Free Web NovelChapter 545: Chapter 327: Suppressing the Martial Saint, Ancient Martial Arts
Clang!
Two crimson beams shot towards him, but were blocked by the Golden Bell that emerged around Wei Fan’s body, emitting a deep, resonant hum.
"What is this?" the monster screamed. The object before him didn’t seem to be a weapon, as he couldn’t sense the world-destroying aura of a holy weapon, nor the overwhelming presence of Emperor Divine Soldiers, yet it effortlessly blocked his gaze.
The most notable thing was that the person in front of him, at the Fifth Layer of the Martial King Realm, seemed to wield it without the slightest effort.
"Is this his trump card?"
Feng Hua stared intently at the floating Golden Bell. On its surface, tigers roared and dragons chanted, and a three-legged Golden Crow spread its wings. A golden lightning symbol was prominently imprinted on the bell, seemingly containing dreadful thunder within.
The Golden Bell expanded rapidly against the wind, swelling to a height of several dozen meters in an instant, with dense patterns on its surface lighting up, spreading into the void.
The void rippled, and these patterns burrowed into it like roots, connecting with it, as if siphoning unknown energy from within, or perhaps melding with the Dao.
The golden lightning symbol grew even brighter!
Wei Fan’s eyes gleamed, greatly anticipating the Perfection-level Human Emperor Bell.
"Die!"
With a thought, the Human Emperor Bell vibrated with a hum, its light becoming even more dazzling. The patterns stretching into the void crazily "grew," spreading further into the abyss.
A flowing light coursed through these patterns, swiftly converging on the Golden Bell.
"Boom..."
The next moment, a massive cloud of dust billowed, the bell resounded, and a giant golden thunderbolt roared out from the golden lightning symbol.
The deafening thunder roared, causing Feng Hua and Zhi Hua to look pained, their minds a blank void.
The golden thunderbolt, like a golden dragon, shattered the void along its path, carving a pitch-black path in its wake.
The scene was simply terrifying. Compared to when the Perfection-level Human Emperor Bell razed the Profound Crane Sect, its power had grown immensely, capable of easily breaking space. ƒreewebɳovel.com
"Roar..."
The monster instantly bristled, its white fur standing on end, turning from white to black-red as the brilliance flowed over it.
"Golden lightning?"
It couldn’t help but howl, its voice shrill, as a strange black light emanated from it. It fled crazily, not daring to withstand the golden thunderbolt’s strike.
In a flash, the creature disappeared from sight, but the golden thunderbolt, having locked onto it, was faster.
No sooner had it moved than the golden thunderbolt struck it, blasting it from its extreme speed, revealing its form.
"Roar..."
Its shriek of agony accompanied the massive plume of black smoke, as the monster’s diminutive form was engulfed by the golden thunderbolt in an instant.
Boom boom boom...
Tiny arcs of electricity scattered in all directions, shattering the void to form a web-like pattern, trapping the monster like prey caught within a web.
Occasionally, a few arcs fell upon the pitch-black Netherworld below. The Netherworld, painstakingly cultivated by the Zhong Family over millennia, instantly evaporated under the terrifying thunder, dissipating into ethereal smoke.
"How terrifying, how can he unleash such a powerful strike!"
Feng Hua and Zhi Hua were shocked, retreating for safety while urging the Dragon Embossed Gilded Bottle, their eyes fixed on the creature engulfed by the golden thunderbolt.
"Kill!"
Wei Fan wasn’t sure if the golden thunderbolt could kill the monster, which had been forced to halt its cultivation of the Nether God Rebirth Technique. After all, this creature was an ancient Martial Saint whose lifespan had nearly run out thousands of years ago, making it an existence nearly ten thousand years old.
Against such an entity, a single misstep could cost one’s life.
While the creature was engulfed by the golden thunderbolt, Wei Fan’s heart stirred, and the Human Emperor Bell, burning with the terrifying Golden Crow True Flame, immediately separated from his body, inverting towards the creature.
The Golden Crow True Flame, combined with the golden lightning, pushed the Human Emperor Bell to its limit. If it still couldn’t kill the creature, he’d have to flee.
"Roar..."
The Golden Bell vibrated, with roars of tigers and chants of dragons, the terrifying sound waves within the bell transformed once again into golden thunder.
Simultaneously, the three-legged Golden Crow extended its neck, spewing fire at the creature.
"Damn it, heaven doesn’t shelter this saint..."
After a shrill scream, the vibration of the Golden Bell ceased, and the surrounding void rapidly healed. A pile of ashes fell from within the bell, drifting away into the abyss.
The next moment, a screen flashed before him:
[Slay Evil Spirit Martial Saint: Receive 500,000 years of Ordinary Power, 1,000 years of Martial King’s Power]
[Ordinary Power: 1,030,000 years]
[Martial King’s Power: 2600 years]
The panel defines this thing as evil spirits.
"It actually only grants a thousand years of Martial King’s power!"
With a thought, the Human Emperor Bell in the distance flew back and merged into his body, disappearing. At this moment, the peak where the Zhong Family resided had completely vanished, along with the Netherworld and even the large courtyard that housed the Zhong Family.
Feng Hua stopped activating the Dragon Embossed Gilded Bottle, showing a look of fear. If Wei Fan hadn’t had this terrifying Golden Bell, today not only would they have died, but Ghost Mountain City would also have been drenched in blood.
"When reporting the mission, just say it was someone from the Ninth Layer of Martial King reborn!"
Wei Fan instructed, not wanting more people to know about the Human Emperor Bell. A Martial King Fifth Layer activating an unknown Divine Soldier to suppress a Martial Saint practicing the Nether God Rebirth Technique would certainly cause immense trouble if spread.
The Ninth Layer of Martial King finds it difficult to wield a Holy Soldier, let alone such a terrifying weapon capable of suppressing a Martial Saint level; it’s not something a Martial King can command.
If word spreads, many people will undoubtedly become curious about the Human Emperor Bell.
Although they would lose merit, compared to the trouble it would bring, those merits are insignificant.
"Don’t worry, we know the priorities!" Zhi Hua and Feng Hua nodded together.
The three of them headed towards Ghost Mountain City, with Zhi Hua and Feng Hua appearing as if they wanted to talk but held back. They were indeed curious about the Human Emperor Bell but understood that it’s not something that should be asked.
Wei Fan being able to reveal his trump card before them was already a result of trusting them immensely.
"By the way, have you heard of the Martial Art Golden Bell Shield?" Wei Fan suddenly asked.
He had always been pursuing the Heart Method behind the Golden Bell Shield. At the sects he wiped out in the Wilderness, he would search the Hidden Merit Hall for the Golden Bell Shield, but without exception, he only found the True Qi Realm of the Golden Bell Shield and no higher-level Heart Method.
He had also searched books in the Demon Hunter Sub-Hall, but not even the True Qi Realm of the Golden Bell Shield was found.
Zhi Hua’s gaze sharpened, puzzled: "Golden Bell Shield? Is it very powerful?"
She had never heard of any Golden Bell Shield and assumed Wei Fan was talking about an unfamiliar powerful martial art.
Wei Fan was slightly disappointed.
However, at this moment, Feng Hua spoke up: "Golden Bell Shield is rarely cultivated in the Five Great Domains, so not many know of it!"
Zhi Hua showed surprise: "Feng Hua, you know? Why haven’t I heard of this martial art!"
Though she didn’t have a prominent background like Gu Ziqin, she wasn’t lacking, and hearing Feng Hua seems to know about the Golden Bell Shield she hadn’t heard of before.
Feng Hua nodded: "You naturally wouldn’t know because those who cultivate the Golden Bell Shield are the lowest of the low, only those poor commoners without heritage would go to cultivate the Golden Bell Shield, anyone with some ability would cultivate martial arts with complete lineage."
Golden Bell Shield in the True Qi Realm isn’t weak, it’s quite a powerful Martial Art; otherwise, it wouldn’t be used by the Wilderness’s Demon Suppression Bureau as a foundational martial art to nurture talents.
However, in places like the Five Great Domains, there are many choices and martial arts stronger than the Golden Bell Shield, so naturally, few people cultivate it.
Moreover, with just a few years of cultivation, developing a martial art with a broken lineage would take a long time.
"You mean there’s no complete lineage of the Golden Bell Shield in the Five Great Domains?" Wei Fan showed disappointment.
Just like the Wilderness, Golden Bell Shield is also a mark of poverty.
This means this martial art likely only has its True Qi Realm left.
He wasn’t worried about Feng Hua piecing together his question with the Human Emperor Bell. If anyone were to connect the dots, it would mean someone had cultivated the Golden Bell Shield and encountered a situation similar to his.
Feng Hua shook his head: "I don’t know if there’s a complete lineage of the Golden Bell Shield left in the Five Great Domains. This ancient Martial Art has existed for so long, there might be places with complete lineage."
If you’re curious, you can post a reward in the Demon Hunter Organization, as long as the price is high, if there’s a complete lineage and cultivation technique, it should attract people.
This ancient Martial Art isn’t cultivated anymore; it’s not a sect’s secret. If there’s a complete lineage, it should be possible to find it with a reward."
Wei Fan’s eyes lit up, this indeed is a method, letting him seek it alone was unlikely.
If they offer Spirit Crystal rewards in the Demon Hunter Organization, as long as the Golden Bell Shield has a complete lineage, there’s a great chance of receiving it.
"Isn’t the complete Golden Bell Shield strong? Why is there only the True Qi Realm part left?" He looked at Feng Hua curiously.
If it has been passed down for so long and so widely, it implies the Golden Bell Shield has merit; such martial art shouldn’t have disintegrated so seriously.
Zhi Hua looked at Wei Fan puzzled: "Don’t you understand what ancient Martial Arts are? Isn’t it normal for ancient Martial Arts to have incomplete lineage?"
Feng Hua said: "It’s normal he doesn’t know. You, too, heard of the Martial Art Golden Bell Shield for the first time."
She naturally knew Wei Fan was unaware of what ancient Martial Arts are; in the Wilderness, there’s simply no concept of ancient Martial Arts.
While speaking, she couldn’t help but sigh: "In ancient times, this martial art was even hailed as one of the Human Race’s mother martial arts, but now so few know its origin."
Ancient Martial Arts?
Wei Fan slightly frowned, he thought the term "ancient Martial Arts" spoken by Feng Hua and Zhi Hua only referred to the Golden Bell Shield’s existence being long, but Zhi Hua’s words clearly indicate the term has other meanings.
"Martial Arts from ancient times are not the same as the ones we cultivate now. If you understood what ancient Martial Arts are, you’d also realize why the Golden Bell Shield, clearly a strong martial art, now only has the True Qi Realm’s Heart Method left."
