Torrential Strike

'This is bad! This guy is using me as someone to practice his sword techniques! Just what kind of diabolical body is this!'

He Zhong thought as even after bolts of electricity have charred Zhou Mengyao's flesh it is still not enough to even distract him for a second.

He is in a bad situation now since he failed to deliver a strike that can effectively be the final blow of this fight, he traded his left shoulder for that chance but he failed to incapacitate him and even though the wound in his shoulder is already gone, he can't feel any sensation from his left shoulder which will mean that he has to recuperate naturally to be able to use this again.

The only reason that He Zhong did this is because he is already out of cards, he knew a strong sword technique and he has managed to break through to the 1st Stage of the Qi Transformation Realm with the help of the Xie family offering him a deal but it is not enough to stop Zhou Mengyao.

This sword technique is the only reason that propelled his strength and if that is even ineffective to Zhou Mengyao then he is fucked up. Even then, it is fine for him since he will not die.

Zhou Mengyao will not kill him, it will be a huge scandal since he is part of the top 5 geniuses of the academy that just recently entered, he will be protected by the royal family as part of the young budding talents of the nation.

The Zhou family will naturally have to bow down to the royal family when it came to strength, with this in mind, He Zhong reassured his survival rate.

Surely nothing can go wrong right? When Zhou Mengyao said that they will kill him it should just be a word said due to the heated argument.

With He Zhong running out of qi, his chance of winning this fight only gets worse and worse.

The sword technique that he used consumes a lot of qi and he can't sustain it for too long or his body will break down due to forcibly using the technique.

As for Zhou Mengyao, he still has a lot of qi. Although He Zhong is the one who has the higher amount of qi between the two of them, most of Zhou Mengyao's technique did not use qi and he is only using qi to improve certain parts of his body like putting it in his legs and foot to be faster.

"Looks like the tables have turned, I can tell that you are already running out of qi since you tried to do something risky just to finish me."

Zhou Mengyao coldly said as he pats his chest and he picked up another sword lying on the ground near him. The sword that he is using is already dented and is about to split into pieces as cracks can be seen appearing in its edges.

"Help me! You have to distract him, I'll deal the finishing blow!"

He Zhong ordered the two students beside him as all of them rushes to him, they run into a zigzag line in order to confuse Zhou Mengyao but he never paid any attention to the other two.

His attention is only focused on He Zhong, to all of them he is the only threat that exists. What can the other two do? They can't even land a scratch on him so naturally, this attack will not work.

He Zhong knew it too but he doesn't have a choice since his qi is running out ever so quickly, the technique is strong but it causes a heavy burden in his qi.

Although this attack will not work, He Zhong just wanted to try his luck. If he can accomplish this task then he will have a strong backer after he graduates from the academy.

That way he will not be sent to death in the war between the surrounding factions that are enemies with the kingdom he is born, instead he will be sent with the elites who can protect him as he grows stronger and older.

That is his goal so with his future in mind, he is more than willing to go beyond what was needed for his work to be perfectly done.

'I can't lose! Especially not to someone who has been sheltered their whole life with their family who has a very strong influence! I know that heaven is unfair for me to be born with talent while being poor while this guy who doesn't even have talent manages to be from a prominent family!'

He Zhong thought, he is agitated since his enemy is just a pansy so he naturally did not like to be defeated by him. Not with the fact that Zhou Mengyao is known to be a waste, a rare waste in fact.

He Zhong concentrated all of his qi in his last attack, if that still did not work then he will admit defeat. If he did not admit defeat then he is just asking for a beating that he will not like.

Soon, the red electricity that covers his sword change into that of coiling dark red electricity forming an image of a small serpent as it tries to hiss trying to show its contempt to everyone in the world.

Zhou Mengyao felt that He Zhong's attack will be dangerous but he still felt calm, in a short while that they have stopped trading blows he managed to recollect all of what he learned about swords as he can hear the heavenly chimes of the system.

[Congratulations! You have learned the Five-Fold Strike technique! A variation of the Five-Fold Fist technique!]

[Five-Fold Strike are available for an upgrade due to the host's enlightenment!]

[Five-Fold Strike can be upgraded using 20 soul points!]

As Zhou Mengyao saw that in his line of vision, he estimated that He Zhong and his gang will not be able to approach him if he did his next plan, to upgrade the technique.

He retreated and he looks at the two people that are knocked down on the ground, they are the ones who he knocked out earlier and he did not truly plan on killing them but changes have to be made.

As he runs to the two of them who are just lying beside each other, he brandished his sword and used the Five-Fold Strike as the change on his sword strike can be seen. If earlier one can just feel that the force of the attack is heavier, this time one can now finally see that his sword suddenly got sharper.

Using the technique, he decapitated the two. He effectively kills both of them fastly and to which melodious chimes of the system can be heard again.

[Congratulations! You have killed a Stage 5 Qi Refining Realm Cultivator! You received 5 soul points!]

[Absolute Pride of the Azure Dragon +50]

[Congratulations! You have killed a Stage 5 Qi Refining Realm Cultivator! You received 5 soul points!]

[Absolute Pride of the Azure Dragon +50]

"Upgrade the Five-Fold Strike technique!"

[Congratulations! The Five-Fold Strike technique has evolved into the Torrential Strike!]

[Torrential Strike]

[Level 1: 0/100,000]

[Effects: Your attack are supported by the earth of the world hence your attack carries tremendous weight. You can control the weight of your attacks which will cost its force to be tremendous, it can be 10 times heavier than your normal strike making it powerful, or even less heavier than your normal attack making it weaker.]

Zhou Mengyao just skimmed reading the effect, he instinctively just knew it as knowledge seems to be mysteriously passed into him. With this discovery he finally knew what is the use of soul points, he is excited for the future with this discovery but he still has an unsettled grudge to finish.

As he killed the two of them, He Zhong and his gang stopped their attacks from their tracks. They did not expect him to truly kill someone, he did not even bat an eye. They are sure now, this isn't the Zhou Mengyao who appears to always be harmless.

"Are you out of your mind?! Why would you kill someone? Do you truly not want to continue living? Even the Zhou Family will not be able to fight the royal family directly!"

He Zhong agitatedly screams as he felt his stomach churning, he grew up practicing martial arts hence it is normal for him to see blood and injuries but someone who has died?

He did not saw a human die with his own eyes yet, he did slay a couple of magical beasts but it is different from humans. He still knew how to feel compassionate to his own kind after all.

The same can be said to the people beside him, although the kingdom is in turmoil at least they are provided with basic protection so someone dying because someone kills them is not a very common appearance at all.

In the wild, killing someone is very popular since the kingdom's forces are not able to stop them since no faction is willing to waste their power just to stop it. This rule is pretty much common sense to all cultivators, every killing has to be done in the wilds where magical beasts roam.

But if it is in human settlements, of course, it is also common sense not to kill someone. Unless it is in the slum where the kingdom will just let it be since it is just small fries killing each other.