Chapter 159 - 157: Martial Arts of the World Emerge from the Deep Mountains
"I didn’t expect that after unlocking the Nether Sea, there would be such changes in the use of spiritual power..."
Song Changming felt like he’d discovered a new continent.
When the body is developed to its limit, martial artists naturally choose spiritual power as the second direction for development.
The so-called Qi refining is also closely related to spiritual power.
It can be said that spiritual power is the foundation of the second great realm of Martial Tao.
"Now that I can utilize spiritual power, I should also try cultivating martial techniques when I return..."
Song Changming was calculating his training plan for the future in his heart.
Of course, he would not slack off in the aspect of body refinement either.
Currently, he has already practiced bone forging to the extreme realm, and next he needs to hone washing marrow, muscle training, and skin refining all to the extreme realm, to achieve complete great perfection in body refinement, flawlessly!
This goal will not change because of any other training plans.
He always believed that body refinement was extremely important; after all, if the physical body is not strong enough, it is full of flaws and deadly vulnerabilities, which Song Changming could not allow.
He couldn’t wait to forge his body into a true iron body, a Vajra Indestructible body!
In the future, as long as there is a way to improve his physical body, he will continually try to strengthen it.
Later.
Song Ping’an’s transformation speed was not fast at all, with his aura sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and his brows sometimes furrowing and sometimes relaxing, not appearing at ease at all.
Based on the time he needed for his transformation, he estimated that Song Ping’an would also need the same amount of time.
Song Changming wasn’t in a hurry; after all, having obtained two Dragon Transformation Pearls, he was already very satisfied and didn’t wish for more.
However, this evening, the forest interior was indeed not very safe.
Soon, a mountain ape with two large tails led a few smaller apes, climbing tree trunks and swinging through the vines, its beastly eyes fixed firmly on Song Ping’an, who was sitting cross-legged under a rock wall.
At the same time, a few fierce wolves crouched in the bushes, slowly approaching, their eyes glowing with cold, penetrating light.
They were probably attracted by the glow of the Dragon Transformation Pearls just now.
Thud!
The mountain ape landed and continued to approach.
At this critical moment of Song Ping’an’s transformation, he remained indifferent to the approaching external danger.
Although the place was perilous, he still believed Song Changming could protect him.
The mountain ape was very cautious, but when a streak of silver light shot forth, it couldn’t react in time.
The Dragon Pattern Saber pierced straight through the leading mountain ape’s spine, pinning it directly to the ground.
The remaining apes shrieked loudly in panic.
Song Changming flipped to the ground, withdrew the Dragon Pattern Saber, and with another swing, killed the ape.
But the remaining few apes, instead of being frightened, bared their teeth, their faces fierce, charging directly at Song Changming.
One could only say they were indeed fierce beasts, with savagery and brutality etched in their bloodline.
Their sharp claws were like holding ten sharp blades.
These apes possessed at least the combat power of Sixth and Seventh Realm martial artists, with faster speed, stronger explosive power, and exceptional agility.
If entangled in close quarters by these apes, disembowelment was almost certain for ordinary martial artists.
Song Changming swung his saber, and the ape reacted extremely fast, using its claws to parry, and although it was knocked into the air, it skillfully deflected the force and climbed onto a tree unscathed.
"Interesting."
Seeing this, Song Changming had a look of curiosity in his eyes.
In the past, he had often fought and dueled with martial artists, but rarely had he battled exotic and fierce beasts in the wild.
Faced with such a situation now, he suddenly understood why many martial arts techniques from predecessors were created after observing various birds and beasts.
With his keen insight fortified by spiritual power, he could clearly observe that these apes possessed unusual combat techniques.
Not only was there the remarkable deflection that blocked his saber strike.
Their claw attacks weren’t random but well-coordinated, even with unique coordinated attacks among the three apes leaping up and down.
Yes, it was an offensive stance!
He actually sensed something akin to ’force’ from martial arts in these fierce beasts!
"No wonder it’s said that all martial arts were born in the deep mountains!" Song Changming grew more interested, using spiritual power to better observe the ’force’ in these fierce beasts and other extraordinary aspects.
With another swing of his saber, he scattered the remaining three apes.
Ordinary Sixth and Seventh Realm martial artists couldn’t withstand his saber, yet these apes could, even having the capacity to counterattack.
Of course, that was about their limit.
When Song Changming mobilized over ten thousand pounds of giant strength for another swing, the ape was instantly knocked to the ground, becoming a broken corpse, unable to even let out a scream.
No matter how skillful the technique of unloading force or how agile the footwork, there’s no way to block the crushing level of power.
In the blink of an eye, several monkeys became corpses.
Song Changming sheathed his saber and retreated. The wolf pack in the bushes paused momentarily, ultimately choosing to carry away the monkey corpses without attacking Song Changming and his companion.
Song Changming didn’t stop them, allowing them to leave.
After a while, two martial artists visited this place one after another.
At first, they saw Song Ping’an sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, and didn’t think much of it, but upon seeing Song Changming, their expressions changed.
The malicious intent that had just emerged in their hearts vanished in front of the Dragon Pattern Sabre stuck in the ground.
They hurriedly said they meant no offense and quickly left.
The name of the Dragon Saber was still very effective in the Jianghu of Donglai Prefecture.
Ordinary Jianghu Martial Artists did not dare to provoke it.
If there were government and laws in the city, killing would still bring some concerns, but in this primeval forest now, there was no need to bury bodies and hide traces when killing; one could act on murderous intent whenever it arose.
Therefore, these martial artists dared not offend Song Changming, or even come close, fearing it might arouse Song Changming’s murderous intent.
In the blink of an eye, another day and night passed.
Just as Song Changming was resting with his eyes closed, Song Ping’an finally completed his transformation and slowly awakened.
"Brother Song!" Song Ping’an opened his eyes, repeatedly surprised, clearly realizing the world had become different in his eyes.
"How do you feel?" Song Changming asked.
"Very good!" Song Ping’an grinned joyfully, feeling clearly that not only the world before him but also he himself had become different from before.
It seemed that Song Ping’an also began to tap into the Nether Sea, but his Spiritual Power was even weaker than Song Changming’s, and he was barely able to use the most basic Introspection ability, let alone anything else.
But regardless, being able to harness Spiritual Power gave him a major advantage over the vast majority of Body Refining Martial Artists.
Meanwhile, Song Ping’an’s Martial Tao talent and aptitude were significantly elevated, completely shedding the descriptor of mediocrity, which was his most important and needed transformation result.
In the past, he may have struggled to reach the Martial Arts Extreme Realm on his own, but now, the Martial Arts Extreme Realm was no longer high enough to be his lifelong pursuit in Martial Arts!
Of course, Song Ping’an shouldn’t aim too high at the moment, though he gained immense potential, he was still just a Third Realm Martial Artist.
How to gradually realize the immense potential he gained was what he should ponder.
Even someone as strong as Song Changming had to gradually develop the Dragon Body, not to mention Song Ping’an.
Afterward, Song Changming planned to stay at this place for a few more days, considering the dangers here, and he was also worried about his parents in the city having no one to care for them.
Thus, he asked Song Ping’an to return first while he continued exploring for a few more days.
If he could obtain another Dragon Transformation Pearl, it would be a huge gain.
Though he wouldn’t use it himself, the powerful function and value of the Dragon Transformation Pearl were undoubtedly more valuable and precious than anything he had acquired in the past.
Even the five-hundred-year-old King Can couldn’t compare to it.
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Half a day later, in the depths of a mountain valley.
Half of the valley was covered in dense forest, the other half was open space, and there was a small pond.
A massive beast, neither elephant nor cow, sat there.
It was over ten meters long and stood five to six meters high, with a huge and thick body exuding a powerful aura of primitive wildness.
Its ears were like palm fans, its trunk like a giant python, twisting around and strangling a wolf that dared to offend it into several pieces, blood and flesh blurred.
The beast’s roar was incredibly deep, echoing throughout the valley, full of momentum.
This valley was its territory.
No beast dared to invade its territory on ordinary days.
But today, the wolf pack acted unusually, fearlessly charging in and actively challenging it.
All because, behind this fierce beast, under the small pond, a Dragon Transformation Pearl glowing with golden light was hidden.
For some unknown reason, the beast did not consume the Dragon Transformation Pearl that fell into the pond, but it also didn’t allow anyone to take it.
Including a few martial artists who found this place, they too became corpses almost turned into pulp.
The wolf pack was skilled in weighing pros and cons, knowing when to advance and retreat, they were not of a reckless nature.
But today, knowing the danger, they couldn’t resist the ultimate temptation of the Dragon Transformation Pearl, attempting to bring down the beast by surrounding and biting.
Unfortunately, the wolf pack’s previously infallible hunting tactics couldn’t even break through the beast’s hide!
This doomed the wolf pack to extinction, easily slaughtered by the beast.
Surpassing the rows of trees, Song Changming landed on the edge of the valley, witnessing this scene and noticing the gleaming golden light of the Dragon Transformation Pearl beneath the deep pond.
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