Tyrant Sky Martial Soul
Chapter 183: Significant Increase in Strength_1

Chapter 183: Chapter 183: Significant Increase in Strength_1

Although Ling Xiao was not a member of the Soul Clan, he was born with a powerful soul. Coupled with the influence of the Mountain and River Martial Soul, his soul power was not as monstrously strong as Ling Yixue’s, but it was much stronger than most people, even stronger than the majority of the Soul Clan’s members.

There must be a reason why the Heavenly Ninja Academy chose these two nearly transcendent martial arts.

The Snow Lotus True Scripture can only be cultivated after achieving perfection in the Snow Lotus Qi Technique, rendering it meaningless for most martial artists.

The Soul Burning Secret is only effective for those with a powerful soul and is of no use to the vast majority of martial artists.

By selecting these two martial arts, their goal was to thoroughly disgust the Hidden Dragon Camp in the event of a setback.

However, what they didn’t expect was to actually help Ling Xiao and Ling Yixue instead.

Ling Xiao chuckled to himself and passed the two nearly transcendent martial arts to the Mountain and River Martial Soul to decrypt.

Just as he predicted, it took only a moment to successfully decipher them.

Afterward, he took a copy of the Soul Burning Secret from the Mountain and River World and handed it to Ling Yixue for her to comprehend.

He himself used the nearly transcendent secret method, the Shadow Cultivation Secret Technique, to create two avatars.

His true body practiced the Snow Lotus True Scripture, one avatar practiced the Soul Burning Secret, and the other avatar continued to consolidate the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body.

The battle he had just fought had been extremely beneficial to him.

There was a reason why he created only two avatars to practice.

Although avatars could help accelerate cultivation, the consumption of physical energy and soul power would also increase in the same proportion.

For example, if an avatar could enhance the speed of cultivation by 70%, then the consumption of physical energy and soul power would increase by 70%.

He really couldn’t afford to create too many avatars.

Thanks to the foundation of the Snow Lotus Qi Technique, Ling Xiao’s Snow Lotus True Scripture had reached the elementary level within half an hour.

The Snow Lotus True Scripture had a total of nine levels, and he had now cultivated it to the third level, clearly feeling a qualitative improvement in the quality of his true essence.

It became purer and more powerful.

To reach a small success in a nearly transcendent martial art so easily would shock anyone to the point where their eyeballs might fall out.

The true essence gained from practicing the Snow Lotus True Scripture is called the "Snow Lotus True Essence."

Although this true essence was still lacking compared to the Divine Dragon True Essence, it was much more powerful than ordinary true essence.

Even after advancing to Martial Master and transforming all energy into true essence, there were still differences in quality among true essences.

The differences between advanced martial arts, top-level martial arts, and nearly transcendent martial arts were especially huge.

This is why, after advancing to Martial Master, martial artists are eager to cultivate nearly transcendent internal cultivation mind techniques as soon as possible.

It could be said that by transforming almost all the true essence in his body into Snow Lotus True Essence—apart from a small portion of Divine Dragon True Essence—Ling Xiao’s strength had at least doubled.

If he encountered that genius young man from the Heavenly Ninja Academy again, he would be able to win even without resorting to the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body.

After all, the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body belongs to transcendent martial arts, and it’s better not to use it casually to avoid attracting trouble.

From the previous fight, he believed that aside from General Jiu Yue, no one should know he used the Heavenly Dragon Golden Body; they probably all thought he was using the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique, as the two seemed too similar on the surface.

Next, he practiced for nearly an hour, consolidating the Snow Lotus True Scripture to the third level.

The use of Snow Lotus True Essence within his body became even more skilled.

On the other hand, the Soul Burning Secret was already at the beginner stage, having been cultivated to the first level, and his soul power had increased considerably.

Moreover, he discovered that using pure soul power to perform the "Terrifying Finger" made its power even more terrifying.

Now he could almost be certain that the girl in blue he encountered in the Fulong Mountain Range was also related to the Soul Clan.

Additionally, he made a very interesting discovery. By using the "Soul Burning Secret," he could fully execute the martial skills he had cultivated with his soul power, which appeared to be no less powerful than those executed with his true essence, but the effect was vastly different.

When martial skills were executed with true essence, they still focused on damaging the body.

On the other hand, when these skills were executed with soul power, they focused on damaging the soul.

This meant that he now had two completely different methods of utilizing the same martial skills. If he could apply them flexibly in battle, his opponents would likely find it impossible to guard against.

Furthermore, Ling Xiao discovered that while cultivating the Transcendent Martial Arts "Heavenly Dragon Golden Body" and the nearly transcendent martial arts, he had gained a bit of insight into the first move of the "Snow Lotus Sword Technique," which he had previously understood from the fragments of Transcendent Martial Arts.

This was probably related to the "Snow Lotus True Scripture" and also to the mystic art of the "Heavenly Dragon Golden Body."

The Mountain and River Martial Soul gradually simulated the transcendent mystic art of the "Snow Lotus Sword Technique" after absorbing the mystic art from "Heavenly Dragon Golden Body."

But this was no simple feat. After such a long period of comprehension, he had only just grasped six or seven tenths of the essence of the first move of the "Snow Lotus Sword Technique," called "Flying Snow."

He should be able to attempt using it in his attacks, and he estimated that its power would not be inferior to nearly transcendent martial arts, but it had not yet reached the level of transcendent martial arts.

However, at this rate, he was likely to fully comprehend the first move soon.

By then, it would be as though Ling Xiao had gained another trump card.

Feeling that he could not make further progress for the time being, Ling Xiao stopped his secluded cultivation and took the time to assess his condition.

At present, he possessed two complete Martial Souls: the Cherry Tree Martial Spirit and the Dark Cloud Warrior Soul.

However, he dared not use the complete Martial Souls lightly in normal circumstances, for they attracted too much envy. Unless he was at the edge of life and death, he absolutely would not use them carelessly.

He had four types of Martial Soul Remnants: the Ghost Ship Remnant Soul, the Giant Sword Remnant Soul, the Blood Blade Remnant Soul, and the Black Bear Remnant Soul.

Currently, all four Martial Soul Remnants had their special uses.

Ghost Ship Remnant Soul combined with Soaring Cloud Step made for speed not inferior to nearly transcendent body movement techniques, and it could save a significant amount of true essence when traveling, with a certain degree of attack power;

Giant Sword Remnant Soul, when combined with sword techniques, could greatly increase the power of swordplay;

Blood Blade Remnant Soul could also be combined with sword techniques, making the swordplay more unpredictable and surprising;

Black Bear Remnant Soul could accompany hand-to-hand combat, increasing the power of moves as well as body strength.

He didn’t want to part with any of these four Remnant Souls as they were all useful. Facing different enemies, he could use different Soul Remnants.

As for the main martial arts he was currently cultivating, they mainly included—

Transcendent Martial Arts: "Heavenly Dragon Golden Body"

Transcendent Remnant: "Snow Lotus Sword Technique"

Nearly Transcendent Martial Arts: "Soul Burning Secret," "Snow Lotus True Scripture," "Shadow Cultivation Secret Method"

Top-Level Martial Arts: "Heavy Shadow Sword Technique" (power not less than nearly transcendent martial arts), "Nine Revolutions Golden Body Technique" (final rotation), "Sword-Controlling Technique Black Iron Scroll" (attack power comparable to nearly transcendent martial arts)

Extraordinary Skills: "Soaring Cloud Step," "Bull Demon Technique," surpassing all superior top-level martial arts, currently slightly inferior to nearly transcendent martial arts.

Special Martial Skills: "Terrifying Finger," "Earth’s Core Ice Lotus Bind"

Advanced Martial Arts could barely keep up with the pace now, and although Ling Xiao had defeated the genius from the Heavenly Ninja Academy with the "Falling Star Fist,"

he was very clear that it was actually thanks to the "Heavenly Dragon Golden Body."

He now urgently hoped to acquire a set of boxing or palm techniques that could be used in hand-to-hand combat.

After all, only with the "Heavenly Dragon Golden Body" could he fully utilize its most significant features in unarmed combat.

He must continue to cultivate sword techniques, but he could not neglect hand-to-hand combat.