26: Chapter 26 The Palm Technique That Descended from the Sky

"Chirp—!!!"

At the critical moment, Qingluan let out a shrill cry, its talons fiercely grabbing Qin Ce's shoulders as it flapped its wings with all its might!

"Squelch!"

The scythe grazed past Qin Ce's lower leg, drawing a spray of blood. But Qin Ce had already been lifted off the ground by Qingluan and ascended into the air.

The Wolf Spider King's fatal strike missed.

That was close!

Cold sweat instantly soaked Qin Ce's back. The speed and power of a Bronze Rank creature were indeed not something a black iron rank could withstand head-on. Had Qingluan not reacted quickly enough to lift him off the ground, that strike just now would have been enough to cut him in half!

Suspended in mid-air, the intense pain from his lower leg made Qin Ce gasp. Looking down, the wound was deep enough to see the bone, and fresh blood was constantly gushing out.

But he couldn't spare the time to treat the wound, because—

The Wolf Spider King, having missed its strike, rolled its scarlet compound eyes and locked onto Wang Xuan and the others who were fleeing!

"Damn it!" Qin Ce felt a jolt in his heart.

Wang Xuan and the others hadn't run far; they were only about five hundred meters away. At the Wolf Spider King's speed, it would catch up in mere seconds!

The Wolf Spider King clearly realized this too. It no longer paid attention to Qin Ce in the air, moving all eight legs in unison, transforming into a streak of dark golden lightning as it lunged straight at Wang Xuan!

Qin Ce's expression changed.

"Damn it, how cunning!"

But his own damage output couldn't break through the defenses of this mutated, reinforced Wolf Spider King. Even if he stopped it, it would only put himself in danger without changing the situation at all.

Was he going to give up?

Bury the prestige he had just built among his classmates and the system's mission rewards here? Just survive on his own?

Qin Ce was unwilling!

Extremely unwilling!

He forced himself to calm down, his gaze fixed intently on the Wolf Spider King, which was again turning its back to him and preparing to pounce on Wang Xuan and the others.

At the junction between its thorax and abdomen, head, and back, there was a relatively slender "connection line" where the carapace did not fully cover; it was a relatively weak spot for many arthropod-type beasts.

If he could use enough power to sever that connection line in one strike... the Wolf Spider King would definitely die!

But his and Qingluan's current attack power wasn't enough! Even with Breath Condensation's tenfold power, it was still lacking when facing the defenses of a Bronze Rank Wolf Spider King.

Attack power is constant... how to strengthen it?

Qin Ce's thoughts raced. Fragments of knowledge from his past life flashed through his mind.

Momentum... mass times velocity... pressure... attack area...

The Wind Blade's attack area was small enough!

If... he could imbue the Wind Blade with greater "momentum"?

He suddenly looked up at the sky. A crazy idea surged into his mind.

"Wolf Spider King, have you ever heard of a technique... a palm technique that descends from the heavens?"

On the other side.

A five-hundred-meter distance didn't count as a distance at all. In the time it took for Qin Ce to think, the distance between the two sides was constantly shrinking.

One hundred meters, eighty meters, fifty meters...

Wang Xuan heard the commotion behind her, turned to look, and her face instantly turned pale.

The Wolf Spider King's hideous mouthparts were already right in front of her! Its sharp scythe-legs were raised high, aimed at her neck, and slashed down fiercely!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

All the fleeing classmates turned their heads and saw this desperate scene. Zhou Min let out a scream, and several boys' eyes were splitting with rage, but they were powerless to rescue her.

Wang Xuan watched the scythe drawing closer, a trace of confusion flashing in her eyes, which then turned to calmness.

"Am I going to die..."

"That's fine, at least Qin Ce could escape..."

However, just as the scythe was less than a foot from her neck—

"Hum—!!!"

A piercing sound of air being torn apart descended from the sky!

No, not one, but two! Two cyan Wind Blades, one from Qingluan, one from Qin Ce!

Even more astonishingly, these two Wind Blades actually began to merge in mid-air, transforming into a more solid, more dazzling cyan-gold light blade!

The light blade descended from the heavens, its speed reaching the extreme; wherever it passed, the air was torn apart, emitting sharp sonic booms!

The hair all over the Wolf Spider King's body instantly stood on end!

A fatal threat!

It no longer cared about the prey in front of it, driving its eight legs fiercely into the ground to forcibly halt its momentum. At the same time, it looked up at the sky, condensing a mass of thick, dark green venom in its mouth and spraying it out with all its might!

"Hiss!!!"

The Wolf Spider King let out a shrill hiss, no longer caring about anything else, crossing its two scythe-like forelimbs to block above its head. At the same time, the metal-element energy within its body surged wildly, condensing a thick layer of dark golden metallic luster on its scythes and thorax—it was going to take the hit head-on!

The next moment!

The cyan-gold light blade and the venom collided violently in mid-air!

"Boom—!!!"

The violent explosion was deafening, the cyan-gold light and the dark green toxic fog intertwining to form a chaotic energy storm that swept in all directions!

The shockwave blew Wang Xuan and the others away, and the surrounding shrubs and gravel were instantly cleared.

Dust filled the air.

Everyone lay on the ground, staring fixedly at the center of the explosion.

Vaguely, they saw a cyan shadow fall straight down from the explosion, crashing onto the ground tens of meters away with a "bang."

It was Qin Ce and Qingluan!

At this moment, they were a mess, their clothes burned to rags, their bodies covered in burns and abrasions, lying on the ground without even the strength to get up.

And on the Wolf Spider King's side...

Its massive dark golden body was still standing in place, eight legs deeply embedded in the ground, both scythes raised high, maintaining a defensive posture.

A disheveled boy carefully crawled up from the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Is... is this... blocked?"

Before his voice had even faded—

"Click."

A soft, crisp sound.

Immediately after, the crisp sounds merged into one.

In everyone's horrified gaze, the Wolf Spider King's massive body, along that slender connection line between its thorax and abdomen, split open in a smooth gap!

"Rumble—!!"

The massive body broke into two halves from the middle and collapsed with a crash!

Dark green blood and internal organs spilled all over the ground, emitting a pungent, fishy stench.

Dead silence.

The whole scene was deathly silent. There was only the wailing of the wind blowing through the dust, and the heavy, disbelieving gasps of the crowd.

"Won?"

The Bronze Rank mutated Wolf Spider King... was... split into two halves?!

What kind of god-like attack is this?!

Black Iron slaying Bronze?!

After a brief, dead silence, earth-shattering cheers erupted!

"Won! Qin Ce won!"

"The Bronze Rank Wolf Spider King! It was killed by him!"

"My god... Black Iron killing Bronze! This is a cross-rank kill!"

"Qin Ce is awesome!!!"

The ecstasy of surviving a disaster made these students forget their pain and fear, each one of them so excited they were incoherent.