Chapter 75: Views

The green long spear laboriously pierced the first layer of the golden light shield, then lost its momentum, shattered into green poisonous gas, and was blocked outside the light shield.

Zhou Heng was not the type to take a beating without fighting back either.

Five Elements attributes gathered around him; Extreme Ice and Ultimate Wood intertwined, and under Zhou Heng's control, thorny vines coiled into a thorny long spear.

Subsequently, Extreme Ice froze the thorny long spear, transforming it into a spiraling, frozen Thorn Ice Spear.

Under Zhou Heng's control, these Thorn Ice Spears flew toward Dugu Bo in the air.

Dugu Bo had long since sensed the Extreme Ice, and upon perceiving the cold air radiating from the Thorn Ice Spears, Dugu Bo had already shifted positions to dodge the incoming Thorn Ice Spears.

However, under Zhou Heng's control, the Thorn Ice Spears kept chasing Dugu Bo's figure relentlessly.

Dugu Bo had no choice but to expend soul power to strike and shatter these Thorn Ice Spears.

But the number of Thorn Ice Spears was simply too great, and Zhou Heng was still continuously creating Thorn Ice Spears to attack Dugu Bo.

Finally, one Thorn Ice Spear evaded Dugu Bo's attack and arrived in front of Dugu Bo.

Seeing the Thorn Ice Spear attacking him, Dugu Bo could not dodge, otherwise, the Thorn Ice Spears attacking one after another would easily bypass Dugu Bo's attacks and continue to pursue him.

Facing this situation, Dugu Bo channeled his soul power and released his fifth soul skill, Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield. A layer of dark green barrier blocked the attack of the Thorn Ice Spear.

The next moment, several Thorn Ice Spears collided with the barrier, while around Dugu Bo, over a dozen more Thorn Ice Spears floated in the air.

And the moment those few Thorn Ice Spears struck the barrier, the outer layer of Extreme Ice cracked, revealing the power of the Thorn Ice Spear.

The next moment, from within the Thorn Ice Spear, the Ultimate Wood wrapped by the Extreme Ice surged out violently, devouring the power of the Extreme Ice, and using the Extreme Ice as raw material and the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield as soil, it grew crazily.

With the terrifying vitality of Ultimate Wood and the amplification of the water attribute, the Ultimate Wood did not fear Dugu Bo's poison-attribute soul power at all, stubbornly taking root on the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield and growing several trees as thick as a person.

Now, if Dugu Bo wanted to maintain the existence of the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield, he not only had to continuously inject soul power but also consume soul power to keep the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield suspended in the air so it wouldn't fall.

This caused Dugu Bo's soul power consumption rate to accelerate further.

And to dispel the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield, he would need to act with lightning speed to dodge the attacks of over a dozen Thorn Ice Spears immediately after dispelling it.

This left Dugu Bo in a bind.

Not to mention the cooldown time of the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield, even without the restriction of a cooldown, Dugu Bo had no confidence that he could dodge the pursuit of over a dozen close-range Thorn Ice Spears after dispelling the Snake Python Heavenly Steel Shield.

Therefore, after persisting for a few minutes, Dugu Bo could only cast his eighth soul skill again, Time Solidification, to freeze the surrounding Thorn Ice Spears and use that to dodge their attacks.

However, this time, the effect of Dugu Bo's Time Solidification soul skill began to weaken; the Time Solidification that could last for several seconds the first time was now, under the natural impact of the Soul Core within Zhou Heng's body.

Surprisingly, just as the Time Solidification soul skill had frozen everything around, it began to impact Dugu Bo's Time Solidification effect.

This time, Time Solidification only lasted for five seconds before it shattered with a boom, and by this time, Dugu Bo had only just escaped the encirclement of the Thorn Ice Spears.

Zhou Heng felt that sense of time detachment again and looked at Dugu Bo with an unfriendly gaze.

He didn't know how Dugu Bo had obtained this Time Solidification soul skill; to be able to forcefully control all opponents was truly infuriatingly enviable.

Dugu Bo did not dare to approach and only stood in a standoff from afar, but Zhou Heng did not intend to end it yet and immediately charged toward Dugu Bo.

Watching Zhou Heng charge over, Dugu Bo dodged Zhou Heng's attacks while channeling soul power to attack Zhou Heng.

Neither of them cared about the depletion of soul power as they launched attacks at each other; in just a few minutes, the two had already exchanged hundreds of moves.

The more they fought, the more uncomfortable Dugu Bo felt; Zhou Heng not only did not fear his poison but also possessed special defensive capabilities, and his own soul power attacks simply could not break through Zhou Heng's defense.

Even when using his Trunk Bone Soul Skill to attack the opponent with physical strength, Zhou Heng could use Ultimate Gold to defend against Dugu Bo's attacks.

After one exchange of soul power, Dugu Bo shook his head and said, "Stop, stop, stop, let's not fight anymore. Kid, your strength is truly impressive; you can actually stand on equal footing with me."

Dugu Bo felt the soul power within his body, nearly sixty percent of which had been drained by Zhou Heng.

Looking at Zhou Heng standing to the side, neither flushed nor panting, he only felt that his experiences over these years had truly been in vain.

Dugu Bo's words did not make Zhou Heng feel very joyful; Zhou Heng still had some self-awareness, as Dugu Bo had not used his full strength at all.

Not to mention anything else, Dugu Bo hadn't even used his Ninth Soul Skill, and furthermore, the highly corrosive poisonous gas that Dugu Bo had recently researched was also not used.

And there was also the Head Bone Skill that Dugu Bo had researched previously which could petrify targets; Dugu Bo hadn't used that either, all of which indicated that Dugu Bo had been holding back while sparring with him earlier.

Moreover, through this sparring session, Zhou Heng discovered that he lacked a methodical way of fighting.

It wasn't about rigid saber techniques or sword techniques, but that his means of combat lacked a system.

Furthermore, his moves lacked will.

This was the evaluation the Qingluan Douluo gave him when he was sparring with the Qingluan Douluo in the Offering Hall.

At the time, he didn't understand what the Qingluan Douluo was talking about.

However, after experiencing many battles, Zhou Heng had gained some enlightenment.

His previous fighting style relied on the power of the elements combined with powerful soul power to suppress opponents; within his attacks, there was no will of his own.

Previously, he had always thought the "will" in the mouth of the Qingluan Douluo meant combining spiritual power with soul power to significantly improve a Spirit Master's control over soul power and the quality of the soul power itself.

Now, he finally knew that the so-called will was actually the influence of one's own thoughts on soul power, an influence that imbued soul power with characteristics that were either gentle, resilient, masculine, or sharp.

However, this kind of will was not like the sword intent or saber intent mentioned in the novels he had read in his past life.

He had not possessed this kind of will before, but now, Zhou Heng finally understood this will.

Moreover, Zhou Heng also thought of another method his master had mentioned—Self-created Soul Skill, and this kind of self-created soul skill could also be called a Battle Technique.

He should now consider how to create Battle Techniques.

After all, the abilities he created himself were the most suitable for him and could grow along with him.