Chapter 179: The Battle of Flesh
After employing the Chaos Dragon King martial soul, Du Qianjue's strength was even greater than when he used his main martial soul's second awakening. After all, Du Qianjue was not yet fully mature. Compared to the inherently god-level Chaos Dragon King martial soul, his own martial soul was not strong enough. Even the incomplete Mountain Dragon King martial soul could dominate Tang Wulin, who possessed the Golden Dragon King's bloodline. The more powerful Chaos Dragon King martial soul was naturally more formidable.
The fists of Du Qianjue and Di Tian even caused sonic booms in the air, reminiscent of rapid-fire punches.
Boom— Another clash of fists compressed the air violently, creating shockwaves that blew a hole through the clouds floating between them. Du Qianjue and Di Tian each recoiled, facing each other across a distance of dozens of meters.
Di Tian remained unharmed, still appearing as calm as ever.
However, Du Qianjue's dragon scales were extensively fractured, with trickles of blood slowly dripping from his trembling fists and freezing into ice particles in the extreme cold high above.
"Thrilling!" Du Qianjue laughed heartily. He had held back some tricks when fighting Xuanzi, not using the Chaos Dragon King martial soul. This was his first true battle relying purely on physical strength. Though the style of Douluo Continent usually favored soul skill exchanges in a turn-based combat format, he couldn't deny the pure joy of physical combat!
Di Tian also wore a slight smile. Such fights were usually only between soul beasts, and he had never experienced this feeling when fighting humans before. Honestly, it was quite novel. And as the battle progressed, Di Tian increasingly found it exhilarating, gradually using more power, from initially using 30% to now 60%. But Du Qianjue still showed no signs of faltering.
Is his body human or beast? This terrifying physical quality, could it really belong to a human?
"I'm going to use some of my trump cards!" Du Qianjue announced to Di Tian.
"Go ahead!" Di Tian nodded.
Du Qianjue took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. The red and blue glow on his Ice-Fire Dragon wings intensified, illuminating him with the same colors. Clang—! The sound of metal colliding suddenly echoed as pieces of armor materialized and covered his arms and upper body.
As the armor settled, Du Qianjue's aura intensified along with a potent draconic majesty.
A resounding dragon roar even made Di Tian feel a trace of pressure, a pressure that stemmed from deep within his bloodline.
"Ice Auntie, Fire Uncle..." Feeling this familiar bloodline pressure, a hint of nostalgia and sadness flashed through Di Tian's eyes.
"You have not wasted this legacy; I hope you will continue to enhance and carry it forward!" Di Tian looked at Du Qianjue, now covered in armor, and nodded slightly, his recognition of Du Qianjue increasing.
Du Qianjue had once told Di Tian that he had acquired his Chaos Dragon King martial soul after inheriting from the Ice-Fire Dragon King, a somewhat extravagant claim that Di Tian chose to believe. Now, Du Qianjue had proven that he hadn't squandered the Ice-Fire Dragon King's legacy; his strength was worthy of his martial soul.
Du Qianjue's dragon lineage also made Di Tian feel a sense of recognition towards him. Otherwise, Di Tian wouldn't have been so amiable.
"Let's see how much this armor enhances your combat strength!" Di Tian said, anticipation in his eyes and his fighting spirit intensifying.
"Come on, fight!" Du Qianjue laughed heartily, his large dragon fists tearing through the air towards Di Tian.
Di Tian's black dragon claws clenched into a fist and met Du Qianjue's punch. The terrible sonic boom exploded once again.
This time, Di Tian increased his strength to 80%, using only his physical strength like Du Qianjue, without employing soul power.
By the Lake of Life. Xue linglong and Bi ji stood side by side, looking up at the explosive sounds in the sky that resembled rolling thunder.
"Why are they fighting like this?" Bi ji had just arrived and was still unclear about the events.
"Qianjue just woke up; after not moving for half a year, he was itching for a fight, so Di Tian took the opportunity to spar with him," Xue linglong explained.
"Spar?" Bi ji tilted her head.
You call that noise a spar?
"Yes, a spar," Xue linglong said somewhat helplessly, already looking forward to her married life.
Qianjue is really strong... Can I even handle it?
Thinking this, Xue linglong's beautiful face unwittingly blushed.
"?" A large question mark appeared above Bi ji's head.
Why are you blushing like a teapot? Sister, you're not right!
Feeling Bi ji's strange gaze, Xue linglong quickly returned to her cool and detached demeanor, as if the blushing had never happened.
Bi ji didn't dwell on it; knowing her future status might still depend on Xue linglong's help. Better not to tease her, lest she becomes upset, which wouldn't be easy to handle.
"This intense battle, I didn't expect Qianjue's strength to be so formidable," Bi ji quickly changed the subject, her tone full of wonder.
Knowing Di Tian's strength, she was shocked that Du Qianjue could fight him to such an extent. In terms of physical strength alone, although Bear King could match Di Tian, that's because Bear King is a soul beast!
A 460,000-year-old Dark Golden Terrifying Bear!
It's normal for Bear King to have such physical power, but how could a human like Du Qianjue achieve something so preposterous?
"The more you interact with him, the more you'll understand that there's more to Qianjue than just surprises," Xue linglong said with a mysterious smile.
Bi ji seized the essence of the conversation.
"Can I also interact more with Qianjue?" Bi ji blinked her emerald-like large eyes, looking eagerly at Xue linglong.
"Uh..." Xue linglong was momentarily speechless.
"Try it yourself; I don't mind. We soul beasts don't have as many complications as humans, but whether you can convince Qianjue is up to you," Xue linglong retorted with a shrug.
How sour, the vinegar pot is about to tip over.
But no worries, I'm not anxious; Qianjue will only like me!
Xue linglong smiled confidently.
"Mm, Xue linglong, thank you!" Bi ji sincerely thanked her.
"You're welcome!" Inside, Xue linglong, with all sorts of thoughts, and Bi ji, with a face of innocence, looked somewhat like good sisters...
(End of Chapter)