After watching all the Frost Whales leave, Lu Li, who remained in the same spot, suddenly felt somewhat bored.

Just as I was about to find something to do, I caught a glimpse of Jing Tong standing to the side.

Looking at the opponent's mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, and considering that he himself was only at the late-stage Nascent Soul level, an idea suddenly came to him: he wanted to try fighting Jing Tong.

Lu Li has always been a man of action who does what he thinks. With this idea in mind, he didn't hesitate for long and immediately went to discuss it with Jing Tong.

"Senior, I would like to have a match with you. I wonder if you would be willing?" After saying this, in order to avoid the other party being unhappy or feeling that he had neglected it, he added: "One pill for each match."

When Jing Tong heard that Lu Li wanted to compete with him, he was somewhat surprised, but he had no intention of refusing.

Upon hearing that a fight would reward one with a pill, it nodded eagerly and repeatedly assured, "Don't worry, young friend Lu, I will suppress my cultivation to your level before we fight."

Lu Li: "In that case, this is troublesome."

And so, the man and the whale hit it off immediately, and quickly chose and headed to the place that would serve as their battleground, the same place where the Sayu whales usually frolicked.

There were actually some Frostfeather Whales in the tribe's territory that hadn't left yet. When they heard that Lu Li was going to fight against the whales, they swam out one by one to join in the fun.

Shushu followed Lu Li like a little tail, and when he saw Lu Li standing opposite Jing Tong, ready to go, he even shouted with great spirit, "Go, Senior Brother!"

Her voice was still childish and had a hint of babyishness, instantly making her the focus of the entire audience, replacing Lu Li and Jing Tong.

Noticing everyone was looking at him, Shushu wasn't intimidated at all. He flashed a sweet smile at everyone and then shouted, "Senior Brother, charge! Charge!"

Lu Li responded to this by first smiling brightly and then saying "Okay" under Shushu's stunned gaze. Lu Li then looked at Jing Tong opposite him and said, "Senior, we can begin."

"Okay, let's begin."

As soon as they finished speaking, the eyes and auras of the man and the whale suddenly changed. They stared at each other sharply and attacked simultaneously, sending two fierce attacks towards each other with lightning speed.

The two attacks collided in mid-air with a loud "boom," creating ripples that pushed both sides back a few steps.

After regaining their footing, they exchanged a glance and then simultaneously charged at each other, their movements ghostly. In the blink of an eye, they had already exchanged dozens or even hundreds of blows.

The speed was so fast that the onlookers only saw two afterimages flashing before their eyes, and they could hardly see their moves. Moreover, the speed seemed to be constantly increasing.

Shushu watched as Lu Li, unaffected by the situation in the water, continued to fight the whale to a standstill.

The admiration in his eyes was impossible to conceal; his eyes shone brightly, and he unconsciously began to mutter, "Senior Brother is truly amazing."

Then, Jingling, who was standing nearby, replied without hesitation, "Uncle Tong is amazing too."

Shushu hadn't expected this to involve snatching, and immediately retorted, "My senior brother is amazing!"

"Uncle Tong is amazing."

"Senior Brother is amazing."

"same.."

Just as the two onlookers were about to start arguing, one of the Frost Whales quickly stepped in to separate them and said impartially, "They're both amazing, they're both amazing, let's watch the match."

Reminded by this, Shushu realized that he had been so busy arguing with Jingling that he hadn't paid attention to the match. He quickly snapped back to reality and continued to watch the two, who were still fighting.

The match had reached a fever pitch, and both players had sustained injuries, though none of them were fatal.

Ultimately, the two sides were merely exchanging pointers, not engaging in a life-or-death struggle, so there was naturally no need for them to go to extremes.

Furthermore, because Whale had suppressed his cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage before sparring with Lu Li, he couldn't suppress Lu Li for the time being, and the battle remained deadlocked.

Towards the end, Jing Tong even had to rely on the surrounding seawater to barely manage a draw with Lu Li.

Seeing Lu Li effortlessly wielding his fire elemental power even underwater, Jing Tong grew increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed, discovering more and more of Lu Li's formidable strength.

Startled, his performance became unstable. In one careless move, Jing Tong was hit by Lu Li's attack. The fire spirit whip hit Jing Tong and he felt a burning pain.

If Jing Tong hadn't been in a high-pressure environment in the deep sea for a long time, and hadn't been in the mid-stage of the Out-of-Body realm with an exceptionally strong body, Lu Li's whip would probably have left him with torn skin and flesh.

The fight continued for quite a while, and Jing Tong's weakness became more and more obvious. He took a lot of hits, while Lu Li became more and more energetic and more and more at ease as the fight went on.

The stark contrast between the two sides made Whale Tong realize why Lu Li had the courage to challenge him; it wasn't recklessness, but genuine skill.

The outcome of this battle was, unsurprisingly, that Whale lost.

Taking the two pills Lu Li handed over—one a healing pill and the other a spirit-replenishing pill—Jing Tong swallowed the healing pill without hesitation, and didn't forget to praise Lu Li: "Young friend, you're amazing."

Lu Li showed no arrogance in response, and cupped his hands in greeting: "Senior is too kind. It was just that I took a shortcut."

Strictly speaking, what he said wasn't entirely false. After all, he had lost his cultivation level and was rebuilding it. His mental state and movement techniques were already quite good; it was just that his cultivation level hadn't been fully restored yet.

However, these whales were unaware that when they heard Lu Li say this, they only thought that Lu Li was being modest and giving them a way out.

Whale Tong quite liked this polite and tactful person, so he stopped using the formal "young friend" and started calling him "brother" right away.

It even draped its pectoral fin over Lu Li's shoulder, forming an arm around his back, so that Lu Li wouldn't bother calling it "senior" and could just call it by its name.

This unpretentious manner caused Lu Li to pause for a moment. He glanced at the fish fin draped over his shoulder without making a sound, and finally called its name as he wished, thus freeing himself.

From then on, Lu Li spent his days collecting spiritual plants in the morning to exchange for pills, and then finding opponents to spar with.

His sparring partners also evolved from initially suppressing the cultivation level of the whales, to completely unleashing their cultivation levels, and finally to fighting alongside many other Frost Feather Whales, with his cultivation level gradually increasing.

Seeing this, Shushu also joined the group with great interest and began sparring with Xiao Hanyu Whale.

Such days lasted for more than half a month. On this day, Jingyi, who had been in seclusion, finally emerged.