Under One Person: Please Call Me Golden Flash

Chapter 30 Battle against Zhang Zhiwei

“Young friend Zhao, let your foolish disciple Zhang Zhiwei accompany you on two trips. By the way, there’s something I need to tell you. His surname ‘Zhang’ is a false one.”

As Zhang Jingqing finished speaking, everyone looked at Zhang Zhiwei with even more surprise.

Those who attended the Lu family's birthday banquet were all prominent figures in the world of supernatural beings, so they naturally understood the true meaning of Zhang Jingqing's words.

In other words, Zhang Zhiwei in front of us is very likely to be the next person to inherit the mantle of the Celestial Master!
Zhao Zhen bowed slightly to the Celestial Master Zhang Jingqing, then turned his gaze back to Zhang Zhiwei in front of him.

Very tall, indeed very tall. Even though Zhao Zhen's height is already considered quite outstanding among his peers, Zhang Zhiwei still appears to be slightly taller than him.

Completely different from how they usually interacted in private, Zhang Zhiwei, standing opposite Zhao Zhen now, exuded an extremely dangerous aura even before they officially clashed.

"Brother Zhao, let me now experience your Golden Escape Flowing Light technique."

"I have long wanted to experience the methods of the Celestial Master's Mansion."

"Then let's go?" Zhang Zhiwei raised an eyebrow.

The mysteries of heaven and earth, the root of all energies, through countless eons of cultivation, I have attained divine powers.

Within and beyond the Three Realms, only the Dao is supreme; my body is radiant with golden light, which covers my entire being!
"Come on." Zhao Zhen nodded with a smile.

hum!
As soon as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared around Zhang Zhiwei.

"What a blinding golden light! Could that be the secret technique of the Celestial Master's Mansion—the Golden Light Mantra?"

"I've heard that the Golden Light Mantra is not only an extremely powerful protective technique, but when cultivated to a deeper level, it can also transform Qi into form, achieving a combination of offense and defense!"

"So powerful! The level of refinement of this golden light is something I've never seen before, even among the many senior brothers from the Celestial Master's Mansion I've encountered!"

……

"The Golden Light Mantra, huh? That's interesting."

Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes and slowly stepped to one side with a mysterious gait.

"Hmm? This footwork..."

Zhang Zhiwei's gaze sharpened slightly. He could tell at a glance that Zhao Zhen's footwork and turning steps subtly corresponded to the Big Dipper and the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. This seemed to be a Taoist technique called "Stepping the Dipper and Stepping the Dipper."
"Brother Zhao's knowledge is indeed quite extensive."

"There's nothing I can do. Unlike Fellow Daoist Zhang, I don't come from a prestigious family with a legitimate lineage and a thousand-year-old sect legacy. There's no need to worry about not having any protective methods to learn."

After my father raised me, all he taught me was the Golden Escape Flowing Light technique to save my life. All he left me with were these enemies all over the world.

Therefore, in order to save my life, I had no choice but to swallow my pride and do my best to learn self-defense techniques from others during my years of travel.

After all, when you're out in the world, it's always good to have more skills...

"understand."

Zhang Zhiwei smiled and nodded. The next moment, his figure vanished from the spot.

By the time Zhao Zhen reacted, Zhang Zhiwei had already closed in on him!

Golden light surged around Zhang Zhiwei like a tide. He clenched his right hand into a claw and reached forward. The five fingers wrapped in golden light tore through the air with a sharp sound.

Zhao Zhen lightly touched the ground with his toes and retreated swiftly, his waist taut like a drawn bow, as three talismans shot out from his sleeve. "Sealing Scripture Talismans?"

A glint flashed in Zhang Zhiwei's eyes, and the golden light protecting his body suddenly transformed into a dragon that coiled around his body. The talisman was shattered the moment it touched the golden light!
"So powerful... Even without the Golden Light Mantra, his own life cultivation is already terrifying!" Zhao Zhen thought to himself.

"Brother Zhao, such methods are useless against me."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a golden light suddenly shone through the ash-filled sky—Zhao Zhen used his Golden Escape technique to teleport to his side and behind him, the Qi energy gathered at his fingertips pointing directly at the vital point on his back!
On the spectator stand, Zuo Ruotong nodded slightly: "He actually used talisman ash to cover up the traces of the Golden Escape technique..."

Zhang Zhiwei did not turn around, but the golden light behind him suddenly solidified, and when he took the blow head-on, it made a sound like metal clashing.

After doing all this, Zhang Zhiwei slowly turned his head and said casually:
“Brother Zhao, it is better to master one technique than to learn a thousand. I do not have many self-defense techniques, but I am particularly good at the Golden Light Mantra, the most basic technique of our sect. If you still intend to hide your skills, I am afraid you will not be able to do anything to me today.”

"Indeed, what Fellow Daoist Zhang said is true, but what if one day in the future I master all the techniques I have learned?"

After saying that, Zhao Zhen's fingertips flashed with golden light. The next second, the golden light, which was as hard as metal, suddenly disappeared without a trace from the area on Zhang Zhiwei's back where it had touched Zhao Zhen's fingers!
Upon seeing this, Lü Ci, who had been intently watching the battle, exclaimed in surprise, "That's it! That's how he neutralized my Ruyi Force yesterday!"

Without the protection of the golden light, Zhao Zhen's fingers once again plunged deep into Zhang Zhiwei's back, striking hard at his vital points.

At this moment, the speed at which Zhang Zhiwei's golden light flowed could no longer keep up with the speed at which Zhao Zhen's finger was extended, and it was too late to repair the gaps in the golden light behind him.

Just as Zhao Zhen's fingers were about to touch Zhang Zhiwei's back, a white electric spark suddenly began to dance around Zhang Zhiwei's body.

Swish!
Almost the instant the white lightning appeared, Zhao Zhen used the Golden Escape Flowing Light technique again without hesitation, and disappeared behind Zhang Zhiwei.

boom!
The very next second after Zhao Zhen disappeared, a bolt of lightning struck the spot where he had just been standing, scorching the ground black.

Amidst the rising dust, Zhang Zhiwei formed a lightning seal with his left hand, a faint white light flickering at his fingertips: "Tsk, his reaction is really fast..."

Dozens of meters away, accompanied by a flash of golden light, Zhao Zhen's figure suddenly appeared.

"This white lightning must be the legendary ultimate technique of the Celestial Master's Mansion—the Thunder Technique, right?"
Fellow Daoist Zhang, just now you deliberately lured me into using the Golden Escape Flowing Light to break your Golden Light Spell, and then seized the opportunity to switch to lightning magic to strike me with lightning. That move was truly brilliant.

"No matter how skillful you are, Brother Zhao, you still managed to see through it. But I have a question: Brother Zhao, were you simply quick to react, or were you already on guard against my thunder magic?"

Faced with Zhang Zhiwei's question, Zhao Zhen did not answer directly this time, but chose to smile and remain silent.

"Wow, that's powerful lightning! Is that lightning magic?"

"I've heard that Thunder Technique is the core inheritance of the Celestial Master's Mansion. Only a very few high-ranking masters who are likely to inherit the position of Celestial Master are qualified to be granted it, and even then, it's only half of Thunder Technique."

The complete version of thunder magic can only be fully mastered by a Celestial Master!

"Clear and lively, dignified and bright, powerful and fierce without equal, there is no mistake, this is the Five Thunder Orthodox Method!"

……

Zhang Zhiwei ignored the astonishment of the crowd and instead sensed the gap in the golden light behind him.

With a thought, he completely concealed the golden light surrounding him.

"Although I had suspected it for a while, I did want to test it out for myself. I never expected that Brother Zhao's Golden Escape Stream could even transfer my protective golden light..."

(End of this chapter)