Triple Blade

The outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

A-Da and the other two stayed close together as they slowly approached the Grey Wolf.

The three Death Soldiers were ordinary people. If they split up, the Grey Wolf could easily pick them off one by one.

That was why Lin Ze had chosen to keep the three Death Soldiers together.

Besides, his next tactic required them to stay together to work best.

The Grey Wolf was licking its wounds beneath the shade of a tree when it suddenly raised its head warily. Its green, ghostly eyes fixed on the three of them.

But the Grey Wolf seemed puzzled. The three people before it looked... so weak?

Having survived in the Magical Beast Mountain Range into old age, the Grey Wolf had exceptionally keen senses.

It could clearly sense whether its prey was dangerous.

Yet these three seemed like nothing more than ordinary humans.

And even now, old and injured, it could take down an untrained human with a single swipe.

So why weren't the three humans running? Why were they walking toward it instead?!

Before the Grey Wolf's simple mind could make sense of it, Lin Ze had already led the two Death Soldiers in a charge.

The Grey Wolf's eyes gleamed viciously. Its prey actually dared to charge at it!

As soon as they came within range, the Grey Wolf sprang forward.

It opened its enormous jaws and lunged straight for A-Da's throat, the one at the front.

The instant the Grey Wolf pounced, the prey it had thought so weak suddenly erupted with an impressive aura.

Then the great blade in his hand shimmered with pale green Dou Qi. With the force to split mountains and sunder peaks, he brought it crashing down at the wolf!

"Awooo!"

The blade struck the Grey Wolf's head, drawing a howl of agony from it.

Lure the enemy into underestimating you, then unleash a sudden burst!

Wind Splitting Blade!

Seeing that the attack had worked, Lin Ze switched control without the slightest hesitation.

A-San, beside A-Da, immediately stepped forward. The great blade in his hand also flared with pale green Dou Qi.

Boom!

A fierce, ruthless slash struck the Grey Wolf's foreleg.

The blow left the Grey Wolf unable to escape.

Hit by two consecutive strikes, the Grey Wolf let out a shrill howl.

Its uninjured hind legs scrambled backward as it tried to get away from the three strange humans.

But the third slash came right after, nearly cleaving its head clean off!

Blood sprayed everywhere!

The pungent stench of blood quickly filled the forest clearing.

Triple Wind Splitting Blade!

Successfully slain a First Order Magical Beast!

Lin Ze had A-Da and the others quickly deal with the Grey Wolf, so the pungent smell wouldn't attract other predators in the forest.

Meanwhile, he reviewed the battle.

Being able to switch between the Death Soldiers in an instant and use Proxy State had allowed him to make the most of all three of them.

The results were outstanding!

It also proved his earlier theory.

Proxy Function could indeed be combined with the control function.

Together, the two worked several times better than either one on its own.

After all, even in Proxy State, the Death Soldiers merely gained Lin Ze's strength—in other words, the power of a Dou Zhe.

But the Death Soldiers weren't skilled in combat techniques or Dou Skills.

They had the cultivation level, but not the fighting ability.

In that situation, they could handle an overwhelming mismatch without trouble.

But against an opponent of the same level, they would struggle.

Proxy State combined with Lin Ze's control perfectly made up for that weakness.

The Death Soldiers under Lin Ze's control now had both the cultivation level and the combat ability.

And because Proxy State worked the way it did, Lin Ze could unleash their full power without worrying about running out of Dou Qi.

After all, when he switched to the next Death Soldier, the Dou Qi reflected in that body was still based on Lin Ze's own condition.

Once the Grey Wolf had been dealt with, Lin Ze checked on A-Da and the others.

Although the battle had lasted only a moment, they had been in a state of explosive exertion, and the backlash they suffered was considerable. They would need time to rest.

Speaking of which, Wind Splitting Blade was a rather unusual Dou Skill. It focused on explosive power.

Once mastered, it could gather all of the user's Dou Qi into a single slash!

But even if someone truly mastered it, they rarely used it that way.

Some members of the Iron Blood Mercenary Group had practiced Wind Splitting Blade.

But in a fight, they would usually spend only two or three tenths of their Dou Qi on a single burst.

After all, if you unleashed all your Dou Qi in one attack and became a one-hit wonder, you'd be left unable to fight back afterward.

Even when hunting with the Mercenary Group, people rarely did that.

If you ran into one battle after another, you might enjoy being a one-hit wonder, but everyone else certainly wouldn't.

A Dou Zhe without any Dou Qi was nothing but a burden during a hunt, forcing others to divide their attention to protect him.

But Lin Ze's Death Soldiers didn't have that concern.

Their Dou Qi was borrowed in the first place. It would be better if they could use it all up.

Lin Ze repeatedly switched between the Death Soldiers, using their bodies to perform Dou Skills and fight Magical Beasts and ordinary beasts.

Throughout the process, Lin Ze became increasingly proficient in his Dou Skills.

After all, he was honing them through real combat!

All day, Lin Ze took advantage of the fact that Dou Qi spent in Proxy State didn't affect his own body and kept practicing his Dou Skills.

Wind Splitting Blade, Boom Fist, Forest Piercing Movement Technique.

By switching constantly among the ten Death Soldiers,

Lin Ze practiced those Dou Skills as much as an ordinary person could by training for several days without any pills to restore Dou Qi!

After all, performing a Dou Skill consumed Dou Qi.

And restoring it wasn't something you could accomplish by sitting around for a few minutes.

By the end of the day, Lin Ze felt that his command of his Dou Skills had improved tremendously.

The two hunting teams practiced their Dou Skills in real combat, fighting Magical Beasts and seeking explosive power and clean, decisive strikes.

Meanwhile, A-Er and the others stayed by Lin Ze's side. Since they didn't have to fight, they could maintain Proxy State longer and practice their Dou Skills more effectively.

Switching back and forth between real combat and ordinary practice, Lin Ze felt that his Wind Splitting Blade was almost at Great Accomplishment.

In his room, Lin Ze opened his eyes, his face full of exhaustion.

The feeling of freely expending Dou Qi was undeniably exhilarating.

But it also placed a considerable strain on his mind.

Especially since Lin Ze had been dividing his attention, controlling the Death Soldiers as they practiced and fought while maintaining shallow cultivation in his own body.

Trying this for the first time left Lin Ze feeling a little light-headed.

I might have overdone it. But maybe repeatedly pushing myself like this can train my Soul Perception.

Lin Ze tried to find some comfort in the thought.

Although his Dou Qi Attribute meant he couldn't become an alchemist,

Soul Perception was still a very useful means of sensing things, even if he never used it for alchemy.

And once he had more Death Soldiers, even giving each one only simple orders and control would require a considerable degree of Soul Perception.

So he would have to train his Soul Perception.

Whether he did it actively or passively, the process was unavoidable.

If that was the case, he might as well be proactive.

While he still had relatively few Death Soldiers, he could take his time getting used to it.