Chapter 387: The Seal of Thunder (1/2)
Chapter 387: The Seal of Thunder
Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Hitesh_
While everyone's focus was on the sword ”Thunder Blade,” Michaux and other top fighters had noticed something else on the stage. It was a web of an unseen force, looming over the stage.
”The Seal of Thunder!” Michaux marveled.
On the stage, a soul-energy seal was slowly taking shape amidst the roiling dark clouds. This was the unique power of the Tactics of the Thunder Blade.
Wang Tong's eyes glinted. He was astonished to see that Lee Xin was able to cast such a powerful spell while engaging in a full-fledged assault at the same time.
Wang Tong always had been very curious about the Mastery's techniques, and had attempted to copy some of their abilities by linking his soul essence with the energy in nature. He conceded that harnessing the nature's energy would be extremely convenient while fighting a large amount of Zergs, since he would not have to worry about exhausting his soul energy in the prolonged battle.
Despite having the soul essence, Wang Tong found it hard to master the Mastery abilities. He hoped that watching Lee Xin's fight would help him improve his skills. Wang Tong's intention was shared by other top fighters, as they were all eager to learn as well.
On the stage, Li Shiming knew he had to walk a very fine line between learning from his opponent's techniques and total failure.
Up till now, Li Shiming was able to hold his ground despite the aggressive attacks. His training had focused not only on aggression, but also defense. Li Shiming carefully and swiftly countered every rise and fall of the Thunder Blade. Infused with the power of the lightning, sizzling electric tendrils surrounded the blade. Every impact would cause an ear-deafening crackling and rumbling.
Lee Xin became increasingly focused as the battle intensified. A shimmering light started to cover his entire body, making him look like the God of Thunder in ancient paintings. So powerful were his attacks that every strike would force Li Shiming to take a half step back to dull the impact. To make the matters worse for Li Shiming, the Thunder Blade never attacked in a straight line. It would take a sudden turn at any time during the attack, zig-zagging like lightning that scarred the night sky.
As Lee Xin's attack had become increasingly difficult to defend, he slowly started to gain the upper hand in the battle.
A thousand sparks erupted from each impact of the two legendary blades, intensifying the suspense of the fight.
Although Lee Xin had started to take a noticeable advantage in the fight, Li Shiming's expression remained calm. However, the seemingly waning vigor of Li Shiming's counter-attack unnerved his supporters.
Patroclus and Zhang Jin, on the other hand, watched the fight unfold calmly in one of the VIP balconies.
”This is impressive. To complement his own power, Lee Xin has drawn the energy from nature. I think Li Shiming had underestimated his opponent this time.” Zhang Jin exclaimed.
Patroclus cracked a smile, ”Jin, it is you who have underestimated Li Shiming. He is no less powerful than me.”
Patroclus's replied had caught Zhang Jin off guard. ”Really?”
”Hehe, House Li is very shrewd. People only talk about how difficult it is to cultivate the Tactics of the Deva King, but rarely do they mention that the Tactics of Vayu were no less difficult or powerful. Too bad Li Shiming's father lacked talent, otherwise...” Patroclus paused as he was distracted by the fighting scene on the stage.
Zhang Jin burst out laughing, ”Haha, I dare you to find another person in the world who could claim that Einherjar Li Zhedao lacks talent. Fine, I believe you. But, I want to see how Li Shiming could get himself out of this” Cultivation required the cultivator's absolute devotion, and therefore, Zhang Jin wondered how powerful could a power-monger such as Li Shiming be after he had wasted so many hours on politics.
The ”One Hundred and Eight Cuts of Thunder Blade” were not merely 108 strike techniques, since all 108 moves could be combined in random order to form millions of different variations.
Everyone knew that Li Shiming could level up with ease if he chose to. However, Li Shiming had maintained his soul energy at level five, without any intention of advancing into level six.
By then, Lee Xin was convinced that he should be able to defeat Li Shiming with his much superior soul energy. However, despite the ever-increasing intensity of his attack, Li Shiming seemed to be able to counter the attack with just enough power before his defense crumbled.
Lee Xin was eager to defeat his opponent, and he would not give Li Shiming any chance of turning the tide. Therefore, he doubled down on his attacks.