"Um..."
Qin Yu's voice came from the side.
Everyone instinctively looked over.
"If that's the case, then isn't this ability less meaningful for Zhou Xuan?" Qin Yu said softly. "After all, this attack consumes Origin Crystal to charge. If it consumes one Origin Crystal and kills a Calamity Beast, that's fine; at least you get the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast from it. But if you don't kill it and your Origin Power is depleted by this attack, wouldn't that be even more dangerous?"
Qin Yu glanced at Zhou Xuan as she spoke, paused, and then said:
"After all, I just saw him gather that attack, and it seems to take some time. If he gets noticed during that time, it will be difficult to hit him, right?"
"Compared to this, wouldn't it be better to use the Thunder God Duke of Thunder Mother of Lightning he summoned at the Fourth Tier? The attack power wouldn't be much worse, it wouldn't consume Origin Crystal, and it could also paralyze the enemy."
Upon hearing this, the scene fell silent.
Zhou Xuan's smile vanished, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Shen Heng glanced at Zhou Xuan, then turned his gaze back and said:
"Indeed, from a purely combat perspective, having a Fourth Tier Duke of Thunder God and Mother of Lightning would be more appropriate, but we can't look at it that way. We should consider it from a complementary perspective!"
"In ordinary battles, he can rely on the Duke of Thunder God and Lightning Mother of Lightning to win. When facing some Calamity Beast that are otherwise almost impossible to kill, he has a chance to turn the tide using this ability!"
"If we can turn the tide, even if it's just for one Origin Crystal, it's well worth it!"
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.
Zhou Xuan breathed a huge sigh of relief. He almost lost his powerful abilities and became worthless!
Next, everyone asked about the details of this ability.
Shen Heng, meanwhile, was silently pondering on the side.
Although Qin Yu said those things just now, in reality, this ability is still very strong!
It is precisely because it consumes Origin Crystal and requires the summoning of Fourth Tier Duke of Thunder God and Lightning Mother of Lightning that this ability seems useless to Zhou Xuan!
But if we exclude all of these, even without additional Origin Power, the power of this attack method is almost equivalent to a Mid A-Class ability!
Mid A-Class, and still long-range!
This is enough to drive most martial artists crazy!
It's important to understand that even now, martial artists capable of awakening A-Class abilities are still a very small minority!
After everyone else had finished asking their questions, Shen Heng asked again:
"What about the other two abilities?"
"Hmm... there's not much to say about Discern Treasures and Identify Rarities; it's really just about whether something is good or not. As for Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster..." Zhou Xuan pondered for a moment, then looked at Zheng Guomin, "Hey, Old Zheng, come help me test it!"
"Test?" Zheng Guomin frowned.
"Yes!" Zhou Xuan nodded. " Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster is a form of defense when you're being attacked. How can I defend myself if I'm not being attacked?"
Zheng Guomin paused, then looked at Shen Heng.
Shen Heng nodded slightly and led everyone to take a few steps back to the side.
"Wait a minute!" Zhou Xuan said, then reached into his robes again.
His hand, which was originally about to take out Origin Crystal, paused slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then took out a Fourth Tier Origin Crystal.
Just like before, the Origin Crystal turned into a useless stone without me even seeing what I was doing with it.
"Be gentle! I only used one Fourth Tier Origin Crystal!" Zhou Xuan tossed the empty Origin Crystal aside.
"I'm only at Fourth Tier!" Zheng Guomin said.
"Then you're also at the Late Fourth Tier, while the Origin Crystal I've used are only at the Early Fourth Tier!" Zhou Xuan reminded him.
"Alright, I understand!" Zheng Guomin said. "Are you ready?"
Shen Heng stood not far away, watching.
Does Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster? How can you lose money and avert disaster...?
Han Ling and the others also looked in that direction, somewhat anticipating this ability.
After all, Zhou Xuan said earlier that this was a weapon capable of unconditionally resisting any attack that could harm it!
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Zhou Xuan took a deep breath and then nodded.
Seeing that Zhou Xuan was ready, Zheng Guomin raised his right hand, and the exposed skin became somewhat rocky.
Then, his figure suddenly transformed into a black shadow and rushed towards Zhou Xuan.
As it drew near, a massive fist rose and slammed down towards Zhou Xuan.
Everyone watched intently, eager to see how this ability would work.
However, the fist drew closer, but nothing happened.
Even when the fist was about 20 or 30 centimeters away, nothing happened.
Could Zhou Xuan not know how to use this ability? Or has he misunderstood it?... As everyone watched the scene not far away, this thought couldn't help but cross their minds.
There was nothing he could do, because a look of unease had already appeared on Zhou Xuan's face.
He also seemed unaware of why his abilities hadn't kicked in yet, but by then it was too late to run. Even though he was now at Fifth Tier and Zheng Guomin was only at Fourth Tier, the remaining distance of only twenty or thirty centimeters meant he had no chance to escape.
The fist whistled as it pressed straight towards Zhou Xuan.
Zheng Guomin noticed this situation, but it was too late for him to pull back. He could only try to reduce the force of his punch and deflect it from his head to his chest.
Then.
"Bang!"
The fist slammed into Zhou Xuan Zhou Xuan, who couldn't help but take two steps back, but... that was all!
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Some of the people were unsure of what was going on.
Shen Heng also frowned slightly.
Was the ability ineffective, or did Zhou Xuan misunderstand and realize there was no way to defend against physical attacks?
Not far away, Zhou Xuan suddenly raised his hand, somewhat embarrassed, and scratched his head.
"How about I use a little more force? This seems too light; even without using my abilities, it can't harm me!"
Everyone: "..."
Shen Heng was also speechless, but he still managed to glean some information from that sentence.
After an attack hits, does it first determine whether the attack will cause damage to itself, and then neutralize it?
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Then Zheng Guomin's lips twitched, and he raised his fist again.
The fist left a blur before slamming into Zhou Xuan's chest.
This time, things are finally a little different.
A halo of light rippled outwards.
Zheng Guomin's fist landed on Zhou Xuan's chest, but it did not cause any harm.
This time, Zhou Xuan didn't even retreat.
It worked – Spend Wealth to Avert Disaster!
"This ability... does it only take effect when the enemy hits you?" Wu Hao couldn't help but ask.
"Not only that, it only works when it can damage Zhou Xuan!" Han Ling added from the side.
"If that's the case, then this ability seems..." Qin Yu began in a low voice, but didn't finish her sentence.
"So strong!" Wu Hao couldn't help but exclaim.
"Yes, it is indeed very powerful and very practical!" Han Ling nodded.
Shen Heng listened to their conversation from the side, his gaze fixed on Zheng Guomin was throwing another punch not far away.
Ripples spread.
The subsequent punches were clearly much heavier, but Zhou Xuan just stood there lazily, without retreating again.
The fist fell calmly, as if he had experienced something.
Shen Heng's eyes flickered slightly.
After cancellation, are both the action and reaction forces canceled out...?