Divine Seal: From a Heavy Sword to Slicing Through the Holy Demon Continent

"Now that I am stronger than you and I am a formidable opponent, your probing will only waste more of the team's time and put you at a disadvantage even faster."

"Have you forgotten what I just told you? Attack me with all your might, instead of these tentative attacks."

As Long Haoyu spoke, he enveloped Wufeng with the liquid spiritual energy surrounding his body, and then gently vibrated it.

Clang——

The bladeless sword struck Long Haochen's two heavy swords, and the vibrations caused by the liquid spiritual energy acted on Long Haochen.

Although Long Haochen's body was also covered with liquid spiritual energy, the total amount of spiritual energy between the two was very different.

After stumbling back a few steps, Long Haochen realized what his older brother meant and a gleam of brilliance immediately appeared in his eyes.

"Brother, I understand."

"Then I'll give it my all."

Long Haochen let out a low shout, retreating while stabilizing his stance, and saw that Long Haoyu was still maintaining a defensive posture.

Suddenly, two heavy swords were swung violently in his hands.

"The Whirlwind Sword of Battle?"

Long Haoyu was slightly surprised. He hadn't expected that his little brother, who had only been training as a Punisher Knight for half a month, would already be exploring this move.

After a brief moment of surprise, he raised the blade in his hand and began a new round of defense.

Long Haochen began to spin, and after a short while, he spun until the golden light enveloped his entire body, making it impossible to see his true form.

The two heavy swords, like giant meat grinders, struck Long Haoyu's bladeless sword the instant they came into contact, simultaneously diverting all of Long Haoyu's defenses.

While taking advantage of the momentum, the power of the Dou Sha Xuan Yuan Sword also began to gradually increase, and the frequency of attacks also reached a higher level.

"It seems to be quite good. Not only have they begun to explore this move, but they have also grasped its essence."

"I kept borrowing momentum to increase the frequency of my attacks, but unfortunately my spiritual power was still insufficient to unleash its true power!"

Long Haoyu commented softly, recalling the move Yang Wenzhao used during his battle with Long Haochen.

The moment he recalled these things, Long Haoyu gently flicked the bladeless sword in his hand upwards. Then, the liquid spiritual energy around his body began to vibrate rapidly at a very strange frequency, and a long roar, like a dragon's cry, burst out from within.

Immediately afterwards, Long Haoyu transformed into a golden dragon and soared into the sky, colliding fiercely with Long Haochen's Dou Sha Xuan Yuan Sword.

He used the Rising Dragon Strike, the most powerful attack skill among the fifth-tier skills of the Retribution Knight, at this moment.

"boom--"

The golden dragon transformed into a ball of golden light and flew out, revealing Long Haoyu's figure, which finally stopped where he had initially stood.

On the other side, Long Haochen's rapidly spinning body suddenly stopped after the impact. After spinning several times in the air, he landed and staggered several steps before barely managing to stand up.

Comparing their auras, Long Haoyu's remained as stable as ever, while Long Haochen's had been greatly depleted.

Although he had fallen into a disadvantageous position, the moment he stabilized his body, Long Haochen immediately began to prepare for his next move. He swung his shoulders to his sides, and golden light mist rose instantly as he gathered his strength!

Seeing Long Haochen's expression, Long Haoyu could roughly guess what kind of combo Long Haochen was planning to use.

After accumulating power, the next move will definitely be the Holy Sword, which requires accumulating power as a prerequisite.

Long Haoyu had no intention of letting Long Haochen continue his attack like this; the Dou Sha Xuan Yuan Sword was currently Long Haochen's strongest move.

There's no need to continue watching the rest.

A blur flashed across the arena as Long Haoyu's blade lightly tapped against Long Haochen's two heavy swords.

"Alright, you can stop now. I have a general idea of ​​how strong your attacks are," Long Haoyu said softly.

Long Haochen gave up on building up his strength and smiled shyly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, brother. I still can't defeat you."

Long Haoyu smiled slightly: "If you could defeat me after just over ten days of cultivation, then all my years of cultivation would have been for nothing?"

"Even though they used the Dou Sha Xuan Yuan Sword and even borrowed momentum to increase their attack frequency, they still couldn't win. Do you want to know why?"

Long Haochen fell silent for a moment, his brows furrowed with doubt: "I want to know, when I was in Amy City, I decided to embark on the path of a punitive knight, and my father told me some tips about the Battle Whirlwind Sword."

"Dad said that this move can be very powerful, and it was indeed powerful when I used it. But when it collided with your Rising Dragon Strike, I felt that it was not enough."

Long Haoyu nodded slightly: "If you have this feeling, it means you have noticed the shortcomings, but you just can't describe them accurately."

"The main reason why this happened is because my spiritual power is stronger than yours, and there is a big difference in the total amount of our spiritual power."

"To put it more simply, the battles between us knights, and between us humans and demons, have always been a contest of spiritual power."

"The side with stronger spiritual power will have an absolute advantage in the battle!"

"Therefore, you are no match for me!"

Chapter 138 Long Haochen's Determination, Brewing a Surprise

The powerful words came from Long Haoyu's mouth.

Long Haochen listened quietly to what his older brother said, and the doubt in his eyes slowly turned into sudden understanding.

The real battle is actually a contest of spiritual power?

So if we put it that way...

Long Haochen considered many possibilities, and a thoughtful look slowly appeared in his eyes.

"Brother, are you saying that if my spiritual power were at the same level as yours, then you might not have been able to break through my Battle Slaughter Spinning Sword with your Rising Dragon Strike just now?"

"Or rather, if my spiritual power were stronger than yours, brother, then in the collision just now, our situations should have been reversed?"

Long Haoyu nodded and said, "You can understand it that way. And because your spiritual power is insufficient, even if you have mastered the essence of this move, you still cannot unleash its true power."

"Ultimately, it comes down to a lack of spiritual power. Sufficient spiritual power can make even low-level knight skills very powerful."

Long Haoyu explained these principles, and after looking around, he recounted how he had broken through Yang Haohan's Holy Shield spell in the Riding Spirit Valley.

An ordinary sixth-tier guardian knight would not have been able to achieve the same level of skill with the Holy Shield spell as he did that day, but Yang Haohan managed to almost defeat him with the Holy Shield spell.

This problem also stems from the vast difference in spiritual power between the two. After all, the threshold for a ninth-tier knight is 100,000 points of spiritual power, which is dozens of times greater than his few thousand points of spiritual power.

Long Haochen listened with fascination, pondering carefully as he listened. It was the first time he had ever heard anyone mention that 'the real battle is a battle between spiritual power'.

Seeing Long Haochen's expression, Long Haoyu continued, "Take the Demon God Emperor for example. He's now in his sixth generation. In the struggle between humans and demons, only the Reincarnation Saint Son from three thousand years ago truly managed to injure the Demon God Emperor once?"

Long Haochen replied, "Because the spiritual power of the Demon God Emperors of each generation was extremely high, the previous Samsara Saint Son injured the Demon God Emperor of that generation. Although it eventually led to the Demon God Emperor's death, the main reason was that the Demon God Emperor of that generation was old and his physical condition could not keep up."

"Therefore, the real battle is actually a contest of spiritual power."

Long Haoyu added, "If the spiritual power of that Reincarnation Saint Son could have been comparable to that of the Demon God Emperor at that time, then that Demon God Emperor would not have died from incurable diseases, but would have perished directly at the hands of the Reincarnation Saint Son."

Long Haochen nodded seriously. As Long Haoyu analyzed these matters in depth, he felt that this viewpoint was very tenable.

The stronger one's spiritual power, the greater their strength on the battlefield, and the greater their margin for error.

“Brother, I understand what you mean. I will definitely work hard in cultivating spiritual power, and I will strive to increase my spiritual power.”

Long Haochen answered firmly, "In the process of cultivating spiritual power, I will also constantly hone my skills. The application of skills can also have a surprising effect in battle. This is something you said before, brother."

"I will pursue both paths simultaneously and strive to get promoted as soon as possible!"

Long Haoyu gently patted Long Haochen's shoulder, then put his arm around Long Haochen's shoulder on the ring and half-pushed, half-led him to the edge of the ring.

Then, the two brothers sat down on either side of each other.

“I am happy to see that you have this belief, but there is something I need to tell you in advance.”

“You can’t rush your cultivation. You’ve only been on the path of a punitive knight for a short time. If you’re too eager to achieve results, you might end up hurting yourself.”

“Originally, I was very supportive of you taking the path of the Guardian Knight, and you did like taking this path. You wanted to protect everyone. But things happened suddenly, and I had to go against my initial support. But I also couldn’t bear to see you go astray in the end.”

Long Haoyu's tone was somewhat wistful.

He has always tried to take all the responsibility upon himself, wanting to protect everything on his own.

Therefore, before bidding on that mysterious stone sphere, he never considered having Long Haochen train as a punitive knight; he only wanted to see Long Haochen eventually live a happy life.

Otherwise, the things that Long Haochen was supposed to encounter might very well happen again, causing his father to become suspicious, his maternal grandfather to kill him, and finally, he would have to kill his closest magical beast companion with his own hands.

However, fate is strange. He had tried his best to change things, but some unseen force still managed to bring them back to their original course.

The only difference is that he exists on this original trajectory, and he can continue to do the corresponding things on this path.

Long Haochen understood Long Haoyu's instructions and solemnly assured him, "Brother, don't worry, I won't rush things. I will take it one step at a time."

"Okay, let's pack up then. That's all for today," Long Haoyu said. "You performed very well in today's sparring, but that's just a preview. For the next few days, you'll still need to fight me once a day."

After a slight pause, Long Haoyu's voice became much more serious: "The days to come will definitely not be the same as today."

"At that point, every battle will continue until you are completely exhausted!"

Long Haochen turned his head to look at his brother, who had suddenly become serious. After a moment's thought, he suddenly realized: "Brother, are you worried that I will encounter danger in Haoyue's world later?"

“As the older brother, what else could I possibly worry about if not these things?” Long Haoyu explained, “So before those things happen, I want to improve your abilities as much as possible.”

Long Haochen understood his elder brother's good intentions and replied, word by word, "In the days to come, I will prove to you, brother, that my strength will improve every day and that I will be able to deal with any dangers that may occur."

After speaking these words in a serious tone, Long Haochen stood up and put the two heavy swords back on his back, with the hilts of the two heavy swords protruding from his shoulders.

Long Haoyu also put Wufeng back on his back, and the two brothers walked together toward the outside of the competition arena.

Long Haochen followed Long Haoyu for a while, then suddenly asked, "Brother, you didn't mention Haoyue in the past few days, why are you suddenly bringing it up today?"

Long Haoyu smiled, put his arm around his younger brother's shoulder and patted him gently: "Don't ask for now, you'll know when the time comes, and I'll give you a surprise!"

Chapter 139 An old friend bids farewell, and Lin Xin comes knocking.

surprise?

Long Haochen was somewhat puzzled.

He wanted to ask more questions, but seeing that his older brother clearly had no intention of continuing, he suppressed his curiosity after thinking for a moment.

An'an followed Long Haoyu with peace of mind, but her thoughts were still drawn to the fact that Long Haoyu had mentioned coming here for a battle in the next few days, and she couldn't help but feel excited.

Long Haoyu paid attention to Long Haochen's reaction. He hadn't told Long Haochen these things beforehand, simply because he knew his little brother's personality all too well.

If he directly said he would go to the world where Haoyue is, Long Haochen would definitely not agree, because if only one of the two brothers had an accident, the other could stay with their parents.

Long Haochen doesn't know the exact danger level of the world Haoyue is in yet, and without understanding the reasons, he absolutely won't want him to go with him. Forcing him to go would only put unnecessary pressure on him.

After returning to the hotel with Long Haochen, just as they were about to go back to their respective rooms, Li Xin came out of Ye Hua's room.