Chapter 122 -122: Skill Upgrade
Shi Hao dodged to the side, avoiding the sneak attack.
He looked over and saw a young man in his twenties holding a sword, his face showing a look of astonishment, seemingly surprised that his sneak attack could be dodged.
Shi Hao nodded and said, “You are a disciple of the Tianhai Sect.”
He remembered seeing him in the crowd.
The young man proudly said, “Correct, I am Shen Rui of the Tianhai Sect.”
“You want to kill me over this Blue Leaf Cleansing Fruit?” Shi Hao raised an eyebrow.
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Shen Rui flourished his sword and said, “Originally, that was the plan, but since you dodged my sword, I will spare your life. Now, get out of here immediately!”
In reality, he wasn’t as magnanimous as he claimed; he was only at the Soul Nurturing stage, so having failed to succeed in one strike, he naturally had his worries.
If he were to fiercely fight with Shi Hao, even if he could win, he would definitely have to pay a considerable price.
The journey to the ancient relic had just begun, and he didn’t want to stop here for a few Blue Leaf Cleansing Fruits.
Shi Hao gave a faint smile: “I hold grudges, you see. You tried to kill me, and if I don’t kill you in return, it will bother me, and I won’t be able to sleep.”
Shen Rui couldn’t help but scoff: “Firstly, you are no match for me! Secondly, can your White Cloud Sect compare with my Tianhai Sect? If I kill you, your sect elders can only accept it, but if you killed me… ha, could the White Cloud Sect withstand the wrath of my sect elders?”
Although Shi Hao was only sixteen or seventeen, to become a Martial Venerable at such a young age was indeed extraordinary, but that was all.
“Is that so?” Shi Hao’s killing intent grew stronger. In the White Cloud Sect, he would have had reservations, but in this ancient relic, what did he have to worry about?
“I’ll count to three. If you don’t leave, I will kill you!” threatened Shen Rui.
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Shi Hao shook his head and threw a punch with a swing of his arm.
Shen Rui did not care; the punch was a full six feet away from him. He thought Shi Hao was just venting his anger and would soon back down.
Whump!
However, a terrifying force struck, slamming heavily into his chest, causing his clothes to instantly rip, and then his chest cavity blew open, sinking into a mess.
What!
He couldn’t believe that he had been hit!
What was going on?
“Safe travels.” Shi Hao said indifferently.
“Impossible! Why did this happen!” he said as blood spurted from his mouth.
However, Shi Hao showed no intention of answering him, even turning away to pick the Blue Leaf Cleansing Fruit.
Frustrated, Shen Rui spat out several more mouthfuls of blood, but his consciousness blurred increasingly until he finally collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
Shi Hao picked the Blue Leaf Cleansing Fruit, then looked for a water source. Soon, he found a small stream, washed the fruits, and began to eat.
One after another, he ate them like dates, although these fruits were not much larger than dates themselves.
As the medicinal power took effect, Shi Hao circulated the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture; with just one cycle, he absorbed the massive energy, integrating it entirely into his flesh.
This was the supremacy of the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture.
Ordinarily, when people eat spiritual medicine or spirit fruits, even if they use Cultivation Techniques to speed up the absorption of the medicine, it would take a long time, and it would leave some residue in the body that couldn’t be absorbed completely.
However, using the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture made this a trivial concern, as it instantly absorbed the medicinal power cleanly, leaving only a tiny bit of residue that was easily expelled from the body.
His power surged modestly, but his spirit strength had increased considerably.
“It seems that Yuan Chengmie’s assistance with my spirit was not a quantitative increase, but a qualitative one.”
“Otherwise, these few fruits wouldn’t have grown my spirit by roughly one-fifth.”
Shi Hao lifted his head, and boom, the flames rose higher than before, growing larger and hotter by a considerable margin.
He nodded slightly, realizing that the strength and quality of the soul determined the power with which elemental energy could be invoked. When the mightiness of the flames grew even stronger, one wouldn’t even need physical strength— they could directly burn a Soul Nurturing practitioner to death.
Therefore, for Soul Nurturing practitioners, the focus was on enhancing the strength of the soul, and the improvement of physical strength was secondary.
With a thought from Shi Hao, the flames immediately extinguished, and he channeled other powers of heaven and earth, causing a thin layer of ice to form on his palm.
If the people from the White Cloud Sect were to see this, they would certainly cry out in disbelief.
Because a martial artist inherently possesses attributes, which in turn influence the Spirit Root, the key to interfacing with the powers of heaven and earth.
Hence, the type of elemental power one could invoke depended on the nature of their Spirit Root.
Someone like Shi Hao, who could flip his hand for fire and cover his hand for ice—that was an incredibly rare Dual-Attribute Spirit Root from the legends!
However, with another flip of his hand, Shi Hao’s fist suddenly shimmered with a golden light.
This was the Power of Gold!
He continuously communicated with the elemental energies of heaven and earth and even evolved earth and wood elements, but while the wood element energy had little effect against enemies, it was extremely beneficial for healing.
He could wield all five elements of heaven and earth.
But the elements between heaven and earth were not limited to just these five.
Previously at the White Cloud Sect, Shi Hao had not even tried to communicate with them to avoid being discovered, but now he didn’t care.
Crack, within the palm of his hand, there was a flash of lightning.
Power of Thunder!
Among the five elements, the Metal Element System had the strongest destructive power, but when compared to thunder, it fell significantly short.
According to the memories of Yuan Chengmie, anyone who possessed a Thunder Spirit Root was treated as a key disciple for cultivation in any sect—under similar circumstances, a martial artist with a Thunder Spirit Root had a stronger combat power!
This strength was innate.
Shi Hao stretched out his hand once more, and a dazzling light burst forth, painful to the eyes.
Light Element.
This thing had no offensive power; it was only useful for lighting in dark environments.
Shi Hao didn’t even know if he had a Spirit Root; nevertheless, he didn’t interface with these elements through a Spirit Root but through the soul, in one step!
While a Spirit Root could only sense the corresponding element, the soul tentacle, once unfurled, encompassed everything.
Which was stronger, needless to say.
“Some martial techniques require the use of the soul to communicate with elemental power, perfectly combining with physical strength,” Shi Hao murmured, recalling how the martial techniques he had practiced before were merely the use of physical strength.
“Then let’s try this Eight Extremes Fierce Fire Fist!”
This was an upgraded version of the Eight Extremes Fist.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As he launched his punches, the fierce flames surged, striking a tree that required three people to wrap their arms around it, and bang, the large tree immediately snapped, its center charred completely.
Hiss!
Shi Hao had used flame energy before, but this Eight Extremes Fierce Fire Fist was different, directly injecting the flame power into the object’s interior, naturally causing a sharp rise in its destructive force.
“That means, if I were to punch a person, they might look unharmed on the surface, but inside they’d be scorched to charcoal!”
“What a terrifying martial technique!”
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