49: A tough and sturdy man, a qualitative change in vitality?

Chen Qing was utterly speechless, reaching out and vigorously ruffling the fur on Xiaobai's head.

He had to admit, the guy's fur felt quite comfortable to the touch.

"Dead cat, what is the strength of this group of people?"

Xiaobai, annoyed by the petting, continuously slapped Chen Qing's hand with its tail and replied, "The weakest should be around Tier 2. The ones with swords on their backs and those inside the carriage should all be above Tier 3. I can't see too clearly!"

Chen Qing's face stiffened. Damn it, even the weakest are Tier 2!

"What about that burly man who wanted to take me in?"

"Tier 2, I guess."

He stopped ruffling the cat's fur and took a deep breath.

Since he was already fish on someone else's chopping block, he might as well strike first.

Kill one if he could.

"Human, if you want to kill, don't kill him! He's the nicest one to you in this group! He's the only one who doesn't want to kill you!"

Chen Qing couldn't be bothered to respond to it.

This guy was the most malicious one!

"Old rules, can you help me hold off the others?"

"More work? Alright, but you have to be quick. Cat Lord still needs to go back and rest." Xiaobai stretched, then leaped from his shoulder onto the carriage.

Seeing this, everyone in the caravan was stunned. This was their master's carriage; how could a beast be allowed to sit on top of it?

However, no one moved, because the master was inside the carriage. Moving the cat would inevitably disturb the master.

A difficult choice.

Chen Qing didn't care about their dilemma. He stomped his foot and instantly leaped towards the burly man, quickly forming an Ice Crystal Blade in his hand.

At the same time, two half-human-tall transparent Ice Prisms appeared on either side of the burly man!

The burly man froze, turning his head towards Chen Qing's direction, where an extremely fast figure was rushing towards him.

He subconsciously prepared to draw his saber and turn to block.

However, the transparent Ice Prisms rapidly forming on both sides made him dare not stay put, so he quickly leaped backward.

At the same time, he slashed one of the Ice Prisms with his saber, shattering it!

Seeing this, Chen Qing activated the Ice Prism Mirror's ice surface jump, his figure disappearing, then reappearing from the remaining ice surface.

There were too many of the opponent's people here. He wasn't sure if the Spirit Cat could really hold off the others, so he had to finish the fight quickly!

Leaping out from the ice surface, he held the Ice Crystal Blade and, catching the burly man off guard, slashed him across the chest.

Although this burly man was Tier 2, he clearly seemed less difficult to deal with than Zhou Yaoguo.

However, after the slash, the imagined blood splatter did not occur. Instead, the Ice Blade in Chen Qing's hand was completely shattered!

The burly man only took two steps back and patted his chest.

This slash merely tore the burly man's clothes; it caused him no harm whatsoever!

A faint ice-blue halo shimmered on his chest.

Chen Qing was shocked!

Is a Tier 2 physique this powerful?

No!

Even if the Ice Blade he formed wasn't that hard, the opponent shouldn't be completely unharmed!

Chen Qing wasn't new to fighting Tier 2 opponents. The Snow Wolf King in the Barren Snowfield had a Tier 2 physique, but even it didn't dare to directly take his attacks.

Is this guy made of iron?

The burly man patted his chest, exchanged a few words with the people around him, then looked at Chen Qing, his eyes showing a hint of surprise and confusion.

Under Chen Qing's puzzled gaze, the burly man sheathed his saber, then, mimicking Chen Qing, formed an identical Ice Crystal Blade in his hand!

However, the Ice Crystal Blade he formed was similar in appearance to Chen Qing's, but in Chen Qing's eyes, there was a huge difference internally!

The burly man pointed at the long blade in his hand, then at the broken blade in Chen Qing's hand, signaling him to try again.

Chen Qing roughly understood his meaning, formed another long blade, and slashed at the burly man.

This time, the burly man made no move, merely holding his blade horizontally across his chest.

The Ice Blade Chen Qing formed shattered instantly upon striking the opponent's blade.

But the Ice Blade in the burly man's hand was completely unharmed, like hard Advanced alloy!

The expressions in the eyes of the burly man and the surrounding people changed from surprise to mockery.

Their gaze seemed to say: So he's a waste!

He put away his Ice Blade, pointed to his chest, and looked at Chen Qing with disdain.

The meaning was, use more force, cut here!

Chen Qing, not believing it, slashed several more times, finally forcing the opponent to block.

However, after only a few moves, he couldn't hold on and was defeated... Chen Qing looked blankly at the Barren Snowfield, feeling greatly frustrated.

He had originally thought that his Cultivation had achieved some success, and while he wouldn't claim to be invincible among Tier 1, he was at least among the top ranks.

Even when facing Tier 2, he shouldn't be utterly powerless!

After all, he was at one of the top Martial Artist universities in the entire federation!

Yet, here he was, unable to even defeat a minor attendant of a small caravan!

And he was completely crushed!

Sitting on the snowfield, Chen Qing rubbed his face, speechless for a moment.

After a while, he asked, "Xiaobai, am I very weak?"

Xiaobai remained lazy, lying in the snow, transmitting via Mental Energy, "I don't know!"

It didn't care much about being strong or not; at least Chen Qing could help it catch mice, which was pretty strong.

"Xiaobai, why was the ice that person formed so much harder than the ice I formed just now? And why was his physique so strong?"

The white cat squinted at the sky and said, "That person's physique isn't strong! His physique is only a little stronger than that stupid wolf, but it's not as good as yours!"

Hmm?

Not as good as mine?

Chen Qing looked at it strangely, not understanding what it meant.

"It's just, it's just not as good as yours! Your physique is almost undergoing a qualitative change, but that person's physique is still far from reaching a qualitative change!"

"Qualitative change? What qualitative change?"

Xiaobai scratched its head with its paw and explained, "It's a qualitative change! He just has a higher vitality value than you, but his quality isn't as good as yours.

Oh, it means that even though your vitality strengths are similar, he's just a pile of snow, and you're already a piece of crushed ice.

As long as you take one more step, and the crushed ice completely solidifies, your vitality will undergo a qualitative change!"

Xiaobai rubbed a ball of snow on the ground, then formed it into a piece of crushed ice, continuously explaining.

Chen Qing understood.

His vitality quality was higher than that person's, but it hadn't reached the point of a qualitative change in vitality.

Perhaps it was because he had raised his own limit to 1 when he was not a Martial Artist?

He had originally thought that a higher non-Martial Artist limit simply meant faster Cultivation speed and a higher upper limit.

Now it seemed, that was only one aspect.

Chen Qing suddenly looked at his System panel. He remembered that ever since he made a Breakthrough to Martial Artist, a line of text had appeared on the panel, which he hadn't paid much attention to.

【Vitality Multiplier: 1】

"Xiaobai, what happens if vitality undergoes a complete qualitative change?"

Chen Qing looked at the Spirit Cat, asking somewhat eagerly.