All Heavens: A Role-Playing System Starting from Tianlong

Chapter 64: Whispering first was the right thing to do.

Since he had thought of it, he might as well ask. In any case, Zhang Cheng was not afraid of Li Qiushui.

"Hey, Sister Li, what's that sudden thought of of you? Can you tell me?"

While stabilizing Xiao Yu's injuries, he casually remarked, "Saying you only halfway through a sentence can be suffocating."

Li Qiushui was secretly grieving when he interrupted her, and her face immediately showed displeasure.

"You're treating our sect's affairs as a joke?"

Zhang Cheng wanted to reply with "That's really true," but considering the need to save face for the other party, he wisely refrained from speaking.

Seeing his silence, Li Qiushui continued her analysis: "Since my senior brother was injured, he has trained you as a disciple in the past thirty years to clean up his own mess."

Since he wasn't intentionally avoiding us, but was betrayed by a traitor, why didn't he contact me and my senior sister to kill the traitor for him? Maybe we could even heal his wounds—"

"I'm not a mind reader, how would I know these things?" Zhang Cheng repeated helplessly, "I'll say it again, I have nothing to do with Wu Yazi."

These words clearly did not satisfy Li Qiushui.

The two had already grown very close during their conversation. Now, she lunged forward, reaching out to grab him.

"Young man, your name is Zhang Cheng, right?"

Her tone turned cold: "If you are my senior brother's disciple, just admit it openly. Your martial uncle will certainly not harm you. But if you continue to speak incoherently and not tell the truth..."

She formed her fingers into claws and grabbed Zhang Cheng's shoulder: "Don't blame your martial uncle for being impolite."

Zhang Cheng thought to himself: You've already taken matters into your own hands, so why are you still talking about being polite?

He gently tossed the small piece of food into the battle circle, then immediately countered with his own hand, engaging Li Qiushui in close combat.

Since arriving in this world, Zhang Cheng has never learned any martial arts related to fist fighting. However, he possesses master-level spear skills and can freely use the spear as a weapon. His fist and foot techniques, combined with his superb stats, are quite impressive.

But this time, facing Li Qiushui, the numerical advantage that had always been his greatest asset was wiped out. When it came to techniques, he immediately fell into a disadvantageous position.

The martial arts used by Li Qiushui were undoubtedly the advanced techniques of the Xiaoyao Sect. In close combat, she constantly used the opponent's force against them, employing a variety of feints and tricks, making Zhang Cheng extremely uncomfortable.

However, Zhang Cheng was no pushover. His body was merely a human form, completely unaffected by joint locks. Li Qiushui's grappling techniques were ineffective against him; after several failed attempts, her brow furrowed.

The two exchanged more than ten moves, and Zhang Cheng became increasingly frustrated.

Li Qiushui's only intention from beginning to end was to take him down; she didn't even trigger the [Danger Omen] during their fight. He wanted to take advantage of the situation to break the deadlock, but he couldn't find an opportunity.

This dragging on would leave no clear winner. He didn't want to get entangled with the other party any longer.

Zhang Cheng suddenly gathered his energy and unleashed his inner strength in all directions.

"Boom—!" A violent shockwave exploded outwards from him, pushing away all the surrounding debris.

Although this attack didn't hurt Li Qiushui, it forced her to take several steps back.

Firstly, she didn't want to foolishly fight Zhang Cheng head-on and waste her internal energy; secondly, there were other things that concerned her more right now.

She landed several feet away, her eyes fixed on Zhang Cheng.

"How do you possess such pure Northern Darkness True Qi?" Her voice trembled slightly. "Didn't my senior brother pass on all his power to you?"

The Northern Darkness Divine Skill was left behind by Li Qiushui, so she naturally knew that this martial art could absorb the internal energy of others and turn it into her own.

Therefore, when Zhang Cheng displayed profound internal strength beyond his years and clashed with her from a distance, she did not pay any attention to him.

But just now, when the other party mustered their inner strength and unleashed their protective energy, she noticed that the other party was covered in pure Northern Darkness True Qi.

The foreign true energy absorbed by others through the Beiming Divine Art will appear as mixed and impure, requiring time to gradually dissolve before it can be transformed into pure Beiming true energy.

With Zhang Cheng's body currently filled with pure Northern Darkness True Qi, Li Qiushui could only think of one bad possibility.

"Is my senior brother... already dead?"

"Damn it, can't you be a little more sensible?" Zhang Cheng couldn't take it anymore.

He had been relatively polite to her because he had taken the scroll from her. But the old woman wouldn't listen to reason, so he had no choice but to slap her awake.

He unleashed a burst of sword energy from his fingertips, wielding the Six Meridians Divine Sword to meet the attack.

The two were evenly matched in strength, but after exchanging swords, Zhang Cheng, who benefited from the speed boost from the "Initial Show of Talent" skill, immediately reversed the battle.

The sword light was like a woven tapestry, continuous and relentless, gradually suppressing Li Qiushui.

But Li Qiushui was a seasoned veteran. Seeing this, she remained calm and immediately took advantage of her abundant inner energy, using her protective inner energy while occasionally unleashing the White Rainbow Palm Force during the exchange.

All of these palm strikes could be manipulated to change direction and pursue Zhang Cheng, forcing Zhang Cheng to divert his energy to disperse these palm strikes.

The two exchanged blows for several more rounds. Their sword energy and palm strikes clashed, shattering the bricks and wood on the ground into dust.

Zhang Cheng suddenly spoke up: "Grandma, I'm about to use some serious force, so be careful."

Li Qiushui's face darkened: "Who are you calling an old lady?"

Zhang Cheng then realized that he had inadvertently touched a nerve with Li Qiushui.

But is that the focus now? You're focusing on the wrong thing, old lady.

He silently activated the [Qi-Breaking Force] effect, which he hadn't used against enemies since it reached level three.

He had tested this ability while tracking the target. Although the description alone seemed to make it no different from "Precision Strike"—both "ignore some of the target's defensive capabilities"—Zhang Cheng discovered the significant differences between the two abilities after actually testing them.

[Precision Strike] is a fixed penetration attack. As he continues to charge up, his attacks will make the target extremely vulnerable, turning even the strongest metal into rotten wood and the hardest iron into worthless cotton.

The [Qi-Breaking Force], on the other hand, is a percentage-based penetration. It won't make any particular strike more lethal, but it will ensure that every strike is effective.

In this world where everyone is just a mortal and defense is paramount but health is not, Zhang Cheng felt he could even get close to a hidden master.

Therefore, he now has a problem: his destructive power is a bit excessive.

He originally developed the chainsaw sword to counter the protective qi of powerful opponents, but unexpectedly, he gained this ability after the upgrade. Combined with the amplification of the Northern Darkness True Qi's power and the inherent sharpness of the Six Meridians Sword Qi—

Once they unleash their full power, it becomes difficult for them to hold back.

During their fight, Zhang Cheng unleashed another burst of true energy.

This time, Li Qiushui was truly enraged and also channeled her inner energy to meet the attack.

"Boom—!" The two forces collided in mid-air, and the violent shockwave sent all the surrounding debris flying.

Fragments of wood and bricks flew everywhere.

In the aftershocks of the clash of true energy, Li Qiushui suddenly sensed an unusual breeze. A breeze brushed against her cheek.

Her pupils contracted slightly. With her skill, her protective inner energy had long since solidified into an invisible barrier, impervious to wind, sand, dust, or even swords and blades. Yet now, she clearly felt a current of energy brushing against her skin?

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