Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1598: Chapter 1593: Workshop (30)

From the performance, Lady Ice seems to be adept in the three major techniques of the Saint Fighter, but unable to handle them simultaneously.

While creating extreme test conditions, Fu Qian naturally wouldn’t miss even the tiniest detail.

After discovering that the breastplate carried a healing ability, the current changes seemed to easily lead to a new conclusion—Lady Ice cannot use healing and attacking abilities at the same time.

Otherwise, she could have managed the suddenly worsening situation while continuing to heal herself.

This might also explain why she only attempted to heal the wounds after the situation stabilized.

No sooner said than done, just as she was setting up her stance, a white bone long spear, different in shape but even more hideous than before, shot out from the mouth of the Corpse Worm again.

Bang!

Although the Golden Armguard brought formidable power in certain aspects, the agility boost seemed to be lacking.

Locked on, and with most of her attention on Sophia, Ice was once again solidly hit.

However, this time no blood spattered out, replaced by the crisp sound of metal clashing.

It wasn’t that the Bone Spear changed its attack position, but she simply used her right hand to block in front of her chest, compensating for the lack of a shield.

Almost simultaneously, a dark red beam with terrifying power swept out in reverse, slicing the Corpse Worm from head to tail into two pieces again.

Amidst the twitching of the latter’s remains, Sophia finally leapt up high and dashed before Ice from the other corner.

Thud!

This time, it was a slightly dull metallic sound, as a fist covered in ashes struck the same spot the Bone Spear had hit.

...

With a powerful force from the reborn Sophia’s punch, Ice was driven straight into the wall.

Though not powerful enough, since even after the crash, Ice didn’t need to activate healing and quickly stood back up.

Bang!

And in the next instant, a retaliation of obviously stronger force punched Sophia away, scattering ashes all around.

Even before Sophia hit the ground, the Golden Helmet atop Ice’s head was already locked onto her.

Boom!

However, no pursuing beam appeared, replaced by golden flames bursting before her eyes.

Every grain of the drifting dust sparkled brilliantly in that moment.

The only consolation was that they were released in situ, so immediately after realizing the threat, Ice abandoned her attack and dodged sideways, avoiding too much of it, especially after nimbly discarding her cloak.

But before she could catch her breath, another burst of golden flame exploded on the exposed golden armguard of her right arm, highlighting the three pieces of golden sacred garment on her body even more vividly.

The hit from that punch...

Taking another instinctual step back, Ice finally realized something and inspected the spot on the armguard that was hit while protecting her chest just now.

From her relieved posture, it was clear that "Weapon" still wasn’t damaged for the time being.

But it was also obvious that such continuous attacks couldn’t go on indefinitely—

And in such a critical moment, Ice couldn’t resist glancing towards Fu Qian.

Yet, in that brief moment, the abnormality on that body became even more apparent.

The arm that grew fingernails first was now completely torn, transforming into a multi-jointed appendage, as if each finger extended back to the shoulder.

"Stay focused, they seem to be undying."

Confronted with this scrutiny, Fu Qian made a slightly deformed approving expression with his features, even offering a reminder.

Ding!

At this reminder, Ice’s instinctive rolling motion allowed her to dodge a flying bone spike.

The Corpse Worm, cut in half, still hadn’t died, and now had split into two beings, its attack methods having transformed.

And before she could steady herself, Sophia, who had just been punched away, climbed lizard-like to the ceiling with hands and feet, then leapt down again.

Clang!

After continuous dodges, the sound of the golden armor colliding with the ground already had Ice rolling to the feet of the just-reminding Fu Qian.

Bang!

And in the next instant, Fu Qian extended a hand to block a hugely powerful incoming punch, causing energy to splash everywhere.

"I said don’t get distracted."

Facing Ice, whose face was filled with shock and disbelief as if she hadn’t realized he had predicted it, Fu Qian sighed and repeated the reminder.

But just as he finished speaking, a dark red glow suddenly flashed, and a beam directly hit his left chest.

With the massive force on the hand firmly maintaining pressure on the opposing fist.

"You want to ask, ’isn’t the weapon only able to deploy one power at a time?’"

And in the next moment, a voice absolutely different from Ice’s emerged from beneath that golden helmet.

At the same time, ripples swirled at Ice’s chest again, healing her wounds anew.

Three capabilities, apparently being used simultaneously.

And this meticulously planned disguise finally gained an opportunity to strike the audience’s weak spot.

"No..."

Faced with such circumstances, Fu Qian withdrew his gaze from the chest, shaking his head with unchanged expression, casually flicking the assailant aside while again offering a reminder.

"I’ve said it several times, don’t get distracted."

Kidding me, as Master of the Dream Realm, how many people do you think can fit in this van? What gives you the audacity to think you can fool me.

Snorting coldly, Fu Qian pulled a golden belt out from the left side of his chest and casually tossed it onto the ground.

"I am summoned here, currently just someone waiting for answers."

...

Though the voice was heavily distorted, with memory and deduction, it wasn’t hard to identify whose voice had suddenly appeared—another member of the exploration team, Brother Shi Gaozhi, the true owner of the golden helmet.

Every anomaly has its cause, and the reason Ice managed to break through limits, mastering three pieces of armor at the same time, was simple—the three pieces of armor were still controlled by three people.

It’s just that these three people had also merged into one.

The survivor of that exploration wasn’t just Ice.

In fact, from Fu Qian’s perspective, it’s likely why Ice seemed so urgent—their unwillingness to merge, their need for new bodies.

That’s why such reckless summoning and testing appeared, with the purpose of selecting the most compatible body.

And having chosen myself to bear Ice’s design, filling the last vacancy, she couldn’t wait to act.

It’s somewhat intriguing, but for the well-traveled Fu Qian, the significance of this three-in-one Saint Fighter mostly lay in their possessing triple the survival instinct.