The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao stood in the void at a loss after he heard what Ryu Jinshi said. He asked, "Why is so?"

Ryu replied, "Well, the personality of the azure dragon is sort of unpredictable. I have no idea about it. If you ascend the heavens in the future, then only will my character become the essence of the character, otherwise, you will just have to deal..." suddenly Ryu Jinshi punched Yang Dao in the face.

However, the boy was ready and blocked the punch with his own.

BANG!!!

The impact from the collision was too loud and shaking. Both people took a few steps back to regain their balance. Yang Dao sighed and thanked himself for not giving up his vigilance.

Ryu, on the other side, said, "So, you can still hold on even after falling into the illusion. Very well, I shall show you some skills then."

The next moment he vanished from his spot but Yang Dao was not slow either. His eyes changed and the pupils started to rotate fast. He spotted a shadow from the corner of his eye. Thankfully, he could still detect motion on earth. Otherwise, Ryu Jinshi, who had become one with the wind, would have clobbered him ruthlessly.

The strength Ryu Jinshi displayed was too much for him to handle. The first punch that he blocked had made his hand numb, and that too was after he augmented his bones and skin with earth source energy. Sensing the second attack coming his way, he manipulated the particles of earth and his body became slightly harder than before. He used metallic property particles to strengthen the predicted target area.

BANG...

The punch landed on Yang Dao's ribcage. The impact shook the boy and made him fly a distance of ten meters. He could sense that this was not Ryu Jinshi's full power. However, as he was facing the enraged dragon, he was also deducting the situation in his mind.

'This is an illusion inside an illusion. I thought he was underestimating me, but I was the one who underestimated him. How do I break this illusion?' was the thought in Yang Dao's mind.

He fended off the attacks aimed at him and survived the onslaught. Ryu Jinshi stopped and said, "Why? Why do you not fight back and only dodge? We do not need a weakling master."

Yang Dao hated to be looked down on. He had always been keeping his calm but never tolerated disdain from anyone and defeated them with his hard work made them look up to him. This was the reason why he had come so far, so after all the effort and hard work, how can he take this offense now?

He circulated his source energy at the highest pace he could. This was also something he discovered during his practice. Rather than storing the source energy inside his body, he would circulate it around his acupressure points. This circulation provided him with power that was higher by at least two times.

As the circulation completed, Yang Dao vanished from his spot and attacked Ryu Jinshi. The latter raised his hand to block the punch, but the next moment a streak of teal passed through his defending arm.

The forearm was left with a hole in it. However, that was it. The next moment, Ryu Jinshi sensed a strong attack coming from behind him. he turned around and wanted to block but it was too late. Yang Dao's shin was already connected to Ryu Jinshi's abdomen.

Ryu Jinshi, the incarnate of the azure dragon, did not back off. On the contrary, he held onto Yang Dao's leg. The next moment the boy was flicked over his shoulder and hardly rammed into the ground.

A bang echoed in the surroundings, followed by some dirt and grass. Yang Dao was lying inside a human-shaped hole. However, as soon as the dust cleared. A streak shined again. Yang Dao sensed his leg released and a faint hiss was also heard by him.

He stood up from the ground and found that Ryu Jinshi was holding his shoulder and gazed at Yang Dao with red eyes. He let out a roar. Yang Dao did not back away this time. His punch landed on Ryu Jinshi's chin, dislocating his jaw. The dragon backed off by two steps and he opened his mouth. Overcame by the sense of fear, the boy suddenly ducked and rolled.

The roll was not long, but enough to get the boy into a ditch on the side. He had made this ditch by manipulating the earth element. He has manipulated the element to dig out that ditch in an instant. As soon as he fell in that ditch, a wave of heat passed above him. Yang Dao could see a wide thick sheet of fire outside.

He took out his bow and shot out an arrow. The arrow flew up in the firestorm and it started spinning because the arrow was a wind elemental one. It started to make the fire breath of the dragon gather and revolve into a twister.

Twisters were natural phenomena, but this time Yang Dao manipulated the wind to create this. He willed for the arrow to spin faster and faster. The faster the flames spun, the hotter they became. After five seconds, only the flames turned from ember to yellow. The lighter the color, the hotter the flames.

Ryu Jinshi watched this and, given his knowledge, he predicted what was about to happen, so he waved his hand to call upon the wind and rain. Things changed in an instant. The strong attack method borrowed by Yang Dao was diffused and he had just raised his leg to send a shock wave to fish out the hiding Dao Child when suddenly he sensed a lack of breath.

Yang Dao had been multitasking. The air he controlled was not the one outside only. He was also trying to tap on the wind stored inside Ryu Jinshi. Finally, at this moment, he succeeded. The familiar spirits all mastered one sort of source energy and they could have this energy inspire the other sorts of energy to bend and cast elements. Unlike the Dao child, the master of it all.

Yang Dao stood up from his ditch and said, "Are you done?"

His tone was bland and cold. Ryu Jinshi was still raged. This was an illusion, after all. The Dao Child had been inside it a long time and he hated being controlled or restricted. Ryu Jinshi was panting in front of him, but he was unaffected.

His eyes became the dao eyes again, and he started to perceive the illusion. Illusions were based on light and dark. So if he can perceive one loophole, he will be able to break it. The azure dragon may not be the supreme master of the light and dark laws, but it was the heavenly beast, so it did have some skills in that area. These skills were enough to dabble the budding Dao Child.

Yang Dao controlled the Ryu Jinshi in front of him and sat down on the ground. During his time inside the first illusion where the azure dragon went mad, he could sense the loophole, but that thing was so obviously placed that after taking it he fell into the second illusion.

After trying to find the loophole for a few minutes, Yang Dao said, "This guy sure is cunning. What to do now?"

The illusion was completely like a real scene. Even the reaction and the pain he had just suffered were real. Looking around, he did not discover any loophole. Everything seemed normal. He sighed when it clicked to him. Since everything was normal, then why are his clothes okay.

The last illusion had a loophole, and that was the stationery tail of the wriggling dragon. Yet he still had his hair and clothes mess up a little. But this time, he was still looking all clean and crisp. Yang Dao figured out that he was the loophole of the illusion.

He closed his eyes with this thought in his mind and manipulated the light and dark. The next moment, the scene changed, and he stood in front of the Azure Dragon. He did not wait to check the scene and found that it was not an illusion.

An Ethereal voice sounded in his mind, "The Azure Dragon, seek your forgiveness, Master."

The trial was not strength but observation. Only when you can observe things can you decrypt the mystery of life and death. The strength inside the illusion was not real. Vitality gives strength and as the vitality decreases, life becomes death. To witness this change, they must observe.

Yang Dao sighed and said, "You are very cunning. I almost fell for the trick. So tell me, is the trial over?"

The azure dragon nodded like a human and said, "I await your ascension, Master." with that, his figure faded away and Ryu Jinshi appeared.

Yang Dao mumbled, "Humph, Baibai is still more friendly than this guy. Wait, I will complain to her when I go back.." he was distressed about the tight lips of the azure dragon.