A Full-Power Strike Couldn't Even Break His Defense?

These wolf demons were all resentful spirits that had died by his hand just now. Their wolf bodies were uniformly translucent, looking exceedingly ethereal.

Naturally, that included the Wolf King.

The Wolf King's strength was beyond doubt. If not for Fat Dragon's two talismans, the two of them could never have killed it. The most important reason they had managed to kill the Wolf King was that this Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm Wolf King had only appeared after all its underlings were dead.

Otherwise, if they had attacked together, with the wolf demon underlings providing support at the side, it was hard to say how things would have turned out.

Though they did not know the cultivation levels of these three men before them, since they could serve as a young master's thugs, they were surely stronger than ordinary people in both cultivation and combat experience. In this battle to the death, who would remain standing until the end?

Even he lacked confidence.

But.

With a great battle at hand, they could not let their side lose momentum.

Chen Qiu stood where he was with a woodcutting blade in hand, calmly gazing at the four people in the distance. He softly said, "Kill!"

The words fell.

As if receiving an order, the wolf demon resentful spirits behind him let out furious roars and charged forward together.

"What kind of method is this?"

Fat Dragon, standing nearby, lit up at the sight. "Brother Chen Qiu, is this the random trait you got when you broke through to the First Level of the Qi Refining Realm? You can summon resentful spirits? No wonder you said you'd become stronger once you reached the Third Level of the Qi Refining Realm. So that was it!"

"The restriction on this trait must be that it can only be used at the Third Level of the Qi Refining Realm, right?"

"And since you said it was a late-game trait, Brother Chen Qiu, I imagine the resentful spirits you summon will become stronger as your realm rises, right?"

"A growth-type active skill trait!"

"Brother Chen Qiu, your luck really is good!"

A trace of envy flashed through Fat Dragon's eyes, followed by irritation. Why was his luck so terrible? What use was Strength of Nine Oxen? Not only was it useless, it was nothing but side effects.

Ugly and uncomfortable.

There was nothing he could do about it. Ancient times had Houyi shooting down nine suns; today there was...

Fortunately, the three thugs under this young master had gone through several battles. With their injuries already severe, their stamina was nearly exhausted as well. Chen Qiu and Fat Dragon had not even joined the fight.

The battle was already over.

All three died miserably beneath the Wolf King's fangs.

"Damn it!!!"

Seeing that the Wolf King had already set its sights on him, its scarlet pupils constantly spilling bloodlust, the young master, Huang Shikai, angrily burst into a loud, cold laugh. "Fine, fine, fine. You've got guts, but you're still lacking if you want to kill me."

"Don't think I'm like that useless young master. I make my living with my brain!"

The next moment—

Yellow light suddenly shone from the young man's hands and feet. This was clearly the sign of a cultivation technique being activated. One could learn cultivation techniques at the Sixth Level of the Qi Refining Realm, but ordinary people did not have such wealth.

"Yellow Grade, Lower Class cultivation technique, Iron Sand Palm!"

Then, just as the Wolf King lunged at him, the young master abruptly dropped flat onto the ground. His hands and feet stabbed straight into the earth, firmly anchoring him in place. His entire body was immediately embedded into the surface.

By then, the Wolf King had already pounced onto the young man. Yet strangely, no matter how fiercely it bit or slashed with its claws, it could not leave even the slightest injury on Huang Shikai.

"Hm?"

Noticing something amiss, Chen Qiu walked straight over. He lowered his head to look at the young man who had embedded his entire body in the ground, frowned slightly in puzzlement for a long while, then waved a hand to signal the Wolf King to retreat.

He raised the woodcutting blade high with both hands, aimed at Huang Shikai's nape, and brought it down with all his strength!

Clang!

The sound of metal striking metal rang out abruptly.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He tossed aside the woodcutting blade, whose blade was trembling violently, feeling as though he had chopped into a steel plate. Huang Shikai was completely unscathed by that strike, while Chen Qiu's arms had already gone numb.

A full-power strike could not even break his defense?

Just then—

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

With his cheek pressed tightly against the ground, Huang Shikai saw this and laughed triumphantly. "I forgot to tell you. My initial trait is the yellow trait, 'No Attacks from Behind or the Sides.' Any attack coming from behind or beside me cannot harm me."

"The small world will close in another half an hour. You can't do anything to me. I've remembered your faces. Once I get out, I'll find people to kill you immediately."

"Don't worry. When the time comes, I'll have a good time playing with you."

"What good luck."

Fat Dragon, who had walked over behind Chen Qiu, sighed with a complicated expression. "Sometimes I really hate you lucky bastards. The first initial trait you randomly get is always some top-tier trait like this."

In truth, he understood.

Many traits in this world were interconnected. There were no absolutely trash traits. Even his Strength of Nine Oxen could not be considered completely useless. Many traits could synergize with Strength of Nine Oxen.

For example, there was the green trait, In Swarms. Its effect was to mutate the extra organs on one's body, granting them unfathomable power like that of gods and ghosts.

The more extra organs one had, the greater the power this green trait could unleash. It was considered fairly compatible with his Strength of Nine Oxen.

But the main reason he still became irritated from time to time was that if one's first trait was trash, then even if many later traits could synergize with it, it would be difficult to survive long enough to reach the cultivation requirements needed to obtain those other traits.

And he did not fucking want to possess the green trait In Swarms either!

Even if it would make him stronger!

The greatest drawback of traits with such strong connections was that without an entire trait set, a single trait found it difficult to display its power. And... there was no guarantee that one could obtain the specific trait from that trait set.

The randomness was simply too high.

He had heard that some Heavenly Dao Secret Realms produced heavenly and earthly treasures that could let cultivators randomly obtain a trait even without breaking through a major realm. Others could grant another chance to reroll a trait during a major realm breakthrough. But such treasures were enormously valuable and had no chance of falling into his hands.

That was also why Fat Dragon's expression had been so complicated when he heard that Huang Shikai's first trait was actually a yellow trait. This brat's luck was a little too good. His initial trait was yellow—a genuine child favored by fate.

Initial traits could absolutely never be replaced or erased. They accompanied a cultivator for life.

Traits obtained through later major realm breakthroughs, however, could be erased and replaced through certain heavenly and earthly treasures.

An initial trait basically represented a cultivator's aptitude.