Chapter 76: Two Songs?
Jia Yuan truly protested in his heart. It’s not that he liked
Quan Zen, but at least Quan Zen was an earnest, if arrogant soldier, who was
undoubtedly the strongest of his battalion. Without him to lead, the Spectres
of Wind here… would fall into shambles. The blow to the allied army’s morale
would be devastating!
Unless.
From his vantage point in the air, Jia Yuan shouted. “Avenge
Quan Zen! Avenge the commander! Death to the enemy!”
He rushed down towards the Water Kingdom commander, seemingly
brimming with a desire for revenge.
In truth, he just wanted to keep the Spectres of Wind
motivated in the fight. Although Jia Yuan felt drained due to the power he had
exerted to Earth Kingdom commander, the pills he had consumed afterwards gave
him enough strength to continue fighting for now.
The Water Kingdom commander used an unusual set of weapons,
called Kukri. Jia Yuan hadn’t fought against a Kukri user before, and didn’t
know the attack patterns and styles associated with the weapon. This, combined
with Jia Yuan’s superficial level of remaining strength due to the pills, meant
that he would have to fight on the defensive.
But that was the entire point! For every second he and the
Spectres of Wind could delay the special forces of the other Kingdoms, the
longer his Burning Legion could change the flow of the main battle!
Jia Yuan exchanged blows with the Water Kingdom commander,
but he was continually pushed back.
Seeing this, the Water Kingdom commander began to taunt his
opponent.
“Hah. I’ve already killed that weakling of a commander, but
you’re even weaker! Is this all the Air and Fire Kingdoms have to offer?”
“Sending such a runt to the battlefield, aren’t they getting
too desperate this early in the war?”
“That’s a nice weapon you’ve got there. Maybe after I kill
you, I’ll give it to my grandma to chop vegetables with!”
A continuous flurry of insults came from the Water Kingdom
commander’s mouth, hardly befitting someone with the exalted status of a
special forces commander.
However, Jia Yuan didn’t respond and continued to defend.
However, he was starting to grow irritated.
Who could blame him? He was only 13 years of age and hadn’t
been able to fully adopt a steady demeanor. Hell, even those who were 80 years
old may not be able to adopt so steady of a manner as to be able to stay calm
under such a torrent of insults.
After a particularly intense flurry of blows, Jia Yuan
jumped back and flew into the air at the fastest speed possible. He was running
out of strength! He chomped down on two pills again. His heart burned at this
wasteful usage of these precious, unmatched pills, but what choice did he have?
Pills aren’t useful to the dead.
After his failing senses and strength had been bolstered by
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to lend aid to his attack.
Soaring down, he surrounded his blade with flames, but he
filled his blade with the power of his Song of Water.
As his sword fell upon one of the commander’s kukri, the
flames were extinguished by the water from the commander’s Song of Water.
However, the brute strength that came behind the strike caused the ground
beneath the enemy commander to crack and crumble.
It was at this point that Jia Yuan’s blade imbued with the
power of his Song of Water truly made physical contact with the commander’s
kukri.
The kukri began to crack!
The Water Kingdom’s commander, who had been exhibiting a
rather arrogant demeanor as if he was the king of the battlefield, instantly
backed off, his eyes wide.
His opponent had clearly cultivated in a Song of Fire! He
had been using fire the entire time! Even during that last clash, his opponent’s
weapon had been wreathed in flames.
But the last bit of the attack, when his kukri had taken
damage, had clearly been performed with a Song of Water!
The Water Kingdom’s commander began to put the pieces
together.
Jia Yuan had wreathed his sword in flames. When the flames
came in contact with the water surrounding his own blade, they had been
extinguished. However, the power inside Jia Yuan’s blade wasn’t the power of a
Song of Fire… but instead a Song of Water! The flames surrounding the blade had
simply been a feint!
The Water Kingdom’s commander reeled at this seemingly
impossible information.
Was it possible one person to cultivate a Song of two
different elements?
If that was so, no wonder this brat in the Absorption realm
could pose such a threat to those in the Manipulation realm!
This was groundbreaking! Not only would a combination of two
Songs provide a qualitative increase in strength, but it would provide the user
with two different elements!
It has to be known that each element has its strength and
weaknesses.
For example, the fire element is peerless in attacks, but
when ti comes to defending, fire is clearly one of the weaker elements.
Earth is a wonderful defensive element, as one is able to
construct entire walls and shields with a Song of Earth.
However, Earth is not necessarily a strong attacking
element. Ranged attacks with a Song of Earth are much slower than those of
other elements, and while a Song of Earth provided more than enough attacking
power when dealing with non-cultivators, cultivators bodies were substantially
stronger.
If one could supplement one element’s weakness with another
element’s strength… you would have a uniquely powerful individual!