Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Compared to the original Sword, which Dominates the Galaxy with its five innate talents, after incorporating Divine Blessing and Thunderstorm, the attack had increased by 20%, defense by 10%, and both attack and movement speed by 10%.

Another notable improvement was a thirty percent increase in recovery speed.

This recovery speed encompassed spiritual energy and soul, not just soul recovery alone.

Chen Fei could feel the power within his body growing stronger, advancing steadily on the path of becoming an extraordinary individual.

Still on the verge of reaching the true peak of the Mountain Sea Realm, Chen Fei could now condense three Divine Palaces. When he fully integrated the nine innate talents of the Sword Dominates the Galaxy, the extent of his advancement remained uncertain.

Inside the Enlightenment Chamber, many people looked at Chen Fei with a mixture of astonishment and uncertainty in their eyes.

Despite a formation concealing Chen Fei’s aura, the extraordinary changes he had just displayed were clear to all.

Clearly, Chen Fei’s strength had once again increased significantly, evident from the surging cosmic energy around him.

Zhu Xiaowen gazed at Chen Fei, taking a deep breath.

Having already mastered the Nine Heavens Dust Technique to the Great Completion, Zhu Xiaowen had spent most of the past month practicing secret methods that enhanced defense and counterattacks in various sacred places.

The Nine Heavens Dust Technique integrated offense and defense, but fundamentally, its defense was stronger than its offense by quite a bit.

According to several experts at the Sun Moon Realm, since defense was stronger, they intended to further strengthen it while also enhancing counterattacks.

This was mainly observed on the arena, where Chen Fei refined Zhu Xiaowen and the Bloodwing Divine Phoenix’s attacks, cutting through the shattered void with a single sword.

If Zhu Xiaowen could absorb attacks and retaliate with a counter-shock, combined with the inherent attack of the Nine Heavens Dust Technique, perhaps he could also shatter the void.

Zhu Xiaowen’s talent was undeniable. Having grasped new secret methods, he had made rapid progress day by day. With the help of the Enlightenment Stone, Zhu Xiaowen had felt his tremendous improvement every day.

However, it seemed that Chen Fei’s strength had already reached an abnormal level, advancing at an incredibly fast rate.

Zhu Xiaowen glanced at the Myriad Bamboo surrounding Chen Fei, his lips twitching slightly, before closing his eyes again to continue his cultivation.

How envious!

But without the characteristics of the Dream Realm, even with Zhu Xiaowen’s exceptional talent, practicing the Divine Blessing Dream Entry Technique would have been extremely difficult.

Having briefly familiarized himself with the effects of the Nine Star Chain and Sword Dominates the Galaxy, Chen Fei dispersed this special state.

Looking at the ground, with nearly a thousand Myriad Clones, it would be somewhat wasteful not to continue cultivating something.

Of course, Chen Fei couldn’t burn through and consume all the Myriad Clones either. He needed to keep at least three hundred of them, as he still had three innate talents to comprehend before truly breaking through to the peak of the Mountain Sea Realm.

With just over twenty days left until the Mortal Combat, Chen Fei pondered for a moment, then dispelled the formations around him and headed towards the secret chamber where Zhan Xuming was located.

Inside the chamber, no one was present. After entering, Chen Fei sat cross- legged on a cushion and activated a jade stone on the table.

Ripples spread out, and in a moment, Zhan Xuming’s figure appeared.

“What do you need help with? Oh…”

Zhan Xuming saw Chen Fei and smiled, but suddenly furrowed his brow, looking at Chen Fei with some curiosity.

In Zhan Xuming’s perception, Chen Fei’s aura at this moment was quite strange, markedly different from just a few days ago.

“I would like a few top-tier manuals on body techniques,” Chen Fei said, clasping his hands.

The Nine Heavens Stellar Technique mainly focused on cultivating elemental power and combat techniques, and it also included some supplementary body techniques, which were not bad; in fact, they were excellent.

However, specialization mattered. There were some specific body technique inheritances that, if cultivated well, could yield even stronger effects.

In the past, Chen Fei had no access to top-tier martial arts inheritances, all of which were held tightly by powerful forces and Sacred Lands, never to be circulated outside.

But seizing this opportunity, Chen Fei naturally couldn’t miss the chance to obtain these martial arts manuals.

“Body techniques? Of course, we have them.”

Zhan Xuming nodded, not dwelling on Chen Fei’s changed aura, and continued, “Is there anything else you need?”

“I also have some research on eye techniques.”

Chen Fei said with a faint glow in his brow, smiling.

“Good!”

Seeing that Chen Fei had no other requests, Zhan Xuming readily agreed. Matters concerning martial arts were trivial; after all, even the sect’s foundational techniques had been given, so there was no need to hide other manuals.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Fei left the secret chamber and returned to his original position, now holding several jade slips.

Among them were four related to eye techniques and three related to body techniques.

Chen Fei picked up the first jade slip, focused his mind, and began to read through its contents.

Several dozen miles outside the central hall, a figure concealed within the seams of space stared ahead, his gaze fixed on something.

“The entire central hall is formed by profound treasures. Without the power of the fifth rank, it can’t be moved at all. Will this jade stone really have an effect when placed in the Kun position?”

Ning Mingli lowered his head to glance at the jade stone in his hand, his brow furrowed.

Even though he was hidden in a spatial crevice, Ning Mingli felt somewhat uneasy and dared not approach rashly, fearing being discovered by the Sacred Master of the Sacred Land.

But this mission had to be completed. After all, it was issued under the command of the mighty Black Divine. Not executing it would be disrespectful to the great Black Divine.

“Truly fearless of death.”

A voice suddenly sounded in Ning Mingli’sear, causing his entire body to tremble. Just as he was about to move, he found himself unable to control his body.

From within the spatial crevice, Ning Mingli was forcefully dragged out.

“It’s not that I’m not afraid of death, but that I can’t resist.” Su Wenyu looked at Ning Mingli under his command and shook his head.

Ning Mingli stared wide-eyed at Su Wenyu and the others. Just as he was about to speak, a surge of elemental power pierced through his body. Ning Mingli’s mouth opened wide for a moment, then he lost all signs of life.

Su Wenyu ignited a flame that turned Ning Mingli into ashes.

There was no need to ask anymore, and there was nothing to ask either, so they simply killed him.

In the Mortal Combat, the Six-Ear Alien Race couldn’t cause any disturbances. After all, currently, there was only one person left at the spatial channel.

But the Black Divine was different. Even within the Sacred City, there were those who pledged allegiance to him. Despite these allies being reluctant to approach the central hall, under the Black Divine’s command, they were compelled to act.

Recently, there had been two Sun Moon Realm guardians stationed outside the central hall every day.

Although the central hall was formed by profound treasures and generally disregarded ordinary attacks, as a precaution, Sun Moon Realm experts were stationed there.

After all, there were many unpredictable methods at the Black Divine’s disposal.

This was also why, immediately after the selection competition ended, the top twenty from the rankings were directly ushered into the central hall.

There was no room left for the Black Divine to exploit.

Meanwhile, experts from several major Sacred Lands and the Monster Emperors were scouring the Boundless Sea, searching everywhere for the Black Divine’s whereabouts.

Their goal this time wasn’t to kill the Black Divine but to disrupt the demonic creatures he was currently summoning.

Within a month, the Black Divine needed to summon demonic creatures from four different realms to participate in the Mortal Combat.

This task was extremely difficult, to say the least.

With the Black Divine’s current abilities, he had to give it his all to succeed.

Once disrupted, there might not be enough time to recover.

However, the Black Divine’s whereabouts were heavily concealed, and currently, his location where he was forging his demonic creatures had not been discovered.

As days passed by leisurely, there was only half a month left until the Mortal Combat.

Inside a cultivation chamber in the central hall, Chen Fei’s figure flickered, transforming into hundreds of figures positioned throughout the chamber. Then, these figures all disappeared, leaving only Chen Fei’s original self in the center.

Chen Fei’s original body technique, Thousand Illusions Sky Travel, transformed into Extreme Sky Steps after integrating three new martial arts.

Looking across the Boundless Sea of space, it appeared seamless and complete, but in reality, it was riddled with spatial crevices.

Extreme Sky Steps didn’t involve slipping into spatial crevices but rather stepping on them, gaining extreme speed enhancements.

This technique was already very close to teleportation but sometimes proved more effective in combat.

Teleportation involved entering a spatial crevice, penetrating space, and instantly appearing elsewhere.

However, during the spatial penetration, perception was briefly obscured by space. Although very brief, there was a moment when vulnerability existed.

Ordinary individuals couldn’t exploit this flaw to attack you, but true experts could completely take advantage of it to strike you down.

Therefore, teleportation was more suitable for use during escape, while Extreme Sky Steps might have slightly slower speed but did not have this drawback. Thus, in combat, Chen Fei wouldn’t be caught off guard by enemies.

Mastering Extreme Sky Steps to perfection cost Chen Fei over fifty thousand Myriad Clones and nearly four hundred thousand high-grade elemental stones. It was a small price to pay!

In addition to his body techniques, Chen Fei’s Heavenly Eye had also made significant progress.

Back when The Heavenly Daoist traversed the Boundless Sea, he was known for exploring the heights and depths. Unexpectedly, within the Sacred Lands, there existed a legacy of The Heavenly Daoist.

Spending nearly a hundred thousand Myriad Clones, Chen Fei perfected his new Heavenly Eye to its peak.

Besides its enhanced tracking capabilities, the Heavenly Eye gained a new ability: Instant Thousand Year

Previously, when Chen Fei activated the Heavenly Eye, he could slow down an enemy’s movements. Now, with Instant Thousand Year the Heavenly Eye could freeze an enemy’s action in place.

Of course, it didn’t literally immobilize them but significantly increased the efficiency of Chen Fei’s own soul operation, multiplying it several times over.

Because this ability was tailored to Chen Fei himself, he didn’t need to fear being countered by stronger eye techniques from enemies.

The only flaw of Instant Thousand Year was its tremendously high consumption of soul power.

However, Chen Fei’s soul recovery speed was exceptionally fast now, which somewhat balanced out this minor drawback of Instant Thousand Year

After experimenting with Extreme Sky Steps and Instant Thousand Year, Chen Fei returned to the Enlightenment Chamber. Instead of seeking more martial arts from Zhan Xuming, he began to consume Thousand Soul Pills to fully enhance the strength of his soul.

Chen Fei’s soul was already quite strong, but it had not yet reached the peak of the mid-stage of the Mountain Sea Realm.

As the Mortal Combat approached, the atmosphere in the Enlightenment Chamber became increasingly solemn.

Victory or death!

Faced with death, all living beings would feel fear, including those in the Mountain Sea Realm and the Monster Kings, despite having prepared themselves mentally to some extent from the beginning.

In the blink of an eye, half a month quietly passed by.

The Mortal Combat officially began!