On the surface of the earth, the elders from the major factions of Bright Sword Continent were divided into different groups, waiting for their return.
There was only one person from Skyscraper Society. He had his hands behind his back, his face full of arrogance. When his eyes swept past, the light in his eyes made people tremble with fear, not daring to look at him directly.
Maniac!
He was second only to the society leader of Skyscraper Society. He was also a famous expert in Bright Sword Continent. Everyone was afraid that he would suddenly go crazy and attack.
While guarding against Maniac, Elder Tang Yaohe and the others were waiting for the Earthvein Tide to end and for the Empyrean Society to return.
"It's been half a month. I wonder how they're doing?" A Profound Heaven expert transmitted his voice.
"Sacrifices are inevitable." Another Profound Heaven expert said.
Entering the Earthstring Tide was an opportunity, but it was also a matter of fighting. Of course, there would be danger, and death would be unavoidable.
"I hope a few of them can survive."
Elder Tang Yaohe didn't say anything, but he also hoped that the seven members of the Extreme Heaven Association could survive. Of course, this was an extravagant hope. Sacrificing one's life was inevitable, and Elder Tang Yaohe undoubtedly hoped that Chen Zong would survive.
"With his strength, the chances of him surviving are very high." Tang Yaohe said secretly.
If Elder Tang Yaohe knew that not only did Chen Zong survive, but he was also doing very well and had achieved a major breakthrough in his cultivation, he would be very surprised.
… …
His body was like a flowing light as he swept across the ground. His speed was so fast that it was not inferior to when he used the Profound Heart Transformation Technique with all his might. It should be known that Chen Zong did not use any movement technique at the moment. He was merely walking forward.
The reason why Chen Zong didn't use the Profound Heart Transformation Art was because he wanted to further control his own strength and better sense the fluctuations of the earth and the power of the earthvein.
"The cultivation of the Earth Spirit Realm can be divided into three parts. The first part is the cultivation base. Simply increasing one's cultivation base is to condense the earthvein whirlpool and then split it until there are nine whirlpools." Chen Zong thought to himself as he carefully sensed the earth's fluctuations.
The second part was the application of the power of the earthvein.
That's right, an expert of the earth spirit realm could manipulate the power of the earth veins for their own use.
For example, the miraculous ability of shrinking the earth into an inch was an application of the power of the ley lines, and it wasn't something that all earth spirit realm practitioners could do.
The third part was naturally martial arts.
However, strictly speaking, the third part linked up a cultivator's entire life. No matter what realm one was at, martial arts would always exist. It would grow and multiply endlessly, and it was impossible to break away from it.
Now, Chen Zong couldn't continue to improve his cultivation because of his martial arts. However, that didn't stop him from further comprehending the power of the earth veins and grasping the essence on a deeper level.
Using his feet to measure the ground, he carefully sensed the fluctuations of the power of the earth vein while searching for earth vein stones.
Earth Vein Stones were often buried under the ground, so they couldn't be seen with the naked eye. They could only rely on their senses.
Now that he'd broken through to the earth spirit realm, his senses for the power of the ley lines had become even clearer, and he could more easily sense the existence of the ley line stones.
"The power of the ley lines is the embodiment of the power of the earth. It's vigorous, pure, magnificent, and as deep as the ocean …"
As he continued to comprehend, traces of understanding appeared in his mind. Chen Zong's understanding of the power of the ley lines deepened, and the deeper his understanding, the higher his application of the power of the ley lines. Chen Zong's accumulation in the Extreme Mortal realm was incomparably vigorous, and his foundation was incomparably solid. This caused Chen Zong to need to absorb even more power of the ley lines in the process of breaking through to the earth spirit realm, and the power of the ley lines could only be described by the merging of the power of the ley lines.
The more power of the ley lines he absorbed, the deeper his understanding of the power of the ley lines would become. Therefore, although Chen Zong's cultivation was only at the beginning of the first level of the earth spirit realm, his understanding and application of the power of the ley lines surpassed many of the first and second level of the earth spirit realm. Even an ordinary third level of the earth spirit realm might not be able to compare to Chen Zong.
As he walked, Chen Zong suddenly stopped in his tracks.
He closed his eyes, and with his body as the center, his perception continuously spread out, as if his body had merged with the earth.
Within his perception, Chen Zong "saw" a piece of ley line stone fifteen meters underground. The ley line stone was the size of a human head, and was the largest ley line stone he'd ever seen. In addition, Chen Zong could feel the vigorous power of the ley lines contained within the ley line stone.
The ley line energy contained within the earth naturally couldn't compare to the ley line energy within the ley line stone. After all, the ley line stone was the concentration of the ley line energy within the earth.
"Perhaps the effect of using the ley line stone to comprehend the power of the ley lines would be better." A thought flashed through Chen Zong's mind. Chen Zong had never thought about this before, because he had already concluded that the Earthvein Stone was something that could be used to increase one's cultivation like a spiritual source. Now, it seemed that it could also be used to comprehend the mysteries of the Earthvein Stone.
"Would the effect be better if I used ley line stone essence?" Chen Zong thought to himself, and then another thought popped into his mind, "Would the effect be better if I used ley line spring to comprehend the power of the ley line energy?"
As these thoughts popped into his mind, Chen Zong's closed eyes suddenly opened, emitting a terrifying light.
After taking out the ley line stone that was buried fifteen meters underground, Chen Zong moved again. This time, he used his body movement technique, which increased his speed by several times, making him incomparably fast.
Fortunately, Chen Zong found another ley line spring. Although it wasn't big, Chen Zong didn't want to absorb the ley line energy within, but instead, he wanted to comprehend the mysteries within.
Sitting cross-legged in the ley line spring, Chen Zong closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and began to comprehend.
While comprehending, Chen Zong didn't forget to be vigilant of his surroundings. Everything within a radius of 100,000 meters was within his perception. If there was any movement, Chen Zong would know. Unless the opponent's strength was much higher than Chen Zong's, Chen Zong wouldn't be able to sneak up on Chen Zong.
If the opponent's strength was much higher than Chen Zong's, there was no need to sneak up on him.
The fluctuations became clearer and clearer. Chen Zong felt as if his body was melting into a pool of water, into a wisp of aura, permeating the ley line spring, as if he had become one of the ley line energy.
In the ley line spring, the ley line energy that Chen Zong had transformed into was like a dragon, roaming freely and playing with the other ley line energies.
The mysteries of ley line energy were further presented in Chen Zong's mind and soul, and Chen Zong had further grasped them.
Enlightenment surged and deepened.
This kind of comprehension would also consume the ley line energy, but it wasn't as fast as direct absorption.
After an unknown period of time, Chen Zong's sea of consciousness suddenly shook, and he instantly broke away from the state of integration. When he woke up, the ley line energy in the ley line spring had been completely consumed.
In an instant, countless spiritual lights emerged in his sea of consciousness, like a flood breaking through a dam, and Chen Zong almost lost his mind.
This feeling came and went quickly, and it only lasted for a moment. Chen Zong opened his eyes, and countless profundities flowed within them. They were as resplendent as the stars, as deep as the starry sky, and as heavy as the earth.
That was his comprehension of ley line energy. Gradually, Chen Zong's eyes became clear again.
Immediately after, Chen Zong's figure disappeared from where he was, and flashed ten meters away.
Flashing again, he was ten meters away again. Chen Zong was like a child who had gotten his favorite toy, flashing continuously. Every time he flashed, he was ten meters away, appearing and disappearing mysteriously, making it difficult for others to grasp his movements.
After flashing dozens of times, Chen Zong finally stopped, and the joy on his face was restrained.
Ground Shrink!
That's right, this was a unique ability that an earth spirit realm practitioner could grasp: Ground Shrink.
Only with a deep enough understanding and application of ley line energy would one be able to grasp the miraculous ability of Ground Shrink.
In other words, Ground Shrink was a sign that distinguished an earth spirit realm practitioner from an elite.
Generally speaking, an earth spirit realm practitioner had to at least reach the fourth level of the earth spirit realm to have a chance of grasping Ground Shrink. There were even some who had to reach the seventh level of the earth spirit realm to grasp Ground Shrink. Those who grasped Ground Shrink before the fourth level of the earth spirit realm were usually geniuses. The earlier one grasped it, the higher one's innate talent.
There were very few people like Chen Zong, who was only at the initial first level of the earth spirit realm and had grasped Ground Shrink not long after breaking through. It could even be said that he was the only one since ancient times.
Chen Zong also understood this point, so he couldn't help but be a little excited. Soon after, he calmed down.
At least, the Blue Waves Continent wasn't the only world that existed in this void. At least in that vast and mighty world, he had obtained the first three transformations of the Will Change. That world was absolutely many times more powerful than the Blue Waves Continent. In that kind of world, there were even more geniuses. Perhaps his innate talent would appear mediocre in that kind of world.
People shouldn't be complacent. Complacency was tantamount to cutting off one's own path forward.
"The principle of Ground Shrink is to use the power of the earth vein to propel one's body, and not rely on one's own speed." Chen Zong thought inwardly and analyzed it on a deeper level.
"Ground Shrink doesn't make one's body truly disappear. Instead, under the propulsion of the earth vein's power, one's speed would be increased to the extreme. Only then would one be able to achieve something similar to teleportation. However, a magical ability like Ground Shrink can only be used on the ground. Once one leaves the ground, it will lose its effect."
"The deeper one's understanding of the earth vein's power, the farther one can travel when using Ground Shrink."
"Currently, the range of my perception of the earth vein's power is one hundred thousand meters. In other words, I can increase the range of Ground Shrink to one hundred thousand meters in an instant."
One hundred thousand meters in an instant. This was undoubtedly a very shocking distance, and also a very shocking speed. It was many times faster than simply using a movement skill.
Under normal circumstances, the initial first level of the earth spirit realm's perception of the earth vein's power was ten thousand meters. However, Chen Zong's range was ten times that of the normal standard, which was undoubtedly even more shocking.
Mastering Spatial Shrinking not only allowed Chen Zong to greatly improve his ability to chase after enemies, but also his ability to escape.
As the thought flashed through his mind, Chen Zong tried again. This time, he flashed and appeared 20 meters away, which meant that Chen Zong was getting more and more familiar with the ability of Distance Shrinking.
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