Chapter 245 - 214: Means (2)

However.

BOOM!!

The Qilin Gang Qi, surging forth on the tide, was shattered with a single charge. Yang Xun’s figure seemed unstoppable as he met Zhao Xuanqi’s attack with a palm strike.

Zhao Xuanqi’s pupils contracted. He felt an indescribable force strike him, and his body flew backward uncontrollably.

BANG! BANG! BANG!!

Everywhere his body passed, the rain exploded into rings of air. He skipped across the surface of the sea like a stone, leaving a trail in his wake before finally crashing into a dozen-meter-high wave behind him.

BOOM!!

The massive wave exploded. Zhao Xuanqi’s body trembled as he released his Vibration Gang Qi to stabilize himself, parting the tide. He narrowed his eyes and looked at his opponent.

After using a Life-taking Technique, Yang Xun’s aura should have waned. Instead, a sharp light flashed in his eyes. The decline of his aura instantly halted as his Qi and Blood surged, his internal organs churned, and his cells regenerated. He forcibly stopped the backlash from the technique, his Physical Ability returning to its peak. With a tap of his foot, he charged at Zhao Xuanqi again.

This time, his aura changed once more.

His blood was like mercury, his bones like Vajra, and his body as heavy as mountains and rivers.

His movements seemed slow yet were fast. His face, tinged with shades of blue and red, wore an expression of sorrow.

It was as if mountains and rivers were shattered, the rain fell upon the lost, the nation was no more, and the people could not survive.

A great minister of the state, shattering his own body to set an example for the world.

This technique was called Sacrifice Life for Righteousness!

It was another Life-taking Technique.

Blood was the rivers, lakes, and seas. Flesh and bone were the mountains and plains. Together, they formed the homeland and the world.

The homeland shatters, flesh and blood explode—and in this moment of crisis, it transforms into endless potential, erupting forth.

After one Life-taking Technique, he had unleashed another!!

This reminded Zhao Xuanqi of the intelligence he had on Yang Xun.

The inheritor of the ancient Secret Transmission, "Immortal Divine Will," known as "Undying" Yang Xun!

Now, he was beginning to understand.

He had witnessed a sliver of Immortal Divine Will from Sun Yunyong before. Relying on this Secret Transmission, Sun Yunyong had been able to ignore injuries and pain during battle, unleashing his greatest potential at all times, right up until the moment he died fighting.

But with Yang Xun’s Martial Dao having entered the Harmony realm, it surely wouldn’t be so simple.

Zhao Xuanqi guessed that this man’s Harmony ability was likely based on his Immortal Divine Will. It stimulated his body’s immense potential—as long as his will didn’t falter, his Physical Ability wouldn’t fail. This allowed him to forcibly stimulate his life force, reverse his injuries, and rapidly restore his body to peak condition in the blink of an eye.

This ability seemed somewhat similar to that of the Neon Martial Artist he had encountered before, Shechuan Ancient. However, Shechuan Ancient could only regenerate five times. He had no idea to what extent this Yang Xun could go.

BOOM!!

A palm strike filled the air, like the sky itself was collapsing, the heavens pressing down.

Zhao Xuanqi’s figure flickered, and he seemed to transform at will. In an instant, he changed from an ordinary man into a towering giant, his body exceeding three meters in height and his arms becoming like those of an Exotic Beast.

The immense impact caved in the surface of the water. Even Zhao Xuanqi dared not meet such a terrifying burst of power head-on. His body trembled as he could only execute a Force Transformation and quietly retreat.

Unrelenting, Yang Xun pressed his attack again.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!

Life-taking! Life-taking! Life-taking!!

In six or seven consecutive attacks, Yang Xun unleashed completely different Life-taking Burst techniques. After each burst, he remained completely unharmed. The powerful ability of his Immortal Divine Will instantly repaired his body through his Spirit, restoring him to peak condition.

Every move was a life-taker!

Zhao Xuanqi now understood completely. Until Yang Xun’s Physical Ability was utterly depleted, he could probably use these Life-taking Techniques without limit.

’Perhaps what are Forbidden, Life-taking Techniques for others are just ordinary attacks for him.’

The man seemed to possess an "Undying Body." Perhaps that was the origin of his title.

Zhao Xuanqi’s guess was exactly right. Yang Xun’s Martial Dao was founded on his Immortal Divine Will, and its greatest strength was his body’s regenerative ability. As long as his Physical Ability held out, he was like one who possessed an Undying Body. However, this focus came at a cost: the offensive power of his Martial Dao was weaker than that of Harmony Martial Artists who specialized in killing techniques. Thus, he had scoured the world for all manner of Forbidden Secret Techniques to use as his attacks, greatly compensating for this weakness.

Harmony Martial Artists stood at the pinnacle of the Divine Land’s Martial Dao. The strength of a long-established veteran expert like Yang Xun, in particular, far exceeded Zhao Xuanqi’s expectations!

Even on Blue Star in his previous life, with the aid of all sorts of high-tech methods, very few could ever reach such a level.

As the two clashed, Zhao Xuanqi was actually being forced back step by step!

’It seems he really has just stepped into Harmony. Hasn’t he fully developed his Physical Ability and the various mysteries of his body yet?’

Yang Xun seemed to understand. Although Zhao Xuanqi’s techniques were impeccable, worthy of a Grandmaster, he had, after all, only been in the Harmony realm for a short time. ’This makes sense,’ he thought.

However, just as he thought their sparring match could end there and prepared to withdraw, he suddenly saw a cold glint flash in Zhao Xuanqi’s eyes and felt a sense of threat.

He clearly saw the flesh and blood surging all over Zhao Xuanqi’s body. A booming sound erupted from his internal organs, and his entire spiritual presence underwent a massive change.

Before this, Zhao Xuanqi’s transformative ability had always been limited to his flesh and blood. But this time, his transformation had surpassed that.

Under the control of his Spirit, his internal organs also began to transform.

’The abilities of a normal human’s organs are, after all, too weak.’

’To obtain a body perfectly suited for combat, how could the transformation be limited to just muscles and bones?!’

It was only because Zhao Xuanqi’s mastery of the Martial Dao had been far from reaching such a realm before.

Back then, during the battle at the Martial Arts Association Headquarters, Zhao Xuanqi had displayed the characteristics of Harmony and had already transformed into his Qilin form.

But because he had not yet truly reached the Harmony realm, his Qilin form was only partially released and incomplete.

The reason it was incomplete was precisely that only his body had transformed, not his internal organs!

The internal organs govern the body’s energy supply and circulation. Without the powerful supply from the organs, how could the body possibly unleash its ultimate strength?

Below the Harmony realm, one’s control is insufficient. The internal organs are so interconnected that a single change can affect the entire body, so one cannot alter them at will, or they would risk immediate death. But now, in the Harmony realm, with his Intent Reaching All Over the Body, that danger no longer existed.

GURGLE! GURGLE!!

Internal organs, muscles, skin, and bones!

A true Exotic Beast manifested upon the vast sea, standing atop the raging tides, its form now completely revealed to the world.

Hundred Beasts Fist, Qilin!!

BANG!!

A rumble emanated from Zhao Xuanqi’s abdomen as Sound Waves spread out. He stomped down on the tide.

Around his body, rings of light like auspicious clouds appeared. They reflected off the surrounding splashes of water, refracting faint rainbows.

A powerful Physical Ability strengthens the body’s radiant aura, causing it to generate its own light.

Back then, when Yue Shu of the Beidou Sect activated his Seven-Star Life Palace, his Physical Ability had surged, and he was able to condense the Seven-Star Lamp behind his head. Given the sheer power of Zhao Xuanqi’s Physical Ability in his complete Qilin form, how could there not be a corresponding phenomenon?

When a Qilin appears, auspicious signs are born.

’What is this?’

Yang Xun’s pupils constricted slightly. He never expected Zhao Xuanqi to have such a trump card.

He used his Immortal Divine Will as the foundation for his Harmony. Although it gave him an undying ability, it was skewed toward life force. His physical power for killing techniques was not at its absolute limit; he could only smooth over that gap with Forbidden Secret Techniques. Even with his years of accumulation, his Physical Ability was now inferior to that of Zhao Xuanqi, who had revealed his complete Qilin form.

SWISH!!

In his Qilin form, Zhao Xuanqi’s body suddenly flashed forward, entangling him with Yang Xun.

With his speed, strength, and reflexes greatly enhanced, combined with his own Grandmaster-level fighting skills, the two exchanged dozens of blows, yet neither could gain the upper hand!

Upon the sea, the storm suddenly intensified. Massive waves shattered, and the fierce winds roared like thunder.

Perhaps it was because the clash of their auras was too intense, or perhaps it was just a natural change in the weather, but the wind and thunder gradually subsided. The heavy rain stopped, and the dark clouds that had blanketed the sky slowly began to part.

BOOM!!

After one final, explosive collision, the two separated by a dozen meters, standing opposite each other. Neither made another move.

The rain stopped completely. The clouds and mist parted to reveal the clear sky. A sliver of moonlight pierced through the clouds, descending from the heavens to envelop the two men standing on the surface of the sea in a silver glow.

It was as if, in the midst of the boundless ocean, the two of them were the focus of heaven and earth.

Beneath the moonlight, Yang Xun was silent. He had never imagined that Zhao Xuanqi, having only just entered the Harmony realm, could have already reached such a level. It was simply inconceivable.