Chapter 395: Brave

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Under Building Number One twenty-two, ten first-year martial artists of the Sacred Martial Hall were lying or sitting on the ground. All of them were lacking the unparalleled momentum they had shown when they had first appeared. Everyone was like a frosted eggplant, listlessly staring at the Young Dragon King – Yang Lie.

They had entered the Sacred Martial Hall, this holy land of martial arts, one year ago, but much to everyone’s dismay, the outcome was like this. Despite the fact that the nine of them had ganged up, they lost to a freshman who had entered the Sacred Martial Hall for not even a day and had not even employed all his strength.

Huang Fengwan looked at Mourad and then turned his gaze at the Young Dragon King – Yang Lie. Where did these people come from? With such strength, they should be put under the spotlight on the first day of their debut, like the Young Netherworld King – Hades. They should have been very, very famous!

“What a kick, what a punch!”

Suddenly, an oriole-like voice broke the silence. Immediately, Mourad’s eyes turned sharp as he looked at the source of the voice on his right side.

“Silly boy, where are you looking?”

Fenghua Danyun slowly walked out of the building from the left side of Mourad with her arms crossed around her chest. A childish mischevious smile was hung on her beautiful face.

Young Dragon King – Yang Lie’s body fiercely jolted as his pupils shrank to the size of pinholes. Just now, this woman’s aura and voice clearly came from the right side, how did she appear on the left? An expert!

“What a formidable woman!” Xue Tian, who was standing by the window, shook his head as he was hit with a chill. “This woman’s smile is purer than mine, but if she got angry and made a move, I’m afraid she would be fiercer than me. I can sense that her aura is similar to mine. It’s better to stay away from this woman.”

Qin Fen sized up Fenghua Danyun carefully. Fenghua Danyun was very beautiful, and it wasn’t just limited to her pretty face. By no means was her figure was that ravishing, but still, it could be considered as shapely and voluptuous. Especially her legs, which were a bit long, but still, they didn’t appear jarring. They only drew immediate admiration.

Huang Fengwan was momentarily startled by the arrival of Fenghua Danyun. Much to his surprise, there was such a pretty woman in Sacred Martial Hall. I wonder if she is one of the three beauties of Sacred Martial Hall. Does she have… her insignia on the shoulder… That’s right! That golden silk insignia, that’s Asura!

Three heads and six arms. Although the fearsome embroidery was small, it still appeared alive and kicking. It was very rare embroidered insignia in the Sacred Martial Hall. At the same time, it also represented the well-known status and title of the wearer.

Asura, the head of the Department of Martial Arts!

Every head of six departments of Sacred Martial Hall was very powerful. And no one had ever doubted this fact in the Sacred Martial Hall, ever.

But who was the strongest among the six heads of departments? This topic had always been the topic of controversy. Among which, the Heavenly Thunder Art of Sakra Azia was highly regarded by many people.

The Sacred Martial Hall crowned the head of each of the eight departments with a legendary title. Sakra Azia could be said to be the leader of eight departments, and naturally, had been highly praised by many people.

However, nothing in the world could fully unify the thinking of mankind. Asura of Department of Martial Arts was strongly dubbed as the strongest among the six heads of the departments by the public.

Among the six departments, the Department of Martial Arts was the main department directly in-charge of training martial arts. Also, it was an important department for the research and development of martial arts. How could the head of such a department be any weaker?

Especially when there was a rumor that the newly appointed Asura had beaten the last Asura to the point where he was seriously injured.

Old Asura, who was able to sit on the same level as Sakra Azia, was seriously injured by the new Asura. She immediately garnered the attention of many people’s support.

Huang Fengwan might not know whether Sakra Azia or Asura was stronger, or who was the strongest martial artist among the six heads of departments was, but he knew a bit.

Even Shangguan Chuanqi of Mars would have even one in ten-thousandth of a chance against Asura, let alone Young Dragon King – Yang Lie!

Fenghua Danyun made her way through the injured, gently kicking on their asses. Immediately, the unconscious as well as the martial artists, who were sitting still on the ground, jolted before their bare bodies were covered with a layer of visible white frost.

All of them were hit with a chill. As they opened their mouths, they breathe out a gust of cold air that could even freeze boiling hot water. Yet they felt their bodies at inexplicable ease.

Nether Divine Art! Young Dragon King – Yang Lie’s internal force completely belonged to an extremely cold paleo martial art, which was different from neo martial art, Nitrogen Freezing Magic.

Neo martial art, Nitrogen Freezing Magic gathered the nitrogen in the air and released it with the nitrogen in one’s own body, freezing the target from outside. It could freeze the human body into ice in the blink of an eye, and change the ambient temperature.

Although the true energy of Nether Divine Art was extremely cold, it did not change the ambient temperature, nor did it freeze the target’s body. It would only enter the human body like leeches on the tarsal bone to completely freeze the human meridians, making it impossible for the other party to circulate his or her true energy. Even the blood would be frozen bit by bit, with the invasion of true energy.

The nine martial artists who had just fought were all frozen by the Nether True Energy. The purity and quality of true energy of Yang Lie, who had completed the True Inborn Blood Transfusion Rebirth with the help of Qin Fen, was far higher than these opponents. Even if he suppressed his true energy to the peak of the eight-star level, he could fight opponents at a higher level without falling behind all because his true energy was far higher than his opponents.

After a few bouts, when the pure nether true energy started invading his opponents’ bodies, they became unable to bring out their strength even more so. Thus, how could they not be defeated?

Young Dragon King – Yang Lie’s eyes flickered with a bit of vigilance and a bit of curiosity as well. This woman easily resolved the true energy invading their bodies with just kicks!? I’m afraid Qin Fen is also able to do it just like this. But why does it seem like she is even stronger than QIn Fen? The Sacred Martial Hall is really unfathomable! Just a run-of-the-mill young woman is as strong as Qin Fen!?

“Kid, your kicks and punches might be lacking in many places, but your true energy really surprised.” Fenghua Dangyun’s lackadaisical kick awoke Ouyang Yan. “Only a very few people can train their nether true energy to such an outstanding level at your age.”

Yang Lie’s eyelids twitched momentarily. This woman has pretty good insight. She knew what true energy I’m using by just kicking others once!? When Qin Fen sparred with me at first, he could only speculate two options, cold true energy and nether true energy. He didn’t possess as sharp of eyes as this woman.

Fenghua Danyun raised her head, looking at Qin Fen on the sixth floor. “Kid, if I don’t defeat you, that little kid above won’t come down to fight with me, am I right? So, why don’t we fight a bit?”

“No!”

Huang Fengwan’s scream immediately caught everyone’s attention.

A doubtful Yang Lie stared at Huang Fengwan, waiting for him to give a reason to stop the fight.

“She…She!” Huang Fengwan gritted his teeth and screamed, “She is Asura! The Head of Sacred Martial Hall’s Department of Martial Arts! The legendary Asura – Fenghua Danyun!”

“What!?”

“Really!?”

“Asura…”

Immediately, the scene turned chaotic. The rescued martial artists and the old martial artists of Building One twenty-two stared at Fenghua Danyun, astonished. Everyone’s tone was filled with inexplicable shock and fear.

To their surprise, the strongest expert of the Department of Martial Arts had actually made an appearance at the ‘welcome ceremony’ for the freshmen entry to the Sacred Martial Hall. This had never happened in the history of the Sacred Martial Hall.

The Head of Department of Martial Arts, Asura, had voluntarily asked the freshmen for pointers on the very first day they entered the Sacred Martial Hall. This kind of thing never happened.

Ouyang Yan turned his eyes at Young Dragon King – Yang Lie quickly, the shock in his eyes was quickly replaced with jealousy.

Ah!  The freshman had been asked to spar by the Head of Department of Martial Arts, Asura, on the very first day he entered Sacred Martial Hall. What does this mean? It was perfectly clear to everyone as long as one wasn’t stupid!

Even the freshman of Inner Sacred Martial Hall had never enjoyed such treatment. Yet, to everyone’s surprise, this happened to a basic martial artist of the Outer Sacred Martial Hall!

As the student of Sacred Martial Hall, everyone knew that the head of the Department of Martial Arts, Asura had a very bad yet good habit. She liked training young martial artists with potential.

Furthermore, the strength of those martial artists who had been trained by her would increase rapidly. But God knows why those martial artists, who had obviously benefited, were reluctant to accept any more special guidance from the Head of Department of Martial Arts. They would rather practice themselves rather than accept the guidance of the head of the Department of Martial Arts.

Rumor had it that even those martial arts fanatics, who were crazy about martial arts, couldn’t withstand the special training of this Head of Department of Martial Arts.

Gradually, a rumor had been created in the Sacred Martial Hall because of this. Being chosen by the Head of the Department of Martial Arts represented that the student had very good potential. And it also meant that his or her strength would improve by leaps and bounds. But at the same time, it also meant that his or her tragic moment was nigh.

There were still countless martial artists hoping to be chosen by Asura even if they knew clearly that it would be a tragic time in their lives. Slowly, this had become a kind of hidden glory.

Having attracted the attention of the Head of the Department of Martial Arts on the very first day of the Sacred Martial Hall, a jealous Ouyang Yan wanted to fire a rocket launcher at Young Dragon King – Yang Lie and blast him into pieces.

“Asura!? The Head of the Department of Martial Arts!?”

Curious, Yang Lie started the introduction function of the badge. Suddenly, a vague black figure jumped out of the badge before a melodious female voice started giving the introduction, “Department of Martial Arts is one of the six departments of Sacred Martial Hall. Asura, the strongest expert of the Department of Martial Arts, possesses the strength of eternal star-level, but it doesn’t rule out of the possibility of her hidden strength. She has been monikered with the title of Devil Trainer. All martial artists are warned to approach her cautiously, and must not be deceived by her naive appearance.”

Eternal star-level!? Strongest expert in the Department of Martial Arts!? Devil!?

Yang Lie sized up Fenghua Danyun again. Much to his shock, such a beautiful girl was the strongest expert in the Department of Martial Arts! Not to mention the fact that she was in eternal star-level at the very least. God knows how many levels is it above the meteor star-level! Even Qin Fen, who is the strongest expert in the meteor star-level, can’t win!

“That’s truly a nasty badge!” Fenghua Danyun pursed her lips and said, an unhappy look on her face, “In the next meeting, I will strongly recommend canceling the introduction function of the badge. My reputation has been ruined by this badge. Are you going to fight or not? I’m leaving if you don’t…”

“Wait!”

Yang Lie shouted to stop Fenghua Danyun from turning around; he didn’t know whether she really wanted to go or was just pretending, “I want to fight.”

“What!?”

“What did he say?”

“Has he gone crazy?”

“He wants to fight even after listening to the introduction?”

Admiration slowly started to replace the jealousy in Ouyang Yan’s eyes. After holding his breath for a long time, he opened his mouth and said, “What a brave guy!”

The crowd nodded again and again in acknowledgment. If someone who dared to step forward even after having come to know that the opponent was the Head of the Sacred Martial Hall’s Department of Martial Arts, the Devil Trainer, Fenghua Danyun wasn’t called brave, then what else would he be called?

Yang Lie’s pupils glittered with a bright gleam, like the brightest star in the night. He couldn’t conceal the excitement overflowing from his eyes. A spar with such a master was just a little bit less precious than the injuries Qin Fen had received from just one palm attack of White Tiger.

“Really!?” Fenghua Danyun turned around with a smile on her face, her eyes flickering with happiness like a child who was successful in deceiving an adult. “Originally, I was planning to attack you at night, but you save me the trouble. By the way, how strong are you in your group?”

Yang Lie furrowed his brow as he thought about it for half a second before replying heartily, “I should be ranked third…”

“Bulls**t!”

The young martial artists upstairs and downstairs shouted in unison. Immediately, Sky Splitter – Brooks jumped down, followed closely by Caesar and the others.

Apart from Xue Tian and Qin Fen, the rest of the young martial artists gathered around Yang Lie and began shouting.

“Why are you third?”

“Yes! Caesar is right, why are you third? Third should clearly be me.”

“Pooh! How could you be third? Mourad, you are fourth, third should be me.”

Ouyang Yan, Huang Fengwan and the others were stupified upon seeing this scene. What the hell is going on? How could this proud bunch be squabbling for third place?

Solomon withdrew from the shouting group and walked quietly to Fenghua Danyun. He didn’t even say anything, he just used his finger to point at himself.

Puff…

Qin Fen burst into laughter upon seeing this scene. At the same time, he looked at Xue Tian beside him. These martial artists, who were generally prideful and aloof and disinclined to even look at others, were not only in deep friendship but had also picked up the habit of talking more from Xue Tian due to the long term contact with each other.

“There is nothing strange about this.” Xue Tian waved his hand, again and again. “Young man, what’s wrong with talking a little bit more? Besides, they got together because of you. If anyone is the culprit, it should be you.”

“Qin Fen.” In the crowd, Yang Lie raised his head and shouted, “You decide who among us is third!”

The group calmed down instantly. One after another, the young True Inborn Blood Transfusion Rebirth martial artists looked at Qin Fen.

Fenghua Danyun looked a little surprised. Obviously, these young martial artists are full of martial artist’s temper. Otherwise, they would not be as strong as they are today. If they encounter someone stronger than them among their age group, they will refuse to accept them. They would train hard, and then find a place to make a comeback.

Yet, they admire someone among their peers!? More importantly, they are talking his words as a criterion!? ‘ Fenghua Danyun couldn’t help but size up Qin Fen again, checking out what kind of demeanor he had for these people to acknowledge a young martial artist.

Qin Fen smiled bitterly. Almost… there almost wasn’t any gap between them. It was even more obvious from their constant spar with each other. If they truly fought with each other, elements of luck would be the fine line between the winner and the loser.

After a brief silence, Qin Fen locked his gaze on Brooks finally. This young man cheaply occupied more advantage than the others. He fought with Xue Tian whenever he was free. Although he was forced to flee in helter-skelter by Xue Tian, he still had more experience than the others.

“Theoretically, he should be third in a spar.” Qin Fen curled his lips. “At best, you still have to spar and see.”

“Since Qin Fen said you are the strongest.” Caesar nodded. “You are the seed player. When I learn some more martial techniques from Qin Fen, we will have a qualifying match.”

“Alright.” Brooks was eager to try. He looked at Ouyang Yan and the others contemptuously. “It’s boring to fight. Let’s fight amongst ourselves and decide first, second, third, fourth…”

“After seven days, what do you think?” Caesar swept a questioning glance at the other companions before receiving their nod of approval.

“After seven days?” Fenghua Danyun looked at Yang Lie. “Since you are about to start, how about we gamble?”

Gamble!? Caesar and the others smiled at each other. This sounded so familiar! This seems to be Old Qin’s signature dialogue before a fight. They had never expected to find someone with the same personality as Qin Fen in the Sacred Martial Hall.

Yang Lie smiled. Gambling! This kind of thing was really nothing for people who had been with Qin Fen for a long time.

“What do you want to gamble?”

“I will put a cup full of water on the back of my hand. When you attack, I will only use this hand to block. I will lose even if a single drop of water splashes out of the cup.” Fenghua Danyun thought for a moment. “Of course, since you are ten-star martial artists, I will only use ten-star level strength. If I lose, I will complete one request from you. But if you lose, you will train with me for seven days, what do you think?”

Yang Lie smiled. “I am not gambling. Qin Fen can also do this kind of thing. Your true energy oscillation must be stronger than Qin Fen.”

“Is that so?” Fenghua Danyun looked at Qin Fen, her eyes flickering with curiosity. “Let’s gamble on something else…”

“No need to gamble. After we finished fighting, I will train with you for seven days.” Young Dragon King – Yang Lie knit his burrows. “I also want to know how terrifying the so-called devil trainer is.”

Fenghua Danyun smiled. Her smile was filled with happiness. After the affairs of the martial arts fanatics, there weren’t many people like Yang Lie in the Sacred Martial Hall who would bravely step up to challenge her training.

Fenghua Danyun gently raised her index finger of the right hand and beckoned, “Come on.”

“Alright!”

Yang Lie’s face turned serious as he shouted aloud the response to the opponent’s words, as he wanted to forcefully suppress the invincible momentum created by the sole finger of Asura.

In the next moment, Yang Lie bent his knee slightly. His figure receded a bit backward as he employed the move, Divine Dragon Hiding Inside the Cloud. As he planted his feet on the ground together, shaking the ground, a loud bang came from the ground as if a high-speed car had crashed. Dragon Cannon had appeared once more!

Yang Lie decisively made his move at this moment. He circulated his true energy at high speed as his loud shout pushed his momentum to the zenith. A furious dragon roar resounded along with his attack immediately. God knows how many times this scene was bigger than the previous group fight.

Ouyang Yan gasped as he sucked in a mouthful of cold breath. He looked at Yang Lie’s Dragon Cannon with incomparable shock. To his dismay, this blow was strong enough to kill someone, there was simply no chance of escape!

More importantly, this blow was only a prelude. Yet it was strong enough to make anyone lose their will to fight once they saw it.

“Hey!?” Fenghua Danyun’s beautiful eyes flickered with a bright gleam. Not only is this young man far stronger than the others, but he’s also very rich in fighting experience. He knows that he should seize the momentum first. Also, there is a bloody smell in his kicks and punches.

He has definitely killed someone before! Fenghua Danyun’s beautiful eyes shone brightly. This guy has beat someone to death with his kicks and punches, and not just one. He has not been training foolishly, he knows that the ultimate goal of martial arts is to kill each other!

Fenghua Danyun wasn’t in a hurry even after having lost the opportunity. In front of such an opponent, there was no difference in seizing the momentum or not seizing it. Because…

Seizing the momentum wasn’t everything, momentum itself was everything! Looking at the battle through the binoculars, Qin Fen’s eyes bloomed with an ever-rising intelligent gleam. Fenghua Danyun’s understanding of the momentum and level of control is simply too high. Even if she is only using the same comprehensive strength as Yang Lie, the one who is going to be defeated will only be Yang Lie, no matter what

What is momentum?  Yang Lie was very clear on this subject, and after many rounds of discussion with Qin Fen, he realized even more. In the previous fight just now, he had completely controlled the situation.

However, at this moment, Yang Lie suddenly discovered that the was like a caged dragon even though his momentum was towering.

A dragon soaring to the ninth heaven under the vast and boundless sky. And yet, it was unable to catch sight of any target, none whatsoever. It was flying completely alone. If the almighty God could reach out, he’d pinch the flying dragon to death.

Suddenly, Fenghua Danyun’s shoulder moved a bit before her hand shot out fiercely as her slender jade finger clashed with the Dragon Cannon.

As the finger and fist slammed into each other, the air was blown away by the shock! Immediately, the sound of flesh and bones crashing into each other resounded, followed by a few crisp sounds of bones.

Hiss…

Yang Lie drew in a breath of cold air with a loud whistle. With his fist filled with the true energy oscillation from the opponent, the true energy and blood in his fist were vibrating. The subsequent sound sounded much like a heart beating, as if he was holding a beating heart in his fist.

True energy oscillation! What a terrifying true energy oscillation!  The corners of Caesar’s eyes twitched again and again. The true energy oscillation is so powerful that it is even causing the blood to oscillate, creating a unique source of vibration like a heart, which in turn is making the martial artist’s energy and blood to impact the real heart.

The heart was a blood-pumping machine in the human body. If the blood pressure forced the blood back into the heart, the heart may very likely be crushed from the pressure itself!

Qin Fen called this Hetero-Heart.

Yang Lie’s fist was in great pain but it ignited the battle intent in his heart. Even if he retreated in defeat, he didn’t want to have lost in just one second! Otherwise, how would he face his brother in the future?

He slammed his feet hard on the ground again as the left hand placed on his heart suddenly rotated at a high speed like a top. The muscles of his shoulder swelled fiercely as his left hand turned into a palm knife, thrusting at Fenghua Danyun’s throat!

Ha!

Fenghua Danyun broke into a happy smile. Immediately, her left hand’s index finger struck Yang Lie’s elbow.

Yang Lie’s elbow turned numb as the numbness spread across his entire arm in the blink of an eye. Even after having his dense tendons poked by someone so easily, he still didn’t lose control of his arm, which was already proof of his strong control.

The numbness was immediately followed by an excruciating bout of pain. In the blink of an eye, Yang Lie’s forehead was drenched in cold sweat. While suppressing the Heteroheart in his right hand attacking his heart, he also had to suppress the true energy invading down his tendons. And with this, he was no longer able to launch an attack.

“Your first attack was very powerful. As for the second one, it was good but it was pretty obvious. It wasn’t as good as the first.” Fenghua Danyun commented with a giggle. The very beginning, when Yang Lie’s Dragon Cannon crashed into her finger, her finger was bent a few times. Using just the strength of the ten-star realm to fight, she was unable to completely block that fierce power even though she was using high-level true energy oscillation to cheat. Just one blow had actually broken the first two lines of defenses of her two joints. The attack was truly stopped by the third joint only.

Yang Lie smiled wryly. Sure enough, my Hidden Dragon Palm is still not as good as Qin Fen’s Dragon Cannon. The instant he suffered the first blow, he managed to send a bit of nether true energy into the opponent’s body so that the opponent would not occupy a total advantage.

Hidden Dragon Palm… Yang Lie shook his head, smiling wryly. From the get-go, nothing was hidden from the opponent. It was found by her and broken and by someone of the same level no less. It clearly means that there are flaws in my martial skill. Otherwise, why would Fenghua Danyun, who had suppressed her cultivation at ten-star level, take the Dragon Cannon head-on and not break in the same way?

“You are very powerful for your age. Better than I was then.” Fenghua Danyun looked at Yang Lie and said, “However, the first move was not created by you. The second attack, however, seems like it was.”

Yang Lie moved the fingers of his right arm in pain due to the true energy oscillations. “You noticed this?”

“Hehe, of course.”

Fenghua Danyun knit her two beautiful eyebrows and exercised her finger a few times. She was still feeling pain when she used true energy oscillations. Furthermore, her bones were a bit dislocated when she was hit by the punch, which was even more painful.

“Nether Divine Art isn’t straightforward, firm, and fierce. It is still surprising that your punch could still burst forth with such aura of power. If it was someone taking the path of pure firmness and fierceness, this punch should be a lot stronger, right? When it’s creator created this move, he appeared to have a feeling of engulfing the world, which is different from your martial arts temperament. It must not be you.”

Fenghua Danyun raised her eyes, looking at Qin Fen upstairs. “Kid, you are the creator, right?”

Qin Fen nodded lightly with no intention of denying it. At the sight of this, Ouyang Yan’s throat moved up and down continuously as he gulped mouthfuls of saliva. To his surprise, this punch was created by a martial artist who wasn’t even nineteen years old!?

“I want to fight with you now.” Fenghua Danyun pursed her lips, she looked so cute and beautiful that everyone forgot that she was the Head of the Department of Martial Arts, Asura.

An aggrieved look flashed past Fenghua Danyun’s eyes immediately. “What a pity, it would not be fun to fight with you now. When you grow a bit stronger, fight with me then.”

Qin Fen sighed. I wanted to go down and fight now but this woman didn’t seem to have any intention of fighting at this moment. If I fight now, I’m afraid the effect would be greatly reduced and would be a bit boring.

Asura walked away and with Young Dragon King – Yang Lie, and their figures disappeared from everyone’s vision soon.

Qin Fen rested his arms on the window as a happy smile appeared on his face. The appearance of Asura conveyed a very useful message at the very least. The Sacred Martial Hall isn’t the holy land of martial arts in just appearance, there are real powerful martial artists here! Very good! For the first time since I’ve  started walking on the road of martial arts, I’ve made a correct decision.

Several magnetic flying cars appeared before everyone. Judging by the red cross painted on them, it was clear that they were ambulances of the Sacred Martial Hall.

Ouyang Yan, lying on the stretcher, looked at Qin Fen and said, “I admit my defeat this time. But this does not mean that this is over. There are powerful experts in Sacred Martial Hall. Also, there are seniors who have stayed in the Sacred Martial Hall longer than me. They will definitely finish this glorious tradition that you deserve.”

“Powerful experts!?” Qin Fen spread his hands. “Everyone is most welcome. One of my main purpose of coming to the Sacred Martial Hall is this.”

“Is that so?” Ouyang Yan smiled coldly. “I hope that you can maintain the same mentality when you’re lying on a stretcher like me.”