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Chapter 63: Two and a Half Years of Practice

He didn't give an immediate answer, but instead turned his gaze to Zhou Bo and sneered:

"Fine, Zhou Bo... You're incompetent, so you just call your parents... What's your relationship with this old man? You're not his grandson, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bo's face immediately darkened with anger, but he maintained the pride and composure befitting a scion of a prominent family, and rebuked him:

"Brother Xu, don't go too far with your words. This is the Chief Steward of Yundu, not someone you can joke around with."

But Xu Lun, instead of calming down, waved his hand impatiently and said:

"What kind of manager are you? Stop trying to act tough in front of me!"

Let me tell you, what I hate to hear most is all that "little friend," "fellow Daoist," and "brother" stuff. Do I know you? Do I even know you? What gives you the right to call me brother?

They even said they'd invite me to their home, but all they wanted was to invite me for tea!

They put on a bunch of fake enthusiasm, acting like I'd be doing them a disrespect if I didn't go. And they're pulling this stunt on me...

What a hypocrite!

Alright, stop with the act. Let me tell you, I'm just too lazy to argue with you guys. If I say I'm going, you'll probably try to sabotage me in some way. If I don't go, you'll immediately start accusing me. Either way, you're always right. Is that how you play the game?

Alright, my thinking is simple: if you want me to go with you, beat me first!

"Zhou Bo, you're no match for me! You're too cowardly to fight me one-on-one, all you do is call in reinforcements to gank me. I have absolutely no respect for people like you!"

Xu Lun's mouth flew like a machine gun, a barrage of words leaving Zhou Bo speechless. He stood there, mouth agape, unsure how to retort, and could only curse inwardly.

Are you out of your mind? What did I do to you? I was just trying to give you some advice, and you're getting all worked up!

Seeing this, Steward Zhou chuckled and muttered to himself:

"Truly barbaric customs... hopeless... Very well!"

He then changed the subject, gesturing to Zhou Ziheng beside him:

"Ziheng, go and meet him."

Zhou Ziheng immediately bowed: "Understood!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he stepped out of the formation, gently flapped his wings, and floated down.

Xu Lun stood there, arms crossed, head held high, with an attitude of "I'll just quietly watch you show off," showing no fear whatsoever.

Zhou Ziheng floated up into the air, stopped, and cupped his hands in greeting, saying:

"My name is Zhou Ziheng, from Yundu Academy. I am a disciple of Instructor Wang Yuwen and have been cultivating for two and a half years. I am currently ranked seventh on the academy's popularity list. With such achievements, would it be possible for me to exchange a few moves with you?"

Xu Lun almost burst out laughing upon hearing this, but managed to suppress it and said:

"What did you just say? Two and a half years of practice? Okay, okay, no problem, I love arguing with haters like you!"

Having said that, he waved to the other person, adopting a "bring it on" attitude, and then added a sarcastic remark:

"Come on, little black guy, let me see how good you've gotten after two and a half years of training..."

Zhou Ziheng snorted disdainfully. Although he didn't understand what the other person meant by "little black guy," he knew this person was provoking him. So he extended his right hand and said, word by word:

"I've heard that you can use the Thunder Technique. Coincidentally, I've been practicing this Thunder Technique for about two and a half years and have made some progress. Today, I'll demonstrate it a bit and hope you can give me some pointers."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he suddenly made a move, striking Xu Lun with a palm strike from a distance—

A tattoo of the character "雷" (thunder) immediately appeared on his palm. Then, lightning flashed, and a "雷" character formed from lightning energy flew out from his palm in an instant!

This is the Thunder Technique. Xu Lun had previously successfully used this move by utilizing the mechanism of the bracelet.

However, he hasn't been hit by this attack yet, so he can't trigger the bracelet's counter-attack mechanism and can only use other skills to block it for now.

He swiftly unleashed his palm strike, the skill book in his mind already activated, the words "Palm Thunder" glowing brightly—

A bolt of lightning shot out from Xu Lun's palm!

But how could a mere bolt of lightning possibly stop the "thunder" that fell from the sky?

In mid-air, Xu Lun's palm lightning strike hit the character "雷" (lightning) filled with lightning energy, but it didn't even knock off a single stroke. Instead, he was directly swallowed up by the character "雷"!

"snort..."

Upon seeing this, Zhou Ziheng couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Using palm lightning to receive my lightning spell, what are you thinking..."

The next second, the character "雷" (thunder) descended from the sky, carrying countless sparks of lightning energy, threatening to engulf Xu Lun entirely—

boom!

With a loud bang, an astonishing power of lightning suddenly erupted from Xu Lun's body, and the "lightning" character that was about to strike his head was instantly dispersed by this power!

"What?!"

In the sky, everyone was shocked, their faces showing disbelief.

On Xu Lun's face, neck, arms, and even the rest of his body covered by his clothes, colorful patterns resembling tattoos appeared. These patterns emitted dazzling lightning and condensed into a set of energy armor filled with thunderous power on Xu Lun's body!

"It's [Thunder Armor]?!"

Zhou Ziheng recognized it; this was a high-level cultivation technique of the Thunder Pattern Realm: [Thunder Armor]!

Not only him, but everyone behind him also recognized this move.

"Good heavens, he actually knows [Thunder Armor]..."

The most surprised person was Zhou Bo, because his [Thunder Flash] was only a basic technique of the Thunder Pattern Realm. Although he had mastered it well, its effect against the [Thunder Armor] was just like the Thunder Strike in the Palm Technique just now. A basic technique of the same realm was completely crushed when it was used against a high-level technique.

At this moment, Zhou Bo was extremely grateful that he hadn't attacked Xu Lun!

In the blink of an eye, just as everyone was astonished...

Xu Lun pushed off with his feet and shot into the sky like lightning, heading straight for Zhou Ziheng in mid-air!

He didn't have time to wait for the other party to react, especially since this energy was too violent for his body to withstand. So he had to hurry and release the energy quickly!

In the blink of an eye, Xu Lun had already rushed in front of Zhou Ziheng, and without saying a word, he threw out both fists at the same time!

"not good..."

Zhou Ziheng's expression changed drastically. He had no time to react, and he was only at the mid-stage of the Thunder Pattern Realm, having only mastered the [Thunder Flash] technique. He had no way to deal with Xu Lun's attack at the moment!

However, at this critical moment, another figure suddenly rushed out from behind, just as Xu Lun's lightning-fast fists were about to strike Zhou Ziheng—

Chief Steward Zhou stepped in front of his grandson, and the four wings on his back quickly formed a protective shield in front of him. The two pairs of wings closed one after another, forming a tight, airtight cone-shaped shield that completely enveloped his body.