Chapter 392 Secret Technique: The Lock of Heaven - The Maple State Incident
Aside from magic treasures, there are only two fourth-tier spiritual items.
—【Storm Stone】, 【Heavenly Jade】!
The former can accelerate the cultivation speed of wind attribute techniques and is Qingyi's most treasured possession, while the latter comes from Yunyan's storage ring.
It can be integrated into the Demon Dragon Armor as equipment.
In terms of magical treasures, the Azure Ruler and the Ever-Changing Heavenly Net Smoke are both low-grade fourth-order natal magical treasures, and their effects are really not that great. These things are most powerful when they are in the hands of their masters.
Once it fell into Wang Yu's hands, it was almost useless except for refining some equipment. The Heavenly Net Smoke was also difficult to restore, as this kind of cloud-like magic weapon was too special.
We'll discuss the specifics of how to handle it later.
The divine sense treasure, the Divine Splitting Needle, revealed by the Green-Clad Ancestor, is suitable for Wang Yu to use, as he has always been ahead of his cultivation level in terms of divine sense.
When used in a sneak attack, its effect is no less than that of the Blood Slaughter Heart Sword.
In terms of supernatural powers and secret techniques, the gains were minimal.
Even the patriarchs of a family don't carry the cultivation techniques they've practiced with them. They usually keep them in the family's inheritance area, and other scattered methods are not very useful.
The greatest value of capturing and killing these two Nascent Soul cultivators lies in their own bodies. Their corpses can be used to feed the Thunder Corpse. With such abundant nutrition, they only need to find a suitable breakthrough material.
Lei Shi's advancement to the fourth tier is practically a done deal.
In this way, it can continue to be a useful helper for Wang Yu in battles at the Nascent Soul level, and the Yellow Springs Grudge Puppet has already proven to be worth the price.
Given the potential of the mutant Thunder Corpse, Tier 3 is definitely not the limit. On the contrary, the Taiyin Fiend Corpse is a relatively low-end mutant. Even if it can be cultivated to Tier 4, the cost would be too high.
It is currently in a state of semi-abandonment.
As expected, the peak of the third tier is the final stage of this Taiyin Sha Corpse.
After resting for a few days, Wang Yu went into seclusion for half a month.
When the appointed time arrived, he went out to retrieve the Void Secret Technique he had obtained in exchange for 100,000 battle merits.
The central hub of the Cloud Sky Warship.
He came alone this time.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, is this the portion of the Void Dao Treasury that you selected? Did you sense the slipperiness of the teleportation technique and choose it specifically?"
"yes."
Wang Yu agreed, saying that Nascent Soul cultivators were indeed too difficult to capture and kill. Qingyi had let him escape once, and Yunyan was probably careless this time.
What was even more unexpected was that none of the four Nascent Soul cultivators at Qifeng Pass noticed the problem. If they had provided support along the way or launched a surprise attack, the outcome would have been completely different.
He truly deserves the title of "Demon Slayer Vanguard".
Yang Lei Zhenjun nodded.
"This is the one-time transmission jade slip for the [Secret Technique: Lock of Heaven]. Before accepting the inheritance, one must make a Heavenly Oath and this True Spirit Contract."
This is considered a traditional procedure; he had the same experience when he received the inheritance of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect.
This time it's just a different contract, the terms are pretty much the same.
After confirming that there were no problems, Wang Yu successfully obtained the secret technique inheritance. The Void Dao Canon was divided into nine categories, all of which were inheritances related to the Great Dao of Space.
The [Heavenly Lock] he chose is a top-tier fourth-order secret technique. When cultivating it, one needs to absorb the power of space and condense it into silver locks. The more locks condensed, the more domineering the effect becomes.
It can not only block spatial teleportation abilities, but also stabilize collapsing space, and even "fish" in the void. It is also an excellent means to bind enemies.
Practicing this secret method is somewhat like creating something from nothing.
It is quite similar to the art of weapon crafting.
The spatial silver lock condensed during the cultivation process will transform into a semi-real state. When it is not activated, it is merely a spatial silver pattern on the nascent soul.
Once activated, it can transform into chains, sealing off a space.
There is almost no delay, and the range of effect depends on the length of the space silver lock.
In general.
This is a secret technique with no upper limit; the longer one cultivates it, the more powerful it becomes. The only difficulty lies in absorbing the power of space, which is formless and intangible.
In the normal world, spatial power almost never leaks out.
Unless you find a special terrain for cultivation, such as a dangerous place full of spatial rifts, or some kind of celestial wonder related to space.
It is more difficult to capture than spiritual energy, malevolent energy, or blood energy...
besides.
There are also shortcuts, such as absorbing spiritual materials with spatial attributes.
However.
As a prison world chosen by powerful beings from the upper realm, the Ice Prison Realm has been reinforced to be extremely stable. Even Nascent Soul cultivators can only shake it through top-level secret techniques or divine abilities.
Spatial rifts seem to not exist.
Spiritual materials with spatial attributes are extremely rare, and they have completely disappeared after the end of the ancient era.
In the current cultivation world, storage bags can still be made.
For storage rings that can contain a vast universe within a single stone, the ability to mass-produce them has been lost.
This is why Wang Yu has a penchant for collecting and storing items.
He had at least three hundred or five hundred storage rings in his hand. He melted them all down and turned them into materials with spatial attributes, which could even be used to refine fourth-order magic weapons.
This thing is very important; Wang Yu will need it sooner or later.
After receiving the inheritance jade and turning it into ashes, True Monarch Yang Lei asked, "How was it? Are you confident you can cultivate it successfully?"
"It should be possible."
Even when he is absolutely certain, he never speaks with absolute certainty.
While pondering.
He placed the Secret Technique Heavenly Lock into the storage slot. This thing is similar to the Corpse Demon Secret Technique, constantly feeding back spatial power, and automatically condensing spatial silver patterns on the nascent soul's chest.
No need to ponder, the placement bar will automatically start cultivation.
Skip class!
This step alone can save a lot of time. The space bar draws spatial power from somewhere and can cultivate on its own, so Wang Yu doesn't need to worry about it at all.
After bidding farewell to True Lord Yang Lei, Wang Yu returned to his temporary cave dwelling.
He has begun seclusion again.
As a newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivator, he still has a lot to do.
…………
…………
As time goes by.
The attack on Qifeng Pass by the Lei Huo Guan cultivators gradually turned from a blitzkrieg into a war of attrition. Even with one less Nascent Soul cultivator on the opposing side, it was difficult to achieve a breakthrough victory.
To some extent, Yang Lei Zhenjun's idea of taking Qifeng Pass failed. He did not arrange any inside agents, and even if he did, they were in the Southern Broken Realm Mountains, not Qifeng Pass.
The war of attrition lasted for nearly eight months.
That day.
Yang Lei Zhenjun led the Lei Huo Guan team to prepare for retreat. Wang Yu, who had just become the Demon Subduing General, did not participate in a single battle and simply stayed in seclusion in the rear until the end.
It's truly baffling.
Fortunately, Lei Yao had a good relationship with him and specially helped him answer his questions.
On the Cloud Warship, he smiled apologetically and explained, "Zidian used some tricks to force Uncle Li to change his mind. Although the matter was not accomplished... the temple still cannot fully trust you."
In layman's terms, he still holds the military rank, but he has lost real power.
Although Wang Yu didn't care much about this, it didn't mean he could tolerate just anyone lording it over him. Theoretically, he had joined the Mara Clan, not the Thunderfire Temple!
Zi Dian was a prodigy who became famous at a young age.
He broke through to the Nascent Soul realm with great pride, and his life was smooth sailing. This was completely different from someone like him who had gone through hardships. The difference between the Taihu Lake environment and the Chiyuan environment was significant.
It was also the breeding ground for his arrogant and unruly personality.
Ge Chiyuan's nascent soul had already been stolen by someone underhanded. He still needed to think about how to deal with it.
in addition.
The lack of trust was a premise that he was unaware of the situation. The Thunderfire Temple had issued a death order, not only to Yang Lei Zhenjun, but also to keep Lei Yao silent.
Until recently.
With the strategic objective achieved, the army temporarily withdrew to the south, and only then did Lei Yao come to explain to him.
It's very simple.
The southern part of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect was invaded by the Joyful Union Demon Sect. The battlefield was on the edge of Blood Abyss Prefecture, and Black Mountain Pass was nearby. All the original cooperation was overturned.
The two sides confronted each other and fought until their brains were splattered.
Elite teams of Taihu cultivators used this pass as a forward base to infiltrate Blood Abyss Prefecture and assassinate city lords in various places, though the number of successful assassinations was not many.
These are indeed all sobering examples.
What if the next one is a Nascent Soul cultivator? Or what if it's a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator?
In this way...
This drew a lot of energy from the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect. At the same time, the frenzied all-out attack by the Yellow Spring Temple on the eastern battlefield also put immense pressure on them.
They had to use even more force, and it was unclear whether it was due to the harshness of their usual oppression or the lingering effects of what happened in the Heavenly Demon Bone Forest.
The Yellow Springs Temple seems to be serious about this.
From Yunling Prefecture in the south to Feng Prefecture in the north, the entire front was embroiled in fierce fighting.
The existence of these two battlefields has tied down too many powerful figures, so True Monarch Yang Lei arrived with five Cloud Sky Warships to launch a feint attack.
They were trying to squeeze more of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect's remaining resources.
It was later discovered that the people were transferred from Fengzhou, and they were quickly deemed to be outwardly strong but inwardly weak and short-handed.
The western pass of Fengzhou—[Binghe Pass]!
It has been captured by the 100,000-strong army of cultivators jointly formed by the Biyun Sect and Wangyue Palace, and is now approaching Fengzhou, beginning a local war of conquest and plunder.
The news has not yet spread, but it has been confirmed.
Upon learning this information, Wang Yu was surprised and somewhat suspicious.
What are the powerful figures of the Holy Sect doing? Why are they so lazy?
The current army of cultivators will be divided into two groups. One group will head south to garrison Heishan Pass, while the other group will retreat to a bridgehead-type fortified city outside Qifeng Pass.
Be on guard against the Red Kite cultivators pouring out from Qifeng Pass to launch a surprise attack on Taihu Spiritual Domain. Their mission is complete, and a rough estimate puts the casualties at at least 30,000.
It was hard to see any regret in his words; all that remained was excitement and a desire for military achievements.
The number 30,000 has no impact on them.
The simplest estimate is that the population of Taihu Lake is more than ten times that of Chiyuan, and the number of cultivators should be at least ten times that. However, this estimate is not very accurate.
The actual number of cultivators is probably around fifteen to eighteen times that, potentially forming a cultivator army of tens of millions.
In comparison, 30,000 is indeed insignificant.
With her mind wandering to all sorts of things, Lei Yao told him the truth and then asked him a question.
"What are your plans next, fellow Daoist?"
Wang Yu laughed.
"Which way is Miss Lei going?"
"I will head north to Fengzhou and join the Moro Clan to continue gathering the refugees caused by the war there. We will first send them to the territory of the Demon Cat Clan, and then transfer them back to the territory under the Lei Huo Guan."
She explained in great detail, clearly knowing what Wang Yu was investigating, and he, just as she had expected, readily agreed.
"I'll go beat up that Zidian, then we'll leave."
Lei Yao sighed helplessly, blinked her beautiful eyes repeatedly, and said with a mischievous smile, "Hurry up, I'll go prepare the mount."
It seems she also dislikes Zidian.
This damn military rank is better off gone.
After thinking for a moment, Wang Yu wiped his face and immediately transformed into the form of Zi Dian. However, the body of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy had the face of a young man, which looked extremely strange.
His disguise technique, rather than being a concealment, seemed more like a mockery.
That's unbeatable.
Once Lei Yao relayed the message, Wang Yu immediately took action.
After more than half a year of healing.
The dark scar that ran across Zidian Zhenjun's face had shrunk considerably, now only five inches long, making it look like a tattoo.
His ferocity and terror were also a symbol of his shame.
Before his injuries had fully healed, he would not step out of the cave, as Zi Dian did not want too many people to see him in this state.
Being overly concerned with the opinions of others is also one of the psychological flaws of geniuses like him.
I'm mentally estimating how long it will take before I can leave the country.
Suddenly I heard someone calling from the doorway.
"True Lord, True Lord, something terrible has happened!"
"That barbarian Wang is going around shouting that you're avoiding battle, have no shame..."
Boom!
With a loud bang, the cave door was kicked open.
Zidian was furious.
"He dares..."
Before he could finish speaking, a short, stout man appeared before him, his face bearing two symmetrical black scars, whether intentional or not.
Like a silent mockery, a wicked smile appeared on his face, and a fist the size of a sandbag came crashing down on him.
Zidian is young and lacks the experience of the older generation. He has limited means of dealing with sudden attacks and is unlikely to be able to use them in an emergency.
certainly.
The most crucial issue is that this is the main base of the Thunderfire Sect's army of cultivators, and he never imagined that someone would openly launch a sneak attack on him.
If you don't anticipate, you won't take precautions.
"—Thump!"
Wang Yu's simple straight punch, under the force field constraint of the Silver Blood Divine Power, struck Zi Dian's left eye very solidly, sending him flying backward, dizzy and disoriented.
Wang Yu followed up with another kick.
The explosive acceleration creates a wonderful feeling of playing volleyball, and with exquisite control, not a single sound is made.
This beating lasted for a full three breaths.
I hit him at least several hundred times.
The punches and kicks were aimed at vital points, and the force penetrated the body's surface, leaving behind hidden energy within the flesh and bones that could explode at the slightest touch, although it wouldn't cripple Zi Dian's body.
But it will also allow him to suffer for a while.
at this time.
Amidst the immense force, True Monarch Zidian regained his senses and immediately roared.
"king……"
As soon as I opened my mouth, I strangely discovered that it felt like there was something stuck in my throat, and I couldn't make a sound or shout.
His face turned purplish-red, resembling a pig's liver.
Wang Yu smiled, his hand stealthily brushing against Zi Dian's fingers, and used his divine sense to notify Lei Yao, who was waiting outside, just as Zi Dian erupted with fierce lightning.
The top of the cave was directly lifted open, and Lei Yao rode a black, divine eagle through it. Wang Yu then jumped on, and the two of them, riding together, flew directly north at an incredibly fast speed.
Wang Yu and Lei Yao glanced at the Purple Lightning Cave behind them, which was filled with impotent rage but was restricted by internal force and unable to move. They laughed silently.
Wang Yu casually tossed a storage ring with purple electric patterns on it and explained to Lei Yao.
"I'll only take the items inside that are worth spirit stones; I'll trouble Miss Lei to return the rest."
"It's alright."
I fell asleep in the middle of the night last night, so this chapter should count as yesterday's.
I'll ask for leave on January 1st.
(o_0)
(End of this chapter)
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