Commanding Wind and Cloud

After a moment of silence, Pam Honzi sighed and thought, “This young man is under too much mental pressure. If he doesn’t battle me and release some of the pent-up pressure, he is going to go crazy.”

“Just one punch.” Pam Honzi slowly got into position, and he treated Qian Jin who was about to attack seriously. After all, the forces of the same technique were completely different when the warrior used it subconsciously and when the warrior used it with awareness.

Pam Honzi was pressured a little when facing Qian Jin’s unconscious punch. How powerful was this punch going to be now that Qian Jin was back to his senses?

Qian Jin slowly closed his eyes and seemed to have returned to the moment before Fabreidis battled to his death. Now, Qian Jin felt like the Tune of Souls’ Repose sounded by his ears again.

“Qian Jin, stand there and watch! This battle belongs to me! All fighting techniques! Explode! Yingyu, you are sleeping amongst the stars, but please listen to the Tune of Souls’ Repose that I wrote for you.”

Fabreidis’ tough figure appeared in Qian Jin’s mind, and that tragic yet heroic aura suddenly entered Qian Jin’s body.

Qian Jin’s eyes suddenly opened, and his three warrior souls rose again. The warrior soul in the middle that looked like Fabreidis was free and at ease. Then, the warrior seals of Ultra-Fake Soul activated, forcefully absorbing the three warrior souls back into Qian Jin’s body.

Warrior Soul Possession! Only top-level warrior souls could be absorbed back into the body, but Qian Jin did it under the help of the Ultra-Fake Soul. Right now, Qian Jin even heard that the energy connections in his body were groaning under pressure.

“Destruction Soul Realm!” Qian Jin roared, and the Fury Lotus Fighting Technique was unleashed. Although the warrior seal of Fury Lotus didn’t explode, the power of this fighting technique was above the level when the warrior seal was shattered.

The Fury Lotus Fighting Technique seemed like it was connected to other techniques as well, and it didn’t feel like the same technique. It had a faint sense of a divine fighting technique.

The energy wave hit the ground and quickly spread into the area. The houses and walls that weren’t firm couldn’t handle the powerful energy wave.

Boom! They all collapsed and sent clouds of dust into the air.

At the same time, Qian Jin moved. This time, the fist strike turned into a palm struck, and the terrifying Destruction Soul Realm was added into the mix.

This palm strike had the same presence as the previous punch, but Qian Jin was in a different state, and the strike contained different things.

In Pam Honzi’s eyes, these two strikes were two completely different entities.

In this palm strike, it seemed like the universe was roaring. It contained Qian Jin’s essence, energy, and spirit, and the previously hollow universe was filled with a type of emotion, devouring everything in the area. As this palm strike traveled through the air, all the dust from the collapse of the buildings got sucked into it.

At that moment, Pam Honzi felt like he was seeing things. He felt like the iron-arm mantis bloodline warriors, who never retreated and only knew how to advance, had returned.

Now, it seemed like Qian Jin’s hand was also a saber. One hand pushing the universe, and one saber pulling the universe!

Pam Honzi’s spirit reached a new height, and his left hand drew a circle before his chest before his right hand pierced through that circle. This circle also seemed like a universe, the right hand seemed like the source where the universe was born.

Hand versus hand! Universe versus universe!

As if two universes collided, ear-piercing noises created by opposing warrior power permeated the air, the clouds of dust flew into the air. Qian Jin and Pam Honzi’s arms collided, but a series of metal-colliding noises sounded as if two sabers ran into each other. While the warrior powers battled, they created numerous sparks.

Pam Honzi quickly took Qian Jin’s attack, and the snake scales on his right arm and even right side of his body stood up. Then, his wrist suddenly twisted like a poisonous snake that coiled around a saber, and it turned into nine before attacking Qian Jin like a flash of lightning.

Hydra Charge!

In Qian Jin’s eyes, a hydra opened its nine bloody mouths and attacked him from nine different angles. Although Pam Honzi didn’t use the power of a saint warrior, his speed seemed faster than a saint warrior.

Bam! Pam Honzi hit Qian Jin, and he thought to himself in elation, “I finally hit this kid… Damn! Pain!”

Pam Honzi’s second thought was that his hand was in a lot of pain; it hurt more than taking Qian Jin’s attack head-on. It hurt so much that it felt like an ordinary person hit a piece of metal with his bare hands.

The muscles on Qian Jin’s shoulder concaved in, and the power in Pam Honzi’s palm strike was showcased.

“How is this possible? How can this kid’s bodily-protective fighting technique be this strong?” Pam Honzi didn’t have more time to be surprised. Qian Jin used one of the hammering techniques of the Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes with his left hand, and it was already above Pam Honzi’s head.

Since Pam Honzi was surprised, he didn’t have enough time to dodge. Therefore, the Snake Emperor drew a circle with his left hand again. This circle seemed perfect, and it felt like nothing could stick to it and everything would slide away.

Empowered by the Destruction Soul Realm, Qian Jin’s left fist that was using the Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes was faster than lightning bolts. The wind created by this strike cleaned the ground in the area, and this punch firmly landed on Pam Honzi’s circle. The warrior power that created the circle shattered and all the snake scales on Pam Honzi’s body stood up. Then, many cracks instantly appeared on the ground beneath his feet.

Pam Honzi’s knees slightly bent, and he thought as his heart raced, “This kid’s infancy soul realm and the power in his warrior souls combined is stronger than the peak Soul-Power Realm. If this continues, I’m going to be the one who will be injured.”

As soon as this thought flashed in Pam Honzi’s mind, the horrifying power of a half-saint woke up in Pam Honzi’s body. The dominating presence and power exploded, and he felt completely different from a moment ago.

Qian Jin instantly felt that his unstoppable fist was being stopped by Pam Honzi.

“Half saint?” Qian Jin thought as his eyes rolled. Now with warrior souls, he was confident that he could defeat half-saint warriors. “How come I can’t defeat Pam Honzi who is using the strength of a half-saint warrior?”

“Open!”

Pam Honzi’s right hand pushed upward and sent Qian Jin’s Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes into the air; his pose made him look like a character in the legend who was propping up the sky with one arm.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Qian Jin backed off by several steps; every step he took shattered the ground beneath his feet. Then, he started to recall that encounter in silence. If anyone else used the strength of a half-saint warrior, Qian Jin was confident that he could suppress his opponent. However, he wasn’t able to do it against Pam Honzi.

It was no longer about power; it was about the granular control of power.

Qian Jin looked down at his fist. In terms of control, he was in the top among the warriors of the younger generation; he was confident to fight for the spot of No.1.

Forging, making mystic potions, creating regular potions, engraving runes… all these subjects required granular control, and it was enough to give headaches to everyone else in his generation.

Pam Honzi put away his bloodline battle form and panted, and it was quite painful when all his snake scales stood up. If he didn’t increase his strength to the Half-Saint Realm, all his snake scales might be shaken off his body.

“The Destruction Soul Realm sure is fascinating…” Pam Honzi smiled bitterly when he looked at his ragged clothes, and he thought, “I got put into such a terrible situation by this kid. Is this kid really an ordinary warrior? Even Pam Monshen, the most talented hydra bloodline warrior in the younger generation of the family, can’t do this even with his peak warrior soul.”

“Of course…” Pam Honzi looked at Qian Jin’s forehead and bite his lips.

Pam Monshen was a peak soul-power warrior, but Qian Jin was different. Although his warrior souls weren’t at the peak level, his fighting technique could temporarily push him into the peak. Also, he had a soul realm that was in its infancy.

At peak state, Qian Jin was much stronger than a peak soul-power warrior. Although he wasn’t on the level of a half-saint warrior, he was strong enough to defeat everyone below the Half-Saint Realm.

Besides, the Destruction Soul Realm perfectly fit Qian Jin’s battle style that only had advancement and no retreat.

Pam Honzi walked close to Qian Jin and said, “Kid, when you have time, try to practice the coordination between the Destruction Soul Realm and your fighting techniques. When you only use fighting techniques, your control is amazing. It is exceptionally rare for a young warrior like you to have the level of control that is close to me. However, when you use the Destruction Soul Realm, you control dropped by two levels. Otherwise…”

Pam Honzi stretched his fingers and continued, “It would be hard to say if I could take your strike at that moment. Even though this is the case, no warrior below the Half-Saint Realm can battle you. Such terrifying growth…”

With his hands behind his back, Bhang Wusheng nodded and thought, “This growth speed is insane. How long has it been since the last time I saw him? When Qian Jin left the Frontier, he was much weaker. If I didn’t know for sure that he didn’t have bloodline power, I would have attributed the growth to that.”

Bhang Wusheng suddenly voiced his opinion. “Your two strikes… if you can merge them into one, Snake Emperor wouldn’t be able to last to the second strike.”

Pam Honzi curled his lips but didn’t refute. He did have trump cards that he didn’t use, but both of Qian Jin’s strikes were incomplete and were in their infancy. If anyone of them were perfect, it would have been tough for him to take it. If both were merged?

“Bandit King, such vision,” Pam Honzi said as he organized his ragged clothes. “Combining those two strikes into one? Perhaps only you, the Bandit King, can do it.”

“I…” Bhang Wusheng shook his head without hesitation and said, “I can’t do it; I’m only providing a directional recommendation.”

Zence Matten waved his folding fan to get rid of the dust, and he smiled and thought, “Even you two masters can’t do it, and you want Qian Jin to achieve that? You guys are joking too much.”

“Qian Jin, don’t listen to them.” Zence Matten opened his mouth and disrupted Qian Jin who was thinking by saying, “I know that you want to find Qian Zhanxuan to seek revenge, but you should first complete your two fighting techniques. Don’t listen to them and try to combine the two. Each of the two strikes contains the core essences of the universe, and any addition will make it worse. Don’t waste your time going down that path.”

“I know,” Qian Jin said as he looked at Zence Matten with his eyes that had scattered light. Those two strikes released quite a lot of pent-up sorrow, but that couldn’t pull him out of the sadness.

He watched as Uncle Fabreidis battled until his death. That pain… was deep into his bones. Fabreidis’ figure stood in front of him whenever he closed his eyes.