Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

He was furious at Zhang Tao’s suggestion.

"Master, you’ve misunderstood. I didn’t mean for him to take it," Wang Chao quickly explained.

"Chu Lingguang didn’t even take a Great Returning Pill. Even if Samba wins, I don’t see what you’ll have to be proud of," Du Juan shot back, pulling out the Great Returning Pill to show Mahmoud and his group.

"Destroying a genius for a single victory—is that what you’re proud of?" Feng Junyi retorted as well.

"Say what you will. You’ll never understand. A warrior of my Aika Tribe is never, under any circumstances, permitted to fail," Mahmoud scoffed.

BANG!

Chu Lingguang was sent flying back into the Martial Arts Hall from outside.

The moment he was about to hit the ground, he used his Lightning Spear to break his fall.

Ptui!

His cheeks puffed out as he spat another mouthful of blood onto the floor.

After taking the Frenzy Pill, Samba’s Qi Power had skyrocketed. Even with his Spear Technique at the second realm of the Unity of Man and Gun, Chu Lingguang couldn’t defend against such overwhelming strength.

Brute force overcomes all skill.

In the face of absolute strength, his Spear Skill Realm seemed to matter little.

Guo Wei saw the pool of blood Chu Lingguang had spat on the ground and shot up from his chair in alarm.

"Senior Brother, Lin Guang can’t hold on for much longer," Master Yan said with concern.

ROAR!

Samba had truly become a Demon Beast. He charged back in from outside the Martial Arts Hall in just a few steps, unleashing a move from his Demon Beast Saber Technique—Draw Sword and Cut Water—slashing toward Chu Lingguang’s waist.

Chu Lingguang dug his feet into the sandy ground, his eyes locked on Samba’s rapidly approaching saber.

At the critical moment, he swept out with his Lightning Spear, its shaft colliding with the saber’s blade.

BANG!

Chu Lingguang was sent flying from the sandy patch again, crashing into a wall in the Inner Courtyard where Stone Locks were piled.

The violent impact left the wall on the verge of collapse. Chu Lingguang used his Heaven and Earth technique to channel part of the force into the wall.

Seeing Samba charge again, he used his Lightning Spear to fling the Stone Locks, hurling them at Samba one after another.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Samba deflected the Stone Locks one by one, even shattering one with a single slice of his saber as he closed in on Chu Lingguang at maximum speed.

Even flinging the Stone Locks couldn’t slow Samba’s advance. Now standing atop the pile of Stone Locks, Chu Lingguang watched the beast-like man close in. From his higher vantage point, he had no choice but to attack, executing Right Block, Left Intercept, Rushing to the Middle Hall—a direct strike at Samba’s center.

BOOM!

Samba’s Horse-Cutting Saber smashed against the Lightning Spear. The terrifying force surged into Chu Lingguang once more, tearing open the flesh between the thumbs and forefingers of both his hands. Raw, red muscle was visible within the wounds.

His body smashed through the teetering wall, sending him flying from the Inner Courtyard into the rear courtyard, where he crashed into and toppled a Soldier Landing Platform.

He struggled to regain his footing, only to collapse to one knee.

But Samba was already charging again.

Chu Lingguang used his Potential Energy to kick up a cloud of dust, creating a miniature sandstorm to block Samba’s path. But there was a locking power within Samba’s Saber Technique.

As Chu Lingguang dodged, his Long Spear once again clashed with Samba’s saber. Having just been knocked into the rear courtyard, he was now sent flying back out into the Inner Courtyard, landing hard on the sandy ground.

"Master, is he going to get killed?" Hei Hu asked, his face fraught with worry.

Guo Wei froze. Hei Hu’s words struck him like a bolt of lightning. He couldn’t help but glance again at the pool of blood on the ground.

"Chu Lingguang, take another one of my strikes!"

With a single slash, Samba cleaved through the wall separating the Inner and rear courtyards, charging toward Chu Lingguang again at terrifying speed. A bloody aura erupted from his Horse-Cutting Saber as he unleashed the third form of the Demon Beast Saber Technique, Beheading the Moon, aiming straight for Chu Lingguang’s head.

"Stop—"

Guo Wei cried out in alarm, about to forfeit on Chu Lingguang’s behalf. This honor was too costly; it wasn’t worth gambling Chu Lingguang’s life.

"Master."

But at that very moment,

Chu Lingguang’s voice cut in, as sharp and sudden as a spear thrust, stopping Guo Wei’s words in his throat.

Guo Wei saw that at some point, Chu Lingguang had sunk into the sandy ground up to his calves. At the same time, the aura within his body began to transform.

The third Dharma Aspect of the Dragon Elephant—the Tendon Aspect—erupted.

A perfect network of meridians surfaced on his skin. Each one was swollen and bulging, seemingly filled with infinite Qi Power.

’He knew that revealing his third Dharma Aspect too early against the Frenzy Pill-enhanced Samba wouldn’t give him much of an advantage.’

’The best opportunity to reveal his third Dharma Aspect and win with a single, decisive blow would be when the pill’s effects on Samba started to wane.’

’That time had finally come.’

HAAAH!

With a furious roar, Chu Lingguang ripped his Long Spear from the sand and unleashed Sweeping Thousand Soldiers, sweeping it toward Samba’s Horse-Cutting Saber.

WHOOSH!

Wind and sand roared along with his Long Spear, rising like an earthen dragon from the ground. The combined force of his Potential Energy Superposition and all three Dharma Aspects—Skin, Flesh, and Tendon—infused his spear with a power that seemed capable of tearing through the very heavens.

Phantoms of a Dragon and an Elephant swirled around the Long Spear.

It was a simple sweep, yet it was as if a great dragon coiled around the spear, infinitely amplifying Chu Lingguang’s power. At the same moment, the elephant-shaped markings on his feet solidified into tangible forms.

The sand around his feet was blasted away, revealing the solid yellow earth beneath. It was as if his spear had drawn upon the very power of the earth, its might reaching an absolute peak.

BOOM!

The Long Spear slammed into the Horse-Cutting Saber.

Samba, who had been charging head-on, was sent flying sideways, soaring from the Inner Courtyard all the way to the Outer Courtyard. In an instant, all the sand around Chu Lingguang was blasted clear.

He shot forward from his spot, his Spear Technique a relentless Wind-Fire Wheel sweeping continuously toward Samba. Guo Wei and the others saw that where Chu Lingguang had just been standing, a deep footprint was now embedded in the hard earth.