Chapter 14: Progress

Qingluan Douluo sensed the flying sword of the attack vanish, and with a shift of his mind, the wind elements were controlled and held in place, causing the whirlwind to dissipate on its own.

No sooner had the whirlwind dissipated than Zhou Heng's next wave of attacks appeared before his eyes.

Seeing over a dozen golden needles flying toward him, Qingluan Douluo waved his hand, and small wind clusters the size of a little finger flew out to meet the incoming golden needles.

"Ding-ding-pa-pa~"

The golden needles and wind clusters collided, their forms shattering and turning into elemental energy, dissipating into the air.

Seeing that his golden needles could not break through the blockade of the wind clusters, Zhou Heng did not persist; he sensed the soul power within his body and, without hesitation, poured all of it into the First Soul Ring of his Element Spirit Tree martial soul.

At the same time, the golden patterns on the surface of the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo shimmered slightly, and the surrounding gold elements were drawn by the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo toward Zhou Heng, while the golden patterns flowed to assist Zhou Heng in controlling these gold elements.

Zhou Heng exerted his mental power to the fullest to command these gold elements drawn in by the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo.

Golden flying knives condensed around Zhou Heng, and the next moment, dozens of flying knives tore through the air, shooting toward Qingluan Douluo.

Watching the flying knives Zhou Heng was controlling as they shot toward him, Qingluan Douluo could not help but chuckle and reminded him, "Little Heng, it is best not to use the same tactic repeatedly against an opponent, especially when the other party's knowledge and means are superior to yours."

"Otherwise, the opponent will find the flaw and counterattack."

As he spoke, Qingluan Douluo condensed wind clusters around his body and met those flying knives.

The flying knives and wind clusters collided one by one; just then, several flying knives accelerated out of thin air, bypassed the incoming wind clusters, and shot rapidly toward Qingluan Douluo's body and face.

Qingluan Douluo was stunned for a moment, then reacted, smiled, and praised, "Not bad, using the habitual psychology of the human heart to use a move multiple times, making your master careless; your combat awareness is alright."

"However, the gap in strength between us is too great; these little tricks of yours basically won't have much effect, so go continue to improve your strength."

Qingluan Douluo did not even move; a flash of green light appeared on his body, and several more wind clusters condensed, attacking the golden flying knives controlled by Zhou Heng.

The wind clusters and flying knives collided, both shattering and dissipating.

Feeling that the soul power in his body was about to be exhausted, Zhou Heng did not persist and gave it his all.

He poured the last of the soul power remaining in his body into the First Soul Ring of his Element Spirit Tree martial soul, and the soul ring shone brilliantly for a moment.

At the same time, the golden patterns on the body of the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo flashed with a bright golden light, and subsequently, a large amount of very pure gold elements gathered around Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng's pressure was greatly reduced for a moment; the gold elements were controlled by Zhou Huan to form a ball of light, within which countless tiny iron sand particles were constantly rotating.

This was a move Zhou Heng had developed by referencing a technique called Spiral Shuriken from an anime he had accidentally seen in his past life; Zhou Heng also named it Spiral Shuriken.

The outer layer of this Spiral Shuriken was just a film-like substance, created by Zhou Heng relying on the Element Spirit Tree martial soul's affinity for various elements to constrain the gold elements within the Spiral Shuriken.

Once this film shattered, the iron sand within the Spiral Shuriken would rotate and expand according to the predetermined trajectory Zhou Heng had set, wounding the opponent.

It was just that Zhou Heng's mental power was currently weak, and his control over the gold elements was still insufficient; the quantity and rotation speed of the iron sand were both very low, so this move could not currently cause effective damage to opponents above the three-ring level.

After throwing this iron sand Spiral Shuriken, Zhou Heng collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.

Qingluan Douluo carefully examined the attack Zhou Heng had unleashed with all his might, then could not help but nod and say with a smile, "A decent move, but it is a bit rough in terms of precision and can still be strengthened."

While speaking, Qingluan Douluo took action, and a whirlwind quickly formed, rushing toward the iron sand Spiral Shuriken.

In the blink of an eye, the whirlwind reached the front of the iron sand Spiral Shuriken, and the next moment the two met; the whirlwind condensed by Qingluan Douluo easily enveloped the iron sand Spiral Shuriken.

Subsequently, the film on the outside of the iron sand Spiral Shuriken was rapidly eroded by the whirlwind, and the iron sand within replaced it the moment a gap appeared in the film, wanting to rush out of the film to rotate and expand wantonly in the air.

However, this whirlwind took over the function of the film, wrapping the iron sand up, constraining it, and dissolving it, quickly neutralizing the momentum of the iron sand.

When all the iron sand was swept up by the whirlwind, it followed the whirlwind's rapid rotation, increasing the whirlwind's attack power.

All of this took only a few breaths; the iron sand Spiral Shuriken that Zhou Heng had unleashed with all his might was thus easily neutralized by Qingluan Douluo and turned into his own combat power.

Watching Qingluan Douluo resolve his attack so easily, Zhou Heng was not discouraged, but merely smiled slightly.

Only after his physical strength had recovered sufficiently did he sit cross-legged on the spot and circulate his meditation technique to recover the soul power in his body.

Qingluan Douluo stood quietly not far away, waiting for Zhou Heng to recover his soul power.

After a while, just as Qingluan Douluo felt that the time Zhou Heng was spending to recover his soul power was abnormal and wanted to interrupt Zhou Huan's continued meditation practice.

A wave of soul power emanated from Zhou Heng's body.

After sensing this fluctuation, Qingluan Douluo's eyes widened instantly.

"Leveled up? How is that possible! It's only been three or four days, how did he level up?" Qingluan Douluo said in surprise.

Just as Qingluan Douluo was surprised, Zhou Heng felt the age of the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo increase once more, and he felt even more surprise in his heart.

It was just that the age increase of the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo this time was not high, only about one year of cultivation.

"How did the age increase again?"

Zhou Heng carefully pondered the reason for the age increase of the Profound Thunder Purple Bamboo; after thinking it over, Zhou Heng thought of a possibility.

His Battle Instrument martial soul came from the Reiburaondo Star Person in the Ultraman world; the Reionics under the Reiburaondo Star Person had a characteristic, which was being able to improve the strength of the captured monsters through constant battle.

This characteristic might have changed after entering the Douluo World and becoming a martial soul, turning into the ability to accelerate the cultivation speed of captured Spirit Beasts.

Moreover, it could still improve the cultivation of captured Spirit Beasts through battle, though the cultivation improved should not be too high.

Zhou Heng kept this characteristic to himself; this characteristic could not be spoken of, otherwise, it would bring trouble upon himself.

Although his seven masters should be able to suppress any trouble that arose, Zhou Heng did not want to invite trouble for no reason.

Half an hour later, the soul power in Zhou Heng's body returned to normal.

He stood up and began combat training with Qingluan Douluo once again.