When did this figure appear? I didn’t even notice it?! Could it be that Takeda Genyi has a master by his side?
“Please spare him, my friend. I hope you can let Takeda go!” The voice was pleading, but the person still had their back to me, showing no signs of desperation.
I chuckled and said fiercely, “I, Xia Tian, have yet to meet someone I can’t kill! I don’t care what you are; if you block me again, I’ll take you down too!” With that, I sprang up from the ground, and as my fist surged forward, a dragon’s roar echoed.
Though my words were exaggerated, this figure exerted immense pressure on me.
“Hmph, prideful soldiers are bound to fail!” The male figure turned his head and raised his fist to clash with mine.
To my surprise, this guy turned out to be an old man. At first, I thought he was a robust man in his twenties or thirties, with long hair cascading down his shoulders, as black as ink, and a straight posture.
If it weren’t for that long black beard, I would have sworn he was a young man.
Boom!
The two fists collided with a thunderous crash. I staggered back several steps before regaining my balance, while the old man remained completely still.
A master, definitely a master!
I thought that with my current strength, I could at least match Long Qingyang, but this old man felt even stronger than him. It seemed that this time, killing Takeda Genyi would be difficult!
“Dragon Battles the Eight Desolations?! You are Long Qingyang’s disciple!” To my surprise, the old man seemed even more flustered than I was. Gritting his teeth, he waved his hand, and both he and Takeda Genyi vanished from the spot.
The members of the Karate Club had all fainted without me noticing, likely the old man’s doing.
I was astonished that such a master existed in the East.
I had always thought that only Huaxia had ancient martial arts, but it turned out that the East had them too, and they were this strong. Were their Ninjas equivalent to the cultivators of Huaxia? The more I thought about it, the more alarmed I became. It seemed that every country had its own secrets.
Since those members had already been knocked out by the old man, they would probably wake up with no memory of what happened, saving me some trouble.
The old man must have been afraid of exposure.
However, I was still puzzled. When I exchanged blows with that old man, it felt like I was hitting something intangible, as if I wasn’t striking flesh.
Could it be that once one’s cultivation level reached a certain realm, they could achieve such a state?
Moreover, he actually knew about “Dragon Battles the Eight Desolations” and even mentioned Old Man Long’s name with a look of panic. It seemed that Old Man Long’s strength was beyond what I had seen.
I glanced at the members lying on the ground and then quickly left the Karate Club.
I jogged back to my apartment, where no one was in the living room. I didn’t care much and headed straight for my bedroom.
Just as I closed the bedroom door, Wu Ming’s voice rang out: “I say, a Divine Consciousness Clone scared you this much?”
I turned around and saw that Wu Ming had already laid down on my bed, playing on the computer.
Ever since Wu Ming helped me advance to the initial stage of Lunar Reflection, he had rarely appeared.
Of course, when he did show up, he always scared me half to death. Imagine taking a shower when suddenly a big man appears in front of you—what kind of feeling is that? And then he tells me my soap fell. I’m like, ‘What the heck?!’
Fortunately, he was joking; otherwise, I would have thought he was a weirdo!
“Divine Consciousness Clone?” I looked at Wu Ming with confusion and asked.
“Cultivators use Stellar Vortex Body Refinement, Lunar Reflection techniques, and Solar Crown Spirit Refinement. Once they advance to the Solar Crown, their mental strength can be greatly enhanced, allowing them to split off a part of their mental strength to create a clone. This is what is known as a Divine Consciousness Clone,” Wu Ming explained, smiling. He continued, “That old man from the East was actually just a Divine Consciousness Clone, but it wasn’t very strong. By cultivation standards, he should have just reached the Solar Crown, but it felt different.”
“You mean that was just a clone formed from mental strength?” No wonder I felt like I was hitting something that wasn’t physical; it turned out to be like this.
Wu Ming shook his head: “Actually, I don’t quite understand it. It was somewhat similar, but it was much weaker than the clones formed by ordinary Solar Crown level cultivators!”
Damn, it even felt weak? To be able to clash with me and remain unyielding, that was definitely not simple.
“I know what you’re thinking. That old man from the East is actually much stronger than you. Although the clone only has half the strength of the original, the aura remains, which is why you felt pressured!” Wu Ming said while playing a highly competitive puzzle game. He continued, “In fact, that clone wasn’t strong at all. After you exchanged blows, it dissipated immediately, but for some reason, it reformed! This old man from the East is quite mysterious!”
“Are you saying you aren’t a match for him either?” I suddenly felt a bit anxious, but Wu Ming stopped his game and flashed beside me, saying angrily, “That guy with a combat power of only five? You dare say I’m not his match! I could take him down without even drawing my sword, just with a finger!”
“Uh…” I was at a loss for words. It seemed that the old man’s cultivation level was indeed quite different from Wu Ming’s.
I tentatively asked Wu Ming, “Are you saying that you are already a Solar Crown level master?” I had long suspected that Wu Ming was a Solar Crown level master, but it seemed that the division of strength at the Solar Crown level was much more detailed than at the Stellar and Lunar levels.
“Solar Crown? I’m not!” To my surprise, Wu Ming directly denied it, then said, “That old man didn’t give me the impression of having reached the Solar Crown, but he could still create a Divine Consciousness Clone, which is what confuses me. There are many strange things in this tiny place called the East!”
Wu Ming isn’t even at the Solar Crown level? He had no reason to lie to me about this, but how could he have such strength at the Lunar Reflection level?
“By the way, I came to find you this time to teach you something!” Wu Ming’s words interrupted my thoughts.
I smiled wryly. Although Wu Ming referred to me as a friend, he felt more like a mentor, teaching me a lot of things.
“What is it?” I asked, looking at Wu Ming.
Wu Ming smiled, and with a bang, a fireball suddenly appeared in his hand as he said, “Five Elements Technique!”
After cultivating for so long, I was finally going to learn a skill! It felt a bit like a job change in an online game after reaching the Lunar Reflection stage!
“By the way, since I absorbed the Metal Attribute Spirit Qi, does that mean I can only learn Metal Attribute techniques?” I asked Wu Ming, a bit confused.
“You can learn all Five Elements Techniques!” Wu Ming smiled and continued, “Like Fireball Technique, Waterball Technique, all of those can be learned!”
Damn! After all this talk, it turns out I can only learn these few techniques!