Chapter 1910: Battle with Abro

Last time, Walnut made a huge decision to bet on Lu Ye because Tianyan was so famous, and she wasn't sure if Lu Ye could win.

But Lu Ye actually won, even though she didn't understand what had happened.

She actually didn't want to bet on this match because Abolo's reputation was too great. She felt that no matter how strong Lu Ye was, he couldn't be stronger than Abolo, and betting would just be a waste. She had already won enough previously.

But she couldn't resist her master's persuasion and encouragement! Somehow, in a moment of confusion, she placed all her Asura Seals on Lu Ye.

Now, it was too late for regret. Her palms were sweating from nervousness, and she couldn't help but ask, "Master, who is stronger?"

The woman beside her watched the battle in the arena intently, her expression extremely grim. "Lu Ye is at a disadvantage; it looks bad!"

"Ah..." Walnut's voice trembled, and she felt completely weak.

"I'm just kidding," the woman said, glancing at her disciple. "Look at you, so spineless. Can't you handle such a small challenge? How will I take you out to see the world later?" How could she truly know who was stronger? If she encountered such a conflict outside, she could make a clear judgment using her spiritual perception, but the arena's barrier blocked her senses, and she couldn't discern much by just looking with her eyes.

"Master, you're hurting my hand," Walnut said, looking down at her hand, which was currently being squeezed by her master.

Her master was clearly not as calm as she appeared.

Indeed, this was the match her master had ever bet the most on, and it would be false to say she wasn't nervous. However, Walnut knew that more than being nervous, her master actually enjoyed the process of waiting for the outcome.

Just then, in the arena, the gradually expanding saber lotus suddenly collapsed, revealing the figures of a man and a tiger. Another round of gasps arose from the stands because Abolo, in his tiger form, had both claws blocked by Lu Ye's long saber and its scabbard. A gaping, bloody maw was poised to bite down sharply on his head.

If that bite connected, the victor would likely be decided instantly.

However, just then, Lu Ye's blood and qi suddenly surged and boiled throughout his body. With a sudden burst of strength from his hands and the surge of his spiritual power, he pushed the tiger directly away.

The eyes of the tiger, formed by Abolo, clearly showed a hint of astonishment.

In their initial clashes, he had already realized that Lu Ye's physical strength was not inferior to his own. This was undoubtedly somewhat incredible, as Lu Ye was clearly a saber cultivator.

It was somewhat abnormal for a saber cultivator to possess such strength.

He had thought that was the limit Lu Ye could exert!

But that wasn't his limit. After activating the Savage Beast Transformation and turning into an ancient fierce tiger, his physical strength had increased by at least twenty percent.

Who would have thought that Lu Ye could still withstand it!

He could confirm that Lu Ye hadn't used any secret techniques; this was undoubtedly the power he unleashed himself.

Is there truly someone in this world with such a solid physique? While Abolo was shaken, he was more excited. He knew he had underestimated Lu Ye, and this was indeed an opponent worthy of contending with him.

After flying a long distance and just landing, Abolo sensed an extremely oppressive aura approaching him. Looking up, he saw Lu Ye already charging towards him with his saber, instantly closing the distance.

"Roar!" As another tiger roar echoed, the tiger's form changed again. Lines of patterns lit up on its body, and the massive tiger quickly thinned, but its overall contours undoubtedly became more streamlined.

Lu Ye watched this scene. Although he had learned from the messages sent by Guiyi and Walnut that Abolo cultivated the secret art of Savage Beast Transformation, seeing it with his own eyes still filled him with slight surprise.

Transforming into a fierce tiger was Abolo's first transformation; now, he had undoubtedly activated his second transformation.

In an instant, the fierce tiger transformed into a black leopard. Lu Ye's swiftly descending saber narrowly missed the leopard's form, striking empty air. Instead, the leopard seized the opportunity to attack from the side, moving much faster than before!

Lu Ye raised his saber to block, and a tremendous force struck, causing his body to involuntarily slide to the side. Before he could regain his balance, the leopard pounced again.

Lu Ye probably understood that each transformation of the Savage Beast Transformation had its own characteristics. Compared to the fierce tiger transformation, Abolo's speed was greatly enhanced under this second transformation.

He gently exhaled, and the flesh on his saber-wielding right arm began to writhe. In an instant, saber light filled the sky!

The cultivators watching from the stands were already dumbfounded, because the speed of the clash between the man and the beast in the arena was so fast that they couldn't see clearly. The entire arena, besides the overwhelming saber light, seemed to contain countless Lu Yes and countless Abolos, each Lu Ye contending with an Abolo. Even a Sunlit cultivator like Walnut's master couldn't distinguish between the real body and the illusions without spiritual perception.

Abolo was extremely excited, but also greatly startled, because he had not expected such a person to exist in this world. When he used the fierce tiger transformation, his strength was inferior to his opponent's; then, when he transformed into a leopard, his opponent could actually keep up with his speed. If he hadn't experienced it himself, he would never have believed that such a balanced cultivator existed in this world.

Suddenly, the overwhelming saber light retracted, and the countless afterimages vanished. In the center of the arena, Lu Ye maintained his saber-drawing posture, but the area where he stood was now coiled by a massive python. The python held its head high in a spiral, flicking its forked tongue.

The python suddenly constricted its body, and the surrounding space turned into a cage, clearly intended to bind Lu Ye.

In that instant, Lu Ye's hair stood on end. If he were truly bound like this, with the strength Abolo had previously displayed, even if he had other moves, he would be unable to execute them.

He activated his Vertical Dash technique, swinging his saber to break the invisible binding force around him. He managed to break free almost the instant the python's body tightened.

In this situation, unless he had already formed void spirit patterns with his artifacts, only the Vertical Dash technique could free him.

As he leaped high into the air, preparing to pounce down, his pupils contracted because the giant python had vanished, replaced by a towering minotaur. It looked as if an ox demon had transformed into a humanoid form. Two backward-curving horns gleamed with a cold light, and its entire body was covered in thick, heavy fur. It stood over ten zhang tall, presenting an extremely terrifying visual impact.

"Fourth transformation!" a cultivator in the stands exclaimed. "When Abolo fought Gusheng, he only ever used up to the fifth Savage Beast Transformation. I didn't expect him to have to use the fourth transformation against Lu Ye. I wonder if Lu Ye can push him to his limit."

The ox-demon-like Abolo fixed his scarlet gaze on Lu Ye. Suddenly, he lifted one foot and stomped forcefully on the ground.

Silently, from where he stomped, dark cracks spread in all directions, as if the entire space had been shattered by his foot.

Lu Ye suddenly felt a sense of visual distortion and immediately understood that he had been affected by his opponent's move.

Seizing this opportunity, Abolo extended a large hand and swatted towards Lu Ye with a sky-covering gesture, looking as if he were swatting a buzzing mosquito.

Although the arena was vast, with Abolo's swat, Lu Ye felt an inescapable sense of doom.

He decisively closed his eyes. When he reopened them, his spiritual power fiercely poured into the Mountain-Shattering Saber. He held the long saber high, its blade radiating light.

In an instant, a colossal saber shadow appeared. The sheer size of the saber shadow was astonishing.

The ox-demon's hand, obscuring heaven and earth, swatted down, and the saber shadow simultaneously slashed down.

One Saber Cleaving Heaven!

The clash of spiritual power caused countless swirling vortexes to appear throughout the arena, making it impossible to clearly see the figures of the two combatants. Only a loud bird cry rang out.

When the scene within the arena reappeared in the spectators' vision, everyone was astonished to find that Abolo had already unleashed the fifth Savage Beast Transformation, transforming completely into a Golden-winged Great Peng. Beside the colossal peng, an incredibly small figure, in comparison, was contending with it, wielding a saber in an extremely fierce battle.

Streaks of golden light shot out with each flap of the Great Peng's wings, but they couldn't harm Lu Ye in the slightest. Instead, his Vertical Dash technique made the Golden-winged Great Peng flustered and disoriented.

Lu Ye realized that with Abolo's Savage Beast Transformation, each successive transformation increased his strength compared to the previous one. This transformation likely had no fixed order. In other words, if the fierce tiger transformation was Abolo's fifth, then that would be the strongest. Since his fifth transformation now was the Golden-winged Great Peng, then this form was the strongest.

The pressure Abolo's current strength exerted on Lu Ye was much greater than at the beginning.

But it was still within his manageable range.

Lu Ye was actually looking forward to his sixth transformation, because as far as he knew, the true name of the Savage Beast Transformation secret art was the Nine Savage Beast Transformations. In other words, there were a total of nine transformations, so Lu Ye wanted to know how strong Abolo would be in the ninth Savage Beast Transformation state.

While he was pondering, Abolo suddenly took the initiative to retreat.

Lu Ye frowned slightly, but did not pursue.

The Golden-winged Great Peng rapidly shrank, transforming back into Abolo's appearance. His skin was now extremely blood-red, as if soaked in blood, and his eyes burned with intense fighting spirit. Visible streams of air escaped his mouth as he said, "Impressive! You are the second opponent, besides Gusheng, to withstand my five Savage Beast Transformations."

"I want to see your sixth transformation!" Lu Ye said, looking at him.

Abolo laughed heartily. "That won't do. My foundation isn't sufficient. Activating the sixth transformation would be fatal; that's for a deathmatch."

Lu Ye was taken aback.

He had been wondering why, if the Savage Beast Transformation had nine forms, Abolo had only ever used up to the fifth transformation in his fight with Gusheng. So this was the reason.

Even someone as strong as Abolo could only use up to the fifth transformation. Forcibly activating the sixth transformation would not end well, even if he managed to defeat his opponent.

The arena indeed had rules to protect both combatants, preventing them from losing their lives during a fight. But this protection did not extend to Abolo if he used his sixth transformation, as the injuries cultivators sustained in battle were real.

If Abolo were to activate the sixth transformation, the immense damage to his foundation would be enough to cost him his life later.

"That's a pity," Lu Ye said, a hint of regret in his voice.

He had a general understanding of Abolo's strength, which was greater than Lionheart's. From this, it seemed Gusheng was also roughly at this level.

This slightly disappointed him. Was this the level of the top two on the Moon Jade Rankings?