Everyone could see that Long Chen was superior in terms of physical power. After obtaining the Seven Star Lord’s inheritance, he had fully cultivated the Seven Star Body. This made his body stronger than the infamous Golden Combat Body.


    Jin Ling was blown backwards. He rolled in the air a few times before staggering uponnding. Several minor wounds could be seen on his copper-colored arms.


    Just as the Metal Devouring Wind had entered Long Chen’s body, the celestial Qi had invaded Jin Ling’s body. The celestial Qi boasted a stronger destructive power than the Metal Devouring Wind. As such, the external wounds were considered minor by Jin Ling, but his internal wounds were severe.


    “The Seven Star Body is indeed strong…” Jin Ling was unhappy after getting pushed back by the first move. He was the strongest youth in the Five Element Alliance, which made him even more jealous of Long Chen. To the Five Element Alliance, Jin Ling was supposed to be the descendant of the Five Emperors, so everything in the Ancient Graveyard was supposed to be his. The Seven Star Emperor used to serve the Five Emperors, so his inheritance was naturally supposed to belong to the Five Element Alliance.


    “Long Chen is relying on the Seven Star Lord’s inheritance, while Big Brother Jin Ling’s Golden Combat Body was cultivated by enduring the pain of being enveloped by the Metal Devouring Wind. Long Chen is only winning slightly, and it barely counts as a victory. He is just relying on his good luck.”


    Everyone in the Five Element Alliance imed this while they discussed the battle. The patriarch of the Gold n was carefully watching the battle and shook his head when he saw Jin Ling lose in a sh of physical strength. “Jin Ling has always been hardworking, and his pain tolerance was one of his most excellent features. He can endure far more than Long Chen. Unfortunately, he’s not as lucky as Long Chen. If Jin Ling were lucky, he would be far above Long Chen and Wu Guangyu.”


    The only reason they were saying this was because they didn’t know how hard it was to cultivate the Seven Star Body, especially to reach Long Chen’s level. They also didn’t know that Long Chen had wed his way up to his current stage from an extremely tiny vige.


    In terms of hard work, Long Chen far exceeded Jin Ling.


    But since it was only the first bout of the fight, no one could be truly called the victor. Jin Ling and Long Chen were only testing the waters.“Excellent! One more time!” The stronger his opponent, the more excited Jin Ling would get. His eyes were dazzling with excitement as he charged towards Long Chen like a madman.


    But Jin Ling wasn’t an idiot. He used a proper martial technique this time.


    “I’ve cultivated all of the techniques of the Five Martial Alliance and gained a lot of wisdom. You’ve obtained the Seven Star Lord’s inheritance and obtained the Seven Star Body. I admit that I’m weaker in terms of physical strength, but it’s only a small gap. It’s time to show you the strength of the Five Element Alliance’s martial techniques!”


    While Jin Ling came from the Gold n, he had learned all of the techniques of the Five Element Alliance from the Gold n’s patriarch. It was estimated that Jin Ling was just under forty.


    Though all types of experts filled thend, someone in their forties was considered as a youth, at least appearance-wise. Jin Ling looked to be around his twenties, somewhere around Long Chen’s age.


    Long Chen, however, was twenty years old.


    He was even more of a genius than Jin Ling.


    Essence circted wildly through Jin Ling’s body. His eighteen Martial Veins and Nine Martial Meridians were activated as the Essence circted through his hands. Jin Ling’s left palm was boiling and burning up, while his right hand was cold and frigid.


    They were clearly the techniques of the Water n and the Fire n. Jin Ling was talented enough to use both elements at the same time, which was especially difficult, considering that the two elements shed with each other.


    The technique was simr to the Five Emperor Seals. While the former was left behind by the Five Emperors and picked up by Long Chen, Jin Ling had most likely experimented and seeded in using it through trial and error. Jin Ling’s talent in cultivation was indeed strong!


    “Radiant Nine Heaven’s Fist!”


    “Frigid Nine Land’s Seal!”


    A fist technique and a seal technique were used concurrently. Each technique was roughly at the Emperor-tier, meaning that they were as strong as Feng Zhilin’s Thousand Seals! It was a monstrousbination of techniques!


    Long Chen was initially unfazed by the techniques, but the two techniques miraculously merged together at thest moment!


    <em>Using his ultimate skill right from the get-go?</em>


    Long Chen saw the burning, red fist flying at him like a fireball while the frigid seal appeared like a cier crashing towards him.


    The powers of water and fire merged under Jin Ling’s control. The two techniques were supposed to leave a massive strain on its user, but thanks to Jin Ling’s incredibly tough body, he suffered no bacsh from it!


    Long Chen squinted. He didn’t want to use his strongest technique since Jin Ling was still weaker than him. He wanted to save it for Wu Guangyu as a present. The merging of the fire and water techniques was strong, but Long Chen was an expert in merging different elements!


    Long Chen raised his right hand. On his palm, the Gold Emperor Seal and the Azure Emperor Seal lit up at the same time. The two energies merged together and formed two bright seals. Long Chen thrust his palm andunched the two Emperor Seals out at the same time.


    “Azure Emperor Rising Heaven Seal!


    “Golden Emperor Veiled Heaven Seal!”


    These seals were significantly stronger than Jin Ling’s Radiant Nine Heaven’s Fist and the Frigid Nine Land’s Seal. The two Emperor Seals merged together and caused an evenrger explosion than before!


    The various energies caused numerous explosions in the arena.


    “Break it apart!” Long Chen was no longer being pushed back. He channeled his Essence to increase the strength of the explosion caused by the two Emperor Seals.


    In the first bout, he had forced back Jin Ling using the physical strength, the feature that thetter was renowned for.


    Now Long Chen had used his talent in merging different elements to force his opponent back. Merging elements was something Jin Ling was known for.


    Jin Ling almost went crazy after he lost in the two aspects that he was most proud of. He knew that Long Chen was not easy to defeat, but he had never thought that Long Chen would win against him in terms of physical strength and elemental merging. He had never faced defeat like this before.


    “Impossible…”


    It wasn’t just Jin Ling who thought hat. Everyone in the crowd was also shocked that Long Chen could still stand unharmed while Jin Ling had rolled on the ground a few times. Jin Ling had been wounded, and blood and dust caked his body.


    Jin Ling lost again in the second bout.


    Even then, he still stood up, allowing his blood to flow freely. He wasn’t afraid, but instead serious and excited.


    “It seems that the little brat is finally getting excited. To think that he would finally meet an opponent that he could go all-out with today.” The patriarch of the Gold n wasn’t disappointed; he was just happy after seeing Jin Ling’s appearance.


    The people who heard him say that breathed out a sigh in relief.


    They thought Jin Ling was done for.


    Long Chen stared at Jin Ling. He had a feeling that Suxue was right about Jin Ling having some hidden trump card. Jin Ling was indeed talented when it came to physical strength and elemental merging. Long Chen had barely managed to suppress Jin Ling both times.


    Jin Ling was currently charging towards Long Chen like a beast.


    “You are strong! You have the right to make me turn serious!”


    Jin Ling’s eyes turned blood-red. He used his incredible regenerative power to heal his wounds, leaving only some hints of blood on his copper body.


    He wasn’t boasting when he said that he had learned all of the techniques of the Five Element Alliance. He could use them easily and could even merge two different elements together, though that was as much as he could do. He could use any of the Emperor-tier techniques of the Five Element Alliance at any given time.


    A genius of his caliber had not been seen in the Five Element Alliance in a very long time.


    Jin Ling was indeed a one-in-a-lifetime genius. There were cultivators who couldn’t cultivate a single Emperor-tier technique even after they entered the Heavenly Martial Realm. Jin Ling, on the other hand, had every single one avable to the Five Element Alliance, though his specialty was the metal element.


    “Great Earthen Nine-Tile Steps!”


    He approached Long Chen rapidly and used the technique of the Earth n. It was a technique that allowed him to burrow and travel freely in the ground, though it restricted him only to the topyer of the soil. He could attack freely from out of sight, which was fairly hard to deal with.


    Long Chen used the Big Dipper Step to avoid Jin Ling’s assault. The Big Dipper Step was faster than the Great Earthen Nine-Tile Steps. The starte beneath Long Chen’s feet appeared rapidly and the stars spun wildly. Long Chen could move freely on it, causing Jin Ling’s attack to miss!