Defeated in an instant!
Lu Xianbing, who was directly taken out with one move, had a dumbfounded expression on his face.
Just now, when Lu Xianbing and Xu Jin were sparring and challenging each other at the Martial Arts Secret Realm of the Star-picking Tower, Lu Xianbing felt that since he was the one who proposed the challenge, he should volunteer to be on the defense first, letting Xu Jin attack.
If Xu Jin was attacking, he mainly cultivated offensive Star Skills, like Star Radiance, Star Ring, and Star Arrow.
He would play the defender, mainly practicing defensive Star Skills, such as Star Shield, Starlight Shield, and Flying Star Step.
In Lu Xianbing’s mind, the potency of their Star Skills should be about the same.
An offensive Star Skill from Xu Jin could at most break through his defensive Star Skills.
Therefore, to cultivate Star Skills to the greatest extent and in the quickest way possible, he challenged Xu Jin to a head-on conflict.
You blast me; I take it head-on.
This way, both parties’ proficiency in Star Skills would increase rapidly.
Initially, Xu Jin wanted to refuse this proposal.
But after thinking it over, he still agreed.
Facts speak louder than words.
Should Xu Jin say that his Star Skills couldn’t be handled by Lu Xianbing, Lu Xianbing would never believe it.
How could that be possible?
In terms of Cultivation Level, Lu Xianbing had broken through to the Sixth Layer of Dining Dawn more than ten days earlier than Xu Jin, and having completed Purification twice in the Seventh Layer, he had already increased his Star Power by twenty percent. The Peak of Seventh Layer was not far away.
While Xu Jin had only just broken through to the Sixth Layer of Dining Dawn.
Therefore, Xu Jin could only convince Lu Xianbing with facts.
Just one Star Ring swept across and very directly shattered Lu Xianbing’s Star Shield, and then took him down.
You should know that the range of Lu Xianbing’s Star Ring surge didn’t even reach three feet.
But Xu Jin’s attack had already exceeded six feet.
Of course, when Xu Jin executed it, he was very close to Lu Xianbing, not letting Lu Xianbing see the maximum distance of his Star Skill.
But to Xu Jin’s surprise, the fact did not overpower Lu Xianbing’s disbelief.
"Instant death? Could it be...I got distracted?" After being dumbstruck for a moment, Lu Xianbing resolutely chose to challenge Xu Jin again.
When the two appeared on the battlefield of the Martial Arts Secret Realm, Xu Jin took the initiative and said, "Brother Lu, this time, how about you attack and I defend?"
This was Xu Jin’s goodwill.
Otherwise, it would only be a waste of Lu Xianbing’s chances to fight within the Martial Arts Secret Realm.
"Let’s try again, I was careless in the last match," Lu Xianbing said.
Actually, it wasn’t that he had been careless; rather, Lu Xianbing just couldn’t accept the fact that he had been taken out by Xu Jin so swiftly.
In terms of outward factors, strength, Cultivation Level, resources, talent, and so on, he far surpassed Xu Jin, but why was he the one who got defeated in an instant?
"Alright, let’s do it again."
"Yeah, this time, continue using your Star Ring."
In an instant, the two closed the gap to one meter. Lu Xianbing defended with everything he had while Xu Jin attacked.
Of course, Lu Xianbing was not purely masochistic.
This time, Lu Xianbing was a bit more strategic.
When Xu Jin’s Star Ring came sweeping over, not only did Lu Xianbing execute a move of the Five Battles Killing Fist to bring forth a Starlight Shield, but he also formed a Star Shield.
The Star Ring swept out, and Lu Xianbing’s Star Shield and Starlight Shield shattered in succession, and Lu Xianbing himself was blasted back five steps.
Lu Xianbing’s eyes widened in shock, "No way, Brother Jin, how can your Star Skills be so powerful? I feel like even the Star Skills of a Star Casting Realm senior are not necessarily stronger than yours."
"I...have been practicing Star Skills quite hard."
Lu Xianbing looked at Xu Jin with some skepticism and said, "Let’s go again, don’t stop!"
Not stopping resulted in Lu Xianbing being taken out instantly once more.
Lu Xianbing’s Star Skills had not yet reached the level of instantaneously activated Great Perfection; whether it was the Starlight Shield or the Star Shield, they were only at Great Success and required a move to be brought forth.
Even with preparations, he blocked Xu Jin’s first Star Ring, but as soon as Xu Jin’s second Star Ring came sweeping out, he was defeated in an instant.
This time, reality gave Lu Xianbing an education.
"Brother Jin, how about I attack and you defend this time?"
This time, Lu Xianbing fought extremely vigorously.
Star Arrow, Star Radiance, Star Ring, and relentless barrages of Flying Star Step, however violently he could.
On the contrary, Xu Jin had a quite easy time on defense.
One Star Shield sustained Lu Xianbing’s two attacks without shattering.
In the end, Xu Jin simply began practicing real combat movement techniques.
He was working on the body movements of Flying Star Step at extremely close range.
How to use the burst of Star Power to achieve turning at impossible angles.
He studied the Gold Blaming Chapter, which is the application of the Flying Star Step on other parts of the body.
Now that he could burst Star Power from his entire body, theoretically, the Gold Blaming Chapter could be executed on any part.
When the Gold Blaming Chapter burst forth from the feet, it was mainly for speed, but bursting from other parts, it’s about the agility of the movement technique.
This practice wasn’t a waste of time.
Moreover, such close-range movement technique training couldn’t be cultivated in the Star Lamp.
But it was possible in the Martial Arts Secret Realm.
Shortly, the 15-minute limit for a single battle in the Martial Arts Secret Realm was reached, and both of them ended the fight and withdrew from the Martial Arts Secret Realm at the same time.
The intense consumption within the Martial Arts Secret Realm even left Lu Xianbing somewhat breathless.
"Brother Jin, this 15 minutes of Star Skill cultivation, whether in quantity or speed, is comparable to the past three to four days’ worth of cultivation effects."
After finishing, Lu Xianbing also said, "It’s just that the consumption is huge, ordinary people can’t handle it."
"How much Starlight did you consume just now?" Xu Jin asked with a smile.
"In the past 15 minutes, I activated Star Skills over a thousand times, consuming a total of three strands of Starlight."
Hearing this, Xu Jin nodded. That amount was indeed not something an average person could endure.
A single challenge consumed three strands, and Lu Xianbing said that with his Divine Soul Power at full capacity, he could fight for five consecutive matches, and if he took two Rejuvenation Pills a day, he could fight up to fifteen matches.