Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 609: Samadhi True Fire

"The fifth round of individual combat, Lingnan, junior Hengyi against Hou De, senior Liu Kejun."

Following Jiang Guangtian’s announcement of this round’s combatants, Luo Hengyi and Liu Kejun both stepped into the competition arena.

Compared to Luo Hengyi’s commanding presence, Liu Kejun seemed somewhat unremarkable, but he was actually the strongest student in the school before Ma Lu took over Hou De.

This man was also quite diligent, yet hampered by his Grade D innate talent, four years of effort had brought little reward.

Luckily, fortune favors the hardworking, and with the school distributing Enlightenment Cola, he was fortunate enough to grasp two talisman papers.

Luo Hengyi had already learned of his opponent’s treacherous nature from complaints of fellow classmates and Principal Tang.

However, as the match began, he remained calm and collected, hands behind his back, seemingly waiting for Liu Kejun to make the first move.

To his surprise, the boy opposite him didn’t take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack like his previous few companions had.

Luo Hengyi felt slightly disappointed. Although he appeared indifferent on the surface, he was somewhat irritated after listening to Principal Tang.

He wanted to use this opportunity to prove to the teachers and students of Hou De that their craftiness was all in vain.

After all, one should follow the Righteous Path in life.

"You’re stronger than your classmates," noticing that Liu Kejun had yet to resort to schemes or tricks, Luo Hengyi said, "but unfortunately, you are no match for me. You might as well give up."

Liu Kejun shook his head, "I won’t concede. If you want to prove you’re stronger than me, you’ll have to defeat me."

Before going on stage, Li Zhengwei pulled him aside to suggest provoking Luo Hengyi, but Liu Kejun, who was not particularly articulate, could only come up with this harmless sentence after much thought.

Upon hearing this, Luo Hengyi’s expression indeed didn’t change, and he simply nodded.

"I understand, you’re a worthy opponent, and the best way to treat a respected opponent is to go all out. I will make you see the gap between us."

With that, he took out a talisman paper.

As he chanted the spell, the talisman paper lit up with a red glow, growing brighter and brighter like a heated branding iron.

The teachers and students from Lingnan were excited at this sight, for they knew Luo Hengyi was deploying his signature move—Samadhi True Fire.

Samadhi True Fire was an extremely difficult talisman to learn and master, and it also had high demands on spiritual power. Most students were not qualified to practice it.

In the entire Lingnan, only Luo Hengyi could use this talisman.

Seeing this, Liu Kejun did not dare to be negligent and quickly took out a talisman paper as well.

He deployed a Water Shield Talisman, capable of absorbing the surrounding Water Elementals to form a protective shield around him.

More importantly, within the five elements, Water overcame Fire.

Luo Hengyi noticed Liu Kejun’s choice, but he acted as if he hadn’t seen it and continued to release the Samadhi True Fire.

The result was the Samadhi True Fire collided with the Water Shield—its might not only undiminished, but it actually grew stronger, and the Water Shield lasted less than two breaths before being completely torched away.

"It’s useless," Luo Hengyi’s voice rang out again, "You are not the first to think of using a Water Series Talisman against me, nor will you be the last.

"However, unfortunately for you, my Samadhi True Fire is unlike ordinary Fire Talismans and does not fear water. Water only makes my Samadhi True Fire burn more intensely."

Without saying a word, Liu Kejun launched another Water Shield Talisman, but as Luo Hengyi had said, his Samadhi True Fire indeed could not be extinguished with water.

However, when Liu Kejun released the second Water Shield Talisman, Luo Hengyi finally sensed something amiss.

The Water Shield Talisman couldn’t withstand the Samadhi True Fire, which was unquestionable, but once heated by the flames, it turned into vapor, spreading throughout the competition area.

At that moment, Liu Kejun also made his move, his figure vanishing into the mist.

"Somewhat interesting," Luo Hengyi said as he calmly took out a second talisman — the Golden Body Talisman.

This was also one of Luo Hengyi’s favorite talismans to use.

If the Samadhi True Fire represented the pinnacle of offense, then the Golden Body Talisman epitomized the ultimate defense.

Unlike the Wood Transformation Talisman that could only affect an arm, the Golden Body Talisman could turn the entire body to gold and iron, achieving a state impervious to blades and bullets, unaffected by water and fire.

Once he cast this talisman, it essentially meant that Luo Hengyi had secured an unbeatable position.

Therefore, he didn’t even bother to move and simply stood in place, waiting for Liu Kejun’s attack.

However, the latter’s assault was still nowhere to be seen.

Even though he had already concealed himself using the mist, Liu Kejun astonishingly didn’t capitalize on this rare opportunity.

Luo Hengyi waited for about a minute, and as the mist gradually dissipated, he could once again see Liu Kejun.

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Liu Kejun was seen charging headlong towards him.

Alright then, perhaps the mist had also blocked his own view just now, making him hesitate to act rashly.

Luo Hengyi put himself in Liu Kejun’s shoes and assumed the latter was probably afraid of falling into a trap if Luo set one up nearby and preferred to wait a while longer.

Thus, Luo Hengyi once again manipulated the Samadhi True Fire, directing it towards Liu Kejun.

Liu Kejun also cast the Water Shield Talisman again to resist. The Water Shield Talisman only lasted briefly before evaporating in the face of the Samadhi True Fire, and the field was once more enveloped in mist.

This familiar sequence of events seemed to have no issues, and everything happened naturally.

However, Luo Hengyi’s eyelids twitched.

Something was too smooth!

There was clearly a conspiracy behind it.

Luo Hengyi focused his attention, vigilant of his surroundings, but the expected attack still did not arrive.

By the time the mist cleared, Liu Kejun had again increased the distance between them, making a gesture as if charging over.

But this time, Luo Hengyi was no longer fooled. He had figured out what the other party wanted to do.

It seemed that Liu Kejun wanted to engage in a war of attrition with him.

His Golden Body Talisman and Samadhi True Fire were both top-tier talismans. However, correspondingly, casting the talismans brought about significant energy consumption.

Even though Luo Hengyi’s spiritual power was outstanding, continuing like this, he might not outlast his opponent.

Realizing this, Luo Hengyi couldn’t help but feel a surge of disgust.

He had originally thought that Hou De had finally produced a gentleman, but it turned out that Liu Kejun was just the same, not daring to face the enemy head-on and only resorting to despicable tricks from the shadows.

However, this time he had miscalculated.

Now that he knew what the other side was up to, Luo Hengyi already had a strategy to defeat the enemy.

He put away the Samadhi True Fire and instead took out a Flying Sword Talisman.

Following that, Luo Hengyi chanted the spell, summoning a small peach wood sword from the talisman paper, and sent it flying towards Liu Kejun.

It was true that the Samadhi True Fire and Golden Body Talisman were indeed his signature moves, but that didn’t mean he only knew these two talismanic magics.

In fact, Luo Hengyi, who had just entered the third year, had already mastered more than thirty different talismans and could freely change his mode of attack based on the situation on the field.

If Liu Kejun wanted to create mist using his Samadhi True Fire, he simply wouldn’t use it.