The Way of The Dao

A powerful aura that seemed to imperceptibly cut into folds of space radiated from Li Fengyuan!

"This power is close to breaking through to the next level!" The city lord was once again surprised, sensing Li Fengyuan's aura.

Li Fengyuan actually has a cultivation at the peak of the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, but her power was astonishingly approaching the Golden Core Stage!

* Slash! *

Before anything else could be said, Li Fengyuan quickly moved, arriving in front of Feng Xuan and slashing intensely with her sword.

* Clang! *

The sound of swords clashing spread throughout the place!

Feng Xuan had pulled out his own sword and clashed against Li Fengyuan without retreating a step.

"You have surprised me. It's been a while since I've seen you but you've become so magnificent. "

Li Fengyuan attacked fiercely again but Feng Xuan defended without any trouble.

Feng Xuan looked with a faint smile at Li Fengyuan and said, "That my woman is as strong almost as me surprises me. But you shouldn't exert yourself, you should just stay at home and take care of my children in the future, haha!" His gaze flashed lasciviously. Women should just stay at home and take care of the offspring!

"Dream on!" Li Fengyuan gritted her teeth and charged faster at Feng Xuan. Her sword movements were getting heavier and faster, starting to hinder Feng Xuan a bit. Her movements curiously brought a touch of elegance and grace, captivating the men's eyes as they felt they saw a true heavenly maiden.

"It seems this girl has an unusual talent with the sword." The city lord noticed Li Fengyuan's skill with the sword, watching the progress she was making every second. It was as if the sword was just another natural member of her body!

"Young Miss really is that strong?" The young and old of the Li family murmured in astonishment and stupefaction as they watched Li Fengyuan's fight. Even the patriarch couldn't help but be shocked, watching this young woman display powerful strength even more than his own.

* Clank! *

Feng Xuan used a little more than half of his strength to repel Li Fengyuan's incoming attack, this time, realizing that something was wrong as they continued to fight.

"I admit that you have good sword skills, but remember that you will have to surrender to me in the end!" Feng Xuan grinned evilly. Although Li Fengyuan was surprising him, he had yet to use his full strength!

Li Fengyuan glared angrily at Feng Xuan before finally distancing himself and catching her breath.

"You finally figured it out?" Feng Xuan proceeded to sneer, "I don't want to harm your beautiful body which I could enjoy tonight, so you might as well give yourself to me right now. I will be gentle with your body."

Li Fengyuan did not reply and instead perfectly circulated her cultivation essence, holding her sword tightly while taking a deep breath. Feng Xuan's taunts and lewd remarks seemed to not enter her mind.

"Heaven Splitter." Li Fengyuan muttered and closed her eyes for a second, achieving a mysterious consonance with her sword and heart.

Feng Xuan looked with interest and obvious mockery at Li Fengyuan, amused to see her futile resistance.

Then, Li Fengyuan suddenly opened her eyes as she once again disappeared!

Feng Xuan was surprised when he couldn't sense Li Fengyuan's speed, only reacting when he saw an image appear beside him!

* Slash! *

Li Fengyuan swung her sword diagonally towards Feng Xuan before he managed to dodge, catching up to it in an instant. A strange energy shot out from her own sword that seemed to shake space, as if it distorted space itself creating shockwaves.

Feng Xuan did not hesitate and quickly circulated his power, insanely rushing his own cultivation essence to increase the protective force around his body.

* Boom! *

A collision force expanded, affecting even audiences!

"Argh! Damn bitch!"

A painful roar was heard soon after, sending slight shivers through the audience.

"Xuan'er!" Feng Rao stood up from his place as he looked towards the stage in shock. The elders beside him were also completely shocked.

Li Fengyuan was breathing heavily, her hands trembling with exhaustion as she tried not to let go of her sword. A large amount of sweat ran down from her forehead and slightly soaked her.

But when everyone looked at Feng Xuan, they took a cold breath!

Feng Xuan had a fierce wound on his left shoulder! Clearly the slash of a sharp sword several centimeters long!

"Young Miss Li is stronger than Young Master Feng?"

Someone in the audience muttered what anyone and everyone was thinking.

The difference between cultivation levels was obvious and could not be denied!

"Isn't this skill the Heaven and Earth Sword Technique?" One of the Li family elders muttered shortly after, acknowledging the skill Li Fengyuan had used.

"That technique really is powerful? Isn't it a martial technique for novices?" Patriarch Li asked with some confusion. That technique was a low level technique and was hardly not very powerful!

Therefore, once they heard the Li family elder reminisce about this technique, they were surprised that Li Fengyuan could demonstrate such a level of power through this technique!

Although this Heaven and Earth Sword technique is very common where cultivators in the Chi Gathering realm could perform it to get used to the sword, it was essentially not powerfully for higher realms because there were only three steps to follow!

The last step could be done at the top of Chi Gathering, but it would not be as effective against cultivators in the Foundation Establishment realm. And the technique Li Fengyuan had performed was the second step!

But now Li Fengyuan had broken this common sense and brought a surprise to his entire clan.

"You need me to train you!" Feng Xuan roared and took a medicinal pill as he tried to gather his energy into his wound. His expression finally no longer held traces of mockery, disdain and more, but was now in utter rage and fury.

He had been wounded by someone weaker and above all, by a woman, the woman who would be his!

This tournament was supposed to be easy and now he was in such a wounded state!

Feng Xuan could not allow that! His pride was being crushed by that foolish woman!

Then, Feng Xuan took another spiritual pill and his aura suddenly increased!

"You want to know what a real battle is? Do you want to know the taste of defeat? Do you want to experience what it's like to stand up to your man?" Feng Xuan roared like crazy as he concentrated all his cultivation essence again and compressed it into a small range. Li Fengyuan wanted to fight? Then he would desperately corner her and make her regret going against him!

Li Fengyuan adjusted her breathing again and prepared herself as well when she saw that Feng Xuan was planning to do the Invincible Step technique with which he defeated Long Zhu again. While she had consumed a large amount of energy to perform that technique, so she would only be able to perform it once more.

* Boom! *

Feng Xuan's fierce energy expanded like waves of the sea, gathering around Li Fengyuan as the latter felt the layers of shackles and pressure wrap around her.

"Don't think you're invincible just because you're a man and have a high cultivation!" Li Fengyuan couldn't help but think of Ling Tian, strangely thinking that he is stronger than Feng Xuan and her, especially when she saw him easily beat Simu Zhicai.

Li Fengyuan was aware of the difference in power and strength between her and Feng Xuan, so letting him fully deploy his technique would be a fatal mistake and her chances of winning would be slim. Moreover, Li Fengyuan was certain that Feng Xuan had not fully displayed the Invincible Step technique before against Long Zhu.

Gathering her energy into her sword as the pressure continued on a steady increase, Li Fengyuan closed her senses and focused on the consonance she had developed with her sword; her aura changed again, becoming slightly thinner but sharp, as if at any moment she could suddenly burst out and pierce through space.

"First Step!"

Feng Xuan shouted arrogantly as he took the first step towards Li Fengyuan, increasing the pressure on her!