The Da Shun Delegation's motorcade returned to the delegation's residence before long.
After getting out of the car, Head Xie said to Chen Chuan, "Director Chen, you fought two battles in a row today, so you must have expended quite a bit. Get some proper rest. I'll handle the external repercussions and any follow-up matters."
Chen Chuan agreed and thanked him. He then parted ways with Head Xie and the others and returned to his quarters.
He first washed up. When he returned, he picked up the Snow Monarch Blade and drew it, then fetched a cloth and slowly wiped it down.
At the same time, he reviewed the battle and examined where he still fell short.
Just as before, he had not used his spiritual aspect at all. One reason was that he did not intend to use it, lest Alura acquire more data.
The other reason was much like his first battle against that Profound Cave Observation Fighter—he simply had no opportunity to use his spiritual aspect. Both sides moved and exchanged blows far too quickly; there was no way for a spiritual aspect to keep up with that speed.
That was perfectly normal. Spiritual aspects had originally been meant to assist cultivation, with combat being secondary, especially the Aspect of Man.
Still, it was not necessarily true that spiritual aspects could not participate in such battles. The Non-Body Faction he had encountered before was one solution. Strictly speaking, however, that was a set of techniques Cui Xuanhui had developed based on his own characteristics. It was not suitable for others. Chen Chuan already had some ideas in that regard, but they had yet to mature.
The next issues he needed to resolve were twofold: one was to quickly master a method capable of killing with a single