Chapter 26
Chapter 26 — Third Spirit Ring (2)
The large turtle was the one who made the first move to attack.
This was natural since Ning Chen's combat style was not to initiate first, but instead to calmly analyse his opponents movement and abilities.
The turtle stomped his foot heavily on the ground, causing stones to emerge out and fly toward Ning Chen.
Ning Chen jumped toward his left side and managed to avoid the attack. He quickly unsheathed his sword and jumped above the shell of the turtle.
He had only used his 'Sword Draw' ability alongside the Sword Weight Realm.
Ning Chen recently managed to enter the Sword Weight Realm after leaving the sword dojo, but he didn't had the chance to test it until now.
He was currently half away from completely mastering this realm.
And if Ning Chen were to enter the sword of ocean, he would see that it was an imperfect mixture of black and white.
It showed that he was still at the incomplete stage of both sword intent and sword weight.
The sword weight realm also allowed Ning Chen to wield something light as if it was something heavy.
It was also possible to do the opposite, but Ning Chen still haven't completely mastered it.
Mainly because of his sword original form and it's wind version being on the lighter side.
This sword weight realm might look very simple, but it's efficiency during battle was great.
This realm focused on extremely precise control and could make the seemingly light and thin-looking sword to become extremely heavy with its speed not being reduced.
And the extremely heavy sword would become light and move quickly and flexible.
This realm could always catch his opponents off-guard.
Ning Chen slashed strongly at the turtle's shell after getting on top of it.
Thud!
He then suddenly felt an intense vibration spreading throughout his trembling body after hitting it.
"It's sure is a tough one," Ning Chen mumbled before smiling widely.
It was good since the stronger the turtle is, the better spirit ability he would obtain.
The sharp stones protruding out from turtle's shell suddenly glowed dimly as it suddenly grew larger to attack Ning Chen.
Ning Chen quickly performed a back flip to avoid the attack and landed perfectly on the ground near the turtle.
He then took a long deep breath as he quietly placed his sword back into the scabbard.
<First Sword Color: Red Dragon Power>
"Flame Stance: Extreme Sun," Ning Chen's eyes released a ghastly crimson glow as he unsheathed his sword again.
He chopped his sword downward at the turtle's shell.
The sword strike landed successfully, but Ning Chen was quite surprised to see it only leaving a deep cut mark.
"Break!" He groaned deeply as he struck with his sword again.
A strong gale swept over Ning Chen as he repeatedly slashed his sword toward the same spot, causing the cut to grow larger and deeper.
The turtle roared loudly and started to rampaged around the area.
It repeatedly stomped it's feet on the ground, causing several pillars made out of stones to emerge quickly, but Ning Chen was able to quickly avoid it by retreating and once again attack with excellent footwork.
The turtle was left with no other choice and went inside it's own shell which started to spin rapidly.
The turtle's shell started to glow dimly as it seemed to grow more tougher with violent wind gathering around it, forming into a small hurricane.
Ning Chen's short pink hair fluttered wildly due to the the intense wind as he rooted his feet on the ground.
The rapidly spinning shell slowly hovered above the ground and then flew toward Ning Chen at a terrifying speed.
Ning Chen couldn't avoid this since the shell was far too wide and large.
The only option left for him was to attack the turtle's shell head-on.
The turtle's shell shoot through the air like a cannonball and instantly neared Ning Chen.
Ning Chen felt himself close to be sent flying just from the sheer intensity of the wind around the turtle's shell, but thankfully his feet was firmly rooted on the ground.
He held his sword firmly with both of his hand and raised It above his head.
"Two Color Dragon Mode!" Ning Chen took a very deep breath as his pupils changed into crimson green color with a terrifying aura emerging from within him.
He then slashed his sword downward.
Ning Chen pushed his entire body to it's very limits as poured all of his strength into his sword.
His sword met with the turtle's shell and precisely struck at the deep cut he made before.
Boom!
A thunderous clap resounded as cracks started to appear on the turtle's shell.
It slowly spread everywhere as a large amount of blood exploded out from within the cracks and splattered across the air and ground.
The shell crumbled into pieces, revealing the turtle who was now laid flat on the ground with it's life slowly burning.
He was angry at unfairness and cruelty of the world despite having low intelligence.
Just like his late father, he was also going to die at the hands of spirit master.
He hated fate and desired revenge against it for controlling his life.
Ning Chen didn't allowed the turtle to feel more pain and decisively killed it swiftly.
The remaining embers of the turtle's life soon burned out with its wish left unfulfilled...
A brilliant purple spirit ring rose from the corpse and hovered Infront of Ning Chen.
Ning Chen placed his right hand inside it with his left hand still holding his sword.
Several intense waves of energy began to pour inside his body which also brought him tremendous amount of pain.
And along with the pain was the sensation of growing stronger.
Absorbing a higher spirit ring that was not meant for his current cultivation rank didn't only brought a strong spirit ability and increased in his spirit power, but also strengthened his physical body.
Ning Chen managed to completely absorbed the spirit ring after few hours passed.
"Third Sword Color: Brown Dragon Defense," Ning Chen chanted and felt his spirit power being drained.
His skin started to glow dimly and if one were to look very closely at his skin, they would notice countless tiny brown draconic scales covering his whole skin.
It all also appeared to be transparent and pretty as crystals.
"A 60% increase in defensive prowess and 50% resistance against earth element," Ning Chen mumbled the effects brought by his new third spirit ring's ability.
Not only did this ability increased his defense on the outside, it also included his insides which were extremely vulnerable to damage.
Ning Chen then turned toward the scabbard because he knew it also gained a new ability this time.
It's new ability was 'Revenge Counter'.
After receiving enough damage from the enemy, Ning Chen can reflect all of those damage back by infusing it into his sword.
It's only drawback was that he could only use it once a day.
It's uses would also increase as he gained new spirit rings, but unfortunately it was gonna start at once per day.
Leaving the drawbacks aside, Ning Chen thought this new ability was a perfect combination with the third spirit ring.
Brown Dragon Defense would allow him to endure more damage which means it will allow him to reflect more damage.
It could make as a terrifying trump card.
Ning Chen then decided to leave after checking out all of his new abilities.
However, he suddenly felt a chill spreading throughout his spine.
He instinctively looked far-away into the horizon and vaguely saw a gigantic eyes slowly opening above the sky.
The scabbard trembled fiercely as Ning Chen's gaze was fixed at the gigantic eyes.
He somehow felt familiar with it and seeing it made his soul scream in fear...
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Crap -_-
If you found any errors or any confusing parts quickly report it me, got it?
(This was rushed since I'm feeling sleepy because I woke up very early for nothing. I thought today was our class, but apparently it's tomorrow.)