Chapter 421: Brutal Decisive Battlefield
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
He flew!
From the moment Wu Ke stepped on the Mag Drive Flying Sword and flew into the sky, the hearts of countless onlooking martial artists sunk.
Almost everyone was filled with antic.i.p.ation until that moment.
They were looking forward to Qin Fen’s sensational battle after having trained with Asura for half a year. But to their dismay, the Six Stars of Sacred Martial had chosen this battlefield, making them lose the suspense of victory and defeat, making the end of the battle predictable in the blink of an eye.
Who would have thought that Qin Fen would lose in his first duel after joining the Sacred Martial Hall, and against a lower star-cla.s.s martial artist at that?
The Flying Sword Technique of Mag Drive Flying Sword made Wu Ke invincible almost instantly. Even if the ice under his feet were completely melted, it would have no effect on him.
As long as he had the strength to hover the flying sword in the air, he would never be defeated.
It could even be said that Wu Ke didn’t even need to fight with Qin Fen at all. All he needed to do was hover high in the air and wait for the ice under Qin Fen’s feet to melt, bit by bit… bit by bit… just that would enough.
Swis.h.!.+
The eight Mag Drive Flying Sword at Lin Ming’s back spread out behind him like a peac.o.c.k spreading its feathers…
Before the flying sword could go under his feet, Qin Fen had already moved hundreds of meters away! Immediately after, a long howl ripped out of his throat, reverberating through the sky. The roar sounded it neither like a lion’s nor a tiger’s. This howl that could pierce through metal and rocks carried a majesty which was even more overbearing than that of a hundred kings of beasts.
Along with the long howl, the ice underneath his feet appeared as if it was about to crack any second from the subsequent shock; his black hair fluttered in the air with his aura. Immediately after, his figure shot out from his tiptoes! He had covered a distance of about a hundred meters in just one leap!
Qin Fen’s figure cut through the air like a sharp arrow! A long visible trail of ice debris followed behind him, whereas the Yangtze river-like momentum caused his clothes to flapped so loudly that it sounded like the waves cras.h.i.+ng on the bow of a s.h.i.+p.
Step after step! Qin Fen’s body was spreading open in the air, like a dragon jumping out of the sea with each leap. And the instant his feet touched the ground, a hole of about a few dozen meters was blown apart even before a single wave of vibration could be sent out. And immediately after, a huge fountain of water gushed out up to several meters up in the air as if some kind of lake monster had rushed out of the water.
Each rise and fall was separated by a hundred meters! Qin Fen had decided to not give the opposite party any face after the Six Stars of Sacred Martial informed the rules of the battles.
If you don’t give me face, then, why should I!? After a few ups and downs, Qin Fen had already rushed up to Lin Ming. And as for that layer of ice which had been blasted up, not a drop of those spurting fountains of water had yet to land on the ground.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The layer of ice which was used to make it difficult for Qin Fen was now being used by him as a tool to raise that invincible aura of power of his!
Every explosion of the layer of ice, every gus.h.i.+ng thick fountain of water were telling the onlookers and his opponents one thing: the difference between a fifteen-star martial artist and fourteen-star martial artist was like the distance between heaven and earth!
The immense momentum blew the minds of a large group of onlooking martial artists! This momentum was like the devil lord born at the beginning of the universe who was about to break out from the ice he had been sealed in for millennials to return to the world.
At this moment, everyone even forgot that the rules of this battlefield were detrimental to Qin Fen!
So fast! Lin Meng, feeling the winds blowing on his face, hearing the flapping of Qin Fen’s clothes against the wind hard…
He felt that the big hand reaching out wasn’t just capable of grabbing a basketball at this moment; in his mind, it appeared as his this hand could cover the entire sky and the earth.
At this moment, Lin Ming felt like he was the Monkey King in the palm of the Buddha; no matter what he did, he couldn’t escape and was being gradually suppressed under Mount Wu-Xing.
BANG!
Suddenly, a bright light flashed before Lin Ming’s eyes, Qin Fen’s figure had disappeared! He quickly searched about and heard the howling of winds above his head; he looked up immediately after.
Where is Qin Fen? All the young martial artists who initially joined the Sacred Martial Hall at the same time as Qin Fen was stupified. Qin Fen had suddenly disappeared right before their eyes.
Meanwhile, some martial artists had raised their heads. There, they saw Qin Fen rising in the air with his hands spread out as a thick fountain of water gushed out from under his feet, giving everyone the impression that he was dragon flying out of the water. A visible airstream could be seen trailing behind him due to the friction between his body and air as he went straight to Wu Ke who was rapidly soaring into the sky!
Who would have thought that the one to bear the brunt of Qin Fen’s attack first wasn’t Lin Ming who was still on the ice but Wu Ke who was already in the air?
Wu Ke felt instinctively threatened at the first notice of Qin Fen’s majestic hundred-meter long jumps at the distance. He immediately drove the Mag Drive Flying Sword to take him high up in the air quickly; he escaped like a primitive wild animal fleeing from a monster!
Wu Ke was fast but Qin Fen was faster; his speed had reached an incomprehensible level. He soared into the air like a sh.e.l.l fired from artillery, whizzing through the air as his figure tear through the layers of air.
BAM! Wu Ke felt something grabbing his ankle but before he could react, he felt an immense force pulling him down! In the blink of an eye, he lost all his balance.
“Get down here!”
Qin Fen’s grim voice sounded like a nightmare in Wu Ke’s ears.
He caught him! The young martial artists sat mouth agape at this sight in incredulity, one after another, staring at that unexpected scene blankly.
At a height of nearly a hundred meters, Wu Ke had actually been dragged down from a Mag Drive Flying Sword!
In Qin Fen’s hand, Wu Ke’s burly body was like a toddler who had just crawled out of his mother’s womb. Qin Fen’s movement seemed as if he barely felt any resistance; he raised his arm with a throw before flinging it towards the frozen lake vigorously!
This throw was exceptionally powerful! The howls of wind in the air sounded as if a meteor was cutting through the atmosphere and cras.h.i.+ng towards the ground.
Wu Ke’s figure crashed into the ground like a meteor; he didn’t even have the chance to drive his flying sword. He crashed on the layer of ice hard.
BANG! SPLAs.h.!.+
Another hole appeared on the frozen lake before a thick jet of water gushed out! Wu Ke’s figure disappeared from everyone’s line of sight in the blink of an eye. Only the sound of ice cracking apart echoed in everyone’s heart for a long time.
Everything happened too quickly! It happened so fast that many people didn’t even finish their gasps before Wu Ke, who had flown into the air, had been dealt with by the flightless Qin Fen.
At this moment, Wu Ke’s quick response appeared really idiotic to everyone. Why was he so foolish to take off so quickly? Why did he not immediately perform any maneuvers when he flew? He would not have been caught if only he had flown left and right or dodged well!
When people calmed down, these people laughed again. On second thought, they realized that it was a belated action, that’s all. The moment Qin Fen launched his offense, not only was his speed so terrifying that it would give anyone a scare, but his aura of power was also terrifying; in fact, it was the most terrifying aspect about Qin Fen, it gave everyone the feeling that Qin Fen had the whole world in his grasp. Where would Wu Ke have had the time to think about dodging?
Wu Ke’s defeat could not be much accredited to Qin Fen’s technique but his aura of power instead.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Fen’s rising momentum had completely suppressed Wu Ke. This sudden end was only to be expected.
“This…”
Lin Ming fled to one side hurriedly so as to not get smashed into the water by the cras.h.i.+ng Wu Ke; his eyes swept a glance towards the layer of ice unconsciously.
Not too far away from him was an ice hole.
This ice-hole was much smaller than the other ten meters wide ice-holes blasted by Qin Fen a hundred meters apart. The ice-hole before him, with the help of which Qin Fen had reached the height of a hundred meters, was not even a meter in diameter!
How is this possible!? Lin Ming’s eyes were filled with astonishment. The initial ice-holes were spread a hundred meters apart because of the calculated strength Qin Fen had applied at every step.
The weak layer of ice was unable to bear the brunt of Qin Fen’s explosive steps. The reason why Wu Ke was scared and lost his wits because Qin Fen had thrown him into the water and also because Qin Fen’s charge was beyond his calculations, which had given him a fright.
But compared to those hundred-meter long jumps, what Lin Ming found it even harder to accept was the small ice-hole made by Qin Fen before him.
Flying a hundred meters up in the air was completely different from moving a hundred meters forward.
In this world, even if someone had not learned any martial arts at all, it was still possible for him to jump a distance of four meters by exerting all his strength, but if someone who hadn’t learned any martial arts whatsoever was asked to make a four-meter high jump, that would be a pipe dream.
Theoretically, the ice should have not been able to bear this high jump of Qin Fen. It should have not been able to bear such strength, but he did and moreover, the subsequent ice-hole was even smaller!
While these unbelievable thoughts flashed in Lin Ming’s mind at lightning-fast speed, he spread his arms out! He stepped on the flying sword immediately as the other seven flying swords drew rainbows as they flew straight at Qin Fen who was in the sky.
What a good chance! Lin Ming might have been taken aback but he didn’t forget that the fight still remained undecided. And Qin Fen, who was in the sky, couldn’t use the Wukong technique, and so, he didn’t have the ability to perform any maneuver…
As the seven swords flew up, Qin Fen spread his left and right arms out and reached out, grabbing two long swords beside him.
Wu Ke’s long swords! At this moment, these floating long swords were ownerless. Having grabbed the long sword, Qin Fen kicked Wu Ke’s flying sword with his right foot. Borrowing the recoil, his figure swished out along with the two swords.
The rainbow pursuing the sun!
Qin Fen might not usually use swords, but it doesn’t mean he didn’t know how to use them.
In the metal ball, apart from theorists of martial dao like Master, as well as martial artists like Vile King – Zeng Yicheng, there were many grandmasters of all kinds of weapons.
However, Qin Fen had grown accustomed to using kicks and punches. Sword-type weapons weren’t the most important aspect of his martial dao, which led to the situation of him not ever using weapons.
The seven swords, seemingly fired from that shaking divine bow of Hou Yi’s, were before Qin Fen in the blink of an eye, carrying an oppressive cold and sharp gleam.
Lin Ming’s eyes were completely focused on Qin Fen. The moment the seven swords were upon Qin Fen, he promptly changed the sword signs with his hands as he shouted fiercely, “Sword Array!”
Immediately, all the individually Mag Drive Flying Swords came together; one sword flew at the center while the other six formed a circle around him and circled around it like the planets revolving around the sun.
At the same time, the seven swords were also spinning around their own axis at high speed, giving rise to a waterfall-like aura. And right at this moment, they happened to crash into the two swords of Qin Fen.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sounds of a series of metallic collision rang, again and again. Many people even furrowed their brow as they resisted the ear-grating noise. There were only a few people, who could see the true situation through these collisions. Others even guessed that the long sword in Qin Fen’s hand had been broken by the other sides’ blender-like sword array just from the noise.
The moment the metallic collisions stopped ringing, Ling Ming raised his head, his eyes flickering with surprise.
Just now, he couldn’t feel any response from his sword array! This kind of situation usually arises when the Mag Drive Flying Swords has been destroyed!
But how is this possible? Sword array has been broken into pieces! The sword array that had always destroyed others… how was that it had been broken by two swords today?
As he raised his head to look, his body turned stiff the moment he saw the truth of the matter.
Qin Fen had no complete Mag Drive Flying Sword in his hand, nor were there any Mag Drive Flying Swords before him. All there was were a few metal b.a.l.l.s which were falling along with him, and also, a half of Mag Drive Flying Sword which happened to be in Qin Fen’s hands…
They have been crushed by those big hands of his! Much to his dismay, that cold and hard flying sword had been sc.r.a.pped into an iron ball by Qin Fen!
Those metal b.a.l.l.s around him… Lin Ming understood it clearly. Those metal b.a.l.l.s were his Mag Drive Flying Swords.
In the air, Qin Fen spread his fingers as he made a sudden stroke towards the position of iron b.a.l.l.s! Immediately, all of the iron b.a.l.l.s disappeared…
Immediately after, Qin Fen drew his arms up high and made the same action when he had thrown Wu Ke!
This time, it was no longer Wu Ke’s large body that flew out of his hand but tiny iron b.a.l.l.s! These iron b.a.l.l.s made harsh whistling noises as they sped towards Lin Ming faster than a meteor.
Swish, swish, swish… BOOM!
This throw of Qin Fen was far more powerful than any eleven-star martial artist of their age could. By the time Lin Ming regained his wits, it was already too late. He wanted to control the sword to dodge but it was already impossible. Hastily, he raised his arms above his head and bore the full brunt of that powerful blow. A series of cracking of bones resounded as he fell off the flying sword, smas.h.i.+ng through the ice.
In the air, Qin Fen put his arms behind him as he freely fell towards the frozen lake.
Crack…
As the ice cracked, Qin Fen flipped over and landed tens of meters away. A light smile appeared on his lips as he gazed at the smashed layer ice where he had free fallen.
A large number of onlookers were watching so intently to the point that their eyes blurred, yet their brains were unable to fathom the scene. Much to their shock, Qin Fen had dealt with his two opponents instantly with attacks that left everyone breathless and in a battle which he was bound to lose.
Violent! Brutal! Straightforward!
After Qin Fen finished the battle, the best impression everyone had of this battle apart from the impossibility at the beginning was that although Qin Fen might not have fought a lot, he gave everyone a feeling filled with violence and savagery.
There were no dragging things through mud and water. From beginning to end, he had maintained a high level of self-confidence.
At this moment, Wu Ke swam out of the lake. His face was pale; obviously, he had suffered internal injuries. He was staring straight at the position from where Qin Fen had jump into the air, that ice-hole which was even less than a meter in diameter.
Until this moment, he was still unable to fathom how Qin Fen actually did this.
“Are you curious?” Qin Fen, carrying his hands behind his back, said calmly as he walked on the broken ice, “Back then when I entered the Sacred Martial Hall, I could even ring the fog bell which wasn’t even solid, so why can’t I turn the ice under my feet incomparably hard instantly, like the fog bell turning solid?”
Fog bell… Wu Ke was stared. He pursed the corner of his lips into a wry smile as he kept nodding and nodding his realization. Right! The initial intel did say that Qin Fen had once rung the fog bell. At that time, I was really surprised by his ability. But who would have thought that today, he could do the same thing as easily as lifting a hand?
The battle began in an unexpected way and ended in an even more surprising way.
The entire fight may have lasted even less than a minute but a large number of martial artists felt like a century had pa.s.sed.
At this time, the medical department of the Sacred Martial Hall arrived. They first rushed down the lake to rescue Lin Ming. That simple motion of Qin Fen which resembled a G.o.ddess raining flowers was so powerful that not only did it break Lin Ming’s bones in several places, it also knocked him unconscious instantly.
Strong! Only at this moment did everyone deeply feel that the strength of today’s Qin Fen who had exited his secluded training after half a year was completely different from the past Qin Fen’s!
Master! Martial arts theorist-level martial artist! Ferrero kept nodding in satisfaction. T oday’s Qin Fen is truly qualified to be called a martial arts theorist-level expert.
He may not be as powerful as the State of Korea’s Martial G.o.d, Bae Seong-Hoon, but in terms of status, Qin Fen can stand on an equal footing with him.
Both of them were martial arts masters! Only, Qin Fen was just a teenage martial arts master. Ferrero was seeing such a young martial arts master for the first time.
Ha, I seem to have taken a martial arts master as my apprentice!? Ferrero began to wonder if he was the first person to take a martial arts master as an apprentice.
It should be brought to notice that generally, a martial arts master was reluctant to be under someone else; almost all of them had founded their own schools and sects. Many even embarked straight to other planets to begin to pursue their own road of becoming a divine-beast martial artist.
Qin Fen didn’t care that two fourteen-star martial artists had been defeated instantly, nor did he care about those gazes filled with shock or envy. He slightly straightened his body and turned his head to look somewhere in the crowd before pointing a finger, “Come out! Nash, you have also trained under Asura, we can be considered half senior and junior brothers. Today, I challenge you, let me see how strong is the once strongest freshman of the Sacred Martial Hall.”
The crowd made way along Qin Fen’s finger, leaving a fairly s.p.a.cious pa.s.sage for the heroic, red-eyed martial artist: Martial Madman!
“Good, very good, very, very good!” The Martial Madman laughed towards the sky with his arms akimbo. “I was planning to challenge you but who would have thought that you would take this initiative? Today, I will also see how good my half junior brother is, is he really qualified to replace me and become the strongest freshman of the Sacred Martial Hall?”
Qin Fen lightly jumped out of the ice ring. Just before the start of the battle, even under the circ.u.mstances of absolute disadvantage, he had sent his two opponents to the hospital in the most brutal and violent way and even pushed his aura of power a lot higher.
When he pointed at the Martial Madman to issue the challenge, no one doubted that he was ineligible to challenge Martial Madman even after his special training. They had already put him in position just opposite to Martial Madman.
Suddenly, Martial Madman stopped laughing as he said, staring at Qin Fen with those glaring red eyes, “Kid, this broken battlefield is not suitable for us. Even if you challenge me, let me arrange an even more splendid battlefield than this, okay!?”
“A new battlefield!?” Qin Fen’s eyes flickered with confusion. Judging by what Martial Madman is saying, he doesn’t want to go to a ring or any other ordinary venue, it seems he has some other place in mind.
SNAP! Martial Madman snapped his finger promptly before a huge projection was displayed by the emblem he was wearing. The young martial artist drew a breath of cold air and exclaimed at the sight of this scene, one after another.
Compared to the frozen lake battlefield made by the Six Stars of Sacred Martial, the battlefield chosen by Martial Madman was much more th.o.r.n.y than the frozen lake. And this battlefield was thornier than the th.o.r.n.y.
“He wants to fight there?”
“Are you kidding me? Do they have some kind of deep-seated hatred?”
Everyone broke into a discussion one after another. Qin Fen’s eyes were flickering with a bit of surprise. Who would have thought that the Sacred Martial Hall would also have a battlefield like this?
The battlefield chosen by Martial Madman was not a flat ground nor was it an ordinary ring. It was a ring consisting of thousands of knives.
This ring itself had a special name in the Sacred Martial Hall: Mountain of Blades!
Mountain of Blades! Sea of Fire! The two most terrifying arena of the Sacred Martial Hall! And Martial Madman had opted for the Mountain of Blades! One had to stand on the tip of blades on this battlefield. Qin Fen had never encountered such a battlefield since he started walking on the road of martial arts.