Standing at the edge of the cliff, Qian watched Snow Wind's ashes drift down toward the sea, and a trace of regret flashed through his eyes.
If the other party had not suddenly struck, then with him providing assistance, Qian should have been able to fuse Wind Style and Water Release and successfully develop Ice Release in at most another half month.
"What a pity."
Qian muttered under his breath.
However, in the next moment, another thought occurred to him. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that the other party had chosen to make his move.
After spending so much time with him, the other party naturally understood his progress.
Putting himself in the other man's shoes, if he were the prisoner, he would definitely have worried that once the enemy succeeded, he would kill him to silence him and discard him after making use of him.
Even if Qian did not discard him after making use of him, as an enemy, Snow Wind certainly would not have wanted him to grasp even greater power.
Especially when that power was the Kekkei Genkai passed down through his own clan.
Therefore, no matter which angle one looked at it from, Snow Wind's final choice to strike was inevitable.
As for why he had chosen the morning...
The reason was actually very simple. Every night before resting, Qian would use the Chakra Absorption Technique to drain away all the chakra Snow Wind had not used during the day, using it to make up for his own frequent use of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
In other words, morning was when Snow Wind was in his best condition.
And the reason he had not chosen to strike directly during Qian's first round of training was to act obedient, so Qian would mistakenly