
chapter 59: 59
John appears in front of Ryan and slashes with his sword.
Ryan is ready for this attack and sends out his own powerful attack to deal with John's attack.
The sword collided and Ryan was sent a dozen yards back by John's attack. Ryan quickly steadied himself and attacked with a long-range Qi attack towards the approaching John.
John prepares to attack Ryan again, but is shocked to find Ryan recovering sooner than he expected. Ryan even managed to counterattack before John could reach him.
‘Not bad, he's still stronger than I expected. It looks like I really have to try my hardest to beat Ryan. ‘
John raised his sword and slashed it at the incoming Qi attack, and was thrown backwards a few steps. Ryan used this opportunity to send another Qi attack towards John, hoping to knock John down as quickly as possible.
John quickly uses his movement technique to dodge the attack, and uses the second step to dodge the next attack Ryan follows. Ryan thought John would use the second move, and therefore had prepared for a follow-up attack even before John dodged, but it was still too slow to land a blow on John.
‘It looks like the Five-Step Movement Technique became quite predictable after I used it several times against the enemy. The same thing happened to the Stalking Mantis Assassin. I need to use it less and only if it looks assertive. ‘
John uses the third step movement technique to immediately appear next to Ryan. Waves of Qi explosions were channeled from his Dantian body and Dantian essence and into his embrace at the same time as he struck with all his might.
The Mountain-Destroying Sword!
Ryan's eyes opened wide in shock at the impending attack power. He widened his position and attacked with his strongest attack.
The Fierce Splitting Technique!
Ryan had developed one of the other powerful sword techniques the Fenix Clan offered, and used his strongest attack to counterattack John.
“Gah!”
The sword collided and Ryan was sent flying backwards tens of meters, falling head over heels before finally stopping.
John's hardened eyes quickly returned to normal as he realized that he had attacked with too much force.
“Ahh, sorry Ryan!”
John ran towards Ryan and found him lying breathless and covered in dirt.
“I'm fine, not that bad. I just need to recuperate briefly” replied Ryan. A few minutes later, Ryan finally recovered enough to stand up. He lethargicly cleaned the dirt from his dirty robe and looked towards John. A smile appeared on his face as he patted John on the back.
“You really are a monster, you know that? What aura did you emit during the fight?”
“Aura? What aura?” John asked confusedly. He was completely unaware of the intense aura he was projecting while channeling the Qi from his Dantian body into his body.
Ryan looked at John for a moment before replying. “It's okay, I guess. By the way, you really do have the strength to back up your words. You can win this tournament!”
“Haha, I hope so. You yourself are not bad. I thought you had a good chance of entering the top thirty and entering the pocket realm as well!” John hoped his friend could join him in the pocket realm.
“Haha, I hope so too. Come on, let's go to one of the clan's restaurants and eat.” Ryan was so hungry after that fight, so was John. John immediately agreed and the two of them left the martial arena and walked to a nearby restaurant.
John and Ryan sat down and ate at the restaurant while discussing various things that had happened to the two of them over the past half a year. John tells Ryan all about the events in the Dreadel Kingdom. At times, Ryan would laugh to the point of almost crying, while at other times he could hardly believe how crazy John was.
After a few hours of talking, John said goodbye to Ryan and walked back home.
“Welcome to John's house, what do you want for dinner?” rachel Fenix asked with a smile on her face.
“Oh, I had dinner with Ryan at Flying Crane Restaurant, I'm ready!”
“Oh, alright.”
John talks to his mother for a while, and learns that his father has not returned. John said good night to his mother and walked upstairs to his room. He closed the door and sat down on the ground, then spent the next few hours to develop all the aspects he could, including essence cultivation, strengthening his soul in front of the holy gate, holding his will in front of the creepy gate.
John was able to last nearly fifteen minutes in front of the creepy gate before he was forced to leave. Every time, every,
John continued to study both the Celestial Lightning Script and the Divine Reaping Scythe. Both techniques were so profound that John could barely grasp the basics, but he still made steady progress in understanding the essence of both techniques.
‘It's too bad. These two essence techniques are my strongest essence techniques, but I am also unable to cultivate. The Celestial Lightning Script required real lightning to be processed, whereas the Divine Reaping Scythe required cultivation at the early stages of Qi Condensation to even begin using its most basic form. I need to get stronger! ‘
John continued to cultivate late into the night before he finally felt he was at the limit of his ability, where he fell into bed and fell into a deep sleep.
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