Chapter 92 - The Overwhelming Power Of Shad. (1/2)

Even after he coated his long sword with a huge amount of Battle Qi and created another sword by condensing a huge amount of Battle Qi in his left hand as well, the man in black still had enough energy left to use hardening Qi.

Hardening Qi was a technique that could only be used by some well-trained warrior from the 7th rank and above. It was very difficult because in order to create the hardening Qi a person must feel his utilized Qi and precisely control it inside his body.

It was something that required high amounts of Battle Qi and perfect control in order to wrap around your whole skin and the interior of one's body with it. Battle Qi armor and hardening Qi were very different from one another. Hardening Qi was the next level of Battle Qi armor.

Any warrior from the 4th rank to the 6th rank could use Battle Qi armor, but only the warrior from the 7th rank and above could use hardening Qi and not anyone but a well trained one. Unlike the battle qi armor which required the user to release his battle outside his body to form an armor to protect his body, the hardening qi was the opposite.

The hardening qi was when the user spread the battle qi within or inside his whole body protecting his internal and vital organs and spread it on his skin as well making it as hard as steel. It was like the ultimate defense. However the battle qi armor was different, it only protected your body from the outside or from getting hit, once it's broken or an attack actually pierced or broke through it, the user could be heavily injured depends on the strength of the attack.

While the battle Qi armor protected the exterior of the human body, the hardening Qi did both. Not only it protected the exterior of the human body, but it also protected the interior such as the internal organs etc.

It was also the main reason that the man in black survived Shad's first attack.

Looking at the man in black with the two long swords in his hands, one coated with battle Qi while the other was made of pure battle Qi and yet, he still had enough energy to use hardening Qi at the same time, Shad was a little surprise.

Hardening Qi might look and seemed simple but Shad knew how strong the body of a person that used hardening Qi was. Back when he was in the capital, he had witnessed two imperial knights spar with one another. One was a 6th rank while the other was a 7th rank.

Back then , the 7th rank warrior stood still while the 6th rank warrior attacked him continuously while using his sword, and no matter how many time he slashed him or pierced him with his sword, the 6th rank warrior was unable to even leave a mark or a dent on his body. It was untill when he coated his sword with battle qi did he start to slightly injure him, However, the injuries were so small and non-fatal that they could be considered as negligible. From that, one can imagine the difference of power between a 6th and 7th rank warrior.

” It seemed like you do have some skills after all. Being able to use hardening Qi after wasting that much energy to coat your sword with battle qi even created another sword with pure energy, is no easy feat. However, no matter how hard you tried, there's no way you can defeat me. Whether it was speed or pure physical strength, you are still far below me.” Shad said while looking at that man nonchalantly.

He was indeed right, despite the man in black being able to use hardening Qi which would make it a little harder for Shad to actually injure with his magic spells, he was still no match for Shad.

One has to understand, Shad's true strength wasn't the fact that he could use lightning energy freely unlike the other mages, or the fact that he had the eye of the red lightning dragon emperor that allowed him to see through almost everything, whether it was an attack, battle skills or illusion magic spells. His true strength was in fact his lightning speed.

It could be said that he was the fastest person in the Egul continent so far, and his speed was unmatched. Furthermore, even if he was unable to defeat an opponent, he could easily flee relying on his speed. If he wanted to run, basically no one could keep up with him.

As they said, in all martial arts under the heavens, there's no strength that can't be matched, there's only speed that can't be matched. In this world, the truly powerful people can only compare in two things, speed, and strength, even for the mages. However, Shad had both as the lightning energy running through his body not only increased his speed but also elevated his physical strength beyond the limitation of living flesh or any warrior of the same rank.

” We'll see about that.” coldly answered the man in black as he pounced towards Shad with his two long swords.

He seemed to be using some light footing technique as his speed has dramatically increased.

” Demonic Cross Slash.” He yelled as he held the two swords in his hands together into a cross shape position before he suddenly slashed them towards Shad. The two swords sent out a fiery-red light beam into a cross shape.