Chapter 76: Two Songs?

Jia Yuan truly protested in his heart. It’s not that he liked

Quan Zen, but at least Quan Zen was an earnest, if arrogant soldier, who was

undoubtedly the strongest of his battalion. Without him to lead, the Spectres

of Wind here… would fall into shambles. The blow to the allied army’s morale

would be devastating!

Unless.

From his vantage point in the air, Jia Yuan shouted. “Avenge

Quan Zen! Avenge the commander! Death to the enemy!”

He rushed down towards the Water Kingdom commander, seemingly

brimming with a desire for revenge.

In truth, he just wanted to keep the Spectres of Wind

motivated in the fight. Although Jia Yuan felt drained due to the power he had

exerted to Earth Kingdom commander, the pills he had consumed afterwards gave

him enough strength to continue fighting for now.

The Water Kingdom commander used an unusual set of weapons,

called Kukri. Jia Yuan hadn’t fought against a Kukri user before, and didn’t

know the attack patterns and styles associated with the weapon. This, combined

with Jia Yuan’s superficial level of remaining strength due to the pills, meant

that he would have to fight on the defensive.

But that was the entire point! For every second he and the

Spectres of Wind could delay the special forces of the other Kingdoms, the

longer his Burning Legion could change the flow of the main battle!

Jia Yuan exchanged blows with the Water Kingdom commander,

but he was continually pushed back.

Seeing this, the Water Kingdom commander began to taunt his

opponent.

“Hah. I’ve already killed that weakling of a commander, but

you’re even weaker! Is this all the Air and Fire Kingdoms have to offer?”

“Sending such a runt to the battlefield, aren’t they getting

too desperate this early in the war?”

“That’s a nice weapon you’ve got there. Maybe after I kill

you, I’ll give it to my grandma to chop vegetables with!”

A continuous flurry of insults came from the Water Kingdom

commander’s mouth, hardly befitting someone with the exalted status of a

special forces commander.

However, Jia Yuan didn’t respond and continued to defend.

However, he was starting to grow irritated.

Who could blame him? He was only 13 years of age and hadn’t

been able to fully adopt a steady demeanor. Hell, even those who were 80 years

old may not be able to adopt so steady of a manner as to be able to stay calm

under such a torrent of insults.

After a particularly intense flurry of blows, Jia Yuan

jumped back and flew into the air at the fastest speed possible. He was running

out of strength! He chomped down on two pills again. His heart burned at this

wasteful usage of these precious, unmatched pills, but what choice did he have?

Pills aren’t useful to the dead.

After his failing senses and strength had been bolstered by

the pills, he flew back down toward the ground, borrowing the force of gravity

to lend aid to his attack.

Soaring down, he surrounded his blade with flames, but he

filled his blade with the power of his Song of Water.

As his sword fell upon one of the commander’s kukri, the

flames were extinguished by the water from the commander’s Song of Water.

However, the brute strength that came behind the strike caused the ground

beneath the enemy commander to crack and crumble.

It was at this point that Jia Yuan’s blade imbued with the

power of his Song of Water truly made physical contact with the commander’s

kukri.

The kukri began to crack!

The Water Kingdom’s commander, who had been exhibiting a

rather arrogant demeanor as if he was the king of the battlefield, instantly

backed off, his eyes wide.

His opponent had clearly cultivated in a Song of Fire! He

had been using fire the entire time! Even during that last clash, his opponent’s

weapon had been wreathed in flames.

But the last bit of the attack, when his kukri had taken

damage, had clearly been performed with a Song of Water!

The Water Kingdom’s commander began to put the pieces

together.

Jia Yuan had wreathed his sword in flames. When the flames

came in contact with the water surrounding his own blade, they had been

extinguished. However, the power inside Jia Yuan’s blade wasn’t the power of a

Song of Fire… but instead a Song of Water! The flames surrounding the blade had

simply been a feint!

The Water Kingdom’s commander reeled at this seemingly

impossible information.

Was it possible one person to cultivate a Song of two

different elements?

If that was so, no wonder this brat in the Absorption realm

could pose such a threat to those in the Manipulation realm!

This was groundbreaking! Not only would a combination of two

Songs provide a qualitative increase in strength, but it would provide the user

with two different elements!

It has to be known that each element has its strength and

weaknesses.

For example, the fire element is peerless in attacks, but

when ti comes to defending, fire is clearly one of the weaker elements.

Earth is a wonderful defensive element, as one is able to

construct entire walls and shields with a Song of Earth.

However, Earth is not necessarily a strong attacking

element. Ranged attacks with a Song of Earth are much slower than those of

other elements, and while a Song of Earth provided more than enough attacking

power when dealing with non-cultivators, cultivators bodies were substantially

stronger.

If one could supplement one element’s weakness with another

element’s strength… you would have a uniquely powerful individual!