Chapter 48: Victory and Change

The footwork did not stop, but as a small part of my spiritual and soul power left the state of meditation, I could already feel a certain ‘activity’ on the arena, or rather, a certain abnormal heat, as if I were in the hottest city, in the hottest summer.

“Fire” – I suddenly thought of this word as I regained some of my mental faculties. It turns out that Zhang Han is most skilled in the art of fire, one of the five elements.

The key points of this technique have been lost for a long time, and even when I used the technique of the fire dragon, I had to use a trick. I never thought that Zhang Han was good at the ancient popular technique of fire, which is extremely rare nowadays.

Zhang Han extended a palm, and a smile suddenly appeared on his usually calm face. He said to me, who was stepping on the step-like energy, “I’m sorry I didn’t get to appreciate your abilities, and I’m going to end this battle. But you can appreciate the reappearance of ancient magic, which is a happy thing. At the same time, to show you how much I value you, I’ve liberated my power, so you should be even happier.”

As he spoke, Zhang Han began to perform a hand gesture that was familiar to nine out of ten Taoist priests: the fire-starting technique of the Five Elements!

With a ‘whoosh’ sound, a loud whistle sounded from under the ring. It was Zheng Mingyi cheering for Zhang Han. Then he made a pistol gesture and fired a shot at me, ‘popping’ loudly, signaling that I was finished.

Looking at the other young people, their faces were more or less ugly. I guess they saw the gap between themselves and Zheng Mingyi. As for Yan Chen, his face was gloomy and terrible…

But will I just sit here and wait to die? The previous diversion technique was not for show. While stepping on the step, I raised my hand and loosened the hand seal that my left hand had been holding…

With a loud bang, a thin ray of lightning shot straight at Zhang Han, who suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hand, and released a ghost head, which resisted the lightning. However, the ordinary ghost head obviously could not withstand the power of the lightning, and it disappeared.

This lightning had no killing power on Zhang Han, but in contrast, his magic had to be interrupted because of it. Zhang Han looked at me angrily, and the biggest exclamation of our battle since we started fighting erupted from the stands.

“Instantaneous magic? My God!”

“Is it true? Could it be that he just used the Thunder Decision…”

“Fuck, he must have used some secret method to make the lightning strike just now…”

All kinds of guesses were heard. Without anyone being prepared, the battle unexpectedly reached a climax!

In the blink of an eye, three bolts of lightning had already been released, and I had also successfully taken the third crucial step. The third power of the stars had arrived, and the White Tiger position had been restored!

With a “puff,” I spat out a mouthful of blood. It was already somewhat laborious to move the steps of heaven and earth, not to mention stepping while distracted, which had already slightly touched my limit.

This mouthful of blood obviously touched the nerves of the people in the stands, and all kinds of guesses began again. The gist was nothing more than whether I could persist to the end and whether I could take this real step of the universe.

The situation was a bit bad, and I wasn’t completely confident. Could I take this most difficult step, even if I was distracted? But I couldn’t back down. Behind me were our partners who needed to be protected by the Snow Mountain lineage!

Zhang Han’s magic was once again interrupted by my lightning magic. His face had already shown signs of anger, and it seemed as if he wanted to rush up and beat me up, but the power of lightning, although small, was not something that could be allowed to rush over, not to mention that if such a peak battle became a ‘hand-to-hand’ battle, it would probably become the biggest joke in the circle.

Therefore, Zhang Han had to endure it, and again and again, he re-pressed the fire-starting technique!

My pressure was also not small. There were only two streams of lightning in my hands, but I had only completed the fourth step of the step-gang. This was already the limit of my speed because I was distracted.

The duel in the arena had inadvertently reached a wonderful climax. Those present were all knowledgeable people, and naturally they could feel how the fire element was gathering anxiously on the arena, and they could also feel that my magic had reached a critical point in its completion.

Five steps before reaching the most critical fourth step, my lightning diversion finally ran out, and this time I had no way to interrupt Zhang Han’s fire-starting technique!

I could only speed up my pace, withdraw the small amount of spiritual power and soul power that had been distracted, and devote myself wholeheartedly to the Heavenly and Earthly Steps…

Before that, I saw Zhang Han’s lightning-fast movements of the fire-attracting technique, even faster than my lightning-fast movements of the thunder-attracting technique. I could estimate that he would complete the technique before I finished the Heaven and Earth Steps, and all I had left was to gamble… Because of the rules, I couldn’t even use Silly Tiger. This was a complete competition of abilities!

“Hahaha… Chen Chengyi, you really surprised me, but in the end I won.” Zhang Han’s voice reached my ears just before I reached the crucial step.

I was proud that I could make such a calm person so emotional. Unfortunately, I couldn’t respond to him because I was completely immersed in the world of the universe.

Suddenly, I felt a hot breath on the arena, followed by a loud roar from the audience!

“He did it! He conjured fire out of thin air!”

“Oh my god, the long lost fire from thin air! No matter what kind of fire he conjured, it was enough to be proud of for a hundred years.”

In my eyes, a wall of fire appeared on the stage, and then it burned more and more fiercely. Under Zhang Han’s hand gestures, it even spread out in all directions, forming a circle, and then surrounded me at an astonishing speed.

My heart was calm at this moment. I had already taken the final step, the most crucial step. I had to summon the power of the stars, and for the position of the Azure Dragon, the four-phase Yu-step would eventually take shape!

But I couldn’t take this step, and the stars in the world of my thoughts were crumbling… It was always a bit too much, and I almost bit my teeth out of blood.

Over there, the scorching heat was getting closer and closer, and Zhang Han’s voice rang out again: “Chen Chengyi, if you think I can only summon ordinary flames, then you are wrong. I only ask you to kneel down and admit defeat to me, personally admitting that I, Zhang Han, am the first person in the younger generation. I will give you a quick and easy opportunity to let ordinary flames devour you. Otherwise, I will summon another flame while the fire devours you. You know, there are many kinds of flames that can burn away a person’s soul.”

Zhang Han is not a fool. While forcing me, his hand movements did not stop. The circle of flames had already completely formed, and now it was devouring every inch of the arena at a very fast speed, pressing toward the point centered on me. It would only take a dozen seconds…

“Chengyi, come on!” Xiao Chengqian suddenly shouted in a loud voice.

“Chengyi, hurry up and finish him off. I’ve been waiting for a long time.” It was the voice of Chengxin.

“Brother, you have always been the most powerful, the most powerful…” Hui Gen’er’s voice.

Then, the voices of my friends came one after another. This was a transmission of will, the most heartwarming thing, and the heart is the greatest power. Can’t I, Chen Chengyi, do it?

I suddenly roared, and slammed my foot down. In that instant, I felt a shock in my soul and a rapid drain of my mental energy. Another mouthful of blood spurted out!

But at this moment, the originally shaky stars suddenly began to spin at a very fast speed, and with a loud bang…

The four elements are in place, the world is in motion, the four elements are in motion, it is complete!

At that moment, I opened my eyes. The last star power fell, and with a loud sound, the four powers reflected each other, and the four-phase prison reappeared under my feet.

The flames that Zhang Han had summoned were now less than a meter away from my feet. The heat was so intense that my clothes were beginning to burn, and my skin felt scorched…

But I succeeded. At that moment, the four-phase prison took shape, instantly locking Zhang Han. Zhang Han, who had been so arrogant and unyielding on the arena, suddenly couldn’t bear the tremendous pressure and suddenly fell to his knees. Then he fell to the ground in front of me, unable to move.

He was suppressed and could no longer continuously input soul power to control the fire, causing the fire to stop and slowly become weaker.

I waited quietly, squinting at Zhang Han. His eyes were filled with a kind of desperate anger, and under the suppression of the four-phase prison, he couldn’t even say a word.

At this time, the biggest cheer since the battle broke out in the stands. I don’t know who started shouting “Chen Chengyi” and “Chen Chengyi” in the stands. In the end, my name was even heard throughout the stadium.

I thought I wouldn’t be excited, but at this moment, I was actually very proud, not for myself, but for our old Li family. Even though there was a large amount of blood on my chest, and I looked very disheveled!

The flames were about to go out, and at this moment, a snorting sound came from the stands, inexplicably suppressing the cheers of the entire stadium…