Chương 29: The Protagonist Halo in Action

The Protagonist Halo in Action

Earlier, Huo Long was casually attacking the squad leader, prodding and poking at the man in hopes of finding a gap in the man's defense. But after almost 10 minutes of failing and tiring himself out further, it seemed he realized that he wouldn't be able to win the fight.

And knowing that, Huo Long decided that he had to change his fighting style.

Knowing this, Huo Long pulled back his spear and swirled it around himself as he jumped back.

Huo Long knew he had to be patient and find a weakness in the man, so instead of foolishly fighting head-on in a losing battle, Huo Long backed up.

Looking at the man, Huo Long slowly circled him in hopes of finding a moment of weakness he could take advantage of.

However, his actions were misunderstood by the squad leader, and the man assumed that Huo Long was trying to recover his energy.

Thinking that Huo Long was at the end of his rope and was already deathly tired, the man recklessly put away his defenses and went on the offensive.

If Huo Long recovered his stamina, it would throw a wrench in his plans. So he needed to do everything to stop this.

Suddenly the man lunged forward at Huo Long and thrust his spear at the boy's chest.

The spears that the two were using were blunt wooden tools used for practicing, so should Huo Long take the blow, he wouldn't die. But it would hurt like hell, as the squad leader held little of his strength back in the strike.

However, he had already been humiliated so much by Huo Long, even getting this far in the fight, so he didn't care about the damage he would inflict on the boy.

'This should be enough interest, right? Next time just keel over for your seniors!' The squad menacingly thought as he blasted toward Huo Long at speeds comparable to a Blood Exchange realm cultivator.

Yet, in his hubris, he didn't know that this was the moment Huo Long was waiting for.

Using as minimal movements as possible, Huo Long tiredly sidestepped the squad leader's lunge.

"Huh?"

Huo Long didn't care about his confusion and quickly raised his knee, cleanly delivering the man a gut strike which sent him tumbling to the ground a few meters away.

Not letting up, Huo Long continued his counter-offensive.

Raising his spear up as high as his child's arms could allow him, Huo Long then dropped it down to the ground, using gravity to his advantage.

But instead of attempting to hit the man with the spear, Huo Long went for the man's right arm, which still sternly held onto his spear.

'Choose your spear or your arm!'

To Huo Long's plan, the man chose to keep his arm and tossed away the spear before rolling out of the way of Huo Long's spear drop.

Huo Long's spear collided with the ground, sending a huge dust cloud into the air, masking both Huo Long and his figure.

–

Xue Bai, watching all of this, was still calm.

He knew that Huo Long would turn the tables eventually. As for how the protagonist did it, what did that matter?

Xue Bai knew the outcome but not the method.

However, the man to his right knew neither.

"Commander, I think Huo Long just might win this. Would that put a wrench in your plans if he does?" Xue Bai asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Young Duke, what do you mean by wrench?" Huo Chen was confused at the foreign word used by Xue Bai.

'Idiot!' Xue Bai wished he could forget his previous life sometimes.

"You heard wrong, Commander. I said, "Would that disrupt your plans." Xue Bai lied as easily as he breathed.

"Young Duke, I am in the Law Manifestation realm. How could I mishear something that was so close to me?" Huo Chen spoke the same words Li Huo once said.

But Xue Bai was smarter the second time around and astutely deflected his question.

"Why are you asking me this? All I know is that you misheard me. But enough of that. Answer my question. Would Huo Long winning disrupt your plans?" Xue Bai brought the conversation about his mistake to a close.

Huo Chen looked at Xue Bai with a blatantly suspicious expression, but seeing Xue Bai still look calm, he decided to give up.

"No, not at all. If my nephew could win this, why would I be unhappy? It would only mean that I had underestimated his talents. At the end of the day, he is still my nephew, and I only want the best for him. Whether through proving his strength by winning the battle or gaining a change in mentality through bettering his mindset from a loss. I only wish for him to grow fast so he could help me with my burden." Huo Chen spoke rather emotionally.

Xue Bai almost became nauseous.

'My god, they're so united it's making me cringe. Plot against your nephew or something, you mob.' Xue Bai thought inwardly.

And as the two were talking, the battle in the dust cloud started.

–

"Damnit, where is that brat!" The squad leader, who was now defenseless, cursed.

He was feeling more and more humiliated by the second.

He had been forced to act so pathetically to dodge the blows of a child, and yet even at the end of it all, he lost his spear. Any pride he had as a spear user was in the dirt and stamped out of existence at this point.

But beyond it all, all the squad leader wanted to do was abandon the challenge and beat Huo Long into the dirt.

However, he knew that Huo Chen was only a few feet away and would stop his plans.

So aggrieved, humiliated, and angry as a man could be, the squad leader stood still in the dust cloud, with his senses fully out, hoping to catch a movement near him.

Even though he was in the Qi Sea realm and had access to Spiritual Sense, the squad leader didn't dare to use it.

Spiritual Sense was a great tool for scouting and detecting purposes, as it could go 360°s and could extend farther than the eyes could see, but it was also very noticeable. His Spiritual Sense was only as strong as he was, so the second he let out his own Spiritual Sense, the three commanders watching the fight would notice it.

However, thankfully the squad leader was already in the Qi Sea realm and had cleared out a decent amount of his spirit meridians. This way, he was more than able to sense the fluctuations in the area around him.

So closing his eyes and shutting down almost all of his senses, the squad leader only left open his sixth sense as he tried to sense any changes around him.

And that change happened. After he managed to sense a lunge only a few feet to his right, the squad leader's face lit up, and he quickly turned, pre-firing a punch to the chest level of Huo Long.

'Idiot. No matter how much you outsmart me, I'm still a Qi Sea realm cultivator!'

Feeling victory was in his hands, the squad leader's face put on a wide smile. But only seconds later, it collapsed.

The dust settled, and his fist connected with 'Huo Long,' but once he felt the contact, he realized he had been duped.

It wasn't Huo Long he punched, but his own spear!

Stunned, the squad leader instantly knew what had happened, and he tried to react, but before he could, he felt a wooden object pressing against his jugular.

"You've lost!" Huo Long coldly spoke as he held his spear to the man's throat.

The dust soon settled, and Huo Chen in the crowd smiled.

"Huo Long wins!" Huo Chen announced proudly.

After being declared the winner, Huo Long immediately fell to the ground, dropping both the spear and the threat over the squad leader's life.

He had been fighting too intensely for too long and was now far beyond his limit. It was only right for him to be so exhausted.

However, just as he had let his guard down, the squad leader, who he had defeated first, looked enraged.

"No! I haven't lost yet!" The squad leader yelled out.

Apparently not accepting his defeat, he picked back up his fallen spear and rushed again toward the defenseless Huo Long.

However, he didn't get far, as before he reached the exhausted Huo Long, three monstrous auras immobilized him.

The three commanders who were currently watching the fight had taken action.

"YE FEI! Have you lost your mind?!" Huo Chen was the first to jump into the ring between the two. With his eyes almost seemingly being able to radiate fury.

He had just discovered this monster of a nephew, and now one of his subordinates wanted to kill him. Anger couldn't describe his feelings right now.

The two other commanders also quickly jumped onto the field with equally angry expressions.

After all, even though they didn't have the family bond between Huo Long and Huo Chen, they had just witnessed a Qi Sea realm cultivator sneak attack a defenseless mortal child.

No matter how Ye Fei could explain it, he had done an extremely taboo thing.

"YE FEI, EXPLAIN YOURSELF!" Huo Chen was still fuming, unleashing his entire Law Manifestation realm cultivation base onto the squad leader named Ye Fei.

Though he was being suppressed, through the tough training he received as a squad leader, Ye Fei could still answer.

So while he gritted his teeth under the immense pressure he was under, Ye Fei still managed to respond.

"This brat came into our barracks to embarrass us. I needed to give our dukedom some face." Ye Fei angrily replied.

'Why the hell was the ever-loyal Commander Huo being so kind to this outsider? I am a dignified squad leader under the Duke! So why are you showing favoritism to this mortal brat!'

Ye Fei's mind had already twisted in anger, and he didn't remember how this entire situation was his own fault.

"THAT BRAT WAS MY NEPHEW! And the dukedom would lose even more face if news came out that one of our squad leaders murdered a mortal child!" Huo Chen was radiating anger at this point, and the air around him started to ripple.

As a Law Manifestation realm cultivator with a wind element affinity Huo Chen could torrents of wind capable of razing down buildings should he wished. So the second he lost control over his cultivation base, he already started to alter the environment around him, albeit subconsciously.

Hearing that, Ye Fei, at this point, knew he had messed up. He had seen Commander Huo bring the child, but he had just thought they were potential recruits. But hearing that it was his nephew, Ye Fei gave up.

"This subordinate will accept his punishment." Knowing when to accept his loss, Ye Fei lowered his head. However, he still glanced in Huo Long's direction with a look of hatred.

'If it weren't for this brat, none of this wouldn't have happened.'

However, Huo Chen still noticed that and got even angrier, "Ye Fei, even now, you still won't repent! Do you think I'm blind and can't see your expressions!"

"Commander Li, Commander Ling, take this man away. We'll decide his punishment when all the commanders have returned." Huo Chen ordered.

Commander Li and Commander Ling were the other two commanders in the barracks who were watching Huo Long and Ye Fei fight.

And even though all three of them were commanders in the Law Manifestation realm, Huo Chen was the second strongest of all the commanders, while the two he ordered were the newest and also weakest. So he could order them to do more minor things.

"Yes, Commander Huo." And after going to seal Ye Fei's cultivation, the two put on some metal binds on him and then left the arena.

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