Chapter 150: Are You Getting a Little Too Excited?

At that moment, Qin Chuan was level 36, and his attributes had changed slightly. As a six-star Advanced Elite, he had gained another ten points in every attribute.

Sharpness: 997 + 1,395.8 (140%) + 498.5 (50%) — 2,890+

Toughness: 902 + 947.1 (105%) + 270.6 (30%) — 2,120+

Speed: 872 + 915 (105%) + 348.8 (40%) — 2,136+

Judging by his attributes, Qin Chuan had no real advantage except in Sharpness. But he had not come this far on the strength of his three basic attributes alone.

Even now, facing two powerful enemies without a single critical hit stored up, Qin Chuan felt not the slightest trace of fear.

As Qu Tian swept his halberd toward him, Qin Chuan predicted the angle and ducked beneath it.

Whoosh!

The Moonlight Halberd swept past with a fierce gust of wind.

Ding! Blade body damaged by 0.1%.

Hearing the system notification, Qin Chuan knew that his opponent’s attack could penetrate his defenses.

After dodging the attack, Qin Chuan closed in and struck Qu Tian with a basic attack.

Clang!

“Urgh!”

Qu Tian reacted with astonishing speed. After his halberd missed, he immediately thrust the shaft sideways and blocked Qin Chuan’s strike.

After the collision, both of them retreated several steps.

However, the Moonlight Halberd let out an involuntary muffled groan. The pain caused by the penetrating force was clearly no small matter.

From that brief exchange, Qin Chuan understood that Qu Tian’s three basic attributes were all higher than his own.

Neither side had gained an advantage in the first exchange, but Qu Tian was plainly more surprised.

“Master, he can’t break through Spirit Guard, but I’m in terrible pain.”

“It’s nothing. His judgment is astonishing, but his movement technique is slow. His Spirit Guard must not be particularly high either.”

The Moonlight Halberd was filled with bitter resentment. Of course it was nothing to him—the one suffering was not Qu Tian.

Having reached his conclusion, Qu Tian began pressing forward step by step.

Six phantoms of Qu Di, each wielding an Earth-Moon Hook, had already closed in from all sides. The situation had become extremely dangerous.

Although the six phantoms possessed only 2,000-plus attack power, Qin Chuan would never allow them to strike him easily. Any attack might carry a negative effect.

The phantoms possessed more than 2,800 Speed, and their movements were so swift that they were almost impossible to imagine. Dodging them was exceedingly difficult for Qin Chuan.

After all, the human form was different from the blade-body state. The range of his attacks had expanded, but so had the area vulnerable to attack.

Until now, Qin Chuan had not fully adapted to this new change.

Fierce combat required more accurate predictions and perfect bodily coordination. That was precisely why Qin Chuan wanted to temper himself in this battle.

“Moonpiercer of the Heavenly Dynasty!”

Qu Tian and Qu Di worked together with perfect understanding, so Qu Tian was the first to unleash a spirit technique.

Hiss!

Qu Tian lunged forward, thrusting his halberd straight at Qin Chuan. A stream of force surged from the halberd’s tip, carrying an additional 150% attack power.

Since the two were only a few meters apart, whether the thrust actually struck Qin Chuan was not especially important to Qu Tian.

He could forcefully chain the second and third forms together in succession.

His true purpose was to create an opening for Qu Di.

Even with two against one, Qu Tian remained extremely cautious, relying on tactical coordination.

His caution was clearly bad news for Qin Chuan.

Faced with the vicious thrust, Qin Chuan quickly shifted half a meter to the side.

Ding! Blade body damaged by 0.2%.

“Sweeping Strike!”

Qu Tian forcibly activated the second form. The sweep covered a radius of five meters, though it carried no additional attack power.

Even so, with his attack power of more than 2,300, he could still break through Qin Chuan’s Toughness.

The sweep was swift and vicious, following almost instantly.

Qin Chuan had just landed. Unless he blocked with his sword or used Blink, he would have no way to escape.

Meanwhile, Qu Di’s six phantoms had already occupied six positions, waiting for Qin Chuan to enter their formation. The moment he did, they would unleash Lightning Hook Soul and cut him down.

With Qu Di’s astonishing movement speed, escaping the ambush would be unbelievably difficult.

But Qin Chuan had entered this battle precisely to temper his body. Once again, he displayed a maneuver that seemed impossible.

At the critical instant, Qin Chuan arched his head and upper body backward, bending himself almost in half. He extended his left arm, planted his palm on the ground, and flipped backward.

The movement resembled the iron-bridge technique, except that it included a backward leap.

Whoosh!

The Moonlight Halberd once again swept past, almost brushing Qin Chuan’s body.

Ding! Blade body damaged by 0.1%.

“Gale Spin!”

Although Qu Tian was astonished that Qin Chuan had dodged the second form, his hands never slowed.

Using the momentum of the sweeping strike, he forcefully activated the third form.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Qu Tian spun within a five-meter radius while moving rapidly across the ground.

At that moment, Qin Chuan was one meter above the ground, facing downward, with almost no room to dodge. In the next instant, he would be swept up by the attack.

Seeing this, Qu Di sneered.

“He’s nothing special after all. I don’t even need to act.”

Faced with such a crisis, Qin Chuan still refused to use Blink. Instead, he drove the Dragon-Pattern Cold Crystal Sword violently into the ground.

Using the recoil, Qin Chuan’s body rose several meters backward once more, perfectly evading the Gale Spin.

The maneuver left Qu Di and a group of outer disciples utterly stunned.

“Damn! He can do that?”

Qin Chuan’s move had taken him completely beyond the encirclement of the six phantoms, leaving Qu Di staring in bewilderment.

“Hmph!”

Qu Tian was furious. All three forms of a single technique had missed, and he found that utterly unacceptable.

“Painting the Sky, Pointing to the Moon!”

Qu Tian rushed forward, then leaped into the air. A huge spinning wheel came crashing down toward Qin Chuan.

Faced with this, Qin Chuan decisively used Blink and left the attack’s range.

“Gale Step!”

“Lightning Hook Soul!”

Qu Di was equally alert. Although Qin Chuan had escaped the encirclement, he immediately drove the six phantoms in pursuit.

After blinking away, Qin Chuan was only eight meters from one of Qu Di’s phantoms.

Qu Di immediately took the phantom’s place, increased his movement speed, and attempted to kill Qin Chuan in a single strike.

Qu Di’s Speed instantly rose above 3,080. At that velocity, eight meters was crossed in the blink of an eye.

Taking the attack range into account, however, the actual distance was only five meters.

Lightning Hook Soul was an area attack. Within a three-meter radius, Qin Chuan had no possibility of dodging.

Qu Di swung up the Earth-Moon Hook and smashed it down. A wave of force instantly enveloped the three-meter radius before him.

“You may be good at dodging, but this time you’re dead!”

Triumph flashed in Qu Di’s eyes, and a cruel smile once again touched his lips.

Boom!

The Earth-Moon Hook struck the ground, blasting the three-meter area ahead into ruins.

“Hahaha! It hit! There won’t even be a corpse left!”

Qu Di shouted in excitement. The red spirit weapon would soon be his.

“Blink.”

Yet a faint voice sounded behind him, cutting his laughter short.

“Are you celebrating a little too soon?”

Qu Di turned around in panic. Qin Chuan wore a faint smile, while the Dragon-Pattern Cold Crystal Sword was already striking from behind.

“Ah! That’s impossible!”

“Intimidation!”

The large-area passive effect shook both Qu Tian and Qu Di to their very cores, causing their auras to falter.

Qin Chuan’s three basic attributes rose instantly, while those of Qu Tian and Qu Di fell by five percent.

Ding! Forty-percent slow effect triggered.

Ding! Freeze triggered. Duration: three seconds.

Qin Chuan swept his sword across Qu Di, inflicting heavy damage and freezing him in place.

Clearly, Qin Chuan’s luck was excellent.

The moment the freeze took effect, Qu Di was scared out of his wits. He possessed astonishing movement speed, but now he could not use it at all.

No—in truth, his Speed had fallen below 2,000.

Within this confined space, Qin Chuan had established an overwhelming advantage.

He showed no mercy, hacking Qu Di several times in succession until the man screamed in terror, his courage completely shattered.

“Big brother, save me!”

“Hiss!”

The sight made the outer disciples watching the battle draw in a sharp breath.

Who could have imagined that the two hall leaders, who had possessed every advantage, would end up in such an awkward predicament?

Qu Di, in particular, now faced the very real possibility of being cut down.