Chapter 236: Chapter 170 Is There Still a Genius? _2
Shan Lingguan placed the chicken leg on the tree and sighed inwardly, But it’s only limited to the First Level, alas...
The Imperial Enlightenment Sect he belonged to existed before the founding of the Daji dynasty and had a tradition of a thousand years. Unfortunately, during the chaotic times when the feudal lords vied for the throne, they bet on the wrong horse, leading to ninety percent of their sect members dying in the strife.
Back then, the Imperial Enlightenment Sect possessed three World-Surpassing Martial Arts and thirty-six Unique Skills.
The Giant Spirit Hammer! The God Shaking Decision! The Huntian Overlord Body! All had once shaken the world with their renown.
Now, both the Giant Spirit Hammer and the God Shaking Decision had found inheritors in the lineage of his grandnephew Qin Yuxian and had been passed down.
Only the most fundamental Huntian Overlord Body, however, had not found a successor, no matter what. Even Qin Yuxian was unable to cultivate it. The main reason for this was inseparable from the harsh conditions required to cultivate the Huntian Overlord Body.
The Huntian Overlord Body, rather than being a martial art, was better described as a ’Cultivation Body.’ Once cultivated, martial arts were no longer merely martial arts but became a type of physique.
This skill was said to originally have eleven layers; successfully cultivating it to completion would allow one to reach the ’Martial Path True Body.’
Currently, I’ve only managed to cultivate it to the Seventh Layer, even after two hundred wasted years, he thought. The reason was simple: the entry-level requirement for this Cultivation Body was the continual transformation of one’s physique. Ultimately, one had to gather nine different physiques and merge them into one to form the Domineering Body!
These nine physiques were: fire, earth, wood, water, metal, wind, thunder, yin, and yang.
Shan Lingguan had been born with a Five Spirit Body, naturally attuned to the five elements, and was considered to possess extremely high qualifications for cultivating this Divine Skill. It took him only twenty years to successfully cultivate the Five Realms.
But thereafter, because he naturally lacked the energies of wind, thunder, yin, and yang, it took him over a hundred years just to barely reach the Seventh Layer. This demonstrated how much time could be wasted on this Divine Skill if one’s physique was insufficient.
This Fu Huangfei, born with a Fire Vein, is undoubtedly a Fire Cultivation Physique, Shan Lingguan mused. And after cultivating the First Layer of Lihuo True Qi, he will have some advantages over other physiques. He can use his body as a great furnace to smelt other True Qi, but this step is definitely fraught with immense danger...
Shan Lingguan sighed again. Over the years, I have encountered other physiques, even Triple Spirit Bodies, but I’ve never had the chance to meet someone with a Triple Spirit Body that also included the Fire Physique. This is because the Fire Physique is the foundation of the Huntian Overlord Body. The subsequent eight layers of heaven all require that fire for their forging.
He then recalled Qin’s words. Shan Lingguan’s gaze deepened.
I am now over two hundred years old, with not many years left to live. If this cannot be passed down... Speaking of which, I haven’t carefully examined Fu Huangfei’s body yet. Perhaps, apart from the Fire Vein, there might be others... The old man grew hopeful.
As the old man silently observed the battle, BOOM!
Yao Wensu was forced into a continuous retreat by the combined efforts of Di Jianqing, Fu Huangfei, and Cai Feihong. He had already thrown out several precious Talisman Papers, even unleashing Divine Force Talismans and Clear Wind Talismans, yet he still couldn’t gain an advantage.
Are there really three such exceptionally talented prodigies in this world? Yao Wensu was shocked to the core. He wasn’t ignorant of the world and knew that outstanding individuals were far beyond ordinary people. However, despite living for forty or fifty years, he had never personally dealt with such geniuses. Only today did he realize that there truly were many existences in the world that defied reason.
Young, yet able to kill enemies beyond their own realm!
Young, yet able to achieve what took others thirty to fifty years!
"Old demon! Surrender your life!" Di Jianqing swung his mace. Coordinating with Cai Feihong and Fu Huangfei, he exploited an opening and struck Yao Wensu’s left arm. The Talisman Papers on Yao Wensu’s body flared with light and exploded, sending him flying backward!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Yao Wensu was sent flying, hurtling backward through the air. Feeling the wind scrape past the back of his head, his heart filled with despair and unwillingness. So many years of cultivation, about to end at the hands of three young whippersnappers! He was so unwilling!
"Huangtian’s Call to the Gods! Seven Evils Concentrated in the Heart!"
Under immense unwillingness and fury, malevolent thoughts roared through Yao Wensu’s mind. After a moment of struggle, he made a terrifying decision. While being thrown backward, he continuously recited mysterious spells.
Instantly, a ghastly wail tore through the sky, seemingly from nowhere! Seven streams of Evil Qi roared out from the surroundings. They appeared to be Divine Thoughts projected from the void, each drilling into one of Yao Wensu’s seven orifices, causing his aura to surge violently.
"Kill!" he roared.
Hmm? This Evil Skill... He wants to take them down with him? Sitting in the tree, Shan Lingguan immediately recognized it. Once this Evil Skill was used, it was a technique that eroded the spirit. It forcibly elevated one’s strength through external power, but afterward, the spirit would collapse. It was a final, desperate gambit.
Just as Shan Lingguan was pondering whether these three youngsters could handle this move, Di Jianqing laughed instead of being startled. "Ha! This Evil Skill is more like it! Let’s go! Give him a quick end!" At sixteen years old, like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, he lifted his Double Maces, leaped forward, and smashed down fiercely!
Fu Huangfei no longer hung back casually casting fire lines. Instead, he trod on flames, lotuses seemingly blooming with each step, as he pointed a finger at Yao Wensu who was rushing towards them.
Cai Feihong wiped her sword blade, her body moving like a roaming dragon’s phantom. Instantly, she stirred up a vortex of Sword Qi and thrust her sword forward!
At this moment, Chen Ku also arrived. From a nearby tree, his face disguised, he watched as the trio’s combined strike collided with Yao Wensu.
BOOM!!
Instantly, terrifying dark energy, Sword Qi, and flames erupted, sending sparks flying. The three young figures seemed to be hit by a powerful impact and were thrown backward.
Yao Wensu, too, was thrown backward, blood streaming from his seven orifices.
Chen Ku saw this. A prime target!
Immediately, carrying his sharp Treasure Blade and employing Piercing Sound Step, he leaped a distance of seventy measures, appearing almost instantaneously behind Yao Wensu.
BOOM!
He swung his blade without needing any specific Martial Arts technique, the power of Two Dragons and Seven Elephants erupting from him.
BANG!
He directly decapitated Yao Wensu, the Incense Master of a Peace Path subsidiary altar, with a single stroke!
[Diagram Master has slain Yao Wensu, obtaining a measure of Fourth Realm Evil Qi]
Evil Qi acquired!
Chen Ku seized Yao Wensu’s falling head and, in a flash, executed his movement technique once again, leaping away.
He made his move, swung his blade, took a life, then turned and fled—the entire process as smooth as flowing water.
"Who is that?"
It not only left Di Jianqing and the other two momentarily dumbfounded. Even the tall elder hidden nearby was startled. It was as if he had seen a ghostly shadow flash past, and in that instant, Yao Wensu’s head was taken!
"Eh?" Shan Lingguan noticed at a glance that, judging by the figure’s build, this person seemed no older than Di Jianqing and the other two—a peer. Another genius?
By this time, the three had been thrown backward but had managed to land on their feet. They quickly came to their senses.
"Who was that, snatching our kill!" Di Jianqing’s face flushed red. Waving his Double Maces, he bellowed as he gave chase, "You thief! Stop! Don’t run! Leave the Demon Person’s head behind!"
The head of a Peace Path Incense Master—a Demon Person—was worth a bounty of one million Silver in the Grey Clothes Tower!