Chapter 337: 100% Armor Penetration!
"When I first taught you the Eight Extremes Collapse, I said that if this high-tier Profound Rank battle skill were cultivated to a profound realm, its power could rival that of an Earth Rank battle skill. At that time, I didn't explain how the Eight Extremes Collapse could possibly be compared to something like the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler."
Yao Chen's voice was extremely grave. He realized that, unintentionally, he had truly created a monster—one capable of crushing traditional Dou Qi cultivators, a super monster!
"In terms of raw power, the Eight Extremes Collapse actually can't match the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler. However, the Eight Extremes Collapse has one terrifying trait: it can pierce through Dou Qi protective armor! That means even Dou Qi armors that Earth Rank battle skills may not break through could be like paper in front of it. That's why the Eight Extremes Collapse has the potential to rival Earth Rank battle skills!"
"And now… look carefully at that Dou Wang." As Yao Chen's words fell, Xiao Yan looked solemnly toward the slumped figure amidst the dust and gravel—Yun Leng, disheveled, covered in dirt, looking utterly miserable. Though Yun Leng's body trembled uncontrollably, there were no visible wounds on him. Not far from him, the instigator, Jiang Lin, stood as the smoke and dust beneath his foot gradually dispersed, revealing a circular crack of two to three meters in diameter. At the very center, a clear footprint was embedded into the shattered stone.
"His understanding of the Eight Extremes Collapse, combined with his comprehension of Dou Qi energy, has allowed him to reach a realm even its original creator might not have attained! In others' hands, the Eight Extremes Collapse might only be a Profound Rank skill, maybe at most an Earth Rank skill. But in this kid's hands—it is in no way inferior to your Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus!" Yao Chen's senses were far sharper than Xiao Yan's. While Xiao Yan was still distracted by the lingering smoke, Yao Chen had already seen exactly what Jiang Lin had done.
When all of Jiang Lin's strength erupted beneath his foot, the Eight Extremes Collapse pierced directly through Yun Leng's body without leaving a single injury on him, while at the same time smashing the stone slab beneath with a loud bang! What terrifying control over force!
The reason Yun Leng was left limp and paralyzed was because, as the Eight Extremes Collapse penetrated his body, the terrifying energy created an indescribable resonant vibration within him. Without shattering his flesh, the force passed cleanly through, but that violent resonance made Yun Leng brush shoulders with death in an instant!
"I once thought your self-created Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus was the most supreme battle skill in the world. But the Fallen Heart Flame Cannon was made precisely to condense that scattered power into a cannon, amplifying the destructive might. Now, Jiang Lin's Eight Extremes Collapse does the same—concentrating power into one point, exploding outward, breaking everything with a single strike!"
Yao Chen had thought his evaluation of Jiang Lin was already high enough. But now he realized he had still underestimated him. Jiang Lin's fists and feet might not be as dazzling or awe-inspiring as Xiao Yan's Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, but the ultimate purpose of battle skills is to kill. If Xiao Yan's technique could kill an enemy, then Jiang Lin's punch could do the same—and even when facing an opponent of a higher realm, Jiang Lin could still crush them with a single plain, unadorned strike! Unless, of course, the enemy's physical body was tougher than his, and completely without weak points!
While Yao Chen and the others were still reeling in shock and awe, Jiang Lin paid them no mind. Instead, he looked up toward the direction of the Yunlan Grand Hall and said softly, "I'm truly sorry, Sect Master Yun. I gave him the chance, but he simply wasn't up to it."
Silence.
The Yunlan Sect members and the surrounding spectators stared, dumbfounded, at the man who had shattered the stone slab with a stomp while leaving Yun Leng without a scratch. They could have accepted it if Jiang Lin had crushed Yun Leng to death—even if Yun Leng was a Dou Wang. But to pierce through him and smash the ground beneath while Yun Leng survived? That was beyond comprehension!
And what did this mean?
It meant Jiang Lin's power could achieve 100% penetration!
In gaming terms, this was 100% armor penetration! What kind of broken, bugged skill was this for a human to possess?!
But reality isn't a game. Games are made for balance. Reality… has no such balance.
Traditional fighters were usually like characters with thin health bars, high defense, and high attack. But Jiang Lin—he had a thick health bar, high defense, high attack, and ignored armor. This created a terrifying phenomenon: if an opponent's health wasn't higher than Jiang Lin's attack, then no matter if they were a Dou Wang or a Dou Huang, they would be one-shotted!
"Elder Yun Leng brought this upon himself. Master Jiang Lin, you needn't be concerned."
At last, from within the Yunlan Grand Hall, a tall woman wearing a light-blue veil slowly walked out. Under everyone's gaze, she looked at Jiang Lin, her red lips parting slightly. "But since Elder Yun Leng mentioned the lay-elder of our Yunlan Sect, and since everyone is present, let us clarify matters here."
After speaking, Yun Yun glanced at Nalan Yanran, who was being carried away by several elders, gravely injured and unconscious. Then she looked toward Xiao Yan, whose eyes widened in shock, and said calmly, "According to Yunlan Sect's investigation, Mo Cheng captured a girl in Rock Desert City—this girl being Xiao Yan's friend—planning to dig out her eyes to practice an evil art. Master Jiang Lin, realizing the seriousness of the matter, warned Mo Cheng in advance of the consequences. But Mo Cheng ignored him, insisting he had never captured anyone."
"Until that girl's friend came to demand her release, Mo Cheng still denied it and even tried to kill that mysterious Dou Huang. In the end, as everyone knows, Mo Cheng died, and the Mo Clan was forced to hand over the girl."
Yun Yun's words were essentially things the crowd already knew. The only little-known part was that Jiang Lin had warned Mo Cheng beforehand—something Yun Yun had only learned after visiting Mo Lan, the Mo Clan's temporary head, in Salt City.
"That's more like the conduct of a true Sect Master. Yun Leng, that old fool, made a move without a word—how is that any different from Mo Cheng's madness of seizing people to gouge out their eyes?"
Yun Yun's words undoubtedly restored some of Yunlan Sect's reputation. At least, the onlookers now understood that Yunlan Sect was reasonable, not as vile as Yun Leng had made it seem.
Xiao Yan was also a bit surprised, murmuring to Yao Chen in his heart, "This Sect Master Yun… I didn't expect her to be such a reasonable person." He was almost overwhelmed by the contrast—perhaps because he had run into too many idiots lately, meeting Yun Yun felt like an unexpected blessing.
Yao Chen chuckled. "It's not like you haven't met her before. Unfortunately, though, your chance was stolen by that little Spirit Tribe brat."
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