Chapter 21

"Interesting, from the foot of the mountain to here, I finally have a decent opponent!" Lin Xuer kept her composure and placed her right hand behind her back, but no one noticed that her right hand was trembling slightly.

But Gu Fei did notice this detail. Although Lin Xuer and Dongfang Chen had retreated the same number of steps, it was clear that Dongfang Chen was still stronger.

Because Dongfang Chen still had room to maneuver and hadn't used his true strength. However, Lin Xuer's palm strike had already used her current strongest power.

"Hmph! This Dongfang Chen is quite deep, he doesn't easily reveal his true strength in front of others, but can this Lin Xuer force him to use his true strength?" Gu Fei, hiding behind Mo Songxuan, watched the two people below with great interest.

"You're not bad either, but that's enough! You're not my match!" Dongfang Chen smiled faintly as he looked at Lin Xuer. How could someone at the Fifth Heaven realm be my match? Dongfang Chen had already reached a conclusion about this match in his mind.

Lin Xuer stared at Dongfang Chen, her beautiful face filled with intense concentration. She felt an immense pressure from Dongfang Chen, and she couldn't see through his cultivation level.

Precisely because she couldn't see through it, she found Dongfang Chen to be no ordinary person.

"You're so straightforward, and I'm a bit unhappy. Even if your cultivation is stronger than mine, I can still defeat you," Lin Xuer suddenly smiled as she looked at Dongfang Chen.

"Trouble! I should have defeated her completely just now. Now..." Dongfang Chen suddenly realized that this girl was a disciple of the Shangqing Sect, and she must have powerful talismans on her.

Dongfang Chen couldn't help but change his expression. The Shangqing Sect talisman that Wang Yuanzhi had obtained at great cost could unleash a Dao technique equivalent to a First Heaven Transcendent cultivator's full attack. As a disciple of the Shangqing Sect, Lin Xuer must have such a talisman.

In this case, Lin Xuer's claim that she could defeat him was not an exaggeration. Thinking of this, Dongfang Chen found it hard to remain calm.

"Whoosh!" He suddenly rushed forward, so fast that only a white shadow could be seen. He decisively attacked, not wanting to give this girl any more chances.

Lin Xuer's face changed, and she immediately flew backward, leaving a series of afterimages in the air. Her speed was not much slower than Dongfang Chen's.

"Swish!" Dongfang Chen's figure suddenly split into two, then into four in everyone's eyes, as if four people were simultaneously charging at the retreating Lin Xuer.

"Heh!" Lin Xuer laughed lightly, and then a yellow light surged from her body. A golden talisman instantly appeared in front of her, and faintly, a fierce tiger's shape could be seen on the talisman.

"Spirit Talisman Breaking Technique, the White Tiger of the Western Seven Constellations appears!" Lin Xuer formed several Dao seals with her hands, and Dao power surged from her body, merging into the talisman in front of her.

"Roar!" A thunderous tiger roar echoed through the mountains, and all the Taixuan Sect disciples watching were shaken, staring in shock at the scene before them.

On the mountain path below, Dao power surged, and the surrounding spiritual energy rapidly converged. A white tiger with bared fangs and outstretched claws appeared, roaring to the sky, its might shocking. The white tiger then pounced forward, and in an instant, an extremely powerful gale arose. As soon as it touched the three illusory figures of Dongfang Chen, two of them immediately dissipated, revealing Dongfang Chen's true form.

The massive white tiger, as solid as reality, surged forward with overwhelming power. Dongfang Chen was greatly alarmed, sensing immense danger. The vast Dao power fluctuations made his heart tremble.

Without hesitation, he changed his forward rush to a retreat, trying to avoid the fierce pounce of the tiger. However, it was too late. The white tiger was incredibly fast, and its claws had already reached Dongfang Chen's chest.

"Show mercy!" Suddenly, a loud voice came from the Taixuan Hall, and a figure rushed out, crossing a hundred feet of space in an instant, heading down the mountain.

"Stop!" At the same time, a voice called out from below, and a middle-aged Daoist with flowing sleeves ran up the mountain path. The Daoist seemed to shrink the distance, flashing several times on the path before reaching the scene.

However, these two Daoists were still a step too late. By the time they arrived, the massive white tiger had already pounced onto Dongfang Chen.

Just as everyone thought Dongfang Chen would either die or be injured, a sudden change occurred. A green light burst from Dongfang Chen's body, enveloping him.

With a loud "Boom!" the earth shook. The white tiger's fierce pounce was so powerful that it directly sent Dongfang Chen flying. Everyone seemed to hear a faint "crack" as the green light shield around Dongfang Chen shattered the moment he was sent flying.

A black-bearded Daoist rushed out from the Taixuan Hall, leaping up to catch the flying Dongfang Chen and then landing on the ground.

The Daoist who rushed up from below was Lin Xuer's uncle, Dingyangzi.

Dingyangzi came to Lin Xuer's side, his face not looking good. "Haven't you put the talisman away yet?"

Lin Xuer smiled indifferently but didn't dare to openly defy Dingyangzi. She extended her right hand and pointed at the floating talisman in front of her. Another tiger roar echoed, and a fierce wind arose. The mighty and fierce white tiger immediately leaped up, its body rapidly shrinking until it turned into a white light and entered the talisman.

The moment the white tiger entered the talisman, the golden talisman instantly turned into a yellow light and merged into Lin Xuer's forehead.

"Good, very good. I didn't expect that at such a young age, you could already incorporate a talisman into your body. Truly astonishing," the black-bearded Daoist who had rushed out from the Taixuan Hall said, holding the unconscious Dongfang Chen, his voice cold.

Just now, Dongfang Chen had suffered a tremendous impact. If not for the light shield that suddenly appeared, he would have been seriously injured.

Although the white tiger was not a true divine white tiger, its power and ferocity were no less than that of a real fierce beast.

No one could have predicted that the match between Dongfang Chen and Lin Xuer would end in such a shocking way.

The arrogant Dongfang Chen was definitely stronger than Lin Xuer, but if one only looked at the cultivation level of a Shangqing Sect disciple, it was impossible to discern their true strength.

"Hehe, Daoist Danyang, this is just a farce among the young. Why take it so seriously?" Dingyangzi smiled and walked forward.