Free Web NovelChapter 119: Chapter 119: Tri-Gate Thunder War Commander
The Blood-Thread Path Invader attacked first.
It was not a true Blood Sun Hall member. It was a prepared imprint, a hostile law construct inserted into the class resonance. Its body was made of dark-red chains, blood mist, and broken contract runes. It had no face, only a crimson sun mark burning where its head should have been.
The Second Gate Guardian stood behind it, silent and still.
The Tower was allowing the invader to be fought.
Not removing it.
Qin Yuheng understood the meaning.
If outside interference entered the trial, the climber had to prove path integrity by defeating it.
The panel appeared.
[Blood-Thread Path Invader]
[Level: 30]
[Type: Hostile class interference construct]
[Abilities:
- Class thread contamination
- Command chain disruption
- Team separation hook
- Blood contract bind]
[Weakness:
- Law-thread severing
- Contract-breaking force
- Unified team command]
Qin Mo looked at the weakness.
"Unified team command. That is literally the class theme."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
"Then we prove it."
The invader raised one arm.
Blood chains shot toward all four team members.
Qin Yuheng sent a silent pulse.
Break left.
Qin Lian moved first, cutting the chain aimed at Qin Mo.
Qin Yuchen cut the one aimed at Qin Lian.
Qin Mo activated the Contract-Breaking Law Crystal to weaken the chains.
Qin Yuheng used Law-Thread Severing Eye and struck the central chain node.
The chains shattered.
The invader hissed. freēwēbnovel.com
Then it used command disruption.
For a moment, Qin Yuheng’s silent jade pulse distorted.
Attack became retreat.
Qin Lian froze for half a breath.
Qin Yuchen noticed the mismatch.
"Voice command only!" he shouted.
Qin Yuheng immediately switched.
"Pattern four! No jade!"
The team adapted.
This mattered.
A commander who relied on one communication method could be disrupted.
A true team had backups.
The invader tried to separate Qin Mo by wrapping the ground beneath him in blood thread. Qin Mo panicked for one breath, then slammed a formation needle into the thread.
"Absolutely not!"
The thread broke.
Qin Lian appeared behind the invader and struck its back, but her dagger passed through mist.
"Core shifts," she said.
Qin Yuchen watched carefully.
"Core appears when it controls chains."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
"Force it to bind."
He stepped forward deliberately, exposing an opening.
The invader took the bait.
Blood contract chains wrapped toward his chest.
Qin Yuheng did not dodge.
He raised the SSS Grade Tri-Gate Thunder War Commander Token, still forming above his palm.
The chains touched its aura and stiffened.
Qin Mo activated contract-breaking formation.
Qin Yuchen and Qin Lian struck the side chains.
Qin Yuheng cut the core thread.
The invader screamed.
Its chest opened, revealing a red-black crystal.
Qin Yuheng struck with thunder.
The crystal cracked.
The invader collapsed into red mist.
But the mist tried to escape into the class token.
Qin Yuheng’s eyes flashed.
"No."
Origin Purification activated again, briefly and silently.
The red mist turned into neutral gray-gold law dust and merged into the token as resistance rather than contamination.
A message appeared.
[Blood-Thread Path Invader defeated.]
[Hostile interference purified.]
[Class token stability increased.]
[Additional trait acquired: Blood Contract Resistance.]
Qin Mo exhaled.
"We gained resistance from the trap."
Qin Yuheng looked at the token.
"That is the best outcome."
Then the Second Gate Guardian moved.
It was taller than the Tri-Gate Guardian from Floor 10, but less flashy. Its armor was white-gold with a single empty slot at its chest, as if waiting to judge the class path.
Panel:
[Second Gate Guardian]
[Level: 31]
[Type: Path recognition guardian]
[Objective]
Prove class path through command, combat, and role integrity.
The fight began without warning.
The guardian’s first strike targeted Qin Yuheng.
Not with killing intent.
With evaluation pressure.
Qin Yuheng blocked.
The impact tested his personal combat foundation.
Thunder surged.
He held.
The second strike targeted Qin Yuchen.
Prediction and sword stability.
Qin Yuchen deflected and countered.
The third targeted Qin Lian.
Stealth and timing.
She vanished, reappeared, and cut the guardian’s wrist joint.
The fourth targeted Qin Mo.
Formation reaction.
Qin Mo activated a barrier and counter-marker at the last moment.
The guardian stepped back.
Then all four were pressured simultaneously.
This was the real test.
Qin Yuheng used the forming class token.
Not as a completed class yet.
As a command core.
He felt the team’s positions, not like control, but like awareness. Qin Yuchen’s breathing. Qin Lian’s movement angle. Qin Mo’s formation delay. The guardian’s pressure lines.
He gave commands.
Short.
Precise.
"Yuchen, hold right."
"Lian, mark left knee."
"Mo, anchor behind me."
"Shift."
"Strike."
The team moved smoother than before.
Not because they were forced.
Because the commands matched what they were already prepared to do.
The guardian’s chest slot lit up.
Qin Yuheng understood.
It was acknowledging command compatibility.
The guardian entered final mode.
White-gold light formed a spear.
Qin Yuheng’s blood stirred faintly at the sight, but he suppressed it.
Not bloodline.
Class.
He stepped forward.
The guardian thrust.
Qin Yuheng did not meet it alone.
Qin Yuchen struck the spear shaft.
Qin Lian cut the wrist light.
Qin Mo locked the guardian’s footing.
Qin Yuheng’s thunder sword pierced the chest slot.
The class token flew into the light.
The guardian froze.
Then knelt on one knee.
[Second Gate Guardian defeated.]
[Class path acknowledged.]
[SSS Grade Tri-Gate Thunder War Commander Token accepted.]
[Class Awakening available.]
[Accept class?]
Qin Yuheng looked at the team.
This was his class.
But it had been forged through them.
He selected yes.
Thunder, gate light, and command aura entered his body.
A new panel appeared.
[Class Awakened]
[Class: Tri-Gate Thunder War Commander]
[Grade: SSS]
[Class Traits:]
1. Tri-Gate Foundation:
Improves balance between Strength, Spirit, and Battle growth.
2. Thunder Command Aura:
Enhances team coordination under combat pressure when willingly accepted by allies.
3. War Formation Insight:
Improves battlefield awareness, formation reading, and command timing.
4. Blood Contract Resistance:
Increases resistance against hostile binding, contract contamination, and command hijacking.
5. Commander’s Burden:
Class quests may include protection, leadership, or battlefield responsibility objectives.
Qin Mo read the final trait.
"Commander’s Burden. I dislike that."
Qin Yuheng smiled faintly.
"It is fair."
The settlement light began.
Floor 20 was cleared.
His class was born.
And Blood Sun’s interference had become part of his resistance.
