Chapter 135
All Members Break Through, Assault, Repel
Chapter 135 All Members Break Through, Assault, Repel
"Qu Hun almost failed to form his core."
"Fortunately, I used a few high-grade spirit stones to purify the mana in my body to a level far exceeding the threshold of Core Formation."
This makes the purity of the mana of a Quhun Pseudo-Core stage cultivator better than that of a cultivator after the Third Revolution of the Core Formation stage, and even more refined than the mana and true essence of some Core Formation cultivators.
This is the effect of high-grade spirit stones on Foundation Establishment cultivators.
For those in the late Foundation Establishment stage, a high-grade spirit stone is almost as effective as a top-grade spirit stone for those in the late Nascent Soul stage.
The only difference is that the spiritual energy of a high-grade spirit stone still needs to be refined through the Great Circulation after entering the body. However, the spiritual energy of a top-grade spirit stone does not require any further refinement after entering the body.
A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can absorb the spiritual energy of a top-grade spirit stone in just a few hundred breaths.
Of course.
High-grade spirit stones can increase the purity of mana, but they cannot combine the Azure Origin Sword Technique with the profound dantian of the Third Rebirth, expand the meridians, and increase the upper limit of mana.
Qu Hun's Core Formation grants him nearly twice the maximum magical power of ordinary cultivators of the same level, but this is because he cultivates the "Turning Wheel Holy King Sutra," one of the top Buddhist teachings, and the "Dragon Subduing Tiger Technique," one of the Dharma-protecting techniques.
The latter focuses on body refinement and helps increase the upper limit of mana. It has four levels, corresponding to the four stages of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul.
Although the "Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Skill" is not as good as the "Indestructible Vajra Skill," one of the three great protective skills of Buddhism, it is not that it is inferior in all four stages. Rather, it is because ancient cultivators did not create a method for the Nascent Soul stage.
However, the "Scripture of the Holy King of the Wheel" can lead directly to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, focusing on cultivating magical power and also helping to strengthen divine consciousness.
The main reason for having Qu Hun choose to learn these two techniques is to facilitate the use of the Vajra Pestle, the Brocade Kasaya, and the string of relic beads.
to this end.
Over the years, he has studied Buddhist scriptures extensively, and several times he has gotten himself into dead ends with the Buddhist texts.
Fortunately.
Hard work pays off.
With the help of Heavenly Fire Liquid, Snow Spirit Water and other aids, he still managed to get Qu Hun to successfully condense a golden core.
The wind spirit root's wind soul formed its core even more smoothly.
Once the purity of the internal magical energy reaches a certain level, and with the assistance of spiritual objects and high-grade spirit stones that aid in condensing the golden core, the process of Feng Hun condensing the golden core becomes a natural and effortless process, without any bottlenecks or obstructions.
After his two clones completed the condensation of their cores, he reclaimed some of his divine consciousness, which further strengthened his primordial spirit and divine consciousness.
There is only one level-six spirit beast: the sixth-ranked Ink Dragon.
Level 5 spirit beasts include: Blood Jade Spider Xiaobai and Xiaoyu, Ice and Fire Wolf, Jade Mantis, and Wind Howling Eagle.
Level 4 spirit beasts, including: Twin-Eyed Rat, Scented Rat, Golden-Backed Demon Mantis, Blood Jade Spider (mother), Iron-Armed Beast x4, and 100 Gold-Eating Insects.
The second and third level spirit beasts, namely the remaining Iron Arm Beasts and tens of thousands of Gold Devouring Insects.
The Crying Soul controlled by the Soul-Sounding Pearl is an anomaly.
It's also worth mentioning that because Yuan Yaoyan didn't plot against the young sect leader of Qingyang Sect too early, Tihun actually became closer to maturity. The aftereffects of the Soul-Sounding Pearl controlling Tihun were not as severe as in the original trajectory, and the hidden dangers were even smaller.
In addition, his divine sense was strong enough that the effect of the Soul-Sounding Pearl was negligible.
"go back."
Han Li took in several spirit beasts and two external avatars.
Immediately after the escape light appeared, they prepared to return to Biling Island, which was 100,000 miles away.
But at that very moment, the sensing talisman on his chest burned, and his divine sense also sensed it.
His divine sense followed the sensation and traced the past, and his expression immediately changed slightly.
It turned out that thousands of feet underwater, a dark shadow was rushing straight towards him at great speed.
"A level seven Thunder Whale?"
This is a powerful demon beast that is equivalent to a level seven pure-blooded dragon.
There are such dangerous giants near Biling Island?
In a flash, a colossal whale, thousands of feet long and crackling with purple electric arcs, leaped out of the water, opened its massive jaws, and lunged at him.
Compared to such colossal creatures, the human body appears utterly tiny, like the size difference between a human and an ant.
The scene of the giant whale leaping out of the water was visually stunning.
The rapidly approaching gaping maw was even more awe-inspiring.
However, because Han Li had discovered it in advance and taken precautions, he easily dodged it.
This caused the giant thunder whale to miss its target entirely.
"Roar…"
The large creature, having failed in its first attack, suddenly turned its head and let out a roar. Its two relatively small eyes quickly ignited with two eerie purple flames.
At this moment, a single horn began to form on its forehead, gathering purple lightning around its body.
Seeing this, Han Li dodged and first activated the Azure Yuan Sword Shield on his body. Then, the magic shield flew out from his sleeve and blocked in front of him.
Before he could make any further moves, a thunderclap exploded on the opposite side, and thousands of bolts of lightning converged into a purple spear that shot out from the single horn on his forehead, fiercely striking the magical shield and knocking it away.
It then continued its rapid advance with little loss of momentum.
However, due to the obstruction of the small shield, the direction had already deviated, and the purple lightning spear missed its target after a flash, then exploded in the sky not far away, creating a lightning zone thousands of feet wide.
The Azure Yuan Sword and Shield then took effect, dispelling the spreading aftershocks during the dodge.
On the sword and shield light screen, ripples were formed by the scattered lightning arcs.
"Roar…"
The Thunder Whale roared again.
This peak-level seventh-grade thunder whale, thanks to the enhancement of its bloodline talent, has destructive power very close to that of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Its foundation is also not much weaker than that of a newly promoted Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Another purple lightning bolt immediately followed.
But this time, it wasn't a spear of lightning, but a pillar of purple lightning.
This beam of lightning is continuously emitted outwards, so it can be deflected as the head moves.
"Unavoidable."
Han Li judged the situation at a glance.
This time, he had no way to avoid it.
Just like when facing the scorching beam of light from a level 4 puppet giant tiger in the early to mid-stages of Foundation Establishment, there's no way to dodge it; you can only take the hit head-on.
Seeing the pillar of lightning about to sweep over, he quickly patted his spirit beast pouch and summoned two external avatars: "Attack!"
After the Wind Soul appeared, the wind-patterned ring on its left hand lit up with rings of silver light, like a nebula spreading out with the wind. At the same time, several thick wind walls layered upon each other in front of the three of them, forming a tight protective layer.
After Qu Hun appeared, he activated his brocade kasaya with all his might, forming a golden wall like a curtain. Qu Hun used the magic power cultivated through Buddhist techniques to activate the kasaya, maximizing its defensive effect.
Then there was the small magic shield, which, as Han Li retrieved it, once again blocked the wind wall and the brocade cassock.
next moment.
A beam of lightning, scorching the air itself, slammed into the wind wall.
The seemingly solid wind walls on the first few floors were instantly pierced.
Only the last few floors had a slightly slowing effect.
Next was the small magic shield, which was hit by the lightning beam and immediately blown away. This small magic shield was not of very high quality and could only exert 70% of its power, so it was even less able to withstand the charged attack of a level 7 peak demon beast with special bloodline.
The small shield was knocked away again, and this time, the spiritual light on it was much dimmer, indicating that it was damaged to some extent and would need some time to recover.
Fortunately.
The golden wall formed by the Buddhist brocade kasaya was quite stable. After the lightning pillar was weakened to some extent by the wind wall and the magic shield, it actually blocked all the remaining lightning.
The pillar of lightning dissipated, and Han Li and his two companions were unharmed.
This result seemed to be beyond the expectations of the intelligent Thunder Whale, which remained silent for a moment.
His response was the Wind Soul, which had completed its energy accumulation.
It is a wind-patterned ring that was fully activated by the wind-attribute magic power of the Wind Spirit Root.
On his left hand, he held an ancient wind-patterned ring. After infusing it with magical power, it transformed into a giant silver bow over ten feet long. With his right hand, he drew the bow, and a silver arrow formed from wind spiritual power swiftly materialized between the bow and the bowstring.
With a whooshing sound, the silver arrow, which was originally only two meters long, gradually expanded and, in the blink of an eye, transformed into a giant arrow tens of meters long.
The giant arrow hurtled straight toward the thunder whale thousands of feet away. The wind elemental power and the ring-shaped wind blades created a tornado, stirring up the air and causing a series of sharp sonic booms.
The level-seven Thunder Whale was caught off guard by Han Li's counterattack, and given its enormous size, it would have been difficult to dodge.
The arrow hit its mark and then exploded with a deafening roar.
The Thunder Whale was engulfed by the silver light and countless wind blades, and the protective demonic cloud around its body was instantly scattered into pieces. The killing intent seeped in, constantly tearing at the giant whale's flesh, causing the behemoth immense pain.
The magic javelins that Han Li personally threw, along with countless Azure Yuan sword beams, rained down and drilled into the gaps in the protective demonic cloud. However, the magic javelins were of average quality and did not cause much damage to the Thunder Whale.
It is at least far less lethal than the Wind Pattern Ring.
However, the Azure Origin Sword Light, formed by the Greatsword Technique, is a hundred-foot-long giant sword with considerable attack power and damage.
Qu Hun's hurled Vajra Pestle dealt high damage, striking through the gap in the protective demonic cloud, causing the Thunder Whale to roar in pain, its voice both shrill and violent.
"Unfortunately, if I had a suitable natal magic weapon, the effect of this attack would not have been to lightly injure it, but to severely damage it."
Han Li thought to himself.
the other side.
Having suffered a setback and a minor loss, Lei Jing's two small eyes revealed a look of frustration and annoyance.
Realizing it likely wouldn't be able to catch the human cultivator, it decisively plunged into the deep sea below. Without the slightest hesitation, its massive form submerged thousands of feet below in a matter of moments, disappearing completely in a few breaths.
Han Li used his divine sense to search, but after a long time he did not see the Thunder Whale attack a second time, and realized that the huge behemoth that was thousands of feet long had left.
"Fortunately, Qu Hun practiced Buddhist techniques and was able to refine the brocade kasaya. Otherwise, this would have been dangerous."
With the Wind Soul in his hands, the Wind Pattern Ring can unleash considerable high-damage attacks even with his early Core Formation stage cultivation.
It is more effective than activating the Wind Pattern Ring.
In Qu Hun's hands, the brocade cassock could also form a high-strength golden wall defense using Buddhist secret techniques. The Vajra Pestle, activated with the power of an early-stage Core Formation cultivator, could unleash damage comparable to that of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator—far exceeding the few percent of its original power.
Therefore, when his main body is fighting in a group, he only needs to act as the commander and coordinate the two.
"A counterattack comparable to three late-stage Core Formation level cultivators, that big guy must have had a tough time too, right?"
This time, it was a close call, but ultimately without serious harm.
But it also made him remember that thunder whale and even the entire thunder whale clan of the Chaotic Star Sea.
"Once I reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, I will definitely demand an explanation from the Thunder Whale clan."
He has always been on friendly terms with the Star Sea Demon Clan and has never taken the initiative to hunt high-level demon beasts.
He was dressed in a clean and innocent manner.
That level seven peak thunder whale deliberately bullied him, a kind-hearted person who disliked fighting and was clean and innocent.
Is this forcing him to go astray, forcing him to use his knife against the Star Sea Demon Clan, forcing him to go on a killing spree?
...
Return to Biling Island.
Han Li entered the spirit mine.
Next, we need to find the core spiritual eye of this enormous mineral vein and spiritual vein.
Moreover, he hasn't even found the top-grade wood spirit stone yet.
"If we could obtain that top-grade spirit stone, we might be able to form our Nascent Soul in one fell swoop!"
The elderly person is in very poor condition and is being kept alive by a ventilator.
The family is making a final push.
I went to see him again in the afternoon. He was so thin he was skin and bones, and his whole body was made of tubes.
I don't want my grandma to suffer anymore; at least she's seen me get married. I was in a rush to get married, partly because her health has been deteriorating this year. I was hoping she could get through this year and see the baby next year. But she's in so much pain; she can barely open her eyes. Our whole family is hoping for a miracle, hoping she'll get better.
At least it would be good to see the baby.
I was raised by my maternal grandparents. I was a left-behind child in the past. I wasn't around when my grandfather passed away, but I visit my maternal grandmother every day.
I'm really sorry for the updates these past two days.
There's not enough time.
It's also difficult to concentrate.
After this period, I will try to update more frequently.
(End of this chapter)