The Legend of Min Hong

Min Hong was also surprised by his question, but after a while, he answered with a beaming smile, the first Min Hong had revealed since he stepped out of his house today;

"Ten Minutes!"

Tong Tian was stunned, but recovered quickly as he sat down opposite Min Hong, as he began to readjust his physical and mental state to top condition…

Ten minutes went by in a flash, and Min Hong and Tong Tian opened their eyes and stood up simultaneously before Min Hong gave a gratified nod and asked;

"Thank you so much for your consideration, and as a show of gratitude, I will allow you to pick and explain the format of our duel…"

Min Hong had realized that this guy is a challenger and would be one of those guy who could mount a healthy challenge for himself and his group…

"I don't know if you cultivate in both paths, but I only chose one path because I believe the only true and real path to immortality is depending on oneself and not the mercies of both nature and the heavens, so I chose the body cultivation path…"

"We will do battle with only our body cultivation as well as every other properties, techniques or divine abilities attached to it…"

"Weapons are allowed also, if you are good with it…" Tong Tian explained;

"I am good with that…."

"But, how many Daos have you comprehended… you don't have to tell me their levels or types, just the number…"

"Three!"

"Alright then, three it is…"

Min Hong smiled whilst Tong Tian nodded as both of them put significant distance between them whilst the entire spectators, both in person and via secret treasures were stunned by how these two guys seemed to treat the 'War God Trials' like it was just a normal spar to see who is stronger…

"I have heard much about you, and I hope you prove to me that everything they have said doesn't do justice to your true capabilities…"

Tong Tian spoke as he began to strip off his outer garment to reveal his battle outfit…

"I will do my best not to disappoint you, but I hope we can become friends after this…" Min Hong smartly extended a friendly invitation;

"Tell you what, since my cultivation is about three stars higher, if you defeat me, I might think about joining your group…"

"That is more than I already expected, thanks…"

Then Tong Tian released his cultivation base as a huge shadow of a monkey king with a staff in hand appeared behind him, then his Spirit Ring came out…

It was a Purple Spirit Ring with six runes etched on it which denotes that it was gotten from a 6,000 year old beast…

Then the image of an ape appeared beside the monkey king and instantly, Elder Long who was watching from the apartment gasped in shock;

"That is the Barbarian Ape…"

"It is rumored that it had devastating power output and almost unlimited stamina, and is also reckless beast which ignores its defense just to make sure it destroys its enemies…"

If Elder Long knew about it, it was only normal that all the experts within the arena also knew about it, and from the aura it released, they could sense what stage the beast was because its aura suppressed every nascent soul cultivator within the arena, but it wasn't strong enough to affect the Saint stage experts...

This alone told them that the beast core Tong Tian absorbed his spirit ring from was a Peak Nascent Soul Barbarian Ape; a Magic Beast that was about 6000 years old…

"Truly worthy of being one of the top five Super Clans…"

"They could even afford to spend such wealth on a younger generation member…" Lu Tao of the Ghost King Sect said in a grating voice…

"That is not wealth… Though it might be expensive, but I have seen and bought better beast cores…" The Merchant Alliance Head chipped in with a proud sneer…

No one in the entire empire was stupid enough to compete with the Merchant Alliance in terms of wealth except the Imperial Clan itself…

Bang!

Tong Tian's weapon slammed into the ground, and when the dust cleared, everyone could see a silver staff in his hand;

"That is the weapon Tong Tian won when he became the champion of our Tong Super Clan younger generation tournament three years ago… It is a Mid-Grade Silver Tier weapon… The Staff of Justice…"

One of the disciples in the crowd who was from the Tong Clan said proudly…

Min Hong gazed at Tong Tian and he couldn't help but feel impressed and surge with true battle intent…

A battle intent that surged from the depths of his bloodline…

It was as if his bloodline was eager to reach the awakening stage and make its own shadow appearance…

'He is teeming with sheer, intense and unadulterated raw power… My bones would probably need serious massages after this battle…'

Min Hong thought to himself as 10,000 dragon roars reverberated from within his body, so loud and proud that a soundwave rippled out of Min Hong's body;

"What a unique cultivation technique…"

"I can't seem to place my hand on its properties or tier at all, but it should be a very strong one…" Fifth mumbled to the Sect Leader who nodded in confirmation…

Min Hong who had used the Chaos aura to mask his technique continued by bringing out his Spirit Ring; It was a Yellow Spirit Ring with only a barely visible rune which denoted that it was gotten from a Spirit Beast less than 1000 years old, but by the time the aura weighed down on the environment, every single spectator felt stifled as their cultivation almost shrunk into their Dan;

"Well, that's strange…" Fifth said with a frown;

"Perhaps, it is a unique beast ability because I doubt anyone can change the color of a spirit ring since it doesn't belong to the expert but the beast…" The Sect Leader speculated…

"But that doesn't-"

"I know… but what can we do?"

"We simply know nothing about the possibilities..." The Sect Leader interrupted Fifth's curiosity…

Then everyone saw the image of what seemed to be a dragon, with wings that looked like the combination of feathers, fins and scales…

The dragon had the tail of a serpent and six eyes with different colors, each one seemingly taking the shade of Min Hong's Daos, and finally a two rainbow colored horns…

This beast was huge, thick and gave a vibe of untamed and obliterating power as well as a feel of something primordial… It was as if it had been born way before everything was created…

Min Hong then brought out a golden staff which was obviously Little Wu's weapon; Little Bing…

Min Hong felt a little bit of a cheat using a weapon with such grade against someone he had intended to battle fairly, and as a result, he decided not to use any Dao aura and limit himself to only using divine abilities…

When they were all set, Tong Tian erupted from his spot as a spider web of cracks appeared everywhere;

Boom!

He left debris in his wake as he pounced towards Min Hong with the ape following his motion with its massive fist bearing down on Min Hong, but instead it was Tong Tian's staff that bore down with so much power his staff was actually sending out ripples…

2,500 dragon tattoos each went into Min Hong's four limbs, as he also erupted to welcome Tong Tian mid-air leaving his own spider cracks and debris fumbling everywhere…

Clang!

Shank!

The two staffs collided into one another and the soundwave that blasted from their center rippled out and smashed into the cage chains making them teeter on the verge of shattering as several spectators began to see their ears bleed…

Instantly, the sect leader reinforced the barrier of the stage with his well-prepared spatial barrier…

Min Hong and Tong Tian were both sent flying in opposite direction as Tong Tian flipped mid-air and landed on both feet, but instantly using that landing to propel himself towards Min Hong for another bout, fully displaying the agility and eccentricity of a monkey...

Min Hong on the other hand was smashed into the cage chains as he also flipped halfway and bounced on the cage chains using the chain's elasticity to propel himself towards Tong Tian as they collided mid-air once again;

Boom!

They were both sent flying once again, before repeating the same flip and bolting towards one another again, and as a result, everyone immediately sat up on their seats and glued their eyes to the stage with eager, excited and anticipating smiles on their faces…

Apparently, with the way things are going, this duel or spar between Min Hong and Tong Tian would surely be a spontaneous, and continuous one, filled with amazing techniques, tactics and reflexes, and the spectators didn't want to bat their eyelids, lest they miss a magnificent move…