Chapter 572: Lv Lingqi

Nowadays, Feng Xiaotian's consecutive slash unique skill is no longer limited to thirty-six, nor even the fifty-four of the same period in the original work, but seventy-two; in terms of the number of power-accumulation counts, it is approaching the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique.

One must know that the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique is widely circulated, and it was only after being supplemented by countless powerhouses that it reached the level of Nine-Nine Return to One.

Yet Feng Xiaotian's consecutive slashes were created by him alone, from nothing to something.

Although the cumulative number of force counts still cannot compare to the Chaotic Cloak, the power of a set of power-accumulation martial skills has never been judged solely by the number of counts.

If Feng Xiaotian were simply using addition, adding thirty-six consecutive slashes to seventy-two, that would actually indicate he had made no progress at all.

In reality, while Feng Xiaotian's count increased, the speed of his power accumulation was also constantly becoming faster.

The former thirty-six consecutive slashes required one power accumulation per slash; to fully exert its power, one had to slash thirty-six times, which was time-consuming, laborious, and easily interrupted by an opponent, ultimately causing the power accumulation to fall short of success.

That is why Feihuang had always believed this set of slashing techniques was all show and no substance.

It also made Huo Wu feel that Feng Xiaotian created this technique just to show off, often leading her to look down on him.

However, any martial art requires a long time from its formation to its complete perfection; even a grandmaster as strong as Zhang Sanfeng, when he created Taiji, started from the Taiji Thirteen Postures and perfected it step by step.

Feng Xiaotian's greatest strength is that he never belittles himself; he is very confident, and since the technique was not useful, he simply made it useful.

Therefore, from starting to split giant rocks in the Hurricane Canyon, to slashing open the sea surface on the ocean, and then to slashing open the tough body of the Demon Great White Shark King in the deep sea, his martial skill has become increasingly perfected.

"Third Soul Skill, Gale Double Wings!" Feng Xiaotian bravely charged into the soul skill unleashed by Sea Spear Douluo, his wings moving in unison, "Fourth slash, eighth slash—"

"Ding ding ding ding ding!" With every slash from Feng Xiaotian, his Magic Wolf Wings collided with the Nanuk Spear, emitting a clanging sound.

At first, Feng Xiaotian was indeed at a disadvantage; after all, the initial consecutive slashes were far less powerful than Sea Spear Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill.

If not for the support of the Nine Heart Begonia, Feng Xiaotian would have been severely injured by Sea Spear Douluo in a single exchange.

But as the number of consecutive slashes accumulated, the situation gradually began to tilt.

"How is this guy's consecutive slash unique skill producing four units of force per slash?" Sea Spear Douluo asked in confusion.

Yes, the current Feng Xiaotian does not accumulate one unit of power per slash, but four.

In his normal state, he flaps his wings, and in a single attack, he performs both a downward slash and an upward sweep, already capable of two units of force; when he simultaneously activates the Gale Double Wings, because the number of wings increases by one pair, the power-accumulation speed also doubles, becoming four units of force per strike.

That is to say, Feng Xiaotian's current seventy-two consecutive slashes—the seventy-two refers only to the limit of the slash power accumulation, not that he truly has to slash seventy-two times; in reality, he only needs eighteen times to raise his power to the maximum.

"Xiaotian, impressive!" Huo Wushuang felt genuinely satisfied with this brother-in-law.

The current seventy-two consecutive slashes have a power that has increased by more than five or six times compared to the original thirty-six, yet the number of slashes required to accumulate power is only half of what it was back then.

This set of techniques is no longer a showy work of all style and no substance, but a unique skill of Feng Xiaotian that is in no way inferior to the Clear Sky Unique Skills and possesses a different kind of ingenuity compared to the Chaotic Wind Cloak.

Huo Wu also looked at her lover with pride; Feng Xiaotian's strength was truly enough to exchange a few blows with a Title Douluo.

Although far from matching Nan Feihuang, he was a rare genius Spirit Master on the continent. "Seventy-second slash!!!" Feng Xiaotian let out an explosive shout, and he quickly accumulated his consecutive slashes to the limit; the power of this final slash was even greater than a Title Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill.

Sea Spear Douluo's soul power was slashed apart by Feng Xiaotian, and he only stopped when his wings were less than three centimeters from Sea Spear Douluo's neck.

"Hehe, not bad, kid. Good soul skill. I lost this battle. As expected of a genius who could receive the Black Level Six Trials just like that guy Sea Dragon, I am convinced of my defeat. Congratulations, you passed," Sea Spear Douluo admitted his defeat candidly.

His Ninth Soul Skill had been broken; there was no point in continuing to fight.

Feng Xiaotian hurriedly cupped his hands, "Many thanks to the senior for your guidance. It was the senior who let me win. Moreover, if not for Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia constantly healing me, I fear I would have died under the senior's Ninth Soul Skill before I could even finish accumulating power."

Feng Xiaotian still possessed self-awareness; he knew his true strength was still a notch below a Title Douluo.

Being able to win today, the factor of the Nine Heart Begonia accounted for at least seventy percent.

"A win is a win. The assistance of the Nine Heart Begonia is a rule within your trial; you won fair and square. Keep it up, kid, and work hard toward becoming a Title Douluo." Sea Spear thought highly of Feng Xiaotian, feeling his aptitude was not below that of Sea Dragon Douluo.

Feng Xiaotian nodded, "Yes, Senior."

"Feng Xiaotian, Black Level Six Trials, fifth trial passed. Reward: soul power increased by one level. Current level: eighty-three!"

"Eighty-three, truly not bad," Sea Spear Douluo praised, then looked at Lv Lingqi and asked, "Sea God successor, next, it is your turn, right?"

He could guess the opponent's strategy: let Feng Xiaotian fight him first to exhaust him, and then Lv Lingqi would enter the arena to win easily.

Although this method was quite opportunistic, generally speaking, for a Spirit Douluo to defeat seven Title Douluo in three days, this was the only way; after all, not everyone is a monster like Nan Feihuang.

Yet unexpectedly, Lv Lingqi shook her head decisively, turned around, and said, "My first opponent is Sea Star Douluo. Senior, you should recover your soul power well; I will come to find you later!"

"You?" Sea Spear Douluo was stunned.

He did not expect that Lv Lingqi would not play by the rules; the plan she chose was actually to not take shortcuts and to fight through with her true strength.

In fact, when Lv Lingqi made this decision, everyone else opposed it; fighting seven Title Douluo head-on was simply too difficult.

But Lv Lingqi had her own persistence, and she was by no means brave but witless; or rather, she was using another way to lower the difficulty of the trials.

Of course, what was lowered was not this fifth trial, but the sixth.

In reality, the sixth of the Sea God Nine Trials was not originally meant to be performed by Bo Saixi; the reason she was the one to test Tang San in the original work was precisely because Tang San passed the fifth trial by taking a shortcut and did not receive the Sea God's true recognition, thus increasing the difficulty of the sixth trial.

So what if Lv Lingqi did not take a shortcut?

Then the sixth trial would proceed as it was meant to.

The method Lv Lingqi used to break her own impending disaster was very simple: since Nan Feihuang told her that Bo Saixi was very likely to try to kill her during the sixth trial, then, she would just make sure she did not appear in the sixth trial! (End of chapter)