Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1045 They were all taught by the same master, so they can't break each other's moves!

Lu Jin's defeat was completely without any suspense.

He is already struggling against a clumsy, big guy like Ru Hu who relies purely on physical strength. Let alone winning, it would be difficult for him to even manage a draw in the sky using his Reverse Life Triple Technique, let alone against Ding Shian.

Ding Shian studied various arts and later became He Songling's personal disciple. He Songling had put in hundreds of years of effort on him, so he must have been extraordinary. He was good at playing a wide variety of skills.

Although Lu Jin has become more versatile under He Songling's tutelage in this life, his fundamental skill, his natal cultivation technique, remains Reverse Life, which he has upgraded from the third level to the fifth level.

Ding Shian is different.

He Songling did not impose his own methods on him. Although he passed on the Reverse Life technique to him, he did not make him adopt it as his own innate skill. Ding Shian's path remained that of "Hundred Schools of Arts" and "Free Spirit".

For him, rebirth against all odds was merely a means to an end.

This leads to a problem: Lu Jin's third level of reversal of life is already complete, while Ding Shian's third level of reversal of life is only a part of it.

However, out of respect for his senior martial uncle, Ding Shian first used his sect's unique skill of reverse life to fight him.

The two exchanged blows in the sky. He Songling deduced that Ni Sheng had reached the fifth level. Zuo Ruotong herself had cultivated Ni Sheng to the late-stage peak. Later, there were still a few people in Sanyi University who were able to reach the third level. The methods at the third level had become very rich.

The gestures of waving hands to draw boundaries and soaring into the sky are not applications at all; they are merely basic characteristics of the triple Qi-transformed body.

The current Triple Level has truly been developed into a combat system by the elders of the Sanyi Sect, making them far more formidable in combat than Zuo Ruotong, who only briefly appeared at the Triple Level in the original story.

Various Qi waves and Qi bullets, as well as the derived techniques of gathering and dispersing at will and changing at will, emerged one after another. In addition, there were the sword qi, magic, lightness skills, and strange abilities left by He Songling at the Sanyi Sect, which were modified to fit the Qi of Reversal of Life, making Lu Jin fly around wildly in the sky.

Its power was so terrifying that even Tu Junfang, who had been feeling numb from the shock, couldn't help but marvel at it.

"Old Master Lu's strength is truly unfathomable. This is the strength of the second-best in the country!"

Indeed, in the original novel, apart from someone like Zhang Zhiwei who is an overpowered character, even the elderly Zhang Huaiyi could probably only barely manage a draw against someone like Lu Jin. As for people like Lü Ci and Wang Ai, they are completely insignificant.

In this state, because of the advantage of flying, even those without roots are powerless.

Unless this person jumps into Wugensheng's arms to die, Wugensheng is doomed no matter what. Even gods don't have unlimited stamina. The third level of reversal of life, modified by He Songling, has some of the effects of "the sage stealing".

"Sage Thief" simply means stealing the secrets of heaven and earth for one's own use. It's not just the Six Treasuries Immortal Thief; the Six Treasuries Immortal Thief is just the strongest type among them. For example, in the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony and Biyou Village, that guy surnamed Jin demonstrated a Sage Thief technique called "Stepping on the Dipper and Laying the Dipper."

Although He Songling's Tongtian Triple Level was not as powerful as the Six Treasuries Immortal Thief, it was far superior to the Stepping the Dipper. In mid-air, not only could he use magic and sword energy for ranged attacks, but even if stones were thrown down from the sky, they could crush Wugensheng to death.

Of course, Wugensheng also knew this. His divine spirit was no longer the incomparable one in the original work, the one that no one but Zhang Zhiwei could rely on. He might also gain enlightenment and strengthen it in Zhang Boduan's ruins.

Whether Wugensheng, who has acquired the ninth Ziyang technique, can defeat Lu Jin, who is at the late stage of the third level, remains to be seen.

But so far, Lu Jin has fully demonstrated his terrifying strength as one of the top three superhumans in the country. However, Ding Shian is even more terrifying than him.

Ding Shian could execute any method perfectly, and sometimes even more skillfully than Lu Jin. Often, he would strike first, using an extremely tricky angle and timing to not only block Lu Jin's attack but also force it back to attack Lu Jin as well.

This is the wonder of opening the "mysterious gate".

When Ding Shian was performing, he seemed to have an uncanny intuition that allowed him to find the most correct path for channeling and releasing energy. This is what is known as "approaching one's innate nature." The innate methods he unintentionally displayed were naturally incomparable to those of Lu Jin, who relied on his acquired intellect.

However, the triple-layered body, with its Qi-based constitution and ability to gather and disperse at will, is extremely difficult to defeat. Its damage resistance is even stronger than that of a body-strengthening expert like Ru Hu. After all, it can not only strengthen the body but also recover from damage.

The reason why Ru Hu, who had a stronger life cultivation than Lu Jin, was repeatedly forced to a draw or even lost was because of this.

Ding Shian, who was facing Lu Jin at full strength for the first time, clearly found it difficult to break through Lu Jin's triple power. Even though he was also at the triple power level, and even at the level of opening the Xuanmen (mysterious gate), it was still useless. The original novel's triple power of reversal had the drawback of "not being able to reach the heavens" and "not being able to become an immortal," but the current triple power can be said to have no drawbacks.

Even if they weren't taught by the same master, they still couldn't break the move.

But it doesn't matter, Ding Shian will still win. There are two reasons for this. The triple level that He Songling modified to be able to reach the heavens also has its shortcomings. It's not a flaw in the technique, but rather that it's not "high" enough.

The highest level of life cultivation that can be achieved at the third level is not as good as that at the fourth level; the late stage of the third level is not as good as the peak of the third level.

Under the same conditions, those with higher cultivation levels of life force naturally have the advantage in a fight. This is precisely why Zhang Zhiwei, a Taoist priest, cultivated himself into the appearance of a Quanzhen Taoist.

The second point is not a triple defect, but rather Lu Jin's.

The third level is not the same as becoming an immortal; Lu Jin hasn't even opened the Xuan Gate yet. He transforms into a ball of Qi in the sky, seemingly able to gather and disperse at will, but in reality, he is still consuming his own physical body. And Lu Jin is, after all, already an old man of one hundred and ten years old.

Even after the five years of accelerated time in the Time Chamber, Ding Shian was still under fifty-five, not even old enough for women to retire, especially for superhumans of their level, who could be described as "young and vigorous".

Everyone is at the triple level; if this drags on, Lu Jin will inevitably be the first to give out.

However, Ding Shian would not do that.

This was his first battle since emerging from seclusion after becoming an apprentice, and his master and Old Man were watching from below. Na Ruhu had already achieved a dominant win rate against Lu Jin; was he only able to barely manage a single victory against Lu Jin by relying on the old man's tactic of attrition?

Then I'd become a war eagle.

If we really did that, that tiger would laugh at us for the rest of our lives.

Fortunately, he had studied a variety of arts, so he still had plenty of skills.

(End of this chapter)