Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 182 – Intense battle

Golden Elixir Transformation.

This is something only a rare few beasts can achieve.

They can transform into human form and use human weapons and skills, just like human cultivators.

After transforming, the Kai Ming Beast stood upright, towering at a height of six to seven meters, resembling a giant.

Without a word, it swung its two golden axes down at Lin Jichen!

Swish!

The golden axes, under the sunlight, appeared like divine weapons capable of splitting the heavens and earth, incredibly intimidating!

Lin Jichen chose not to dodge. He raised his Dark Night Sword and blocked horizontally!

Clang!

The two axes collided with the sword, sending sparks flying.

Lin Jichen's small frame looked frail and insignificant against the seven-meter-tall beast.

His feet sank into the muddy ground, the immense force driving his calves into the earth.

But Lin Jichen remained unfazed. Instead, he taunted the Kai Ming Beast, "Is that all you've got?"

The Kai Ming Beast's eyes widened in fury. It raised its axes again, gathering spiritual energy, causing the sky and earth to change color.

Its axes were now enveloped in terrifying, domineering spiritual energy!

A stronger strike seemed imminent, aimed at Lin Jichen.

Lin Jichen's eyes turned cold. He wouldn't just sit and wait for death.

Instead, he took the initiative. His long sword hummed as it was drawn.

The sword tip slashed upward!

Dozens of Phoenix Sword Qi burst forth!

Due to the Kai Ming Beast's massive size, the scattered Phoenix Feather Sword Qi easily hit its body.

In its transformed state, the Kai Ming Beast became the perfect target for the Phoenix Feather.

It took nearly fifty percent of the sword qi!

This was exactly the moment Lin Jichen had been waiting for.

Phoenix Feather deals more damage to large enemies.

[-7522! Interrupted, Crippled!]

[Interrupted: Interrupts the opponent's charging skill!]

[Crippled: All parts are weak points, lasts for 10 seconds!]

Lin Jichen was lucky to interrupt the Kai Ming Beast's skill just as it was about to unleash it!

The Kai Ming Beast, struck by this blow, lost its previous domineering aura.

Roar!

Its nine heads roared in unison, trying to stun Lin Jichen again and prepare to split him in two.

But this time, Lin Jichen didn't give it the chance to stun him.

As the Heaven-Opening Sonic Wave sounded!

"Mist Piercing Charge!"

Lin Jichen successfully broke free from the stun and continued his attack!

The Kai Ming Beast lost all patience.

Its attack frequency increased, each swing of its axes like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

However, Lin Jichen used various miraculous movement techniques to dodge one axe strike after another!

In the continuous skirmish with the Kai Ming Beast, to end the battle quickly, Lin Jichen used more and more skills.

His strength and defense increased correspondingly.

The passive effect of Autumn's Lament Slash benefited him greatly.

After using ten skills and all his spirit skills, Lin Jichen's strength and defense increased by 20 points!

Although this boost wasn't high, it added to Lin Jichen's combat power.

Seeing its health depleting and Lin Jichen's attacks becoming more painful...

The Kai Ming Beast's body erupted with astonishing lightning power.

Its nine heads simultaneously spewed golden streams of light, which flew into the sky.

A rift appeared in the void, followed by a dazzling lightning bolt flashing through!

Crack!

A thunderbolt as thick as an adult's arm struck down.

Seeing the danger, Lin Jichen tried to escape.

But the lightning seemed to lock onto him, striking him precisely.

"Sky-Splitting Thunder Punishment!"

An ultimate technique! Another ultimate technique.

Lin Jichen was speechless. Ultimate techniques were quite unfair.

Ultimate techniques almost always hit enemies with lower realms.

Unless one had top-tier movement skills, it was nearly impossible for lower-realm players to dodge ultimate techniques.

This was the perpetual advantage of higher-realm opponents.

As expected, the lightning struck Lin Jichen.

His body convulsed, paralyzed, with his health bar nearly depleted.

[-11400! Armor Break Status!]

"Armor Break... Dark Cloud Secret Scroll, immune to Armor Break!"

Lin Jichen fell to the ground, still recovering.

He could confidently say this wasn't true heavenly lightning, just one of the Kai Ming Beast's ultimate techniques.

Real heavenly lightning would be far more terrifying.

One could imagine how dreadful the lightning tribulation at the Crystal Realm would be.

Even so, Lin Jichen's health bar was down to less than two thousand.

Lin Jichen quickly used the Spring Thunder Belt's blood pool to restore three thousand health points.

It was his first time using this skill; Ren Lan was the first to use it.

After fighting the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, she returned the belt to him.

Lin Jichen initially wanted to give it to her, but Ren Lan declined.

In hindsight, it was the right decision, as it now helped him sustain more health.

Moreover, Lin Jichen wasn't too nervous about being hit by the ultimate technique.

As long as it didn't kill him instantly.

With the Bloodthirsty Heart Sutra, each attack could restore some health.

Combined with elixirs, his health could recover quickly.

Recovering from the aftermath of the ultimate technique, Lin Jichen quickly stuffed a handful of elixirs into his mouth.

Time was tight, so he grabbed a handful and shoved them in.

Lin Jichen knew the Kai Ming Beast had exhausted its big moves and was now out of tricks. It was his turn to shine.

Learning from Li Chang'an's previous lesson, Lin Jichen didn't dare relax, fearing the opponent might self-destruct with a Golden Elixir.

Almost immediately after getting up and finishing his elixirs, he attacked the Kai Ming Beast again.

Frost Moon Slash had just finished its fourth cooldown.

Lin Jichen's sword moved like a flood dragon, tearing through the sky!

He unleashed a frosty sword qi, and even before it hit, a bone-chilling cold filled the air!

After being hit by Frost Moon Slash, the Kai Ming Beast's entire body began to freeze rapidly!

[-970! Slowed! Frozen!]

[Slowed: Reduces opponent's speed by 30%, lasts 8 seconds.]

[Frozen: Freezes all opponent's actions, lasts 2.5 seconds.]

Finally triggered!

Lin Jichen sighed at the 5% chance, which was really hard to hit, taking four tries to succeed once.

While sighing, Lin Jichen stored up sword intent against the now frozen Kai Ming Beast!

He didn't attack directly, as the frozen state would break upon taking damage.

So Lin Jichen charged up Dizzying Sword Qi, preparing for a dream combo.

Although the frozen state lasted only 2.4 seconds, Lin Jichen's Dizzying Sword Qi required 3 seconds to charge.

The 0.6-second difference was negligible for this giant beast.

Unless it could predict his Dizzying Sword Qi or had extreme speed.

Speed was out of the question, as it was still slowed.

2.4 seconds passed quickly, and the Kai Ming Beast broke free from the frozen state.

It hesitated slightly, and the Dizzying Sword Qi hit it directly.

[1410! Stunned for 3 seconds!]

After mastering Dizzying Sword Qi, the charge time remained the same, but the damage and stun duration increased.

The stun duration extended from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.

Don't underestimate that extra second; it was enough for Lin Jichen to swing several more times!

These 3 seconds, Lin Jichen had to seize them!