Chapter 96: Fate’s Hands (1)


    Once the poison failed, the Wind-Gathering n finally gave up on trying to do anything to Su Chen.


    Actually, they were never nning on trying to kill Su Chen anyways. This was obvious based on the medicines they had used on him - their goal was to use him to deal with the impending threat of Fate’s Hands.


    But since they had failed, they could only ept the consequences of defeat.


    News that a mysterious Arcana Master had suddenly appeared in Dragon Mountain City began to spread - Su Chen had no intentions of stopping it anyways. He didn’t care if Fate’s Hands was aware of his presence and were prepared to take him on.


    As per usual, today Su Chen was immersed in studying his Arcana Techniques.


    Therge amount of studying he was doing allowed him to better understand and control the principles of this world. From time to time, he would converse with Patelocke across long-distances. Even though the Zhu n had departed, Patelocke was now in the body of a transmission puppet, enabling him to contact Su Chen and preserve a link to the Zhu n.


    He was still in the library, but this time he was not reading books - he was writing one.


    He was organizing everything that he had learned up until now.


    “Sir Azure Mark,” someone called from outside.


    That someone was Wind-Gathering Ascension, a Fifth-Ring Arcana Master.


    “Come in,” Su Chen said without even raising his head.


    Wind-Gathering Ascension walked in and handed a bowl of porridge to Su Chen as he said, “Sir, we’ve prepared the materials you requested.”


    “Mm, bring them over,” Su Chen said.


    Wind-Gathering Ascension pulled out some materials from his Origin Ring and ced them in front of Su Chen.


    Su Chen had requested for them to bring him these materials, but no one except Su Chen himself knew what they were going to be used for.


    Su Chen put away the materials and tossed the book in his hand to Wind-Gathering Ascension. “This is something I wrote up that includes the Arcana Techniques the Wind-Gathering n passes down from generation to generation. Since you guys have been pretty well-behaved for the past few days, I will give them to you.”


    Wind-Gathering Ascension wasn’t too interested when he realized that these were merely his n’s own techniques.


    But when he flipped through the pages, his eyes widened. “This...... this is......”


    “Oh, I improved some of the Arcana Techniques. They should be about twenty to forty percent stronger. It’s not really a big deal,” Su Chen replied calmly.


    Not really a big deal?


    Then what was a big deal?


    Any “matured” Arcana Technique had been carefully crafted and honed over hundreds or even thousands of years. The reason they hadsted all this time was because they had passed the test of time. Under these circumstances, any improvements could ruin their construction and decrease their effectiveness.


    For this reason, improving Arcana Techniques was incredibly difficult to do because of how much they had been honed throughout the years.


    Any Arcana Master who could improve an Arcana Technique was worthy of praise and could be considered a true schr. The Harpies would view such a person very highly.


    And now, this Azure Mark guy had managed to improve a few Arcana Techniques in but a few days, increasing their strength by twenty to forty percent. This was not a small increase; how could Wind-Gathering Ascension not be stunned?


    And he could basically confirm after reading these records that Su Chen wasn’t lying. The contents of this book were quite miraculous, and thepositions of the techniques were very intricate. Anyone would be able to tell that these techniques were extraordinary just by a quick nce. How could he not be excited and shocked?


    Su Chen, however, didn’t care at all. After all, this really wasn’t a big deal to him.


    “Fine, this is just to make up for the losses you might sustain when entering Jade Clearmist’s secret treasure realm. This is only fair, right?” Su Chen could sense the shock in Wind-Gathering Ascension’s head.


    “This...... Oh...... Perhaps......” Wind-Gathering Ascension wanted to say yes, but felt like it might not be appropriate, but at the same time he didn’t dare say no. He didn’t know what to say.


    When Su Chen saw this, he chuckled and didn’t take it to heart.


    At that moment, amotion could suddenly be hearding from outside.


    Youthful Abundance’s footsteps could be heard, along with her shocked voice, “Sir, Fate’s Hands is here!”


    “Oh? So they’ve finally arrived.”


    Su Chen had been waiting these past few days for Fate’s Hands. Now, he could finally resolve the issue.


    He stood up and left the library.


    There were three Harpies standing in the middle of the Wind-Gathering n’s main courtyard.


    Standing at the front was a female Harpy with fiery-red wings and long red hair, wearing a red robe. She looked just like a fiercely burning fire. The other two Harpies were a pair of brothers who looked identical. However, one had ck skin, while the other had white skin. Their wings happened to be flipped - the ck-skinned Harpy had a pair of silver wings, while the white-skinned Harpy had a pair of ck wings.


    Wind-Gathering Ascension’s expression shifted drastically when he saw these three Harpies. “ming Femme and Chaotic Wind?”


    “Oh? So you know our name?” the red-hot Harpy in the middle chuckled.


    Su Chen couldn’t help but shoot ming Femme another nce when he heard what her name was.


    The woman noticed that simple nce and turned to look at Su Chen. “I heard that the Wind-Gathering n found an impressive backer. It seems like that person is you. So are you nning on supporting the Wind-Gathering n?”


    “Yes, I am,” Su Chen chuckled in response.


    Wind-Gathering Ascension said, “Sir, be careful. One of them is a Seventh-Ring Arcana Master, while the other two are Sixth-Ring.”


    Seventh-Ring Arcana Masters were considered high-tier Arcana Masters amongst Sky Country, and ming Femme was quite well known amongst her tier. Her talent was extraordinary, and challenging her was quite difficult. As for the Chaotic Wind Brothers, their cooperative abilities allowed them to match up against a Seventh-Ring Arcana Master even though they were both only at the Sixth-Ring.


    These three important individuals had most likelye because of this “Azure Mark” guy.


    Amongst the Seven Kingdoms, these kinds of people would have very high status, and the same went for the Harpies.


    For this reason, even Wind-Gathering Ascension didn’t have much faith in Su Chen.


    However, it was toote for him to regret. He could only hope that Fate’s Hands wouldn’t ughter them all after taking their map.


    However, Su Chen said carelessly, “Seventh Ring? That’s pretty good. You should make a good opponent.”


    “What? Do you think you have a chance of winning?” ming Femme said scornfully.


    Su Chen chuckled. “We’ll know once we fight.”


    “Courting death!” ming Femme’s expression sank as a violent wave of mes surged towards Su Chen from her body.


    As her name implied, her control over fire-type techniques was outstanding. The intensity of these mes was clearly on apletely different level. All of the nearby Fire Origin Susbtance in the air came under her control and began to burn brightly, unleashing a sweltering wave of heat.


    However, this was only the beginning. Under her control, the streaks of me seemed to turn into needles in her hand, allowing her to stitch together a beautiful painting of mes.


    The mes first formed a massive lotus, which revolved in the air as it ascended.


    “Raging ming Lotus!”


    This ming Lotus threatened to consume the entire n. Obviously, ming Femme had no shortage of killing intent.


    When faced with ming Femme’s powerful attack, Su Chen shook his head. “Strength alone will not get you very far, and you are not the only person who can control Origin Energy.”


    As he spoke, ming Femme suddenly discovered that her supply of Origin Energy had suddenly been snuffed out.


    A powerful will was beginning to forcefully seize control of Origin Energy from her.


    Competing for control over Origin Energy was not a rare urrence. After all, chaotic flows of Origin Energy originated as a result of these struggles. Everyone wanted to control the Origin Energy contained in the environment, but there was a limited supply. As a result, there was no option but topete for this limited supply of Origin Energy.


    This was one of the limitations of people who utilized energy in the environment to fight. People who cultivated by increasing the strength of their own body were able to somewhat alleviate these limitations.


    This was one of the reasons why humans eventually began to give up on Arcana Techniques.


    But this was ming Femme’s first time seeing someone physically cut off another person’s supply of Origin Energy.


    Fighting for Origin Energy was like trying to eat food out of the same bowl. You might be able to eat more than your opponent, but it was very difficult for you to prevent your opponent from eating at all.


    Even Tenth-Ring Arcana Masters had a hard time aplishing this feat, so how had this Azure Mark guy managed to do it?


    Was he a legendary Arcana Master?


    As soon as this idea surfaced in her head, ming Femme began to tremble uncontrobly.


    Of course, Su Chen was not a legendary Arcana Master. There were four main reasons he was able to do something like this. First of all, his control over Origin Energy was impable; his experience on the chaotic battlefield when in Ravager territory allowed him to perceive and manipte the turbulent flow of Origin Energy. As his cultivation base advanced, his understanding of these principles had also deepened. Second of all, because space was everywhere, his mastery of spatial principles had enhanced his control in general, which allowed him to cut off ming Femme’s supply of Origin Energy. Third of all, he was already quite proficient in using mes because his most powerful technique was the ming Phoenix Theurgy Art. Finally, his own physical strength was actually suppressing ming Femme somewhat.


    Whenbining these four aspects, it was no surprise that Su Chen could cut off her supply of Origin Energy. If it were any other opponent, or if ming Femme used some other kind of Arcana Technique, Su Chen would have found it quite difficult to achieve a simr effect.


    ming Femme didn’t know this, however, and was quite badly startled.


    “You...... You...... How is this possible?” she yelled shrilly.


    Su Chen chuckled coldly, “You were the one who got yourself into this mess.”


    As he spoke, the ming lotus copsed into a ferocious wave of mes that swept towards ming Femme.


    To keep his identity a secret, Su Chen didn’t turn the ming Lotus into a ming Phoenix. Instead, he relied on a primitive form to attack his opponent, causing the attack to be slightly weakened. Even so, the bystanders were stunned.


    What kind of tactic was this? How was he able to use it on an opponent’s Arcana Technique?


    This totally went against conventional Arcana Technique theory!


    ming Femme was panicking, but at the very least she was still able to move. She immediately retreated.


    At the same time, the Chaotic Wind brothers attacked.


    They didn’t know why ming Femme had suddenly retreated, which was why they were bold enough to still attack.


    They immediately unleashed two powerful Sixth-Ring Arcana Techniques.


    Ghost Weeping!


    Starlight Luster!


    A ck streak of light mixed with a white streak of light, the resulting attack shining radiantly even as it exuded a strong, dark aura of death.


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