A World Worth Protecting

The donkey was naturally fast. It was faster on its feet when it was panicking and afraid. Kong Dao wasn’t to be trifled with when he was furious though. His eyes bright with rage and murder, and he charged at the donkey and looked like he was about to catch up to it.

The donkey let loose a tragic scream. Fear shone in its eyes. Everything was taking place too quickly, leaving Wang Baole no time to think. He saw Kong Dao leaping into the air, his hands forming hand seals and a sea of fire erupting from his hands. Surrounding the sea of fire was a chill that formed ice.

It wasn’t a cold fire. Kong Dao’s mystic technique allowed him to wield both the elements of ice and fire at the same time. They didn’t clash with one another and instead augmented each other’s power.

With a thundering roar, ice and fire enveloped the entire area. From afar, it looked as if a phoenix formed from flames and a dragon formed from ice had risen to the heavens. The teachers and students in the academy were all shocked to their core at the sight.

Wang Baole knew the donkey had met its match. He immediately dashed out from the office building, racing through the sky and appearing next to the donkey in the next moment.

He kicked the donkey aside, then turned. His right hand formed rapid hand seals. With a sudden wave at the approaching fire phoenix and ice dragon, bolts of lightning instantly exploded in the air. Wang Baole stood in the center of the sea of lightning surging outward and transforming thirty-odd meters around them into a pool of lightning!

Within the pool of lightning, lightning bolts sprung from the ground and dashed up towards the skies, clashing with the descending fire phoenix. There was a deafening explosion that resounded in the air. Wang Baole continued to form hand seals and summoned his Heated Burst. A sea of fire immediately blanketed the field. Kong Dao’s mystic technique fused ice and fire, but Wang Baole’s was different, he was the fusion of fire and lightning. Both elements came together and created an earth-shattering explosion that collided with the ice dragon.

Wang Baole and Kong Dao were standing a distance away when the force of their mystic techniques collided. The resultant explosion surged outwards and alarmed the surrounding spectators. Their breathing all quickened as they witnessed the fight.

Wang Baole turned his head abruptly, and a murderous aura erupted from his person. He stared at the rapidly approaching Kong Dao and the equally murderous aura surrounding his person.

“Kong Dao, you should check out who the master is before you give the pet a beating. Were you really going to kill my War Beast in front of me?” Wang Baole said with steel in his voice. He could tell that Kong Dao was also in the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment realm. He knew that Kong Dao was different from the other hundred seedlings. He had been born in the Sea of Beasts and had survived in the Martian wilderness on his own when he had been at the True Breath realm. Violence was in his blood.

Kong Dao was clearly skilled in hunting and killing beasts, and in surviving in the wild, he had been the one who had discovered the location of the Martian Divine Armament. It was clear how exceptional an individual he was.

He had an equally extraordinary family background. He was the godson fostered by the Federation President Duan Muque and was the star military officer in the Martian military. Even Zhuo Yixian couldn’t compete with him. Only a person like Li Wan’er could possibly stand on equal ground with Kong Dao.

Wang Baole knew all that. Even though he disliked Kong Dao, they never had any major conflicts. There was that minor dispute when they had been in the cultivation camp for the hundred seedlings, but Wang Baole thought that a small matter. Kong Dao clearly thought otherwise. His attitude towards Wang Baole had been hostile since then.

Wang Baole, on the other hand, was the sort of annoying character who would make use of any opportunity to piss off the people who found him annoying in the first place…

The resultant series of encounters led to the current hostility between both of them. It would have been fine if there hadn’t been something to spark off another round of conflict. Unfortunately, their donkeys ended up in a similar tense situation…

At present, Kong Dao was furious. His eyes were cold with rage. He set his white donkey down and charged at Wang Baole. They had bullied his War Beast, and he couldn’t just take that lying down. As he approached, he flung his fist out and attacked with the Supernova!

There was a sudden explosion as a tornado erupted before Wang Baole. His fist flew towards Wang Baole. Wang Baole raised his eyebrow, snorted, and stepped forward with an identical Supernova!

The fists of the two young men collided, and a loud explosion thundered in the air. Kong Dao’s pupils contracted as he stumbled back a few steps. He could feel a strong backlash spreading from his fist throughout his entire body. He was taken aback momentarily.

He’s grown stronger! Kong Dao’s breathing grew uneven. He knew what had happened to Wang Baole on the moon. Even so, he had thought himself as powerful as Wang Baole then. At present, his eyes grew red. He growled and, as if transformed into a beast, charged towards Wang Baole again. His right hand raised in the air. With a sudden wave, it transformed into black claws!

The claws looked lethal. It was difficult to tell what they were made of. The murderous aura exuding from Kong Dao grew stronger when they appeared. His spirit energy roared and rose to the skies, and a black leopard appeared behind him!

The powerful presence of a Dharmic Armament could be sensed from the claws. The claws were… a Dharmic Armament!

Wang Baole wasn’t surprised at all that Kong Dao had a Dharmic Armament. Dharmic Armaments were rare and precious, but they weren’t unobtainable for people like Kong Dao and Li Wan’er.

Power exploded from Kong Dao with the reveal of his Dharmic Armament. He seemed to have merged with the black leopard behind him. With a sudden burst of speed, they charged at Wang Baole. Kong Dao sent his claws slashing at Wang Baole’s neck!

You think you’re the only one with a Dharmic Armament? Wang Baole snorted. His Dharmic Armament saber appeared instantly. With a low growl, he collided with Kong Dao.

Explosions kept resounding the air. The backlash from their blows surged outwards and sent the ground quaking. Everyone in the academy was shaken to their core. Everyone held their breaths as Wang Baole and Kong Dao exchanged more than a dozen blows.

Kong Dao was a powerful warrior. He had a Dharmic Armament and had displayed a sudden explosive power at first. However, his stamina, physical resilience, and strength couldn’t compare to Wang Baole’s, which was bolstered by his Green lotus Foundation Establishment core. After a dozen or so blows, Wang Baole remained strong while Kong Dao was seeing a slide in his strength and stamina. Wang Baole tirelessly wielded his saber and continued to attack relentlessly. Kong Dao’s breathing grew more and more uneven under the barrage of blows. His eyes shone with incredulity. He was unwilling to give up, but he could only retreat steadily under the relentless attack.

Damn it, how did this freak get his physical body to be so strong? Kong Dao hollered inwardly. He watched as Wang Baole unleashed the full power of his Dharmic Armament repeatedly and was steadily overcome by an indescribable feeling. Even though Foundation Establishment realm cultivators had the ability to unleash the full power of Dharmic Armaments, they could generally only keep it up for a dozen attacks or so.

They weren’t Core Formation realm cultivators, who could unleash the power of Dharmic Armaments infinitely without rest. There was a backlash from wielding a Dharmic Armament. It was a strain on the physical body. Kong Dao himself had confidence in his own physical resilience, but even he could only wield the Dharmic Armament for a dozen or so attacks. Wang Baole had sent almost a hundred blows at him, but his pace wasn’t slowing down a bit. Instead, he seemed to grow stronger with each attack.

Kong Dao had his ultimate attack though. He fell back, and his breath stilled suddenly. There was hesitation in his eyes as he deliberated over whether he should unleash his ultimate attack. It was then that he sensed something amiss. He turned his head abruptly and started looking all around. His white donkey had gone missing…

Wang Baole realized something was wrong as well. He continued wielding his saber as his eyes scanned the area. Both of their gazes soon landed a distance away at the school gates… the black donkey had the white donkey by the neck and was happily racing away…

While the two had been in fierce battle, the black donkey had snuck up and knocked the white donkey out again. It had then dragged the white donkey away…

Kong Dao almost went mad when he saw that. He howled and ignored Wang Baole, turning and racing towards the black donkey. Wang Baole had a strange look on his face, one intermingled with a sense of exasperation.

I’m here cleaning up after the trouble you’ve made while you seem to be enjoying yourself… this is just… what an ass!

Wang Baole simmered in frustration. He sighed as he watched Kong Dao chase after the donkeys and had half a mind to watch them go, but in the end, he stomped his feet and went after them. The black donkey seemed to realize the seriousness of the matter, and with great reluctance, it dropped the white donkey and wormed into an underground canal, making its escape.

Kong Dao was no longer in the mood to fight Wang Baole. He glared at Wang Baole, as if he was searing this grudge deep in his heart, before forcing his anger down and bringing his white donkey away.

What the hell was all that about? Wang Baole was furious as well. He stared at the direction his donkey had escaped, then smirked. He returned to his residence and waited for the donkey to come back.