Young king Ling Tian and Suan Bu Jin fought fiercely for few hundred rounds. But eventually Suan Bu Jin was defeated by him.
"Young king Ling Tian…No…Young master Ling Tian! I was blind and didn't know any better, spare my life!" Suan Bu Jin let go of his pride and begged pitifully. His whole body was stained with blood. Terrifying wounds could be seen, from which blood kept gushing out without any sign of stopping. But no one took pity on him, more or less everyone despised him for his unscrupulous nature.
"Haha look at him begging pitifully, he didn't think this day would come, did he?" Some of his past rivals gloated.
"Humph! So what if he is a fierce expert? Eventually he is defeated by young king Ling Tian." Some girls who were fans of Ling Tian couldn't help but snort and feel proud.
"You shouldn't have secretly send someone to kill me, that was just you courting death!" Young King Ling Tian coldly uttered. A golden halo rotated above his head, giving out rich spiritual aura which healed most of his wounds and replenished his depleted Qi energy.
He swung his saber, directly beheading the pleading Black Spear mercenary alliance leader. Seeing the leader's death, all the remaining members ran away in a panic. They didn't dare to linger around. Some people gave chase in order to sort out past hatreds.
Ling Tian sheathed his saber and flew away. Soon, he found a hidden cave not too far away from the capital, in order to check his gains. Since he was a vagrant cultivator and didn't belong to any sect, he had to be careful all the time. So he would always prepare hideouts before big battles if something untoward were to happen.
"Sigh, being a vagrant cultivator is truly not easy. I have to walk on thin ice at every steps. But that's what makes it truly interesting and I wouldn't get bored while chasing the Dao." Ling Tian laughed faintly as he was skimming through Suan Bu Jin's storage rings and pouches.
Suddenly, he felt a cold shiver running behind his spine. He quickly dashed away from the spot he was in. As soon as he moved away, the ground exploded into pieces where he was standing previously.
Ling Tian was alarmed, someone followed him here but he couldn't detect him at all. A strong sense of danger pervaded his heart.
As the dusts and smoke flew away, a black cloaked figure could be seen standing. The black cloaked figure was wielding a huge ash coloured hammer in his hand. Ling Tian couldn't detect the cloaked figure's cultivation base but he could see that the hammer in his hand was at least a Saint grade weapon.
"From the sneaky hit just now, he probably isn't good at frontal combat, or he might just didn't want to raise a commotion." Ling Tian's eyes were like a torch as his mind was on a whirlwind.
"Boom boom" The black cloaked figure was extremely fast. He raised his hammer and crashed it against Ling Tian, trying to deal a critical heat. The underground cave almost collapsed as they fought.
"Young King Ling Tian, number one young genius of the eastern territory, the name is not in vain indeed." The cloaked figure spoke for the first time.
"From his voice, I could deduce he is around the same age as me. He is fast, probably possess some speed based techniques. Also he is swinging the hammer effortlessly, his physical strength isn't something to be underestimated." Ling Tian's eyes kept flashing with clever lights, trying to find the weakness as he kept dodging.
The black cloaked figure was extremely fierce, he didn't give Ling Tian any chance to take a breather at all.
As time went by, Ling Tian was covered in injuries but none of them were much serious. He just couldn't find an opening at all. Ling Tian was someone who relied more on wits, liked to gather information about his enemies before a battle. But this time he was caught unprepared. His enemy was also someone very formidable, didn't give him any chances to take advantage of.
"[Skill: Shadow replacement.]" Suddenly the black cloaked figure spoke.
Ling Tian felt a sudden chill in his heart. This was the premonition given by the heavenly dao. Before stepping into the Heaven congregation realm, a cultivator must face Heaven's Insight Tribulation – The cultivator must experience a vision of the Dao, enduring the overwhelming truths without shattering their mind. After reaching heaven congregation realm a cultivator begins to glimpse and comprehend fragments of natural laws. Through the fragments of natural laws, a cultivator could gain different abilities granted by the heavenly Dao. The heavenly Dao is impartial, It depends on how much mysterious truth the cultivator was able to comprehend during the Heaven's insight Tribulation.
Naturally, Ling Tian as a genius, his understanding of the mysterious truths wasn't low. Eye of truth, this was his unique ability granted by the heavenly Dao. He could glimpse into the future for a split second.
The black cloaked figure suddenly vanished. Ling Tian was alarmed as he kept searching.
His heart suddenly thumped wildly as he felt a cold chill behind him. He quickly activated his the Eye of Truth.
A dark shadow encroached upon his back, it violently swung its hammer, turning him into meat paste.
Returning to present, Ling Tian didn't dare to linger around, he hastily moved from where he stood.
Just as he had envisioned, a dark shadow really rose up from where he was previously standing.
"Hmm? I missed?" This is the first time the System skill failed me." The black cloaked figure mumbled.
"System?" Ling Tian naturally heard it, he felt puzzled, trying to think if any techniques like that existed or not.
"Alright, enough playing around. Let's end this." The black shadow stopped in his track and spoke litely.
Eastern territory's number one genius vs a mysterious black cloaked figure, both were facing off against each other, ready to kill at any moment.