Ancient Strengthening Technique - Chapter 1535

Chapter 1535

AST 1535 - Difficult Battle

The sun in the sky was very bright . The old man stood there like a phantom . Qing Shui felt an intense sense of crisis in his mind .

Qing Shui’s entire body tensed up as he stared at this old man who suddenly appeared .

“This must be the Ghost Ancestor of the Gu Clan . There’s only a select few in the Great Qin Dynasty who could beat him in a fight . ”

“I heard that the strength of this old man was ranked among the highest in the Gu Clan . To think that such an old freak would actually appear here . ”

“Yeah, this young man is strong . But ultimately, he is still too young . ”

“Do you guys think that this young man would concede?”

“Who knows? If I were him, I would have conceded already . I would endure for ten years, twenty-five years, fifty years and a hundred years . Endure all the way until I become strong enough . ”

… . .

“Young man . If you admit defeat now, I will permit you to do so . ” An archaic voice rang out, low and husky .

“Are you trying to use reverse psychology on me?” Qing Shui smiled .

The old man shook his head . “Honestly speaking, you right now still don’t have the qualifications for me to do so . ”

“I’m sure you don’t want me to concede like this . If I did, wouldn’t you be very disappointed?” Qing Shui stared at the old man . He couldn’t see the expression on the old man’s face and couldn’t guess his thoughts as a result .

“Young man, your way of thinking is too narrow-minded . There are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies . Maybe you treat the Gu Clan as your enemy . But in my eyes, there’s no such as a clear concept . On the surface, the Gu Clan seemed to have suffered a lot of damages and has a sky-high hatred for you . But no matter what, what could be more important than the survival of a clan?”

The old man’s voice had no emotions and was filled with a strange calmness and decisiveness . Qing Shui knew he wouldn’t be able to achieve this feat ever .

“When a clan grows too large, there will always be arrogant wastrels being born . If a great clan went all out to avenge these useless trashes, their status would only be degraded sooner or later . ”

The words of the old man caused some from the Gu Clan to feel their hearts tremble as they perspired cold sweat . They knew they were about to be punished . They had been living a comfortable life for too long and had forgotten about the clan rules .

“Since you want to fight, let’s do so then . Punches and kicks have no eyes, please be careful . ” The old man took out a thin-looking black-colored iron rod that shimmered with cold light .

The old man looked at Qing Shui, “Are you ready? I’m going to make my move now . ”

“Bring it . ” Qing Shui held on tightly to his Golden Battle Halberd as he nodded .

The old man’s silhouette suddenly blurred . Qing Shui felt something was wrong and hurriedly retreated while using his spiritual sense to lock onto the old man’s movements .

Bang!

A powerful force smashed onto Qing Shui’s chest as blood spurt out .

One move!

With just a casual move, the old man forced Qing Shui to retreat while injuring him . But as he retreated, Qing Shui also activated some of his skills .

Art of Pursuing!

Emperor’s Qi!

Qing Shui felt an immense shock in his heart . The speed of this old man was just too terrifying . At the very least, he had no way to match this speed and he was already injured by a simple move from the old man .

Although the injury wasn’t critical, the attack was very fearsome . Qing Shui didn’t understand how the old man’s speed could be so fast .

Qing Shui didn’t know that what the old man was proficient in, was precisely speed . Speed was basically power . The old man depended on his terrifying speed and his weapon . His weapon, a thin black-colored iron rod, was also not an ordinary object . It was something forged from Nine Heavens Mystic Iron . Although it looked thin, it contained an extremely powerful strength and the ability to intensify one’s strike .

The old man’s speed and strength were lowered by a large margin . He felt immensely shocked in his heart, and with a shake of his body, a swirl of white Qi enveloped him .

Roar!

Vajra Subdues Demons, Diamond Sword Qi, Dragon Elephant Stomp!

All these were no longer effective . Qing Shui knew the reason must be the cloud of white Qi around the old man . However, the old man was even more surprised than Qing Shui . He discovered that the innate techniques he had cultivated had no way of avoiding being negatively influenced by Qing Shui .

Thunderbolt!

Qing Shui didn’t let the Thunderous Beast attack . He immediately sent it back to his Violet Jade Immortal Realm . He was afraid that the Thunderous Beast might be instantly killed . The Golden-Scaled Dragon Elephant was very powerful and wouldn’t be killed easily so it could stay . The main beasts he wanted to summon were the Hell Nightmare Beast and the Dragon Slaying Beast .

“Young man, your strength truly makes one jealous . How could anyone hope to stand against us?” With just a single glance, the old man could see how terrifying Qing Shui’s abilities are .

Qing Shui had to admit it as well . The old man’s speed was extremely fearsome . If he aided the old man by augmenting his speed while weakening their enemies, the old man’s strength would instantly reach heaven-defying levels .

“Sadly, we are enemies . ” Qing Shui wiped away the blood stains from his mouth as he smiled .

“Well, we can still become friends . ” The husky voice of the old man drifted over .

“Sadly, I have no interest in being your friend . ” Qing Shui smiled . This old man gave off a too sinister feeling and it felt exceedingly uncomfortable to interact with him . How could it be possible that he would force himself to be friends with someone he didn’t like?

“That’s a pity . Leaving you alive would bring nothing but trouble . Now that we are in the combat arena, I can choose to make you disappear . What a pity indeed . ” The old man’s silhouette flashed .

Without the 40% increase in speed, Qing Shui could finally see his silhouette clearly . Although he lowered 20% of the old man’s strength, he still wasn’t confident to fight head-on against him .

Qing Shui was now using speed born from the Formation and could only barely evade his opponent .

Phantom Shadow!

The body of the old man turned blurry as he lunged towards Qing Shui again . His speed was even faster now, and Qing Shui knew that the old man had just executed his ultimate sure kill technique .

At this moment, Qing Shui discovered that his arsenal of sure-kill techniques was extremely lacking . Paragon Strike was unable to injure the old man neither .

Qing Shui’s sure kill techniques were extremely powerful but sadly, his strength was still too weak, much weaker compared to the old man . Thus, he had no way to unleash his technique’s full potential .

Bloodthirsty Strike!

Bang!

A ray of golden light appeared in front of Qing Shui’s chest . The ability of the Paragon Golden Armor to defend against a fatal strike was activated . The old man was shocked, and in that instant, Qing Shui made use of the opportunity to summon his Hellfire Phoenix .

Qin Qing’s countenance turned pale . She clenched her fists tightly, appearing like she would rush in at any moment .

Nine Phantoms Slaughter!

Demon Binding Ropes!

The Dragon Slaying Beast also rushed over but was knocked and sent flying by the old man . But even so, the old man was slowed by the ropes and by this time, the Hell Nightmare Beast had already appeared before Qing Shui .

However, at this moment the old man didn’t stop at all, his silhouette actually turned illusory .

Void Shadowless Strike!

Chi!

The thin iron rod pierced towards Qing Shui’s heart .

Minute Subtlety！

Qing Shui gritted his teeth, swallowing the Blood Berserker Pill which he had prepared .

Instantly, a red light radiated from him, burning like blazing flames . Although the damage he took was huge, his power explosively rose . Maybe, the Qing Shui before still wasn’t strong enough . But after ingesting the blood berserker pill, it was an entirely different story .

Paragon Reversal!

Paragon Strike!

Nine Stances of Ancient Divine Battle Technique!

Bang!

Qing Shui’s Golden Battle Halberd pierced towards the chest of the old man . This strike was incomparably ferocious and was his strongest ultimate killing technique .

Paragon Golden Armor: Able to let Qing Shui’s entire defense reach six times his current strength . Also blocks a fatal strike once every day .

Paragon Strike: Could be used once per day, attack power equaling six times one’s strength .

Shadowless Paragon: Increases speed by six times . Could be activated once a day for fifteen minutes each time .

Paragon Reversal: Cooldown time of battle techniques shortened by a fold, attack speed increased by six times .

Qing Shui directly used Paragon Strike and Paragon Reversal . His strength and speed underwent an explosive increase that the old man failed to evade in time .

The speed of the old man was incredible, but his defense wasn’t as terrifying as his speed . In addition to Qing Shui’s strength which was boosted by the Berserker Blood Pill, he was struck in the left rib, his body cleanly penetrated through .

Just as Qing Shui was preparing to lacerate the old man, the old man took the chance to retreat in a flash .  

Underworld Fireball!

At this moment, the Hellfire Phoenix in the air spat out a chain of powerful fireballs .

“The Black Phoenix is so majestic!”

“Humans truly can’t be compared to each other . This young man is truly too terrifying . It’s inconceivable that he’s able to heavily injure the Ghost Ancestor . ”

“This young man isn’t arrogant for no reason . He has true capabilities . ”

Bang Bang…

The Underworld Fireball could lock onto opponents via spiritual sense . Now, the strength of the Hellfire Phoenix was much stronger in comparison to the Golden Scaled Dragon Elephant . Under the Nine Phantoms Slaughter, Formation, Halo, and Formation Eye Stone, its strength had reached a level similar to the old man .

The old man’s strength was weakened to a certain degree . Because of that, plus his injuries, and the bombardment of a chain of fireballs, he was in an extremely miserable state . More than half of his head full of white hair was singed away .

A pale-looking face could be seen . The old man was fending off the formidable might of the Hellfire Phoenix while glancing at Qing Shui and silently musing about what a monster this young man was .

The Dragon Slaying Beast continued launching sneak attacks as well .

Qing Shui’s entire body was cloaked in a red glow but he didn’t step up to use the Paragon Strike . His attacks were still ineffective, but there were other methods he could use to deal with the old man .

If the old man got close him, he would instantly use the Marrow Nibbling Golden Dragon Silkworm . But right now, he chose to use the Nine Continent Mountain to combine with the attacks of the Dragon Slaying Beast and the Hellfire Phoenix’s instead .

The old man was in a sorry state while his injuries were being aggravated continuously .

Nine Palace Laws!

Since they were already headed to a deadlock, Qing Shui wanted to exhaust the old man’s strength .

After a long time, a figure abruptly appeared above the old man . “He lost . Let me fight with you next . ”

Qing Shui glanced over and saw another ancient-looking old man . Even before the previous old man left, the newcomer instantly lunged towards Qing Shui .

Bang!

Qing Shui silently thought to himself that the Gu Clan was truly shameless . But as the old man was rushing over, he discovered that there was no chance . Even if he used the Marrow Nibbling Golden Dragon Silkworm, it would end up in a situation where both of them would die . Qing Shui could tell that the old man was determined to kill him .

However, Qing Shui refused to concede . He wasn’t someone who would give up or concede easily . Both his eyes gleamed with a fearsome light as he focused on the old man that was currently rushing towards him .