Chapter 192: The Strongest Opponent Yet! (2/2)
They were warriors of the same level! It took strength to have defeated one warrior on his own, and even more strength to have beaten two warriors. One versus three? Four? This guy had defeated five warriors, but he didn’t seem a little exhausted except for the light painful look on his face.
Was this a fight between warriors of the same level? Wasn’t this a combat between warriors coming from totally different realms?
Qian Jin stretched his fists and fingers, feeling the circulation of warrior power inside his body, and contemplating on the defensive abilities of the Wind and Cloud Golden Body. It appeared impossible to completely break through the defense of Wind and Cloud Golden Body as an ordinary Level 9 Demon Fighter unless he could make a breakthrough in the rotating speed of warrior power like the Tenth leader and was supported with some special fighting technique.
Or in another case, the defense of Wind and Cloud Golden Body could be broken through when four Level 9 Demon Fighters and more performed their warrior techniques on him.
”Two years of soaking in the strange lake earned me a lot.” Qian Jin wore a smile, and his pains were quickly expelled by the recovery power of the Wind and Cloud Golden Body.
”Great body enhancement technique.” Enlak nodded his head slightly, wearing an appreciative look, ”If it was a life-or-death fight just now, you would still be able to win even if you didn’t use such body enhancement technique.”
Qian Jin nodded his head in the face of the curious look of the surrounding warriors. Though he didn’t have many fighting techniques to utilize, he was supported by his mighty Zhanmadao and the fundamental warrior technique acquired at school. Besides, he possessed unorthodox fighting skills honed during the two years agonized stay in Four Season Valley, as well as such techniques as [Innumerable Shadows], [Throwing Knife], [Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes] and [Kun-fighting Technique] of the Qian Family.
A life-or-death fight was totally different from ordinary combat, as it entailed both sides being able to fully display their abilities regardless of the results.
”Great, you have completed half of your choice.” Enlak looked at Qian Jin, ”The prizes are the fighting techniques performed by those people defeated by you, such as the Land Tearing Chop which you long for, and the Vigor Flame Bear Angry Palm Strike that you seem interested in too.”
”Thanks.” Qian Jin bent over slightly and wore an evidently excited face. He had learned much during the past two years in Four Seasons Valley, but he lacked actual fighting techniques. Apart from Wind and Cloud Golden Body, he hadn’t acquired any useful techniques. As said by his old master, there wasn’t any need to learn fighting techniques as the aim of a fight was killing others.
Qian Jin believed that his master said so as an excuse for his lack of suitable fighting techniques with the Wind and Cloud Golden Body. Or else, why did he urge him to learn some auxiliary fighting techniques in a war academy on Qian Jin’s departure of Four Seasons Valley?
The might of Land Tearing Chop could match the bloodline fighting technique of the Iron-arm Mantis Bloodline Warrior, so if Qian Jin could integrate them, his power would be intensified!
And if he could integrate Vigor Flame Bear Angry Palm Strike with his Wind and Cloud Golden Body palm, it might be…
Qian Jin wore a somewhat self-mocking look regarding what he was thinking about. Every fighting technique was the meticulous conclusion of warriors of numerous generations, thus the slightest amendment to it would be extremely difficult, let alone the integration of two fighting techniques. If it was that easy to make such integration, all war academies would have long labored away at this task and it wouldn’t be that hard for them to launch an improved version of some existing fighting techniques on a yearly basis.
A pair of bare feet came upon on the fragmented wooden floor. Qian Jin raised his head was shocked at the sight of this opponent in front of his eyes…
”Isn’t this a mirror?” Qian Jin twinkled his eyes hard, feeling it unbelievable that there was some who looked identical to him in this world, ”What’s your name?”
”Qian Jin.”
”What?” Qian Jin looked at this person with a blank look. Was he also called Qian Jin? And if he was Qian Jin, who am I?
”He is also called Qian Jin, or you can call him Qian Jin Number 2.” Enlak slightly raised his hand and introduced this opponent to Qian Jin, ”Who is the toughest one to defeat in this world? You may have confidence in defeating someone who is stronger than you. But can you defeat yourself, or to say, someone one who is the same as you?”
”He is me?” Qian Jin circled around Qian Jin Number 2 and nodded his head. The endless world was filled with things eccentric and people as strange as Blake, Eulalia, and Adams. Was it anything strange to encounter someone who was identical to himself?
”You can ask me the question as long as you can defeat him.” Enlak pulled down his arms lightly, ”Get started.”
Two Qian Jins rushed at each other with the same gesture. The moment Qian Jin’s fist attacked on his opponent, he himself was also hit on his chest.
Bang! With the crash of his warrior power and chest, Qian Jin felt for the first time that his Wind and Cloud Golden Body was smashed as he felt biting pains on his chest. He felt lucky to have concentrated fully on controlling the successive rotation of his warrior power before they hit each other. If he was distracted even by the slightest, he would have fallen behind his opponent who was fully concentrated. He felt shocked by his opponent’s deed which was much like him.
As the Wind and Cloud Golden Body was fully energized, the two touched upon the ground on their toenails, pulled themselves into a full-bow shape, swung their bodies and plunged at each other
Scramble for the initiative! The infusing of Wind and Cloud Warrior Power formed a special circulation, with which Qian Jin’s arms were swinging in the air, making a sizzling sound as if a battle blade was cutting papers.
[Dividing Metal Multi-Chops!]
Qian Jin Number 2 made the similar cutting sound, and he even had performed identical moves. His arms and feet swiftly moved, making a series of crashing sound.
The iron-like and wood-like crashing sound rang in the hall at a very fast speed. These two people performed Dividing Metal Multi-Chops with their arms and legs at the same time, and each time they collided with each other, they would add more crevices to the wooden floor whose fracturing sound was as if more than a dozen of people were fighting against each other using sharpened weapons.
[Dividing Metal Multi-Chops] VS [Dividing Metal Multi-Chops]!
Qian Jin had eventually acknowledged that this opponent was he himself! This Dividing Metal Multi-Chops concerned not only the arms; it could force the legs to perform the cutting attack in the look of the blade as well. The Tenth leader hadn't achieved that as he was distracted. There were few people open to this secret in this world, but this Qian Jin Number 2 was exploiting it with ease.
The watching warriors surrounding the fighting practice field were stupefied. What was unfolding in front of their eyes was a fight of warring instinct as both sides took the same fighting strategies and carried out intensive and swift attacks which left people with no time to react.
Never for a moment had Qian Jin felt so tired and so strange. Every time he took a defensive or an offensive move, the opponent would do the same. He couldn’t even take any advantage over the exploding rotation speed of warrior power. On top of that, he had to keep fully concentrated all the time! Dare he be distracted for even a second, he would be completely beaten down by this opponent.
Face-to-face combat and exchange of injuries! The long-time explosion of warrior power which took no time to refresh the power! The watching warriors clenched their fists, shocked by the fighting two sides: were they really Level 9 Demon Fighters?
Ten minutes, second minutes, thirty minutes…
Wooden bits flew, torn clothes fluttered, and crimson blood splattered here and there on the fighting practice field.
Qian Jin got hurt on his nose, mouth, chest, and arms. His sweat mixed with blood flew down onto the ground, as he was breathing harshly. Looking at the opponent Qian Jin Number 2 who also got seriously hurt, Qian Jin felt an aching in his head.
Distorted and painstaking! Qian Jin would rather challenge Nila than fight against himself which was more than weird! This opponent was as precise as a gear machine! Qian Jin had been so alert that he felt as if his head was going to split, but his rival didn’t look like exhausted at all!
”Is this fighting with myself?” Qian Jin spat some saliva mixed with blood, ”It is more like fighting with another me who never feels tired. How could I keep highly concentrated for a long time?”
Enlak nodded his head slightly, ”You have got the point! He is never tired, so it’s you who has been at a disadvantage from the very beginning.”
”I don’t believe that this guy is totally like me!” Qian Jin readjusted his one hundred and eight warrior reservoirs and conglomerated his pushing force swiftly!
He had made a progress! The increasing speed of the warrior reservoirs was increased by more than one time! It took him two minutes to accomplish activating the warrior reservoirs when he was sitting meditating, but now it had only spent one minute! He had reduced the rotation time by a half when he was feeling desperately alarmed in a fight that only allowed for success!
A sense of loftiness rose up in Qian Jin. What if he was defeated? It was already a great progress to have entered the Enlak’s Warrior Energy House! What if he hadn’t acquired any fighting technique? At least he had succeeded in imitating the moving way of the Angry Lotus Fighting Technique.