Tyrant Sky Martial Soul
Chapter 440: Shadow of the Flying Dragon_1

Chapter 440: Chapter 440: Shadow of the Flying Dragon_1

After setting up the array formation, Ling Xiao walked into the cave.

The cave was not deep and contained quite a few stalactites, looking like it was naturally formed rather than being the dwelling of some wild beasts.

"I’ll cultivate here."

After looking around in the cave, Ling Xiao confirmed there was no danger, and then he was able to relax.

The cave looked a bit dirty, as it hadn’t been inhabited in years.

He cleaned up a little and then took out the ice bed he had acquired before.

There were words left by ancient martial artists on the ice bed, and he intended to see what was written.

Moreover, cultivating on the ice bed could increase the speed by a full thirty to forty percent, which was another reason he took the ice bed with him.

The light inside the cave was too dim, so Ling Xiao set up a simple Light-absorbing Array. That way, the cave could stay bright for twelve shichen a day.

During the day it could absorb sunlight, and at night it could absorb moon and starlight. Although it had no attack or defense capabilities, its practicality was nonetheless quite good.

It was also considered one of his gains from this outing.

After looking around and feeling everything was tidied up, Ling Xiao sat on the ice bed.

In that instant, bone-chilling cold emanated from the ice bed, causing Ling Xiao to shiver uncontrollably.

Luckily, he had previously cultivated Ice-attribute True Essence, so adapting wasn’t too difficult for him. If it had been someone else, they probably would have jumped off immediately, unable to cultivate at all.

Sitting cross-legged there, Ling Xiao started integrating the ice bed’s coldness into his body.

Even though the coldness was strong, he had the Nine Vein Spiritual Body granted by the Mountain and River Martial Soul, which could accept any kind of spiritual qi.

Even this type of yin coldness could be transformed and absorbed by him.

The True Essence circulated continuously through his meridians, and with each cycle, the coldness was weakened a little, as if being eroded away.

After forty-nine cycles, Ling Xiao could feel that the icy chill permeating from within the ice bed had been completely integrated into his own True Essence.

He had broken through again!

Ling Xiao opened his eyes, a look of joy spreading across his face.

Transcendent Realm Third Layer Apex!

He had reached it just like that!

He quickly closed his eyes again, then with the power of his soul, introspected his body. Now, he could clearly see the True Essence within his Nine Martial Meridians.

All the True Essence in his body originated from these Nine Martial Meridians, so they were extremely important.

At this time, not only had the total amount of True Essence in his Nine Martial Meridians increased a lot, but what was even more critical was the increasing density. The original gaseous state was already starting to feel a bit thick.

With such rich True Essence, in terms of sheer quantity, he was no less than Transcendent Realm Seventh Heaven Martial Artists.

Even in terms of quality, it was probably not worse than that of Transcendent Realm Sixth Layer Martial Artists.

His current disadvantage was merely cultivation level.

Without sufficient cultivation level, the True Essence could not unleash its actual effects. If he encountered Transcendent Realm Sixth Layer Martial Artists, he would still be no match for them.

However, if he faced Martial Artists around the early stages of the Transcendent Realm Fifth Layer, he would have a fighting chance.

Those below the Transcendent Realm Third Layer Apex couldn’t harm him, let alone become his opponent.

Even among the Transcendent Realm Fourth Layer, apart from some monstrously talented ones, most Martial Artists wouldn’t be able to contend with him.

Of course, this was only his combat power under his original form.

If he entered his Human-Dragon Form, he dared to say that no one could be his opponent below the Transcendent Realm Fourth Layer Apex, and he could also deal with most Transcendent Realm Fifth Layer martial artists.

Once he took on the Ancient Golden Dragon Form, he was unbeatable by anyone below the pinnacle of the Transcendent Realm Fifth Layer.

By then, even if he faced a martial artist with a cultivation level of the Transcendent Realm Sixth Layer, he would still stand on invincible ground.

As he opened his eyes again, Ling Xiao felt the tremendous gains he had made this time out. The past few days of arduous cultivation seemed to be tough, but what he obtained was very satisfying.

He could feel that even without the Hundred-Year Nine Dragons Quenching Yuan Pill, as long as he kept up with his efforts, breaking through to the Transcendent Realm Fourth Layer would be very quick; it definitely wouldn’t take a month, perhaps just a few days.

However, as his cultivation level improved, low-grade True Yuan Pills had almost no effect on him anymore, so he began using middle-grade True Yuan Pills for recovery.

Fortunately, he had a considerable stock of low, middle, and high-grade True Yuan Pills apart from the top-grade ones, enough for a month or two’s use.

"My cultivation has just broken through; it’s not advisable to keep pushing it up. I better consolidate it properly before moving on," he thought.

Ling Xiao considered it for a moment and then gave up on the idea of immediately refining the Hundred-Year Nine Dragons Quenching Yuan Pill, deciding instead to wait until his Transcendent Realm Third Layer Apex cultivation was fully consolidated before he attempted the refining.

He was now eager to cultivate the secret art of the "Flying Dragon Wings".

Once he could fly, he would have a significant advantage under the Cave Heaven Realm, and his chances of survival would greatly increase.

With this thought, he took out the set of bamboo slips from the Mountain and River World.

Previously, in the Ancient Martial Arts Cave Mansion, he had only glanced at the overview and never truly looked closely; now that there were no outsiders to disturb him, he could devote himself to proper cultivation.

Of course, escaping was just one aspect.

At any time and place, the human dream of soaring through the heavens is always very strong.

When Ling Xiao was very young, seeing birds flying in the sky would excite him tremendously; he longed for the day he could soar through the sky himself.

Later, when he practiced the Lightweight Body Technique, it was also with that goal in mind.

Unfortunately, even something like the Cloud Dragon Divine Movement, which was an extraordinary light-work skill, was only capable of long-distance gliding; true flight was still out of reach.

In today’s Mysterious World, the only martial artists who could completely master the art of flight were those in the Cave Heaven Realm.

Even possessing a flight-capable Martial Soul was not as practical as having a secret art of flight.

For him to advance to the Cave Heaven Realm was still a far-off goal, since he hadn’t even reached the Heavenly Man Realm yet.

However, this secret art of flight was an exception.

Such a thing was a very rare secret art even tens of thousands of years ago.

Now within the Mysterious World, it’s rarer still, something you might come across but can’t seek out.

After exhaling a long breath and calming his excited emotions, Ling Xiao finally opened the bamboo slips.

When he opened the bamboo slips, Lin Xiao found that a persistent soul power rushed directly at him.

This soul power entered his brain and created a stunning scene in his mind.

It was a flying dragon.

A gigantic flying dragon!

It was said that flying dragons were a sub-dragon species, the offspring of dragons and crocodiles. Though not as powerful as divine dragons, they were much more terrifying than ordinary beasts due to the dragon bloodline in their bodies.

The massive body of the flying dragon spread out, its two wings so vast they seemed to blot out the sun, stretching for tens of meters. As it flew by in the sky, it would leave a huge shadow on the ground.

Standing in this shadow, humans seemed incredibly small, truly like ants, making it feel difficult even to breathe.