Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1530 - 1523: Seeking a Breakthrough

Chapter 1530: Chapter 1523: Seeking a Breakthrough

"Gathering Qi to form, unleashing Yuanzi Strength, indeed a master of the Royal Dao!" Dongliang Yu repeatedly stepped back, patting his chest and exclaiming in alarm.

However, Feng did not bother with formalities; she immediately swung her sword, the sharp Qi Force sweeping towards Dongliang Yu, forcing him to quickly shift his position.

In fact, for Feng, this series of attacks was already her controlling her force, with only the last palm strike using her full strength. If she had unleashed her Qi Force with full power, everyone and everything around her would have faced disaster.

But for Feng, controlling the output of magical power wasn’t necessarily a bad thing; it allowed her to prolong the duration of the battle.

Feng has always adhered to the Quick Attack and Fierce Combat Tactics, widely opening and closing gaps, not knowing whether this was the tradition inherited from the Advance Team.

In battle, she always goes all out, unleashing her magical power freely, leading to a serious problem – the insufficiency of follow-up. This is the most troublesome issue for the Advance Team; Feng uses up magical power too quickly, sometimes the accumulation of magic power can’t keep up with its release, driving Tangmo, who is responsible for her logistics, crazy.

Therefore, Feng is often only suitable for quick attack tactics, to be deployed in important battles and immediately withdrawn after the battle for replenishment of magical powers. For this, Tangmo even came up with the strange practice of gathering the ambient magical power and forcibly injecting it into her body for recharging.

Thus, this kind of battle was also a test for Feng. If she could pass such a test, perhaps she would be able to control herself in the future and not release magical power without any regard like before.

Feng continued swinging her long sword without landing a successful hit, stirring up Qi Force towards Dongliang Yu. The battlefield was torn apart by her Qi Force, creating deep furrows everywhere, and although Dongliang Yu could withstand such Qi Force, he seemed to realize Feng’s intention and chose to dodge rather than endure.

If Dongliang Yu wasn’t mistaken, Feng was intentionally trying to deplete his magical power. In such battles, the magical power output required by both the offensive and defensive sides isn’t equal.

Feng was able to control the output of her magical power, either increasing or decreasing it. But if Dongliang Yu chose to endure, he absolutely couldn’t adjust his defense mode to match Feng’s rhythm. He had to maintain the maximum output of protective magical power at all times, only then could he ensure he wasn’t injured.

It’s well known that attacks using Qi Force aren’t for play; a slight misstep could mean severe injury or death. It’s like using a bulletproof vest against bullets; you never know the caliber of bullet you’ll be hit with, so naturally, the thicker the vest, the better.

For this reason, Dongliang Yu abandoned the stance of enduring and chose to move positionally to dodge Feng’s attacks, while looking for opportunities to counterattack.

But just like the difference between the Royal Dao and the Ba Path, if Dongliang Yu always maintained such a distance from Feng, even if he kept his magical power abundant, it would be meaningless because his magical power could only be used for self-enhancement and couldn’t be unleashed.

He was not like Feng, who could freely release her magical power as an attack method. If he indeed wanted to attack Feng, he had to get close for melee.

However, the recent exchange had made him realize that Feng’s close-combat ability was equally strong. Despite his protective magical power, he was still shocked.

Dongliang Yu performed a series of rapid movements and dodges to avoid Feng’s attacks, while seeking opportunities to take the offensive again.

In reality, under Feng’s intentional control of magical power output, this method of trying to exhaust Feng’s magical power was meaningless.embers that she could also unleash overwhelming Qi Force in a direct attack, seemingly recalling some technique of yesteryear. Because if he really did that, before Feng’s magical power was depleted, his physical strength would be overwhelmed.

It’s known that in battles among cultivators, both physical energy and magical power are equally important. Moreover, as cultivators, Ba Path depends far more on physical strength than the Royal Dao.

However, before he could take the offensive himself, Feng, who had been missing her attacks, could no longer hold back; after the final slash, her form surged with Qi Force, ferociously charging towards Dongliang Yu.

Although Dongliang Yu knew her close-combat ability was strong, he didn’t expect her to actively close in for the attack, causing him to panic momentarily.

In the East Continent’s combat patterns, it’s quite rare for a Royal Dao cultivator to actively approach a Ba Path cultivator for an attack.

Only experts in the Dual Dao, like Yichuan Long, can achieve this. Whether they are cultivators of the Royal Dao or the Ba Path, they generally lose more often than win when clashing with masters of the Dual Dao.

He barely dodged the last strike of Qi Force, when Feng’s sweeping slash came directly at him. Dongliang Yu instinctively dodged while channeling energy to his palms, using his own hands as combat weapons.

When he received Feng’s strike, he was surprised to find that Feng’s sword emitted a soft glow and displayed a strange pattern.

That was actually the effect of the Rune, but unfortunately, the Rune could not affect the protective magic of cultivators from the East Continent. Since each specializes in its own mastery, the Anti-Magic Glyph was originally designed to counter Defense Runes.

Meanwhile, Feng was also surprised, not expecting Dongliang Yu to withstand attacks from blades with the mere body of a mortal. It must be the effect of his body’s protective magic.

As said before, cultivators of the Ba Path are like tanks on the battlefield, rugged and difficult to handle. Although their power is not great, they are extremely troublesome because breaking their defenses is impossible without depleting their stored magic.

The stronger the Ba Path cultivators, the more difficult they are to deal with. This is why there are more Ba Path than Royal Dao cultivators in the East Continent. Besides the lower entry barriers, survival capability is a crucial factor.

Once traditional Royal Dao cultivators get too close, their end is quite miserable. Therefore, many Dual Dao Cultivators first cultivate the Ba Path to ensure they have sufficient survival ability before practicing the Royal Dao.

It seems Dongliang Yu has the confidence to declare war on a Royal Dao master like Feng, and indeed, he is not merely being arrogant but has his own assurance. As it stands, unless Dongliang Yu’s magic is exhausted, continuing this fight is almost futile.

As for exhausting his physical strength, that’s even less realistic. Considering Dongliang Yu’s bulky body and layers of fat, lasting long in a battle against such a person would be unrealistic for Feng’s petite frame.

Yet despite seeing no chance of victory, Feng continued to fight, taking the initiative to strike, and even managing to overwhelm Dongliang Yu at times.

Dealing with a tough Ba Path cultivator like Dongliang Yu, the best solution would be a direct shot with a Yuanzi gun, but since it’s a competition, it is natural not to make lethal moves.

Moreover, the East Continent is extremely wary of actions that directly shatter the opponent’s Dantian like Star-shattering, as it would escalate beyond a mere feud between the Advance Team and the Wuyun Sect to making enemies throughout the East Continent’s martial arts community.

Unable to make a lethal strike, Feng could only keep draining away, relying on her exquisite swordsmanship to attack Dongliang Yu until he showed a weakness.

On the other hand, Dongliang Yu also realized the value of having a longer reach and acknowledged the difficulty of just defending with his hands against Feng’s rapid thrusts like gusts of wind.

And after enhancing the magic output of his arms, inevitably, other parts of his body would reduce in magic output, artificially creating vulnerabilities. If Feng discovered these weak points, the consequences could be severe.

Realizing this, Dongliang Yu shouted loudly and executed a Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea move, which Feng urgently blocked with her knife, getting pushed back several meters, while Dongliang Yu also took the opportunity to distance himself from Feng.

After retreating a few steps, Dongliang Yu took a deep breath and without looking back shouted to his disciples, "Knife!"

Upon hearing the Sect Master’s command, an elder of the Wuyun Sect immediately drew his own saber and threw it to Dongliang Yu.

Seeing Dongliang Yu’s actions, Feng remained indifferent. She slowly sheathed her blue-and-white porcelain long knife and then drew the long knife strapped on her back.

As soon as they saw the gleaming blade, the surrounding disciples of the Wuyun Sect immediately gasped. Feng had used this very knife to chop off their weapons just yesterday, leaving a deep impression on them.

"A treasure that slices through iron like mud, I’d like to see just how formidable it is." Hearing the uproar from the disciples, Dongliang Yu smirked, eager and impatient.