Chapter 93 - 80: Realm-Breaking Cyan Lotus, Your Dual Blade Style is Quite Good, But It’s Mine Now!

Chapter 93: Chapter 80: Realm-Breaking Cyan Lotus, Your Dual Blade Style is Quite Good, But It’s Mine Now!

Before the Jade-faced Saber Mantis unleashed this superpower, Lu Chen had merely managed to maintain a precarious balance against it.

But the moment the Jade-faced Saber Mantis activated this special superpower, the balance between them... was broken.

Inside the mall, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis stood up from the glass railing on the second floor. "Three against one. What will you do now?" it said with utter confidence.

To this, Lu Chen provided his answer.

Divine Technique... Purple Mist Divine Fire!

Dazzling Purple Mist Divine Fire engulfed the left half of Lu Chen’s body, and a peculiar longsword forged entirely of purple flames materialized in his left hand. Immediately after, Lu Chen unexpectedly shifted his starting stance. He lowered his body, adopting a reverse grip on both longswords.

Seeing this incredibly familiar sight, the smile on the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s face froze.

"Wait... isn’t that my Dual Blade Style?!" it thought in shock. "Impossible! How could this kid have learned my Dual Blade Style after just a few exchanges?!"

Under normal circumstances, it would naturally be impossible. After all, while Lu Chen’s Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil could copy Skills he had seen, turning a copied Skill into a permanent one of his own would still require a period of study.

However, it just so happened that this Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s proudest ability was its outstanding Dual Blade Style, and there were many commonalities between Saber Techniques and Swordsmanship! Therefore, learning it was not difficult for Lu Chen. Not to mention, he had already gained a significant amount of Experience Points during this exam.

Thus, after a few brief exchanges, Lu Chen swiftly relied on his own Comprehension and a mere "3,000 Experience Points" to completely master the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s Dual Blade Style.

[Dual (Blade/Sword) Style: Great Success (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Effect: Allows (Saber Techniques/Swordsmanship) executed by the non-dominant hand to achieve 100% of the dominant hand’s original power.]

[Current Experience Points: 1325]

In truth, if not for the sake of learning the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s dual-wielding method, Lu Chen would have had plenty of opportunities to slay it before it could even unleash the Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array. But upon discovering the Dual Blade Style—a highly beneficial Skill for himself—Lu Chen immediately changed his mind. After all, a Skill that made both hands dominant would provide him with a substantial enhancement.

Looking at Lu Chen’s textbook Dual Blade Style starting stance, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis was thoroughly enraged.

"Die!!!"

BANG!

The Jade-faced Saber Mantis and its two phantoms roared down from the second floor, transforming into three streaks of emerald-green light that hurtled toward Lu Chen.

The next second, a massive barrage of green saber lights seemed to materialize from all directions, sealing off every possible angle of evasion. Faced with this dense barrage of attacks, Lu Chen’s reverse-grip twin blades morphed into an airtight barrier of Sword Skill, relentlessly fending off the incoming strikes from all sides.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Under a three-on-one situation, Lu Chen inevitably fell into a disadvantage. Although his Dual Blade Style was quite extraordinary—even surpassing the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s own execution—this slight edge in Sword Skill could not completely make up for his numerical disadvantage at the moment.

Consequently, after exchanging over a dozen moves, quite a few new wounds appeared on Lu Chen’s body. Clearly, if this continued, Lu Chen’s defeat would only be a matter of time.

Yet, for some reason, as the Jade-faced Saber Mantis stared into Lu Chen’s constantly rotating Lotus Pupils, it felt an inexplicable sense of unease.

"No, I must end this quickly!" it thought.

In the midst of battle, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis seized an opening and slashed its blade straight toward Lu Chen’s chest. Lu Chen held his sword horizontally across his chest, barely blocking the strike. However, the immense force transmitted through the blade still sent Lu Chen flying backward. Nevertheless, he executed a mid-air backflip, his legs hitting the ground and sliding for a distance before coming to a steady halt.

Looking at the several gashes on Lu Chen’s arms and the blood seeping from them, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis felt that victory was already in its grasp. But before it could make a move, Lu Chen, standing opposite it, uncharacteristically spoke up.

"Is this... all you’re capable of?"

"Huh?" The Jade-faced Saber Mantis looked at Lu Chen in bewilderment, not understanding why he would say such a thing.

But it didn’t take long for it to completely grasp the meaning behind Lu Chen’s words.

The Lotus Pupils in Lu Chen’s eyes suddenly flared with light. Then, two green patterns, starting from the corners of his eyes, rapidly spread across his entire body. As the Jade-faced Saber Mantis looked at those familiar patterns, a terrifying thought rose in its mind.

"Wait a minute... could this Human Race..."

The next second, two phantoms unexpectedly materialized around Lu Chen’s body as well. That was right—the ability Lu Chen was executing right now was the very same special Superpower it had just unleashed: the Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array.

Witnessing this scene, the Jade-faced Saber Mantis was completely dumbfounded.

If it could barely accept the fact that Lu Chen had learned its Dual Blade Style with a single glance, then the sight of Lu Chen currently deploying its Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array was completely unacceptable!

"Wait, you’re a Human Race! Why can you learn the awakened Superpower of a Nine Nether Evil Object like me with just a glance?!" it screamed internally. "Are you a Human Race or a Nine Nether Evil Object?!"

As for how Lu Chen was able to learn the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array, the reason was actually not complicated. The answer... lay in his Realm-Breaking Level Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil.

[Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil (Twelve Cyan Lotuses): Breaking Realm (Cannot be upgraded)]

[Effect: Cyan Lotuses bloom in the eyes. When activated, it grants an omnidirectional view of the surroundings, eliminating all blind spots. Can temporarily memorize seen Techniques. One glance encompasses ten thousand dharmas...]

[Special Effect - Power of Green Lotus: Can consume one petal of the Power of Green Lotus to enhance a specific Pupil Skill.]

Naturally, the Great Success level Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil would not have been able to Copy the Jade-faced Saber Mantis’s highly Race-specific Three Prisons Tribulation Killing Array. But once the Cyan Lotus Flower Pupil reached the Breaking Realm stage and unlocked this special energy known as the Power of Green Lotus, Lu Chen only needed to use the Power of Green Lotus to enhance the specific "Copy" Pupil Skill. Then, even if it were an exclusive ability belonging to a non-Human Race, Lu Chen could equally imitate it.

And this was merely the enhancement of the singular "Copy" Pupil Skill. One must know that among Lu Chen’s Pupil Skills, there were still three others: "Strong Vision," "X-ray Vision," and "Lotus Mark."

Thus, the truly terrifying aspect of the Realm-Breaking Level Cyan Lotus Pupil actually lay in the moment when Lu Chen enhanced all of his Pupil Skills at once. Only then would the might of the Realm-Breaking Cyan Lotus be displayed in its complete form.

Lu Chen had once tested that Effect. As for the result... suffice it to say, once he chose to do so, an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator would be... utterly powerless before him!

The Jade-faced Saber Mantis before him had not yet pushed Lu Chen to the point of needing to use this trump card. An enhanced "Copy" Pupil Skill... was more than enough.

Looking at the Jade-faced Saber Mantis, which was too shocked to even speak, a hint of a smile appeared on Lu Chen’s face.

"Theoretically speaking, no matter the enemy, they only have one chance to strike me, because I won’t fail against the same move twice.

"But regrettably... you’ve missed that chance."

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PS: There is one more update, but it will definitely be very late. Everyone, just read it when you wake up tomorrow. Even Pang Hu doesn’t know when he’ll finish writing it.

The temperature has dropped sharply recently, and Pang Hu was unfortunate enough to catch it again. It hasn’t been long since I recovered from my last cold, so my head is dizzy while typing today, and swallowing feels like swallowing razor blades. Everyone, please take care of your health too.