Chapter Thirteen: Duel with the Village Chief

  On the last morning of the eighth month of his ascetic practice, Long Song arrived at the martial arts arena in Longjia Village to test his combat skills.

  "Long Ge, what are you doing here?" A villager who was training in the martial arts arena asked Long Ge. Some children under the age of five were playing at the edge of the field and saw Long Ge coming to the square, so they hurriedly ran over, because they had never played with Long Ge before.

  "I'm here for a duel!" Long Ge didn't want to play with those little brats, he just came to fight.

  "A martial arts competition? None of us can beat you!" The children asked in puzzlement.

  "I've come to have a match with you, sir!" Long Ge said with a smile.

  "With an adult?" The children were shocked and then loudly shouted "Long Ge is going to have a martial arts competition with an adult! Long Ge is going to have a martial arts competition with an adult!......"

  "Want to have a martial arts match with us?" The adults who were practicing in the square stopped and ran over to surround Long Ge.

  "Long Ge, are you going to have a martial arts competition with us?" asked an adult of the Qi Zhe level. He wasn't at the Qi Dan level and was no longer in the hunting team, but had only heard that Long Ge was formidable without knowing how he was formidable.

  "Yes! I'll test my combat strength." Long Song said.

  "Then let's play together!" said the adult with a smile.

  "Alright!" Long Ge also said with a smile.

  Match 1: Qi Dan level Long Ge VS Qi Zhe level Villager

  "Please go ahead!" The villager generously let Long Ge make the first move.

  "Good!" Long Ge had just finished speaking, and then he attacked. His water droplet step flashed, and he rushed in front of the villager. At this time, the villager finally reacted and prepared to defend against Long Ge's attack. Before he could even defend himself properly, Long Ge punched him in the stomach. This was still Long Ge holding back, just one punch, and the villager who was at the Qi Refining stage was knocked flying, then fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

  "Oh~~~~~ Long Song won! Won!" The children exclaimed excitedly, in their minds, Long Song was undoubtedly their biggest idol; while the adults were stunned by this result, because with just one punch, it was too unbelievable.

  When Long Ge helped up the villagers who had fallen to the ground, some members of the hunting team also rushed over.

  "How can you possibly be a match for Long Ge? He's one of the stronger ones in our hunting party." said a member of the hunting party.

  "Are you his opponent then?" The villager also wanted to see others make a fool of themselves.

  "Of course, how could Longge possibly defeat me?" The team member said proudly.

  "Then let's have a friendly competition," said Long Ge with excitement.

  Match 2: Qi Dan Level Dragon Song VS Qi Dan Level Team Member

  "Long Song, I won't be polite." The hunting team members who knew Long Song's strength didn't want to fail themselves, as that would become a laughing stock for others, so they took the initiative first.

  The children watching from the side couldn't help but let out a burst of hisses, "Adults should take action first, how shameless!" The adults, on the other hand, stood by with embarrassed expressions.

  Long Ge didn't mind, because he had a body technique that allowed him to easily dodge the opponent's attack. After the hunting team member rushed over, he didn't hit Long Ge, because Long Ge had already dodged behind him and punched him in the back, and the team member instinctively blocked his back with his hand and turned around.

  "Bang!" The fist hit the palm, producing a huge sound. Long Ge's firework exploded in an instant, sending that team member flying, and Long Ge also retreated far back because of his small body and weak strength. Although he was the one who initiated the attack, he still had to retreat and buffer.

  "It seems that brute force isn't my strong point after all?" Long Song thought to himself, since he couldn't use brute force, he could only rely on technique to win.

  The team member rushed forward for a while, finally slowed down his pace, and then turned around. But when he turned around, he couldn't see Long Ge anymore, where did Long Ge go?

  Long Ge had already run to a blind spot and jumped up, punching towards his head. Years of battling monsters had given him a keen sense of danger, even if he couldn't see it, he would react correctly. He rolled on the ground just in time to dodge Long Ge's fist, but rolling on the ground was such a humiliating thing for him, especially being forced to do so by a child who was almost four years old.

  He waited until he had rolled a few meters before getting up to look for Long Song, but he still couldn't see him, not even a shadow. He only realized that there was danger behind him again, so he immediately rolled forward and tumbled past.

  After getting up again, he still didn't see Long Ge, it was really frustrating to death, unfortunately, he kept rolling and dodging non-stop, finally made a mistake once, and finally got punched in the head by Long Ge, fainted. When he woke up, it was already evening, after experiencing such a frustrating battle, every time he saw Long Ge, he became as honest as a mouse seeing a cat.

  Just after Long Ge defeated the hunting team members, Village Chief and Long Wu also arrived.

  "Haha, you're really something!" Long Wu and the village chief laughed and praised, "What kind of footwork are you using?"

  "I can tell you a day in advance, tomorrow I'll be four years old, you must tell me why you can cultivate golden attribute Dou Qi!" Long Ge said with his head raised "My footwork is the water attribute's Water Drop Step, what's meant by 'water drop' is that it can enter any gap, wherever there's a seam, I can flash to that place."

  "Haha! So fierce, Long Wu, go and fight with Long Ge, let's see who's more powerful between you and your son!" Village Chief Long Xiao said with a smile.

  Long Song thought this wouldn't work. If I beat up Father, he would lose face and Mother would scold him. It's better to fight with the village head instead.

  "Village Chief, you seem to have disturbed me many times while I was refining my elixir and cultivating. Can we have a duel?" Long Ge hastily said to the Village Chief.

  "Alright!" The village chief recalled some unpleasant things from before and felt a bit embarrassed, so he agreed.

  Third match: Qi Dan level Long Ge VS Qi Ying level Village Head

  "Xiao Long Ge, you make the first move." The village chief was of a higher level than Long Ge and more than ten times older, so it would be embarrassing for him to make the first move.

  "Then please, Village Chief, instruct me!" With that, Long Song took action. Since he couldn't match the Village Chief's strength, which was at the Infant Level, Long Song chose to rely on his agility and cunning in battle. Suddenly, Long Song's figure darted about everywhere, leaving behind a faint afterimage wherever he went - truly worthy of being called the "Water Droplet Step" that could find gaps anywhere!

  The village chief is not good at footwork and can only stand still on the spot, waiting for Longge's attack. As long as Longge hits him, he will endure a hard blow and defeat Longge.

  The dragon song, who had been through a hundred battles in his previous life, also understood this point. As long as he hit the village chief, at the moment of hitting, his speed would drop drastically, and he would be subject to the village chief's attack. Because the village chief's Dou Qi level was higher than his, if he received an attack, it would basically declare his failure. Therefore, he had to look for opportunities.

  They were at a stalemate for ten minutes, neither side attacking the other. This situation was clearly unfavorable to Long Ge, who was constantly using his Water Droplet Steps and rapidly moving around, causing his internal energy to be depleted extremely quickly. In comparison, Village Chief wasn't doing much better either. As an elder with high cultivation, he was being surrounded by a young child and couldn't find any way to attack back, which was truly embarrassing. However, even if he were to launch an attack, he wouldn't be able to hit Long Ge, so all he could do was maintain his mental state at the highest level of tension. If he relaxed for even a moment, Long Ge would find an opening and counterattack. This intense mental focus might be even more exhausting than the depletion of internal energy.

  Perhaps Long Song also knew this, so even though the Dou Qi consumption was severe, he kept circling around the village chief without stopping, constantly looking for a chance to win.

  An hour passed, and the village chief was indeed worthy of his title, for he managed to maintain his concentration throughout. It was probably due to his long-term hunting habits that allowed him to do so, even though it was mentally exhausting. As for Long Song, his endurance was exceptionally strong thanks to his eight months of bitter cultivation and alchemy practice. Even if they fought for a whole day, he could still persist. However, Long Song's goal wasn't to test the village chief's endurance, as that was no longer necessary. His aim was to test the village chief's combat strength, so he decided to launch an attack.

  First, he added a block of earth to defend himself, blocking the vital part of his head. Since Long Ge was small, the village chief could only attack Long Ge's head; after adding it, Long Ge began to counterattack. Because the villagers' sparring did not allow the use of weapons, Long Ge could only use his fists.

  Long Song rushed to the back of the village chief and punched him in the back. The village chief could have dodged the punch by rolling away, but he was the village chief. If he, a dignified village chief, were forced to roll onto the ground by a nearly four-year-old child, would he still have the face to be a village chief? So, after enduring the punch, he countered with all his might and punched Long Song in the back. To know that the speed of an attack can be much faster than the speed of movement, this punch did not allow Long Song to dodge.

  "Boom!" "Boom!" Two consecutive explosions sounded, first, the punch that Long Ge had landed on the village chief's body burst into flames, emitting a crisp explosion sound. The village chief was probably in great pain, because he was cultivating fire-attribute Dou Qi, his attack was fine, but his defense was clearly not skilled, so this time he got hurt. It was only thanks to his deep Gong Li that he managed to withstand it.

  Next, the village chief's punch landed on Long Ge's earth attribute shield, and the infant-level fire attribute Dou Qi burst out instantly, emitting an even louder explosion sound. Long Ge's shield defense was immediately shattered, and the massive force also shook Long Ge, causing him light injuries. Fortunately, Long Ge knew how to use wood core treatment, otherwise, just this one hit would have greatly reduced his speed.

  After a fierce battle, Long Ge hurriedly retreated and then circled around the village chief with his Water Drop Steps. If things continued to develop in this direction, since Long Ge had wood attribute Dou Qi that could heal wounds, while the village chief couldn't, it was certain that the village chief would be defeated in the end.

  The village head's defeat would be a great blow to his face, and the village head himself knew that he would definitely lose if he continued, but he couldn't put down his face. At this time, Long Wu, who was beside him, feared that they would be seriously injured, so he spoke up: "One side has defended magnificently, the other side has attacked magnificently, I think this battle should end here."

  "Alright!" Long Ge stopped as he was at an advantage. Of course, polite words still had to be said, "Thank you, Village Chief, for your guidance."

  "It's all right," the village chief also knew that Long Ge was giving him face, so he smiled and praised: "Long Ge is indeed a genius, with a great future ahead of him!"

  "Hehe! Tomorrow is my fourth birthday, and everyone in the village will celebrate for me!" Long Ge said with a smile.

  "Alright, definitely!" The villagers all said happily, while the little friends surrounded Long Ge and wouldn't stop teasing him, leaving him speechless. This was also why he didn't like playing with little kids.

  And what happened on this birthday?

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