xiling.

In just a split moment, Tang Luo had passed the Xiao Clan’s Hundred Dragons path. Xiao Ziyu clenched his fists, his eyes filled with humiliation.

The Xiao Clan’s Mortal Realm disciples could only glance at each other in dismay. The dragon shadows dissipated, and they stationed themselves outside the tent, each with a desolate expression.

Inside the tent, Xiao Jinlin, whose eyes were filled with intrigue, looked at Tang Luo, who was comfortably sitting without any injury, and said teasingly, “Are you not scared?”

This was Tang Luo’s first time seeing Xiao Jinlin. The number 99999 (11388) indicated the boundary of this strongest warrior in Xiling- the Peak of the Fierce Realm. His unreleased aura made people feel an eerie sense of crisis. The warrior in front of him looked like a well-fed fierce tiger, not a human.

So what? Tang Luo sneered, and casually picked up the prepared cup of tea on the table, pouring it down his throat. Should the landlord be afraid of a so-called ferocious and ruthless tenant? What a joke!

“It’s time to pay the rent, Clan Leader Xiao.” Tang Luo set down his teacup, and casually turned his gaze to the elder sitting in the seat of honor in the hall, saying faintly.

Just because someone is strong doesn’t mean anything. There are no less than twenty peak artists in the Fierce Realm in the back mountains of the Tang Clan. The realm is something that everyone can have with diligent cultivation.

There’s nothing remarkable about it.

Unless one was a Grandmaster, it was simply a joke to say that one can fight many opponents at the same level just because he’s at the peak of the Fierce Realm. Sure enough, they were powerful, but one has to be reasonable here.

Tang Luo’s indifference aroused Xiao Jinlin’s interest. Since he had reached the Fierce Realm, very few people dared to maintain their so-called humility and arrogance in front of him.

This was just like how humans naturally fear fierce beasts. There are very few natural born warriors. Even these people are not really fearless, but even if they are fearful, they can muster up courage. But this fifteen-year-old boy in front of him seemed to be completely fearless.

He was the second member of the Tang Family whom he encountered that dared to confront his aura directly. It was a sure sign that the Tang Clan was prospering.

With a sigh in his heart, Xiao Jinlin smiled and said, “What if I change my mind?”

Since Tang Luo had passed the Hundred Dragons path, he would not have difficulties with this, especially because the two families have already allied in secret. But he was curious as to what Tang Luo’s reliance really was.

“If we can’t solve it peacefully, then we would simply have to escort the unwelcome guest out.” Tang Luo shrugged and answered.

Xiao Jinlin laughed and asked again, “And how would you do that?” “What do you think about blowing up the mountain?” Tang Luo smacked his lips, complimenting, “This tea is really good.”

If you don’t pay the rent, I’ll blow up the mountain. What a crude proposal. Xiao Jinlin laughed at Tang Luo’s response and said, “It sounds like I must pay the rent. But how do I know you’re not deceiving the Xiao Clan and bluffing?

Red Cloud Mountain is naturally made of Red Cloud Crystal Mine. This means the spiritual art of bursting cliff walls that the warriors of peak Mortal Realm could use would only leave a mark if focused on Red Cloud Mountain. Would Red Cloud Mountain, which has been standing in the east of Xiling for thousands of years, be flattened? Xiao Jinlin expressed his doubt.

“Why not give it a try?” Tang Luo said indifferently, “Red Cloud Crystal has a top-tier defense against spiritual power but is no better than brass against other methods of attack. As one of the three original crystals of the world, it has no resistance to the Innate Qi of the Earth.

To prove that his words were not empty, Tang Luo produced a bunch of rich Innate Qi from his body, spurting from the labor palace acupoint in his palm like a fountain of Innate Spiritual Energy.

The Innate Qi made the natural spiritual energy in the tent thicker. The expressionless Tang Luo extended a finger and tapped on the table, then said, “What do you think would happen if I inject the earth’s primary Qi into the root of the mountain, Clan Leader Xiao?”

The smile on Xiao Jinlin’s face finally disappeared. Not because of Tang Luo showing off his Earth’s Primary Qi, but because he saw something that surprised him more, a characteristic he had possessed for seventy years and was extremely familiar with.

“Earth Spirit Body!” Xiao Jinlin, his face as cold as ice, watched Tang Luo manipulating the spiritual power effortlessly, and said in shock.

Being a bloodline of the Earth level II, the characteristic of the Earth Spirit Body is perfect control. This means not only control of spiritual power but absolute control of the Three Innate Treasures and the Three Acquired Treasures.

The so-called Divine Martial Artist is a person who perfectly utilizes their own body. The Earth Spirit Body can greatly shorten the time for a Martial artist to develop themselves. Therefore, even though it does not directly benefit the Martial artists, it is still listed as a top-tier Earth level II bloodline by the Xu Clan.

It’s not surprising for martial artists of the Mortal Realm to cultivate Innate Qi. But to be able to control the Innate Qi to spout from an acupoint, this is control that cannot be explained simply by talent.

In dealing with the world, one always encounters such challenges. You believe that you’re unique, but then you find someone just like you. The feeling is utterly terrible.

As Xiao Jinlin looked at Tang Luo, he seemed to see himself seventy years prior. In that instant, a hint of killing intent rose in his heart. No one knew better than him how a person with an Earth Spirit Body can grow after acquiring thousands of secret arts.

Tang Luo, being remarkably sensitive, felt the change in the atmosphere. So he stood up and looked at Xiao Jinlin coldly. His acupoints were filled with spiritual power, and the preparatory work for Ghost Step was instantly completed.

As long as Xiao Jinlin tried anything, he would use the Ghost Step’s blink function to escape. The only reason he dared to confront Xiling’s strongest warrior was that he possessed a translocation ability surpassing the Fierce Realm.

Such translocation ability that transcends realms also made it almost impossible for him to become trapped, even if he faced a peak Fierce Realm Warrior..