Chapter 146
"Today, I shall claim your life and avenge my disciples of Heaven-Turning and Venomscale Peaks!" Vincent gritted his teeth viciously. Pointed his index finger at the ground.
"Earth Puppet, rise!"
Four massive mud hands burst from the earth, seemingly intent on crushing Alex into fine powder.
Seeing this from behind, Iris’s face filled with anxiety. "Saint Lord Alex, be careful!"
"You absolutely must not meet him head-on with brute force!"
No one understood better than her just how formidable Vincent’s Earth Puppet technique was. Before joining the Divine Blade Sect, Vincent had been the Sect Master of the Southwestern Earth Evasion Sect.
His mastery over earth manipulation arts even surpassed his sword techniques.
Coupled with his formidable strength at the second level of the Supreme Realm, the terrifying nature of his earth-element cultivation methods went without saying.
"Break!" Alex raised both arms, two trickling streams of water flowed down from the void, circling and hovering around his wrists.
A dazzling, chilling glint flashed. The docile water streams instantly transformed into razor-sharp blades.
With just a single slash, all the mud hands were severed entirely.
"That move is..."
"Condensing Water into a Sword?!" Iris widened her eyes. Unable to hold back a gasp of sheer amazement.
The Water element is naturally docile and peaceful.
The Fire element is rigid and explosive.
Condensing water into a sword was a divine ability with a difficulty coefficient several times higher than condensing fire into a sword.
Furthermore, using this move to break Vincent’s Earth Puppet technique was even more difficult. Because the Water element was naturally countered and suppressed by the Earth element.
"Such formidable water manipulation technique..." Lone, whose cultivation had been completely crippled, slumped weakly against the wall. His pupils shrank in terror.
"Could it be... could it be he is..."
However, Vincent wore a cold smile. Completely unhurried and confident.
Although he hadn’t guessed Alex’s true identity, he believed he had already thoroughly figured out his abilities.
Heaven-Turning Peak and Venomscale Peak, previously annihilated by this man, were both peaks specializing in sword techniques and fire manipulation techniques.
Rorin and Dariel were the premier fire manipulation experts of the entire sect.
Therefore, the scheming Vincent had secretly formed a hypothesis.
On the surface, this Alex relied on the Purple Cloud Demon Sword to slaughter the two peaks. But in reality, he was likely a Water-element cultivator highly proficient in water manipulation techniques.
That was exactly why he had prioritized those two peaks. Relying on the natural elemental counter to so easily annihilate Rorin and Dariel.
Having deduced this, Vincent had ordered Lone to bring men and lay down the Heaven and Earth Sword Sealing Grand Formation overnight. Looking at it now, everything was perfectly within his grasp.
"When the Water element meets the Earth element, more than half of its moves cannot be used."
"Without the Purple Cloud Demon Sword, how can you possibly oppose me?"
"Today will be the day you die!"
Seeing Alex break free from his restraints, Vincent didn’t feel the least bit surprised. He narrowed his eyes slightly. A sluggish, majestic aura lingering around him.
"Heh, this move was prepared specifically for you."
"Flow-Severing Rock Hand!"
As his voice fell, Vincent let out a thundering shout, raised both hands abruptly.
The yellow sand and crushed stones on the ground slowly floated up. Swirling around his arms.
In an instant, his two arms were enveloped in heavy rock layers. He lunged forward. A punch carrying the momentum of ten thousand bolts of lightning, violently blasting toward Alex’s chest.
Cultivators of various elements not only have mutually countering relationships, but also possess unique characteristics.
Wind-element cultivators are agile and ethereal.
The Wood element possesses unique healing abilities.
Fire excels in large-scale offensive divine abilities.
And the characteristic of Earth-element cultivators was precisely their fierce, unyielding physical strength and astonishing defense.
By using this move, Vincent intended to drag Alex into the close-quarters melee combat he excelled at most.
"Somewhat interesting." Alex nimbly dodged and evaded. A smile of deep interest on his face.
"A close-quarters melee move... I seem to have just obtained one as well."
He pondered for a moment. Slowly closed his eyes.
"You... what are you doing?" Vincent suspiciously furrowed his brows.
But the next second, his eyes abruptly widened, filled with terror. A layer of faint green light slowly emerged on Alex’s body.
This green light was undoubtedly the power of the Wood element.
"All-Encompassing Myriad Phenomena..."
"Divine Wood Wrath-Shattering Fist!"
The All-Encompassing Myriad Phenomena Technique. Grade: High-Grade Saint-tier.
After seeing Master Vincent execute the Flow-Severing Rock Hand, Alex had felt a stir in his heart. He immediately redeemed this cultivation method from the Providence Mall.
This technique was the absolute peak cultivation method created by the Divine Wood Saint, one of the Five Saints of Antiquity.
The five Saint-level powerhouses most proficient in elemental technique in the world.
Among them, the Divine Wood Saint excelled in wood manipulation techniques. Capable of instantly summoning a towering forest of ten thousand meters with just a wave of his hand and a breath.
Of course, Alex spending two thousand Providence Points to redeem the first Chapter wasn’t just to deal with a mere Vincent.
The arts of the Five Elements had now almost become obsolete products eliminated by the current era.
Cultivators believed that spitting a bit of fire or spraying a bit of water was too old-fashioned. Too outdated.
They fundamentally disdained to waste time and mental effort practicing them.
Even if there were experts proficient in elemental arts, most were old geezers like himself and Vincent.
But in reality, in the eyes of true powerhouses, the techniques of the Five Elements were the most formidable cultivation methods in the world.
Representing the ultimate simplicity of the Great Dao. Returning to original purity.
The fact that the Five Saints of Antiquity could cultivate to the absolute peak of the world relying purely on elemental methods was proof enough.
And if one could master two, three, or even more elemental cultivation methods, it became a Supreme-tier combination where one plus one was far greater than two.