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Chapter 333 - 0224 Spear Skill Great Success, Wind and Thunder Flash (2nd update, 3k extra update for double monthly tickets)

Chapter 333: 0224 Spear Skill Great Success, Wind and Thunder Flash (2nd update, 3k extra update for double monthly tickets)

The Martial Arts Tree swayed.

A new Divine Seed had already been conceived.

"Divine Seed·Flying Tiger Linking the Skies (First Rank), hidden within the Daling acupoint.

Effect 1: Tiger Wisdom level one...

Effect 2: Tiger Form level one..."

Lu Chenzhou showed a contemplative expression, muttering to himself,

"This time, there was no exclusive effect either, which is pretty much in line with my previous guess. Within the same faction, there seems to be a limit to the exclusive effects of standard Martial Arts.

These effects are essentially a certain characteristic of Tiger Form Martial Arts, such as Evil Qi, Tiger Roar, Fiery Fire, Fog Formation, Thunderclap, Qi Flow, Earth Splitting, and so on.

With characteristics already derived from previous Martial Arts, the same characteristics will no longer appear later, so the more standard Martial Arts one learns, the lower the probability of new characteristics emerging, because my body has already evolved those traits.

Essentially, it’s because standard Fist Techniques and Boxing Theories are too fundamental, so it’s inevitable that there would be repetitions." Lu Chenzhou already had a plan in his mind.

Upon returning to school, firstly, he needed to start learning Second Class and First Class standard Tiger Form Fist Techniques, and secondly, he had to commence the study of True Skill, with Swallow Form studied in his spare time.

Chenzhou did not plan on cultivating other factions for the time being.

One reason was that it was a completely unfamiliar domain, with weak Boxing Theory foundations, making learning time-consuming, and the cost-benefit ratio in terms of improving comprehension was not as good as directly learning the True Skills of Tiger Form.

The second reason was that if he learned too diversely at the beginning, there was a fatal flaw.

That would be failing to advance to a higher level in a particular Boxing Realm because all the effort had been wasted on varied Boxing Theories, with energy spread too thin. Only by improving Tiger Form Boxing Theory could he further integrate and understand the Divine Seed, giving birth to even higher-tiered Fifth Rank Divine Seeds.

...

In the blink of an eye,

Several days passed.

On the 20th day of the experience, in a certain area of the ninth zone,

Lu Chenzhou gazed at the marshland before him, feeling bursts of cold emanating from his Daling acupoint. The intensity was even more severe than that encountered with the Seven-Eyed Toad. His eyes lit up.

"The Great Void... Twenty days, and I’ve finally encountered it."

Chenzhou picked up a four-hundred-pound boulder from the shore. Holding it in his right hand, he spun like a discus thrower, his muscles bulging like barrels, with green pythons coiling around them.

"Go!"

The boulder traced a beautiful arc and plunged into the water.

Boom!

Like a cannonball hitting the water, it erupted into a splash several stories high.

Ripples spread across the surface of the lake, and a shadow as large as an old ox approached the shore before suddenly leaping out of the water. A giant clam with a human face on its back and bumps all over its body shot out its tongue like a javelin, striking behind a tree.

Rumble rumble... the tree fell.

Behind the tree, Lu Chenzhou wielded his long spear like a club, his hands dancing, twirling like the wind.

White Tiger Breaking Army·Sweeping Style!

The giant clam’s tongue was caught by the long spear. Chenzhou drew his Fist Blade, and with a swift stroke, metal clanged against metal, and the barbed tongue was chopped into pieces.

The clam, in pain, retracted its severed tongue, attempting to escape back into the mud.

Chenzhou leapt forward, using his long spear like a pole vaulter’s pole. In an instant, he soared above the giant clam. The human face on the clam’s back showed a cunning smile as if its scheme had succeeded.

It raised its head, and its severed tongue once again shot out like a javelin!

A loud whizzing filled the air!

"Heh, I knew you’d do that!" Chenzhou’s feet stirred a wind current, and with a sudden tremor, ripples spread in the air. Borrowing strength from seemingly nothing, he performed a double jump like Feng Xu controlling the wind, reaching the side of the giant clam, dodging the sure-hit strike.

Wind Step!

The human face on the clam showed an incredulous expression.

There’s such a move?

"Guah!"

Sensing imminent danger, the clam spewed out a poisonous fog to obstruct the view.

"White Tiger Breaking Army·Invincible Formation!"

Chenzhou’s hands flipped the spear faster and faster.

The Tiger Gall Gun swirled, creating a fierce Qi Flow, and a gust of wind swept forward, blowing the toxic fog away. A thought crossed his mind, and the Spirit of the Mystic Tiger roared forth, releasing its Tiger Power!

In an instant, the human face on the clam showed a stunned expression.

"Mystic Tiger, aid me!"

With the Spirit of the Mystic Tiger’s blessing, Chenzhou’s momentum rose yet again. His pores opened, spewing out high-temperature Qi Flows, and sparks danced at his fingertips, crackling fiercely.

He twisted his waist like a dragon’s spine, his right leg stepping back, his right arm drawing back like a bow, and Golden Light surged into the long spear, as if he held a beam of golden light a yard long!

The spear thrust like a dragon, and a flash of golden light burst forth!

"White Tiger Breaking Army·Unarmored Formation!"

The seemingly insignificant spear tip, in the eyes of the giant toad, appeared to be a golden sun, transforming it into a tadpole in the face of this overwhelmingly formidable offensive.

Puchi!

The Tiger Gall Divine Spear pierced through the giant toad’s mucus-covered, bullet-resistant skin with the ease of cutting through bamboo. Lu Chenzhou had concentrated half of his innate strength into this spear thrust, then ignited it explosively in an instant, like dark force.

Boom boom boom!

The shock wave scattered the nearby withered leaves, and the afterwaves caused the water in the not-too-distant mud pool to ripple. Inside the giant toad with a human face, a golden light spread faintly, cracks appeared over its body, and it swelled up like an inflated balloon... before exploding!

"Invincible Formation!"

Lu Chenzhou swung his long spear, creating an impenetrable umbrella of spear shadows. A large amount of corrosive flesh was deflected, but still, a lot landed on his protective suit. The protective suit, capable of resisting strong acid, showed mottled signs of damage.

Red-hot slag-like mucus fell onto the snowy ground, continually eroding the golden film. Lu Chenzhou quickly used his innate power to brush over the area, shaking off the mucus.

The breath of the giant toad with a human face faded gradually. Within the explosion radius, mucus corroded everything, leading to rising green fumes, and the ground resembled a pot of boiling water.

"Not bad for an Initial Realm Great Void. Just a bit troublesome."

Lu Chenzhou landed on the ground, where, amidst a pile of disgusting flesh and mucus, he found a lucent green pearl, spotless and emitting a faint luster.

"Is this... a Toad Treasure?"

Toad Treasure, a rare essence-concentrate birthed only by certain large toads, contains rich evil power—the material many cultists dream of when crafting evil artifacts. Once incorporated, it could endow the artifact with a powerful toxicity.

Of course, on the Da Xia side, it’s generally ground to powder and added to Void Blades or Divine Weapons, effectively poisoning the weapon, and the effects aren’t bad either.

In the military, one Toad Treasure is worth 200 Battle Merits. To think that Lu Chenzhou received a reward of merely 50 Battle Merits for slaying this demon; this shows its value.

"I won’t be handing this one over. I’ll keep it for myself. Whether for reforging Mountain Lord or Tiger Gall later, it will come in handy. Besides, I’m not lacking these 200 Battle Merits."

Moreover, the tongue of this giant toad with a human face is a fine Void Relic, suitable for making high-tech whip-like Void Blades, worth a whopping 2 million!

After swiftly cleaning the battlefield, Lu Chenzhou left. Concerned that the noise of the battle might attract more fearsome Great Voids, he found a safe spot. There, Lu Chenzhou looked toward the Martial Arts Tree panel and noticed that the leaves for "White Tiger Breaking Army Spear" were gleaming.

[Inspiration Strikes, Achieving More with Less Effort!]

Lu Chenzhou’s face brightened.

He couldn’t be bothered with searching for Void Relics anymore and began practicing his spear skill on the spot.

Proficiency +1!

Proficiency +1!

The prompts kept coming.

In that state, Lu Chenzhou was as if blessed by the heavens. Every stab was like the descent of a White Tiger, every sweep akin to a divine soldier’s charge.

Before he knew it, half an hour had passed. Suddenly, golden light flowed in Lu Chenzhou’s eyes. Raising his long spear, he rose into the air, stepping into the void with Wind Step and lunged forward fiercely. Man and spear became one, all his spirit, essence, and innate power poured into the quivering, excited Tiger Gall Divine Spear just baptized with Great Void Demon Blood.

"White Tiger Breaking Army·Breaking Army Formation!"

This was the most powerful technique of the "White Tiger Breaking Army Spear", equivalent to Lu Chenzhou’s often-used "Tiger God Demon-clearing Sky Strike". Being spear skill with the enhancement of a cold weapon, its actual power was even more formidable—one strike, and an army could be crushed!

Swoosh!

A golden lightning bolt tore through the void, accompanied by crackling sounds. Tree after tree of ancient Night Pine exploded in the golden light and collapsed. After felling seven towering trees, Lu Chenzhou gracefully landed, covered in wood chips and fallen leaves.

In the forest, a path was forcibly plowed. Where the spear passed, vegetation was flattened, and rocks shattered. The shock waves parted on either side, creating a distinct division.

"Huff..."

The breath of electric sparks and searing heat was exhaled, resounding through the void. Lu Chenzhou’s ruddy face gradually cooled back to normal, the feverish blood exceeding 90 degrees also returned to a mortal’s normal temperature. His pores opened and closed, emitting billowing steam. With this move, Lu Chenzhou had given his all, utterly burning his qi-blood.

As for the tangible power display, with the augmentation of a Divine Weapon, it was even more powerful than his True Skill "Heavenly Destiny Mystic Tiger Fist," unstoppable, decimating any obstacle, divine or demonic!

"A sudden insight to combine ’Wind Step’ with ’White Tiger Breaking Army Formation’ turned out quite well. It can be named the tenth technique, ’Wind and Thunder Formation’. With one strike, the winds rise and thunders surge, annihilating all enemies in its path.

This move, a Sacrifice Strike, pursues ultimate power. In doing so, it eliminates my ability to change direction mid-air to dodge attacks. It’s an all-or-nothing push; either the enemy is impaled, or I crash into them.

No, wait, with my cross-training protective body, as long as there’s not a huge gap in strength, with my current abilities, even someone at Martial Arts End Realm wouldn’t dare to take it head-on. The power of a Divine Weapon is not a joke, even high-level protective suits would be instantly penetrated!"

Lu Chenzhou inspected the Tiger Gall Long Spear, and he couldn’t tell if it was just his imagination, but it felt like the power of the spear had increased after consuming the Great Demon Blood.

His bond with the Divine Weapon had risen once more.

As if the Divine Spear was speaking to his mind in the nether:

[Inferior little demon blood, not for me!]

[Delicious Great Demon Blood, the more, the better!]

Lu Chenzhou pondered inwardly.

"This Divine Weapon is quite picky, isn’t it?"

Hoisting the long spear on his shoulder, Lu Chenzhou turned to the Martial Arts Tree.

[White Tiger Breaking Army Spear: Great Success (1%)]

"The combination of spear skill and Divine Weapon is formidable. Who would have thought that just one strike, simply a Great Success Level spear skill, would be so powerful. But it also shows that qi-blood strength is the foundation. With high cultivation, even ordinary Martial Arts can slay a Great Void!

And if it were a True Skill Level spear skill, unimaginable. Moreover, Tiger Spirit is just a Low-Class Divine Weapon. If it were to advance to Intermediate, Top Class... the power of the spear skill would keep on increasing. Before reaching the peak of power, having a Divine Weapon means being invincible!"