Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1017: Chapter 988: I Have a Sword

The warriors at the low-level Sun Moon Realm, which represented the initial phase, worked by leveraging rule particles to move the vital energy of heaven and earth; the foundational power Chen Fei used wasn’t much.

Divine Power itself is a method that uses power more efficiently than ordinary moves, and if one fully grasps the rule particles involved, this efficiency could further surge dramatically.

Thus, Chen Fei now melting the eight warriors into his body allowed a vast increase in his basic power.

Others with the Planting Beans Divine Power in the Sun Moon Realm could only exhibit moves together with the warriors, creating a combined force similar to formations.

However, such power is not refined enough and an experienced eye can easily pick out its flaws.

Hence, Chen Fei sought to meld the warriors’ power within himself, allowing Celestial Suppression to lock this power within his body, and Desolate Night God Slaying Sword assured precise control over every ounce of power in his body.

Only power that is under control is truly one’s own; otherwise, it could become a burden, particularly during clashes with opponents of similar cultivations, this is even more so.

Eight warriors were currently Chen Fei’s limit.

Unless Chen Fei’s skill level with Celestial Suppression could rise, he wouldn’t be able to refine more warriors into his body.

“Truly, a peerless genius!”

Zhuo Anhua looked at Chen Fei and suddenly chuckled, then in the next moment, appeared right in front of him, pointing the Wind God Fan at Chen Fei.

A nearly complete rule body is an entity that can barrel through others in the Sun Moon Realm.

The rule body naturally grants immense strength to the physique, which, within the Rule Integration Realm, could have varying degrees depending on the specific rules refined.

But in the Sun Moon Realm, it’s a being of a higher echelon—utter domination.

“Boom!”

The Wind God Fan touched the blade of the Qianyuan Sword, causing the entire martial arena atop the mountain to tremble violently.

Countless tiny yet incredibly sharp wind blades surged into Chen Fei’s body, rampaging inside, as if intending to shred his flesh into pieces.

Yet his inner physique forcibly obstructed these wind blades, dispersing and eventually refining them into Celestial Suppression.

Chen Fei’s current physique indeed still fell short compared to Zhuo Anhua, but the gap wasn’t as vast as one might imagine.

Zhuo Anhua possessed a form close to the rule body, but it was not quite there; sometimes, even such a small difference can span the heavens and the earth.

The Desolate Night God Slaying Sword, a martial arts focused on the power of the flesh, was peerless in its refinement of Chen Fei’s physique at the Sun Moon Realm.

Coupled with Celestial Suppression, a Yuan Clan martial arts, Chen Fei’s physique was nearly as formidable as the rule body.

With his basic power now at the pinnacle of the Sun Moon Realm and sufficient essence, energy, spirit, and soul to drive his body, Chen Fei didn’t fall the slightest bit behind in this head-to-head clash.

In an exchange of moves, Zhuo Anhua failed to gain the expected advantage, which caused his eyebrows to furrow slightly.

The next moment, Zhuo Anhua’s Wind God Fan trembled subtly, as countless sharp wind spikes surged toward Chen Fei, while Four Directions Vital Energy heeded Zhuo Anhua’s command, denying Chen Fei any chance to draw in the vital energy of heaven and earth.

In the struggle for the vital energy of heaven and earth, An Zhuohua undoubtedly had a far superior advantage over Chen Fei, a fact that remained unchanged even with Chen Fei’s increased base power.

After all, in terms of genuine cultivation, Zhuo Anhua was indeed a step above Chen Fei.

Chen Fei remained composed, rotating the Qianyuan Sword in his hands and transforming it into a sword scar, which he slashed at the approaching wind spikes.

For the vital energy of heaven and earth, Chen Fei could draw from the void, making it irrelevant to his abilities.

When the basic power is near equal, and with the Great Completion realm Desolate Night God Slaying Sword at his disposal, Chen Fei fears no one in the Sun Moon Realm.

“Boom!”

The wind spikes before the Wind God Fan were shattered by the edge of the Qianyuan Sword, which then collided once more with the Wind God Fan.

The Wind God Fan paused briefly, then involuntarily shifted backward slightly.

The first move ended evenly, but this time, Chen Fei gained the upper hand.

Because Celestial Suppression had refined an assimilation of foreign power, even though Zhuo Anhua tried to contain his power to prevent Chen Fei from using it, as long as Zhuo Anhua’s move sought to damage Chen Fei’s body, such borrowing was unstoppable.

Zhuo Anhua thought Chen Fei’s borrowing involved gathering the dispersed power from the opponent’s moves before striking back.

But Celestial Suppression’s borrowing meant refining the power struck into my body. This is a fundamentally different process; unless your power breaks through my defense, indeed, there’s no borrowing.

But now with both sides having comparable foundational power, Zhuo Anhua couldn’t possibly break Chen Fei’s defenses.

“Boom boom boom!”

Zhuo Anhua’s expression turned grave as he manipulated the Wind God Fan, deploying countless moves to clash with Chen Fei’s Qianyuan Sword.

Chen Fei stood his ground without retreating, while Zhuo Anhua’s trend of falling into disadvantage became increasingly evident.

In the cultivation world, it’s common knowledge that explosive power cannot last, especially after continuous collision with an equivalent force, the explosive power may end up backfiring on oneself, subsequently disrupting the internal balance.

One might be fine one moment, and then in the next, completely crumble, leading to utter defeat.

Chen Fei had forcefully refined eight warriors into his body to increase his explosive power, which undoubtedly put immense pressure on his physique.

It can be said that the damage to his body was intensifying every moment, and at an ever-increasing rate.

In Zhuo Anhua’s mind, as long as Chen Fei was not given a chance to catch his breath and was continuously attacked, Chen Fei would inevitably be unable to hold on in the end.

But now, with twenty moves nearly past, not only had Chen Fei not shown the slightest sign of fatigue, but he had also managed to put himself in a declining position.

Even the vital energy of heaven and earth, which had been under his control, didn’t show any sign that Chen Fei was running out of his essence force.

There was something strange and illogical about Chen Fei.

Previously, others had mentioned Chen Fei to Zhuo Anhua a few times, but Zhuo Anhua never listened seriously and did not intend to learn more about him.

In Zhuo Anhua’s view, the two would never have a chance to intersect, and competing in the same arena seemed preposterous.

Yet, unexpectedly, they ended up fighting today, and Zhuo Anhua could not seem to suppress Chen Fei.

With the fusion of the three Divine Powers nearing completion, and the rule body almost fully formed, Chen Fei was unable to use the Forget Technique on Zhuo Anhua’s Divine Powers.

But with each clash of their attacks, the rule particles within Zhuo Anhua’s Divine Powers vibrated. This vibration did not stop Zhuo Anhua from unleashing his Divine Powers but did affect their stability to some extent.

It was imperceptible at first, but now, as the collisions continued, Zhuo Anhua’s three Divine Powers became increasingly unstable, causing the power of his attacks to start to decline.

If this continued, Zhuo Anhua’s decline would turn into a defeat, and then it would truly be irreversible.

Being reversed by Chen Fei, a junior in the later stages of the Sun Moon Realm, who was one cultivation level lower, was something Zhuo Anhua would never think about because it was impossible.

But today, it seemed possible, and Zhuo Anhua could not accept that.

“Buzz!”

An illusory flame ignited on the surface of Zhuo Anhua’s body, signaling that he began burning his divine souls.

Zhuo Anhua’s already strong aura surged again. The three Divine Powers, which were mostly fused, began an even deeper integration, and the formation of the rule body accelerated.

If it continued like this, Zhuo Anhua might break through to the Rule Integration Realm directly.

As Zhuo Anhua burned his divine souls, the declining momentum that Chen Fei had gradually suppressed instantly reversed, and the contest became evenly matched once more.

And as Zhuo Anhua kept approaching the Rule Integration Realm, his power started to grow even stronger, putting pressure on Chen Fei instead.

At the stage of perfection, the Celestial Suppression could only refine a portion of assimilated foreign power, so during the previous moments, each of Chen Fei’s attacks reached the peak of assimilation by the Celestial Suppression.

That meant Chen Fei’s attacks had reached saturation under the current status and could not improve further with Zhuo Anhua’s increase, unless the skill level of Celestial Suppression reached a new realm.

“Clang!”

A sound of metal warping rang out as the edge of the Qianyuan Sword bent dramatically from the strike of the Wind God Fan, emitting a faint groan, as if it could not bear the strain.

The upper-grade Celestial Treasure was very hard, but in the current intense battle, it seemed somewhat insufficient.

“Thump!”

Chen Fei took a step back, his foot stepping on the air, creating huge ripples that spread from where he landed.

Exerting all his power, even burning his soul, was still only enough to suppress Chen Fei at the later stages of the Sun Moon Realm, which to be honest, was something Zhuo Anhua could not have anticipated.

Chen Fei had displayed extraordinary resilience. Given the current situation, securing a final victory would likely take more than a hundred moves.

Moreover, it had to be around a hundred moves; otherwise, Zhuo Anhua would have to stop burning his divine souls, as it would adversely affect his subsequent breakthrough to the Rule Integration Realm.

Zhuo Anhua deduced that victory would come after a hundred moves, and naturally, Chen Fei could see this as well.

Facing someone on the verge of breaking through to the Rule Integration Realm and also in possession of two Divine Powers with rule particles, it was truly difficult to defeat using ordinary methods.

Yes, burning divine souls, in Chen Fei’s case, was also considered an ordinary method.

Without side effects and even able to continue fighting indefinitely, what else could it be but ordinary?

Zhuo Anhua thought Chen Fei was incredibly resilient, and by coincidence, Chen Fei shared the same thought. He had assumed that merging with eight warriors and burning his soul would be sufficient.

Yet it was still slightly lacking, and that slight difference would lead to Chen Fei’s downfall in the end.

“I have one sword strike, please be extremely careful!”

As Chen Fei spoke, he swung his sword to repel the Wind God Fan and drifted backward. At the same time, eight more warriors appeared and fused into Chen Fei’s body.

In an instant, Chen Fei’s aura skyrocketed as if he was about to break through some limit, but this power also exceeded Chen Fei’s control.

A total of sixteen warriors, now beyond the Celestial Suppression’s constraint. But Chen Fei did not plan on restraining it any longer, and in the next moment, his body burst with a dazzling light.

Body Dissolution!

A lethal threat arose in Zhuo Anhua’s mind.