Chapter 3959: Dao of Light

Alex knew he could not let Ashmaker so simply skip past his next Dao.

"You may be done, senior Ashmaker, but I am not," he said out loud. "I have more to show to the audience."

The next aura erupted so strongly that many of the people around him were forced to protect themselves. Even then, many of them felt the aura eat away at the other aura around them, slowly destroying it all.

"This is the Dao of Purging," Alex said, this time focusing on the crowd.

Purging was Yang’s ability to cleanse things. It was the aura that burned away impurities, and purified that which was tainted. It was one of Yang’s strongest Daos.

The aura spread around the arena, letting all sense it. Those who understood it enough knew just how strong it was and just what it meant for Alex to know it.

Many of the Fire God’s own subordinates seemed surprised.

Sunflare nodded slowly in his own seat.

Alex’s eyes moved through all of them before landing on his master. There, he expected her to be smiling, or even proud. However, what he saw was a frown.

Her eyes found his and she shook her head slightly, as though in disappointment.

Alex’s eyes narrowed. What had happened? Why was she reacting in this way at all?

"This is an impressive Dao," the Fire God said. "You learned this when we arrived, didn’t you? I could sense it back then and was taken aback back then too."

Alex turned before slowly nodding. "I do believe it was around the same time."

"Yes, yes," Ashmaker said, slowly nodding to himself.

Alex wasn’t entirely sure why the man seemed so unbothered. Was he planning something big next? It was going to be his turn next after all. "Well, I am done now. What do you have for me?"

Ashmaker raised his eyebrows slightly. "Oh, you’re done finally?" he asked.

Alex nodded.

"You should have stopped earlier. We could have moved on to the next one long before," Ashmaker said.

"Well, unlike you, I had more to show, senior Ashmaker," Alex said.

Ashmaker raised an eyebrow. "Unlike me?"

"Yes. After all, you—"

Alex paused.

’Shit!’

Powerful aura exploded from Ashmaker right then, carrying along with it a light so blindingly bright that Alex was forced to raise his hands to cover his sight. Even then, Alex could see the light spilling out from his palm, making it glow bright red.

He could see the veins and bones through his arm.

And when he tried to close his eyes, all he could see was red.

Alex could sense the aura that came along with the brightness, and could immediately tell what Dao it was.

The Dao of Light.

It was Yang’s property of illumination. The form through which it vanquished darkness that existed throughout the world.

The light died down a few seconds later and the Fire God returned to how he was before. Alex slowly dropped his hand and looked at the man, who grinned ever so brightly.

"Let us move on to the next one, shall we?"

Alex stared at the man with unhidden hatred.

’I’ve been had.’

The man had set up such a simple trap, and Alex had fallen right into it. By giving up after just two Daos, he had given Alex two choices, both of which led to him appearing better in the end than if they had continued along as normal.

Had Alex accepted the win and moved on to the next contest without showing his other Dao, the man would’ve lost, but barely. Three Daos were more than two Daos, but he had already shown that his Daos were stronger in general, and three wasn’t so much bigger a number than two that people wouldn’t consider the battle more as a close match than a gaping victory.

And sadly, that had been the better option.

Having taken the other path, which was to reveal his fourth Dao, Alex had given the Fire God the chance to reveal his third, and likely final Dao as well. That in itself wasn’t bad, since Alex had won four against three. The issue, however, was the fact that the Fire God had gotten the chance to go last.

Meaning, going ahead, whenever someone thought of this battle, the last thing they would remember was the powerful burst of light that nearly blinded them all, created by the Fire God before moving onto the next match.

He had been had.

His master had likely seen right through it, but he had wanted to win so much that he fell right into the trap.

’Cunning bastard!’

The Fire God grinned as if he could hear Alex’s internal curses. "Shall we continue? Or do you have more to show?"

Alex gritted his teeth. He had another Dao he had been learning, but he hadn’t learned it just yet. And if he tried, it would take too long to try and do it right away. As such, his only choice in this instance was to take the loss and move on.

He let out a sigh and nodded. "Please, go ahead. What shall our next contest be?"

Ashmaker made a show of consideration. He tapped his chin with his index finger a couple of times, as though falling into thought before snapping his fingers as if an idea had come to him right then.

"Let’s see. You always try to make the distinction that you are not a Fire God, but instead a Sun God, correct?" the man asked.

Alex nodded. "I make the distinction, because that is true."

Ashmaker shrugged. "We will soon see how true that is," he said and turned toward the Sky God.

"I have decided on our next contest."

Newheaven raised an eyebrow before slowly nodding. "Do tell us what you have come to decide."

The Fire God looked once toward Alex before turning toward the crowd.

"Since junior here claims himself to be the Sun God, I shall propose a simple test," he said. "Let us see which one of us can better replicate the Sun."

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