King of Creation-Chapter 700 - 691: Martial Arts True Intent

Almost the moment the overwhelming Sword Qi fluctuations appeared beneath his feet, Yu Daqian immediately became alert, but the time left for his reaction was extremely short.

At that moment, he was bending over to pick up the Low Grade Spirit Hammer on the ground. The instant he became alert, his instincts wanted him to dodge.

It was then that the Golden Sword Light burst forth from the earth!

Swish!

The Golden Sword Gang, augmented by Purple Spirit under Ye Zhen’s control, paused ever so slightly before piercing through Yu Daqian’s Protective Spirit Armor.

Even though he was cautious to maintain the Protective Spirit Armor surrounding him while picking up the Low Grade Spirit Hammer, this care was what allowed him to avoid being killed by Ye Zhen’s sneak attack!

But even if not killed in one hit, Yu Daqian’s situation was hardly any better.

Especially since the spot where Ye Zhen’s Heart Sword struck was right between his legs, going upward, which was the groin area.

No matter how high one’s Cultivation, if one is a man, the groin area is always a vital point!

The Golden Sword Light of the Heart Sword instantly shattered Yu Daqian’s testicles into pieces, eliciting a terrible scream from him as his face turned pale with an unbearable trembling all over his body, as if he was about to suffocate from the intense pain.

However, Vein Forging Realm Martial Artists are different from ordinary people after all!

The Sword Light crushed his testicles and, as it whirled into his lower abdomen, Yu Daqian’s half-bent body leaped into the air like a four-legged beast.

At this life-and-death moment, Yu Daqian summoned his formidable willpower to endure the unbearable pain and tried to save himself.

As his body leaped into the air, Yu Daqian happened to see Ye Zhen emerge from the ground like a mole.

This scene left Yu Daqian completely stunned.

This was definitely a violation of the martial knowledge he knew. In his memory, not even a King at the Establishment Realm could do this, to dive directly into the ground...

In his stunned shock, Yu Daqian felt horror!

He knew he had committed a deadly taboo!

Just now, his shock had caused him to pause for a split second in his attempt to survive.

In a battle between masters, a split second is enough to determine life and death!

Boom!

The Heavenly Thunder of Fright in Ye Zhen’s palm, like a venomous snake, burrowed into Yu Daqian’s body, causing all the Spiritual Power and Divine Soul Power he had just gathered to dissipate due to the numbing force of the lightning entering his body.

Thump!

Yu Daqian’s body, shaking and struggling like a fish freshly pulled from water, fell to the ground. In that moment of falling, a flash of Golden Sword Light passed by, and Yu Daqian’s large head soared into the sky.

Blood spurted out as shock and confusion still filled Yu Daqian’s eyes, seemingly still fixated on the moment he saw Ye Zhen emerge from the ground.

After beheading Yu Daqian with one sword strike, Ye Zhen made no unnecessary movements. He flickered a few times, snatched up the Great Momentum Hammer, and took the storage rings from both Yu Daqian and Lul Xiao.

The Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten sprang out from Ye Zhen’s embrace and in the moment Ye Zhen mounted it, a vast amount of Cloud Qi gathered, turning the form of the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten into a white line.

Ye Zhen fled from Black Beard Mountain with his fastest speed, not even bothering to deal with the battlefield. He simply took the corpses of Hou Ba, Ful Lang, and Yu Xian along the way.

The reason for this was simple. Ye Zhen was worried that any delay might result in being surrounded by Martial Artists from the Profound Moon Sect rushing to the scene.

Black Beard Mountain was less than twenty thousand miles from the Sect’s headquarters, dangerously close. If there were Heavenly Level High Grade Demon Beasts, it would take them less than two hours to arrive.

If two or three more Martial Artists like Yu Daqian were to come, Ye Zhen really wouldn’t be able to escape.

Unfortunately, Ye Zhen didn’t know that the only Martial Artists who had come to Black Beard Mountain to ambush him were Yu Daqian and Lul Xiao. Otherwise, he could have executed his plan even more perfectly.

Along the way, Ye Zhen rode the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten for a full day and night. Only when he saw no pursuers did he start to feel a bit relieved.

However, he didn’t let his guard down and continued to fly for seven or eight days. Only after he had completely left the influence area of the Profound Moon Sect did Ye Zhen finally ease up.

Although he felt relieved, Ye Zhen’s brows were still tightly furrowed.

But it wasn’t out of worry for his safety; rather, it was the complete lack of harvest over the past days that caused him considerable distress.

Riding the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten at high speed, while the kitten flew, Ye Zhen was busy. He spent most of the time studying the Mirage Dragon Pearl.

The seal on the Third Stage Spatial Seal of the Mirage Dragon Pearl had been broken for some time now. Previously, because he was occupied with the matters of the Gen Earth Spirit Pearl, he didn’t have much time to study it.

Now that he had some free time, Ye Zhen was very curious to know what changes the breaking of the Third Stage Spatial Seal would bring to the Mirage Dragon Pearl, or rather, what benefits it could bring to him?

Clearly, after the seal on the Third Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl was broken, the space inside the pearl had nearly doubled in size.

It expanded from a diameter of one kilometer to ten kilometers. While the space had grown larger, it seemed to be of no use.

Ye Zhen tried everything, but he couldn’t put anything into it. It seemed to be just a slightly larger space. Beyond that, Ye Zhen found nothing.

That’s right, this was the case. Ye Zhen had been studying for seven or eight days without any findings. It seemed that the unlocking of the third-stage spatial seal of the Mirage Dragon Pearl did not bring any new abilities.

The unlocking of the first spatial stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl gave Ye Zhen the ability to comprehend beast language and transform into the shape of a beast. The second-stage unlocking granted Ye Zhen the ability to use the innate talents contained within the Essence Spirit Pearl of the Demon Beast.

Normally, the unlocking of the third stage should also bestow a new ability upon Ye Zhen. At the very least, it should induce some significant changes to the Mirage Dragon Pearl. However, regrettably, other than the space becoming larger, there were no other discoveries.

This left Ye Zhen feeling somewhat discouraged.

"Is there really no new change or ability, or have I simply not discovered where the new changes are?"

Ye Zhen was more inclined towards the latter possibility, meaning he could only continue to explore it slowly.

Having found nothing in his studies of the Mirage Dragon Pearl, Ye Zhen decided not to rush his departure.

This time when he returned, even if Ye Zhen did not openly fall out with Zhu Ling, the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall, there would undoubtedly be secret conflicts and he was afraid that he wouldn’t find peace.

Therefore, Ye Zhen planned to breakthrough his Cultivation to the Third Stage of the Vein Forging Realm while outside, before returning.

As long as Ye Zhen successfully cultivated the Earth Primordial Divine Palm, one of the Divine Power Martial Skills, his weaknesses in defense would be greatly compensated.

Just like in the previous battle with Yub Daqian, if Ye Zhen had already mastered the Earth Primordial Divine Palm, he would not have been forced to retreat underground, having to rely on the recently learned Earth Escape Technique to save his life.

Even relying on the Earth Primordial Divine Palm, Ye Zhen would have been able to fight Yub Daqian to a standstill.

That is not an exaggeration at all.

Although the Earth Primordial Divine Palm is the kind of well-rounded Divine Power Martial Skill that can both attack and defend, most of the time, such balanced skills, while practical, suggest mediocrity in both offense and defense.

But do not forget, the Earth Primordial Divine Palm is a Divine Power Martial Skill of the Heavenly Level High Grade.

Nearly ninety percent of Vein Forging Realm Martial Artists practice Divine Power Martial Skills of Heavenly Level Lower Grade and Middle Grade, mostly the former.

As for Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Power Martial Skills, there are few Martial Artists who can master them. Firstly, the Cultivation Techniques are rare, and secondly, the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures needed for Cultivation are exceedingly difficult to find.

Take for instance, the seven different Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures required for Ye Zhen to practice the Earth Primordial Divine Palm. Five of them had been prepared by the Sun and Moon Divine Sect long ago, but that was after decades of accumulations by such a vast power.

If it was up to an individual, even with an abundance of Spirit Crystals, gathering them all would be uncertain.

Moreover, even for a great power like the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, materials like the Gen Earth Spirit Pearl and Earth Element High Grade Spirit Crystal had not yet been fully collected and still needed a specialist like Zhu Ling, the Head of the Inner Affairs Hall, to arrange for a search.

The difficulty of obtaining the Gen Earth Spirit Pearl goes without saying, but with intelligence, enough experts can be dispatched to find it.

However, an Earth Element High Grade Spirit Crystal like that is much rarer.

Even in the True Spirit Domain, such Attribute Spiritual Crystals are still traded by the piece! Even one piece of Low Grade Spirit Crystal is in high demand.

Sometimes, just a few Mid-grade Attribute Spiritual Crystals can trigger a battle without any doubt, as they are now strategic reserves for all major powers and Sects.

As for High Grade Attribute Spirit Crystals, in terms of value, they are dozens of times rarer than the quite scarce Supreme Spirit Crystal and are not even seen at auctions.

Even the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, after searching for over half a year, only found leads on the Gen Earth Spirit Pearl. However, there was still no news about High Grade Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals.

It was only because Ye Zhen had previously obtained a Supreme Yellow Earth Spirit Crystal that if it were someone else, perfecting the Earth Primordial Divine Palm would still be a distant dream.

The difficulty of practicing a Heavenly Level High Grade Divine Power Martial Skill is evident from this, and even if its offensive and defensive powers are quite mediocre, it still holds a great advantage when facing Divine Power Martial Skills of Middle or Lower Heavenly Rank.

As long as he mastered the Earth Primordial Divine Palm and compensated for his defensive weaknesses, Ye Zhen could then contend with Vein Forging Realm Martial Artists of the Seventh or Eighth Stage!

After making up his mind, Ye Zhen found a remote place with few people to start his Vein Forging.

The first step of Vein Forging is to condense the true intent of martial arts!

Actually, Ye Zhen had already started this step about half a year earlier while he was still cultivating in the Immortal Realm Spiritual Veins.

The so-called condensation of martial arts true intent means that after thoroughly comprehending a Martial Skill to the point of mastery, using Divine Soul Power to evolve and condense the true intent of the martial arts.

For an ordinary Martial Skill to reach this stage, even if the Martial Artist has outstanding talent, it would take several years to achieve this level.

For Martial Artists with average talent, it might be impossible to elevate a Martial Skill to this level in their entire lifetime.

But Divine Power Martial Skills are different.

Divine Power Martial Skills are known as such because all Divine Power Martial Technique Secret Manuals record the complete cultivation realizations of their creators, as well as the fully evolved martial arts true intent.

When a Martial Artist cultivates Divine Power Martial Skills, they simply need to comprehend and practice according to the Secret Manual. In the end, everyone can condense their martial arts true intent, and the time required will be significantly shortened.

This is also why Divine Power Martial Skills are considered quite precious.

Because of his preparation during the previous half-year, in just under a month, Ye Zhen was able to condense the true intent of martial arts within the Earth Primordial Divine Palm. freёweɓnovel.com

Next comes the most important step in cultivating Divine Power Martial Skills – Vein Forging!

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