novelraw Chapter 130: 7 Exquisite Apertures
Chapter 130: 7 Exquisite Apertures
"The Magical Combat begins!"
Seeing that Fang Yun and Dong Hongwen were ready, Feng Tianrui declared the Magical Combat had officially begun.
Just like in the Magical Combats of the first and fourth rounds.
The moment the Elder announced the start of the Magical Combat, a pale yellow Long Sword flew out of Fang Yun’s Storage Pouch.
Dong Hongwen smiled.
He knew Fang Yun would pull a move like this.
Based on information gathered from Fang Yun’s previous opponent and his first-round opponent, Dong Hongwen knew about the Upper Grade Magical Artifact Fang Yun was using.
Its power was rather ordinary, but it possessed an incredibly strong pushing force.
A Magical Artifact like this was well-suited for Magical Combat on a Dueling Platform, and it was also useful in specific locations, such as an area surrounded by traps.
But even Dong Hongwen, who knew nothing about Artifact Refining, understood that this type of extreme Magical Artifact with its ultimate pushing force was not easy to Refine.
If they were easy to Refine, some disciples would have surely exploited them for an easy advantage.
"Subdue!"
A string of beads flew from his hand. The beads scattered, anchoring Dong Hongwen firmly in place, while three others formed a barrier in front of him.
Dong Hongwen had spent a fortune on this Upper Grade Magical Artifact just to deal with Fang Yun.
He was determined not to lose today’s Magical Combat and refused to give Fang Yun even a sliver of a chance to win.
As the pale yellow Long Sword struck, it was firmly snared by the three beads in front of Dong Hongwen.
This time, unlike Fang Yun’s opponents in the first and fourth rounds, Dong Hongwen stood his ground firmly.
Though Dong Hongwen appeared outwardly composed, his mind was in turmoil.
’My body is stable, yes. But I have to pour all my strength into controlling this Upper Grade Magical Artifact just to barely manage it.’
’Just how powerful is this force?’
’And my artifact is a top-tier Upper Grade Magical Artifact, one with a highly specialized function that’s useless in most situations.’
In the end, the sword was blocked.
Fang Yun wasn’t surprised. In truth, he hadn’t even channeled his full power into the Yellow Iron Sword.
’It’s best to display my abilities within a reasonable scope. Revealing something beyond comprehension isn’t necessarily a good thing.’
As a highly experienced Artifact Refiner, Fang Yun had excellent control over such matters.
"It was blocked."
"I knew it. That move of Junior Brother Fang’s wouldn’t work on Brother Dong."
"Look! Senior Brother Fang has another sword!"
"Hahaha, Senior Brother Fang has so many shields, how could he be short on swords? Don’t forget, he’s an Artifact Refiner!"
On the Dueling Platform.
Dong Hongwen’s heart sank. ’This isn’t good.’
’I’m already using all my strength to control the Upper Grade Magical Artifact beads and suppress one sword. I don’t have much concentration to spare.’
’For now, all I can do is try to defend again.’
Dong Hongwen slapped his palm on the ground, and an earthen wall covered in vines rose up.
It was a Defense Magic that combined the Earth and Wood Attributes.
The reinforced wall failed to stop the pale yellow Long Sword from passing through. It couldn’t even hold for half a breath. Lacking the support of Spiritual Power, the vine-covered earthen wall quickly dissipated into thin air.
"Junior Brother Fang’s two Long Swords look identical, but their effects are completely different."
"Holy crap! Senior Brother Fang is so devious."
"What are you talking about? If that were the case, Senior Brother Fang would have led with the second Long Sword to catch Brother Dong completely off guard."
"Sense it carefully. The frequency of the Spiritual Power fluctuations from both Long Swords is identical."
After his Artifact Refining talent was upgraded to four stars, Fang Yun’s mind overflowed with ideas. He loved Refining identical-looking Upper Grade Magical Artifacts and adding all sorts of different effects to them.
Moreover, he liked to push every effect to its absolute limit.
Doing so was a true test of one’s Artifact Refining skill.
Even Fang Yun, with his four-star Artifact Refining talent and vast experience Refining Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, had nearly failed while Refining this type of artifact. It all came down to the compatibility of the Artifact Refining materials.
In order to Refine this type of Upper Grade Magical Artifact, Fang Yun had to strike a delicate balance in many of the details.
If that balance were broken at any point during Artifact Refining, the Refining process would inevitably fail.
For the second identical Yellow Iron Sword, Fang Yun had Refined it to have an extremely piercing effect.
Thus, the multiple layers of defense that Dong Hongwen continuously threw up were pierced one by one.
Dong Hongwen knew with perfect clarity that he absolutely could not let this continue.
’I have to take a gamble!’
’I can’t just keep defending passively like this.’
’Fang Yun looks relaxed controlling two Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, but he can’t have much power to spare.’
’This is the perfect time to attack Fang Yun.’
’I’ll risk it!’
Dong Hongwen temporarily weakened his control over the Upper Grade Magical Artifact beads.
At that moment, he began to retreat rapidly. As he fell back, a thin needle shot from his hand, flying at extreme speed straight for Fang Yun’s face.
With a CLINK, the thin needle was effortlessly blocked by a jet-black shield.
At the same time, of the two pale yellow Long Swords, one was pointed at his head, while the other was aimed directly at his Qi Sea.
Dong Hongwen had lost his gamble.
Dong Hongwen hadn’t expected that even while fully controlling two Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, Fang Yun still had the ability to manipulate a third.
This was definitely not something a normal Qi Refining Seventh Layer Cultivator could accomplish.
Feng Tianrui, who was watching the battle, had been about to intervene but quickly realized it wasn’t necessary. Fang Yun had all three Upper Grade Magical Artifacts under perfect control.
"The Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body," Feng Tianrui said involuntarily as he looked at Fang Yun.
At this moment, he was completely certain that Fang Yun possessed a special constitution.
Unlike ordinary people, Cultivators who were exceptionally talented in a certain aspect were considered to have special constitutions.
Of course, this was just one type of special constitution.
The range of special constitutions was extremely broad.
Most special constitutions were difficult to detect directly. Sometimes, even the individuals possessing them were unaware of their own unique nature.
A small number of special constitutions had very obvious characteristics, and these were the ones that were most easily discovered.
"I’ve lost," Dong Hongwen said.
Of the two pale yellow Long Swords before him—one high, one low—he could at most block one, and the best he could do was block the lower one.
In this situation, he had already lost.
He had never considered losing to Fang Yun, much less losing so quickly.
His opponent could control three Upper Grade Magical Artifacts and still look completely at ease. Dong Hongwen felt he hadn’t lost unjustly.
If Fang Yun had only performed as he had in the first four rounds, he wouldn’t have been able to win. The problem was that Fang Yun hadn’t shown his full strength until now.
"Thank you for the match." Fang Yun quickly put away the two Yellow Iron Swords and the Profound Iron Shield.
Dong Hongwen’s final move had been faster than Fang Yun had anticipated.
According to the information Song Qiaoqiao had gathered for him, Dong Hongwen’s repertoire of techniques, including his Magic and Magical Artifacts, had been detailed.
Bai Qinying had also analyzed some of Dong Hongwen’s personality traits for him.
When a Magical Combat reached a critical point, especially when he was cornered, Dong Hongwen was the type of person who would invariably take a gamble.