Chapter Ninety-Five: The Fire Dragon to the Rescue

A sharp hiss escaped the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast, so startled that it sucked in a hard breath.

“This... this is impossible!”

But truth was always cruel. Qin Chuan once again played a brilliantly risky move, gambling with disaster and pulling off a dazzling feat.

In a split second, he made a precise sidestep and narrowly avoided the strike.

The beast’s blade flashed past so close to Qin Chuan’s sword that it nearly brushed the steel.

Qin Chuan knew full well that his speed could not compare with the beast’s. If he rushed in to attack, he would gain nothing.

Only by defending passively could he create an opening.

Letting the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast make three moves first seemed like reckless self-destruction, but in truth it was a desperate stand with nowhere left to retreat.

“Damage to the sword body: 0.1 percent.”

The beast’s sharpness was truly terrifying. Even the mere passing of its force left a slight injury on the sword body.

Still, successfully avoiding that blow gave Qin Chuan a great deal more confidence.

No matter how sharp the blades were, if they could not strike the target, they were worthless.

“Damn, the boss really let it use three moves? That... that’s unbelievable. He’s insanely fierce!”

Sleepy Bug was so shocked that he could barely speak coherently.

Meanwhile, Zi Zi smiled through tears and cursed him fondly, “You bastard, tricking my tears again.”

Unlike the joy and relief felt by Zi Zi and Sleepy Bug, the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast had already plunged into rage.

Qin Chuan’s calm words only made it feel even more offended. It decided that the next strike would tear him apart.

“No spirit thing has ever dodged my attack. You are the first!”

“But that’s as far as it goes!”

The Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast sprang forward on its long legs, weaving left and right at high speed as it advanced. It looked almost like two afterimages, making the direction of its attack impossible to read.

At that moment, Zi Zi and Sleepy Bug tensed up again.

This assault from the beast was not a skill, yet it was no less frightening than one.

“Damn, compared with other spirit beasts, this one seems to have a bit more understanding.”

“It can even pull off something this dazzling.”

Two blue-glinting blades then came slicing in from the left and right, covering a full meter of space.

The attack seemed slower than before, but its range was much wider, and it was a pincer strike.

Those two blades looked like phantom images, but they were real.

If Qin Chuan were struck, even if his sword body did not shatter, it would still be corroded by the poison.

For those two blades had been tempered over who knew how many years, and had long since become viciously toxic.

At that moment, Qin Chuan once again seemed to have fallen into mortal danger.

Yet he played with fate again, sliding along the trajectory of the blades and threading himself between them.

Whoosh.

The Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast flashed past once more, and its attack missed again.

“Damage to the sword body: 0.1 percent.”

...

Roar!

“Damn it, how can this be?! This is impossible!”

After two failed strikes in a row, the beast’s fury had become almost unimaginable.

“Second move.”

Qin Chuan’s calm voice nearly drove the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast to spit blood.

After two exchanges, Qin Chuan’s confidence had steadily grown. It seemed the beast’s speed was no longer quite so frightening.

Still, there remained a considerable gap between dodging the attacks and actually hitting the beast. Qin Chuan would have to keep waiting for his chance.

The enraged Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast finally realized that Qin Chuan possessed astonishing predictive ability; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to avoid those attacks unharmed in such a short time.

That was indeed the truth. Qin Chuan had relied on his keen anticipation to evade the beast’s two assaults.

It was both talent and the accumulation of experience.

Ever since Qin Chuan entered the Spirit Realm, he had been almost constantly fighting. By now, he had fought at least several hundred battles of one kind or another.

To Sleepy Bug, the fact that he was still alive was a miracle.

But to Qin Chuan, it was simply the result of calm anticipation, and this time would be no exception.

A cold light suddenly flashed in the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast’s eyes. It seemed to have found a way to defeat Qin Chuan.

“Blue Spirit Toxic Miasma!”

That was right: the beast unleashed its ultimate move. In an instant, blue mist spread across a ten-meter radius, making the scene ahead almost impossible to see.

The Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast itself vanished completely into the blue haze.

Zi Zi anxiously said, “Little Bug, this is dangerous. Get ready to move!”

“Mm-hmm.”

Sleepy Bug also knew this was truly dangerous, and he was ready to use his Deflection Art at any moment.

The Deflection Art was Sleepy Bug’s life-saving technique, capable of perfectly blocking one attack.

“Damage to the sword body: 5 percent.”

Qin Chuan could not help feeling a pang of pain. Five percent damage to the sword body was already an extremely terrifying injury.

Blue poison miasma clung to the sword body, continuing to erode and spread.

“Damn, that poison is vicious!”

Sizzle.

But Qin Chuan had never expected that at this moment, the dragon pattern on the sword suddenly erupted with dazzling light.

Under the flowing brilliance, it seemed to come alive.

A dragon’s cry suddenly rang out, and fierce flames burst across the sword body. The surrounding blue poison mist melted away the moment it met the fire, and the flames even began to spread further.

“Damage to the sword body repaired.”

“Damn, what a surprise, what a surprise! I never expected that fire dragon to be hidden inside the dragon pattern.”

Just as Qin Chuan had guessed, although the Fire Dragon Tree had not fully formed its spirit core, the phantom of the fire dragon already possessed a trace of hazy awareness.

After being swallowed by Qin Chuan and discovering that the Dragon-Patterned Cold Jade Sword contained dragon energy, it finally submitted. It even absorbed the dragon energy within and became much stronger.

However, even with spiritual awareness, the fire dragon could only depend on Qin Chuan; if one prospered, both prospered, and if one suffered, both suffered.

So its sudden appearance now was also an act of self-preservation.

At the same time, the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast emerged from the blue poison mist and lunged toward Qin Chuan.

Though it winced at the continued burning loss of its poison mist, it did not want to miss the chance to kill Qin Chuan.

After all, it had already unleashed its ultimate move. It did not want to waste it for nothing.

Yet in the briefest moment of urgency, Qin Chuan dodged again.

“Third move.”

Qin Chuan’s faint words nearly caused the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast to faint on the spot.

“Bastard, this is too hateful!”

By now, the flames had only spread across a two-meter range and could no longer expand further.

After its attack, the Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast once again hid itself within the blue mist.

“I still have a chance. The poison mist lasts five and a half seconds, and less than two seconds have passed.”

That thought flashed through the beast’s spirit core, and its confidence returned.

This time, it decided to quietly approach Qin Chuan before unleashing Blade Storm.

It believed that under Blade Storm’s attack, Qin Chuan would be torn to pieces for sure.

Unknowingly, the wildly arrogant Multicolored Blue Spirit Beast had begun resorting to ambush tactics.

It started circling within the blue mist, using the movement to confuse Qin Chuan.

Very soon, it reached the vicinity of Qin Chuan and abruptly activated its skill.

“Blade Storm!”