Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 456 Benign Bug

Ma Lu drew two cards to start with, playing a Fire Toad Strength and a Flowing Cloud Sleeve, which added 10 Qi points and 24 parry points for himself. Then he simply and neatly ended the first round.

Du Erlang was slightly stunned when he saw the mental method card that added 13 Qi points in one go.

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Coach Song had reported to Ma Lu when they went up the mountain, saying that the strengths of the two were closely matched, whereas Du Erlang's Martial Arts were far superior to Coach Song.

That's why, when Du Erlang saw Ma Lu charging this way, he didn't shout for people. He also didn't want his little hobby to be known by other people in the village.

Moreover, if he could slaughter the lad in front of him, he might even be able to disguise himself as the boy and sneak into his room under the cover of night to get cozy with his little wife.

Thinking of this, Du Erlang's heart couldn't help but heat up; his moves were quite venomous.

Although Gu Qingyi was disguised as a man when she went up the mountain, he could still tell that the woman was naturally beautiful and not ordinary.

Not to mention on Crouching Tiger Hill, even the Oiran in Yuchang County probably couldn't match her.

Having seen her only once, Du Erlang had the idea of making her his own. He originally thought he had to wait a few more days.

After all, with He Qisheng knocking on their door and being a disciple from a famous sect, it wouldn't be right to be forceful right from the start and take another man's wife.

But as long as He Qisheng settled in Black Tiger Village, there would be plenty of opportunities to make a move later on.

Du Erlang never expected this day to come so quickly; he was also blinded by lust. Although he felt something was off when he saw the amount of Qi provided by the Fire Toad Strength, he then comforted himself by thinking that maybe the kid in front of him had only a decent amount of Inner Strength, but his Martial Arts were terribly lacking.

After Ma Lu finished his turn, it was Du Erlang's turn to draw cards. Seeing the two cards that flew into his hand, Du Erlang couldn't help but beam with joy.

He first played a mental method card—Hundred Battle Technique, which provided him with 9 Qi points and a fortified body state.

Under the fortified body state, his Qi-Blood limit increased by 1 level, and then he played his second card—Qi-shattering Slash.

Together with the card, Du Erlang swung his horse lance in his hand.

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The horse lance is a common weapon for heavy cavalry in the military, but it's quite rare in the martial arts circles. A major feature of this weapon is its excellent armor-breaking ability.

Overlord Thirteen Spear, the Martial Arts that Du Erlang practiced, maximized the armor-breaking capabilities of the horse lance. Among them, the Qi-breaking Form was specifically designed to shatter the protective True Qi of Inner Strength Sect experts.

The effect of Ma Lu's Flowing Cloud Sleeve, apart from providing a basic 14 parry value, could also generate an equal amount of parry based on the existing Qi value.

Ma Lu currently had 10 Qi points, so the additional parry provided by the Flowing Cloud Sleeve was also 10 points. However, after being hit by the horse lance, those 10 parry points were directly dispelled by the Armor Break effect.

This left him with only 14 parry points, and the Qi-shattering Slash had a power of 29 points, causing Ma Lu to lose 15 health points.

And that wasn't the end. Du Erlang continued relentlessly, throwing out another mental method card that refilled his nearly depleted Qi, then he lifted his horse lance and executed a Meteor Chasing Moon, smashing it down on Ma Lu ferociously.

This move was even more powerful, with a strength of 31 points, and it also came with a Break Power effect that would reduce the power of all of Ma Lu's Attack Cards by 6 points in the next round.

The Du Brothers, as outsiders, were able to establish themselves on Crouching Tiger Hill, set up Black Tiger Village with one hand, and stand out from the group of bandits to become the second most powerful force after Sha's Village in less than a decade, all because their skills were rock-solid.

In fact, on the entire Crouching Tiger Hill, the only people Du Erlang respected were Sha Dingjun and his own brother Du Dalang; Hong Xinghua was barely half that level. As for the likes of the Five Ghosts, Du Erlang never even gave them a second glance.

The Songxi Sword Sect is indeed famous in Qingzhou, but as long as it isn't Sage Chongyun, the sect leader, Du Erlang has nothing to fear.

Just a disciple of the Songxi Sword Sect, Du Erlang reckoned could probably last only two or three rounds under his hands.

However, just as Du Erlang's horse lance was about to strike Ma Lu again, the latter's cards suddenly lit up, and a card actively flew out, positioning itself in front of Ma Lu.

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Despite considering himself quite well-informed and experienced, Du Erlang had never before encountered such a mystical scene and wore an expression as if he had just seen a ghost.

It was still not Ma Lu's turn to play a card, so why, why was he able to play one?!

Suppressing the confusion in his heart, Du Erlang fixed his gaze on that named card.

Qiankun Great Shifting: The holder of this card (Heaven), when facing an attack, may spend 5 points of Qi to play this card, and transfer an attack to be borne by the (Earth) cardholder.

The name Qiankun Great Shifting was given by Ma Lu himself, but in reality, this move came from the Unified Heart Sect's school-defining Divine Technique—Eternal Lock.

It is the most mysterious Martial Art in the martial arts circles, only twin disciples with a harmonious will can cultivate it; thus, the Unified Heart Sect has always only taken twin disciples, and even then, for twins, mastering this Martial Art is exceptionally difficult.

Once successfully cultivated, its uses are infinite.

From then on, the brothers share one heart and one mind. Not only can they substitute for each other to bear attacks during combat, but they can also join forces to launch powerful Combined Skills.

After looking over the cards in the pack, Ma Lu felt that this Martial Art was so powerful that it had a somewhat fantastical element to it.

However, from one of the twins of Unified Heart Sect, he had only obtained the Eternal Lock, while from the other twin he had gleaned other Martial Studies.

So, he actually only possessed half of this Divine Technique.

The bad news is that he couldn't use most of the cards inside as the Eternal Lock is split into Heaven and Earth cards, requiring the brothers to work together to activate them.

For instance, the most powerful Combined Skill could not be executed alone.

The good news is that there were still a few cards he could use, and they seemed even stronger than before.

Take this Qiankun Great Shifting card, for instance. Due to the absence of an Earth card, the attack that should have been borne by another completely vanished.

Ma Lu didn't know if the Unified Heart Sect was aware of this beneficial bug, but even if they were, it would be difficult for them to exploit, since unlike him, other people had to cultivate their Martial Arts step by step to acquire them.

Especially for a difficult technique like the Eternal Lock, most people wouldn't make such a losing deal of discarding all other moves, including the powerful Combined Skills, to only use two or three cards.

But Ma Lu didn't mind. With a plethora of Martial Arts at his disposal, having two or three moves from one technique was already quite a lot, and trading away other moves for an enhancement of these few suited him just fine.

Du Erlang's strike, powerful as a thunderbolt, didn't leave any ripple; a series of moves took away only an inconsequential 13 points of Ma Lu's health, stirring a sense of foreboding in his heart.

At this moment, his Qi was almost exhausted, and he could only play another Body Protection Card to hastily end his turn.