Chapter 183 Overwhelmed

Inside the training field, Jiang Xiao and Qin Wangchuan stood facing each other.

Jiang Xiao's body was tense, his posture a typical empty stance, the front leg light, the rear leg solid, the front leg toes touching the ground, a giant blade slanting in front of him.

Behind that broad giant blade, Jiang Xiao revealed only one eye, staring intently at Qin Wangchuan.

Across from him, Qin Wangchuan was experiencing an unparalleled shock.

This battle was almost like opening the door to a new world for Qin Wangchuan!

He knew Jiang Xiao had a 1v2 record in the National Competition and had even soloed an agility-based warrior.

But that agility-based warrior was only at the Nebula stage. Qin Wangchuan never imagined that Jiang Xiao, with his extremely skilled swordsmanship, could defend so impenetrably!

Keep in mind, this kid was just a Nebula-stage newbie! How could he fight to a standstill against a Star Ocean-stage king like himself?

Qin Wangchuan could tell that many times, Jiang Xiao's mind hadn't caught up, but his body had already moved!

Only endless battles on the battlefield could forge such muscle memory, such a sense of life and death!

What standards did the Night Watchers use to train this kid?

This is supposed to be a support, so why is he specializing in close combat!?

Could what Jiang Xiao said before have been true?

Are the Night Watchers' coaches really better than Qin Wangchuan's training level?

Qin Wangchuan hadn't taken Jiang Xiao seriously. He hadn't even used Star Techniques, believing he could easily crush Jiang Xiao with his pure physical abilities, teach the kid a lesson, dampen his arrogance, and dispel his desire to participate in the World Cup.

But Qin Wangchuan realized he was wrong, terribly wrong!

Yes, Jiang Xiao's physical qualities might be utterly crushed, but Jiang Xiao's defense and defensive techniques were making Qin Wangchuan question his life.

What level of swordsmanship is this!?

What kind of talent for close combat weapons!?

He's wielding a giant blade like a dagger.

Various close-quarters maneuvers, various lifts, blocks, chops, horizontals, verticals, supplemented by Gold-quality Green Glow, Qin Wangchuan had already lost count of how many times he'd been sent flying.

The kid's movements were minimal, which greatly compensated for the difference in physical attributes.

Should I use Star Techniques?

Qin Wangchuan stared at Jiang Xiao from afar, as if looking at an iron bucket.

No, a spiked iron bucket.

What is "effortless"!

What is "impenetrable"!

Are you really a support? Did you change your profession when I wasn't looking?

Should I really use Star Techniques?

Qin Wangchuan was caught in a deep internal struggle. Star Ocean against Nebula was already bullying, and now a Star Ocean king had to use Star Techniques?

Jiang Xiao stood quietly in place and said, "Your mind is乱了 (luàn le, in turmoil). Your fist is慢了 (màn le, slower)."

Qin Wangchuan: ???

Is this kid giving *me* a lecture?

Jiang Xiao warily watched Qin Wangchuan, not taking the initiative to attack. The battle with Minister Song Chunxi was still fresh in his mind. No matter if you're Star River or Star Ocean, once you reach Star River, your physical abilities are not to be trifled with. Given the opponent's crushing physical advantage, Jiang Xiao was constantly on the edge of a cliff, one wrong move and the game would be lost.

In reality, Star Ocean and Star River sound like a big difference, but that's only in terms of total Star Power and the Star Techniques available. Star Ocean doesn't have a high barrier to entry, and its physical qualities are on the same level as the Star River stage.

It's just that if you want to advance to Star Ocean, you'll inevitably have to put in more effort than others, so generally speaking, Star Ocean's physical qualities are mostly a notch above Star River, but there's no qualitative difference.

Jiang Xiao said, "You're just a support, no need to blame yourself."

Qin Wangchuan: ???

I'm the support, not you?

Is this kid comforting me or provoking me?

Jiang Xiao continued to talk trash, disrupting Qin Wangchuan's mind, but this kind of trash talk was more civilized: "All your skills are to cooperate with your teammates, to help your wasteland reclamation army strike directly at the enemy's heart. You are a soldier, you can't help yourself, the team is your main battlefield."

Jiang Xiao continued, "Qin Instructor, leaving aside the team and focusing on individual competition, your Star Techniques don't form a self-improving system. Don't even think about using Star Techniques, you'll lose even more miserably."

"Huff..." Qin Wangchuan covered his chest with one hand and took a deep breath. When he felt the veins on his forehead throbbing, he realized that his mentality really had a problem, so he began to consciously adjust.

Jiang Xiao thought to himself, "Damn it, did he see through my little scheme?"

Jiang Xiao quickly increased his verbal offensive: "Qin Instructor, although you are Star Ocean, you are a king in the army. Although I am Star Nebula, I am a World Cup team member. Our battlefields are different, our Star Technique combinations are different, specialization in a field..."

He saw a thick fog suddenly spreading from Qin Wangchuan's body, like a Hollywood special effects blockbuster, the scene was extremely strange, and even more dazzling.

Jiang Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he shouted loudly, "You're really using Star Techniques? Aren't you ashamed?"

Jiang Xiao threw out a Silence!

He heard a strange nasal sound from Qin Wangchuan, who must have been in the process of casting a spell and was hit painfully by Silence. And the Silence area was "forbidden to sound", so it caused such a special situation.

In the next two seconds, Qin Wangchuan's half of the field was already filled with thick fog, and no one could be seen.

Silence didn't prevent him from casting spells!

Jiang Xiao hurriedly fired Silence repeatedly, but other than hearing Qin Wangchuan's painful voice the first time, he heard nothing more.

The huge training field was soon surrounded by thick fog, and Qin Wangchuan was nowhere to be found.

Suddenly, a dark ray of light wrapped around Jiang Xiao.

Fortunately, its color was very dark, otherwise, in this low-visibility fog, without a clear contrast, Jiang Xiao might not have been able to detect it.

Jiang Xiao quickly moved to the side, but what happened next exceeded Jiang Xiao's range of understanding.

The straight black line brushed past Jiang Xiao, but like a snake, it suddenly turned around, even forked, and wrapped around Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao leaned back sharply, dodging the first black snake, but the second black snake wrapped around his ankle.

The next moment, Jiang Xiao only felt the Star Power in his body vaguely disturbed. Although he could move his feet, he was bound by a rope and could only move within a small range.

Qin Wangchuan is from the wasteland reclamation army, and his set of Star Technique combinations is naturally a wasteland reclamation god skill.

Jiang Xiao was restrained.

From the inside out, from head to toe.

First of all, Jiang Xiao's Silence lost its effect. The mist released by Qin Wangchuan had the effect of purifying the polluted area. Under such a rich mist, even if Qin Wangchuan exposed his position, Jiang Xiao's Silence could not last in this mist and would almost be instantly purified.

Secondly, Jiang Xiao's weakness of not having a perception-type Star Technique was exposed again, he couldn't find Qin Wangchuan's position!

Thirdly, if Jiang Xiao was a heavy artillery-level Star Warrior like Han Jiangxue, he should be able to break the situation. He couldn't cut off the black snake on his body. Not knowing where the root of the black snake was, Jiang Xiao was bound by it and could only move within a range of five steps!

Qin Wangchuan was treating Jiang Xiao like a monster in the wasteland reclamation map!

Jiang Xiao shouted angrily, "Thank you! Qin Wangchuan! I'm a Nebula-stage Awakened, not a Behemoth Flame Master in the炎判所 (Yan Pan Suo, Halls of Hellfire)!"

In the mist, Qin Wangchuan's voice faintly came: "A hawk also uses all its strength to catch a rabbit."

Finally, Instructor Qin regained his identity as a teacher and taught his apprentice a lesson.

Jiang Xiao clenched his blade: "What you're doing will be trending tonight, on the headlines!"

Jiang Xiao looked around warily, muttering softly, "Star Ocean King, shamelessly bullying a Nebula child, wasteland reclamation coach hiding and dodging, not daring to face me head-on."

Oh?

That's quite a rhyme...

In the thick fog, Qin Wangchuan's voice floated again: "You are now unable to break the predicament, exposing at least three weaknesses."

Jiang Xiao curled his lips: "You only summarized three? I've already summarized four. You should put another negative status on me, and my weakness of not having a purification Star Technique will also be exposed."

Qin Wangchuan: "..."

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiao felt the changes in his body. In this rich mist, Jiang Xiao felt that his various attributes were strengthening.

Qin Wangchuan is still a support after all.

Although he used "Net Mist" to resist the Silence Domain and also concealed his figure, the special effect of Net Mist was also reflected on Jiang Xiao, which was to increase the physical attributes of the target in the mist.

Jiang Xiao was full of confidence, but also on high alert, and said: "Villain! Come out and fight me!"

In the mist, Qin Wangchuan actually revealed his figure, standing a few meters away from Jiang Xiao, and said, "You have already lost."

Jiang Xiao raised his eyebrows: "I lost?"

Qin Wangchuan didn't strike a fatal blow and didn't use output Star Techniques, but that didn't mean he didn't have any.

He only heard Qin Wangchuan say, "I have to admit, your close combat skills amaze me. But I am a support, and most of the contestants in the World Cup individual competition are agility-based warriors, and they are all combat kings. Your skills will not be of any use in front of them."

Jiang Xiao snorted and said: "What you said is wrong. Agility-based warriors have their own fighting style. They can't be like you, having so many support Star Techniques, and still be able to tie me up, right?

Do you think there is such a person in the world, who has your powerful support skills, and also has extremely powerful close combat skills? Does this kind of person exist?"

Qin Wangchuan: "Uh..."

Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up and said, "Hey, wait. I seem to be it?"

Qin Wangchuan: ???

The two stared at each other with wide eyes. Qin Wangchuan still didn't use output Star Techniques, but just said, "You are now a lamb to be slaughtered, losing is losing."

Jiang Xiao widened his eyes: "Me? Lost? Come, come, come!"

Jiang Xiao suddenly spun the giant blade and directly inserted the knife into the ground, and said to Qin Wangchuan: "Come! I'll just stand here today and not move! Let you hit me!"

Qin Wangchuan also widened his eyes and suddenly found that Little Toxic Milk was so domineering...

Being in this kind of predicament, and facing a Star Ocean King, he still has such ambition...

At least from the psychological state and physical state, this kid is really ready to participate in the World Cup.

Jiang Xiao said: "I know you have a lot of Star Power, let's just stay here and consume! Let's see if I lose first, or your Star Power runs out first."

Qin Wangchuan smiled and shook his head and said, "I have Star Techniques to restore Star Power. Theoretically speaking, my Star Power can't be exhausted."

"Uh..." Jiang Xiao scratched his head and said, "Don't say useless things, come hit me! If you don't dare to get close to me, then use whatever output Star Techniques you have! Grandpa will take... uh, I'll take them all!"

"Your Gold-quality Endurance does give you such confidence." Qin Wangchuan had obviously adjusted his mental state and said with a smile, "Your range of movement is so small, there's no need to fight at all. I can make you fall asleep directly. Who do you think the arena will judge to be the winner?"

Jiang Xiao retorted, "I'm in the mist, I can't fall asleep."

Qin Wangchuan: "I can cancel Net Mist."

Jiang Xiao: "Then I'll Silence you, you don't dare to cancel it."

Qin Wangchuan shrugged his shoulders, extremely unrestrained: "I can retreat to the second half of the field and let the mist only cover me."

Jiang Xiao carefully observed for a while and said, "When I find a suitable purification Star Technique, I myself will be a complete system!"

Hearing this sentence, Qin Wangchuan nodded, but also shook his head and said, "Purification can indeed make up for your weaknesses, but you still can't break the situation."

As he spoke, Qin Wangchuan pointed to the dark lines and said, "You are still bound, like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others."

"How about this?" Qin Wangchuan threw out a few dark orbs at random, scattering them everywhere.

The next moment, countless dark lines burst out from the mist, like countless venomous snakes, tightly wrapping around Jiang Xiao's waist, arms, thighs, ankles, and even his neck.

Qin Wangchuan looked at Jiang Xiao and said: "I don't need you to beat me, if you can come up with a way to break the situation, I'll write you a recommendation letter."

Jiang Xiao's body kept struggling. This time, he didn't even have a 5-step range of movement. Now he couldn't even move his body.

The ancient torture of five horses dismembering a body was probably like this, right? Next, they will be tearing in all directions...

"Really? You'll write me a recommendation letter when I get out?" Jiang Xiao frowned, with an extremely uncomfortable look on his face, and said fiercely.

Qin Wangchuan nodded: "Every World Cup contestant is a self-contained system, and you will inevitably encounter this situation. If you can't handle this situation, what am I writing you a recommendation letter for? To watch you get eliminated in the first round of the school selection competition? I'm a person who cares about face."

Jiang Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Qin Wangchuan in shock.

His eyes revealed a very obvious meaning: You? Care about face?

Qin Wangchuan's face darkened and said: "Within five minutes! If you get out, I'll write you a recommendation letter!"

Whoosh!

Qin Wangchuan only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and countless dark lines flew apart, scattered on the ground.

Beside him, Little Crew Cut leaned over diagonally, his elbow propped on his shoulder, and said: "I heard Instructor Qin is going to write me a recommendation letter? Tsk, thank you for your trouble."

Qin Wangchuan turned his head sharply, with an unbelievable look on his face!

Teleport? Flash? Transfer?

Qin Wangchuan swallowed, "Is this a Star Technique that you should have?"

A second ago, Little Toxic Milk was frowning deeply, gritting his teeth, looking like he was racking his brains to figure out how to break the situation.

A second later, Little Toxic Milk broke the situation and was smiling and putting his arm around his shoulders!?

Was I tricked?

This kid could have broken the situation a long time ago and has been acting with me all this time!?

Is he just waiting for my sentence "I'll write you a recommendation letter when you get out"?

Qin Wangchuan suddenly felt that his blood pressure was a little high, and his head was a little dizzy...