Chapter 578: Chapter 486: Unforgivable Crimes?_2
Hua Suifu heard this and a confident light shone in her eyes as she firmly said, "In the top three, there must be a place for me!"
"Seventh Sister, strive to enter the Eighth Layer of Heavenly Martial Master as soon as possible. Otherwise, facing those geniuses from the other Eight Peaks who are at the Ninth Layer of Heavenly Martial Master, I’m afraid there won’t be much chance of victory!" The Eighth Brother, Feng Shaoyu, shook his head.
Feng Shaoyu had a relatively cold personality and was not as talkative as Yun Fei.
"Rest assured, my fellow disciples! I will not let you down, and I will definitely not disappoint our master!" Hua Suifu took a deep breath and spoke earnestly.
Then, after chatting for a little while longer, they parted ways and each returned to their respective residences.
Lin Feng returned to his loft and once again came back to the cultivation room.
Once more placing spirit stones into the Spirit Gathering Array and activating the array, Lin Feng began his cultivation.
This time, he was no longer enhancing his cultivation level, but training his physical strength.
His current physical strength rivaled that of a Martial Artist at a half-step Heavenly Martial Master and was rapidly approaching that of a Heavenly Martial Master at the First Layer. With his cultivation already at the First Layer of Heavenly Martial Master, he could completely elevate his physical strength to match that of a Martial Artist at the Third Layer of Heavenly Martial Master.
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, countless spirit stones poured out as Lin Feng unleashed Devouring Stars and began to devour.
Ancient Dragon Elephants, shining in gold, appeared around Lin Feng, their majesty shocking the world and engulfing the Eight Desolates.
Lin Feng’s physical strength soared at astonishing speed.
With the spirit stones on Lin Feng’s person, valued as low-grade spirit stones, totaling over four billion, the devouring process was simply exhilarating.
Heaps of spirit stones were continuously extracted as a vast amount of spiritual energy surged wildly through the room.
Lin Feng’s physical strength surged rapidly.
Although the pace at which he consumed spirit stones was increasing, he was wealthy enough to rival nations, completely indifferent to the consumption and kept devouring relentlessly.
As long as he had spirit stones, his physical strength could soar.
Half an hour later, Lin Feng ceased his cultivation. His body shone more brilliantly with golden light, and the golden scale armor he wore was even more dazzling.
At this moment, his physical strength was more than enough to easily overcome an ordinary Martial Artist at the Third Layer of Heavenly Martial Master, such an increase in strength was truly terrifying.
In just half an hour, his physical strength had jumped from that of a half-step Heavenly Martial Master to reaching the Third Layer of Heavenly Martial Master.
Of course, this was an equally terrifying consumption of resources. This time, he had expended over two hundred million low-grade spirit stones.
Lin Feng’s eyes sparkled with intelligence as he pondered inwardly. Having reached the First Layer of Heavenly Martial Master in his cultivation and his physical body comparable to the Third Layer, he decided not to advance further for the time being. He would lay low for a period to consolidate his cultivation before attempting to advance again.
Taking advantage of this time, he planned to elevate his various martial skills and Sword Intent.
His current combat strength was so formidable purely because he cultivated the Great Chaos Five Elements Divine Technique, coupled with his powerful physical strength.
But his other martial skills were completely lagging behind his current level of cultivation strength.
Take for example Tian Chen, the Tenth Brother, whose Saber Technique he cultivated was incredibly powerful, many times stronger than Lin Feng’s Infinite Sword Technique.
If Lin Feng were to master sword techniques of this caliber, his strength would greatly increase.
Then there was the Body Movement Martial Skills; in this period, Lin Feng had also found time to practice the movement technique he had looted in the Heavenly Vault Divine Realm, but he had been pressed for time and hadn’t been able to deeply cultivate it.
Nine Heavens Wandering Dragon Step, a middle grade Level Four Martial Technique, was precisely the skill that a mid-level Heavenly Martial Master practitioner would cultivate. Although not of a high tier, it was sufficient for the time being.
Lin Feng pondered for a moment and decided to first cultivate the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique, a Level Six low-grade martial technique.
The Silent Annihilation Sword Technique was part of the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique, of which the Silent Annihilation Heart Method had already been integrated into the Great Chaos Five Elements Divine Technique. However, Lin Feng had not cultivated the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique itself.
This sword technique was profound and esoteric, and Lin Feng had been utterly incapable of comprehension before. Now, with the increase in his cultivation strength, he was finally able to grasp some of its subtleties.
The Silent Annihilation Sword Technique consisted of four moves:
First Move, Void Silence.
Second Move, Nether Silence.
Third Move, Divine Silence.
Fourth Move, Silent Annihilation Shock Kill Slash.
Lin Feng sat in meditation for a day and a night, roughly comprehending the mysteries of the four moves of the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique and then began his training.
Lin Feng spent the subsequent half-month quite peacefully, practicing the Silent Annihilation Sword Technique and Nine Heavens Wandering Dragon Step during the day, refining his Vigorous Origin and condensing his cultivation at night.
As for Sword Intent, its improvement was the slowest. However, Lin Feng practiced his sword every day, and his understanding of the sword was gradually deepening. He could feel that his Sword Intent had reached the threshold of First Rank, just a step away from breaking through to the Second Rank.
On this day, Lin Feng was practicing his swordsmanship in the plaza of Sky-reaching Peak.
Lin Feng moved like a roaming dragon, drifting in all directions, with the gleam of his sword flashing. With one strike, a resplendent five-colored sword light passed by, and within several hundred yards ahead, everything turned into nothingness, engulfed by a destructive, Silent Annihilation aura.
Clap clap clap!!
A round of applause rang out, and Lin Feng stopped his movements. He saw Tian Chen walk over with big strides.
"Eleventh junior brother, what excellent swordsmanship! Your sword technique is no less formidable than my ’Thousand Illusion Mad Blade’!" Tian Chen said with a smile.
"Heh, it’s just a pity that I’ve only managed to achieve Small Success in this technique and can’t yet unleash its true power," Lin Feng replied with a laugh.
Tian Chen shook his head and said, "The level of your sword technique is not low; it’s more than enough for your use before reaching the Martial King Realm. There’s no rush to cultivate further. Now, I’ll take you to a place!"
"Oh? What place?" Lin Feng asked, puzzled.
"Heh, you’ll know once we’re there!"
Tian Chen was playing coy and said with a laugh, "This place is a treasure trove for both you and me. Let’s go!"
As soon as the words fell, Tian Chen’s figure soared into the sky, flying swiftly into the distance.
Lin Feng chuckled and shook his head, then followed Tian Chen into the sky.
Moments later, the two arrived outside a vast valley.
This valley was situated between the main peak, Haotian Peak, and Xuantian Peak. The valley was very large, a thousand yards wide and its length unknown, with a large number of Heavenly Spirit Sect disciples entering and exiting, creating quite a bustling scene.
At the entrance of the valley, a giant stone stele stood, and on it were three characters written with flourish—Martial Intent Valley!
"Martial Intent Valley? What is this place? Does it have to do with Martial Arts Will?" Lin Feng looked at Tian Chen, full of curiosity.
"That’s right! This is a place specially designed by the Heavenly Spirit Sect for its disciples to enhance their Martial Arts Will. Let’s go inside!" Tian Chen nodded and then flashed away towards the heart of Martial Intent Valley.
"A place specially designed for enhancing Martial Arts Will?" Lin Feng became even more curious. Wasn’t Martial Arts Will something that depended entirely on personal enlightenment? Was there a method to enhance it?
Lin Feng immediately became interested and flashed forward, eagerly rushing into the valley.
The valley was very long, and moments later, to Lin Feng’s astonishment, several colossal statues appeared in front of them.
These statues seemed to be carved out of giant rocks, but they were not human-shaped; instead, they depicted weapons: there were swords, sabres, spears, fists, and many other types, more than a dozen in total.
Each statue was tens of yards high, like sky-reaching divine weapons, filled with awe-inspiring might.
What truly shocked Lin Feng wasn’t the statues themselves, but the magnificent Martial Arts Will contained within them.
For example, the Sky-reaching Giant Sword had an emanation of sword power that reached the heavens, with boundless sharpness. Even a thousand yards away, Lin Feng could feel a chilling sensation over his body, as if his blood were freezing.
At this moment, in front of each statue, numerous disciples were seated on the ground, carefully perceiving the Martial Arts Will of the statues.
Lin Feng’s heart was filled with amazement. The Heavenly Spirit Sect, as one of the seven superpowers of the East Continent, indeed had such excellent places.
Such a place can not only help disciples who have already grasped Martial Arts Will to quickly enhance their level but can also allow those who have not yet understood Martial Arts Will to gain enlightenment by perceiving these statues.
"Eleventh junior brother, I saw that your Sword Intent is just at the Great Perfection of First Rank, so I brought you here. How about it? Are you satisfied?" Tian Chen’s voice reached Lin Feng’s ear.
"Haha! Satisfied! Very satisfied!"
Lin Feng laughed heartily. With such a treasure place, his Sword Intent level could greatly soar in a short amount of time.
"It’s Sky-reaching Peak’s Tian Chen!"
"This guy is just a calamity; last time on Luotian Peak, he killed three disciples of Luotian Peak directly!"
"Who is that person with him? To actually dare stand beside Tian Chen?"
"I heard Sky-reaching Peak took in another disciple, could this be him?"
"Sky-reaching Peak is full of monsters and anomalies, lawless individuals. Let’s keep our distance!"
Many in the valley moved aside upon seeing Tian Chen, like mice scurrying away from a cat.
This left Lin Feng utterly speechless. He thought the senior brothers and sisters of Sky-reaching Peak were quite nice, rather amiable!
So why were they viewed as utterly heinous by everyone else?