Duel [3]

Old Patriarch Lin Ren struck little Donghai Lin with his Tai-Chi palm technique.

Despite the seemingly simple-looking nature of Grandpa's palm strikes, Donghai Lin sensed the dastardly quality hidden behind them as time passed, he gained momentum of the fight, and his striking rate also increased gradually, giving a great deal of pressure on Donghai Lin.

In addition, within that palm strike, he couldn't figure out feints hiding in the shadow of the true strikes.

This time, it pushed little Donghai Lin backward step by step. And meanwhile, he contemplated in his mind, 'Grandpa's momentum is increasing gradually while controlling the rhythm of this fight. Hmm, if this continues then he will surely overpower me. I should disrupt his momentum first.'

A sudden realization struck his head, and he suddenly changed his style from the feminine waist-swaying postures to another as he lifted his right and began to trot while swaying his body side by side from the drunken haze.

'A chance!' Old Patriarch Lin Ren screamed in his head and then he approached more toward the little fella, continued raining down powerful palm strikes, and hooked at him with his right leg.

'Hee-hee, caught you old fool!' Donghai Lin wondered in his head, and then he mystically dodged all of his palm strikes imbued with the hue of goldenly metal elemental Qi by shifting his upper toward his left while balancing the only powerful left leg standing on the ground. He jumped up doing all this time using the Cripple Immortal's martial style, and then he stomped over the feet of Patriarch Lin Ren, who was hooking at his only leg on the ground.

"00h-ooh-ooh ouch!" Patriarch Lin Ren moaned and briskly retrieved his leg. Little Donghai hopped slightly in the air, spun, and landed a flying kick with his left foot that was aimed at his chest.

Bang!

The old Patriarch Lin was sent hovering in the air but did an acrobat in the air, spinning his body, balancing, and landing on the ground steadily.

Just after he landed on the ground, little Donghai gave another flying kick, aiming for his chest once again.

'Not good! Now I'll use the 100% strength of my level 9 of Qi Condensation Realm*.' Patriarch Lin thought, and the concentration of golden hue Qi around his palms increased immediately.

Afterward, he crossed his hands and blocked Donghai Lin's powerful left leg strike.

Little Donghai Lin quickly took multiple steps back and frowned slightly.

Making another warcry, the old Patriarch Lin Ren dashed toward him and continued, attacking him using his previous Tai-Chi palm style.

Then the two engaged in another fierce battle as they fought toe to toe for the next three minutes.

On thinking that Patriarch Lin couldn't do anything to the little fella and instead get beaten twice; one on his behind and another sending him flying in the air, he became anxious and said, "Donghai, since you ask for it, then I'll return you everything with full interest. Level 1 of Foundation Establishment Realm*, released!"

Without feeling any sense of martial style, Old Patriarch ran forward, appeared in front of the little guy, and threw a simple punch straight to his chest without holding back.

Little Donghai Lin had chosen to block it with his strong palms this time, but the power within that punch was way stronger than he expected, and his body was propelled back, hovering in the air.

He flipped his body multiple times and landed while bending his upper body slightly. And he analyzed in his head, 'Hmm, that fist attack contains over 500 pounds of force*. Then I have to rely on my Invincible Celestial Wolf Divine Body Cultivation Technique.'

The next moment, he chanted a mnemonic spell and uttered the 1st Divine Word under his breath, "Tanu!"

Meanwhile, old patriarch Lin appeared beside him and gave another heavy punch.

Donghai Lin stopped relying on his drunken style technique and instead punched at the incoming fist, and bumped. And as a result, both were forced to step multiple steps back.

Then they bolted toward each other and began to brawl with just fists and kicks, like fighting a simple street fight.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

"Hahahaha…. Good, you still have this level of strength. Then, let's see how far you can go for this duel." Patriarch Lin said, praising him while he burst into a peal of hearty laughter. Then he yelped, "Level 9 of Foundation Establishment Ream, released!"

After that, the two continued their fight, and little Donghai realized that every punch his grandpa made contained over 4,500 pounds, and his speed had increased by over three times.

Using the wrist deflecting technique and also his unpredictable drunken movement styles, Donghai Lin barely managed to control their fight for a couple of minutes. But, he knew if this went on it would lead to his defeat.

Therefore, he whispered, uttering the 2nd Divine word: "Tanu-Avastha!"

Then in the next instant, he gained twenty-fold his early strength and caught the fist of his grandpa with his bare hand and said with a grin, "Sorry, Gramp! That will be my third point." Then he raised his left leg and kicked over his belly while releasing his hand at the same time.

The kick was so powerful that it sent Patriarch Lin flying nearly 20 feet above the ground with his body bending and fell on the dusty ground in a long parabolic curved landing unsteadily over the edge of the Brobdingnagian arena field.

Shining his wrinkled robe, Donghai Lin strode toward the wine gourd with a stiff stride and then he said while faking a stoic expression: "Dang! So, this is the end then…. I've just gotten into the vibe of the fight. Hmm, what a drag?!"

"Where are you going, lad? Not so fast. I've not done yet." A thundering voice chimed in the hall as Patriarch Lin appeared, standing at the center of the arena. Now, his former noble-looking appearance was no more as his upper bonny bare-chested as his upper shirt was torn to bits from Donghai Lin's early kick.

"Oh, come on, Grandpa. Let's end this here. And I beg my pardon to be blunt here. But could you please acknowledge that I've beaten you three times in a row… fair and square?" Donghai Lin said, crouching down to pick the Wine Gourd.

In the next instant, he felt a sudden sense of danger, so he grabbed the wine bottle and jumped briskly, making a long dive, rolling, and stopping about a hundred meters away from that spot.

Boom!

A loud booming voice reverberated in the Brobdingnagian arena hall.

Donghai Lin glanced in that direction and saw a gigantic pit at the spot he was earlier. And he also witnessed that created multiple fissures from the early attack on the ground.

"Lad, when I say it's over, it will be over. I have released all my current cultivation, level 9 of the Golden Core realm." Patriarch Lin's thundering voice bellowed at him.

"Grandpa, you almost killed me there. Don't you care for little Dong Er anymore?" Little Donghai Lin said in a sympathetic tone.

But Patriarch Lin, who had already known a brief of Donghai Lin's strength, didn't buy his honey-coated words.

"Lad, stop ranting. Don't you say earlier that you wish to fight me without restraining any of my power? Well then, here I'm. Furthermore, I still care deeply about you, and this is the only way I express my kindness to you." As he spoke, he made a punching motion in the air, causing golden mist Qi to be sent from his fist, moving at an astonishing speed toward Donghai Lin.

Donghai Lin hopped with his strong left leg and dodged it in time.

Boom!

It created another pit similar to before from the explosion of the energy blast just a few steps behind the spot he was standing earlier.... (please, stay tuned!)

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* There are two streams for cultivators in this arc; (1) Body cultivation and (2) Qi Cultivation.

* For both the two streams, before they practice they would first start the Mortal Body Cultivation (Muscle Refining, Blood Vessel Refining, Blood refining, Bone refining, and organ refining)

* Qi Cultivation: Qi Gathering Realm < Foundation Establishment Realm < Golden Core Realm < Nascent Soul Realm < ...…..