Chapter 360: Section 147: Divine Son vs Kan Qiao
“Blocked!”
Seeing the Fishman youth successfully parry General Kan Qiao’s Combat Skill, the sailors of the Justice Pirate Group all breathed a sigh of relief.
The morale of the pirate group was stable, but Kan Qiao’s presence had always put immense psychological pressure on them.
After all, their side did not have a Golden Level fighter.
It is well known that the gap between Gold and Silver Levels is very large.
A Silver Level fighter possesses the utmost physical prowess of the human body. However, a Golden Level surpasses the human limits, breaking through racial boundaries in terms of speed, strength, recovery, and other aspects.
Taking the Human Race as an example, without using Fighting Energy:
A Silver Level fighter can achieve a running speed of about 40km/h, which is the limit of human running speed. But a Golden Level fighter averages about 120km/h, leaving horses, sheep, wolves, dogs, lions, and tigers (excluding Magic Beasts) far behind.
This value of speed is vitally important; running speed is just one aspect, there are also attack speed, evasion speed, etc., and a Golden Fighter completely surpasses the Silver Level. This means that in combat, a Golden Level will firmly take the initiative, freely choosing to fight or retreat.
Then there’s strength.
A Silver Level can lift about 350 kg, which is the limit of human weight training. But at the Golden Level, they can easily lift up to 10 tons, effortlessly overturning a horse-drawn carriage with one hand.
In terms of attack, a Silver Level fighter relying solely on physical power can take on twenty to thirty adults without any problem. A Golden Level, on the other hand, is an unmatched fierce general who can take on enemies in and out of the battlefield.
Defensively, a Silver Level reliant on physical body, cannot withstand common crossbow volleys and small caliber firearms. At the Golden Level, regular bows and crossbow arrows pose no threat, but they are still vulnerable to large caliber firearms.
All the above are without using Fighting Energy, purely relying on physical quality. If using Fighting Energy, the gap between Golden and Silver Levels would widen even further.
Because Silver Fighting Energy can cover the entire body, and also be infused into weapons and armor to increase power. Golden Level Fighting Energy is not just this, it can also leave the body for a period of time, not infused into any physical entities, and still independently form shapes.
The independent formation characteristic of Fighting Energy has given rise to many Combat Skills.
For example, the Combat Skill ‘Little Fire Horse,’ is a rather famous one, usually practiced by fighters who cultivate fire attribute Fighting Energy. Using this Combat Skill, one can turn their Fighting Energy into a horse that runs independently seeking enemies to attack.
This Combat Skill also has an advanced level, called the Fiery Flame Horse. After the transformation by Fighting Energy into a horse, it forms a flaming big flame horse with even faster speed and stronger power.
Due to this characteristic, the attack range of a Golden Level fighter dramatically increases, and their means of attacking become very abundant, nearly akin to a kind of magic.
Another point is that the detached Fighting Energy allows a Golden Fighter to fly independently, making it a possibility.
However, flying Combat Techniques significantly consume Fighting Energy, are rare in number, and not all Golden Fighters possess Flying Combat Skills.
When the Fishman youth successfully resisted General Kan Qiao’s Combat Skill, the latter’s First Officer immediately judged the youth could match a Golden Level. The remark might seem ordinary, but actually, it was a huge commendation.
Very few Silver Level fighters can match a Golden Level in combat power.
Due to the vast difference between Silver and Gold Levels, achieving this is extremely difficult.
Kan Qiao immediately nodded slightly, agreeing with the First Officer’s judgment, “The opponent is a Divine Son, possessing a Divine Fishman Bloodline, certainly not simple. But what exactly is the bloodline?”
“The Navy Headquarters is still investigating, this battle will allow us to unearth more clues,” said the First Officer.
“I had intended to capture him alive, but now it seems I can no longer hold back,” Kan Qiao said flatly.
Comparing racial qualities, the Fishman species is inferior to the Human Race.
In a myth passed down among the races, the Fishman Race is considered a lower stream race, while the Human Race resides in the middle stream.
However, a Divine Bloodline among the Fishman Race, of course, is superior to a person like Kan Qiao.
The bombardment continues, the sea wind howls.
The distance between the two fleets was getting closer.
Kan Qiao focused his gaze in the distance, locking onto the Fishman youth, discerning the latter’s revealed secrets: “He possesses a Divine Fishman Bloodline, his Fighting Energy is extraordinary, at least at Holy Domain Level. His Combat Skill is of Legendary Grade Flowing Blade. From what we see now, his only disadvantage is not having better equipment.”
Yes, the Combat Skill Flowing Blade which the Fishman youth had mastered urgently through training, reached the Legendary Grade!
This doesn’t mean that one has to reach the Legendary Level to use this Combat Skill.
The grade of Combat Skills is determined based on a comprehensive consideration of many aspects.
The greatest advantage, or characteristic, of Flowing Blade is its extensive applicability.
Flowing Blade is the most basic form; on this base, it possesses many derivative Combat Skills suitable for many scenarios.
“I wonder how many derivative Combat Skills of Flowing Blade this Fishman Divine Son has mastered. Haha, he is a good opponent,” Kan Qiao laughed, then immediately commanded, “Bring me my armor!”
The subordinates had already prepared.
Three Black Iron Fighters laboriously carried over a large half-body armor.
The half-body armor was very heavy; each Black Iron Fighter, robust and muscular, turned red-faced and sweated profusely while lifting it.
After finally managing to hang the half-body armor on Kan Qiao’s shoulders, the three of them nearly collapsed on the spot, their arms trembling.
Even Kan Qiao, a renowned Golden Level fighter of the Navy, took a step back the moment he donned the armor, before stabilizing his stance.
This piece of half-body armor was neither chainmail nor plate armor, different from traditional armor, composed of numerous complicated and precise mechanical structures.
Once draped over Kan Qiao, his Fighting Energy flowed into it, and his spirit also took control of the half-body armor.
The half-body armor immediately transformed.
Numerous components started moving, shifting to new positions, gradually covering Kan Qiao’s thighs, legs, and arms.
Then, with a series of clicking noises, the mechanical structure transformed into a new configuration.
Seconds later, it turned from a barrel-thick torso armor into a suit of steel armor that covered General Kan Qiao’s entire body.
“What kind of armor is that? It’s so strange!” Not only the Justice Pirate Group but also the sailors of the Navy were very surprised.
General Kan Qiao didn’t intend to explain, as his neck and the lower half of his face were also covered by the mechanical armor.
It seemed there was an amplification device inside the mask, and as he spoke now, his voice became very loud, “Justice Pirate Group and the Fishman Divine Son, come take a slash from me!”
The next moment, General Kan Qiao, holding his sword with one hand, stomped his legs and leapt into the air.
“Take my arrow first,” declared the long-awaiting avenger, who immediately shot an arrow.
The arrow flew swiftly and reached the front of General Kan Qiao in the blink of an eye.
General Kan Qiao snorted coldly and simply swept the arrow away with his left arm.
The arrow exploded, but General Kan Qiao, with his Golden Fighting Spirit surging and combined with the transformed mechanical armor, had extremely high defensive power, showing no signs of damage.
Meanwhile, General Kan Qiao’s large-handled sword slashed downward at the Fishman youth.
In an instant, Golden Fighting Spirit was channeled into the sword, then following the slashing motion, it separated from the blade, forming a thick golden arc.
“Good move,” the Fishman youth looked up at General Kan Qiao in midair, slightly squatted, and with a powerful thrust from his legs, his muscles bulging.
The next moment, he shot upward like a cannonball.
Derived Combat Skill—Big Flow Blade!
The Fishman youth clasped his palms together in midair, and the two Flow Blades fused into one, forming a longer, wider, and thicker Water Blade.
The Water Blade sparkled with a silver luster, fiercely slashing upward against the overpowering golden arc of Fighting Energy.
The two forces collided, and the Golden Fighting Spirit held up for a second before being sliced through by the more concentrated Silver Water Blade.
General Kan Qiao had simply released the Golden Fighting Spirit and not used a Combat Skill like the ‘Beheading Blade’ before; hence, it was natural for it to be overwhelmed by the Flow Blade technique.
The Silver Water Blade, slashing an opening, carried the youth’s body with even more momentum toward General Kan Qiao.
Behind General Kan Qiao, mechanical components swiftly separated and combined into two large propulsion nozzles, placed on either side of his back.
Boom!
An instant later, the nozzles ejected Golden Fighting Spirit, bursting with powerful force, and fiercely propelled General Kan Qiao toward the Fishman youth.
“Does this Mechanical Battle Armor also have flying capabilities?!” exclaimed the Fishman youth in shock.
The large-handled sword surged directly at his face.
At the critical moment, the Fishman youth abruptly canceled the Big Flow Blade technique and reverted to dual blades in both arms.
Then, he crossed the dual blades.
Combat Skill—Dual Flow Blades Crossed.
A pair of Silver Water Blades accurately caught the large-handled sword.
The large-handled sword emitted a dazzling golden light, while the pair of Flow Blades hissed, continuously sawing at the blade of the golden sword.
Golden Fighting Spirit burst fiercely from behind General Kan Qiao once more.
He adjusted his posture in mid-air, completely overpowering the Fishman youth, and forcefully pushed him downward with both arms wielding the sword.
Bang!
A streak of gold mixed with a streak of silver descended from the sky, piercing through the only Black Iron-powered ship of the Justice Pirate Group at an extremely fast speed.
General Kan Qiao, pressing the sword forward relentlessly, smashed the Fishman youth from the deck down through the bottom of the ship into the sea.
Derived Combat Skill—Vortex Flow Blade!
The Fishman youth’s dual blades suddenly transformed, merging into a flowing Vortex Water Shield.
General Kan Qiao’s golden sword struck the Water Shield, immediately being redirected by the water flow, allowing the Fishman youth to escape.
“Trying to escape?!” General Kan Qiao glared fiercely.
Combat Skill—Personal Blade.
The blade energy shot out from the sword, almost sticking to the Fishman youth, violently attacking inside his body.
The youth’s combat energy was of the Silver Level, covering his entire body.
The Silver Fighting Spirit struggled hard against the strong infiltration of the Golden Fighting Spirit, consumption intensifying severely.
Finally, the Fishman youth retreated, pulling away from General Kan Qiao, but he was wounded by the combat skill and was forced to spit out the injured blood in his body.
“Shoot me!” the Fishman youth suddenly roared.
In the deep dark waters, suddenly a bolt of lightning brightened.
General Kan Qiao was about to pursue when he saw the lightning and his expression changed abruptly.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish had struck!