Chapter 165

In fact, Huang Long's thoughts were also greatly affected.

"I, Huang Long, concede," Huang Long said loudly; the force of fate in his hand flickered once, then vanished.

This was because Huang Long lost, so there would be no opportunity for Huang Long in the next match.

"Huang Long lost."

Many who saw Huang Long concede were stunned.

Luo Fu's performance just now was indeed outstanding, but how could Huang Long surrender without Luo Fu even striking?

What exactly did Luo Fu do?

The disciples from Mount Kunlun outside felt no dragon aura from Luo Fu and had no idea what had happened.

"What on earth just happened? Did you see Luo Fu strike?"

"No, Luo Fu just dodged Huang Long's attack and did nothing else—then Huang Long lost. I didn't see any other combat scenes. Did I just blink and miss it?"

"I thought I missed something too, but I truly saw nothing."

"Could it be that Luo Fu's strength is so great his speed was beyond our perception?"

Many disciples from Mount Kunlun began discussing.

Originally, seeing Luo Fu's unusual display, many believed they would witness a fierce battle.

Both were direct disciples of the Saints.

One had long dwelled in the Jin Xian Realm; the other had just entered it, yet seemed anything but ordinary.

But just as everyone awaited it.

The battle ended as mysteriously as it began.

It was as if the audience was about to reach climax, when suddenly a bucket of cold water doused them.

Making the audience shiver.

Among the Chan Sect's direct disciples:

"What… what was Huang Long doing?" Blasting Guang Chengzi froze, then snapped coldly.

Blasting Guang Chengzi's own strength had reached Late Stage Jin Xian—he had not seen Luo Fu defeat Huang Long just now.

So for weaker disciples around him to speculate that the opponent was simply too fast was impossible.

This proved Luo Fu's strength must surpass his.

As a Late Stage Jin Xian, he would not believe this—Luo Fu had only recently broken through to Jin Xian, and every living being on Mount Kunlun had witnessed it.

To break through to Jin Xian in just a few years? No one would believe it.

Of course, this does not mean Saints cannot accelerate a living being's path to Late Stage Jin Xian—or even to Jin Xian.

For Saints, enabling a living being to reach such power levels was trivial.

They merely needed to employ specific methods of forced cultivation.

But after forced cultivation, that being's future would be truly shackled—with no future at all.

It was like Sun Wukong in the Journey to the West era.

Born from the Five-Colored Stone of Nüwa's sky-repairing, bearing a trace of Chaotic Demon Ape blood, and nurtured by the merit of sky-repairing.

One could say:

In some ways, Sun Wukong was no inferior to the primordial divine beings of the Honghuang era.

Know that in the early Honghuang era, those with potent aptitude among the primordial divine beings mostly became Peerless Saints, and at the very least, Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Sun Wukong's innate aptitude was not comparable to the top primordial divine beings, but he could still be measured against later generations of them.

Logically, Sun Wukong should have reached at least Great Luo Jin Xian.

Yet in the end, whether early Sun Wukong or post-Journey-to-the-West Sun Wukong, neither ever broke through to Great Luo Jin Xian.

This was because Sun Wukong exhausted his potential in a short time.

In merely a dozen years, he rose from an ordinary being with no power to a Jin Xian-level powerhouse.

This was an unthinkable feat.

In the early Honghuang era, even primordial divine beings could not reach Jin Xian Realm in such a short span.

It would take at least hundreds or thousands of years.

Sun Wukong had compressed this time to its absolute limit.

But only Sun Wukong could do this.

On one hand, due to his unique bloodline and aptitude, aided by the merit of sky-repairing, and because he was one of the central figures of the Journey-to-the-West cosmic calamity.

Only the convergence of these factors allowed Sun Wukong to become a top-tier powerhouse of his era in such a short time.

But precisely because of this, Sun Wukong's potential was fully exhausted.

This left Sun Wukong unable to recover from this depletion for many future years.

Thus, while Saints might rapidly elevate a being's strength, Guang Chengzi did not believe Saint Tongtian would forcibly elevate Luo Fu's strength.

That would be outright severing his direct disciple's future.

Saints would never do such a thing.

To do so would be to slap oneself in the face.

For Saints, their direct disciples were their own face.

So even if Luo Fu was not favored by Tongtian Jiaozhu, as his current direct disciple, he could never have his strength forcibly boosted.

Precisely because of this, Guang Chengzi did not believe Luo Fu's strength surpassed his own.

In just a few short years,

Even if the opponent's aptitude was astonishing, how could he have risen from newly entering Jin Xian to become a Taiyi Jin Xian?

"How could Brother Huang Long surrender so easily?" Chi Jingzi frowned.

Just now, he fought Daoist Duobao and spent at least some time battling the opponent before finally being defeated.

Of course, Chi Jingzi was completely suppressed by Duobao throughout, and the scene was quite humiliating.

But at least, he's far better off than Huang Long is now.

Although Luo Fu's performance just now was decent, he did not demonstrate any dominance over Huang Long.

Ultimately, Luo Fu's speed just now was indeed astonishing—he swiftly evaded Huang Long's multiple attacks.

But it doesn't mean Huang Long voluntarily surrendered.

"Perhaps Huang Long True Person encountered a force we cannot perceive," Yu Ding hesitated and said.

"A force we cannot perceive?" Daoist Cihang spoke up. "But Luo Fu didn't even strike Huang Long at all. Even the power he displayed, we didn't see."

"No matter the situation, if we ask Huang Long senior brother directly, we'll know," Wenshu said.

The other twelve Golden Immortals all nodded.

Only the one who fought can truly determine what happened.

Huang Long, who had left the Combat World, was already flying toward them.

"Huang Long, what exactly happened in your battle with Luo Fu? Why did you suddenly surrender?" Blasting Guang Chengzi asked, watching Huang Long return.

"This…" Huang Long True Person hesitated.

Should he tell his fellow disciples that Luo Fu was a dragon clan member—and even the reincarnation of Zu Long?

Not to mention whether his fellow disciples would believe such a thing.

Even Huang Long himself had no intention of revealing this.

To Huang Long, as a dragon, Zu Long was an utterly supreme existence.

Perhaps he could cling to such a powerful leg.

Even if Luo Fu was a direct disciple of the Jie Sect, the fact remained: both he and Luo Fu were of the dragon clan—undeniable.

Throughout Mount Kunlun.

Aside from him, only Luo Fu, the reincarnation of Zu Long, was a dragon.

Precisely because of this.

Huang Long also intended to conceal this truth.

But he couldn't fail to explain to his fellow disciples why he surrendered.

Otherwise, he'd find it hard to maintain his standing among the Chan Sect's direct disciples—he needed a reason.

"What? Is there something you can't say?" Blasting Guang Chengzi frowned.

"Senior Brother Guang Chengzi, it's not like that," Huang Long shook his head rapidly. "I merely sensed the terrifying power hidden within Luo Fu—his aura completely suppressed and imprisoned me, which is why I surrendered."

"Really?" Chi Jingzi was surprised. "Senior Brother Guang Chengzi, was Luo Fu forcibly enhanced in power?"

"I don't know," Blasting Guang Chengzi shook his head.