Chapter 79: Breakthrough Blue Lotus, your dual sword style is very good, but it is mine! [5000 words long chapter]
The reason why the Jade-faced Mantis was so surprised that Lu Chen broke its magic sword arm with one sword.
It all stems from the Nine Netherworld evil creatures’ power system, which is completely different from that of the cultivators.
It is different from the way cultivators become stronger by absorbing spiritual energy and comprehending the heaven and earth.
The Nine Netherworld evil creatures, or most of the alien races, achieve the level of becoming stronger by making their life levels leap through body mutations.
That is what is commonly known as 'evolution'.
Therefore, among the alien races, there is actually no concept of Qi training, foundation building, and golden elixir.
The way they measure strength is simple, that is, 'unevolved', 'first evolved', 'second evolved', and so on.
The reason why the Immortal Alliance also uses terms like "Qi training and foundation building" to measure the strength levels of alien races.
In essence, it is just to make it easier for monks to understand the degree of danger of evil creatures.
The Jade-faced Mantis that Lu Chen encountered now was the result of an "evolution".
And it is similar to the fact that when a cultivator goes from practicing Qi to building a foundation, both the total amount and quality of his spiritual power will undergo a qualitative leap.
The Nine Nether Evil Creatures complete their evolution each time.
Not only will there be a huge improvement in physical fitness, but parts of the body will also undergo mutations.
It forms a special organ similar to the monk's 'natal magic weapon'.
The special organs that the jade-faced mantis gained after its evolution are its two arms.
Although the Jade-faced Mantis is one of the Nine Netherworld evil creatures known for its speed.
But if we only talk about its two demon sword arms.
No matter how sharp or hard these two arms are, they are almost as good as the magic weapons that ordinary cultivators have practiced for many years.
And Lu Chen was able to accurately hit the weak spot on the arm of his demon sword with his first attack, and directly created a noticeable crack on it.
This was no less than Lu Chen destroying a Foundation Establishment cultivator's life-saving magic weapon with one strike.
How could the Jade-faced Mantis not be shocked?
The Jade-faced Mantis looked at the lotus pupils that Lu Chen kept choosing and felt very annoyed.
I was careless. I shouldn't have underestimated the other person just because he was just a Qi training cultivator from the human race.
This human cultivator's eyes... there is definitely something strange! Thinking of this, Jade-faced Blade Mantis's murderous intent towards Lu Chen became even stronger.
No, I absolutely cannot let a human prodigy like him grow up, otherwise it will definitely be a serious threat to my race! With this thought, Jade-faced Mantis decisively became serious.
It did not choose to fight, but relied on its own terrifying speed to create a distance of three body lengths between itself and Lu Chen in an instant.
However, its retreat was not an escape, but an attempt to regain the rhythm of the battle.
Because in the eyes of the Jade-faced Mantis at this time, Lu Chen should be the type who is like him, who likes to disguise himself and fight quickly.
In such a game, whoever takes the first move will undoubtedly have the upper hand.
In fact, if Lu Chen was not only at the Qi training stage.
It is not easy for the Jade-faced Mantis to escape so easily.
However, although Lu Chen has amazing swordsmanship, he also has that strange eye technique.
But his physical fitness is very average.
It is totally incomparable to this Nine Nether Evil Creature after its evolution.
So after keeping a certain distance.
The wings behind the Jade-faced Mantis flapped rapidly, creating a gust of wind around it.
Then the compound eyes on the triangular head of the Jade-faced Mantis stared at Lu Chen, and its figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
And almost at the same time, Lu Chen seemed to have predicted the future.
Suddenly he turned around and slashed in a certain direction behind him.
Bang! Lu Chen's magic sword collided with Jade-faced Blade Mantis's magic sword again, and a large amount of sparks burst out.
But this time... Lu Chen was at a disadvantage.
Because the Jade-faced Mantis's next attack was like a storm, not giving Lu Chen any chance to breathe.
The two demon swords attacked alternately, like endless waves, one after another.
If it were someone else, he would have been beheaded by the Jade-faced Mantis by now.
But for Lu Chen, who has the realm-breaking level traceless sword technique.
Not only is his pure sword-drawing speed almost the same as that of the Jade-faced Mantis.
Even relying on his own extremely high attainments in swordsmanship, he is even more skilled than Jade-faced Mantis.
This allows him to use less spiritual power and launch more powerful attacks.
On one side are the Nine Netherworld evil creatures with obvious physical advantages, and on the other side are the human cultivators with obvious skill advantages.
This would have been a one-sided battle from the outside, but now it was evenly matched in a short period of time! Half a minute later, the man and the evil creature, who had fought hundreds of times, briefly staggered.
But neither of them seemed to want to give the other a chance to rest. As if in tacit understanding, they collided with each other the moment they stood firm.
Bang, bang, bang! This is a head-on competition between the swordsmanship of the alien race and the swordsmanship of the monks. The competition is to see whether your sword is faster or my sword is faster.
This kind of wild battle, which abandons all fancy tactics and returns to the primitive state, not only makes the two warring parties feel like they have met a worthy opponent.
The teachers and investigators who were watching this scene in the conference room were also stunned.
"Is this a sword technique that a swordsman in the Qi training stage can possess? How did he practice it?!"
A teacher from No. 3 Middle School was so shocked when he saw Lu Chen fighting the Jade-faced Mantis on equal terms in a short period of time that he could hardly speak clearly.
Not only him, but everyone else around him was also shocked beyond words by this scene.
Because no one knows the value of the Jade-faced Mantis better than this group of teachers.
Although the Jade-faced Mantis could only rank ninth among the ten evil creatures in the Foundation Establishment Stage in the exam.
However, due to its terrifying speed, it ranks among the top three in terms of the number of students eliminated in all previous joint entrance examinations.
He is an unscrupulous killer of candidates.
After all, due to the problem of the quantity and quality of spiritual power, it is impossible for cultivators in the Qi training stage to master any powerful defensive techniques.
In addition, real magic weapons cannot be used in the joint examination.
As a result, most students’ performance in the joint entrance examination is much weaker than in reality.
As one gains strength while the other loses strength, ordinary candidates encounter the Jade-faced Mantis, which is famous for its speed.
There really was almost no way to fight back.
Many times, the candidates who were eliminated by the Jade-faced Mantis did not even see the shadow of the Jade-faced Mantis.
He was beheaded by the other party with one sword.
Therefore, when he saw the Jade-faced Mantis approaching Lu Chen, and Lu Chen was still alone.
They all felt that the battle would be a one-sided massacre.
The only difference is how long Lu Chen can hold on.
As a result, they never expected that Lu Chen's swordsmanship would be so terrifying.
So much so that in the first encounter, the Jade-faced Mantis's magic sword was damaged, and he suffered a loss.
You know, it was because of this that the Jade-faced Mantis was somewhat timid in the following battle.
Whenever it needed to use the magic sword in its right hand to attack, it would subconsciously retract its strength.
He was worried that his magic sword would not be able to withstand Lu Chen's attack and would be completely chopped into pieces.
Otherwise, relying on the Jade-faced Mantis's physical fitness which is much superior to Lu Chen's, it actually still has several chances to break through Lu Chen's swordsmanship and severely injure Lu Chen with one blow.
But looking at it from another angle, this is also because Lu Chen himself is powerful enough.
Even if one can discover this, whether one can do it is another matter.
All they could say was that Lu Chen's strength was far beyond their imagination.
Although they all hoped that Lu Chen could defeat the Jade-faced Mantis on his own.
But everyone present, as veteran Foundation Establishment cultivators, knew that this idea was just a thought.
Because the Jade-faced Mantis in the current picture... hasn't used its full strength yet!
In other words, Lu Chen has not yet reached the point where he can force the Jade-faced Mantis to the point where it needs to use its precious trump card.
Don’t think that the Jade-faced Mantis seems to be fighting on equal terms with Lu Chen at this moment.
But up to now, the Jade-faced Mantis has suffered no substantial losses except for some consumption of physical strength.
But Lu Chen was completely different.
He has been able to hold on until now, but all he has consumed is the precious spiritual energy in his body.
It goes without saying which recovers faster, spiritual power or physical strength.
Therefore, if Lu Chen continued to remain in this stalemate, it would only be a matter of time before he was dragged down by the Jade-faced Mantis and his spiritual power was exhausted.
And it’s not just the teachers at the conference who know this.
Lu Chen and Jade-faced Mantis who were in the battle were also very aware of this.
"Boy, your spiritual power won't last much longer, right?"
After another encounter with Lu Chen, the Jade-faced Mantis flapped its wings and flew to the glass railing on the second floor of the mall.
Half squatting on it, he looked down at Lu Chen with a smile, his breathing becoming slightly faster.
Facing the ridicule from the Jade-faced Mantis, Lu Chen seemed to be prepared to use this precious time to recover some spiritual power, so he did not answer.
This look of his caught the eye of Jade-faced Mantis.
This undoubtedly made the Jade-faced Mantis feel more confident of winning.
So much so that it couldn't help but want to tease Lu Chen again.
"To be honest, human boy, you are the second interesting prey I have encountered since I came to this place."
"Your status among the human race should be the same as that of the royal family in our Nine Netherworld."
"When I thought about the fact that I could kill a human genius similar to the Nine Netherworld royal family, I couldn't help but get excited."
"Because I like to see the unwilling and resentful look in your eyes when you, the geniuses, die. It's as if they are saying that if I give you a little more time, you can easily defeat me."
"...But I just won't give you the time to practice, hahaha!"
After laughing, the Jade-faced Mantis looked at Lu Chen with a serious look in its eyes.
Then, a large number of green lines began to appear on the emerald green insect armor on its body.
At this moment, some mysterious power in the body was released without reservation.
So much so that at this moment it seemed to be emitting some kind of mysterious green light.
"You're able to force me to use my innate ability, human boy. You're already quite proud of yourself for being able to do this."
As soon as the words fell, the Jade-faced Mantis's figure shook violently, and then three phantoms appeared around its body.
The teachers who saw this scene in the conference room recognized the method used by Jade-faced Mantis at the first moment.
"The Jade-faced Saber Mantis's Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Formation has appeared."
The Three Prisons Killing Array is a special ability that the Jade-faced Mantis awakens after completing an evolution, similar to the innate magical power of a cultivator.
The biggest feature of this ability is that the two phantoms beside the Jade-faced Mantis are not the kind of visual effects that can only be used to confuse the enemy.
Instead, they are two special clones that possess some of the strength of the Jade-faced Mantis and can really cause damage to the enemy.
The ability of 'Three Prisons Killing Array' may not be a big deal for a strong person of the same level.
But for Lu Chen, who had a considerable gap in cultivation level between him and the Jade-faced Mantis, it would undoubtedly be difficult to deal with.
Because before the Jade-faced Mantis used this ability.
Lu Chen was just trying to maintain a delicate balance with the Jade-faced Mantis.
After the Jade-faced Mantis used this special ability, the balance between Lu Chen and the Jade-faced Mantis... was broken.
Inside the mall, Jade-faced Mantis stood up from the glass railing on the edge of the second floor and said confidently, "Three against one, what are you going to do?"
In response to this, Lu Chen gave his own answer.
Magical power... Purple Fire! The dazzling purple fire covered the left half of Lu Chen's body, and a special long sword made entirely of purple flames appeared in Lu Chen's left hand.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Chen actually changed his original starting posture.
He lowered his body and held the two swords with an reverse grip.
Seeing this extremely familiar scene, the smile on Jade-faced Mantis's face froze.
Isn't this... my dual-sword style?
Impossible, how could this kid learn my dual sword style after just a few fights!
Under normal circumstances, that would be impossible.
After all, although Lu Chen's Qinglian Huatong can copy the skills he has seen, if he wants to make this copied skill into his own permanent skill.
Then he still needs to spend some time learning.
But what happened was that the ability that Jade-faced Mantis was proud of was his outstanding dual-sword style.
And there are many similarities between the knife skills and the sword skills! Therefore, it is not difficult for Lu Chen to learn.
Not to mention that he himself gained a lot of experience points in this exam.
Therefore, after a few brief encounters, Lu Chen quickly relied on his own understanding and the mere '3,000 experience points'.
He learned Jade-faced Mantis's dual-sword style completely.
[Dual (Sword/Knife) Style: Great Mastery (Cannot be upgraded)]
[Effect: The (knife/sword) technique performed by the non-dominant hand can reach 100% of the power of the original dominant hand]
[Current experience value: 1325]
In fact, if it wasn’t for learning the dual-sword technique of Jade-faced Mantis.
Lu Chen originally had many opportunities to prevent the Jade-faced Mantis from even using the Three Prisons Killing Formation and just kill it directly.
But after discovering the dual-sword skill, which is very good for him.
Lu Chen changed his mind immediately.
After all, the skill of making both hands dominant is a significant improvement to him.
Seeing Lu Chen's standard double-sword style opening move, Jade-faced Saber Mantis was completely enraged.
"die!!!"
Bang! The Jade-faced Saber Mantis and two phantoms on the second floor whistled out, transforming into three streams of emerald green light and attacking Lu Chen.
The next second, a large amount of green sword lights seemed to appear from all directions, blocking all the angles that Lu Chen could dodge.
Facing this intensive attack, the double swords in Lu Chen's reversed hands turned into an impenetrable sword barrier, continuously resisting the attacks from all around.
Ding ding ding! In a three-on-one situation, Lu Chen still fell into a disadvantage.
Although his dual-sword style is very good, it is even better than the one performed by Jade-faced Mantis himself.
However, this advantage in swordsmanship could not completely make up for the numerical disadvantage between him and the Jade-faced Mantis at the moment.
Therefore, after fighting for more than ten moves, Lu Chen still had a lot of wounds on his body.
It was obvious that if this continued, Lu Chen's defeat was only a matter of time.
But for some reason, the Jade-faced Mantis always felt inexplicably uneasy when looking at Lu Chen's constantly rotating lotus pupils.
No, we must resolve this quickly!
During the fight, the Jade-faced Mantis seized the opportunity and slashed at Lu Chen's chest.
Lu Chen held the sword across his chest and barely blocked the attack.
However, the huge force from above still caused Lu Chen's body to fly backwards.
However, after his body did a somersault in the air, his legs landed on the ground and slid for a distance before stopping steadily.
Looking at the several wounds on Lu Chen's arms and the blood flowing from these wounds.
The Jade-faced Mantis felt that he had a sure win.
But before it could take any action, Lu Chen on the opposite side spoke, which was rare.
"Is this all you have?"
"Um?"
Jade-faced Mantis looked at Lu Chen in astonishment, not understanding why he said that.
But not long after, it completely understood the meaning of Lu Chen's words.
The lotus pupils in Lu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, and then two green lines started from the corners of his eyes and soon spread to his entire body.
As the Jade-faced Mantis looked at the familiar patterns, a horrifying thought arose in its mind.
Wait a minute, this human race wouldn't...
The next second, two phantoms appeared around Lu Chen's body.
That’s right, the ability that Lu Chen was currently displaying was the same special ability that he had just displayed – the Three Prisons Killing Array.
Looking at this scene, the Jade-faced Mantis was completely stunned.
If Lu Chen could learn its dual-sword skills at a glance, it could still barely accept it.
Then, when Lu Chen used his "Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Formation", it was completely unacceptable! No, you are a human, how can you learn the awakening ability of a Nine Nether Evil creature just by looking at it! Are you a human or a Nine Nether Evil creature? As for why Lu Chen could learn the Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Formation of the Jade-faced Blade Mantis, the reason was actually not complicated.
The answer... lies in his Blue Lotus Eyes that have reached the realm-breaking level.
[Blue Lotus Eyes (Twelve Blue Lotuses): Breakthrough (Cannot be upgraded)]
[Effect: Blue lotus appears in the eyes. After opening, one can look around the universe without blind spots. One can remember the magic skills that one has seen before for a short time. One glance can see all the magic skills...]
[Special Effect: Power of Blue Lotus: Consumes the power of a petal of blue lotus to enhance a certain pupil skill]
The Qinglian Huatong was only at the advanced stage, so naturally it was unable to replicate the 'Three Prisons Killing Formation' that was extremely characteristic of the Jade-faced Mantis' race.
But as the Qinglian Huatong reached a breakthrough and unlocked the special energy of the Qinglian power.
Lu Chen only needs to use the power of the Azure Lotus to strengthen the pupil technique of "copying".
Even if it is an exclusive ability of the non-human race, Lu Chen can still imitate it using the power of the Green Lotus.
And this is just a 'copy' of this enhanced pupil technique.
You should know that among Lu Chen's pupil techniques, there are three more: 'Strong Vision', 'Perspective', and 'Lotus Mark'.
Therefore, the truly terrifying thing about the breakthrough-level Blue Lotus Pupil is when Lu Chen strengthens all of his pupil techniques at once.
Only then, the power of the Green Lotus that breaks through the realm is fully realized.
Lu Chen had experimented with that effect before, but as for the result...
All I can say is that once he chooses to do so.
The ordinary foundation-building stage was no match for him! The Jade-faced Saber Mantis was not yet at the level that Lu Chen could use this trump card.
An enhanced 'copying' eye technique... is enough.
Lu Chen looked at the Jade-faced Mantis, who was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and a smile appeared on his face.
"If we just talk about it in theory, then no matter who the enemy is, they will only have one chance to attack me, because I won't fail twice with the same move."
"But unfortunately, you... missed this opportunity."
PS: There is one more update, but it must be very late, so you can just read it tomorrow morning. Fat Tiger doesn’t know when he will be able to finish writing it.
The weather has dropped sharply recently, and Fat Tiger is unlucky enough to have caught a cold again. It wasn't long ago that he recovered from his last cold, but as a result, I felt dizzy while typing today, and my throat felt like it had swallowed a razor blade. Everyone should take care of their health.
(End of this chapter)
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