Move past him? Qian Jin's face held confidence; even the Qian family’s Heaven-Stealing Steps paled in comparison to his own Myriad Shadows. How could a Nightmare Bloodline Martial Artist outrun me?

Dichado moved at a sustained high velocity, yet Qian Jin shadowed him like an afterimage, the hand looming above descending rapidly.

If he couldn't evade it, Dichado’s fury surged. He had intended only to defeat you with a fighting technique, did you truly think I feared you? Let me show you what the Void Soul is!

The Nightmare’s Battle Soul let out a roar toward the heavens. Dichado slightly crouched, twisting his arm from his lower abdomen in a high-speed strike, resembling the legendary soaring dragon. The wind from his fist pulled forth a nightmare-like roar, his entire right arm flashing with the same luminescence.

Golden Battle Heart!

The condensation of a Battle Heart could manifest anywhere. Dichado’s condensation point was his right hand; where the Battle Heart resided was his point of greatest strength. Focusing his ultimate point, he unleashed the power of the Void Soul; he was confident he could fight even against a true Battle Soul level expert.

Qian Jin’s arm pressed down at that moment, like a giant pillar striking down. It was unclear whether the soaring dragon or the descending giant pillar was fiercer.

Boom!

The two arms, resembling a dragon and a pillar, collided, creating a shocking sound of clashing battle energy, muscle, and bone. Dichado’s arm gleamed with golden light, black manes twisting together as if binding the entire arm even tighter. Qian Jin’s arm appeared even more robust.

In an instant, the true peak strength of both sides erupted. Comparing their arms, Qian Jin’s was not only thicker, but his battle energy was also more condensed. Even more terrifying was the rotational speed of that energy!

Three million? No! A full four-point-five million rotations!

As their arms clashed, Qian Jin’s figure remained unchanged, maintaining an unrelenting forward pressure. His thick legs suddenly spun, grinding the earth beneath his feet into fine dust.

Dichado’s eye corners burst open, sweat gushing from his brow like a spring. His black manes were soaked, as if he’d fallen into a pool. The ground beneath his feet directly collapsed, his knees creaking under the strain as he was forced down—a testament to the sheer savagery of Qian Jin’s blow.

In a flash of lightning and flint, a spark of inspiration hit Qian Jin. Instinctively, he channeled the frost from the Heart of Earth Fire's Ice Flame Battle Energy—a peculiar energy that was both chilling and burning—slamming it along with his ferocious power directly into Dichado’s arm.

Freeze, Burn, Impact, Destroy!

The freezing effect of the frost wasn't significant, nor was the burning effect particularly strong. If used in a direct confrontation with Dichado, it wouldn't have much effect.

However, at this moment, all of Dichado’s mental power and battle energy were occupied countering Qian Jin’s frenzied God Possession. In just an instant, his Void Soul was shattered. Before it could even begin to reform, it met the attack of the frost.

What is this? How can one person use two fighting techniques simultaneously? Dichado roared internally. While God Possession hadn't dissipated, he unleashed an even stranger battle energy!

Boom! Dichado’s ground shook again, countless cracks appearing in the earth. A sound like a bone snapping echoed from his arm as he was violently thrown backward by the impact.

In just an instant, a speed a hundred times faster than a blink, the moment they clashed, Dichado’s Void Soul shattered. Even without the frost, Qian Jin could have instantly blasted Dichado away.

Overbearing—the God Possession combined with three Battle Hearts made Qian Jin truly seem possessed by the God of Destruction, directly blasting away Dichado, who was using the Void Soul.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

The immense impact force sent Dichado flying back a hundred meters. He crashed straight through two stone-built house walls before finally stopping amidst the ruins of broken bricks, the obscuring dust swirling above the wreckage.

Pfft...

Dichado tried to prop himself up with his arm, but his foot slipped, causing him to tumble back into the pile of broken bricks. He opened his mouth and spewed a mouthful of blood that stained the ground and his torn clothes, his pupils filled with incomprehension and shock. How could this be?

Void Soul! The state closest to a Battle Soul. Against the Golden Battle Heart, he should have an absolute, invincible suppression. What kind of fighting technique was that? How could it unleash a special skill surpassing my Void Soul?

And that fighting technique—how could he use two at once? Dichado coughed up more blood, the extreme shock making him forget the pain of his broken arm bone. The frost battle technique, deprived of reinforcement, was quickly purged by the Golden Battle Heart within Dichado, but the damage to his meridians and energy apertures could not be healed immediately.

The bandit leaders watched the scene in stupefaction. What was this? Were they dreaming? Dichado, the Nightmare Bloodline Martial Artist, had used every auxiliary magic plus the Void Soul to push his strength to the extreme, capable of fighting even a true beginner Battle Soul expert, yet he couldn't withstand a single strike from Qian Jin!

No wonder, no wonder he dared to cause trouble at the Qian family gates! No wonder he could defeat some of the Qian family's Bloodline Warriors!

The bandit leaders sucked in cold air one after another, grateful they hadn't attacked Qian Jin alongside Dichado. If a Bloodline Martial Artist as powerful as Dichado couldn't endure one blow, wouldn't anyone else who went up be certain to die? In this world, perhaps only a true Battle Soul expert could suppress him now. Under the Golden Battle Heart, this young man must truly be invincible.

"Damn it! Good thing I had a stomachache back then."

Duan Fengbuer’s startled cry rang out loudly in the quiet field. "Comrade, when did you get this strong?"

Gu Yue Jiaying looked at Qian Jin and nodded slightly. When he first met this young man, he wasn't even a Demon-Subduing Warrior, just an ordinary one. How many years had it been? In just a few short years, those warriors who were stronger than him back then had all been surpassed by him one by one. If he continued to advance at this speed, perhaps he could truly create unimaginable miracles.

No! Gu Yue Jiaying shook his head several times. Wasn't the current Qian Jin already a miracle? The youngest warrior to condense a Battle Heart, the youngest to condense a Golden Battle Heart, and now capable of contending with a beginner Battle Soul expert.

At this age? Let alone ordinary warriors, even among Bloodline Warriors, he must be considered a genius!

Qian Jin retracted his God Possession and stared blankly at the ground. The frost just now was purely instinctual, and yet he had actually managed it, successfully executing the sequence for the frost fighting technique while the God Possession technique was active!

How was this possible? Qian Jin himself couldn't believe that what just happened was real, yet this bizarre event had just occurred to him.

Chek silently watched Qian Jin. When he first encountered this warrior, their combat abilities weren't that different. Now, even though Chek was at the peak of the Golden Battle Heart, if they fought for real, Qian Jin had left him far behind. This rate of progress was too fast.

Battle Soul! Battle Soul! Chek clenched his fists tightly. Only by reaching the Battle Soul realm could he catch up to Qian Jin again. Even if Qian Jin entered the Battle Soul realm by then, he was confident he wouldn't be inferior, perhaps even surpassing Qian Jin.

Fellow Battle Souls—the Battle Souls of Bloodline Warriors are not just slightly superior to those of ordinary warriors.

Before entering the Battle Soul realm, the combat advantage of a Bloodline Warrior over an ordinary warrior of the same level is not very obvious. But once they enter the Battle Soul realm, the gap between them immediately widens. Even as Battle Souls, their combat power is completely different.

The Battle Soul of a Bloodline Warrior is pure, possessing an innate Battle Soul form. The stronger the bloodline, the more formidable the Bloodline Warrior's Battle Soul.

The Ten Great Bloodlines—besides the prosperity of their own families—have another crucial reason for their prominence: when they enter the Battle Soul realm, their Battle Souls are far more powerful than those of other Bloodline Warriors.

Families capable of awakening ultimate bloodline power possess even greater strength upon entering the Battle Soul realm. This is one of the key reasons why even before activating their ultimate bloodline power, members of these families can so easily suppress the strength of other bloodline families.

Once he enters the Battle Soul realm, he can catch up to Qian Jin! Chek took a deep breath. As a friend, he was happy to see Qian Jin growing stronger, but as a friend too, he didn't want to be left far behind by his companion.

Third Battle Heart! Understood! Qian Jin suddenly opened his eyes. In the sudden recollection, he found that while using God Possession, when he used the frost, the third Battle Heart adjusted in the center, and... if his deduction was correct...

He could use three fighting techniques simultaneously! Qian Jin was startled by himself. Warriors in combat could only ever use one fighting technique. Battle Heart and Battle Seal existed to rapidly switch between techniques. Now, he could use three at once.

This was practically equivalent to three people fighting one person! Qian Jin swallowed repeatedly; this discovery was astonishing enough to keep one awake at night.

Dichado barely managed to sit up amidst the rubble. The ferocious impact had caused temporary weakness in his legs, where countless needle-like pains rolled through them.

I can't win... I truly can't win... Dichado violently shook his head. Even though he had erupted and shattered his Void Soul in anger just now, he still couldn't beat Qian Jin!

Battle Soul! Even a beginner Battle Soul expert probably couldn't do anything to Qian Jin, could they? Dichado helplessly slumped back into the wreckage. After fighting so hard, he still couldn't win.

Mute Zhence turned to look at the Iron Man behind him, noting the grim expression on the Black Ape Bloodline Warrior's face. After a long pause, he finally uttered a single word: "Strong."

Strong? Mute Zhence nodded lightly. This Qian Jin was indeed strong! Not only was he good at fighting, but his aura, the way he moved and struck, made him seem like a vast, surging river that would sweep away anything that stood in his path.

"I say..." Duan Fengbuer said with a grin at the still-shocked bandit leaders, "Who else objects? Bloodline Warriors included! My comrade specializes in dealing with all sorts of disrespect!"