Devouring: Starting with an innate sacred body and Dao embryo

Chapter 24 Achieved Victory, Unparalleled

"His hammer technique is passable, but his strength, speed, and agility are still lacking!"

Jiang Chen used defense instead of attack and soon found out Sissoko's true strength.

He shook his head in disappointment, not wanting to waste any more time, and unleashed the fifth level of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade.

The battle blade roared like thunder, each strike delivering a force 4.2 times greater than the base force.

Sissoko's warhammer was knocked away, leaving a deep cut on the giant hammer.

A small difference can lead to a huge difference. Although Jiang Chen's power was only 0.2 times greater than Hisoko's full-power burst, it was still an absolute advantage.

"What?!"

Sissoko thought Jiang Chen's power was similar to his own, so he was quite surprised to see Jiang Chen suddenly unleash his power.

However, he reacted extremely quickly, retracting his hammer, gathering his strength for another strike, making the hammer blow even more powerful.

Jiang Chen's body was as soft as water, easily dodging the hammer blow. His battle blade slashed at the chain connected to the hammer, causing the chain to snap and break.

Seeing this, Sissoko quickly pulled on the chains and retrieved the giant hammer.

Taking advantage of the situation, Jiang Chen closed in, slashing horizontally and vertically with his long sword. Every move was imbued with the might of heavenly thunder, leaving Xissoko struggling to defend himself and unable to retaliate.

"That's enough!"

Sissoko grew increasingly frustrated as the fight progressed, and finally, unable to bear it any longer, he abandoned his defense and, ignoring the long sword that was about to pierce his heart, swung his steel hammer diagonally.

He was presenting Jiang Chen with a choice: if Jiang Chen disregarded everything and insisted on killing him with a single sword strike, then Jiang Chen would also perish under the giant hammer.

In that case, the two would be evenly matched.

If Jiang Chen were to retract his sword, he could recover from the previous attack and challenge Jiang Chen once again.

Faced with the incoming steel hammer, Jiang Chen merely glanced at it indifferently, his battle blade still thrusting forward.

"Since that's the case, let's all perish together!"

Sissoko took a step forward, his long sword piercing through his chest. He couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His arm gripped the hilt of the sword like a steel clamp, and his right hand swung down with a giant hammer, about to land on Jiang Chen.

"Trying to take me down with you? How laughable!"

Jiang Chen raised his eyebrows and eyes, displaying his artistic level swordsmanship to the fullest.

The sword twisted and slashed, its 4.2 times power ignoring all obstacles, breaking through and tearing apart Hisoko's body and his left hand that was tightly gripping the hilt.

Before Sissoko completely lost consciousness, he saw the steel hammer he was holding being completely severed by the incomparably sharp longsword and thrown away.

"I actually lost!"

Outside the challenge room, all the trainees waited anxiously for the outcome of the battle between Jiang Chen and Hisoka.

Many students who were hunting monsters in City 1001 rushed back to this place, wanting to witness the outcome of the battle firsthand.

In the first battle between Jiang Chen and Rao, many people were not optimistic about Jiang Chen and ridiculed him.

After this battle with Sissoko, no one dared to underestimate him anymore.

They had already learned from Rao about his battle with Jiang Chen.

Even Rao, a student ranked 20th or 30th on the leaderboard, was instantly defeated by Jiang Chen in a single encounter.

This proves that Jiang Chen's strength is indeed enough to compete with the top ten on the leaderboard.

Therefore, although everyone felt that Sissoko would win the battle against him, no one dared to make a definitive statement.

"If Jiang Chen wins this match again, I'm afraid America will have a hard time getting out of this."

Chu Qiang looked at Renates with a faint smile, his meaning self-evident.

Sissoko is the second or third strongest fighter in America, after Renates.

If they were to lose to Jiang Chen, a new trainee who had only been at the training camp for a few days, they would lose all face for America.

"Hmph! It's not certain who will win or lose yet. I refuse to believe that Sissoko will lose to a mere kid who's only been at training camp for a few days!"

"Renatus said confidently."

He was very clear about Sissoko's strength. He cultivated the Meteor Hammer Technique and possessed unparalleled power. Even he dared not take it head-on. No matter how monstrous Jiang Chen was, his defeat was inevitable if he fought against Sissoko.

"If Sissoko really loses, what will your American faction do?"

Chu Qiang asked with a faint smile.

"If Sissoko really loses, then I'll take the field myself!"

Renates said half-jokingly that he didn't think such a thing would ever happen.

"Challenge over, Jiang Chen wins."

Just as Renates finished speaking, a loud electronic broadcast rang out throughout the hall.

"What?! Sissoko really lost!"

Renates was stunned for a moment, then his expression revealed utter shock.

The other trainees present also started discussing it.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"He actually won! He joined the elite training camp less than a month ago and defeated a veteran student who has been ranked in the top ten of the leaderboard for years. Jiang Chen has really created a miracle. This is unprecedented in the entire history of the elite training camp."

"To be able to defeat Sissoko, Jiang Chen's power amplification, swordsmanship, and movement techniques must have reached an astonishing level before he came to the training camp. Crucially, he's also a psychic!"

"It seems like it won't be long before he's able to compete for a top-ten spot on the leaderboard, and might even challenge for first place!"

"Hehe! This is going to be interesting."

Meanwhile, some teachers at the level of war gods were also shocked by Jiang Chen's strength.

Yang Hui was overjoyed: "I personally brought Jiang Chen to the elite training camp. I could tell at a glance that this kid was destined for greatness. Now it seems I really had a keen eye for talent."

"Alright, stop praising yourself. Speaking of which, Teacher Jiang Fang, you're the swordsmanship instructor for these two new students, Jiang Chen and Luo Feng. Why haven't you mentioned Jiang Chen?"

A war god-level teacher couldn't help but ask a tall, curvaceous, and imposing woman in purple beside him.

"Although I am Jiang Chen's teacher, his swordsmanship is no weaker than mine, so I have nothing to teach him."

Jiang Fang recalled the first time she taught Jiang Chen, when she had him demonstrate a set of sword techniques. Every move and every stance was nearly perfect and impeccable. He was only missing a crucial opportunity to reach the realm of artistic conception.

When it comes to the level of artistic conception, everyone's understanding is different, and it can only be felt but not explained.

Even she was only at the initial stage of the Intent Realm, so apart from her own experience, there was really nothing she could teach Jiang Chen; he could only explore it on his own.

As a teacher, she had nothing to teach her students, which was naturally not something to be proud of, so she rarely mentioned it.

Thinking of Jiang Chen, she also thought of another student, Luo Feng.

The two swordsmen were like opposite ends of the spectrum; Jiang Chen's swordsmanship was so perfect that even she found it pleasing to the eye.

Luo Feng's swordsmanship was so bad that she couldn't bear to watch it.

However, Luo Feng's power amplitude was quite remarkable, reaching 2.8 times. As long as he improved his swordsmanship, his strength would definitely increase by leaps and bounds.

She preferred to mentor Luo Feng rather than Jiang Chen mentoring Jiang Chen.

While instructing Luo Feng, watching Luo Feng's clumsy and crude swordsmanship gradually improve under his guidance gave him a great sense of accomplishment.

In particular, Luo Feng himself practiced diligently and kept her teachings in mind, which made Jiang Fang feel that her efforts were worthwhile.

However, his guidance to Jiang Chen was completely different.

Having only taught Jiang Chen once, she began to question the meaning of life.

Jiang Chen's aptitude and comprehension were simply extraordinary. The few bits of experience she could teach him were all understood and learned by Jiang Chen in no time.

Jiang Chen even drew inferences from one instance to another, which greatly inspired her.

It is a disgrace for a teacher to be unable to teach students and instead be taught by them.

So from then on, she avoided Jiang Chen and dared not mention teaching him swordsmanship again.

(End of this chapter)