War God Long Ao

Long Ao didn’t press the issue, and Long Chen didn’t elaborate.

Everything that needed to be said had been said. Next up was their third battle.

He had lost the first battle, and the second as well. Although Long Chen already considered Long Ao a friend, the constant defeats left a bitter taste in his mouth.

It was for this very reason that Long Chen had gone to the Long Clan’s ancestral hall for the baptism. The moment his Bloodline Awakening granted him Talent Divine Abilities and his Cultivation broke through to the Peak of Realm Emperor, he had immediately returned to challenge Long Ao.

Of course, Long Ao was well aware of what was on Long Chen’s mind.

"Long Ao, in this battle, I want you to hold nothing back."

"I won’t."

Without another word, Long Chen shot forward. He hadn’t mentioned his Dragon Companion from beginning to end. He wasn’t an idiot; he knew perfectly well that his Dragon Companion was no match for Long Ao’s.

This fact was also the source of Long Chen’s greatest frustration.

In the blink of an eye, Long Ao and Long Chen were locked in battle, trading blows for over a dozen rounds with no clear winner.

After just a dozen rounds, Long Ao was inwardly surprised. ’No wonder Long Chen is so confident. His strength really has surged.’

Peak of Realm Emperor.

Long Ao had never paid much mind to any Martial Artist below the Void Saint Realm, not even those at the Peak of Realm Emperor. But things were different now.

Self-Created Martial Skill: Heaven and Earth Mourn Together.

A whirlwind instantly erupted with Long Ao at its center. Seeing this, Long Chen was astonished but ultimately chose not to use his Talent Divine Abilities.

In truth, Long Chen’s intention was simple: he wanted to see if he could defeat Long Ao without resorting to his Talent Divine Abilities.

But Long Chen was still out of luck.

He was swept up by the whirlwind.

The oppressive Heaven and Earth’s Momentum bore down on him, severely restricting both his speed and his power.

When the Heaven and Earth’s Momentum vanished, so too did Heaven and Earth Mourn Together. Without using his Talent Divine Abilities, Long Chen had already lost. Both Long Ao and Long Chen understood this point clearly.

Long Chen felt helpless. He had lost this battle, and so decisively. If this were a battle against an enemy and he had held back his Talent Divine Abilities, he would now be a corpse.

"Long Ao, the Talent Divine Ability I’ve awakened is called Acceleration."

As he spoke, a powerful aura erupted from Long Chen’s body. A phantom-like Long Ying appeared behind him, and his speed instantly increased by more than double.

What did that even mean?

Long Ao was startled. He was extremely wary of Acceleration, the Talent Divine Ability from Long Chen’s Bloodline Awakening. After all, speed could often overcome raw power and a higher Realm.

Long Ao didn’t waste any effort on pointless moves. He knew with perfect clarity that unless he used his own Talent Divine Ability, Dragon’s Roar, defeating Long Chen would be next to impossible.

Speed. Long Ao felt a pang of frustration regarding speed. Whenever he encountered an incredibly fast opponent, he found his options limited.

A burst of Dragon Breath erupted from Long Ao as well. Immediately after, a Dragon’s Roar echoed as the phantom of a Giant Dragon appeared behind him. It was his Talent Divine Ability, Dragon’s Roar.

"A Talent Divine Ability!"

Having successfully awakened a Talent Divine Ability himself, Long Chen naturally knew what Long Ao was now using. This realization nearly scared him to death; he had no idea what was happening.

It was common knowledge that the only way for a disciple of the Long Clan to awaken their Talent Divine Abilities was to enter the ancestral hall for a baptism and rely on a one-percent chance of success.

In other words, even if disciples of the Long Clan could enter the hall for the baptism, not all of them could successfully awaken their abilities. A success rate of one in a thousand was already considered excellent. One could only imagine how difficult it was to achieve a Bloodline Awakening of Talent Divine Abilities.

Long Chen was certain that Long Ao had never been to the Long Clan, let alone entered the ancestral hall for the baptism. So, how on earth had Long Ao managed a Bloodline Awakening for his Talent Divine Abilities?

Long Chen couldn’t figure it out.

He didn’t dare to dwell on it, because such a thing was beyond his comprehension.

Even so, Long Chen showed no signs of giving up. Under the power of his Acceleration Talent Divine Ability, his speed instantly surged, more than doubling, and he moved like a Ghost, his figure completely disappearing from sight.

If an ordinary person were to fight Long Chen now, they would be defeated one hundred percent of the time, perhaps even killed in an instant. But Long Ao was different. Possessing the Talent Divine Ability Dragon’s Roar, he unleashed a bizarre power that instantly enveloped Long Chen.

His body was locked in place. Long Chen could even sense that the flow of Time around him had changed. ’What in the world is happening?’

It could be said that the Talent Divine Ability, Dragon’s Roar, was the ultimate bane of speed. No matter how fast you were, as long as you were caught within its range, your body would be frozen in an instant.

"Long Ao, I have lost."

He didn’t continue the fight. Long Chen knew with absolute certainty that even if he kept going, his defeat was inevitable. Since that was the case, it was better to concede sooner rather than later.

Though his heart was filled with ten thousand regrets, Long Chen knew that he would never be able to catch up to Long Ao in this lifetime. It wasn’t just a matter of talent and potential. Long Ao was simply too mysterious, having achieved a Bloodline Awakening of his Talent Divine Abilities for no apparent reason.

"Long Ao, I have to ask, how did you awaken your Talent Divine Abilities?"

Long Ao didn’t hide anything from Long Chen.

With a smile, Long Ao said, "It was a stroke of luck. After you spoke to me about the Bloodline Awakening of Talent Divine Abilities last time, I went back and kept trying to awaken them. I accidentally succeeded. So, in a way, I should be thanking you."

Hearing this, Long Chen felt completely crushed.

’To think,’ he mused, ’I traveled thousands of miles to the Long Clan, endured endless ridicule and scorn, all just to finally succeed in my Bloodline Awakening. But look at Long Ao... he did what I struggled so hard to achieve without even breaking a sweat.’

The comparison was enough to drive a man insane.

Long Chen shrugged helplessly and sighed. "I have to hand it to you. You’re truly incredible, Long Ao. I can say with certainty that with your talent, your growth rate, and now your bloodline’s Divine Abilities, you will definitely reach the Divine Dao Realm within ten years. At that point, who in the world could possibly be your match?"

Long Ao just smiled, deciding not to crush Long Chen’s spirit further. If Long Chen knew that he currently possessed a Celestial Divine Inheritance, Long Ao wasn’t sure if the man would want to die on the spot.

"Long Chen, since you just went to the Long Clan, could you tell me a little about them?"

Long Ao was eager to learn about the Long Clan but had no way of getting information. Now that Long Chen had been there, he surely had some understanding of them. In any case, Long Ao had a persistent feeling that someday, at some unknown point in the future, he would inevitably go to war with the Long Clan.