Liang Hongzhuang had rushed here over thousands of li to find Su Li forrevenge. He had said very clearly that it was revenge for killing his father.Since it was like that, the battle was not determined by victory or defeat, butinevitably by life and death. Requesting the opponent to have mercy before the beginning of a life or deathbattle, and the fact that it was not said out of politeness, but rather agenuine sincere request from the heart—what Chen Changsheng said really causedpeople to be surprised, and Liang Hongzhuang did not know how to reply to it atall. He shook his head, but what happened next was not a surprise at all,because it was impossible for mercy to be shown. The red dancing dress floated in the green barren mountain. The dust and dirtwithin several hundreds of li were jolted into the sky. Liang Hongzhuangarrived floating in the air, like a real ball of fire, immediately setting thearea ablaze. He surged forth like fire. It would be difficult to find an object that spreadfaster and more violently than fire. This teenager could see through my domain?Then if I become so fast that I can’t be seen clearly, how would you seethrough it? Logically, with Liang Hongzhuang’s level of cultivation and his fame in thenorthern lands, he would not have needed to use such methods against a EtherealOpening cultivator. However, Chen Changsheng was not an ordinary EtherealOpening cultivator, and in order to kill Su Li, Liang Hongzhuang was evenwilling to accept the shame. Of course, he did not mind being slightly morecautious, even though he did not need to be cautious at all. For a Star Condensation expert to actually be so cautious against a clearlyweaker opponent was a very terrifying matter. Looking at the red dancing dressthat seemed like flames burning the mountain, Su Li raised his sword-likeeyebrows again, but his expression became simpler. This was the simpleness ofcoldness and the simpleness of indifference, coldness to life and indifferenceto the outcome—he had already seen the outcome of the battle. Chen Changsheng’sfirst strike was able to injure Liang Hongzhuang’s earlobe, but he was unableto handle the current situation. Hundreds of years ago, when he left the Garden of Zhou for the last time, hewas already at the peak of Ethereal Opening. Even if it was him from that timefacing the current Liang Hongzhuang, other than dying together, he would nothave been able to come up with a better idea. So what could Chen Changsheng do? Chen Changsheng did not know what to do. Even if his power of comprehensionwas higher, and he was even more hardworking in cultivation, the difference inlevel still existed. Not to mention, in the aspect of battle, LiangHongzhuang’s experience just exceeded him by too much, and… he arrived tooquickly. There were very few things more violent and faster than surging fire. He whowas in the Ethereal Opening realm could not follow Liang Hongzhuang’s speed atall, but he had two things that were even faster than Liang Hongzhuang—theYeshi Step and the speed at which he thought. With the use of spiritual sense, he could traverse numerous hills and streams. He looked at the dancing dress that covered the wilderness and surged likefire, and thought hard as if his life depended on it. Countless numbers and descriptions appeared in his sea of consciousness: thematters of the old imperial family that were recorded in the Daoist Canon, thefeatures of Liang Wangsun’s technique as he rampaged in the north, LiangHongzhuang’s cold gaze, his terrifying red sleeves, the Qi that rose suddenlyand sharply, the boundless true essence, the angle that a blade of grass bentafter it was stepped on. Afterwards, they constantly integrated with eachother, matching up, forming an extremely complex star chart. He had still not mastered the Intellectual Sword, and even with an additionalthree days and nights, it was impossible for him to find the weakness of LiangHongzhuang’s Star Domain through these, nor was he able to clearly see theconnections on the star chart. Meanwhile, in the next moment, he was about tobe burnt to ashes by Liang Hongzhuang’s dancing dress. He still could only make a wild guess, no, a guess. Su Li had said that guessing and wild guessing were different. Guessing wildlywas done with closed eyes, while guessing was done with the eyes open. He couldsee the world, see the starry sky, and using it to some extent, he would followhis intuition, or in other words, the feelings of his heart. He made his own guess, and then took advantage and moved first. There was wind in the mountains originating from Liang Hongzhuang’s dancingdress. However, it was eerily quiet around Chen Changsheng. Suddenly, hedisappeared from where he was, and arrived before Liang Hongzhuang in the nextmoment. He used the simplified version of the Yeshi Step. An extremely vibrant sword ray glowed in the wilderness, and with a low hum,it brought the solemn and terrifying pressure that seemed to originate from thedistant past, piercing through the flames that covered the mountain. What he used was the new generation of the Dragoncry Sword. Compared to the powerful domain in Liang Hongzhuang’s floating dance dress,the sword intent was not strong, but it was especially dense. The sword ray suddenly illuminated the wilderness, like a flash of lightning. The dagger directly entered and then suddenly turned with an unimaginableangle. It traveled around the flames and arrived in front of Liang Hongzhuang. A clear cry full of anger and shock resounded in the wilderness. Liang Hongzhuang retreated hurriedly. Even though he was midair, the clearsword slash could be seen on his left shoulder. Fresh blood spilled out of thesword slash. Chen Changsheng’s sword had actually hit him once again. The power of the fire did not decrease, and instead rose sharply. LiangHongzhuang was extremely mad, and the red dancing dress fell from the sky. Itenveloped Chen Changsheng, and just at this moment, another extremely vibrantsword ray began to glow. The sword resonated constantly in the wilderness. It was not rushed, coming inwave after wave, and even was rather slow. Also, the sword intent was notstrong at all. However, the fiery dancing dress was unable to fall, unable tocompletely envelop Chen Changsheng. Time flowed between the sword ray and dancing fire. After an unknown amount of time, a terrifying ripping sound suddenly soundedin the wilderness. The great flames that covered the entire area suddenly disappeared, and thesword ray no longer glowed. The two people separated, gazing at each other over a distance of severaldozen zhang. There was a light mountain breeze between them. Chen Changsheng’s complexion was very pale, and his hand gripping the daggerconstantly trembled. Liang Hongzhuang’s complexion was even paler, and he was covered in blood. Hisdancing dress had already been ripped to shreds. Chen Changsheng had struck out seven times, and not even one strike failed toland. At present, the outcome of the battle had already been decided. The messy make-up and dripping blood on Liang Hongzhuang’s pale face seemedextremely clear. Fresh blood constantly dripped from his destroyed dancingdress. He looked at Chen Changsheng, staring into his eyes. He did not seem tounderstand just exactly what had happened. Chen Changsheng was rather at a loss. Even at this moment, he was also unclearon what had happened. Su Li looked at Chen Changsheng and his emotions were rather complicated. In abattle between an Ethereal Opening teenager and a Star Condensation personage,the former won—the victory of surpassing cultivation realms that rarelyhappened in history just occurred before his eyes like this. In the past, he had succeeded several times in surpassing cultivation realmsand killing his opponent. He believed that Qiushan, who had studied the swordwith him for a month, would also have been able to do it when he was in theupper level of Ethereal Opening. However, the fact that Chen Changshengsucceeded in this, and the method he had used, still made him feel great shock. The battle was so ordinary. Su Li knew well that exactly because of how ordinary it was, it was even morehair-raising. Chen Changsheng succeeded in surpassing cultivation realms this time notbecause of innate talent, not because of a seemingly heavenly level in the pathof the sword, not because of the gifts from the world and the stars, but allbecause of his own hard work and ability of comprehension. This was not talent,and in fact even far surpassed talent. In the long river of time, in the vast continent, had there been someone likethis before? Su Li looked at Chen Changsheng and thought about this question silently. Hisfinger tapped against the Yellow Paper Umbrella.