Chapter 589: Challenging Yang Jian

Chapter 589: Chapter 589: Challenging Yang Jian

Long Jian?

Watching Long Jian suddenly appear behind Long Ao, everyone was bewildered. They had no idea what he was up to.

Under everyone’s curious gazes, Long Jian suddenly struck. A vicious palm strike slammed into Long Ao’s back, sending him flying.

What in the world was happening?

Wasn’t Long Ao Long Heng’s master?

Long Jian’s sudden action left everyone stunned. No one understood what he was doing. After all, rumor had it that Long Ao’s relationship with the Long Family was excellent. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have charged into the Sacred Land alone and killed four Semi-Saints for Long Heng’s sake.

Long Ao also never would have imagined that Long Jian would suddenly attack him.

Because he hadn’t been the slightest bit on guard against Long Jian, Long Ao was struck hard and couldn’t even react before it was over.

He flipped through the air, teetering as he forced himself to a stop. Even now, a lingering fear washed over Long Ao. If not for his Desolate Divine Body, he was certain that palm strike from Long Jian would have killed him.

"Long Jian."

His voice was incomparably cold. In that instant, Long Ao understood exactly what had just happened.

’He had just realized that there was another expert from the Sacred Land who hadn’t shown themselves, one who had been secretly helping Yang Feng. Otherwise, killing Yang Feng would have been a sure thing. Even though Yang Feng’s Realm had broken through to Saint, I had thrown his mental state into chaos. As long as I combined Spatial Teleportation and my Talent Divine Abilities, I was completely confident I could kill him. But then Yang Feng stabilized his mental state in an instant. At that moment, I had already guessed it.’

What Long Ao never expected, however, was that the Sacred Land’s expert was none other than the so-called Long Jian, the number one expert of the Long Family.

Long Ao was very curious. Who exactly was Long Jian?

It wasn’t just Long Ao; even the father and son duo, Long Bai and Long Heng, were scared witless by Long Jian’s actions. What was going on?

Neither Long Bai nor Long Heng said a word, both too shocked to speak. They never would have dreamed, not in a million years, that their family’s number one expert—their own close relative—had just aided the Sacred Land.

It was as if Long Jian had become a different person. A cold aura radiated from him. One moment he was a Realm Emperor, the next, he had instantly become a Saint—a Peak Saint, at that, even stronger than Yang Feng.

"Long Ao, since you’ve already figured it out, why bother asking?"

’Just as I thought.’

"Long Jian, what should I call you?"

"Long Jian is fine, but so is Yang Jian."

"There’s one thing I don’t understand. Since you’re a Reincarnator, the Long Family is your family too. Why would you act against them like this?"

"Hahaha! The Long Family is nothing but floating clouds in my eyes. If it weren’t for fleeing from my enemies back then, I never would have killed Long Jian and seized his body for Rebirth."

’So that’s how it is.’ Long Ao understood perfectly. The Long Jian before him wasn’t the Long Family’s number one expert at all, but the Sacred Land’s. He had simply seized a body for Rebirth. It was a pity that from beginning to end, no one in the entire Long Family, not even anyone in all of Yun City, had known the truth.

"Long Ao, it seems you must be from the Long Clan. I never imagined that our humble Cloud Island would produce such a powerful Dragon Martial Artist."

Yang Jian had already guessed as much. Since his opponent had awakened his Talent Divine Abilities, he was one hundred percent certain to be a Dragon Martial Artist. And because of this, greed grew in Yang Jian’s heart. He wished he could obtain his opponent’s Giant Dragon at once. If he could devour the soul of a Dragon Martial Artist, he was confident his strength would soar.

How could Long Ao not know what Yang Jian was thinking?

Still, Long Ao was astonished. He never would have thought that a tiny place like Cloud Island would produce two Reincarnation Martial Artists in succession. After all, Long Ao knew exactly what being a Reincarnation Martial Artist signified.

The Outer Sea, with its countless islands.

’I have to admit, the Outer Sea is truly an unfathomable place.’

Killing Intent surged within Long Ao. His situation with the Sacred Land had already become a matter of life and death. If Yang Jian fully awakened his Divine Spirit and became a Divine Dao Martial Artist, things would become even more troublesome.

Long Ao was certain that Yang Jian had already awakened his Divine Spirit, just not completely.

Yang Jian was just another Wang Hao.

Whether it was Yang Jian or Wang Hao, no matter what, they had to be killed. Long Ao had always lived by one principle: if you don’t pull out the roots when you cut the weeds, the trouble will be endless.

"Long Ao, you killed four of my Sacred Land’s Semi-Saints. For that debt, I will slowly teach you the meaning of a fate worse than death."

Turning around, Yang Jian suddenly looked at Long Bai and said, "Seeing as you’ve shown me a measure of respect, I can spare the Long Family. You may leave."

"I won’t leave! Dad, you go first. No matter what, I will live or die with Master!"

Looking at his son’s determined face, Long Bai didn’t know what to say. His son’s actions were indeed worthy of admiration, but he was also the family’s only hope.

Before Long Bai could respond, Yang Jian sneered, "Long Heng, you really want to die with your master? Fine. I can grant your wish. In a little while, I’ll send the two of you, master and apprentice, on your way together."

"Senior."

"Long Bai, I’ll give you one last chance. Leave. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be against slaughtering the entire Long Family."

Yang Jian’s powerful aura intimidated everyone. As a Saint-level expert, and a Reincarnation Martial Artist to boot, Yang Jian had the capital to be this arrogant.

Long Bai sighed deeply. In the end, he decided to stay, saying, "I, Long Bai, have never done anything truly great in my life. This time, son, I support you. No matter what happens, I will live or die with you."

Long Bai’s words made everyone around them cheer silently in their hearts. Unconsciously, everyone had started to feel a sense of goodwill toward Long Ao. After all, the Sacred Land was far too insidious.

"You’re courting death. I’ll make you regret this."

Yang Jian didn’t give the Long Family a second thought. For the Sacred Land, wiping out the Long Family was something that could be done in minutes. As long as he willed it, it could be done at any time.

However, Yang Jian chose not to deal with the Long Family right now. In any case, the Long Family were like turtles in a jar, ready to be captured and destroyed at any moment. The only one he needed to deal with now was the person standing before him: Long Ao, the powerful Dragon Martial Artist.

Yang Feng’s mental state had been unstable, and he was nearly killed, but Yang Jian seemed very confident.

"Long Ao, if you and I were to fight, guess how many of my moves you could withstand?"

"You? If I recall correctly, Yang Chen said the same thing just now. And I think Yang Feng did too. It seems you people from the Sacred Land all love to run your mouths. I can understand them being shameless, but you—you’ve lived two lives, yet instead of learning to be a decent person, you’ve chosen to act like a dog. I truly feel sorry for the Sacred Land."

Without giving Yang Jian any chance to speak, Long Ao suddenly declared, "Yang Jian, I now formally challenge you. Do you dare to accept?"