Chapter 014: The Talent of the Blue-Blooded Ones

“What Duke Wade? I don’t know! But since you know we’re all Blue-Blooded ones, then you must stay here!” the tall Blue-Blooded one said fiercely upon hearing Du Fan’s words.
As soon as he spoke, the energy around the tall Blue-Blooded one surged violently! Meanwhile, his stature gradually decreased!
Watching this scene, Du Fan was secretly shocked.
He had seen Blue-Blooded ones transform before, and their transformations always resulted in them becoming extremely tall. He never expected this Blue-Blooded one to turn his tall frame shorter!
Soon, the tall figure became someone of average height, around 1.7 meters. Although his size had shrunk, the energy in his body became even more concentrated! It turned out that there were two trends in Blue-Blooded transformations: becoming taller or making a tall frame shorter.
In either case, the transformed Blue-Blooded one’s strength increased greatly!
Looking at this Blue-Blooded one, Du Fan suddenly realized that his cultivation level had reached that of a Domain Expert. However, Du Fan didn’t know if this transformed Blue-Blooded one also possessed a Domain.
“Sigh! I came to see you, not to fight you. Why are you so agitated?” Du Fan said with a smile as he looked at the Blue-Blooded one.
Hearing Du Fan’s words, the tall Blue-Blooded one, who had been about to attack, paused again.
“If that’s the case, why do you keep sending people to harass us?” the tall Blue-Blooded one asked.
“Well, of course, I want to test the strength of you Blue-Blooded ones!” Du Fan blurted out casually.
“Tch! If you want to test our strength, do you need to harass us first? Do you think your words can fool anyone?” the tall Blue-Blooded one retorted.
As soon as he said this, the Blue-Blooded one rushed forward with a gust of wind, wielding a long spear, and thrust it at Du Fan.
The spear carried fierce killing intent and in an instant was aimed at Du Fan’s chest!
It was only when the spear was about to pierce him that Du Fan suddenly realized his defensive Domain wasn’t working!
Startled, he quickly dodged just as the spear was about to strike him!
Alarmed, Du Fan activated his mental powers repeatedly. Sure enough, as he had guessed, his spatial transfer Domain also couldn’t be used.
What strange thing was there about this Blue-Blooded one?

Realizing he couldn’t use his domain power, Du Fan thought to himself. This situation was just like when he encountered that hybrid monster from the Icebound Alliance! With that thought, Du Fan waved his hand, sending a massive wind blade at the Blueblooded man. Thankfully, he could still use magic, Du Fan thought. It seemed there was still a significant gap between the Blueblooded man’s abilities and those of the hybrid monster! The Blueblooded man could only suppress his own domain, while that hybrid monster had suppressed even his magic. As the wind blade was thrown, Du Fan jumped to the side while the Blueblooded man tried to dodge it. “Hey, tell me, what kind of trick is this? Why isn’t my domain working?” Du Fan demanded loudly. “I’ll tell you the truth!” the Blueblooded man replied upon hearing Du Fan’s question. “We Blueblooded people, after forcing our strength to reach the domain level, may not have domain skills, but all domain skills become ineffective in front of us! This is one of our innate abilities!” “Not bad!” Du Fan said with a smile. “But even if you’ve forced your strength to the domain level and made me lose my domain skills, do you really think you’re my opponent?” “Du Fan, if we Blueblooded people didn’t have special abilities, how could we have ruled over you humans for so long like pigs and dogs?” the Blueblooded man said coldly, staring at Du Fan. “And besides, do you guys only know how to talk nonsense except when you launch surprise attacks? If you’ve got guts, fight me properly! I want to see if you’re really that good!” “Since you want to fight, I’ll play along with you,” Du Fan said with a smile. He flipped his wrist, and Zhai Xing appeared before him. With a shake of his hand, Zhai Xing instantly turned into a long whip, attacking the Blueblooded man repeatedly. Confident that his marksmanship wasn’t as good as the Blueblooded man’s, Du Fan simply transformed Zhai Xing into a whip for use. Zhai Xing could be transformed into any weapon Du Fan could imagine! After fighting against Hua Musu with a whip, Du Fan suddenly developed a strong interest in such weapons.

Picking Stars could transform into any weapon Du Fan could imagine. From another perspective, after being controlled by Picking Stars, Star Combat Qi could connect with Du Fan’s will, allowing it to change freely according to his thoughts. With just a thought, Picking Stars could take on any shape, while a whip required precise control and skill. With its ability to follow Du Fan’s will, Picking Stars, once turned into a whip, perfectly matched its unpredictable nature. In Du Fan’s hands, this whip was as elusive as a ghost, forcing the Blue-Blooded man into chaos. Those whip shadows were like extremely agile snakes! They would suddenly appear in places the Blue-Blooded man couldn’t anticipate, opening their fangs and biting at him! Moreover, if struck by these whips made of Star Combat Qi, it was as if hit by the energy itself—being concentrated by it caused extreme pain. Remember Ling Yin’s father, who suffered injuries from Old Green’s Star Combat Qi, whose wounds never healed, even under Gan Nong’s treatment, as the energy continued to corrode his body! Once Star Combat Qi entered a person’s body, those specks of starlight could slowly explode inside. This explosive nature meant that once concentrated, especially after an injury, the wound was extremely difficult to heal. Seeing this, Du Fan smiled slightly and extended his other free hand, continuously drawing intricate symbols. Along with his fingers moved his entire body’s energy! As more symbols appeared, those drawn in the air grew clearer. When the symbols began to emit a golden glow, Du Fan’s moving hand stopped instantly! Right after his hand stopped, those golden, intricate symbols transformed into streams of light, heading toward the transformed Blue-Blooded man. Those streams of light acted like ropes, bending continuously, and soon, the Blue-Blooded man was tied up by Du Fan’s move! “Let him go!” Seeing Du Fan use magic to bind the Blue-Blooded man, the surrounding ones roared in unison! Even the most ordinary of these Blue-Blooded men were at level seven in cultivation! With tens of thousands of such experts roaring at once, the sound was truly terrifying!

Faced with so many experts, Du Fan remained calm. With a gentle smile, he recited a few spells and freed the Blueblooded man who was tied up.
“Hey, can we talk?” Seeing the Blueblooded man freed and ready to charge at him again, Du Fan quickly spoke up.
Noticing that Du Fan had no ill intentions, the Blueblooded man paused for a moment.
“You go first,” the Blueblooded man suddenly said.
“Hmm, I suppose so. As you know, I’m the third son of Duke Green of the Green family,” Du Fan said.
“Indeed, I know,” the Blueblooded man nodded upon hearing this.
“Fisher of the Gavin Empire has already attacked our Green family. My parents were both killed by Fisher!” At these words, Du Fan’s eyes turned red.
“Really?” the Blueblooded man asked.
To maintain secrecy, the Blueblooded man’s base rarely had contact with the outside world! It was only recent that something had happened to the Green family, so it was normal for their leader to be unaware of it.
“Would I joke about my own parents?” Du Fan said seriously in response to the question.
Hearing this, the Blueblooded man nodded again.
“It was the Arch-Cardinal of the Light Church who assassinated my father. Fisher of the Gavin Empire is the pope’s godson. If I’m not mistaken, the Light Church must now be allied with Fisher,” Du Fan said.
“For us, the Light Church is our common enemy. Why can’t we unite to fight them together?”
“This isn’t something I can decide alone,” the Blueblooded man replied after a pause.
“Then discuss it properly!” Du Fan said.
“Alright, we’ll give you an answer in three days,” the Blueblooded man replied readily.

Three days later, in Du Fan’s territory…
It was already late at night. A young man’s figure was swinging a strange weapon in the courtyard—sometimes a knife, sometimes a sword, sometimes a long whip. All these weapons made a whooshing sound in his hands, emitting extremely powerful energy.
Not far from the young man stood four strong warriors, all of whom watched him anxiously. Some of them even had sweat on their palms.

“Du Fan, you’d better stop practicing for now,” Rob couldn’t hold back any longer. Helplessly, he asked Du Fan to stop practicing and asked worriedly, “Do you think that Blueblood guy abandoned us? Why hasn’t he shown up for three whole days?”
“I don’t think so,” Du Fan said, wiping the sweat from his forehead and panting. “Why would a powerful race abandon us like that?”
Hearing Du Fan’s words, Rob rolled his eyes helplessly and said, “Du Fan, think about it. These clans have been around for countless years—they’re old schemers. How would they easily agree to our request?”
As Rob spoke, he suddenly felt three sharp, knife-like gazes fixed on him, so he timidly shut his mouth.
“Du Fan, Rob is right. Those Bluebloods indeed arrived late. They promised us three days, and I think it’s almost time now,” Nai Xiu said, looking at the gray sky. It seemed dawn was approaching.
Hearing Nai Xiu’s words, Du Fan smiled vaguely and asked, “Nai Xiu, what do you think is the most important thing for an archer?”