Chapter 92 - 80: Realm-Breaking Cyan Lotus, Your Dual Blade Style is Quite Good, But It’s Mine Now!

Chapter 92: Chapter 80: Realm-Breaking Cyan Lotus, Your Dual Blade Style is Quite Good, But It’s Mine Now!

No one understood the true danger of the Jade-faced Saber Mantis better than this group of teachers.

Although the Jade-faced Saber Mantis only ranked ninth in Cultivation among the ten Foundation Establishment Evil Objects in the exam, its terrifying speed made it one of the top three existences responsible for eliminating the highest number of students in previous joint exams.

It was an absolute student killer.

After all, due to the limited quantity and quality of their Spiritual Power, Cultivators at the Qi Cultivation Stage couldn’t master any powerful Defense Techniques. Coupled with the fact that they couldn’t use real-world Magical Treasures during the joint exam, most students’ power in this setting was significantly weaker than in reality.

Under these circumstances, an ordinary examinee encountering the Jade-faced Saber Mantis, renowned for its speed, would truly have almost no power to fight back. In many cases, the candidates eliminated by the creature didn’t even catch a glimpse of its figure before being beheaded with a single slash.

Thus, when they saw the Jade-faced Saber Mantis target Lu Chen, who was entirely alone, they all assumed the battle would be a one-sided slaughter. The only variable was how long Lu Chen could hold out.

To their utmost surprise, Lu Chen’s Sword Skill was so terrifying that he managed to damage one of the creature’s Demon Blades in their very first clash, making it suffer a silent loss.

This exact point caused the Jade-faced Saber Mantis to act somewhat timidly in the subsequent fight. Whenever it needed to attack with the Demon Blade in its right hand, it would subconsciously hold back, afraid that the weapon wouldn’t be able to withstand Lu Chen’s strikes and would shatter completely. Otherwise, relying on a physical constitution far superior to Lu Chen’s, it actually would have had several opportunities to break through his Sword Skill and heavily injure him with a single slash.

But looking at it from another angle, this proved just how formidable Lu Chen himself was. Even if an ordinary person noticed this weakness, exploiting it would be another matter entirely. They could only conclude that Lu Chen’s power far exceeded their imaginations.

Although they eagerly hoped Lu Chen could defeat the Jade-faced Saber Mantis single-handedly, everyone present—as veteran Foundation Establishment Cultivators—knew this was nothing more than wishful thinking. Because the Jade-faced Saber Mantis on the screen... hadn’t even used its full power yet!

Or rather, Lu Chen hadn’t pushed it to the point where it needed to use its precious trump cards.

Despite the Jade-faced Saber Mantis seemingly fighting Lu Chen to a draw right now, the creature had suffered no substantial losses other than expending a little stamina. But Lu Chen was completely different. His ability to hold out this long came at the cost of the precious Spiritual Power within his body.

It went without saying which recovered faster: Spiritual Power or stamina. Therefore, if Lu Chen continued this stalemate, it was only a matter of time before the Jade-faced Saber Mantis dragged the fight out until his Spiritual Power was completely drained.

And it wasn’t just the teachers in the meeting room who knew this. Both Lu Chen and the Jade-faced Saber Mantis in the midst of battle were equally aware of it.

"Kid, your Spiritual Power shouldn’t be able to last much longer, right?" After clashing with Lu Chen yet again, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis flapped its wings and flew to the glass railing on the second floor of the mall. It squatted there, looking down with a smile at Lu Chen, whose breathing had grown slightly rapid.

Faced with the creature’s mockery, Lu Chen seemed intent on using this precious time to recover a bit of Spiritual Power, so he didn’t answer.

His silence, falling into the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s eyes, undoubtedly made the creature feel even more certain of its victory. It couldn’t resist mocking Lu Chen a bit more.

"To be honest, human kid, you’re the second interesting prey I’ve encountered since coming to this place.

"Your status within the Human Race should be the same as the Royal Family in our Nine Nether.

"The mere thought of slaying a human genius akin to the Nine Nether Royal Family makes me uncontrollably excited.

"Because I simply love seeing that look of unwillingness and resentment in the eyes of you geniuses when you die, as if saying that given just a little more time, you could easily defeat me.

"...But I just won’t give you that time for Cultivation, hahaha!"

After its hearty laughter, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s gaze instantly turned serious as it stared at Lu Chen. Countless green patterns began to surface on its emerald-green insect armor. Some kind of mysterious power within its body completely poured out at this moment, causing it to faintly emit a mysterious green glow.

"To force me to the point of using my innate Superpower... Human kid, being able to achieve this means you... have enough reason to be proud."

As soon as its words fell, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s figure suddenly flickered. Immediately after, three phantom silhouettes shockingly appeared around its body.

The teachers watching this scene in the meeting room instantly recognized this trick.

"It’s here... the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array."

The Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array was a special Superpower the Jade-faced Saber Mantis had awakened after completing an evolution, similar to a Cultivator’s Talent Divine Techniques. The greatest feature of this Superpower was that the two phantom silhouettes beside the Jade-faced Saber Mantis weren’t mere visual effects meant to confuse enemies. They were special clones possessing a portion of the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s true power, entirely capable of dealing real damage to opponents.

The ’Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array’ Superpower might not mean much to powerhouses of the same level. But to Lu Chen, who had a significant gap in Cultivation compared to the Jade-faced Saber Mantis, it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult to handle.