Chapter 509: Chapter 398 The So-Called One-on-One Challenge
"It’s not unfair; it’s the way of the Sea Clan."
"Alright then, Sea Emperor, could you help me think of a solution?" Long Yi sidled up to Boris with a bashful expression on his face.
"What, as a giant, don’t you even have that much confidence?" Boris laughed instead.
"I have confidence as a giant, it’s just I’m afraid I might cause trouble with too much confidence. Your Highness, please guide me on the right path," Long Yi chuckled.
"The right path..." The Sea Emperor began to ruminate.
"Brother Long, I’m sorry..." At this point Mina realized the situation looked serious and red-faced, she apologized to Long Yi.
"It’s fine..." Long Yi said.
"You don’t need to apologize to him. I bet this kid is probably secretly giddy right now!" Boris remarked.
Long Yi chuckled. He might have hesitated if the competition was academic, but if it was about fighting, then bring it on! Who’s afraid of whom?
Boris also didn’t have any good solutions for this issue. There was only one rule in the undersea world - don’t back off, just do it! But they could make a big deal out of this.
"Let’s go watch the battle!"
Boris finally said.
The two Emperors of the Sea Clan came together, their faces both wearing smiles, though it was hard to tell if they were genuine. Clamdi’s gaze rested more heavily on Long Yi. He felt an inexplicable aura emanating from Long Yi, but couldn’t articulate what it was.
"My child, why would you fuss over a human? He might be a giant, but how could he win underwater?" Clamdi said to Bangi next to him, his voice spreading through the water without any intention to hide it.
"Hmph! If we don’t show him the might of the Sea Clan, he won’t give up on Princess Mina!" Bangi spat.
"Emperor Boris, as you can see, I have my hands full with this child. If something untoward happens to Sir Long Yi, I hope you will be understanding, haha," Clamdi said with a laugh.
"Rest assured, Emperor Clamdi. Long Yi is very strong. Besides, if you have something to say, you can say it directly to him," Boris said with a smile.
"No matter how strong he is, he’s just a human after all." Bangi glared at Long Yi, his eyes filled with hostility.
Long Yi, on the other hand, was wearing a benevolent smile as he looked at the plump little boy before him.
Yes, benevolent. Because this little fatty named Bangi had a round, pure complexion and his belly would jiggle with the surrounding water movements. It was quite entertaining.
Seeing Long Yi staring at his stomach, Bangi’s eyes became more hostile.
But the more hostile he became, the more benevolent Long Yi’s smile became. The reason was simple - Bangi was so small.
At just thirteen years old, Bangi was remarkably young, regardless of the Sea Clan’s early maturity. He retained his youthful innocence, but he insisted on learning to be fierce. The result was quite amusing to Long Yi.
"Sir Long Yi, why don’t you back down a little? After all, this is not the land. You’re at a disadvantage here, and it’s not good if you get hurt," Clamdi said, feigning concern.
"You’re too kind, Emperor Clamdi. Actually, I’m also not too keen on hurting your son. Just look at him, so chubby and fair, everyone loves him. If he gets hurt, I really can’t bear it."
Long Yi meant it from the bottom of his heart. He truly didn’t want to hurt this chubby little boy, because he was too cute.
"So, there’s no room for negotiation then?" Clamdi asked.
"We can negotiate. Didn’t I ask him to admit defeat?" Long Yi asked unexpectedly.
"Alright, I understand. Bangi, go ahead." Clamdi squinted his eyes and fell silent, but his expression clearly showed his displeasure.
Bangi slowly swam over to Long Yi.
"Sir Long Yi, since I challenged you, you can decide how the first round will be conducted." Bangi said.
"You can decide, Prince. I’ve never had a duel underwater before and I don’t know the rules," Long Yi replied.
"Okay, for the first round, let’s have a duel!" Bangi exclaimed.
"Alright!" Long Yi nodded, "Shall we start now?"
"We start now!"
Bam!
A fist suddenly stopped before Bangi’s face, with the whirlpool created by the seawater pushing Bangi away. The sudden impact made Bangi’s vision go black. By the time he regained consciousness, he had flown quite a distance.
"Does this mean I’ve won?"
Long Yi asked Emperor Clamdi with a grin.
"No way, it doesn’t count!" Bangi swam back quickly, a trickle of blood seeping from his nose. The giant sharks behind him were stirred up, but they were quickly pacified by their riders.
"Doesn’t count?" Long Yi looked at Clamdi, puzzled.
"Of course not," Clamdi laughed. "You didn’t knock him down, and he didn’t admit defeat, how could that count?"
"My god, if my punch had landed on his face, his smooth baby face would be goner!" Long Yi simply couldn’t understand how Clamdi could say this with a straight face. His thinking was indeed nonsensical, couldn’t he see that he was blatantly easing off?
"But, your fist didn’t touch his face after all, my boy dodged your attack." Clamdi said with pride.
Long Yi fell silent, pondering. He initially thought they were all just playing around, giving each other some face, and that would be the end of it. But to think, that jerk has already abandoned decency! Long Yi glanced at Boris, who nodded slightly.
Long Yi chuckled with a grim face: "Don’t want face, huh... Fine, I get it, let’s continue."
Little fatty Bangi suddenly yelled out, "My guards! Come forth!"
Instantly, Sea Clan warriors, who had been watching the fight from the rear, swam forward in unison!
"Damn it, is this a duel?" Long Yi didn’t want to talk anymore, but he just couldn’t help it. What kind of a duel rule was this?
"You use your strength, and my guards, they are my strength. You can call for help too, we won’t be afraid even if you have more people." Bangi said snidely from a safe distance.
Long Yi was at a loss for words, in the end, this underwater world was enough of a mess, and the players here didn’t even bother to hide their attitude.
Looking at Boris and Mina, their faces were only filled with concern, but they didn’t have much objection to this act itself. It seemed such actions were quite regular under the sea.
If that’s the case, let’s play along then!
"Before we go any further, who takes the responsibility if someone dies here?" Long Yi asked in a low voice.
"If you die, it’s because you’re an idiot! Don’t blame anyone else!" Bangi yelled back.
Long Yi slowly sank to the seabed. When his feet touched the rocky bed, his heart was more settled.
"Now that removes my worries, come on, you cowards!"
Long Yi let out a roar, and his Fighting Aura erupted, stirring the sea water into a muddle while the Water Spirits’ blessing immediately activated, shielding him from the incoming elemental attacks. Lingling flew out of his private space and transformed into a crystal greatsword!
With the rocky footing offering support, Long Yi’s movements became way more agile. His surroundings muddle, Long Yi didn’t bother aiming, and an array of Fighting Aura techniques were fired into every direction. Then he switched to magic, and in the midst of sea water, only water elemental and ice spells could be recited, waves of ice arrows, ice shields, frost explosions shot out!
The Sea Clan warriors didn’t expect Long Yi to be so fierce. The warriors in the front row all collapsed, bunch after bunch!
This was shallow water, most Sea Clan warriors found their enemies through sight and smell. But now, their sight was definitely hindered, and their sense of smell became less sharp due to the dense smell of blood around them.
At this rate, they wouldn’t be able to lay a finger on Long Yi.
"You idiots! Get in there too!" Bangi yelled at his guards.
Long Yi, who was at the seafloor, frowned slightly, then silently sighed. He had thought that Bangi was a likeable fatty, but it turned out he was as thick as they come. Long Yi didn’t understand the ecology of the Sea Clan, but that didn’t stop his words from sounding harsh to his ears!
The Sea Clan warriors began to descent, Long Yi was able to construct a fairly clear picture of his surroundings through Mana vision. With the uneven rocky bed providing a solid foothold for dashing movements. For a while, the muddled sea water was filled with the screams of these approaching warriors!
Bangi was worried. Long Yi’s fierceness was beyond his expectations. And Long Yi’s craftiness was completely out of his predictions. He couldn’t accept that his whole large-scale attack was easily neutralized by Long Yi’s disturbed sea water strategy.
Bangi reluctantly looked at his father Clamdi. Clamdi made a subtle signal to Bangi. Immediately, Bangi’s eyes sparkled with joy!
"Everyone retreat! Tiger Whale Warrior! Get Long Yi for me!"
Behind Clamdi was a gigantic Tiger Whale Warrior with a single eye. At Bangi’s command, he was taken aback at first. Since Tiger Whale Warrior was personal bodyguard of the Emperor and was not part of the Crown Prince’s guard. But when he looked at the Emperor, the Emperor nodded slightly. Immediately, the itching-for-action Tiger Whale Warrior lifted his huge Wolf’s Tooth club and swam out!
The Bangi’s guard who had just received the command scattered away. Long Yi naturally heard Bangi’s voice. While verbally scolding Bangi and his father in his mind for their shamelessness, a sudden rush of motion in the water swept away the milkiness in the water around him!
Not far away, the massive figure of the Tiger Whale Warrior was swinging his Wolf’s Tooth Club, spreading water elemental forces and cleansing the muddled sea water around him.
Damn it, the thing I fear the most under the sea is a Tiger Whale Warrior!
Instinctively, Long Yi glanced at Boris’s side, but didn’t see Ruoshan.
Can you be stronger than Ruoshan despite the same body size?
The Tiger Whale Warrior charged towards Long Yi, Long Yi directly charged at him in return!
Clang!
The Crystal Greatsword clashed with Wolf’s Tooth Club, Long Yi was knocked sideways, while a notch formed in the Wolf’s Tooth Club.
"Hahaha, it has been too long since I tasted human flesh. Even though you are not enough to get stuck in my teeth, I’ll consider you today’s snack!" The Tiger Whale Warrior roared out loud, turned around and charged at Long Yi again. Long Yi slowly sank to the seabed and started to charge again! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to vote and support the author. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
