Free Web NovelChapter 658: Chapter 78: Dual Extreme Realm
The night was deep.
After both sides ceased fighting, Bashish Red Peak had been recuperating and meditating at the peak of Celestial Mountain for a day.
The wound inflicted by Little Golden Eagle’s talons, under the treatment of Golden Sore Medicine and Innate True Qi, had long stopped bleeding.
However, the chest area struck by Chen Tang’s punch still ached slightly, and the True Qi movement was still sluggish, requiring a few more days of rest to heal fully.
At that moment, he suddenly heard a scream from the direction of the Golden Eagle’s corpse!
Bashish Red Peak’s heart stirred, and he abruptly opened his eyes.
He had anticipated that the Little Demon Monarch wouldn’t hold out for long.
Unexpectedly, it took just a day’s time for him to give in.
The scream sounded extremely mournful, likely indicating that the Little Demon Monarch had lost control while attempting a breakthrough, deviating significantly in his practice.
"Truly, heavens are assisting me!"
Bashish Red Peak leaped up, striding swiftly towards the direction of the Golden Eagle’s corpse.
As he reached halfway, he suddenly paused, with a flash of sharpness in his eyes, looking uncertain and suspicious.
Could this be a trap?
The Little Demon Monarch was cunning and deceitful, full of tricks.
Could he be pretending to be weak to lure him in?
Since facing Chen Tang, despite his cultivation realm and combat power thoroughly overpowering the Little Demon Monarch, he repeatedly suffered setbacks in Chen Tang’s hands, leaving him quite embarrassed.
This made him somewhat suspicious and cautious.
Just then, an exceedingly terrifying force erupted from within the Golden Eagle’s corpse!
Though Bashish Red Peak did not witness it, he could sense the killing intent that seemed to tear the space apart and shook his spirit.
This killing intent was chilling to the bone, colder than the peak of Celestial Mountain.
At that instant, it seemed as if the world froze, and time stood still.
Bashish Red Peak felt as if he couldn’t move, his whole body rigid, his mind left with nothing but a dazzling blade light dividing the heavens and the earth!
In the face of this power, he even felt an irresistible helplessness, fear, and despair intertwining, almost driving him to his knees in submission.
This force dissipated quickly.
Yet in that brief moment, Bashish Red Peak broke into a cold sweat, his face pale.
It felt as if he had walked the edge of Ghost Gate.
As he regained his senses, he didn’t overthink but turned around and fled.
"What a terrifying Sword Intent!"
Bashish Red Peak was astonished in his heart.
Indeed, the Little Demon Monarch set up a trap; fortunately, his hesitation prevented him from acting impulsively.
Otherwise, he would be a corpse by now!
This time, Bashish Red Peak fled to a farther distance before stopping.
How could this be possible?
How could this kid cultivate such a method?
Bashish Red Peak furrowed his brow deeply, perplexed.
This kind of power is absolutely not something a Third Grade Martial Artist could possess.
Moreover, if the Sword Intent was genuinely this kid’s skill, he could have unleashed it long ago to kill Bashish Red Peak, without having to wait until now.
That Sword Intent was likely the last card left to him by the Demon Venerable.
The conditions for its release were likely stringent.
The kid, seeing his own impending collapse, was forced to try it.
After cooling down, Bashish Red Peak gradually deduced a rough outline.
No matter the truth, the only certainty was that the Little Demon Monarch truly couldn’t hold out much longer.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t resort to such schemes to lure Bashish Red Peak over.
Upon realizing this, Bashish Red Peak found another wind-sheltered spot nearby, sat cross-legged, and continued to recuperate.
At the mountaintop, there’s nothing to eat, and the air is thin; he needs to see how much longer the Little Demon Monarch can endure!
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The terrifying power Bashish Red Peak just sensed was precisely Chen Tang’s Eternal Saber Intent released by severing his own Divine Soul.
After the Demon and Buddha wills were obliterated, Chen Tang’s Divine Soul was injured, his head splitting with pain, leaving him dazed and weak.
If, at this moment, Bashish Red Peak were to advance, Chen Tang would scarcely have any strength to resist.
Unfortunately, he missed the only opportunity to kill Chen Tang.
Chen Tang extended his fingers, gently massaging his brow to alleviate the sharp pain deep there.
Injuries to the Divine Soul are troublesome.
The Emperor Wu suffered such soul damage back in the day and secluded himself in the Three Thousand Snow Ridges for decades without fully recovering.
Yet, as misfortune and fortune are intertwined:
On one hand, the hidden hazard of the Demon and Buddha wills within him has been resolved.
On the other hand, his Divine Soul, having devoured the remnant souls of the Demon and Buddha, has become much more substantial.
If the soul injury can be healed, his power of the Divine Soul might even surpass a Grandmaster’s!
Chen Tang massaged for two whole hours, and only then did the headache slightly ease.
However, with the Divine Soul injured, he could no longer enter the Divine Illumination State.
There are many techniques whose full potency can’t be utilized now.
Furthermore, he mustn’t overexert his mind; excessive rumination exacerbates his headache.
Yet, his combat power might only have grown!
Having reached enlightenment on Celestial Mountain, grasping the Kunpeng Breathing Technique, and cultivating Yin and Yang Qi, as well as fully absorbing the Vajra Relic in his Dantian.
Currently, Qi surged in Chen Tang’s Dantian, vast and boundless.
Besides his cultivated Qi, his Dantian also contains power from the Moonlit Sword and Celestial Mirror, along with the Vajra Relic.
With such abundant Inner Qi, Chen Tang effortlessly filled his Nine Apertures with a slight mobilization!
In the Qi Refining Technique, he too reached the Fourth Grade Awakening Realm.
But that wasn’t the end.
Chen Tang further mobilized the Inner Qi, attempting to clear his meridians!
This time, his target was the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!
The Qi in his Dantian, like an endless ocean, surged forth, breaking through acupoints with overwhelming force.
In a flash, he had cleared six of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians!
Only the Ren and Du Meridians remained.
After a brief pause, with a decisive effort, his Inner Qi roared forward, charging straight at the Ren and Du Meridians!
Pop, pop, pop!
Several key acupoints faced minor resistance but were swiftly shattered.
Thanks to Demon Blood previously remodeling Chen Tang’s entire meridian system, expanding and fortifying his meridians.
Otherwise, ordinary meridians couldn’t withstand such surging Qi impact, they would have long collapsed.
As the last trace of obstruction dispersed within him, a warm and mighty stream of Qi ascended swiftly along his spine, like a lightning streak tearing through the night sky, illuminating every corner of his body.
The Qi started at the sacrum, ascending along the Du Meridian, passing the waist and kidneys, spine, reaching the crown’s Baihui Acupoint.
Then it descended through the Ren Meridian, traversing the chest and abdomen, finally returning to the perineum, completing a full cycle, a world unto itself.
This cycle of Qi flow constituted a Minor Circulation.
In that moment, Chen Tang felt all his pores opening, every inch of flesh within him rejoicing, as though reborn.
The Martial Arts Dual Technique had both been cultivated to the Third Grade Extreme Realm!
Chen Tang felt an inexhaustible power coursing through him.
Every move could unleash mighty Divine Power!
This was truly a balanced internal and external cultivation.
Both Martial Arts Dual Techniques had reached the Third Grade Extreme Realm, bringing Chen Tang not just power augmentation.
Considering his soul damage, unlike before when in Divine Illumination, introspection offered a clear view of his body’s state.
There were other changes too, which he needed time to comprehend.
