"...King’s move? Let the True Dragon drive the proxy body at the forefront, even if ambushed, there would be no real injury, while the powerful Humans pretend to be weak women hiding in the back..."
Gaer tightly gripped his dual blades. He watched the two Ians standing together and immediately showed an understanding expression, then burst into laughter: "As expected of a Scholar, without the dull sense of honor we warriors have, this kind of ambush is really interesting!"
Ian: "...Do you even hear what you’re saying?"
Previously, he thought that Elg’s blatant declaration of ambush was bizarre enough, but he hadn’t expected Gaer from the Azure Sky Royal Court to have this sort of mad logic... Ian started to suspect that all the young Sublimators present might be somewhat mentally unstable.
"Just ordinary tactical decisions."
He slowly spoke, Ian slightly shook his head, pulling his legs from the Crystal Stone floor, shaking his re-fusing right arm, letting the broken bones return to their original positions: "And this slash is really powerful... my hand bones are shattered."
"Haha." Gaer laughed dryly, repeating Ian’s words: "A Fairy Bloodline known for its fragile Body can actually take on my Torrent Slash head-on, and the result is just shattered hand bones? Do you even hear what you’re saying? You’re really crazy to dare accept it this way, and you actually took it."
Obviously, in Gaer’s view, Ian’s action was far crazier than his words.
Gaer did not continue to attack. Clearly, Ian’s moves and Sio’s abilities had greatly benefited him, and although he was still communicating with Ian, his mind was actually mostly occupied with savoring the details of the battle just now.
He was not a martial arts fanatic in the traditional sense, but what’s more stimulating than fighting interesting strong men, compared to the dull pleasures of food and women? For these Royal Blood Descendants born with endless potential and wealth, very few things could interest them.
"Although I anticipated it, I didn’t think it would happen so quickly."
To be honest, Ian did consider that someone might forcibly challenge him, forcing Sio to deal with it, but that should have been during the chaotic uproar after the first wave of young strong men. Sio just needed to use the Dragon Soul to twist the minds of the assailants, and then Anfa and Yisen Gard would repel them.
But who knew, right from the start, a young strong man set his sights on him, challenging proactively, leaving Ian’s subsequent plans with no time to be deployed.
However, it’s not a major issue. Even without the Ether Clone, Ian originally planned to have Anfa use the proxy disguised as Sio to apply some Alchemical Potion, pretending it was Ian himself making the move... just not as effective or powerful as it is now.
"The power of the Ether Clone... It’s exactly the same as my full-body efforts. No, without sharing the body with The Unyielding Fortress, reducing interference, my control over the Water Element Origin is more precise!"
At this moment, Ian also sensed the power of the ’Body of Light’... It really can let himself descend across great distances, exhibiting power identical to his true form!
How is this any different from the so-called ’God’s Avatar’?
Ian already had more than a dozen experimental plans and several large-scale project tables in mind, but unfortunately, he wasn’t in Xiawei Territory. Otherwise, he’d head straight to the lab.
[Old Ancestor, do you think this Ian is normal?]
At this moment, the black-haired Elf Girl was observing the distant Ian and Gaer, squinting her eyes: [Gaer hasn’t fully showcased his strength and ’trump card’... But Ian, a young man with some past fame but not much foundation, really can be evenly matched with Gaer?]
[...With the fragile Fairy Body taking a direct hit from the Young Cub’s Wind-Slicing Knife, this kind of talent reminds me of a few people who made me quite uncomfortable]
The Old Ancestor’s voice was silent for a moment, then leisurely said: [Moren Tiantu, Mucal, and Hiliard... These names, all those you said ’lacked depth’, ended up standing at the peak of our era]
[Heh... Normal? It’s not surprising, but what does someone like that have to do with being normal?]
[Observe him. There’s definitely a secret behind him]
"This move is a lot like my ’Shadow Marsh’, constructing an energy-absorbing port through Origin Quality, for defense and attack, and in times of crisis, retaliating through the energy-release port."
The Necrocaller from the Yanjiang team, hiding his appearance under a hood, took a sip of potion, his thoughts surging: "But I have Spirit Energy assistance related to that—he entirely relies on Origin Quality."
Thinking of this, this ’young generation’ nearing thirty couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: (Master, Grandmaster... Why don’t you let Little Martial Uncle come over? There are too many monstrous geniuses here, I can’t handle these people...)
"As expected of the key observation target Father mentioned, he is truly strong!" And Aina’s thoughts were straightforward, even with joy: "No wonder Father told me that Ian’s physical quality is higher than he imagined... Indeed, to withstand the Sky Wolf’s blood-infused blade with Fairy Blood without breaking anything more than a bone, I certainly can’t do that."
"With Ian’s help, our Empire’s mission is much easier to accomplish!"
And just as everyone’s focus temporarily centered on Ian and Gaer.