#921 - Crab Claw

The circular patterns on the ground quietly disappeared, and with his standing position as the center, straight fluorescent runways extended forward on both sides.

Immediately, his body appeared to move backward in parallel as the floor beneath his feet pushed backward.

At this moment, Quan Lin understood why the test was being conducted here.

Before his body could retreat directly back to the entrance, Quan Lin cooperated with the floor, beginning to lift his legs and run on this runway.

At the same time, similar situations were occurring in other rooms.

Quan Ming, on the other hand, had chosen the last skill.

Unexpectedly, a powerful mental red light swept over his body, and after inquiring about his soul skills and related mastered abilities, the crystal platform disappeared.

"Attention, the wall is about to fire metal bullets. Testers, please make full use of your skills to deal with the attack."

Several holes appeared in the wall in front, and the dark openings brought Quan Ming an intense sense of unease.

Reacting quickly, his hands were instantly covered by a pair of dark black iron gauntlets, and a yellow soul ring appeared behind him.

Left hand transformed into a shield, right hand into a spear.

Although its speed did not reach that of some crossbows, it still easily exceeded the maximum ball speed that ordinary people could throw.

However, considering the volume and material of the metal, he realized that if this metal ball hit a person, it would inevitably cause damage no less than a soul skill.

Quan Ming's pupils contracted, and relying on the eyesight he had developed through daily training, he quickly captured the sudden attack without any warning.

"So fast, but it's not a speed that I can't react to at all."

His footwork, balanced between attack and defense, suddenly shifted, and his body moved to the side with extremely concise and subtle movements.

The iron ball, whistling as it broke through the air, just grazed his chest and shot towards the door and wall behind him.

"Hiss, that was close!"

The stimulation of the attack passing so close completely activated Quan Ming's nerves, and he realized that this attack was no joke.

If it hit a bone, it would definitely be shattered.

At this time, the testing device in the room would not give Quan Ming time to rest. The next attack, once again aimed at Quan Ming, shot towards him.

However, what shocked him even more was that his eyes, glancing sideways, saw that the metal ball shot into the rear wall actually bounced like a rubber ball, and then aimed at his position again, attacking from both sides.

"The metal ball can bounce, what kind of operation is this?"

Things that challenged Quan Ming's common sense happened one after another in the room, but in recent years, the education and training he had received on the island were all of the highest level.

Although this situation was a bit tricky, it was still not difficult for him.

"It seems that simple dodging cannot solve the metal ball. I must find a way to offset its impact, or completely knock it down."

Quan Ming seemed to understand the meaning of this test.

Immediately, the soul power within his body surged rapidly, and the yellow soul ring behind him lit up.

"First Soul Skill, Evil Crab's Pincers!"

The black iron gauntlets burst with a dark luster of soul power, and beneath the metal, the fair hands showed bulging muscles and protruding veins.

Quan Ming's first soul skill was taken from the Evil Pincer Crab, a power-type sea soul beast of just over four hundred years.

This soul beast has a pair of very sharp and powerful giant pincers. As long as they clamp onto something, even if it is hard metal, they will tenaciously clamp onto the metal and will never let go until the metal is broken.

It is quite sigh-worthy that the gauntlet martial soul, with the structure of hands, actually has a very high degree of matching with crab-like soul beasts that also have pincers.

The inner side of Quan Ming's gauntlets, that is, the inner side of the curved fingers, presents a sharper pincer-like structure compared to other rounded finger coverings.

And when activating this soul skill, the sharpness and curvature are further increased.

Facing the metal balls attacking from both sides simultaneously, Quan Ming activated his innate ability of dual-mindedness, simultaneously raising his hands to deal with one metal ball each.

The ball, like a small cannonball, collided with the slightly petite child's palm.

In an instant, the hissing sound produced by the friction of sharp blades was mixed in, more so than the direct sound of metal impact.

It could be seen that the powerful double balls were forcibly stopped by Quan Ming directly from the left and right sides.

The rotation of the metal ball itself was causing intense friction with the sharp inner pincers of his palm.

But what was amazing was that the metal ball with its strange elasticity could not escape the small palm that could not completely cover the ball.

It turned out that Quan Ming's palm possessed a peculiar clamping force, controlling the ball and preventing it from escaping his control.

At the same time, the incredibly strong arm strength completely absorbed the impact of the double balls and firmly gripped the balls.

Quan Ming gritted his teeth, fully clenching his hands, and the sound of friction gradually disappeared.

As a result, the surface of the hard metal ball, which had stopped rotating, showed an inward indentation.

The metal ball, which possessed the attack power of a Level 20 First Soul Skill, was thus simultaneously contained by Quan Ming.

Evil Crab's Pincers, the effect of this soul skill, is to increase arm strength by fifty percent and comes with an extremely powerful effect.

That is, for the object that is 'clamped', it is forcibly fixed and locked through soul power, making it impossible for the object to easily escape the palm.

This fixed force, of course, also has its limit, and at the same time, maintaining it requires continuous consumption of soul power.

However, it is equivalent to providing Quan Ming with an additional 50% grip increase.

Superimposing arm strength and fixation ability, Quan Ming can unleash a 100% amplification effect.

This is undoubtedly an extremely amazing existence among the first soul skills.

Especially since Quan Ming's arm strength, after receiving forging training, far exceeds that of weapon soul masters of the same level.

The metal ball, completely losing its kinetic energy, fell to the ground, making a heavy metallic impact sound.

At this time, the metal ball completely lost its strange elasticity, and then, it was swallowed by the metal on the ground.

Quan Ming looked at the attack wall that had lost its movement and quickly adjusted his rapid breathing.

"After dodging, it will rebound.

If you face it head-on, it will not attack immediately.

Sure enough, this test prefers testers to deal with the attack head-on, rather than dodge."

Just as Quan Ming was personally experiencing the content of the test through the collision, the scene in this room had already been transmitted to Quan Yi's mind.

He was observing everything that was happening inside through the mental connection with this round tower.

Among them, Quan Ming's performance was also exceptionally conspicuous among all the testers.

He and his family were sitting around in the open-air garden on the first floor, praising the family's level of training for rising stars.

"Quan Ming, Quan Lin have been cultivated very well. Besides them, the other children have also reached above average levels."

Seeing Quan Yi's excited smile, Quan Li and Quan Yue felt happy, but also a little worried.

"Don't make this test too strict. They are not all combat-specialized soul masters."