Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 596 - 582: Perfect Quintuple, Spear of Breaking Wind!_1

Chapter 596: Chapter 582: Perfect Quintuple, Spear of Breaking Wind!_1

Five thousand miles away from Xiao Chen, in the depths of the Great Wasteland, mountain ranges shrouded in mist stretched on, punctuated occasionally by the low roars of monstrous creatures.

Crack!

Just then, in the void above an ancient tree, the Void Barrier was torn open, and two figures appeared, looking somewhat disheveled.

A palm-sized black jade talisman floated above their heads, but a closer look revealed that it was now covered in fine cracks.

These two were Yuan Zhan, the Chieftain of Yuan Feng Marquis Division and Yuan Hong, the Supreme Elder. Their current expressions were far from pleasant, despite their combined efforts, Xiao Chen had managed to slip into the Void World.

"Damn it!"

Feeling the minuscule crack on the jade talisman, Yuan Zhan couldn’t help but explode in rage.

After the formation of a massive hundred-meter space storm, Xiao Chen slipped into the Void, and they followed him into the Void World. However, their luck was far worse than Xiao Chen’s. They had collided head-on with another space storm, which caused the cracks on the Void Jade Talisman.

"Supreme Elder, see if you can detect his presence. He stole my secret realm and destroyed my treasure. I want to grind him to ashes to ease the hatred in my heart!"

"Yes!"

Master Yuan Hong also harbored a strong killing intent for Xiao Chen. Today’s events had been a great humiliation for him. Martial Arts Repair practitioners follow the path of bodily ascension to the Emperor Realm. Although this path is filled with changes that can be overcome with sheer force, they lack the numerous transformations in the path of Combat Qi. Under this situation, even with their combined power, they couldn’t keep Xiao Chen.

"Were it not for that sudden space storm, how could that brat have escaped? Bodily ascension is indeed powerful, but it cannot match the myriad transformations in the Qi Repair Path."

In Master Yuan Hong’s hand, there was a piece of flesh that suddenly ignited into a blood flame. This flame disappeared in the blink of an eye, but after the flesh was burned, there were more than ten streams of bloody Qi in front of him.

"Go!"

As Master Yuan Hong let out a loud yell, these streams of bloody Qi sped into the void in all directions.

Blood Burning Art!

It was a secret technique Master Yuan Hong had acquired from an ancient relic in his early years. It was used specifically for tracking down others. Relying on this secret art, he could detect that Xiao Chen was hiding deep within the Xuanling Mountain Range.

The medium for the Blood Burning Art was the flesh and blood left behind from Elder Stone’s self-destruction inside the Yuanling Temple. Although Xiao Chen was hiding inside the Mountain and River Seal World at that time, making it difficult for him to pinpoint Xiao’s exact location, for a person of such stature, any trace of Qi could easily lead them to their target.

"Huh? I can’t sense his Qi!"

The next moment, Master Yuan Hong knitted his brows. With the help of the bloody Qi streams, he couldn’t detect Xiao Chen’s presence.

"Chieftain, I can’t sense that brat’s Qi. The range of the Blood Burning Art is limited to twenty thousand miles. If he hasn’t left this area, he’s still in the Void World."

"Damn it!"

The Chieftain of the Yuan Feng Marquis Division was well aware of the mysterious Void World. A warrior traveling even a brief moment inside it could move hundreds of thousands of miles in the real world. The Qi produced by the Blood Burning Art would have dissipated in the Void because of such a vast distance.

"Hmph!"

After pondering for a long time, with his face turning ashen, the chieftain said hatefully, "There are only a few people in the nearby regions who practice body cultivation and can stand shoulder to shoulder with our Rank of Power. That brat must not be an unknown nobody with such strength. We will find him someday and make him pay."

"Let’s go!"

As soon as the words fell, two figures turned into a streak of light and flew off in a certain direction.

The Xiao Chen inside the Mountain River Seal, who was practicing Martial Arts Repair, did not know that Yuan Feng Marquis Division had given up the pursuit. At this moment, he was fully operating Techniques, absorbing energy, preparing to break through the six heavy layers of the Layered Tower Realm and become a Master!

Around Xiao Chen were top-grade primal stones and dozens of fourth or fifth-tier spirit medicines. Numerous primal stones emitted dense primal energy, while the spirit medicines exuded vitality.

Even if many warriors in the Great Wasteland didn’t pay much attention to body cultivation, their bodies would still be tempered by Combat Qi during regular cultivation. Although this type of tempering was nowhere near as effective as that of professional body cultivators at the same level.

After all, to cultivate Combat Qi, one must absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth into oneself. And doing so requires the body as a vessel. Although, as one goes further in Martial Arts, the profound understanding of Great Dao improves, and more vital energy of heaven and earth can be controlled. However, there is still a certain requirement for the body.

Xiao Chen’s cultivation of the Golden Battle Body has expanded and strengthened his body’s capacity to contain Combat Qi, enabling it to hold even more of this power.

In Xiao Chen’s view, the cultivation of Combat Qi is mutually beneficial with the cultivation of the physical body. Only a strong body can contain even more Combat Qi without the risk of the body failing under the strain of the Combat Qi.

One path utilizes the vital energy of heaven and earth, while the other seeks to transcend limitations of the self. As to which path is superior, there have been no clear assertions throughout history.

Even the incredibly powerful Supreme Purple Gold Kingdom from tens of thousands of years ago could not avoid the threat of demise. However, when one cultivates both the body and Combat Qi simultaneously, the resulting power can be multiple times stronger.

There are rumors that several powerful tribes from other races destroyed the Purple Gold Kingdom tens of thousands of years ago. Yet, under the powerful strength of the Purple Gold Kingdom, these tribes also paid a hefty price.

The last Purple Gold King even fought alone against three kings of different races. In the end, he perished while taking down two of those kings. The remaining king was demoted from his reigning position!

Xiao Chen’s Battle Body has been honed to the sixth level. His Combat Qi is stable and, even when forcefully absorbing a large amount of Combat Qi, his body will not crumble.

The rolling energy from the Spirit Medicine was swallowed by Xiao Chen on a large scale, causing a rumbling explosion in his twelve Heavenly Meridians. His Combat Qi boiled, continuously pouring the absorbed energy of the Spirit Medicine into the Circulating Heaven Qi Sea.

No matter how violent the medicinal potency was, Xiao Chen did not reject it. The potency could not cause any impact on his physical body.

The only aspect causing Xiao Chen confusion was the cultivation of his martial arts divine technique in the Layered Tower Realm. It was only during his confrontation with the two venerables of the Yuan Feng Marquis Division that he had a proper face-off against a venerable.

Xiao Chen discovered that regardless of whether it was the head of the Yuan Feng Marquis Division or Venerable Yuan Hong, every blow contained profound mysteries. It seemed as if the mysteries had been internalized, but they didn’t use many actual martial arts divine techniques.

Take, for example, the sword seal technique that Venerable Yuan Hong used, Xiao Chen was sure it was his practiced martial arts divine technique. Yet, it felt somewhat off, as if there were countless variations.

Moreover, within each of the following major techniques, at least three kinds of profound mysteries were contained. Did they comprehend the three major mysteries at the time of condensation of the divine technique?

The difficulty of comprehending a certain kind of mystery lies in the understanding it requires. Even the most basic martial mystery of the Great Wasteland isn’t easy to comprehend.

As for the profound mysteries that Xiao Chen has truly felt so far, there are only three; the Essence of Slaughter, the Essence of Fire, and the Destruction Mystery of the Essence of Thunder.

Previously, he combined the Essences of Fire and Thunder and their Destruction Mystery to form a dual-attribute divine technique, the Thunder Fire Spear.

However, his understanding was slow. The combination of the two essences was somewhat off. Not to mention their integration, even having the two attributes together was barely achievable.

But the two venerables he had confronted had integrated at least three profound mysteries and there were indications of fusing them, which made him suspicious.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

As Xiao Chen felt his body’s rich Combat Qi surging, his strength finally advanced to the perfect state of the fifth layer of the Layered Tower Realm. The Circulating Heaven Qi Sea increased by more than double in size. The dark green Combat Qi was mixed with bright red, representing the blending of Combat Qi and the body’s vitality.

Currently, his Combat Qi had attained the perfect state of the Fifth Layer while his spirit and will reached the perfect state of the Sixth Layer in the Layered Tower Realm. His physical strength was even superior than his Combat Qi. As long as he condensed a martial arts divine technique, he could initiate the Heavenly Fire Tribulation and advance to the Venerable Realm.

"Mountain and River Soldier Method!"

The title of the mysterious scripture obtained from the Supreme Dragon Divine Marquis emerged in Xiao Chen’s mind. The Supreme Dragon Divine Marquis comprehended six sword techniques based on this scripture. Each technique contained a profound mystery, and each was comprehended to perfection by the Supreme Dragon Divine Marquis, making their power unimaginable.

The Five Elements mystery is basic in the Great Wasteland and ninety percent of warriors comprehend this mystery. The Five Elements path is just a fundamental one, but the mysteries derived from it vary greatly.

Xiao Chen has felt the Fire Mystery. It was said that the Light Mystery from the greatest mysteries was evolved from Fire Mystery and finally formed a separate path not inferior to Fire Mystery.

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Chen finally chose to comprehend the path of Metal among the Five Elements. The mysteries of Metal were sharp and resistant, containing endless variations. Regardless of the different variations, they were all about focusing differently. As long as one could reach the end, he could return to the original path.

Sharp Gold Spear!

This was the new Martial Arts Divine Technique that Xiao Chen chose – sharply piercing through everything.

After contemplating, Xiao Chen seemed to have some understanding as to why Yuan Hong and the others could integrate three different mysteries.

When a warrior ascends to the Layered Tower Realm, they forge a martial arts divine technique for each layer. These techniques seem independent, but they can be integrated to produce a stronger power.

This was why Xiao Chen saw that every strike Yuan Hong and the others made contained three separate intentions. They integrated the essences contained in many divine techniques that they had comprehended into one, forming a new technique. In this respect, it seemed that the martial arts divine technique condensed by the warrior when they ascended to the Layered Tower Realm was for the preparation of future essence integration.