Chapter 785
Chapter 785: The True Spear Art
Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Millman97
In his previous life, Zhang Xuan had once seen a picture of a small person holding a forty-meter-long saber taunting his opponent, saying that he would first allow him to get a 39 meters head start .
At this moment, this was exactly the kind of feeling Zhang Xuan got .
With more than a dozen feather dusters connected together, his weapon seemed just like a flagpole . In comparison, his enemy's spear felt no different from a short twig .
With such a long weapon in hand, he felt as if he had nothing to fear .
"Let's begin then!" With a roar, Ying Qin stepped off with his right foot and charged straight at Zhang Xuan, aiming to close the distance as soon as possible .
Considering the length of Zhang Xuan's weapon, as long as he could get within a ten-meter radius of him, he should be safe from the other party's offense .
The other party had previously used a feather duster to lash him . With this opportunity, he would return the favor to him!
"Do you really think it'll be that easy for you to close in on me?"
How could Zhang Xuan possibly not understand Ying Qin's intentions? With a slight smile, he executed the Heaven's Path Movement Art and drew an additional ten-meter distance away from Ying Qin in an instant before stabbing his feather duster spear toward Ying Qin .
Hu!
A feather duster spear ten-meter long couldn't possibly be as agile as a spear or as swift as a sword . Yet, for some reason, it still managed to block Ying Qin's advancement .
Or to be exact, the spear was precisely positioned such that there was no way for Ying Qin to avoid it if he were to continue charging forward with his current momentum .
Damn it! Ying Qin's complexion turned awful upon realizing that his advancement had been impeded .
He immediately twisted his body to dodge the other party's attack before rushing to another location to charge forward once more . However, just as he was about to do so, the feather duster spear appeared right before him once again .
The speed this time around was far swifter than previously . Moreover, it was directed at one of his mingmen, leaving him no choice but to avoid it as well .
"Humph!"
He immediately leaped backward to dodge the attack before rushing at another direction .
With a burst of his zhenqi as an Ethereal Treading realm pinnacle expert, his speed was as swift as a soaring dragon .
But… despite his speed, the Zhang Xuan's feather duster spear seemed to be even faster than him . Every time he attempted to approach the other party, a spear would abruptly emerge to block his path . It was as if the Zhang Xuan knew where he would attack from .
As such, despite the bulky and burdensome weapon the opponent was wielding, Ying Qin felt as if he was facing an impregnable fortress . No matter how hard he tried, he simply couldn't breach the other party's defenses .
"This…"
Ruohuan gongzi and the others swallowed a mouthful of saliva as they widened their eyes in shock .
They had thought that it would be hard for Zhang shi to deal with Ying Qin when the latter released the suppression on his cultivation . After all, two realms was indeed a huge gap to overcome . But who would have thought that with just a feather duster spear, Zhang shi would be able to ward off the other party perfectly, leaving him prowling helplessly at a ten-meter distance away?
While this couldn't be consisted a victory, considering that Zhang shi was facing an opponent with a far higher cultivation than him, it was indubitably an impressive feat .
It was at that moment that someone amidst the crowd suddenly shouted, "Do you all feel that there's something weird about this battle? I can't really put my finger on it, but… it doesn't feel like a duel at all!"
"Indeed!" Luo Xuan frowned as he felt that there was something amiss with the situation as well . After a moment of contemplation, he muttered, "It is like… toying like a monkey?"
"Now that you say it, it does seem like that…" Ruohuan gongzi nodded in agreement .
Words of agreement rippled through the crowd as well .
At this moment, it seemed as if the awe-inspiring Ying Qin from a moment ago was being played by Zhang shi like a monkey . Zhang shi would stand, unmoving, on the spot and flick his feather duster spear slightly, and Ying Qin would suddenly leap backward and rush off in another direction before attempting to charge toward Zhang Xuan again .
But before he could charge in, the bamboo spear would arrive before him, and he would leap backward once more…
Such a cycle had been ongoing since the start of the battle .
Honestly, it truly resembled those street performers played with their monkeys .
To play a Grade-4 student like a monkey…
Zhang shi sure was incredible!
Luo Xuan, Ruohuan gongzi, and the others had once viewed Zhang shi as a target for comparison, but upon seeing this sight, they could only swallow a mouthful of saliva and watch silently .
Even if they were to cultivate for another ten years, it was doubtful they would be able to wield the strength he had at this very moment!
…
"Damn it!"
As the crowd below realized that, Ying Qin had also noticed this detail as well . Furious, he gritted his teeth so tightly that they were on the verge of chipping off .
He had thought that with the opponent wielding such a long weapon, as long as he could get into close quarters, he would be able to subdue him easily . Who could have known that the other party would be so skilled with a spear? Every single move that the other party made casually came at trajectory that was difficult for him to defend, and they were all aimed at his mingmen as well .
In other words… there was no way for him to get close at all!
At this moment, the short reach of his spear became his weakness instead . The other party's spear was more than ten meters long whereas his was only two meters . With his spear being unable to reach the other party, how could the duel go on?
Shouldn't the one with the shorter weapon be at an advantage?
Why does it feel as if I am the one being disadvantaged instead?
If this goes on, not only will I lose, I will even become a laughingstock! Ying Qin thought with a livid expression as he heard the comments from the crowd below .
If word were to spread that he had been toyed with like a monkey by a freshman, there would be no way he could keep his head up before his peers and his juniors .
That spear of his is crafted by connecting feather dusters together, so its quality is subpar . If I directly clash with it, even if I'm injured in the encounter, I should be able to snap it! Ying Qin pondered as he flitted across the battlefield .
There was no way he could achieve victory under the current circumstances . The urgent matter at hand was to find a way to close in on his opponent, and the only way to do so was to snap the feather duster spear…
Considering that those feather dusters were only made of ordinary materials, with his strength as an Ethereal Treading realm expert, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to reduce them to dust with his zhenqi .
Alright, I'll do just that then! Gritting his teeth, Ying Qin pumped his zhenqi furiously, and with his arms covering his chest, he charged forward furiously, paying no heed to the movement of the feather duster spear at all .
Kacha! Kacha!
As he had predicted, the feather duster spear was unable to withstand his might at all .
Due to the long length of the feather duster and the low quality of the materials used to craft it, it was impossible for Zhang Xuan to pump zhenqi into it efficiently to reinforce its resilience . Thus, upon contact with Ying Qin's rampaging zhenqi, it was swiftly reduced to dust .
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