Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 1060: Chapter 926: Forced Kill

Qu Jianlei, taking advantage of the chaos as people left, ghosted into Pu Juxiang’s room.

Fortunately, this guy had a respectable status; although it was a room for modified warriors, it was a single.

Especially because of the surrounding commotion, his emotions had a slight fluctuation, which Qu Jianlei also perceived.

It could be said that heaven gave him an excellent opportunity, and he seized it.

The Dark Attribute A-level’s alertness at night was indeed strong, with strong concealment capability, effectively reducing others’ attention.

However, as for defense... truly pitiful, once Qu Jianlei got close, a hand chop knocked the opponent unconscious.

Even though Pu Juxiang was from the military and considered elite, his close-combat skills were too weak, and his reactions were obviously slow.

Still, he specialized in his field; in the military, he was originally someone to be protected, not following the assassination path.

After knocking out the opponent, Qu Jianlei twisted his neck without hesitation.

—The reason he didn’t use a blade was because he worried the "hiss" of blood spraying would alert others.

Of course, there was also the blood scent, which many Awakened are very sensitive to.

After storing the body in the Storage Bag, his figure flashed again, quietly leaving.

He arrived beside a large tree, rhythmically stomped the ground three times with his foot.

Mu Yu’s silhouette slowly appeared from afar; the Earth Attribute’s perception ability and movement speed were indeed lacking.

Perception issues are easily solved by transmitting signals through the earth, but movement couldn’t be helped.

Especially since she didn’t want to draw attention, emphasizing similarity, the speed was even slower.

But even so, being Supreme, arriving by Qu Jianlei’s side didn’t take too long.

The two silently made a few hand gestures, agreeing on the battle plan.

By this time, Xian Ming had returned to his room; as the boss of the group, not only was he busy, but he also emphasized propriety.

The empire has no saying like "distance breeds grievance, closeness breeds contempt," but a competent superior also maintains distance.

Even among Supremes, attention must be paid to this—in fact, if cultivations levels are close, this should be emphasized more.

Meanwhile, Red Beard and Qian Cengxue were still sitting together chatting.

The latter had to stay at Qingsha for a while until the gold mine operated normally, considered a strong reinforcement sent by the group.

The two were chatting idly when they suddenly both jolted, turning to look at Xian Ming’s room.

The room wasn’t far from them, only about five hundred meters, a strong and fierce spiritual power struck over.

"Enemy attack!" Qian Cengxue was quicker to react, instinctively trying to armor up.

However, almost simultaneously, the ground beneath his feet softened, instantly transforming into a large mass of quicksand.

Immediately, a pressure descended from above, and his body was instantly sucked into the quicksand.

Qian Cengxue had rich combat experience, but he hadn’t expected to be simultaneously hit by two Earth Attribute Techniques.

The Quicksand Technique, though tricky, isn’t hard to resolve; Supremes can fly.

But add the Gravity Technique, and it becomes too much.

He instinctively wanted to fly up quickly, but this takeoff was just a battle reflex, the force wasn’t strong.

This is a veteran Supreme, who controlled force well, not wasting Inner Breath.

If he took off too strongly, he’d crash through the roof; escaping is possible, but countermeasures would be hindered.

They were currently at the Marriott’s base with many helpers around, tangling up the opponent was the right strategy.

However, this instinctive decision, when encountering the Gravity Technique, led to a tragedy.

His legs were instantly trapped underground, directly sunk to his calves.

Qian Cengxue instinctively increased strength, trying to forcefully break free, but Mu Yu’s Quicksand Technique was not easily dealt with.

As the century’s genius of Chaoyang Academy, though she recently advanced to Supreme, her micro-operation skills were extremely high.

Once caught by her Quicksand Technique, even Peak Supremes have to struggle a bit to forcefully escape with their cultivation level.

At the moment Qian Cengxue tried to struggle, Mu Yu appeared, raising her hand to unleash the Earth Spike Technique.

The Earth Spike is a rather simple technique that even C-levels can perform, but simple techniques don’t mean they’re useless.

Under the pressure of the Gravity Technique, in the quicksand, encountering Earth Spikes, the pain is imaginable.

However, with a freshly formed Ice Armor, Qian Cengxue barely resisted the Earth Spikes, which ironically helped him break free.

Yet, he underestimated his opponent; next moment, Mu Yu performed the Finger Technique, "Rock Shield!"

The Rock Shield is also a simple technique, mostly used by Stone Attribute lower-tier Awakened.

A huge Rock Shield appeared out of thin air, heavily slamming down on Qian Cengxue below.

Under the effect of the Gravity Technique, the Rock Shield’s descent speed increased significantly, and it was unbearably heavy.

Mu Yu’s triple strikes were extremely simple techniques, but in battle, effective techniques are most useful.

Simple techniques are quick to perform, combined with Qu Jianlei’s Gravity Technique, the damage efficiency is remarkably high.

The Red Bearded man is slightly more difficult to deal with, though his reaction is somewhat slow, he himself is Earth Attribute.

Quicksand Technique has almost no effect on him, the affinity of Earth Attribute makes him almost immune to such techniques.

Gravity Technique... the influence is also not very significant; he has strong resistance to techniques involving earth elements.

Earth Spike Technique and Rock Shield were not even used against him—because they are ineffective.

He leisurely donned Rock Armor and then launched a Stone Bullet at Mu Yu.

Stone Bullet is a simple technique, but simple techniques are not necessarily useless.

This Stone Bullet was not only fast but also a direct clash of cultivation levels, a common combat method between Earth Attribute Awakened.

After all, Earth Attribute is known for thick skin and dense flesh; its attack is not famed for sharpness, but rather for forceful strikes.

In this situation, the stone bullet colliding with a rock shield tests whose cultivation level is superior.

The Red Bearded man did not think his cultivation level was higher than the opponent’s, but... the opponent was fiercely battling Qian Cengxue.

This is the Imperial Awakened version of "relieving the state of Zhao by encircling Wei"—you hit him, I hit you, let’s see who withstands it first.

The most critical aspect is that under powerful and heavy strikes, the opponent’s body loses balance, deforming the gesture techniques.

If the technique cannot be successfully released, it allows enough time for outside reinforcements to arrive.

On this point, he shares the same judgment with Qian Cengxue, the opponent chose to attack stealthily when the night is deep and quiet, surely indicating weaker strength.

If they truly had enough strength, the outside would have already been a battleground, not just here showing reactions.

Being able to launch a surprise attack is certainly terrifying, but as long as the opponent can be held up, reinforcements will arrive soon.

The key is to defend against the opponent’s surprise attack while striving to entangle them, not giving them the opportunity to escape if their strike misses.

The Marriott base is not easily breached, especially... even leader Xian Ming Supreme seems to have been attacked.

However, quite regrettably, when his stone bullet was released, the opponent showed no intention of dodging, nor did they form a stone shield.

A slightly frail body did actually withstand a Stone Bullet just like that.

The entire ground seemed to tremble slightly, yet the figure remained completely still!

How terrifying is that... a chill descended in the heart of the Red Bearded man.

Not to mention his cultivation level, the opponent in Earth Attribute specialization, affinity, and micro-operation, faintly outstrips him.

Just as he was shocked, a chilling aura enveloped him, "Ice Seal!"

Generally, when Awakened face Earth Attribute, there’s not much of a good way, thick skin and dense flesh hard to budge.

The Red Bearded man also relied on this advantage to dare to face off against Mu Yu.

In this situation, the most effective solution is to have a strong Gold Attribute or Wood Attribute Supreme attack him.

If Paranoia showed up, dealing with him would be effortless, a Golden Wheel Slash and it’s done.

Qu Jianlei also knows Golden Wheel Slash, although somewhat inferior to Paranoia, slaying this Red Bearded man should not be a big problem.

If it really fails, slashing twice would surely kill the opponent, after all, Chao Yun’s Golden Wheel Slash is unmatched.

However, he truly can’t do that, because it could easily cast suspicion related to Paranoia.

The Imperial Supremes say there are many, but techniques with distinct personal features are not considered abundant.

Qu Jianlei’s Golden Wheel Slash has absorbed Paranoia’s strengths, naturally worrying about being recognized—even a suspicion cannot happen.

So he chose Ice Attribute techniques, contrary to Mu Yu’s choice.

Using Earth Magic against Water Attribute and Water Element against Earth Attribute, makes perfect sense!

Ice Attribute techniques do not highly damage Earth Attribute, as Ice is not marked by sharpness, and Earth is solid enough.

But Ice Seal does not primarily focus on attack, the Range Technique mainly affects the environment, controlling through environmental changes.

And Qu Jianlei’s Ice Seal indeed affected the opponent, most crucially—the Red Bearded man’s actions were impacted.

The behavior of Earth Attribute naturally is slower than other Awakened by a fraction.

When adding this "Slowness" aura, the Red Bearded man’s reaction becomes even slower.

Of course, ultimately it’s a Supreme, even if slower, it can’t be too slow, incomparable to reactions of low tier Awakened.

But in combat between Supremes, every second counts, a moment’s delay is enough to alter the entire battlefield!

Just as he was struggling to move, a figure flashed over like a phantom, countless grayish lights fell.

It was Qu Jianlei holding a Giant Axe, using Axe and Blade Techniques, launching a series of attacks.

Usually, he prefers to use the blade to fight, ferocious and wild, with several strikes to defeat the enemy.

But the habit and strategy of using the blade also gradually spread somewhat.

Although no obvious link has been spread yet, the Panda team’s ritual of taking heads is almost ceremonial.

When crafting the Long Blade, Qu Jianlei also fashioned Four-sided Pyramid Spikes, axes, and other weapons but seldom used them.

This time at the Dumbbell Nebula, he was to slay the thick-skinned Red Bearded man, using the axe was quite appropriate!

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