Fairy Tail: I Am the God

Wei Zhuang unleashed another palm strike, but this one was noticeably weaker than the previous one. This was because Gai Nie sensed that the force of the palm strike was much weaker than before.

Instead of directly confronting Wei Zhuang, Gai Nie chose to conserve his strength, dodging the palm strike by sidestepping. On the other side, Wei Zhuang's subordinates and Leon's two companions stood together, watching this duel that would normally be an absolute spectacle.

Everyone stared intently, afraid of missing a moment they would regret for the rest of their lives, a moment that could inspire their martial arts training. Of course, Xue Nu was not among them; her gaze remained fixed on Gao Jianli.

Gao Jianli could feel Xue Nu's gaze, but he dared not turn his head and could only pretend to ignore it, staring stiffly at Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie.

The techniques Wei Zhuang used were all learned at the Seven Killings Sect, which was when he was learning alongside Gai Nie. At that time, the two were still young and neither of them wanted to seriously practice martial arts.

The two had already exchanged three blows, and Wei Zhuang's opinion of Gai Nie's strength had changed. Young Gai Nie was even less willing to practice than Wei Zhuang, so his current level of proficiency was quite astonishing.

It seems the destruction of the Seven Killings Sect dealt a significant blow to Gai Nie. However, what Wei Zhuang didn't know was that Gai Nie had already mastered these techniques since childhood, but he never revealed them to others. Gai Nie was afraid of hurting Wei Zhuang's pride.

Although Gai Nie remained outwardly calm, his heart was in turmoil, astonished by Wei Zhuang's skill. Gai Nie's gaze gradually turned serious, and he teased, "Wei Zhuang, I didn't even use one-fifth of my strength just now, and you can't handle that?"

Chapter 1170 The Trembling Continent of Edolas

Wei Zhuang was momentarily stunned by these words.

Gai Nie never said such infuriating things normally, and his current behavior shocked Leon and the others. Was this still the Gai Nie they knew? But in reality, Wei Zhuang was thinking of his childhood.

Back when the two were together, Gai Nie often provoked Wei Zhuang in this way, making Wei Zhuang quite depressed. Wei Zhuang was torn between hitting Gai Nie and not hitting him, truly experiencing a love-hate relationship. Now, their interactions seem to have turned from love to hate.

Gai Nie said this on purpose, hoping to evoke Wei Zhuang's childhood memories and reconcile the two. Seeing Wei Zhuang's reaction, he knew that Wei Zhuang had remembered.

This made Gai Nie genuinely happy, because the fact that he could remember it proved that his childhood memories were still very vivid. He still cherished the friendship he had formed as a child.

Coming to his senses, Wei Zhuang sneered and said, "Then let me see!" Before he finished speaking, Wei Zhuang charged at Gai Nie again, but this time he turned his palm into a fist.

Once again, Gai Nie chose to dodge, avoiding a direct confrontation. Wei Zhuang seemed to have anticipated this; just as Gai Nie was about to dodge, his fist suddenly changed direction and headed straight for Gai Nie.

Leon, who had been watching casually, now became anxious and stared intently at Gai Nie's reaction. Gao Jianli, who had been stiff and absent-minded, seemed to be affected by the environment and observed Gai Nie's situation.

Meanwhile, Gao Jianli, unaware of Xue Nu's intense gaze, glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. Discovering she was also watching Gai Nie, Gao Jianli felt a slight unease. However, Xue Nu was unaware that Gao Jianli was secretly watching her; she was still worried about Gai Nie.

Gai Nie hadn't expected Wei Zhuang to be so cunning; an attack from such an angle would be difficult to dodge. But Gai Nie was no ordinary person. He fell directly to the ground, and just when everyone thought he was about to collapse, he stopped, still only a small corner off the ground.

Using his internal energy to avoid actually falling, he rotated at an angle and stood up again. With this skillful maneuver, Gai Nie ended up on the other side of Wei Zhuang, successfully dodging the punch.

Seeing that Wei Zhuang didn't move, Gai Nie seized the opportunity to strike him with a small palm strike on his waist. Wei Zhuang was stunned by Gai Nie's action and stood there in disbelief for a long time. Only after Gai Nie struck him did he regain his senses.

The four most formidable attackers—Gai Nie, Li Ang, Gao Jianli, and Xue Nu—were all left at Yan Chun Jun's residence, along with Wei Zhuang. No one sensed anything amiss or worried about an accident at the dyehouse; Gai Nie, too, was unaware of any danger there.

Standing on the rooftop, Master Yi heard that Tianming inside was about to go out, apparently heading to Yanchunjun's residence to help Gai Nie and the others.

Yi Fuzi chuckled to himself, "They probably still don't know that this is Wei Zhuang's plan to kill two birds with one stone, and they have already fallen into his trap."

Despite the combined efforts of Shao Yu and the system to stop him, Tianming wanted to go out to find Gai Nie. When Shao Yu couldn't persuade him otherwise, he went to find Duanmu Rong.

Meanwhile, Tianming arrived at the entrance of the dye shop, only to find himself unable to leave. Duanmu Rong, whom Shaoyu had gone to fetch, also arrived at this time, and was quite relieved to see that Tianming had not yet come out.

Duanmu Rong stepped forward and realized that the exit was blocked by a Qimen Dunjia formation, and they were all trapped inside the dye shop.

Chapter 1171 The All-Out War of Edolas

Master Yi couldn't shake his lecherous nature. Taking advantage of their being trapped in the formation, he took advantage of Duanmu Rong.

"Master Yi, stop right now!" Duanmu Rong shouted angrily, jumping up and down.

"Hahaha, what can you do to me now? You're still acting arrogant even though I've trapped you in this formation. I haven't done anything to you. Getting angry so easily will make you age faster." Master Yi's shameless voice rang out, and his actions didn't stop, showing just how shameless and despicable he was.

"Master Yi, just wait till I get out, I'll make you pay!" Duanmu Rong grew increasingly agitated, her teeth itching with hatred. That damned Master Yi, how dare he lay a hand on her! Once she got out, she'd tear him to pieces!

Suddenly, in her exasperation, Duanmu Rong had a flash of inspiration. Master Yi had used dyed cloth to create the array; if the cloth were destroyed, wouldn't the array break? With this thought, she activated her fire magic, launching fireballs in all directions.

"Duanmu Rong, are you crazy! You think you can break the formation by destroying all these dyed cloths? How naive!"

"How will you know if you don't try? Anyway, I don't want you, you little bastard, to take advantage of me again!" With that, she launched fireballs again, shooting them around and hitting the dyed cloths. The cloths quickly caught fire, but the formation was still not broken. Instead, the smoke grew thicker and thicker.

"Sister Rongrong, stop it! We're choking to death! Cough cough cough... cough cough..." Tianming couldn't help but shout out because he was choking.

"Tianming, let me try one more time. If it doesn't work this time, I'll think of something else." Duanmu Rong frowned, her face full of worry, but her eyes were filled with determination. As long as the dyed cloth on her body was still intact, she would try one more time!

"Hahaha, Duanmu Rong, I advise you to give up quickly; you can't break this formation!" Master Yi was initially worried, but seeing that she had burned so much dyed cloth and still hadn't found the key, he couldn't help but laugh, and gradually relaxed his guard. But unexpectedly…

Duanmu Rong decisively launched a fireball at herself, which quickly set the dyed cloth ablaze. Coincidentally, the dyed cloth was located at the core of the formation; once the core was broken, the formation also broke.

Master Yi was very surprised that she had actually found it.

Seeing that the formation had been broken, he had no choice but to take control of the person closest to him—Tianming. However, Gao Yue had already sensed his intentions and pushed Tianming away.

Yi Fuzi had no choice but to wrap the dyed cloth around Gao Yue's neck to blackmail Duanmu Rong.

"Duanmu Rong, I advise you to let me leave, otherwise this delicate little girl in my hands might get into trouble. If I use too much force, she might lose her life."

"Master Yi, you shameless scoundrel! Put Gao Yue down right now! Otherwise, you can die!" Duanmu Rong was furious when she saw him tie up Gao Yue. This despicable man absolutely could not be allowed to take Gao Yue away, or who knows what might happen!

"Duanmu Rong, you should know that if you had let me go, everything would have been fine. But you were so intent on killing me that I flinched and this little girl ended up with her around my neck. How can you blame me? You can't." Master Yi's skin was as thick as a city wall; only he could utter such shameless words.

"Master Yi, have you no shame?! If you hadn't laid a hand on me..."

Chapter 1172 Reincarnators from Other Dimensions Invade

"You think I'd want to kill you? Don't push your luck. I'm giving you fifteen minutes to release Gao Yue, or... I'll really make sure you die a horrible death!" Duanmu Rong was so enraged by this shameless person that she almost lost her temper.

"Oh? If I let you go, will you let me leave?"

"You wish! I'll leave you a whole corpse!" Duanmu Rong sneered. The sinister smile at the corner of her mouth sent chills down Yi Fuzi's spine.

"Hehe, then forget it. I'll take her with me. At least that way I'll have a way to survive. Besides, this girl is quite pretty. I'll have a lucky break, don't you think?" With that, Master Yi was about to leave with Gao Yue.

"Stop!" Tianming was very anxious. If it weren't for him, Gao Yue wouldn't be in such danger.

However, Master Yi did not take him seriously, nor did he actually stop because of the order to stop.

"I told you to put her down, didn't you hear me?!" Tianming roared, silently calling out to the system, "System, what should I do?" But the system habitually played dead; as long as its host was alright, nothing else mattered. It wasn't omnipotent and couldn't offer any real help.

"Boy, is this how you treat your seniors?" Master Yi was very unhappy after being yelled at and turned around to teach this impolite brat a lesson.

"Ha, you call yourself a senior? You shameless old man, put Gao Yue down right now!" Tianming mocked.

"Who do you think you are?!" Master Yi was furious that a junior dared to disrespect him. He rushed over and, taking advantage of Duanmu Rong's inattention, struck Tianming with a palm. Tianming, who had no martial arts skills, was hit and coughed up blood.

"Master Yi, what are you doing?!" Duanmu Rong shouted angrily when she saw Tianming was injured.

"Duanmu Rong, don't think I can't beat you. I just didn't want to hurt a beauty like you. This brat was disrespectful to me, and I already showed mercy by not killing him. Otherwise, do you think he would still be alive?! Humph!" Master Yi flicked his sleeves and was about to leave.

However, Tianming stumbled to his feet. A chilling aura emanated from him, his eyes lifeless. Master Yi was startled.

"What do you want to do? Do you think you can beat me?" Master Yi bluffed, trying to intimidate him, but Tianming had lost his mind and wouldn't listen to anything he said.

“I told you… to put her down!” Tianming said slowly. Master Yi wanted to escape, but the surrounding atmosphere made it impossible for him to move his feet.

"You...don't think I'm really afraid of you!" With that, she rushed over and slapped him.

"Master Yi, no!" Duanmu Rong shouted. Master Yi was overjoyed to hear this, thinking that the boy was finally dead.

Just as he was thinking this, he was punched in the stomach and sent flying. Gao Yue was also thrown aside, but Duanmu Rong caught her in time.

Tianming rushed towards Yi Fuzi, showering him with countless fists.

Master Yi hurriedly tried to defend himself. But even Wei Zhuang could only fight him to a standstill, so how could Master Yi possibly be a match for him? Seeing that he couldn't hold on, he cried out, "Spare me! Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!"

Tianming paused, looking at him, seemingly not understanding why he had called a halt. Seeing this opportunity, Master Yi fled.

Tianming realized what was happening and tried to chase after them, but he collapsed from exhaustion.

Chapter 1173 The World of Edolas Undergoes an Anomaly

Meanwhile, on Leon's side, Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang were locked in a fierce battle. Wei Zhuang had Gai Nie trapped in a formation, and Leon didn't help, watching as Gai Nie broke through the formation. At this moment, the system informed him that Tianming was in danger.

Leon smiled and reassured the system, saying, "It's alright, Tianming will be fine. Don't worry."

The system asked him, "Aren't you worried at all?"

There's no use in being anxious; this is something he has to go through.

Leon told the system that this was something he had to go through, since he couldn't always be by his side. This was a part of his own growth.

The system thought that the person it had chosen was destined to be extraordinary. Perhaps these experiences would help him grow; Leon was right.

Leon saw that the system had also figured it out. He continued watching Gai Nie break the formation. Wei Zhuang's formation was much more difficult than Yi Fuzi's. The art of formations was profound and complex; without finding the core of the formation, it could not be broken.

"Leon, do you know how to break this formation?" Gai Nie transmitted his voice to Leon. Leon smiled and replied in a voice transmission, "I know a little bit, but don't worry, Master Gai Nie, I can still break this formation."

Upon hearing this, Gai Nie stopped talking and nodded to him before focusing all his attention on fighting Wei Zhuang.

Gai Nie thrust his sword at Wei Zhuang, but Wei Zhuang smiled and used his inner strength to form a shield, blocking the attack.

“Gai Nie, give up. We grew up together, I know your every move very well. If you surrender, I might let you die a little easier,” Wei Zhuang said with a smile.

"Wei Zhuang, do you have to be like this? That fire wasn't our fault. I feel so guilty for not being able to save you. I'm so glad to see you alive now." Gai Nie didn't understand. He also deeply resented that disaster, yet he insisted on blaming him for the hatred and pain. They were at fault, but they didn't deserve to die. In that situation, who could truly say for sure?

"Heh, it's not your fault? Then whose fault is it? You're the young sect leader, of course you're different from someone like me who was adopted. You're so high and mighty, how could you understand my pain! Don't pretend to be so innocent, I hate you the most!" Wei Zhuang mocked.

Upon hearing this, Gai Nie realized that further words were useless and that he could only fight Wei Zhuang.

Wei Zhuang did not retaliate; he defended whenever Gai Nie attacked. Gai Nie's reputation as a great swordsman was well-deserved; his swordsmanship was so fast that the blade was invisible. However, Wei Zhuang blocked all of Gai Nie's attacks.

As time went on, Gai Nie realized that Wei Zhuang was not using his full strength. Last time he came to kill him, his momentum and attacks were several times stronger than when he was at his peak, but now he was only defending and not attacking.