Chapter 150 - Fighting the Dragon
Some people seemed to be born for cultivation, and they could cruise along with their training so well that one might even say that their journey on cultivation was entirely smooth sailing.
Such a person would have absolutely become the equal of formidable generals back in ancient times.
The likes of Lu Bu and Xiang Yu had been naturally powerful, so much so that they would have been considered top-notch beings even if they hadn’t walked the path of a cultivator at all. When such beings became cultivators, they could easily become walking killing machines unlike any other.
The notion of everyone being born equal simply couldn’t be applied to the world of cultivators at all. Some were born with blocked meridians, preventing them from being able to cultivate at all, while others were born with meridians totally free of blockages, enabling them to achieve astonishing progress with cultivation.
It was just like the way that some were born short, while others were born tall and imposing, even packing monstrous strength.
Such was the inherent difference between people. In 99 percent of cases, the edge provided by an inherent affinity for cultivation trumped that achieved solely through methods and diligence, so much so that the gap was simply impossible to bridge.
The likes of the Dragon, who had been born with monstrous strength, were easily able to beat a HuaJin Master to death, even if they only resorted to conventional training and never embarked on the path of a cultivator at all.
Lu Xuan took a defensive stance right away and easily parried the punch, just like one might parry a thrust from a spear.
It was like a dam holding back a massive body of water, preventing all that force from bursting through.
He was only one man, yet it seemed as if he alone packed enough force to protect everyone in the world. While his moves were simple and there was hardly anything out of place happening, the force demonstrated at that moment was shocking nonetheless.
The Dragon was almost stunned by Lu Xuan’s ability to parry his attack. Regardless of the force that his punch actually packed, his monstrous strength alone would have easily overwhelmed any common man.
He’d had all the advantage he needed during the early days of his cultivation.
He had only begun to train in martial arts back in those days, so his knowledge and proficiency of the moves had been nowhere near those of the old masters, yet even so, he’d won every single fight he entered.
Even if his opponent was able to parry and block his moves, they were still defeated because they were overwhelmed by his monstrous strength.
Some masters who were capable of arts allowing them to disperse and use the force generated by their opponents to their advantage still had a tremendously hard time standing against him.
The Dragon had long known just how monstrous his strength was and that it was his inherent advantage over others. However, he was not complacent enough to think that it was all the advantage he needed.
Among the Awakened ones and the myriad of cultivators possessing extraordinary powers, those packing such extreme strength as himself were one of the most common types. This meant that those people had honed their physical strength to its limits.
Nonetheless, this was the very first time he’d encountered someone like Lu Xuan, someone who was easily capable of taking down his attack. Lu Xuan was indeed far more terrifying than the legends and the video footage made him seem.
The Dragon intended to attack again after his first attack missed its mark. He threw a chop that flashed with aura like the glint of a blade as it sliced through the air.
It was a simple move, but it still packed astounding power.
That chop would easily shatter even granite if the attack were to connect.
However, the Dragon had miscalculated. He gave his all in that attack, yet it took Lu Xuan only two fingers to clamp down on the flash of the blade as it came down.