CHAPTER 42: CHAPTER 42: QI SENSITIVITY APPEARING IN SUCCESSION

Under the influence of his superior ability, Zhang Lingfeng’s long spear always delivers unexpected results, taking the initiative with a speed that surpasses martial artists of the same level.

"Whistle!"

Qiu Ya practices a sword technique called Chang Chun Swordsmanship. It’s an intermediate swordsmanship within the Sword Cultivation System of the Seven Great Star Systems Alliance, tailored for Elemental Martial Artists.

Although Qiu Ya is not an Elemental Martial Artist, she has been familiar with this swordsmanship since sophomore year. Not only can it produce the sound of sword singing, but it also faintly releases Qi Sensitivity from the sword technique.

Her swordsmanship has already reached a skilled level.

Thus, facing Zhang Lingfeng’s unexpected spear attack, she swiftly raised her sword to block. As the longsword swung, a loud sword singing resounded, as if capable of severing Zhang Lingfeng’s long spear.

But at this moment, a power beyond Zhang Lingfeng’s combat power range erupted from the long spear.

At the same time, although Zhang Lingfeng only cultivates the Basic Spear Technique, his spear skills are remarkably smooth and unpredictable, as if he has reached the level of integration and refined skill with the Thirteen Form Spear Techniques.

In the current cultivation system, both Basic Spear Technique and Basic Swordsmanship, as well as Basic Staff Technique and Basic Saber Technique, are all foundational for cultivating the corresponding intermediate skills.

Generally, when a basic skill reaches the Great Mastery Level, one can then approach the intermediate skills.

Rarely do people like Zhang Lingfeng cultivate a basic skill to this extent; usually, only students lacking cultivation resources, with little background, and no options available could achieve this.

However, based on Zhang Lingfeng’s displayed speed and strength in spear techniques, he doesn’t seem like such a student; given his combat power and performance, even within Inner Ring City, he could receive focused training at some schools.

Not to mention the Outer Ring City.

Why hasn’t he come into contact with intermediate spear techniques?

Or rather, does he disdain using intermediate spear techniques against himself?

As this thought arose, Qiu Ya thought it was nonsense, yet still felt a burst of inexplicable anger because she realized Zhang Lingfeng, even while using the Basic Spear Technique, became increasingly impervious in the confrontation, and her sword technique couldn’t break his defense.

To know, her combat power value reached 18.5.

Moreover, she cultivates the intermediate skill Chang Chun Swordsmanship and has reached a skilled level.

"Boom!"

Zhang Lingfeng didn’t think much about it.

Having awakened the Coasting Along Fate, he hardly has a strong desire for victory. Especially during ranking competitions, he simply focused on deploying all the spear skills he learned, swarming them towards Qiu Ya.

If he loses to the opponent, it’s because the opponent is superior.

If he wins over the opponent, it’s his luck; overall, winning or losing doesn’t significantly affect his reputation.

Moreover, he has already earned two thousand in prize money.

The accumulated prize money has reached thirteen thousand, and he can continue participating in ranking competitions tomorrow, even if he cannot win prizes in the following days, the prize required for buying nutrient liquids is only four thousand remaining. He and Zhang Lei can still figure something out.

Therefore, with this mentality, Zhang Lingfeng’s spear technique is undergoing an imperceptible transformation, not only are the attacks impenetrable, but the defense is solid as fortresses.

Actually suppressing Qiu Ya from beginning to end.

Supposedly, the combat power difference between the two is significant; Zhang Lingfeng couldn’t possibly have the advantage, but under the support of arm strength and superior ability, his advantage becomes increasingly undeniable.

Not only did he dominate throughout the battle, but he also forced Qiu Ya into a passive defensive state. Observers noticed Qiu Ya’s intermediate swordsmanship couldn’t gain the slightest advantage.

"Zhang Lingfeng, what exactly happened to you?"

Chen Duling frowned.

Zhang Lingfeng’s recent performance has been astounding to her; knowing his family background, she understands very well the level of effort required for him to reach this stage.

But Yang Liru and others say Zhang Lingfeng’s attitude towards cultivation is casual, his studies are perfunctory and lack seriousness.

If such results can be achieved by casual cultivation, wouldn’t her cultivation in Inner Ring City, as a senior martial arts student possessing the strength of an Elemental Martial Artist, be demonstrating mediocre talent?

If Zhang Lingfeng could cultivate in Inner Ring City, what would his combat power actually look like?

Would he totally surpass her?

Chen Duling shook her head, she doesn’t believe Zhang Lingfeng has such cultivation talent to casually cultivate and surpass her.

She believes Zhang Lingfeng surely has something unknown about him.

He might have obtained a strong genetic potion.

Or suddenly experienced enlightenment, relentlessly cultivated in secret, in any case, it’s impossible to achieve such results through casual, perfunctory efforts.

"Is he going to win again?"

Someone inquired.

"It’s not that easy; this girl called Qiu Ya, an Inner Ring City martial arts student, was just momentarily anxious and hasn’t yet showcased the advantage of Chang Chun Swordsmanship. Once she calms down, Zhang Lingfeng’s basic spear technique will soon lose its defense power."

Yang Liru analyzed.

Being an Elemental Martial Artist with combat power exceeding 30.0, her insight is keen, and she’s well aware of the advantages of Chang Chun Swordsmanship, as she herself is also a sword cultivator.

Indeed, just as she imagined, after Qiu Ya endlessly failed to advance, she gradually calmed down, and her swordsmanship became increasingly steady, with sword shadows turning into an impenetrable barrier, continuously blocking Zhang Lingfeng’s spear techniques.

In contrast, Zhang Lingfeng, whose rhythm remains consistently fast, seems eager to finish the battle, yet if this drags on, his power would be enormously depleted, naturally leading to cracks in defense and attack, which would be when Qiu Ya claims victory.

Qiu Ya seems aware of this too.

As an Inner Ring City martial arts student, she not only has more cultivation resources, but what she has seen and heard is far richer than Outer Ring City martial arts student. Though she’s at the bottom in Inner Ring City, she’s not someone the Outer Ring City martial arts students can easily challenge.

She allows herself to be at the classroom’s bottom, but does not allow herself to lose to an Outer Ring City martial arts student weaker than her in combat power.

Thus, as she gradually calmed down, her swordsmanship defense became increasingly stable, slowly grasping Zhang Lingfeng’s rhythm imperceptibly.

At this rate, it seems that soon, she could reverse the situation unexpectedly and seize victory.

"She’s indeed an Inner Ring City martial arts student; losing to her wouldn’t be embarrassing."

Zhang Lingfeng also noticed his predicament.

He has already deployed his spear techniques to the ultimate, with both power and speed fully unleashed; without the All-weather Breathing and Exhaling Ability, consuming power more sustainably, he might have already perished under her sword.

Luckily, under the influence of the Coasting Along Fate, Zhang Lingfeng doesn’t have an absolute desire for victory; losing to Qiu Ya doesn’t seem shameful to him at all, so although the spear technique rhythm seems at its ultimate, internally he remains remarkably calm.

"Hmm?"

However, just as he was preparing to accept this defeat, a brand-new stream suddenly sprang up within his abdomen. He discovered that under the influence of the All-weather Breathing and Exhaling Ability, the sixth, seventh, and even eighth Qi Sensitivity emerged at once, and under the effect of this ability, they merged and resonated with the previously enlarged five Qi Sensitivities.