Chapter 1152
Despite being born and raised in the upper realms, Chidi actually recovered quite quickly with only natural energy to sustain him. That was due at least in part to his original training methods, adapting to ‘lower energy’ before finally incorporating ‘upper energy’ upon reaching Integration.
Unlike many others at equivalent stages of cultivation, he didn’t carry massive stores of energy with him. In fact, upon taking further steps into Negation he had reduced his own personal energy. Even so, his energy control was quite potent, so he filled up his stores rather quickly.
Before facing off against Anton again, it would be better for both of them to spend time on insights. However, both Chidi and other powerful cultivators in the lower realms could have much to learn from personal matchups.
All things told, Chidi vs Anton was a relatively fair matchup. Several of the upcoming matches would not be nearly so balanced, but not because the cultivators were lower in cultivation. It still made some difference, because of experience or what they could do when not limited by Chidi… but with the way his training had gone, more powerful cultivators were the most vulnerable to his style.
Next on the list was another archer with a similar style… or at least a style with the same basis. Because while Nthanda was trained by Anton, their actual abilities as archers had significantly diverged.
Unlike when going up against Anton, Chidi had no expectations of victory or even the potential for victory. But he was still going to do his best.
As he faced off against Nthanda, holding her quivers of physical arrows, Chidi was glad for at least one thing. The number of attacks she could manage to launch at any one time would be limited. He was normally quite capable of dealing with physical threats, but Nthanda’s arrows were a far greater threat than anything Anton carried.
Their battle would take place in a different location, because Nthanda could quite easily destroy an orbital platform. Anton could as well- but he couldn’t do it accidentally. Meanwhile, Nthanda wouldn’t be able to stop the momentum of her arrows if Chidi negated her energy. So they were on a small asteroid.
As the match began, Chidi was still quite excited. He moved instantly, trying to close the distance. Nthanda had no difficulty matching his pace as she moved in any direction while still aiming her bow. Arrows began to fly, half of them crashing into the ground and scattering chunks of rock while the other half flew off into space- someone was responsible for stopping those, so that they wouldn’t be hazards.