Chapter 1200 - 710: Nine Luminaries Mountain and Sea, Mastery Approaching the Dao! (3)
"Kill!"
Catherine spun and threw her spear, charging ahead with her weapon, the spear gaining speed from her rotation to thrust forward. She adjusted mid-air, the spear tip trailing a luminous arc, aiming straight for Meng Chuan’s throat.
However, Meng Chuan was even faster, his reactions reaching a microscopic level.
He gently sidestepped to avoid the spear, then lifted and rotated his halberd to drill into Catherine’s abdomen. With a powerful shake of his wrist, the move transformed into a thrust, entangling with the knight’s spear in a quick defensive maneuver.
Bang bang bang!
Two figures soared through the sky and plummeted to the ground, engaged in fierce combat with hundreds of clashes per second!
Catherine hadn’t integrated the laws, so she didn’t possess any unusual divine power, leaving Meng Chuan without any chance of defeat.
Boom!
The engine’s roar resounded as Catherine sprouted wings of light from her back. With a vigorous flap, her speed increased further, her attacks becoming more ferocious, bombarding Meng Chuan with a variety of major moves and techniques.
Yet, no matter how her adversary advanced, Meng Chuan consistently adopted a defensive counter-attack. His right wrist shook as he held the halberd, quickly unleashing True Qi.
Without wasting time to build up momentum, the power seemed negligible, but with increasingly successful attempts, the conduction of True Qi started flowing more smoothly, the amount infused into the halberd subtly increasing over time.
Not only confined to slashing attacks, Meng Chuan began to freely display more halberd skills.
With every move, no matter the technique, he strived to master the "Blade Draw Slash" technique.
His strength was incredibly exaggerated, wielding the heavy halberd as if it were a red-tassel spear, performing blocks, grabs, thrusts, stabs, bounces, and chops with ease, each technique flowing as swiftly as lightning, causing the female knight to pant repeatedly.
When Meng Chuan exerted just a bit of his true strength, the situation on the field became clear.
For Catherine, the pressure was akin to a mountain; she seemed to have realized that Meng Chuan was "playing with her"...
Yet she was already thoroughly entwined in the three-zhang battlefield, Meng Chuan’s large halberd swirling like a cage, its shockwaves mysteriously reverberating around.
Catherine attempted to break free several times but was completely unable.
"No matter if weapon techniques involve the Dao, it is still a process of gradually mastering and refining.
Take the so-called ’Blade Draw Slash’ for instance, true powerhouses in the cosmos can unleash such attacks casually without needing to accumulate strength, their various techniques and ultimate moves coming effortlessly, thus naturally integrating into every moment of their moves. This is the concept of [Skill akin to Dao], also the embryonic form of [Post-Celestial Dao]."
With the situation clear, Meng Chuan controlled the large halberd to contain Catherine while reflecting on the matter within.
"The principle of Blade Draw Slash involves being both ’swift’ and ’ferocious’, pivotal in two main directions.
Swift, which I realized in the Beijing tournament when I broke Wang Yi’s array beforehand.
The aspect I’m researching now is how to make this moment more ferocious."
He noticed that Chen Zhiming might be facing the same challenge as him, stuck on the ’ferocious’ aspect.
Since the art of combat entered Blue Star, aside from predecessors who have studied weaponry for decades or even centuries, countless Great Chu prodigies surely tried their hands at it.
It can be said that any ambitious individual aiming to compete with those geniuses in the cosmos must master the way of weapon combat, a staple for every cosmos-class powerhouse’s supplementary training.
Meng Chuan was no exception.
The weapons collided repeatedly, although it seemed like two figures were clashing like gods and demons, Catherine’s situation became increasingly arduous...
His attacks were relentless, each blow’s explosive power growing stronger; Meng Chuan, although he hadn’t unleashed his physical strength, still pressed Catherine to the point of breathlessness.
The technique being an incredibly complex system, he couldn’t possibly grasp it entirely at this moment.
Thus, Meng Chuan focused his research on how to make himself more violently aggressive, extending his already long strengths further.
As time went on, Catherine was thoroughly worn down, even having half of the large wings on her back battered off.
Meng Chuan did that to prevent her from escaping and conceding...
Under global scrutiny, Great Chu citizens had long started celebrating.
Because the scene at the moment reassured them greatly.
Victory was assured; now it was time for Meng God’s learning session.
Meanwhile, Eagle Nation’s citizens displayed expressions of tension, internally praying for Catherine to have a chance to turn the tide.
...
Meng Chuan continued to execute various moves, feeling more exhilarated as he fought, the intensity of his power burgeoning further, gradually sensing that Catherine was unable to keep up with him.
"Though it was enjoyable enough, the speed of my inner Qi explosion has increased significantly."
Having trained enough, Meng Chuan prepared to conclude the battle.
Boom!
Meng Chuan pushed the halberd blade forward, as the moment of contact was slightly prolonged with black and white streams of Qi surging fiercely, a terrifying spear beam erupted from the tip!
Catherine’s knight spear connected momentarily, dissipating most of the force, yet the fierce residual surged, disarming her, her figure violently retreating.
Meng Chuan didn’t pursue but mimicked her prior action, stepped forward and threw the halberd, the dark light faced no obstacles, piercing through Catherine’s chest.
"Ugh..."
Catherine turned to a shadow and vanished, Meng Chuan remained standing, seemingly with more thoughts in mind...
...
"Who says Meng Chuan only relies on brute force? His combat skills are tremendous, few can match them."
"Once he got serious, Catherine was finished."
"Meng Chuan’s techniques are too varied; if he unleashed his full power, I can already imagine the sense of oppression..."
A group of experts watched the slow-motion replay of the match, observing how he used the halberd’s crescent hook to manipulate and perfectly contain Catherine within his range, immediately realizing the terror of Meng Chuan’s halberd skills!
Chen Zhiming could discern even more.
He focused on Meng Chuan’s move execution, when his wrist flicked for a moment, pondering silently:
"I recall when he dealt with Thomas before, he didn’t have this ’Blade Draw Slash’ movement..."
Was he concealing his true abilities before?
But he could easily defeat Catherine earlier, there was no need to reveal it now.
Therefore, at this moment, Chen Zhiming seriously wondered whether Meng Chuan was learning from him...
Yet in the next instant, he dismissed the notion.
"Without guidance from weapon combat experts, how could he possibly grasp the wrist movements and discern the inner Qi exertion process and structure..."
Simultaneously, watching Meng Chuan’s match was Li Wenshu, who similarly perceived the secrets concealed beneath Meng Chuan’s wrist.
For a moment, his expression displayed a hint of peculiarity.
"Swift and fierce, both the fundamental for comprehending ’sharpness’ and the prerequisite for understanding [Way of Rainbow Transformation], the kid realized swift beforehand, when did he start exploring fierce..."
Even before beginning the lessons, Meng Chuan quickly ’self-taught’, leaving Li Wenshu somewhat taken aback...
"Amazing, I must say it’s Meng Chuan; he’s never let people down.
Poked Catherine with one halberd, making her lose it completely."
"You’re all just worrying unnecessarily, did you forget? Meng Chuan crushed Thomas without utilizing the Five Elements Qi, now taking on the English experts just as effortlessly."
The audience broke into smiles.
During the fierce 100-to-10 contest, Great Chu contestants continuously brought good news, granting them a sense of pride and honor.
"Hehe, not bad..."
Seviss Long also watched the video, flashing a satisfied smile.
Each time Meng Chuan competed against experts, he displayed a portion of his new abilities.
This made Seviss eagerly anticipate whether the complete Meng Chuan could make him feel a hint of threat...
...
Returning to the preparation room, Meng Chuan saw Catherine drop from 13th to 28th immediately, while he ascended one rank.
Only the top ten could advance, so he didn’t pause and told the intelligence to add him back to the queue.
Afterward, Meng Chuan leaned back, supporting his head with his hands, silently contemplating...
The reason for not controlling Catherine’s blood earlier was that he didn’t need to research Western cultivators’ cells.
The next research target comprised only of competitors in this grand competition who had integrated the laws—
Arthur and Colby.
Reflecting on the earlier battle with Catherine, the physical transcendence into the spiritual world allowed him to bring all the gains from the fight back to reality.
However...
Expecting to completely master the Blade Draw Slash’s instant full charge from battling Catherine wasn’t realistic.
The swiftness and ferocity during the strike are a process of endless enhancement with no "Perfection" limit.
Similar to a person’s speed, although they can surpass the sound barrier, the speed of light remains an overwhelming obstacle ahead.
However, when the mastery of such techniques reaches a certain phase, it will undoubtedly undergo major changes and improvements.
The accumulation of quantity leads to qualitative transformations.
"Once sufficient swiftness and ferocity are achieved, what comes next..."