AST 1900 - Wind Trace Protection, Nine Continents Mountain (1/2)
Qing Shui’s expression changed at the instant the Grand State Master disappeared. He extended his hand to grab the woman and immediately jumped away from the area. In just an instant, the spot where Qing Shui and the woman moved away from, got bitten to shreds by an enormous heavenly saber. Qing Shui didn’t think about whether or not he would be able to withstand it. One thing for sure, he knew that the woman would definitely not be able to withstand it.
Somehow the Grand State Master already knew that Qing Shui would dodge it. His figure was blurry and couldn’t be seen clearly as he followed Qing Shui like a maggot that eroded bones. It continuously cut through the air and broke it into pieces, bringing up a series of black vortex.
Qing Shui didn’t know how the Grand State Master got so fast all of a sudden. Furthermore, he even managed to break free from the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vines. This caused Qing Shui to be even more confused. Nevertheless, now wasn’t the time for him to ponder over these matters.
Though Qing Shui didn’t go on to think too much about it, he was roughly able to figure out why. It was very likely that the Grand State Master was hiding some sort of treasure in him. It was this treasure which enabled him to escape from the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vines and possessed the fearsome speed now. His strength has also been increased by a huge amount.
The only thing which the martial arts in the world could never defeat was speed. In front of absolute speed, everything would turn into paper tigers. It was just like how a sparrow could puncture a hole through the metal wing of a plane. With enough speed, even an egg would become capable of breaking a stone. Nevertheless, it was without doubt that the egg would crush at the same time.
Qing Shui believed that there must be a time limit at which he could maintain this condition. Not only so, but he even went on to hypothesize that there might be side-effects to such techniques. Certainly, these were all only Qing Shui’s assumption. But after spending so many years becoming the expert he was now, his assumption wasn’t made without a basis.
Indeed, the Grand State Master was feeling very impatient at the moment. This young man was agile like a mudfish. Even after using the Wind Trace Protection, he was still unable to catch up to his speed. If his speed hadn’t been weakened before, he would have definitely caught up with Qing Shui by using the Wind Trace Protection.
Qing Shui’s assumption was correct. The Wind Trace Protection was a pendant. It was unknown whether it was a Divine Artifact. It was capable of strengthening the bearer’s speed by two folds. The “Heart Protection” which it was equipped with, was capable of instantly making the bearer jump up from his previous realm which in turn multiplied his speed yet again by another two folds. The effect could last for half an hour. It could only be used once per day.
Thirty minutes could already be considered as a long time between the fights of expert warriors. Unfortunately, the person he ran into was Qing Shui. Unknowingly, half an hour passed, and he had still yet to touch the opponent’s sleeve.
He was very enraged by it. To think that this young man would choose to dodge continuously… He never intended to face off against him directly like he already knew that there was a time limit to which he could maintain his condition. For a moment, however, he couldn’t think of any methods to deal with him. Once the Wind Trace Protection wore out, his chance of winning would be greatly reduced.
He never thought for the battle which he initially thought would be a sure win for him to turn out like this. He didn’t understand how Qing Shui could move so fast. Most importantly, his body movements were also very unusual, making it very unpredictable from other people’s perspective. It was a feeling where the victim would feel hopeless in chasing after him.
For the time being, Qing Shui didn’t dare to let down his guard. The opponent has already been enraged by the battle itself, not only so, he even specialized in using poisons. One careless mistake could lead to unbearable consequences. Before this, Qing Shui thought that the battle had ended with his Bloodthirsty Demonic Vines, but he never expected that he would be chased down by the opponent to the point of exhaustion.
Luckily, with the unusual Nine Palace Steps, even the current Grand State Master was unable to get a hold of him. If the opponent had been stronger, the Nine Palace Step might not have been as useful.
The Nine Palace Laws also played a huge part in assisting Qing Shui. The current Nine Palace Step has stopped making progress, after all, it was also closely related to Qing Shui’s own strength. However, the Nine Palace Laws on the other hand, was a lot stronger than before. Within a region with strong gravity, the opponent’s speed would be limited. Also, as its strength increased, even more energy was needed to activate it.
Certainly, following the increase of the level, the energy consumed by Qing Shui in maintaining the Nine Palace Laws also became more significant. To Qing Shui however, this was still nothing. After all, the Yin-yang Image within his Sea of Consciousness was constantly replenishing his Origin Qi and Force of Rebirth. Even though he was still yet to be called a restless machine, there was already a very huge difference between him and other warriors.
After fifteen minutes, the Grand State Master came to a stop and looked at Qing Shui who was a hundred meters away from him, “What do you know other than dodging?”
“I never stated before that I am very talented, you on the other hand, what kind of a pussy are you? To not even be able to catch a person without any talent” Qing Shui chuckled.
“If you are a man, have an honest battle with me. Do you have the guts to do that?” The Grand State Master tried to provoke Qing Shui.