Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 29 Another Pill

Since one of the big man's arms was injured, the way he held the giant sword changed from holding it with both hands to holding it with one hand.

The giant sword seemed a little heavier in the big man's right hand than before, which was obviously due to holding the sword with one hand.

Although it was foreseeable that the dark-armored man's attack speed would slow down, Jiang Xuan had underestimated his enemies more than once since leaving Yingzhou City, and had suffered losses due to underestimation more than once.

In Jiang Xuan's dictionary, underestimating the enemy is basically linked to danger.

He did not dare to be careless. He held the gun with both hands and prepared to test the opponent's one-handed giant sword in a defensive posture.

"Bore!"

The big man controlled the giant sword with one hand and chopped it down. As Jiang Xuan expected, the speed of the giant sword was slightly slower than when he held the sword with both hands.

However, Jiang Xuan was surprised to find that although the big man's attack was slightly slower, its power was indeed much stronger.

He recalled the sculpting of the giant who had struck him earlier, and it seemed as if he had found the answer. The giant had seemed to have treated his body as part of the greatsword during his attack, placing most of his weight on it, significantly increasing its chopping power.

In this way, the big man traded speed for increased strength. Although the power-heavy attack was not very effective against Jiang Xuan, it was a necessary measure considering the big man's injured arm.

"Too slow!" Although the big man's attack speed was not slow compared with the average Heavenly Rank warrior, it was still much slower than Jiang Xuan's attack and defense speed.

As a result, Jiang Xuan simply gave up the frequent adjustments he made during a fight, no longer frequently increasing his distance from his opponent. Instead, he chose to fight in close combat and win with speed.

During the close combat with the big man, Jiang Xuan held the gun with both hands, using the tip and the tail of the gun to attack and block respectively, and gradually increased the speed of attack as he became more familiar with the big man's attack methods.

The tip and tail of the spear drew two beautiful black arcs respectively, and in front of these two beautiful arcs, the big man's defense became increasingly powerless. In his sight, the two arcs were so oppressive that they almost made him breathless.

"Qiang!"

After a reluctant block, the big man's defense was broken, and then the black spear tip went straight to his chest!
"puff!"

The black spear tip pierced the big man's chest. However, at this moment, Jiang Xuan and the big man both looked surprised.

The big man was naturally surprised that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old intermediate-level Heavenly Rank boy could actually wield a spear of such terrifying weight at such a speed and successfully stab him.

What surprised Jiang Xuan was that the sharpness of the black rhinoceros, which had always satisfied him, had only penetrated half of the tip of the spear!
"What a sturdy armor!" Jiang Xuan sighed in his heart.

The huge sword in the big man's hand whistled and slashed towards Jiang Xuan. Jiang Xuan stepped back several feet.

Jiang Xuan secretly calculated that if it was just the big man's dark armor, no matter how strong it was, with the sharp black rhinoceros in Jiang Xuan's hand, he would be able to pierce it with the tip of the spear.

The remaining possibility was the high-strength body possessed by the great man's high-level Heavenly Rank strength. A warrior who entered the doorway was considered a Yellow Rank warrior. As they gained a deeper understanding of the martial arts, they would ascend to the Mysterious Rank and then the Earth Rank.

Although the perception and comprehension of martial arts, as well as the practice of specific techniques, are different for the Yellow, Mysterious, and Earth levels, their emphasis remains on the understanding of martial arts, and they do not pay extra attention to the physical strength of the martial artist himself.

However, once a warrior reaches the Heavenly Stage, the emphasis of their training shifts sharply to enhancing their physical strength. There are distinct distinctions between the Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Heavenly Stages. The ninth level of the Heavenly Stage, often listed separately, is also known as the Peak of the Heavenly Stage due to the new level of physical strength achieved.

At this time, although Jiang Xuan and the big man in dark armor were both Heavenly Rank warriors, and Jiang Xuan had even recently defeated a warrior whose strength had reached the peak of Heavenly Rank after taking the Blood Profit Pill, this did not mean that Jiang Xuan's physical strength had reached the same level.

On the contrary, Jiang Xuan, who had recently been promoted to the intermediate level of the Heavenly Rank, was not only unable to compare with the peak Heavenly Rank warriors in terms of physical strength, but also had a relatively obvious gap with the dark-armored man in front of him whose strength was at the advanced level of the Heavenly Rank.

If there were qualitative differences between different levels of Heavenly Rank warriors, then there were also quantitative differences between different levels of the same level. Jiang Xuan had recently advanced to the fourth level of Heavenly Rank, so naturally his physical strength was weaker than most Heavenly Rank fifth and sixth level warriors.

This was the first time that Jiang Xuan felt the difference in physical strength between warriors so intuitively in battle. This intuitive feeling was even more impactful, making him more eager to reach a higher level of warrior by improving his physical strength.

For a warrior, the most direct way to improve physical strength is to fight.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan suddenly felt that the bottle of Qiangjinsan was not as expensive as he had imagined, and the price of 150,000 taels seemed to be much more reasonable.

The big man lowered his head to look at the wound on his chest. Although the wound was not very deep, a lot of bright red blood still flowed out and flowed down along the big man's dark armor.

He stuck the giant sword into the ground and wiped the blood off the dark armor with his hand. A hint of anger appeared on his face. He simply patted the wounded armor with his hand and shouted to Jiang Xuan who was several feet away: "Come on!"

Jiang Xuan was not interested in what the big man said. Although these provocative words were indispensable in a fight, they often could not change anything.

However, the big man's next move made Jiang Xuan cry out: "Not good!"

After the big man patted his armor, a pill in his hand fell into his mouth.

Jiang Xuan was shocked. He naturally thought of the Blood Prosperity Pill and the fat man's sudden increase in strength after taking it. He looked at the wound on his body and suddenly felt a pain.

At this point, Jiang Xuan could only hope that the hunchback hadn't taken a pill of the same caliber as the Blood-Prospering Pill. Otherwise, given his Heavenly Rank strength, if he took another Blood-Prospering Pill, his strength would likely surpass the fat man's, firmly establishing him as a top Heavenly Rank warrior.

However, although the Evil Wolf Mercenary Group is a very terrifying existence among the mercenary groups in the entire Qizhou, it is very normal for its high-level warriors to have some high-level elixirs, but the terrifying medicinal effect of the Blood Profit Pill that the fat man took should be no less valuable than the Strengthening Muscle Powder.

Consuming a pill worth hundreds of thousands of taels? Even the high-ranking warriors of the Wolf Mercenary Group probably don't have that luxury.

"Boy, take the move!"

The big man in dark armor snorted coldly, dragging the giant sword in his right hand and turning into a dark afterimage.

(End of this chapter)