Chapter 80: Qin Chuan vs Ji Huai

On the big playground, over two hundred students sat at the junction of the middle lawn and the plastic track, forming a circle and staring at the two distant figures in the field, their discussion unceasing.

Now everyone knew the news of Qin Chuan's breakthrough.

They were full of anticipation for the upcoming battle.

"Are you ready?" Ji Huai stared at Qin Chuan twenty meters away and spoke in a low voice.

Qin Chuan turned his head and glanced behind him.

One end of a water pipe was connected to a distant faucet, the other end lay on the lawn, and a steady stream of water had been flowing for a while.

Right now the grass under his feet had become very muddy; whenever he wanted, he could draw off several cubic units of water for combat at any time.

After reaching the official rank, the amount of water he needed for battle was no longer satisfied by just a few liters.

He opened a large box of diamond powder weighing over ten jin, and Qin Chuan spoke slowly.

"Ready."

"Click—"

In an instant, with Qin Chuan as the center, the temperature within a five-meter radius dropped below zero; water vapor in the air instantly condensed, forming extensive frost on the lawn and on Ji Huai's body.

At the same time, the saber gripped tightly by the water hand turned scorching red, as if just taken from a forge, and the extreme heat of up to a thousand degrees instantly vaporized the water directly contacting it.

A water hand wrapped in countless diamond powder instantly seized the saber's sharp blade; under the influence of the dark current binding, the weak water flow became as unyielding as an iron clamp, so that even with Ji Huai's strength he could not pull the weapon away for a moment.

On Ji Huai's slowly raised wrist, each chunky metal ring reflected cold white light under the night lamps, instantly splitting and recombining into a saber.

The next moment, he exhaled a flame wrapped in terrifying heat that instantly struck the water film; the violently boiling water film vaporized in an instant, exposing the countless diamond powder directly under the flame, which flared bright for a final instant before turning to carbon dioxide and dissipating.

With the aid of the Supernatural Cultivation Method, his speed easily surpassed the world record before the Supernatural Descent; in the blink of an eye he had covered ten meters.

Ji Huai, who also knew this, suddenly saw a flash of red in his eyes.

As the saber formed, Ji Huai had already reached Qin Chuan's front, wielding a two-and-a-half-meter saber that traced an arc in the darkness like a sudden crescent moon, slashing horizontally!

At the same moment another jet of water shot toward Ji Huai's face, instantly expanding into a thin water membrane two or three square meters in size, attempting to envelop his head.

In past sparring sessions of the practical combat class, even when facing a combined attack from over two hundred students, Ji Huai had never needed to use a second attribute; one attribute was enough for him to handle with ease.

The instant Qin Chuan's words fell, Ji Huai exerted force with both feet, kicking out a small pit in the lawn beneath him and lunging at Qin Chuan like a leopard.

"Clang—"

Ji Huai, who had just been in an awkward spot, now calmly drew his long saber and slashed at Qin Chuan again; the rising flow of flame on the blade dyed half the playground red.

If it succeeded, Ji Huai's mouth and nose would be instantly sealed; although his current physique could hold breath for nearly ten minutes, in combat his stamina drains rapidly, and holding breath for over a minute could cause adverse effects.

Ji Huai's contracted second Spirit Beast is of the fire element!

Qin Chuan's pupils contracted sharply.

"Ding—"

Fortunately, Qin Chuan has also now contracted a second Spirit Beast.

The sudden drop in temperature made the burning flame dim instantly, and the exposed blade was intercepted by a chilly water flow.

"Clang—"

Another clang of metal rang out across the playground.

Under the night lights, the water flow seemed to contain countless glittering gems; the continuously dissipating cold instantly extinguished the blade's scorching red.

Ice‑water mixture—this is the state best suited to Qin Chuan's two attributes at this stage.

In water at zero degrees, fine ice crystals making up ten percent can strengthen the flow; the ice‑water mixture can at any time condense into ice or revert to water, giving Qin Chuan's attacks greater flexibility.

Knowing Ji Huai might come to him for a spar, he could not fail to prepare.

"Crack—"

The uneven alternation of cold and heat instantly snapped Ji Huai's saber in his hand, while Qin Chuan did not miss this precious opportunity; a spur of water shot out, turning into an extremely sharp ice cone by the time it reached Ji Huai's face.

"Boom!!!"

Reacting, Ji Huai hastily thrust out a hand, gripping the ice cone tightly while erupting with fierce flame.

The fire element's power instantly collided with the ice element; though the terrifying heat could not break Frost Cold's suppression, it easily sublimated the solid ice it touched into water vapor.

The water vapor, after rising free of the flame's range, was condensed by Frost Cold into layers of frost mist; the collision's afterwinds blew it outward, instantly obscuring both combatants' sight.

Sheltered by the frost mist, Ji Huai's figure swiftly retreated, and in the blink of an eye he had opened a gap of about five meters from Qin Chuan.

"Ice element?" Ji Huai's voice grew a bit more solemn, "Did you contract it last night?"

He asked because he had watched Qin Chuan's practical combat assessment video from yesterday, which showed no sign of such power.

"Yes."

Qin Chuan slightly pursed his lips, exhilarated at having repelled Ji Huai, yet he dared not crack open the champagne halfway.

The watching students were already in an uproar.

After such a lengthy spar, who could repel Ji Huai head‑on?

This is the top expert of Changxing City!

And now, Qin Chuan has done it!

In an instant, everyone's gaze toward Qin Chuan held the awe of looking up to a lofty mountain, as if he had become an expert on par with Ji Huai.

"Not bad." Ji Huai said lightly, forgoing further attack and instead drawing from his waist two metal rods, thick as a finger, uneven in length, silvery white, and pressed them against the saber in his hand.

Watching the saber devour the two metal rods, its color turned dark and profound, and Qin Chuan's expression instantly hardened.

"Alloy!"

All it takes is to add a small amount of other metal in proportion to a base metal; once fully mixed, the resulting alloy can greatly increase strength, hardness, and the like.

Although both are silvery white, Qin Chuan can be certain those two metal rods are not iron.

Just now Ji Huai's saber broke under rapid cold‑hot alternation, so the alloy material he is adding now must certainly be related!

"Again!"

The instant Ji Huai's words fell, he had already lifted a new saber and lunged at Qin Chuan.

When the horse-slaying saber reached Qin Chuan's front, the scorching red blade erupted with flames that shot to the heavens; even Frost Cold could not completely suppress it.

Boom!!!

Seeing the water hand, brimming with cold air, block once more, yet the long blade, unharmed amidst the alternating cold and heat, burst forth with terrifying heat and swiftly sliced into the water flow, Qin Chuan's face completely changed.

Ji Huai, so terrifying!

(End of chapter)