Chapter 371: Chapter 79: The Fight of Disparity_4
Ah Dai worked his True Qi through the hundred paths of his body, gradually sinking it into the Silver Body within his Dantian, while the white light around him disappeared. His eyes opened slowly, only to find a surprising scene before him. Yan Shi and the others seemed to have been immobilized. As Yan Shi saw him open his eyes, he kept warning him with his gaze. Behind them stood four Golden Armored Men whose incredible energy startled Ah Dai. With a jolt, he leaped from the ground. His True Qi spontaneously worked in the face of danger, forming a thick Defense Aura around his body.
A silhouette flashed before Ah Dai as Xuan Yuan appeared. He said faintly, "You’ve finally awoken. I have been waiting for a long time."
A chill ran down Ah Dai’s spine. The white-clothed elder before him seemed unfathomable. Ah Dai hadn’t sensed his presence while scanning the atmosphere earlier, which meant this man’s abilities far exceeded his own. Instinctively, Ah Dai stepped backward, asking, "Who are you? What have you done to my friends?"
Xuan Yuan replied calmly, "They’re fine, merely temporarily incapacitated. Defeat me, and they will be freed. I hope my waiting has not been in vain. Do not disappoint me." His body radiated a white glow, filled with a Sacred Aura, making it far more potent than Ah Dai’s True Qi.
Ah Dai had no time to hesitate. The tremendous pressure forced him to focus entirely. With both hands protecting his chest, he eyed the old man in front of him. A yellow-green light shone, and his hands morphed into two spheres of Solid State Energy using the Changing Method, ready to shape shift and attack at any moment.
Xuan Yuan gave a soft yell as he gently raised his right hand. With his index finger, he aimed straight at Ah Dai’s chest. A stream of White Battle Aura burst forth, directly targeting Ah Dai’s torso.
Despite just one stream of True Qi being shot out, Ah Dai could clearly feel that the space around his body had been entirely sealed by the opponent’s Qi Force. Any attempt to dodge would only invite an array of strikes. Left with no choice, he mirrored the move, his right index finger sending out a yellow-green solid light column to counter the white Battle Aura. The moment the two energies collided in the air, Ah Dai felt the incredible force of his opponent’s Battle Aura. A powerful shockwave sent him backward three steps before he could steady himself, and the yellow-green glow on his fingertip had shrunk to a mere three inches.
A glimmer of delight flashed in Xuan Yuan’s eyes. He was entirely in control now. The ability of Ah Dai to transform his Battle Aura was indeed miraculous. Although Ah Dai’s strength was significantly lesser, he could resist Xuan Yuan’s first attack based on the qualities of his Battle Aura alone. Overjoyed, Xuan Yuan swiftly retracted his Qi Force and stood still. His fingers lightly flickered as ten rays of light shot out, aiming at Ah Dai’s critical points with a sharp whistling sound.
As Xuan Yuan retracted his Qi Force, Ah Dai, having exerted too much pressure, leaned slightly forward. He knew that the elder’s abilities were far superior to his. Staring at the incoming ten streams of Battle Aura, he felt an overbearing sense of powerlessness. Biting his own tongue to stimulate his fighting spirit through the pain, he bellowed, "Tian Luo Net." The Solid State Energy formed a one-meter diameter light net, ready to ensnare the ten streams of Battle Aura flying towards him.
Xuan Yuan was taken aback. He had never seen Battle Aura released in the form of a net prior to this. What surprised him more was that his ten streams of Battle Aura, each formed with fifty percent of his power, disappeared upon touching the net, as if they had been sliced apart, their attack potency vanished. Despite the net’s weakened energy, it continued to move towards Xuan Yuan. Finally seizing a bit of the initiative, Ah Dai paid dearly for it, expending forty percent of his energy in the process.
A look of concentration appeared on Xuan Yuan. His right hand lifted from his chest, and the surging White Battle Aura slowly turned golden. A thick protective barrier formed in front of him, waiting for the arrival of the light net. Just then, the Tian Luo Net in the air suddenly stopped, abruptly frozen in place. Ah Dai had attached a thin thread of Battle Aura behind the net. Although the thread was not powerful enough to control the mighty Tian Luo Net, it managed to delay its motion by a tenth of a second. The slight hesitation allowed Ah Dai to seize an opportunity. When Xuan Yuan’s protective barrier quivered upon seeing the net’s halt, the Tian Luo Net surged forward under Ah Dai’s control, crashing heavily onto Xuan Yuan’s Defense Aura. The massive explosion made Xuan Yuan the first to directly confront the Tian Luo Net’s might. The violent collision left the gold protective barrier before Xuan Yuan considerably dimmer.
