Night of the Broken Gliph

The rod was a weapon that wasn’t the most lethal; it was also neither the longest nor shortest weapon. However, this bladeless weapon suited the Chor Clan’s seemingly harmless yet fierce and firm style. 

Chor Shing Chit’s confidence was boosted with a rod in his hands, like a skerry standing in the middle of the sea, unswerving and unwavering, while Chor Sing was psyched up and ready to fight.

With a shout, Chor Sing launched an attack instantly. 

It was actually three swift thrusts. By using his right hand to support the back of the rod, he simultaneously grasped it lightly at the front with his left hand and pistoned his right hand forward. 

Pfff.  

The Spiral Dragon gliph’s ferocious character worked with the gliphs on the Breaking Wind Rod to form the Three Winds gliphility. 

Three fist-sized orbs of black energy shot towards Chor Shing Chit, who was holding his rod with his right hand at his back and his empty left hand in front of him. 

He took a deep breath and waved his rod, forming a shield of black light in front of him!  

It was familiar to Chui Yim, as this was how Chor Shing Chit blocked Chan Shue Gun’s gliph, An Old Tree’s Coiled Roots, back in Southary! 

“It’s not over yet!” Chor Sing bellowed.

The rod in his hands disappeared as a black light shot forward towards Chor Shing Chit, who was about ten meters in front of him and struck his shield. It was actually the gliphility, Three Winds, but it couldn’t be considered that gliphility as it was more of a gale! 

However, Chor Shing Chit stood upright within the gale. No matter how strong the wind was, Chor Shing Chit was like a mountain standing upright, not bulging even a single bit as if it was just a breeze. 

Chui Yim wasn’t aware of it initially, but he now understood the meaning behind the name of Chor Shing Chit’s gliphility, Breeze Mountain. It represented the cultivator standing upright and strong as a fully defensive gliphility! 

All the Chor Clan members present held their breaths. 

Not just because this was a battle that determined their future clan leader, but also a battle between two talents. From A Dragon’s Weather Play, Pearl-Snatching Duo Dragons to Three Winds and Breeze Mountain, they were all self-created gliphilities. A cultivator’s ability and talent wasn’t just about their cultivation, but their gliphilities too! Like the four-chambered glipher seven hundred years ago, Nim Hoi became almost invincible with just his Great Waves gliphility that only rare five-chambered gliphers could block. 

All the older generation members were gratified to see this, while the younger generations dared not to even blink their eyes as the gliphilities both parties used were created by themselves. Watching and learning from their experience would benefit them greatly when it was their turn in the future. 

Boom boom boom…

Numerous fist-sized energy balls landed on Chor Shing Chit’s black shield like stones creating ripples in a lake. Since both their battle skills and gliphilities were of a similar level, their cultivation was the only thing that could differentiate their strength. 

The more Chor Shing Chit fought, the more emotional he became. He activated the Breeze Mountain unconsciously as countless memories played in his mind. 

Because of his cowardness, he lost two decades of time with his parents and it even led to their separation. After chatting with Chor Huet Zhin yesterday, Chor Shing Chit met his mother. His mother was just like before, only much older. An ordinary two-chambered glipher, his mother had a normal lifespan, and his grandfather was only left with half a month.  

All these changes contributed to his repressed emotions that would soon explode. 

And this fight was just like a fuse to his emotions. Nobody knew that the dragon’s head gliph tattooed on his chest beneath his shirt had opened its eyes suddenly as if it was alive. The ink-like energliph on him slowly turned red as well. 

Boom!  

Breeze Mountain’s scope spread out rapidly despite the strong energy from the three winds landing on his shield. There weren’t even ripples anymore as the attacks disappeared immediately. 

“Impossible!” Chor Sing growled angrily as he stomped the ground with his right foot. 

Dragon Walk!  

The Breaking Wind Rod in his hand started emitting green light as all three gliphs, Pierce, Whistle, and Wind’s Answer, activated concurrently! 

A Dragon’s Weather Play!

For this attack, Chor Sing used all his energliph as a green dragon illusion was formed and it flew towards Chor Shing Chit with a roar! The dragon was materialised energliph, as well as an attack from the Breaking Wind Rod. 

Boom!!  

This attack that Chor Sing spent all his energliph on made Chor Shing Chit’s light shield and rod shatter!  

He was using an ordinary rod only managed to last for such a long time because Chor Shing Chit protected it with energliph. It shattered immediately after receiving an attack from Chor Sing’s grade three weapon. 

Without the rod, Breeze Mountain couldn’t be used; the green dragon wasn’t even slightly affected as it continued towards Chor Shing Chit! 

If this was an actual attack, Chor Shing Chit would undoubtedly be seriously injured! Chor Chun Ping couldn’t watch anymore and wanted to intervene, but Chor Huet Zhin held him back. 

Chor Clan members mostly learnt to fight with their rods, and skills like Military Strike were only for special circumstances. The Spiral Dragon Rod Skill was the actual battle skill of the Chor Clan; removing their rod was like removing the claws and teeth of a dragon.  

Chor Shing Chit similarly used all his energliph to use Pearl-Snatching Duo Dragons. Along with the gliphs on the Breaking Wind Rod, Chor Shing Chit’s hands would be paralysed if he tried to catch the rod with his hands. 

Since I can’t stop it, I won’t.  

He didn’t even flinch at the green dragon shooting toward him. Only a mad will to battle was left in his eyes, his nature that he had suppressed for a long time. 

The Spiral Dragon claws on his arms dimmed while the dragon head gliph on his chest lit up brighter than before. His heart chamber absorbed all the energliph in his arm chambers!  

This would be the first time Chor Shing Chit used this gliphility after creating it. He opened his mouth widely like the gliph on his chest did as he let out a soundless roar. 

Roar!!! 

Boom!  

A maroon energy wave was released from his mouth as the green dragon slowly withered and disappeared. The Breaking Wind Rod’s aura was forcefully suppressed as the sound waves continued forward.  

“Ahh!” The sound waves attacked as blood spurted from Chor Sing’s arms. 

Just then, Chor Huet Zhin finally stood up. He crouched slightly with his right hand on his waist. It was a simple action that felt like it had the power to freeze the air in the hall. The Chor Clan members were shocked and agitated to see this as all of them knew what gliphility this was. 

It was none other than the gliphility Chor Huet Zhin was famous for: Bloody War Strike!