Chapter 564: Chapter 156: Displaying Their Abilities

Bai Peng’s eyes turned blood-red; he was on the knightly path, unwavering in his cultivation. The way of the knight is to forge ahead bravely.

Boom!

His heart erupted with a thunderous sound, followed by spiritual ability roiling as if boiling, unleashing the explosive ability of the knightly path—Blood Burning.

This short-term overdrive to generate the strongest combat power is a unique tactic of the knightly path.

"Kill~~~!"

With a roar, Bai Peng swung the battle axe and leaped towards Li Moqian. The axe, with world-splitting force, sliced towards Li Moqian’s head. Visibly, the axe was about to strike, but somehow there was one more finger.

Bang...

Bai Peng rolled and flew out, his body completely unbalanced, spinning irregularly in the air for more than ten meters before hitting the wall.

With another dull thud, Bai Peng fell down, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Li Xin and others hurried over, but Bai Peng waved his hand, "It’s fine, exhilarating!"

Everyone looked at Li Moqian, as imposing as a mountain, and once again deeply felt what a battle angel truly is—the gap in level on the same path is like a mountain that is difficult to cross.

Seeing Bai Peng’s wretched state, Chi Hu and Bu Huangming simultaneously showed delight. The third person up was Chi Hu, who wielded a sword. Chi Hu did not face off directly but used Divine Flash at peak condition to get to Li Moqian’s side.

Yet Li Moqian did not move an inch; merely extended a finger and sent Chi Hu flying. Clearly, he seemed to have understood the moves, but simply could not react.

Chi Hu’s condition was worse than Bai Peng’s, directly hung on the wall, and was pulled down by members of Tianlu Canon Law School.

Next was Bu Huangming, who wielded a greatsword. Learning from Chi Hu’s experience, he recognized that there’s no use in flashy moves against a battle angel. He had to focus his spirit and gather his strength.

After thorough preparation, Bu Huangming ended up hung on the wall too.

Then it was Ao Luofeng’s turn. Ao Luofeng excelled in leg techniques, characterized not by explosive bursts but by agile maneuvers; many opponents were bewildered in battle with him.

Ao Luofeng charged towards Li Moqian, aiming just to land a hit on him. However, in his eyes, Li Moqian’s body seemed to have countless predictive directions, making it impossible to capture him. This twisted feeling made Ao Luofeng feel as if his leg was going to break. Emerging from that rapid state, he flew diagonally out.

Li Moqian had not moved.

"Next." Li Moqian said indifferently, all these flashy moves were but child’s play, lacking in true level.

Next up were Freeman and Sima Mu from Divine Revelation. Both used swords, different kinds though: Freeman had the rapier, known for a stormy curtain of strikes, while Sima Mu wielded a ceremonial sword, both were flicked away by Li Moqian’s finger.

Against different opponents, Li Moqian provides targeted guidance within his area of expertise, leaving some marks behind, only through pain can there be perception.

Isaiah Maxim excelled in gun combat, combining Hex Gun and rapier. His ability was control, allowing him to manage two Hex Guns simultaneously, coupled with the special Secret Silver Bullet, effectively three against one, but against a battle angel, such flashy tricks were futile. In the face of a battle angel’s formidable spirit, a mere glance shattered his control.

This is where battle angels overpower other paths; brute strength dominates all skills.

Isaiah did not despair, there’s nothing shameful about being targeted by a battle angel, everyone was in the same boat.

What followed was the main event, the four strongest from Dragon Capital Canon Law School, known as the Four Absolutes.

First to appear was Lei Jiu, known affectionately as Jiu-ge by those familiar, wielding the Ley family’s legendary spear arts, from ancestors who were also battle angels.

Lei Jiu held his spear in salute to Li Moqian, who broke convention to nod, not for Lei Jiu, but for his spear.

A godly spear weathered by time—Thunder Stain.

Staring at Li Moqian, Lei Jiu’s gaze steadily climbed with fighting spirit, spiritual ability erupting with thunderous sound.

The powerful lightning ability, holding power to vanquish evil spirits, innate for knights, and Lei Jiu absolutely lived up to his reputation, his spiritual ability one part stronger than the others before him.

He lifted his spear, "Senior Li, please instruct!"

Spear, king of ten thousand soldiers; it strikes, unstoppable.

A dominating aura blossomed from Lei Jiu, combining belief, confidence, and focus, inducing Li Moqian to nod inadvertently.

Boom boom boom...

Seemingly slow yet akin to thunderclaps, Lei Jiu struck eighteen times in an instant, with each hit rising higher, culminating in the Lei family’s Thunder Stain Dragon Eighteen Strikes, reaching the eighteenth strike, faint dragon roar, Lei Jiu exuding no less presence than Li Moqian himself.

Buzz~~~

The venue emitted a low tremor, brains echoed with thunder, all spiritual abilities instantly calmed, Li Moqian pinched Thunder Stain between his fingers.

Lei Jiu felt light, sensed the disappearance of force, quieted his boiling blood, retrieved his spear, and bowed, "Thank you, senior."

Li Moqian dismissed it with a wave, "Next."

Everyone looked towards Nalan, Hong Ban, and Yan Tianguang, Li Moqian’s gaze rested on Hong Ban.

Hong Ban smiled, "It’s me!"

Hong Ban was a bit defiant, but proving oneself requires strength, even against a battle angel.

Hong Ban used no weapons; he trained in fists, the Hong family’s boxing. While others trained externally, he focused internally—Hong family’s unique martial art, an alternative of the knightly path, standing alone.

Facing Li Moqian, Hong Ban’s distractions vanished, his eyes saw only Li Moqian, unaffected by whether he was a battle angel or anything else.

Spiritual ability surged, emitting faint rumbling, unlike the explosive sound of Blood Burning, but internal, continuous hum, simultaneously, Hong Ban emanated a terrifying pressure. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Everyone held their breath, Hong Ban did not charge, but struck in place, a moment of myriad fist shadows appearing like an illusion turned into one punch, seemingly absorbing space itself, instantly magnified.

Li Moqian extended a hand, and then all settled.

As if Hong Ban’s punch had never appeared.

More baffled was Hong Ban, unafraid of hard clashes, even with a battle angel did he not flinch, despite the opponent not revealing his true self.

"Hong family’s boxing; rigid and flexible, yet you haven’t comprehended." Li Moqian said.

One knows oneself best, rigid is easy, flexible hard, rigid-flexible balance even tougher, clearly Lord Li Moqian’s strength lies not just in level.

Hong Ban admitted humbly, "Thank you, senior for the guidance."

"Next." Li Moqian looked at Nalan.

Nalan gave a carefree smile, not surprised, as the four were similarly talented, though in focus, the other three couldn’t compare to Yan Tianguang.

Seeing Nalan also behind Yan Tianguang, Hong Ban felt comforted.