Chapter 684: Heavy Strength
After realizing the benefits of the Snow Emperor Blade, Chen Chuan quickly realized that his tactics could be adjusted accordingly.
Since the opponent's Internal energy could not Influence him, he could directly invest part of the Mutated Tissue originally used for defense into offense. Without the force redirection and adjustment step, the battle Rhythm could also become faster.
As the thought crossed his mind, his battle instincts naturally made the most reasonable move. He immediately took advantage of his unconstrained Internal energy to seize the initiative. The Snow Emperor Blade stuck to the opponent's blade and deflected it to the side, attempting to knock his Weapon away.
Fan Mo's feelings were different at this moment. Although his weapon could withstand the impact of Heart Qi, it did not completely neutralize its Strength. He would have to bear a small portion of it himself.
However, he was the one launching the offensive and had already prepared himself mentally to a certain extent, so he was not slow in adjusting. Moreover, he had rich combat experience. Noticing that Chen Chuan Counterattacked so quickly, he immediately turned his wrist and parried, adopting a defensive stance.
As Internal energy entered his body, it was immediately neutralized by layers of Mutated Tissue.
The Internal energy he inherited was called Rotating Screw Force, a guardian Internal energy that had been scattered from the old National religion. Its characteristic was the mutual generation of offense and defense, forming an integrated whole. Defense was followed by offense, and offense was followed by defense, with each echoing the other continuously.
After engaging with the enemy, he would neutralize and then store energy, allowing him to launch a Counterattack quickly. An ordinary Martial Artist might be able to cope with three or two moves under this stable Rhythm, but over time, if they failed to attack for a long time, their spirit would gradually be worn down, and they would only become weaker until they were defeated.
However, he soon felt something different. Just as he was about to Counterattack, he felt a second wave of Internal energy quickly seeping into him.Double Strength?
Fan Mo's expression was subtle. As a strongman sent by United Power Heavy Industries, he had dealt with many enemies with different Skills. He had seen this kind of Internal energy change.
While Double Strength could be used in key places to achieve a certain degree of breakthrough and delay, thereby buying himself a chance for the next step, this kind of Internal energy was essentially a Rhythm that relied on attacking the enemy when they were unprepared.
However, using it directly was a foolish move.
The Mutated Tissue within his body readjusted to absorb this Strength, and then he prepared to take advantage of the gap to attack.
Because after Double Strength was used, there would inevitably be a delay. This was inevitable when operating high Skills Internal energy and was almost impossible to avoid.
However, what followed surprised him greatly. Chen Chuan seemed to simply unleash an ordinary strike without any stagnation. The momentum of the blade was smooth and circular, and another strike came!
This forced him to abandon the idea of attacking again and Parry once more. However, after this segment of Internal energy was absorbed, he suddenly felt another segment of Internal energy attacking. After that, there was another surge. The Internal energy came like a tidal wave, seemingly endless.
For a moment, Fan Mo was unable to launch a Counterattack. The offensive and defensive transition of Internal energy could not be brought into play. All he could do was passively face the successive waves of Internal energy, being forced to retreat repeatedly.
Chen Chuan's unending Double Strength was similar to Talu's infinite chain of attacks.
However, Talu was able to connect his attacks with a Long Staff due to the special function of the Weapon.
Chen Chuan relied on Spiritual Power to blend into Internal energy, transforming it into Heart Qi, forcefully expressing this kind of Internal energy.
This kind of Internal energy had one characteristic: it did not pursue explosive power but maintained a continuous offensive to suppress the enemy, leaving the enemy with no Remaining energy or interval to organize their intended offensive.
He knew that he was still inferior to truly experienced Martial Artists in pure swordsmanship, but in terms of Internal energy changes, he dared to say that he could suppress most opponents.
After being repeatedly forced back, Fan Mo tried several times but could not break through Chen Chuan's Internal energy suppression because the opponent's Internal energy came quickly and densely, leaving him no time to adjust his Mutated Tissue.
Unless he risked injury to Counterattack, he might be able to reverse the situation.
However, once Heart Qi entered the body, the outcome would be difficult to predict. He should avoid making this choice unless absolutely necessary or all other methods were exhausted.
However, continuing like this would inevitably lead to defeat, so he made a quick decision and entered a burst state without hesitation.
He adjusted his breathing slightly, and as the secret technique operated, the Strength on his body suddenly increased, and Speed also increased. At the same time, a faint trace of black gas seeped from the surface of his Skin, clinging to it like a layer of shadow, making his face look ferocious and Anomaly, completely unlike his previous dignified appearance.
As the offensive party, Chen Chuan controlled the main battle Rhythm. He had been paying attention to the opponent's changes to suppress him. When he noticed the abnormality in the opponent's aura, he also responded without hesitation.
Almost at the same moment when Fan Mo erupted, he also operated the Furnace Breathing Technique. A wisp of white mist instantly floated from his body, and the Speed and Strength of his body also increased, continuing to maintain the suppression of Fan Mo. Thus, the situation immediately returned to what it was before.
At this time, the tunnel was filled with the extremely fast sounds of Weapon collisions, so Anomaly dense that the surrounding echoes continued, expanding and oscillating outwards along the tunnel, trembling constantly. Countless gravel rustled down from the tunnel walls and other places, jumping incessantly on the ground after reaching it.
The two were not engaged in the kind of explosive collision typical of Third-Limit Martial Artists because most of the Strength they emitted was neutralized by their Weapons or themselves.
However, Fan Mo was bearing the main pressure in the field. At this moment, he retreated step by step. Each step he took left a pothole of similar size, with small fragments of stone shattering and splashing outwards from the edges.
After only a few breaths, he retreated from the front of the long tunnel to the back, leaving a long, straight mark on the tunnel floor.
He did not dare to suddenly retreat or dodge quickly because while he parried the opponent's blade, he also absorbed and neutralized some of the opponent's Strength. If he dared to retreat suddenly at this time, the opponent's Strength, having lost its suppression, would overwhelm him like a surging wave, potentially killing him on the spot.
At this time, he discovered that he was about to retreat to the end of this tunnel. The two were currently maintaining a delicate balance. Even the slightest external interference would be particularly fatal to him.
Once his back touched the tunnel wall, this slight obstruction might disrupt the equilibrium, leading to his defeat on the spot, unless he could once again unleash greater Strength and Speed.
Realizing this, he did not sit idly by but instead squeezed his Mutated Tissue very decisively, forcibly erupting again at the cost of damaging his vitality and Potential.
In an instant, blood rushed to his face, and the muscles of his entire upper body swelled up. He held the blade with both hands and lifted it against Chen Chuan's blade.
The collision of this strike was powerful and fierce. A circle of dissipated air waves even erupted at the point of collision between the two Weapons.
Chen Chuan could feel a wisp of the opponent's Heart Qi seeping into his body. This was the first time since the battle that the opponent's Strength had invaded through the Snow Emperor Blade.
However, even so, because the Snow Emperor Blade had a high enough upper limit, it still resisted most of it. This wisp of Heart Qi was not strong and had little Influence on him. With a slight guidance from his Mutated Tissue, he neutralized the Strength.
However, through this confrontation, he noticed the characteristics of the opponent's Heart Qi. It was a kind of highly destructive tremor Strength that could directly penetrate into a person's muscles and bones. If one could not withstand it or was in contact with it for a long time, he felt that it could potentially shatter a person's bones in all aspects.
However, this required direct confrontation, or the vast majority of Internal energy had to be brought into play. The effect of the Remaining energy would be negligible, not even as good as his self-repair.
Although Fan Mo's eruption this time successfully stopped him from retreating, he was unable to form a Counterattack. Realizing that he was not putting enough pressure on the opponent, he made another move while still in the midst of the eruption. A flash of light appeared in his eyes as he suddenly launched a Spirit attack at Chen Chuan.
Regardless of who wins or loses in a Spirit collision, the person who initiates the attack will always have the upper hand. As long as Chen Chuan hesitated slightly, his smooth Internal energy would not be able to operate perfectly.
Then he could find a breakthrough and a chance to Counterattack.
At this moment, a flash of light also erupted in Chen Chuan's eyes. This was a sign of dealing with a Spirit attack.
Although he often used Spiritual Power to deter enemies, he rarely used Spiritual Power to attack a Martial Artist individually because Martial Artists with Spiritual Power usually paid attention to defense. The Heart Jade could not be shaken all at once, and he preferred to use enemies to hone his Martial Combat Skills.
Of course, there was also another reason: some Martial Artists carried protective items on their bodies, such as the three United Power Heavy Industries Martial Artists he had encountered before. This time, he had also specially worn the jade pig dragon that Mr. Zhuan had given him, which could also provide good Spirit protection.
Therefore, most of this Spiritual Power was blocked by this item. The small amount that rushed into his Heart Jade did not shake it at all, so he was too lazy to use the Empty Heart Seal's Spirit Skills to avoid Influencing the performance of Internal energy. After all, before Spirit was perfect, direct offense and defense were most efficient for him.
Seeing that the Spiritual Power attack had no effect, Fan Mo's originally high morale suddenly declined. It was as if he had been beaten back to his original form, and his originally firm footsteps had to retreat again.
And this time, each footstep left a deeper and wider pothole than before, which meant that his resistance to the Internal energy from the opposite side had decreased.
He felt a sinking in his heart, knowing that this was a sequela of the eruption.
At this moment, he was only ten meters away from the end of the tunnel. Seeing that the outcome was about to be decided, he had no choice but to use another secret skill to avoid defeat. Suddenly, he puffed out his chest and opened his mouth wide. Accompanied by the trembling of his whole body's Mutated Tissue, he let out a thunderous roar at Chen Chuan!