"An origin tribesman wants to challenge me …" Chen Zong was slightly surprised when he received the message from Jiao Yi. "But it seems like it's been a while."
Chen Zong had expected to be challenged, but he didn't expect it to be more than a year later.
According to the rules of the Nine Heavens Imperial Court, the challenger could only be a disciple of the same generation. In other words, it couldn't be a disciple of the previous generation challenging a disciple of the current generation. That would be against the rules. After all, the previous generation entered the Nine Heavens Imperial Court earlier and cultivated for a longer time, so they were usually stronger.
But on the other hand, if a disciple of the current generation was brave enough and strong enough, he could challenge a disciple of the previous generation.
Coincidentally, Chen Zong met Lin Ming.
"What's the name of the origin tribesman who wants to challenge you?" Lin Ming couldn't help but ask.
"Xi Zhang," Chen Zong replied.
"It's him." Lin Ming immediately frowned. Without waiting for Chen Zong to ask, he took the initiative to say, "Xi Zhang is considered one of the most outstanding people among this batch of origin clan members. A year ago, he had already passed the third level of the Battle Tower. In terms of strength, he should be ranked in the top ten among this batch of disciples."
"Third level of the Battle Tower, top ten …" Chen Zong couldn't help but look serious.
Chen Zong had challenged the Battle Tower once before, but was defeated in two strikes on the first level. Now, Chen Zong was confident that he could pass the first level, but the second level would be more difficult. As for how difficult it would be, he hadn't tried it yet, so he wasn't sure. As for the third level, the difficulty would increase again.
Chen Zong was confident about the first level. He wasn't sure about the second level, but it might be possible. As for the third level, based on his current strength, Chen Zong didn't feel confident about it.
"When is Xi Zhang's challenge?" Lin Ming asked again.
"Ten days later," Chen Zong said.
"Well, it's okay. Xi Zhang is very strong, there is no doubt about it. The Origin people have a very obvious innate advantage, and this is something that we humans can't compare with," Lin Ming said. "Even if he loses, it doesn't matter, as long as he is not afraid to fight."
In other words, Lin Ming was not optimistic about Chen Zong's chances either. After all, the West Staff was very strong, much stronger than Qi Wu and the other Origin clansmen.
"Oh right, do you have any questions about your cultivation?" Lin Ming changed the topic. He was a Fourth Realm cultivator after all, while Chen Zong was only at the Second Realm. The gap between the Second Realm and the Fourth Realm was not so easy to bridge. It was like the difference between heaven and earth.
No matter how strong a Second Realm cultivator was, even if they were strong enough to rival a weaker Third Realm cultivator, they would still be like ants in front of a Fourth Realm cultivator like you.
"Senior Lin Ming, I have some questions about body refining," Chen Zong said immediately.
"Body refining? I've never dabbled in it, nor have I deliberately tried to understand it." Even though Lin Ming was surprised that Chen Zong would ask about the Dao of Body Refinement, he still replied. "However, if you need it, I can recommend you to our Dao Alliance's Protector Tie Zhongling. He mainly cultivates in Body Refinement and has extraordinary attainments.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior," Chen Zong said immediately.
"Okay, but Tie Zhongling has been away for a while, and it will be a while before he returns. I'll recommend him to you then," Lin Ming said with a nod and a smile.
After bidding farewell to Lin Ming, Chen Zong headed to the Tower of Enlightenment.
From the outside, the Tower of Enlightenment looked like an illusion, but after entering, it was as if it was real, and there was no difference at all. It was very strange.
Chen Zong wanted to comprehend the Way of the Sword, so he stepped into the room with the word "Sword" carved on it.
The room was very spacious, and there was only a praying mat that emitted bits of silver light. On the wall, there was a picture scroll.
Chen Zong stepped into the room and carefully observed it. The praying mat was somewhat gorgeous, but other than that, he couldn't feel anything else. The picture scroll hanging on the wall also looked very ordinary. It was white with a few black marks on it, as if someone had casually scribbled on it.
Chen Zong looked at the four words above the picture scroll and read them aloud, "Nine Sword Picture!" But he didn't understand what they meant.
Immediately, Chen Zong walked to the praying mat and sat down. His whole body seemed to sink into it, and he became one with the praying mat. A very strange feeling arose spontaneously, and traces of a cool aura spread out from his body. It was like a myriad of streams returning to their origin, and flowed into his Spirit Sea.
All distracting thoughts disappeared in an instant, and they were replaced by a feeling of clarity. An incomparably clear feeling spread out.
His mind was clear, and his thoughts were unobstructed. A thought was like an aurora or lightning.
With this strange feeling, Chen Zong glanced at the picture scroll in front of him.
In an instant, he felt that the picture scroll had changed greatly. The few black ink scratches on it seemed to come alive in an instant, wriggling like dragons and snakes.
With the white background, it seemed to have transformed into a part of the world in an instant. The few ink scratches were like dragons and snakes dancing, and the wisps of aura emitted an amazing sharpness.
Sword Qi!
The ink dragons and snakes seemed to be condensed by the Sword Qi. Each wisp and each wisp contained a kind of unfathomable mystery, and Chen Zong couldn't help but be immersed in it.
It was as if Chen Zong had transformed into an ink dragon snake at that instant. He wandered about wantonly in that white world, patrolling in all directions.
Chen Zong forgot everything, including himself. Like a dragon, he was unrestrained and carefree.
In the beginning, the ink dragon and snake that Chen Zong had turned into was very small and thin. However, as it continued to wander, wisps of Sword Qi were born out of thin air and constantly condensed, causing the ink dragon and snake to continue to condense and grow. They became stronger and more majestic, gradually approaching the size of the other ink dragons and snakes.
Every wisp of Sword Qi in the ink dragon and snake was gradually transformed from Chen Zong's accumulation on the Way of the Sword since he embarked on the path of cultivation.
This was a kind of polishing, a kind of aggregation, and a kind of transformation that removed the impurities and retained the essences.
The transformation was carried out unconsciously. Chen Zong himself didn't know because he was completely immersed in this enlightenment.
After an unknown amount of time, the ink dragon and snake grew to their maximum size. They let out a series of resounding roars that reverberated through the heavens and earth. Wisps of Sword Qi surged around their bodies, as if they were going to tear everything apart.
In the next moment, the ink dragon and snake suddenly exploded, turning into countless wisps of Sword Qi that pierced through the air and suddenly dissipated into the white world. His consciousness also returned in an instant. Chen Zong's body shook unconsciously, and he instantly woke up.
After his consciousness returned, Chen Zong was still immersed in the aftertaste for a while before he truly woke up.
"This …" Once he woke up, Chen Zong felt that he was different.
In his body, there was an additional force.
In other words, the Way of the Sword of the Heart had been successfully separated into the complete Way of the Heart and Way of the Sword. It was equivalent to having an additional force of the Great Way.
Way of the Heart!
Way of the Sword!
Everything was complete. Then, as Chen Zong's thoughts moved, the power of the Way of the Heart and the Way of the Sword instantly overlapped, and their power increased by a lot.
"Indeed, it's as Mo Wuyi said." Chen Zong was secretly excited, and his eyes shone brightly.
Overlapping and merging the Way of the Great Way was something that many cultivators wanted.
However, the prerequisite was that one had to comprehend at least two Great Ways and master the power of two Great Ways. Most cultivators only comprehended and mastered one Great Way. Naturally, there was no need to talk about overlapping or merging.
Previously in the Trial Ground, Mo Luogu overlapped the power of two Great Ways, and his power had also increased significantly. In terms of absolute power, he had surpassed Chen Zong.
When he merged the power of two Great Ways into the Power of Dark Destruction, its power increased exponentially.
Chen Zong had been thinking about how to overlap the power of two Great Ways that he possessed. However, it was very difficult. It felt as if two tigers could not live on the same mountain.
The Demon Tribe and the Heavenly Human Tribe could do it because of their racial talents.
Now, he could do it too.
Overlapping the power of the Way of Heart and the power of the Way of the Sword.
"According to Mo Wuyi, I can overlap the power of the Way of the Heart and the power of the Way of the Sword because they were originally one, but now they are separated," Chen Zong said to himself, "But I can't merge them because they were not complete when they were one."
Two types of Great Dao powers superimposed, the power multiplied. In other words, Chen Zong's strength increased by several times from the original foundation.
The increase from the third level of the Yin Thunder Force and the initial success of the first level of the Annihilation Force of the Nine Heaven Breath Gale. Now, it was the combination of the two Great Ways.
The total increase of 90%?
No, that was not the case.
The 30% increase from the third level of the Yin Thunder Force was closely related to one's original attack power. After achieving the initial success of the Clear Wind Force, Chen Zong's attack power had increased by a lot. Naturally, the 30% increase would be more.
The same was true for the increase from the power of the Way.
Therefore, in terms of attack power, Chen Zong had definitely increased by more than two times compared to before.
The effect of a 10% increase or decrease in attack power was still very obvious, not to mention a doubling of the attack power.
It was like the impact of 50 kg of force and 200 kg of force. They were two different levels.
"Has it been five days?" Chen Zong recovered from his surprise and realized that there were still five days before the battle with the original tribe member, Xi Zhang.
"Then in these five days, I will meditate and improve myself as much as possible." Chen Zong thought to himself. He immediately left the Enlightenment Tower and went to the Sutra Depository. Firstly, he wanted to return the secret swordsmanship and cultivation experience that he had borrowed. Secondly, he wanted to choose other swordsmanship and master more of the mysteries of the Nine Stacks True Sword.
When the Way of the Sword of the Heart was separated into the complete Way of the Heart and the Way of the Sword, the Way of the Sword became pure. Chen Zong felt that it might be easier for him to comprehend swordsmanship.
This time, Chen Zong borrowed two swordsmanships from the Sutra Depository. They were the mysteries of the Nine Stacks True Sword: the Mysteries of Hardness and the Mysteries of Softness. When these two swordsmanships were cultivated to the extreme, they could be combined to combine hardness and softness.
With the mysteries of the two swordsmanships, Chen Zong quickly left the Taoist Union and returned to the Heart Sword Peak. He went straight into the Heart Sword Palace and began to meditate. As soon as he meditated, Chen Zong was delighted.
Double!
Compared to before, the effect of meditating had doubled. Under the Ten Intents of Mind, the efficiency was really amazing. Even Chen Zong was shocked.
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