[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-929":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620709,2087,"Chapter 929 - 911: Power of Soul","bear-school-astartes-chapter-929",929,"\u003Cp>If we only talk about physical strength, Lann feels that Heroic Gudah is even stronger than Ausloes’s Scaleless White Dragon body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it’s not just physical strength, being battle-hardened, becoming a hero as a warrior, and even being chosen as a Lord of Cinder today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroic Gudah’s combat ability is beyond question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Ausloes is a powerful Divine Race who has lived for thousands of years, in terms of combat skills, he probably can’t match Heroic Gudah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lords of Cinder are all formidable beings who can support the world’s order with their own souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every era, they are the most elite individuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Heroic Gudah isn’t called a \"Lord of Cinder\" yet, what he’s lacking is merely the power of the First Flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from Lann’s perspective, he still prefers to engage with enemies like Heroic Gudah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Ausloes’s top-tier magic abilities are really nauseating to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a pure warrior... fighting them is both exhilarating and thrilling!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the tremor in his wrist muscles, the tearing pain in his tiger’s mouth. Yet, the corner of Lann’s mouth involuntarily curls up into a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s starting to enjoy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spiraling wind wrapped around his legs, from Yan’an’s Old Hunter’s \"Acceleration Technique\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann vanished like wisps of smoke in a flash, and then reappeared beside Gudah’s robust body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, there was a ’squelch’ sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skin and flesh on Heroic Gudah’s flank suddenly split open with a knife wound, and blood eagerly sprayed out from the thin knife opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Lann’s mastery of the \"Qi Flow Blade\" technique, this slash should outrageously spill a rain of blood, causing significant blood loss to the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, Gudah seemed not to mind such an injury at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his flank, the incision in his armor and flesh made by Lann showed almost no hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain and bleeding didn’t slow his movements in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war halberd, with a handle as thick as an adult’s calf, drew a perfect semicircular arc on the ground, sweeping towards his side!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dirt splattered as the shattering sound of the rock beneath echoed incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroic Gudah just swung his war halberd, scraping the ground, and shattered tens of tons of rock along the way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If hit by this, even after strengthening surgeries, the body of an ordinary Interstellar Warrior probably could only remain at the level of ’not being broken into two’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lann is not ’ordinary’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cat eyes slanted, accurately capturing the trajectory of the war halberd through his silver hair at the eye corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter made a gentle leap, and the war halberd blade that could easily crush tens of tons of rock scraped past the bottom of his boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Gudah also used the inertia of swinging the halberd, sidestepping two or three meters, to distance himself from Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, even in his own heart, Gudah felt a surge of disbelief—before his opponent... his first thought was to ’keep distance’!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a heroic warrior, a warrior who can be temporarily chosen as a Lord of Cinder in emergencies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even such a warrior... actually hesitates to close in on enemies during battle!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent’s movements are too swift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gudah thought silently in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This warrior only a head shorter than himself, almost every move he makes, can achieve a speed akin to his own explosive start or dash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s a master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And opposite Gudah, Lann was actually also watching the knife wound under the opponent’s ribs, slightly narrowing his eyes in a ponderous manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slash that should have caused massive bleeding through the \"Qi Flow Blade\" technique, now in the case of such a significant motion from the opponent, didn’t shed a single drop of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few blood droplets slowly dripped down from the wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann knew what this was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Power of Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fundamental strength of the warriors in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If techniques were only carved onto weapons, warriors in this world could not stand on equal footing with clerics and mages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the Knight Order they form has become the most common violent unit in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part of it is because warriors can concurrently learn miracles and magic. But more importantly, it’s the Power of Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This power not only allows warriors to engrave \"battle skills\" into weapons but also maintain their own state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as their own Power of Soul isn’t exhausted, even in the second before imminent death, warriors can still maintain their peak state by consuming the Power of Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if pierced through by a long blade from chest to back, warriors whose Power of Soul isn’t depleted can stand up, with their sword force and foot speed unaffected by their injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t hinder their combat performance in the slightest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And those wounds themselves are also prevented from worsening by the Power of Soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until their Power of Soul can’t hold, only then will their body succumb to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann had anticipated Heroic Gudah’s Power of Soul to be strong, but didn’t expect it to be this potent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His \"Qi Flow Blade\" was unable to draw out much blood from the breach in Gudah’s body under the suppression of the Power of Soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The admiration the two had for each other lasted just for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, Heroic Gudah was the first to strike again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a hero who grew up dominating the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having faced many enemies who were stronger than him in certain aspects, he could immediately understand how to deal with such people upon contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was preparing to deal with Lann in this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent’s speed was very fast, but he must not be intimidated by such agility and keep his distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to press forward! Using continuous and seamless actions to suppress and entangle him, rendering his speed useless!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound like air flowing through a crevice between high mountains echoed from beneath Gudah’s unique helmet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a silent warrior who wouldn’t let out a battle cry even when injured or excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His breathing was solely for a better combat rhythm and execution of techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this fierce breathing rhythm, combined with the ventilation structure of that unique helmet, turned into an intense exhalation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gudah held the massive halberd at his waist, then lowered his center of gravity and charged forward, like a knight advancing with a lance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expert standing at the arched doorway, peering inside, widened his eyes slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, he didn’t expect that the warrior who had casually chatted with him could make Heroic Gudah become serious so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Heroic Gudah seemed to conserve energy and reserves; if the enemy wasn’t very strong, he wouldn’t be too earnest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once an opponent exceeded a certain level, this hero would go all out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This famed move, [Heroic Assault], was the hallmark of when this hero got serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lann, who was facing this attack head-on, had an even deeper understanding of this move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the surface, it looks like a straight thrust, but every step is a small thrust... Crafty fellow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann sneered inwardly and cursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one foolishly faced Heroic Gudah’s attack with a fine shield, thinking themselves safe after withstanding a wave of impact, they’d surely be pierced through in the next moment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step in this move was a small thrust!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using a shield was useless; with Heroic Gudah’s physical strength, even an equally strong opponent could only withstand the initial three or four steps of the assault with a shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, even if the arm holding the shield wasn’t immediately crippled by the impact, it would inevitably lose strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, the shield at the front would be easily flicked away, and the person behind it would become a ’rag doll’ hanging on the halberd’s blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in front of Lann, these disguised tricks were not very effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter’s pair of amber cat eyes suddenly deepened significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Spiritual Vision] activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroic Gudah was unlike Ausloes who made Lann have many concerns out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he dared not use [Spiritual Vision] to look at the Scaleless White Dragon, fearing that delving too deep into the sight would trigger those Demon Kings’ powerful and profound forces accumulated over millennia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Heroic Gudah, being a pure warrior, seemed far more ’benign’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a deeper view, Lann could clearly see the flow of Power of Soul within this warrior hero, and the movement of his physical strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This direct insight into the essence was equivalent to laying bare Heroic Gudah’s techniques in front of Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady of the Lake’s Sword in his hand drew a brilliant arc, positioned by Lann in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter’s gaze remained calm. He still needed to block the opponent’s advance, but not in the conventional way of ’blocking’.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hero, head lowered, charged straight at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following that, \"Clang clang clang\" *N!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step of Heroic Gudah’s charge caused a noticeable ring of sparks to erupt between the tip of his halberd blade and the beautifully arced Long Blade!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Long Blade’s slight sway under pressure was like a carp leaping up a waterfall, rising fluidly, wagging its tail, and descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Iwami Style: Climbing Carp].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heroic Gudah had obviously never seen such a response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the technique of [Climbing Carp] had, through rapid successive weapon collisions, fully exerted its effect on Gudah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began to feel his movements becoming sluggish, and the process of mobilizing muscles for expected actions became clumsy and difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Battle-worn Gudah speculated this to be some kind of combat technique using precise defense to cause disorder in the opponent’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had full confidence in his horizon and experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... how could [Combat Technique] be executed so densely?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Gudah’s impression, not to mention properly releasing [Combat Technique], even ordinary slashes and stabs couldn’t match the action density of his [Heroic Assault] within a short time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was each step being a thrust!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Lann possibly match every precise defense!?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Lann managed to keep up.\u003C\u002Fp>",1685,"2026-06-06T10:40:28.141Z",1,"novelbin.me","dc19bb964dc4f0a45d26e2d40323bdcdfcb5e4975d88f97a45af87b2ff706d83","bear-school-astartes-chapter-930","bear-school-astartes-chapter-928",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]