Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 387 Chen Ping: My skills are also superior to yours!

Ji Juechen twirled the meteorite iron sword in his hand, striking a strange pose.

In just a moment, Chen Ping felt as if he had been locked onto by Ji Juechen.

In the next instant, Ji Juechen's entire body, like a strange ray of light, streaked towards Chen Ping, close to the ground.

It was a gliding beam of light, moving so fast it could only be described as lightning.

Without any soul tool assistance, this is already the speed limit that a six-ring Soul Emperor can achieve.

This momentary explosion was incomparable even to the level of agility and attack type soul masters.

Compared to the lightning-fast speed, Ji Juechen's upper body moved slowly.

He gripped the sword with both hands, slowly turned his body, and swept the longsword horizontally.

This seemingly simple action, when performed by him, felt as heavy as a thousand pounds.

The entire movement was as if it were done in a viscous liquid, but without any pauses, it was done in one go.

As the seemingly slow-moving meteorite iron sword swept across, a trench several meters deep appeared in the solid ground ten meters away, and it continued to extend and deepen with Ji Juechen's sliding figure!

Dragging sword slash!
Yes, that's the Dragging Blade Slash.

The only difference was that Ji Juechen was holding a sword, not a knife.

Moreover, at this moment, the six spirit rings beneath Ji Juechen's feet also began to flash simultaneously.

Clearly, after sensing the unreasonable power emanating from Chen Ping, Ji Juechen understood that he no longer needed to suppress his own soul power to the Soul Sect level in order to have a proper fight with Chen Ping.

But just as Ji Juechen raised his sword, seemingly about to cleave Chen Ping and his staff in two, the snow-white character "定" on Chen Ping's left palm burst forth with dazzling white light.

"Certainly!"

Chen Ping let out a low shout, and frost instantly erupted from Ji Juechen's body, who had already been hit twice by Chen Ping's Jade Scorpion Staff.

In an instant, the frost on Ji Juechen's body began to spread outwards like frost flowers on a winter window, until it formed a thin layer of ice on Ji Juechen's body.

At this moment, only shock remained in Ji Juechen's eyes.

Clearly, even with a difference of twenty levels in soul power, the Snow Emperor's Frost Seal, with the superposition of the two layers of marks, was still enough to freeze Ji Juechen, a Soul Emperor, for nearly a second.

This time might not be enough to do anything else, but it's enough for Chen Ping to strike first!

"Boom——"

The next moment, Chen Ping's Jade Scorpion Staff suddenly increased in length, growing to five or six meters in an instant, and struck Ji Juechen, who was still frozen in ice.

The blow instantly shattered the ice shell on Ji Juechen's body, causing him to fall backward. He rolled over before standing up again, and his fully charged dragging slash missed its mark.

"Shh——"

The next moment, Ji Juechen's sword energy finally erupted, drawing a phantom ripple in mid-air and slashing fiercely towards Chen Ping!

Chen Ping was truly shocked by Ji Juechen's terrifying swordsmanship talent. What the hell was that?

A flying slash?

Feeling the semi-transparent ripples that, while not terrifying in appearance, even somewhat illusory, slashing towards him, Chen Ping dared not be careless and immediately activated his Mortal World Protection.

"laugh----"

This was the sharp hissing sound of Chen Ping's shoes rubbing violently against the training ground.

Ji Juechen's flying slash, unleashed by his dragging blade strike, failed to shatter the protective shield activated by the Red Dust Blessing, but it did transmit its power solidly, causing Chen Ping, along with the shield, to retreat more than ten steps from the Soul Fighting Platform before he could barely withstand Ji Juechen's sword strike.

Such a powerful killing move, no wonder Ji Juechen defeated a level seven Soul Master! Chen Ping admired in his heart. After all, he was no longer like Huo Yuhao in the original story, who relied on the "Overlord of the World" technique to suppress Ji Juechen.

That is why, in a contest of combat strength rather than a contest of willpower, even though Chen Ping had taken out the Cold Fixed Seal, he was still almost destroyed by Ji Juechen's incomplete Dragging Blade Slash.

This is the true combat power that Ji Juechen can display when he fights with all his might, rather than when he is competing in sword will!

As Ji Juechen unleashed his dragging slash, he immediately turned around, sheathed his sword, and took several steps before slashing at Chen Ping, whose protection from the mortal world had vanished.

At this moment, Ji Juechen's fighting style had taken on a destructive force akin to a violent storm.

If a Soul Master of the same level were to be approached by Ji Juechen in this state, the battle would almost certainly be over.

But for Chen Ping, Ji Juechen's offensive of this scale was far from enough to make him overwhelmed.

With a sweep of his staff, Chen Ping deflected Ji Juechen's sword thrust straight at his center. He then retreated three steps, his body and staff spinning in unison – the same double-handed staff technique he had used when hunting the first Soul Ring, the Dragon King.

Immediately afterward, as Chen Ping performed his otherwise unremarkable turning staff technique, the Jade Scorpion Staff once again shone with a faint, luminous light.

Chen Ping took another step forward, and the stick grew longer as it went, aiming straight for Ji Juechen's face!

They're pushing their luck!
Chen Ping's sudden counterattack far exceeded Ji Juechen's expectations.

It was obvious that Chen Ping had been training, but hadn't had much opportunity to practice his staff techniques. Compared to when he first competed in the academy's freshman competition, he was now many times more proficient.

At that time, the only staff technique Chen Ping could use was the Shaolin Mad Demon Staff, which had a bit of brute force.

Now, facing Ji Juechen, a sword fanatic, Chen Ping has finally found an opponent to fully unleash his staff skills.

The broken stick style, retreating an inch and advancing a mile, the forward and backward turning dragon stick.

At this moment, Chen Ping fought with increasing vigor, and even seemed to be able to suppress Ji Juechen again.

No matter how strong Ji Juechen is, his strength lies only in his understanding of the sword path, not in his possession of a sufficiently rich reserve of sword techniques.

The previous "Dragging Blade Slash," which was almost a self-created soul skill, was already the sword move that Ji Juechen had mastered most skillfully.

However, this limited swordsmanship is insufficient against Chen Ping, an opponent who has mastered various staff techniques and has even begun to develop his own style of staff fighting.

With both impressive numerical values ​​and skillful maneuvering, Ji Juechen was facing such a formidable opponent as Chen Ping for the first time.

Just by looking at Ji Juechen's current state of fighting and retreating, almost being forced to the edge of the Soul Arena, it's clear that Ji Juechen was truly unprepared to defend against Chen Ping's endless barrage of staff attacks.

Ji Juechen did not possess a defensive soul tool.

Ji Juechen also lacked soul skills designed to handle various situations.

Many times, Ji Juechen relied on his six spirit rings, which could enhance his basic attacks into spirit skills, to defeat people.

If you can't kill your opponent with normal attacks, then you can only use the dragging slash or unleash your own sword intent.

Is it really meaningful to use your sword intent to fight against a four-ring Soul Master?

"I lost."

"You're very strong. Thank you for agreeing to fight me."

The next moment, Ji Juechen put away the meteorite iron sword in his hand, which had been beaten and was now crooked and deformed, and spoke sincerely.

Losing is losing, and Ji Juechen didn't feel there was anything wrong with admitting it.

Ji Juechen was overjoyed to encounter an opponent like Chen Ping, who was of a lower rank but had higher combat power than him.

(End of this chapter)