Free Web NovelChapter 232: Chapter 157: Protective Sword Seal, Flying Star Achieved
The strength of his legs combined with his Flying Star Level True Essence, unleashing an explosive power far greater than when he was airborne.
With a loud BOOM, he shot forward like an arrow released from its bow. In an instant, he was over three hundred meters away, leaving behind only a spreading shockwave of dust and smoke and a few dissipating purple Electric Snakes.
His speed was more than two or three times faster than when he was flying.
After testing his speed, Li Wen centered himself and began to take full stock of his internal changes.
Within the sea of qi in his Dantian, his once-surging vital energy and blood had completely transformed into True Essence—a new power that was more condensed, more potent, and imbued with the fundamental properties of lightning.
The True Essence flowed like mercury, each wisp containing a level of energy that his old vital energy and blood couldn’t begin to compare with.
Just as the books described, the Flying Star Level was the true beginning of the Extraordinary—a complete metamorphosis. It was a completely different tier of power, and one’s lifespan was also drastically extended.
At the same time, he also tested the effects of integrating his Primordial Spirit’s power.
In his sea of consciousness, the small figure of his Primordial Spirit was seated, radiating a brilliant divine light.
At his command, the power of his Primordial Spirit flowed like a clear stream, merging with his entire body.
Compared to the exaggerated five- or ten-fold boosts he could easily achieve as a Super Martial Artist, the amplification multiplier had indeed dropped significantly. Now, when he integrated his Primordial Spirit’s power with his True Essence or his physical body, the increase was only two-fold and a little over four-fold, respectively.
Li Wen understood why.
’This is only natural. If the amplification multiplier remained constant, then as my base power continues to soar, the power of my Primordial Spirit would completely upset the balance. A Marquis Level expert would probably be able to challenge a King.’
’Although the multiplier has decreased, my base power has skyrocketed. My actual total combat power has leaped to a whole new level.’
The power of a ten-fold burst as a Super Martial Artist was not even comparable to a two-fold boost at the Flying Star Level. This was a qualitative change.
Furthermore, his perceptual range, mental fortitude, and the deductive efficiency of his Scholar skill had all taken a comprehensive leap forward, thanks to the strengthening of his Primordial Spirit and his realm breakthrough.
By the time he had finished all his perceptions and tests, it was already nearly noon.
After a few silent flashes of movement, Li Wen returned to the meditation chamber in Villa No. 1.
After consuming a specially prepared, high-energy nutritional meal to replenish his spent energy, he immediately threw himself into the next important task.
His Primordial Spirit, having been nourished and tempered during the breakthrough, was now much stronger. It was the perfect time to advance his Primordial Spirit Secret Skill, the Shocking God Stab, to the 4th Layer.
This Secret Technique, one that specifically targeted the soul, was strange and unpredictable in its power. It was currently his greatest trump card.
In terms of physical combat power alone, even if he integrated his Primordial Spirit’s power into his entire body for a maximum-power burst, he could barely touch the peak of the Bright Moon Level. He stood absolutely no chance of contending head-on with a Great Sun Realm expert.
However, the existence of the Shocking God Stab was the key to defying this logic.
A supremely condensed Primordial Spirit attack was enough to instantly annihilate the soul of any target with insufficient spiritual defenses.
No matter how powerful their body or how exquisite their techniques, if their Primordial Spirit couldn’t block that one stab, the result would be complete annihilation.
Such a technique, targeting the very source of the soul, was virtually unstoppable.
He sat down and regulated his breathing.
The world of his sea of consciousness was as clear as a mirror, without a single ripple to disturb its surface.
The miniature Primordial Spirit seated in the center slowly opened its "eyes" and spat out a translucent, inch-long spike.
This object was the physical vessel for the Shocking God Stab. After months of being repeatedly nurtured by the essence of Li Wen’s Primordial Spirit, its form was now condensed and stable.
Its glow was contained within it, and three layers of profound golden runes flowed ceaselessly across its surface, emanating a terrifyingly sharp intent.
The key to reaching the 4th Layer was to inscribe a new, even more complex and profound set of runes onto it.
The miniature figure cupped its hands as if holding something. A brilliant light erupted from the spot between its brows as a vast amount of Primordial Spirit power was highly condensed and compressed, transforming into a spiritual carving knife ten thousand times finer than a human hair.
The miniature figure’s expression was one of utmost concentration as it guided the intangible knife, carefully extending it toward the edge of the Shocking God Stab’s tip.
The first golden line slowly emerged.
This was no physical act of carving. It was a process of using pure spiritual will as a guide and condensed Primordial Spirit power as ink to brand the trajectory of a profound soul-related Law of the universe onto the very essence of the divine stab.
The process was exceptionally arduous.
With every pass of the knife, as the runic line faintly lit up, it would generate a powerful backlash—an intertwined force of suction and repulsion that stabbed like a needle into the miniature figure’s core consciousness, consuming a massive amount of its Primordial Spirit reserves.
Li Wen abandoned all distracting thoughts, leaving only absolute focus.
His Divine Sense acted like the probe of a precision machine. The spiritual carving knife moved with stability and deliberation, meticulously branding the new runic structure onto the main body of the Shocking God Stab. It was an abnormally complex structure, containing the threefold concepts of "Shock," "Pierce," and "Annihilate."
The rune was not a flat engraving but a three-dimensional structure that integrated deep into the stab’s body, linking and nesting with the original three layers of runes.
Time seemed to lose all meaning within the meditation chamber.
Only the steady movements of the miniature Primordial Spirit and the increasingly clear and complete fourth layer of golden script on the Shocking God Stab spoke to the inscription’s progress.
Sweat soaked the hair on Li Wen’s forehead, but his breathing only grew longer and calmer.
With every successful, minute connection of a runic node, the stab’s light would dim slightly, yet its lethal sharpness would surge. It felt as if even the space of his sea of consciousness was being faintly torn apart by its intangible aura.
As the final stroke of the rune silently closed at the end of the Shocking God Stab, a golden light flashed abruptly before vanishing completely.
The entire Shocking God Stab had transformed into a deep, dark gold. Only a few barely perceptible, profound patterns now flowed across its surface. It looked like the fang of an ancient beast sleeping in the abyss, merely waiting to choose its prey.
The 4th Layer of the Shocking God Stab was complete!
The miniature Primordial Spirit’s face showed exhaustion, but it was overshadowed by the serene satisfaction of having completed the challenge.
It opened its mouth and inhaled, and the dark-gold divine stab, its power now immensely greater, shot back inside its body. There, it was enveloped by the purest essence of the Primordial Spirit to be slowly nurtured and stabilized.
