A collection of magic scrolls shimmered with brilliant light at Qian Wutian's waist. One by one, spells broke free from their parchment prisons, enveloping his body.

(Arcane? Heart of Burning Fire) boosts the spell recipient's Agility by one tenth! (Arcane? Earth Aegis) enhances the spell recipient's Defense by two tenths! (Arcane? Storm's Dominion) increases the recipient's Dou Qi rotation speed by two tenths!

Frenzied Dou Qi spun violently within Qian Wutian's Dou Acupoints, as if a massive bellows resided inside him, being violently pulled in and out—ten thousand revolutions, twenty thousand, thirty thousand, forty thousand...

The Dou Qi rotation speed during the Demon Slaying Campaign had never exceeded twenty thousand. Bloodline Warriors could sometimes touch twenty-five thousand. Only a true genius could reach thirty thousand! In the Demon Slaying Warrior realm, every level gained brought a corresponding increase of ten thousand rotations per level!

Qian Wutian, at the start of his second War level, immediately unleashed forty thousand rotations. This meant he had already hit thirty thousand in his first War level, and the jump to the second immediately pushed him to forty thousand.

Forty-one thousand rotations… forty-two thousand… forty-four thousand… “Aaaargh!”

Thick, dark blue veins bulged taut across Qian Wutian’s handsome face. Roaring out between his bloodied lips were sounds akin to a savage beast’s cry. The increase in Dou Qi rotation didn't just grant explosive power; the terrifying shearing force alone threatened to shred the warrior’s Dou Acupoints and meridians. The pain that pierced his bones was but a thousandth of the agony caused by the rotational tearing.

Forty-five thousand… forty-eight thousand… forty-nine thousand…

The limit! Qian Wutian felt his Dou Qi, spirit, body, and very state of being pushed to the absolute edge. Life itself seemed to ascend to an unprecedented height at this moment. Intense shame, deep humiliation, and sheer fighting spirit drove him to break through to a plateau he had never known.

The onlookers could barely perceive his knees bending; they only saw the thick earth beneath his feet suddenly erupt in clouds of dust. Then, the heavy, resonant sound of a war drum struck with sudden force. His one hundred and eight Dou Acupoints spun wildly, as if out of control. With a slight push of his shoulders, resembling a thunder eagle spreading its wings, a soul-shattering wolf's howl erupted. Many spectators instinctively clamped their hands over their ears.

As Qian Wutian’s long cry peaked, he seemed to instantly teleport, accompanied by the roaring whoosh of a speeding train, appearing before Qian Jin. His wrist flipped, his five fingers pressed together into a fist, unleashing another move—Chariot Impact—to commence battle. Even before the fist landed, the overwhelming current of displaced air caused the hem of Qian Jin’s robe to flutter violently, as if this sheer pressure alone could fling Qian Jin into the sky.

Qian Wuqing’s complexion instantly darkened like iron. Though it was the same move, this Chariot Impact was easily twice, perhaps three times, as potent as the last! If it possessed this much power just now, he wouldn't have been able to withstand a single blow! Was this Qian Wutian's true strength?

The Qian Family's Dou Technique: Chariot Impact! A technique so fiercely powerful it bordered on the absolute. Unleashed from the usually handsome youth, Qian Wutian, it instantly transformed his aura into something bestial. His strikes and kicks carried the palpable killing intent of a battering ram on a battlefield.

This Chariot Impact appeared simple, yet the ordering of the Dou Qi was infinitely complex, demanding supreme command over momentum. Once initiated, the move gave the impression of facing a colossal, ancient log ram—requiring ten men holding hands to encircle it—hurtling toward you at high speed. Fierce! Fierce! Fierce!

Body like a chariot, fist like a log; a single collision meant only retreat, forever crushing the will to resist!

What astonished Qian Wushuang most was the savage aura now radiating from Qian Wutian, replacing his former arrogance. This ferocity instantly created the sensation of being directly on a real battlefield.

Yes, the true aura of a troop charge! An essence only warriors, only hardened veterans, could truly sense.

With his very first move, Qian Wutian had delivered such a powerful shockwave in terms of presence, environment, and atmosphere that his age became utterly irrelevant.

Defeat! Qian Wuqing’s teeth ground together with an audible snap. Qian Jin would never withstand this strike. He must be defeated!

The ferocious attack arrived in a flash, tearing through all resistance. His thick, powerful arm, driven forward at high velocity, appeared disproportionately massive, perhaps due to the airflow or light refraction.

Facing a Dou Technique steeped in battlefield slaughter, Qian Jin stepped forward. His body remained utterly still, his arms neither raised nor blocking. This momentary reaction was calm and imposing, like a War God facing the provocation of an ant.

One step forward, unmoving, standing firm as a peak! Qian Jin met the earth-shattering Chariot Impact head-on with his chest!

Wind and Cloud Golden Body, peak Steel Body Realm! In that instant, Qian Jin’s muscles and Dou Qi seemed forged from molten iron!

Wind and Cloud Golden Body, Dou Qi peak rotation! Qian Jin unleashed the full extent of the strength he had fought for with his life in the Ancient Desolate Sand Sea!

A Chariot Impact at forty-nine thousand rotations, hard-pressed against the peak Steel Body Realm of the Wind and Cloud Golden Body, erupted from his fist in a manner resembling a bursting mountain torrent, thanks to its special ordering. Dou Qi, fist, bone, and muscle collided in a colossal percussion, like a dozen immense war drums sounding simultaneously. Dou Qi sprayed out like dozens of silk banners being ripped apart, accompanied by sharp, tearing sounds—Chik! Chik-chaka… Amidst the drum-like booming and the sound of a raging gale, a series of bone-shattering cracks were jarringly audible. The onlookers focused intently on Qian Jin’s chest. The sternum that should have caved inward… showed no sign of indentation whatsoever. Instead, Qian Wutian’s thick, powerful arm suddenly lost its rigidity. The muscle fiber on his hand, which had shone brightly as if oiled, suddenly burst forth with blinding crimson!

Blood mist! It erupted instantaneously from all forty-eight thousand pores on Qian Wutian’s arm.

Repeated sounds of crushed marrow rose from beneath that thick musculature.

How is this possible? Almost everyone present felt as if struck by a petrification spell. Qian Wutian’s massive force, imbued with battlefield slaughter and the boundless savagery of wild beasts, delivered by his Chariot Impact—a blow that even an inch of steel plating couldn't withstand—was completely ineffective? Qian Chenfeng’s pupils contracted violently. How could this be? Qian Wutian’s strength was superior to Qian Jin’s, and he had just cast three consecutive auxiliary spells, pushing his combat power to the absolute pinnacle! In that final instant, the Dou Qi impact Qian Jin erupted with must have been at least fifty thousand rotations!

Fifty thousand rotations? How could that be? Qian Chenfeng’s face turned ashen. The Dou Meridians and Acupoints nurtured through the Eight Wars of Demon Subdual simply could not withstand such rotational tearing force! Other than Qian Wushuang, no one else should possess such a monstrous physique!

Unless… unless! Qian Chenfeng’s expression shifted rapidly, his peripheral vision darting toward the Serpent Emperor Pan Hongji standing nearby. Unless this Serpent Emperor had employed some special secret art, forcing Qian Jin to sacrifice the chance for any future power increase, and forcibly consolidating his Dou Meridians! Yes! It had to be that! Nearly all ten major Bloodline Warrior families of the True Strategy Dynasty possessed such specialized secret techniques.

Intense pain shot through Qian Wutian’s nerves at a speed exceeding electrical transmission, rapidly invading his brain. The warrior’s instinct instantly registered a fiercer wave of killing intent abruptly exploding from Qian Jin.

Retreat! Failure to retreat means death! In a flash of lightning, Qian Wutian poured all his warrior instinct and Dou Qi into his legs, executing the move Heaven-Stealing Step to retreat rapidly.

“Trying to leave?” Qian Jin spread his five fingers and thrust his hand forward. Dou Qi churned within his palm and arm, generating the majestic momentum of a great river flowing eastward. It wasn't the Heaven-Stealing Hand, but it carried the same imposing presence of grasping heaven and earth in one’s grasp!

In that instant, Qian Wutian suddenly felt as though there was nowhere left to retreat, nowhere left to hide or evade between heaven and earth! Even with his Heaven-Stealing Step Dou Technique, the encompassing 'heaven' was no longer just the sky; it was heaven and earth conspiring against him.

How could this be? Qian Wutian’s pupils convulsed repeatedly. He had only ever felt this sensation before from his elder brother, Qian Wuhen! That was a grand momentum cultivated over ten years of brutal fighting across countless life-and-death struggles on the battlefield!

No room to retreat! No way to avoid! Qian Wutian almost despairingly wished to close his eyes, a sense rising in his heart that this time, he was truly doomed.

Hmph! A cold snort, a cold laugh! And mocking gazes streamed simultaneously from Qian Wushuang on the high platform, piercing Qian Wutian’s very pupils like ten thousand knives stabbing into his pride.

He could die! But he absolutely would not wait to die! In that instant, Qian Wutian’s internal spiritual power surged to its peak. The magic scrolls in his waist pouch burst forth with a dazzling array of colors. Earth Vine Entanglement! Over a dozen thick, infant-arm-sized green vines violently burst from the ground, lashing toward Qian Jin’s legs and feet.

Ice Condensation Shield! A massive shield of solid ice, a full foot thick, rapidly condensed moisture in the air, violently forming before Qian Wutian.

Cyclone Barrier! A visible current of fierce wind swirled rapidly upward before Qian Wutian. This airflow couldn't be blocked, but its rotational force could deflect the majority of incoming attack power.

Level Two Stone Skin Art! Dust surged from the ground and instantly coated Qian Wutian’s body, forming a natural layer of armor.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

The moment the thick green vines wrapped around Qian Jin, the Enemy-Breaking Slash activated from every joint in his body. The resilient vines instantly shattered into fragments on the ground, achieving absolutely no obstruction.

The thick ice wall, the ice shield, upon contact with Qian Jin’s palm, immediately let out a resounding boom, shattering into countless ice shards that scattered wildly.

The force-dissipating Cyclone Barrier was forcibly torn apart, Qian Jin’s palm striking through without any mitigation.

Break! Break! Break! Useless! Useless! With the seven-thousand-rotation high-speed Dou Qi spinning, under the might of Level Five Earth-Breaking Slash, and with the Dou Technique’s Earth-Breaking Slash Dou Qi ordering now fifty percent complete within his Dou Heart, all these magical defenses were as fragile as thin parchment! They served no purpose at all!

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