Chapter: 1009 (1/2)
AST 1009 – Battle, Joint Battle With Thunderous Beast, Grinding Cultivation
“Hmm, Crystal Cards, how did I forget about these?”
Qing Shui quickly took out several Crystal Cards that could increase his poison ability, power, speed and defense and subsequently slapped those cards onto his body. These cards were able to increase 60% of his abilities, allowing him to gain some power no more than the strength of 30 stars, which was about 10% of his overall power.
He didn’t know whether he should hate the world’s regulation or love it!
The world has a regulation that could limit his potential power tremendously but with the Area Dominance and Emperor’s Qi, as well as the Heaven Descending Talisman, he could take on beings far more powerful than himself in an alarming manner. Moreover, these debuffing skills had become more powerful, which could still decrease the combat statistic of his opponents in an instant, albeit in their usual manner. Qing Shui was satisfied nonetheless. Perhaps the world’s regulation wasn’t so bad after all.
There was no time to lose right now. The effects of his battle armor could only increase by 10% but it was better than nothing. Qing Shui evaded the dragon’s colossal attack and tapped his Big Dipper Sword on the Berserk Dragon’s tail.
Art of Pursuing.
With the ability to ignore the disparity between their power, the Art of Pursuing could not be evaded but could be warded off with some sort of unique item or skill. However, Qing Shui decided to try his luck. It would be ideal if the dragon could not ward off the effect whatsoever.
Bang!
Qing Shui’s arm shivered a little as he deviated the terrifying force from himself. The Art of Pursuing was able to increase his opponent’s weight and decrease its speed in the process.
Qing Shui consumed both the Gale Pellet and Agility-Enhancing Fruit, allowing him to move a bit faster than the Berserk Dragon. The strike from his sword wasn’t able to inflict a heavy wound on the dragon but he was able to sway its tail away from him, which inadvertently caused the dragon to let out a furious roar.
Combination Sword Technique!
Bang!
Qing Shui was able to knock back the gigantic beast this time, which led him to think that this was the effect of the Shield Attack. If he were to face an opponent of weaker power, it wouldn’t be surprising if he could hit a successful knock-back because of his greater power.
But now, it was different. First of all, his opponent was a Berserk Dragon with a humongous head and secondly, the gigantic beast was far more powerful than himself. In addition to that, the Shield Attack ability had recently upgraded to the third level, increasing the chances of a successful strike by a lot.
Qing Shui felt a rush in his veins when he was able to disrupt the senses of this gigantic and domineering dragon. The dragon has four legs resembling the pillars of a building, with the height about dozens meter tall. The scales of the dragon were violet in color but metallic in texture. It was enormous in size, especially the head – which was ferocious and massive. This was the first demonic beast that Qing Shui thought had the fiercest and most compelling appearance. The Berserk Dragon was as sinister as the Seven-headed Scarlet Serpent he had fought before.
Qing Shui depended on his speed and the Nine Palace Steps to avoid clashing against the Berserk Dragon. However, the dragon had a mighty defense, which he found impossible to break at the moment.
Bang!
This time, he was able to knock back the dragon some distance. The 20% chance of doubling his attack and activation of the Shield Attack ability had appeared. He continued to swirl around the dragon, finding a possible weakness he could exploit.
The two large eyeballs could be a weakness but he knew it would be inconvenient to land an attack on the area around the eyes. Qing Shui continued to look around the other parts of its body but all of them were covered in armor of scales. Worst of all, he couldn’t even break the dragon’s armor even under his peak condition.
Roar!
The Berserk Dragon roared furiously, perhaps due to Qing Shui’s constant evasion from his assaults. In the midst of fury, the dragon flailed its gigantic tail aimlessly at Qing Shui like a tornado, covering the surroundings with dust and wind. Qing Shui took a an abrupt step forward and swung his sword with a distinct strength.
Sword of Sixth Wave!
Bang…..
Qing Shui quickly retreated but his expression had eased up a little. The Shield Attack didn’t activate and the damage unleashed did not multiply, yet the Berserk Dragon was knocked back by his attack. As long as he could resist against the dragon’s attack, he was confident that he could destroy it after a while.
In essence, humans were smarter creatures than demonic beasts. Qing Shui still had many tricks up his sleeves, so he took this battle as a way to grind his cultivation. His power had surged too fast these past few days anyway.
Buddha’s True Eyes!
Roar!
Qing Shui unconsciously unleashed the Buddha’s True Eyes, which unexpectedly shocked the Berserk Dragon for a moment. However, the dragon quickly regained its composure and became more violent, opening its jaws and spouted a burning mass of air.
Toxic miasma!
Qing Shui didn’t think that the Berserk Dragon actually had the ability to spout toxic miasma with a terrifying high temperature. Even though he wasn’t completely immune to poison and fire, the dragon’s attack could not cause any damage to him even the slightest.
Sword of Sixth Wave!
Roc’s Might!
Binding Talisman!
As time passed, Qing Shui felt increasingly adept in his attacks, including the Nine Palace Steps, which was increasing in strength as well. Basically, he was able to confront the tough Berserk Dragon with equal toughness.
Combination Sword Technique!
The next moment was followed by a series of clashing sounds that echoed throughout the air. The Four Moves Combination Sword Technique was the fastest way to increase in strength due to Qing Shui being extreme proficient in this technique. While using this technique through an actual combat with a dragon, he was able to stabilize the state of his technique, becoming more dextrous as he unleashed his attack against the Berserk Dragon.
The flow of his attack felt nice – it felt like he had finally completed the mastery of this technique. As soon as the Four Moves Combination Sword Technique was unleashed, the explosive force at the moment of attack was subsequently increased as well.
Once again, Qing Shui was able to sense the potent strength of the Nine Palace Steps. However, the Berserk Dragon had a terrifying level of defense, which would prove to be difficult if Qing Shui wanted to kill the towering beast with ease. If it hadn’t been for its defense, Qing Shui would have killed it within a few seconds.
The eyes!
Qing Shui had a sudden epiphany that the eyes of the dragon must be the key to his victory. Unfortunately, the dragon has horns on its head and the eyelids were covered in scales. The eye movements of the dragon were unbelievably fast, so it would still be difficult if he tried to assault the dragon through its eyes.
Roar!
Another metallic roar rang out in the air!
After that, a ray of brilliant violet light gleamed on the Berserk Dragon’s body, causing Qing Shui to retreat abruptly. With the exception of the Emperor’s Qi, the other debuffing skills had no effect on the dragon, including the Heaven Descending Talisman and Art of Pursuing…..
A demonic beast of such formidable strength has the ability to cleanse its body from negative effects but it could only be used once in a specific amount of time. However, after the cleanse had been performed, the beast would be immune from the same negative effect inflicted previously for a short period of time.
Qing Shui struck another Heaven Descending Talisman on the Berserk Dragon but it was no more effective than the previous one.
In the midst of striking the talisman, he was nearly scratched by the dragon’s giant claws. Fortunately, he was able to escape from the near-fatal strike with the Nine Palace Steps and immediately after that, he called out four of his demonic beasts – Diamond Gigantic Elephant, Fire Bird, Thunderous Beast and Five-Headed Demonic Spider.
Four Symbols Formation!
Qing Shui allowed his demonic beasts to stand further away from each other to set the formation while he continued to do his best to hold off the Berserk Dragon. He wasn’t worried about himself but more concerned that the Berserk Dragon could inflict heavy damage to his demonic beasts whilst they were attempting to prepare for the formation. Additionally, if they weren’t careful enough, they could be killed in an instant – a split-second kill.
Four Symbols Formation!
Through Qing Shui’s telepathic communication with his demonic beasts, he commanded Thunderous Beast to replace Fire Bird’s position, which would increase the effectiveness of the five elemental magical damage, like Fire Bird’s fire element attacks and Thunderous Beast’s lightning element attacks.