Zhao Yunliu extended his arm, and a long spear bursting with flowing light took shape:
"What I must do now is to defeat you, surpass you, become the true number one person in Great Xia, and in the future, slay even more gods to prove that I, Zhao Yunliu, am worthy to stand shoulder to shoulder with gods, with just the body of a mortal."
Luo Yu shook his head.
"You are quite ambitious."
"But to think you can surpass me just by running your mouth is impossible."
"Hahaha."
Zhao Yunliu laughed heartily, "Complacency will only lead you to meet a miserable defeat. Take this more seriously."
"Boom!"
Behind Zhao Yunliu, five mighty Ancient Spirits emerged, each one, without exception, wielding long spears in their hands, and their overwhelming aura turned into five pillars of light.
"Yu Hualong, Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong, Zhang Xian, Luo Yanqing."
"Five Spirit Transformation Armor, all merge into me!"
"Boom."
The five Ancient Spirits transformed into fragments of armor, merging into Zhao Yunliu's body.
All the light from the long spear in his hand was internalized, but the energy contained within was enough to tear space apart, as if the spear light was going to perforate the void, mixed with excruciating sharpness.
"Space Shatter!"
Zhao Yunliu extended his spear with a seemingly casual thrust.
But that long spear directly pierced through the void before Luo Yu, aiming at his head.
The unpredictable spear technique prompted countless gasps of astonishment.
"Not a bad move."
Amidst light laughter, Luo Yu's finger had already prodded forward.
Gathering the light of Vajra Indestructible on his fingertip, the moment it touched the spearhead, a loud clang of gold and iron echoed through, stirring the surroundings, sending waves of force rippling outwards.
"So strong!"
"Did the God's Child just catch it with one finger?"
"Holy shit, did you guys notice, the God's Child didn't even call out the Ancient Spirits."
"I thought the Little Martial God summoning the Five Spirits Armor was badass enough, but this move by the God's Child is even more horrifying, he just caught the spear barehanded, holy shit!!"
"Terrifying indeed."
The spectator stands were abuzz, while the shocking and bizarre battle continued.
"Boom boom boom!"
Zhao Yunliu, though hundreds of meters apart, managed to make his long spear appear in Luo Yu's surroundings almost instantaneously, but Luo Yu was always able to tap with his finger at the right moment, predicting his opponent's spear trajectory.
"Such deadly accuracy with his vision!"
Zhao Yunliu had thought that Luo Yu would catch his attack, but he didn't expect it to be this effortless.
And to keep up with his moves on top of that.
"Five Realms Descent!"
Zhao Yunliu directly activated the overlapping of five spear Dao Ze worlds stacked together, converging on the long spear. The might of that spear did not just surge tenfold, but a hundred times more.
The mere wind from the swinging spear was enough to scrape the indestructible alloy ground into an unrecognizable state, leaving behind profound crevices.
Yet it could not harm Luo Yu in the slightest.
He had not summoned any Ancient Spirits, yet was able to toy with powerful divine abilities.
His Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze, Heavenly Eye, and Eyes that Break Delusion were all open, seeing all the opponent's moves, clearly and thoroughly, even continuously memorizing his opponent's spear techniques in his mind.
Perfecting his own Secret Technique of Myriad Transformations, assimilating it into his Way of the Spear.
"Boom boom!"
Unable to wear Luo Yu down after a long time, Zhao Yunliu realized there was an issue.
"Are you looking down on me?"
"Nothing but defense."
Luo Yu shook his head, and after dodging a terrifying thrust of the spear, he said with a smile:
"On the contrary, I think your understanding of the Way of the Spear is quite good, so I'm taking the chance to learn a bit."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Yunliu was so enraged that he nearly exploded.
"Are you joking with me?"
"Learn a bit?"
"Do you know how many years I've spent to gain these abilities, how much effort I've put in, how much hardship I've endured."
Luo Yu raised his hand and summoned forth a Fire-tipped Spear of the Great God of the Three Altar Sea Assembly in his palm.
"You may understand what effort means."
"But you don't understand what it means to be a true genius!!!"
"You're talking nonsense." Zhao Yunliu brandished his long spear and charged forth, showcasing his specialty.
The Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix Spear.
As he performed the move, the skies seemingly filled with countless divine phoenixes and birds, rushing down towards Luo Yu in a lethal barrage, while the onlookers, ignorant of the precise details, were intoxicated and applauded.
The real First Grade experts, however, felt a chill down their spine, sensing great terror.
"Hahaha."
Amidst loud laughter, Luo Yu, fearless, became even more excited, relishing the thrill of the hunt.
He took direct control of the Fire-tipped Spear, wielding it in the same way.
Multiple shadows flickered across the sky.
One after another, the images of Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix Spear enwreathed in flames emerged.
The family heads in the VIP rooms, the tens of thousands of spectators in the stands, and even the people in front of their TVs, all were dumbfounded, their mouths agape.
"Fuck, what technique is Godchild Luo Yu using?"
"Is it Hundred Birds Toward the Phoenix Spear too?"
"What's going on? Zhao Yunliu would never teach this skill to outsiders; how did Luo Yu learn it so quickly in the arena?"
The heated discussions among the audience were secondary; what mattered was that Zhao Yunliu himself was freaking out.
He was certain that this was something he had realized on his own and had never taught to anyone else.
Even if he wanted to teach it, without genius-level comprehension and the accumulation of hard training in the Way of the Spear, no one could possibly learn it. Yet, the opponent had mastered it all amid battle?
"Without flaws."
"He really learned it."
"How is this possible?"
Zhao Yunliu grew increasingly horrified as he fought, never expecting Luo Yu to be this monstrously talented.
It was truly terrifying.
The issue was, not only had the opponent learned everything completely, but he was also perfecting it during the fight?
Even on the verge of surpassing him, the creator.
"Not bad at all; show me if you have any better spear techniques, quickly let me have a look," Luo Yu said, feeling his own strength advancing, his mood quite elated.
However, to Zhao Yunliu, this seemed extremely insulting.
"Damn it!"
Clenching his spear tightly, the Ancient Spirit that had remained mysteriously unclear to all before now appeared before everyone's eyes.
The crowd was instantly shocked, and even Luo Yu was momentarily stunned.
Because the Ancient Spirit Zhao Yunliu had kept so deeply hidden resembled him to a tee.
This was the second person to possess an Ancient Spirit since Luo Yu had come to have one of his own.
"After realizing my own Way of the Spear, my own Ancient Spirit appeared; I don't believe you can still be my match!"
With the Spirit Possession of his own Ancient Spirit, Zhao Yunliu's spear strikes increased to the utmost in power and speed, becoming incredibly fast as thunderclouds churned in the sky.
This indicated he had touched upon the absolute limits of heaven and earth.
"Boom!"
Luo Yu charged forward, holding the Fire-tipped Spear, his strength and speed undisputed.
However, his spear technique was a mess, utterly unable to keep up with the opponent's moves.
Every move of the opponent harmonized with the utmost principle of the Way of the Spear, incredibly strong.
"Not bad."
Unable to help himself, Luo Yu praised aloud and then threw the Fire-tipped Spear flying away.
"Indeed, I cannot defeat you with the Way of the Spear; after all, it's not my strong suit."
"Boom!"
His own Ancient Spirit possessing his body, Luo Yu's entire being ignited with blazing golden flames.
They were special flames that fundamentally surpassed both Samadhi True Fire and the Five-Colored Emperor Flame.
Covered in divine fire, his body had long since become Vajra Indestructible, turning into a pure golden color.
Tearing through the void, he clashed fiercely with Zhao Yunliu.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Flames erupted in the sky, Spear Light boiling over.
In the end, Zhao Yunliu was hammered until he spat blood and plummeted towards the ground, even the long spear in his hand broken by Luo Yu's force.
"Impossible, you don't even have the Dao Ze World, how can you suppress me!!"
Zhao Yunliu found the reality hard to accept, but the defeat was decisive; even after using all his tricks, he couldn't touch Luo Yu at all.
"Clang."
Finally, like the legendary Pangu forging the universe, Luo Yu made a Mount Hua Cleaving Force chop gesture, splitting Zhao Yunliu's spear head in two right down the middle.
It hovered in front of him.
Zhao Yunliu's hands trembled, the two halves of his spear vanishing into light and shadows, he dejectedly said:
"I'm defeated."
Luo Yu nodded his head, not ridiculing but commenting:
"An honorable defeat."
"Boom!"
Thunderous cheers erupted from the stands.
"Godchild Luo Yu!"
"Mighty Godchild!!!"
"I knew the Godchild couldn't be fake."
With each win of Luo Yu's, the six house heads were despised once again.
And inside the VIP room, there was only Luo Tiance's hearty, delighted laughter.
Zhao Yingtian and Zhu Wushi, among others, felt as uncomfortable as if they had eaten dead flies.