Chapter 516 - 279: Combat Skill Variation, Enlightenment from Mortal Combat

Chapter 516: Chapter 279: Combat Skill Variation, Enlightenment from Mortal Combat

Actual combat is the best teacher, at least for the Warrior Profession.

Unfortunately, at his level, it was already difficult to find an expert who could contend with him physically.

Although his body’s strength was constantly increasing.

He still felt that his training in physical combat was lacking something significant.

His body re-formed!

Lu Cang and the Golden Dragon traded blows in the ocean, their bodies clashing in wide, sweeping motions. With every impact, seawater erupted!

Countless Demons died instantly!

The aftershocks of their battle alone swept across the entire sea region!

Lu Cang’s physical strength was still at a disadvantage. Every time he met the Golden Dragon’s attack, he was sent flying a great distance!

The Golden Dragon would immediately give chase!

It gave Lu Cang no chance to catch his breath.

It had already realized that Lu Cang’s Recovery Power was terrifying.

Although he was constantly being beaten back, he had never truly suffered a fatal injury.

’Or rather, what level of damage would even be fatal to him? It just feels like his body has become even tougher than before. Is the damage he’s taking getting smaller and smaller?’

Four minutes into the battle.

Lu Cang was only taking one ten-thousandth of the damage from its attacks. If the initial attacks were like a giant hammer smashing a wall, the current ones were like a gentle mosquito bite.

SWOOSH!

In an instant, the Golden Dragon reappeared before the airborne Lu Cang!

It retracted its twin claws!

Then shot them out like cannon fire!

BANG!

Lu Cang met the blow head-on!

But this time, he wasn’t sent flying far. Instead, he came to a sudden halt in the water!

He charged power into his right fist!

And abruptly struck back!

BANG!

The Golden Dragon’s head was suddenly knocked to the side.

It felt an immense force slam into the right side of its face.

’His power... it’s gotten even stronger!’

’But it’s not enough!’

’An attack like this is still far from enough!’

DOOM—

The massive clawed fist collided with Lu Cang’s once more, sending shattering ripples through the seabed!

Lu Cang was sent flying backward toward the sky!

The Golden Dragon’s figure also appeared high above. It raised its twin claws, conjuring countless afterimages of dragon claws that rained down on Lu Cang in an impenetrable barrage!

「Giant Dragon Combat Skill—Sky Ascending Dragon Kill·Shattered Shadow Chaotic Dragon Fist」

Knocked high into the air, Lu Cang saw nothing but golden fist-shadows in every direction! Each one was corporeal!

If he wanted to dodge.

He could.

He could evade it with either 「Forgetfulness Void」 or 「Chaotic Void」!

But...

At this moment, Lu Cang felt a rush! A rush of boiling blood!

’Dodge?’

’What kind of man would I be if I dodged?!’

’I’m going to fight it head-on! I’ll take this move with my own body!’

A grin spread across Lu Cang’s face, revealing his excited smile!

Almost simultaneously, he conjured countless fist-shadows of his own!

「Azure Sky Stream - Third Form·Illusion Strike」

「Illusion Strike·Chaotic Shadow Dragon Shattering Fist」

Battle Intent erupted in Lu Cang’s heart! In the heat of the moment, Lu Cang executed a brand-new Combat Skill in one smooth motion!

Every Combat Skill can be adapted into variations.

The Invincible Stream alone had many variations.

A sky full of fist-shadows erupted as Lu Cang’s fists collided with the countless Dragon Fists! BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG—

A mist of blood exploded!

Lu Cang’s fists were pulverized into a bloody mist again and again!

But before the next punch could even be thrown, they would instantly recover—

If an ordinary person were to witness this, they would never imagine that Lu Cang’s fists were shattering because they couldn’t withstand the attacks.

His recovery Speed was just too fast.

Even with such fast punches and frequent attacks—tens of thousands of heavy blows in a single instant—Lu Cang could astonishingly recover tens of thousands of times in that same instant.

Even with all the Regeneration Abilities in the world.

With so many Constitutions capable of regeneration and recovery, no one had ever seen a recovery Speed as monstrous as Lu Cang’s.

As long as Lu Cang wasn’t completely and utterly annihilated in an instant.

He was completely immortal.

BANG!

Exploding mists of blood, shattering fist-shadows!

Countless air currents burst apart in the sky, and everything seemed to shatter, yet Lu Cang stood unharmed, unmoving in the air!

Blood rained down from the sky.

"Human! I truly underestimated you before!"

"You are worthy of fighting me. You are the most physically powerful human I have ever seen at this Level. I, Herbert, am willing to call you the strongest!"

At the start of the battle, it hadn’t wanted to use its Dragon Combat Skills against Lu Cang.

Because Lu Cang was just a Level 5 Warrior.

If it had to go all out right from the start to win, it would seem as if it were truly inferior to him!

’What kind of expert uses all their trump cards right from the beginning when fighting a weaker opponent?’

But...

After clashing with Lu Cang, it gradually discovered that he was becoming harder to kill and growing stronger!

Finally, it used the Combat Skills unique to dragons!

But it never expected.

That this human would actually neutralize its Combat Skill!

He had met its Combat Skill head-on and endured it!

Lu Cang clenched his fists.

’So strong...’

’What a truly powerful body. Even when I’m only taking one ten-thousandth of the damage, my fists still get shattered!’

’Back when I fought its second phase, just to break its defense, I had to use an attack that Sacrificed five hundred million souls, combined with a Death Spell, and unleashed it all in an instant of frozen Time to shatter its defenses.’

’Now, in its third phase.’

’Relying on physical strength alone really can’t compare to an attack that Sacrificed five hundred million souls.’

’Just defending against it was enough to make my fists explode.’

’And the road to actually killing it is extremely long.’

’Forget killing it; right now, my physical attacks alone can’t even break its defense.’

’But... this fight feels amazing.’

Lu Cang knocked his fists together. This was the first time he had fought relying solely on his physical body, without using any other Magic.

Five minutes.

Lu Cang’s physical strength rose once again.

He saw the Golden Dragon’s tail instantly appear before his eyes. Just a second ago, it had been facing him head-on.

「Dragon Combat Skill—Tail Dragon Cut」

Lu Cang’s body tensed in an instant, and his Qi erupted outward!

He swept out a leg in a flash!

A horizontal kick, like a long whip!

「Azure Sky Stream—Second Form: Sky-Breaking Kick·Dragon-Slaying Whip」

The leg and tail collided!

Golden ripples spread across the sky. The point of impact exploded with a shockwave like a slashing attack. The aftershock struck the sea’s surface, cleaving the great sea and carving out a wide, long Abyss of the Sea.

The clouds in the sky were also split by their collision, leaving a long chasm of clouds.

Lu Cang’s leg was fractured, but it still recovered in an instant.

This time, it was just a fracture.

Five minutes had passed.

His physical strength was now five thousand times greater.

The damage he took was now only one one-hundred-thousandth of the original amount. The tail slash that could have previously shattered his body down to bone and viscera could now only cause a slight fracture!

’And it’s all thanks to this dragon! It’s helped me comprehend an even stronger Combat Skill variation!’

"Golden Dragon."

"Why does it feel like your power is getting weaker and weaker..."