Chapter 142 - Fighting Above One’s Level, a Conclusion Where One’s Ultimate Skills Weren’t Used (2/2)
The surrounding spectators were all stupefied by watching. Three moves had been struck out in a short time, and the ultimate ending resulted in neither a win for Robert nor a loss for Thirty-Six Hours.
The shock in Robert’s heart was larger than anyone else’s. He had actually lost this competition! His first strike of the Extending Claw of the Azure Dragon was forcefully dispersed by his opponent. The second strike, the Azure Dragon Tail Whip, had left him with a bit of an advantage. However, his third strike with the Extending Claw of the Azure Dragon should have secured victory by tightly clenching Qin Fen fist within, however, he had actually let his opponent strike collide with the fist for nothing, and he had even run away.
If this had been a fight between five-star strength and five-star strength, Robert could say it was the time. However, his opponent was clearly a warrior at the four-star level strength. Plus, the last fist of his opponent had been done in a manner that clearly gave Robert a chance to capture it, but Robert had not been able to seize it. This was his loss.
Qin Fen suppressed his churning blood and energy. He secretly made a comparison. This version of himself without the pressurized true energy of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art and the Raging Berserker Tide could actually resist attacks of five-star strength. In the end, he had used the Guardian Dragon Deity Chaotic Dance as the cannon frame, and the result was far better than the true Soaring Cannon.
What if he were to use the pressurized true energy of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art? Qin Fen smiled when he thought of this. The one to be pushed back in this situation would clearly not be himself.
Of course, Robert wouldn’t be pushed back. He would be sent flying! He would fly just like Drill Instructor Butcher did!
What if he were to use the Raging Berserker Tide? Qin Fen clenched his fists in excitement. The conclusion he made just now was the on the spot death of Robert.
Could a four-star warrior kill a five-star warrior? Qin Fen found the idea to be inconceivable himself. Qin Fen wanted to go find the Vile King Zeng Yicheng and spar with him one more time. He wanted to see if Zeng Yicheng could still use one-star strength to overthrow him.
Robert stood in place for a long time before he ultimately opened his mouth and said, “Your control over strength far surpasses my imagination. That qualitative change of yours is a near marvel. When it comes to pure control over power down to a single point, very few people of five-star strength can compare to you, a four-star martial artist, in this field.”
Qin Fen nodded his head. He was able to fight a five-star martial artist to a standstill without even using an ultimate move.
Without that precise control over explosive power, the might of the last Soaring Cannon wouldn’t have been as powerful.
These days he trained even while eating. Every hour, every minute awake was spent in diligent training, and finally, some results came out of it.
When Qin Fen thought about these things, he couldn’t help having his frame of mind be excited once more. He gently moved and stretched his body as he faced Robert and said, “You can leave now, right?”
“Sigh…” Robert looked up into the sky and let out a deep sigh. “I originally wanted to recruit you into my Even Sky Tower, increasing my reputation. I never thought that this fight would have me become your stepping stone, instead of the other way around.”
Qin Fen smiled. This competition had been done in front of so many people. There will certainly be people who would spend money to download the recordings. When that happens, the recordings will be spread across the forums, attracting attention with its title. Tomorrow, Dragon Hall will have a different social status.
“Kid, I will be coming here tomorrow.” Robert tossed out a few words before turning around and heading down the street with his people.
Some people of the surrounding spectators of the other sects shook their heads over and over. “How tasteless. He can say that he turned on his heels and walked away when he fought.”
Robert stopped his leaving footsteps. He turned around and revealed a sly smile. “What I said back then was ‘Today I won’t say anything else if I lose. I’ll just turn around and leave.’ I never said that I wouldn’t come again.”
Qin Fen was disinclined to engage with wordplay with his opponent. These sorts of things have been played around with so much by Squad Leader Hao that it was not fun at all. It was great that Robert would come tomorrow again. After a night’s worth of digestion and settlement of the experience, it was very likely for Qin Fen to have new comprehensions and improvement. When that happened, he might not even need to use his ultimate skill to kill past his level, to possess the ability to kill a sizable portion of experts of the five-star level.
The sect-annihilation battle had concluded, and every one of Dragon Hall, aside from Qin Fen, were all bustling. They swept the battlefield clean, absorbing new members into their organization.
In a short period of time, the number of people who applied to join Dragon Hall was no less than seventy or so people, and they had no qualms about paying the membership fee at all.
As the vice sect master, Zhang Xiangyang knew that it was likely that Qin Fen’s counter-attack in the sect-annihilation battle already spread to the forums in the form of recordings.
The grandness of one man challenging several hundred. The boldness of a man wielding one M134 Vulcan Cannon in a daring challenge against the mobile armor. Such scenes could only occur in fantasy movies, yet a person really had done it today!
The illusionary hero, which only existed in the imagination, had suddenly turned into a real existence. When that happened, those who love heroes would naturally want to be a bit closer to a real one.
Seeing the number of people applying to Dragon Hall continue to increase, Zhang Xiangyang had his smile turn even more delighted. “Presumably, when a recording of Qin Fen fighting a meteor level martial artist to a tie with four-star strength appear on the forums, the number of applications to join Dragon Hall will become exceptionally lively.”
Qin Fen logged out of the Sky Battle Net. He didn’t go looking at the posts on the forums.
After experiencing a few matters, Qin Fen knew without even looking that there will be posts of one man challenging several hundred. Today these posts would certainly be spread in a large hubbub.
As for a four-star martial artist having tied with a meteor level martial artist, Qin Fen suspected that such a post would forever be bumped to a high spot, or at least for a very long time, on the four-star martial artist forums.