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Chapter 433 - 0282 Climbing to the pinnacle, surpassing the master, creating one’s own killing move (4k)_2

Chapter 433: 0282 Climbing to the pinnacle, surpassing the master, creating one’s own killing move (4k)_2

Zhao Yunzong sighed,

"The Dao Yun location offers different insights to different people. Brother Lu, what you’ve realized must be the way of the Upper Level. Being able to spar with an ancestor through the void is like receiving pointers from a Great Grandmaster who has transcended the realm of the Six Harmonies Spear and achieved enlightenment in Martial Arts. The benefits are endless."

He felt envy in his heart.

If only he could do the same.

His Spear Skill Realm would surely have stepped into the Fifth Realm by now.

Indeed, Lu Chenzhou felt his mastery of spear techniques had improved rapidly just now, and he was only a little short of perfecting the move he wanted to create. Alas, he had been defeated and left the illusion.

After the first successful understanding in the Dao Yun location, one could reap many benefits; afterward, it became very difficult to enter the state, and even if one managed to do so, the yield would likely be small.

He found this regrettable.

He was not in a hurry to travel at this moment and thus sat down right there.

"Brother Zhao, I have a few questions about spear techniques that I’d like to ask you."

"Feel free to ask, big brother. I will withhold nothing."

"You are older than me, so I shall call you big brother."

"Don’t, you are more likely to surpass me in achievements. You have the makings of an Absolute Peak... but it’s fine, you can call me big brother, just don’t regret it when you reach Absolute Peak, haha."

Zhao Yunzong began to fantasize about the day when an Absolute Peak figure would call him big brother.

As night fell, the two sat and discussed Dao, enjoying a pleasant conversation.

...

The next day.

As dawn broke, the two brothers finished exchanging ideas.

Lu Chenzhou seemed to have gained some insights and continued his spear training.

He was traveling without a plan, content to go with the flow.

He’d leave whenever he grasped that move.

Zhao Yunzong, acting as the Temple Guardian, spent his days chatting with the elders in the village, suffering from a lack of Martial Arts discourse, and treasured Lu Chenzhou’s company like a precious gem.

Cultivation, exchange, sparring...

Time flew like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

During that time, Lu Chenzhou attempted a second enlightenment in the Gun Immortal Temple. He always felt that the Martial Arts Will left by the Spear Immortal for sparring was meant to test and challenge the younger generation, and it should theoretically allow for multiple enlightenments and repeated use.

Otherwise, without a Divine Weapon and equal cultivation, even looking across Da Xia today, few could defeat the illusion of the Spear Immortal.

He had plenty of time, and he would try slowly.

Without Dao Yun, he was also confident in realizing that move.

On this day, another figure rushed over from the Imperial Capital.

"Hahaha, Brother Lu, long time no see!"

Huotian Dian arrived, energetic with a large spear on his back.

He had become a Martial Artist for some time.

His strength was not bad either, possessing 0.8 of Wang Hongdao’s power.

So far, he had been defeated by Lu Chenzhou 8 times.

"Long time no see, Brother Huo."

When the two met, their way of greeting was to start a fight. As the battle began, Lu Chenzhou executed the move he was in the middle of comprehending. Before Huotian Dian could even warm up, spear shadows plowed toward him from the northeast, southwest, and the four directions of the Eight Trigrams.

Huotian Dian used the Six Harmonies Spear and barely managed to block six spear shadows. But the spear shadows coming from the Qian Gua and Kun Gua directions surged like waves and blasted him into the air, stringing him up on tree branches.

"It’s not... playtime like this, right?"

Huotian Dian was all covered in dust, his face in disbelief.

A fight starting with a mighty move that could vanquish heaven and earth—who could stand against it?

Zhao Yunzong burst into laughter,

"Brother Lu, your move, blocking the enemy from the Eight Trigrams directions, is brilliant."

He knew that Lu Chenzhou was trying to create his own spear technique. This was not simple integration so it was even more challenging. If Brother Lu could completely create his own True Skill level spear technique, then his Spear Skill Realm would not be far from the Fifth Realm.

Huotian Dian jumped down from the tree and sighed,

"The gap is getting wider. That’s my 9th defeat, and I have a strange feeling that once I collect 999 defeats, my fortune will come, and my cultivation will advance a level."

Zhao Yunzong asked,

"Why do you have that feeling?"

"It’s written like that in the novels."

"..."

After seeking defeat and losing, Huotian Dian left. Being from Yan Zhao, he had tried to gain enlightenment in the Gun Immortal Temple early on, to no avail. Recently, after reaching the Third Realm in his spear technique, he tried again... but still, no success. He was no weirdo like Lu Chenzhou.

Recently, the world began to rumor that Lu Chenzhou was the child of the era.

Otherwise, there would be no way to explain his celestial journey that defied the Buddha Dao.

...

Crows fly by, and rabbits run.

A month, quickly gone.

Lu Chenzhou set off in the summer, and now it was the end of December.

The Siberian wind was as sharp as a knife, growing fiercer by the day.

He had been living in the Gun Immortal Temple with Zhao Yunzong for some time now.

This journey had allowed him to meet many like-minded individuals.

After the 140th acupoint, the difficulty of opening the remaining 10 began to increase gradually.

At this stage, Lu Chenzhou had few lessons to learn, with the only Martial Arts left to complete being Hard Qigong and Inner Strength. For Inner Strength, his Qi-Blood was already near its limit and he had paused his cultivation to avoid waste. Without sparring conditions in the village for Hard Qigong, he simply cultivated as fate willed him, at most practicing hand-to-hand combat with Zhao Yunzong, intentionally taking hits to maintain the feel of cross-training. Therefore, aside from creating spear skill techniques, he spent all his other time on opening acupoints.

"144 acupoints now, by the looks of it, I should be able to fill them all by the beginning of next year."

The conditions for breaking his shackles were mostly satisfied; after perfecting his acupoints, he just needed some time to polish his Innate Strength to flawlessness both inside and out. Then, making his body compatible with the Different Species Power he had cultivated together, he could pick an auspicious day to attempt a Breakthrough Realm.

He was brimming with confidence; this roaming journey had transformed him profoundly. The most difficult aspect during the breakthrough was the power compatibility, but with the "Yin Yang" special effect as a boost, the problem wasn’t significant.

This month,

Lu Chenzhou had been repeatedly attempting enlightenment at the Gun Immortal Temple, failing and fighting again and again.

Today, he stepped into the temple once more.

In an instant, the heavens and earth shifted, and an ancient figure appeared silently, spear in hand, launching an attack.

"Ha ha ha, here it comes!"

Lu Chenzhou laughed loudly.

As he expected, the Gun Immortal Temple allowed for repeated enlightenment.

After a month of spear training, his Spear Skill Realm had improved considerably.

"Come, fight!"

Bang Bang Bang—

Two figures once again crossed blades across time and space; Lu Chenzhou’s aura soared. With his Martial King True Body controlling a tiger on the left and lifting a swallow on the right, man and spear united. He roared, channeling all of the enlightenment from the past month into the spear thrust that followed!

"Martial Arts Killing Move·Ten Directions Sealing!"

Around the old man, a Ten Zhang diameter phantom of the Eight Trigrams faintly appeared. The Martial King True Body took its position in the center of the Eight Trigrams, the banner waved, summoning soldiers from all ten directions!

In the positions of the Eight Trigrams, above and below,

Spear shadows surfaced in all ten directions.

This was the pinnacle move of Lu Chenzhou’s spear technique. Emulating the Spear Immortal, he merged the overwhelming Qi Po and spear skill seamlessly. Under entwined Qi Mechanisms, he sealed the enemy from all positions—his strongest and most lethal move!

He intended to use the Spear Immortal before him as proof of his technique!

Boom Boom Boom!

From all ten directions, countless horses thundered across.

Spear shadows crowded and pressed in from everywhere.

"This is my world of spear, please enlighten me, senior!"

The spear realm swept across, and for the first time, a glint of light twinkled in the old man’s calm eyes. The faintest of smiles appeared at the corner of his mouth as he thrust toward the Kan Gua position!

"White Dragon Spitting Pearl!"

This thrust transformed into a White Dragon that charged into the ranks, forcefully creating an opening. The old man twirled his spear and struck, slicing out a hundred spear shadows in a single breath!

"Break!"

With one strike, Lu Chenzhou’s Ten Directions Sealing was shattered.

The old man gently tapped, his spear piercing Lu Chenzhou’s chest like a beam of light.

Lu Chenzhou’s form became illusory, beginning to dissolve.

He was overjoyed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Before vanishing into the illusion, he saw the old man nod slightly.

He heard the Spear Immortal’s voice, worn by time:

"This thrust, not bad."

Boom———

Lu Chenzhou opened his eyes, still in the dilapidated ancient temple.

Zhao Yunzong pushed open the door, looking at the pale-faced Lu Chenzhou, and asked:

"Brother Lu, what happened? Are you alright?"

Lu Chenzhou exhaled turbid breath and smiled:

"I’m fine, just exhausted from creating a new spear technique."

"Did you succeed?"

"Yes, preliminarily successful."

Lu Chenzhou recalled the old man who casually solved his killing move.

The road ahead was long, and his path to excellence was far. When he could rely on his spear technique to defeat the spectral vision of the Spear Immortal, his mastery over the spear would certainly rank among the very top in Da Xia.

After taking the Great Medicine, Lu Chenzhou sat down to regulate his breath.

He looked towards the Martial Arts Tree in his mind.

The leaves of "Martial King Spear" were shining brightly.

Not with the faint light of inspiration striking the spirit, but with a multicolored, flowing radiance.

[Reaching the pinnacle, surpassing the master, a metamorphosis of spear technique]