Chapter 1573: Chapter 42: Supreme Technique, Whale Swallowing Heaven and Earth! (Part 2)
In reality, he had grasped the only chance of survival in a desperate situation.
The battle just now had completely unfolded before his eyes.
He understood Jiang Ning’s strength.
With just Buddhist divine skills, he possessed the power to overwhelm his uncle.
As for the final methods, they were akin to the legendary Immortals.
Even now, he still couldn’t comprehend them.
Furthermore, it seemingly rejuvenated his uncle’s body functions, making him ten years younger instantly.
Such methods already surpassed his understanding.
He realized that today, if Jiang Ning truly wished, the Chaosheng Pavilion, with its hundreds of years of heritage, could be buried this evening.
...
Atop Chaosheng Cliff.
Chen Canghai straightforwardly handed over his Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.
Jiang Ning took the snakeskin-like cold scroll from Chen Canghai.
The scroll felt heavy in hand, clearly no ordinary item.
"You are indeed straightforward," Jiang Ning remarked calmly.
Chen Canghai maintained a respectful demeanor, without any reluctance.
"If the Marquis wants it, naturally it must be handed over."
"Where did this come from?" Jiang Ning asked again.
"Acquired through chance during outside training," Chen Canghai replied.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded and asked no more questions.
Then, his gaze fell upon the snakeskin in front of him.
The scroll had a peculiar texture, cold to the touch, as if alive.
Faintly, he could sense a fierce aura emanating from the scroll.
The writing on the scroll resembled a blade, winding like a snake, filled with beauty.
Each black character before his eyes looked like a black flood dragon baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
The entire cultivation technique was merely a thousand or so words, obscure and profound, especially challenging to understand due to the bizarre script.
"Fortunately, I’ve read extensively!" A thought flashed through his mind.
His gaze, like a torch, slowly swept across the dragon-like characters on the scroll.
With his mind operating at high speed, the words that appeared obscure and difficult to others were instantly comprehended and absorbed by him.
Line by line, his gaze swept downward, and gradually he attained enlightenment.
[Literacy and Judgement Experience +101]
[Literacy and Judgement Experience +107]
[Literacy and Judgement Experience +100]
[...]
Hints of experience points floated quickly before his eyes, at an incredibly high frequency, very fast.
The obscure thousand or so words were fully absorbed within a quarter of an hour.
The prompt for the increase in Literacy and Judgement Experience value thus paused.
Then, his gaze fell upon the three diagrams on the scroll.
One diagram depicted the operation of the body’s energy, standing as still as an abyss.
One showed the Black Flood Dragon Flipping River, capable of overturning the sea.
One depicted Body Transformation into Fury Wave, swallowing heaven and earth.
Looking at the first diagram.
Rumble——
A roar echoed in his mind.
His heart spirit seemed to sink into the scroll, seeing an almost tangible scene.
It was a person, the human figure stood still as an abyss, two dragons slightly separated, hands embracing void in front of the dantian.
The internal flow did not follow the Twelve Main Meridians nor the Eight Meridians, but rather a series of peculiar paths.
Starting from the dantian, like a hidden dragon rising from the abyss, soaring upwards.
After completing a cycle, it returned to the dantian.
But what caught his attention most was not the flow path, but the abdomen.
The abdomen seemed like a deep gaping mouth, like a bottomless black hole, devouring his gaze, his attention.
Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill, another thought arose in his mind.
Jiang Ning’s Heart Spirit involuntarily sank into his body.
A stream of air arose from the dantian, traversing the body, passing through gateways, completing a cycle, and returning to the dantian.
In an instant.
He felt emptiness in his abdomen, and a mysterious hunger.
[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience +88]
He suddenly opened his eyes, with a hint of green in them.
It was the feeling of emptiness, of hunger in his abdomen.
At this moment he understood why this skill was named after swallowing a whale.
He felt mysteriously hungry, capable of easily eating an entire ox.
"Marquis, these are the Essence Pills I’ve prepared!" Seeing Jiang Ning in a familiar state, Chen Canghai immediately took out a pill bottle and handed it to Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning accepted the bottle, poured a few Essence Pills into his hand, then swallowed them all.
As the Essence Pills entered, the hunger in his abdomen gradually eased.
"The term ’swallowing whale’ is indeed fitting!" Jiang Ning remarked with emotion.
Chen Canghai nodded in agreement: "Marquis, in my view, the essence of this cultivation technique lies in the swallowing whale effect, allowing me to devour and assimilate all objects for self-growth! As long as the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill is activated, even a mountain of food can be consumed cleanly in no time."
Jiang Ning nodded.
He understood that Chen Canghai was correct.
Swallowing whale is indeed the essence.
For a Martial Artist, progress is highly related to external intake.
Poor literature, rich martial arts.
In fact, from the very beginning of martial arts, it’s necessary to consume a large amount of resources just to get started.
And the consumption of resources relies on eating.
Whether it’s pills, meat, or heavenly materials and earthly treasures, you need to eat and digest them to enhance yourself.
The Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill embodies the extreme of the word "eat."
Anything can be eaten, anything can be digested, anything can be transformed into energy to supply oneself.
The most direct effect it brings is the fundamental growth of the martial artist.
This is the Way, not just a skill.
In his heart, as he pondered, his gaze swept across the skill section.
[Skill]: Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill (Beginner 88/1000)
"It’s indeed a supreme skill!" Looking at the experience value section on the panel, he didn’t find it strange at all.
The Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill, which became the renowned martial arts of Chen Canghai, the Black Flood Dragon King, naturally belongs in the supreme skill category.
Moreover, as he had just finished reading over a thousand words on the scroll and understood it, he realized the dominance and might of the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.
To activate this cultivation technique, one must first achieve the unity of essence, qi, and spirit to condense divine power.
Divine power is the source of activation for the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.
Without reaching this step, you only have the ability of whale swallowing and the effect of Black Dragon Force.
To fully activate the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill and unleash mountain-overturning and sea-flipping power as Chen Canghai did just now, is impossible.
From this point alone, the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill inevitably surpasses the category of superior martial arts, ranking it among the supreme skills.
Therefore, he was not surprised in his heart.
Then, his gaze fell on the second diagram on the scroll.
Black Flood Dragon Flipping River.
Hoom——
With his full concentration, a roar emanated within his mind.
In a trance, he entered a world, a mental virtual world.
In front of him, he saw a blurred figure standing atop a towering giant wave, arms spread wide and moving like a dragon, as if stirring the entire ocean.
Countless fine airflow lines shot out from the figure’s hands, feet, and even his whole body.
They weaved tightly with the furious waves, transforming into a fierce and roaring black flood dragon.
Looking at this image, his mind suddenly recalled the earth-shattering first strike of Chen Canghai.
It was a deadly move!
He understood in his heart.
Carefully comprehending this image before him.
[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +188]
[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +188]
[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +188]
[...]
One prompt after another appeared before his eyes.
Moments later, he opened his eyes.
Suddenly, countless airflow lines appeared around his body, intertwining with his form.
Seeing this scene, Chen Canghai was immediately shocked.
The Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill in his hands had reached great success.
So he understood the profoundness of this cultivation technique.
To activate this deadly move, it’s necessary to condense the first strand of divine power.
Only by using this special power of divine power can this deadly move be activated.
"Could it be that he..." A crazy thought popped into his mind, and he couldn’t believe it.
Jing Wuming watched this scene, and his pupils also shook.
He had just watched the entire process of this move.
This move was Chen Canghai’s full-force strike.
Back then, he too was defeated in front of this move.
As soon as the Black Dragon appeared, it was unparalleled in dominance, capable of collapsing mountains and cutting off rivers.
At this moment.
Suddenly.
The airflow lines around Jiang Ning’s entire body abruptly disappeared, just like an illusion.
But seeing this scene just now, both Chen Canghai and Jing Wuming knew it was not an illusion but a reality.
After calming himself, Jiang Ning’s gaze fell on the third diagram on the scroll.
Body Transformation into Fury Wave, Whale Swallowing the World.
As his heart and spirit sank into the painting.
Hoom——
A roar sounded in his mind, instantly drawing him into the scene.
In front of him was a sky-covering, earth-obscuring wave.
Thousands of times more vast than Chen Canghai’s last strike just now.
The waves connected heaven and earth, reaching a height unknown how many feet tall.
Boom!!!
As the waves descended, they swept across the world like a giant mouth, devouring everything.
In an instant, there was no heaven and earth before him, only a chaos, a darkness, and a constantly twisting and contracting vortex.
In the center of the vortex was a point of light, like dawn, like hope, yet like a world.
Body Transformation into Fury Wave, Whale Swallowing the World.
Once again, these eight words appeared in his mind.
"Apparently, Chen Canghai fully understood and used the first four words. As for Whale Swallowing the World, Chen Canghai did not master it."
At this moment, he also understood that Whale Swallowing the World was the ultimate profound meaning of this diagram.
It is also the most powerful aspect.
Clearly, Chen Canghai did not achieve mastery of this step.
