Chapter 728: The Long Blade Against the Enemy
Chapter 728: The Long Blade Against the Enemy
Boom! Under the impact of their formidable powers, the platform beneath Wilhelm's feet suddenly collapsed and fractured.
But in the eyes of both allies and foes, the world seemed to slow down. The flying debris from the shattered building and the splintered wood from the exploding spearhead drifted slowly outward, while the two figures appeared to be frozen in mid-air.
Their gazes met and intertwined in the air.
It was only then that Wilhelm got a clear look at his opponent—a Great Unity Army soldier, with a windbreaker and scarf fluttering behind him. The Blast Spear in his hand had shattered, revealing a white spear core of equal length to the Snow Lady Sword.
Chen Chuan fixed his gaze on his opponent. His sword had just cleaved through the enemy's weapon. With such an attack, if the opponent had not prepared in advance, there would be no time to adjust. In the next moment, he could advance with his sword and decapitate the enemy, regardless of their similar strength.
This was the advantage of seizing the initiative.
However, Wilhelm was prepared. Amidst the shattered spear fragments, he still held a white spear core in his hand, maintaining the same length as the Snow Lady Sword.
The unique design of this spear utilized the outer barrel to dissipate force. The moment the spear exploded, it absorbed a significant amount of kinetic energy, causing the Snow Lady Sword to deviate slightly from the impact.
Seizing this opportunity, Wilhelm gripped the spear core and thrust it towards Chen Chuan's figure.
In the next instant, a faint light emerged from the spearhead.
Undoubtedly, this was a display of psychic power. In a confrontation between equals, without a means to defend against it, the battle could be over in an instant.
Chen Chuan's eyes remained focused on his opponent, his gaze calm and unperturbed. The Snow Lady Sword in his hand had already deviated slightly, and a readjustment was typically required to correct its course. This adjustment would give his opponent enough time to stab the spear into his body.
However, at that very moment, his long sword executed an incredibly swift second wave force, causing a faint light to bloom from the blade as it thrust forward.
Bang! This time, the sword struck the side of the spear core, and the two psychic lights collided, momentarily dimming the surrounding radiance and distorting the nearby air.
Psychic power could only be countered by psychic power. After the two lights clashed and dissipated, what followed was the impact of the spear against the sword.
Wilhelm's Vanh Book cultivation highly emphasized the unity of spirit and body. Cultivating the body was akin to tempering the spirit, and training the spirit refined the physical form. Consequently, in his attacks, both aspects were intricately intertwined.
Each strike carried both spiritual and physical force, synergizing to maximize destructive power.
Usually, few could withstand his spear thrust, as any slight disharmony between a fighter's spirit and body would be exploited by Wilhelm, tearing apart this unstable connection and delivering a fatal blow.
However, this collision caught him off guard. As a practitioner of the Vanh Book, he could sense that his opponent's spirit and body were not in perfect harmony, which was common among most cultivation systems. Fighters often progressed at uneven rates in terms of physical and spiritual development, and Wilhelm intended to capitalize on this disparity.
To his surprise, during the clash, he couldn't destabilize his opponent. The enemy's physical strength far exceeded his own, and even though their spiritual power was slightly superior, any deficiency in either aspect should have provided an opening. Yet, the opponent's overwhelming strength in both domains left Wilhelm not only unable to break through but also subjected to a counter-shock that suppressed him.
A force transmitted through the spear core into Wilhelm's body, and although most of it was absorbed by the altered substance within the spear, some of it still impacted his altered substance, affecting his kinetic force. He could foresee that the spear would eventually be shaken open, creating a slight gap.
In high-intensity confrontations, even the slightest difference could decide the outcome. An experienced opponent would leverage this discrepancy, maintaining and gradually expanding their advantage to secure victory.
In battles between opponents of similar levels, this process was nearly irreversible, unless the attacker made a mistake.
But Wilhelm wouldn't bet on Chen Chuan making an error; at their level, such a blunder was highly unlikely.
As the confrontation reached this critical juncture, it seemed Wilhelm had lost. However, at that moment, his eyes sparkled with a starlight, and the altered substance within him, suppressed by the force of the impact, suddenly became active again. Not only did it resist the influence, but it also seemed to grow even stronger than before.
This was because Wilhelm had endured the tribulation trials documented in the Vanh Book.
After experiencing these trials, when faced with a seemingly hopeless situation, he could recover and not only make up for any losses but also become stronger than before.
Having undergone three tribulation trials, Wilhelm possessed the ability to make multiple adjustments, each one enhancing his physical qualities. He believed that by the third time, his strength would be unmatched.
At this moment, he seemed unaffected by the previous impact, quickly steadying the slightly trembling gun core and forcefully moving it back to clash with the Snow Lady Sword once more.
This time, not only did his strength increase, but his mental power also rose from being slightly weaker than his opponent to surpassing them. This slight advantage was enough for him to capitalize on his strength's advantages. All he needed to do was divert the opponent's blade by a fraction, and he would seize control of the attack!
A faint glow enveloped both weapons, but their heart power overflowed, clashing even before physical contact.
Chen Chuan instantly felt his opponent's overall strength surge, guessing that they had activated some secret technique.
In truth, at this moment, he only needed to use his second wave force to break through all obstacles before him, but he didn't do that.
As the blades met again, his force underwent a new transformation, instantly absorbing the opponent's power without resistance and effortlessly executing a third slash!
This was the Spiral Force of the Linked Venerable Dominance, Fan Mo.
Chen Chuan could emulate this force from the Ancient Religion, but he couldn't replicate Fan Mo's smooth and fluid application. However, he didn't need to; he just needed to absorb the force and swiftly launch a counterattack.
Currently, his strength still exceeded his opponent's. As long as he maintained the offensive, he would hold the advantage.
As their forces clashed again, Wilhelm's enhanced physical attributes still couldn't withstand the penetrating force, but his resilience fueled his mental excitement, and his body underwent a second transformation.
Not only that, but feeling the unparalleled pressure from the enemy, he instantly entered the third level of his life.
This time, his strength, speed, and mental power reached unprecedented heights in his martial arts journey. With a twist of the gun core, it seemed unaffected by the collision and actively sought out the Snow Lady Sword.
Chen Chuan's eyes deepened, like a bottomless abyss, as the Snow Lady Sword's radiance flashed, meeting his attack.
In the instant their weapons connected, there was no sign of the previous collision.
The opponent's force seemed to enter a void, and at the same moment, the sword emitted a force nearly doubling the previous one.
It was Ling Zhi Li's Void Piercing Force!
Currently suspended in mid-air, he couldn't guide the enemy's force into the ground, but he could transfer it directly to Crimson Veil. Although he couldn't concentrate the force like Ling Zhi Li to unleash a multiplied attack, doubling the force was enough.
The sword vibrated the gun core with a loud 'bang', and the sword light advanced swiftly, slicing through Wilhelm's neck with a 'swish'.
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