Chapter 229: Chapter 204: Breaking through Grandmaster, Arrow Kills Protector_1
After eleven streams of bone-strength surged into the heart, they entangled and started vibrating with the rhythm of the heartbeats.
Initially, they followed the rhythm of the heart. Gradually, however, they drove the beating of the heart.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The speed of the heart beating was accelerating, exponentially, doubling, tripling, quintupling, ten times faster than before...
This process was extraordinarily dangerous.
Bone-strength was incredibly fierce. Any carelessness could cause the heart to explode.
Not to mention, it was eleven paths of bone-strength in Lu Yan’s case, making the danger ten times worse.
Luckily, Lu Yan cultivated the Heart Tempering Decision to the eighth level, making his heart resilient. With the reinforcement of Phoenix Blood Heart Protective Soup and Ink Jade Heart Bead, he was able to withstand it.
But still, Lu Yan felt a stinging pain from his heart.
Every vibration of the eleven streams of bone-strength imposed massive pressure on the heart.
Thump... Thump...
Eventually, the beating of the heart resembled the pounding of a drum.
At that moment, a black dot appeared in the middle of the heart.
After the black dot appeared, it rapidly grew into a black hole. A massive gravitational pull drew the bone-strength of Lu Yan, and they uncontrollably flew into it.
One stream, two streams...
Suddenly, all eleven streams of bone-strength had flown into the black hole, disappearing without a trace.
"The Source of Heart has emerged. Now, it’s time to wait for the bone-strength to transform."
A smile played on Lu Yan’s lips.
The most dangerous hurdle had passed, smoother than he had anticipated.
Of course, this was all thanks to the Heart Tempering Decision. The hard work he put in over the years was not in vain.
The Source, reputed to be the divine treasury in the human body, is profoundly mysterious.
Therefore, reaching the Master Level is different from the previous transformations of bone-strength or breaking the Sealed Door.
Both the limit-breaking warriors and Martial Marquises can’t reach the Peak Period immediately after breaking through. They had a period for drastic enhancement where they must consume Martial Food to replenish energy.
But reaching the Master Level doesn’t require that.
Because the energy is contained within the Source.
All a Martial Cultivator needs to do to become a Master is successfully transform the bone-strength. Their power will increase drastically, skipping the seven to ten days of drastic enhancement period.
Soon, the transformation of the first stream of bone-strength was completed. Like a small snake, it flowed out of the Source.
Bone-strength was no more. It had undergone a transformation and became inner-strength.
The inner-strength swirled within the heart. It could be rigid, it could be yielding. Combining both rigidity and flexibility.
Bang!
The inner-strength dispersed, turning into countless tiny streams of inner-strength. It spread to every part of the body— the heart, bones, muscles, skin and even other organs.
Lu Yan felt a tingling sensation all over his body, like he was being pricked by needles. It was slightly painful.
He knew it was the inner-strength tempering his body.
Becoming a Master was not merely about transforming bone-strength into inner-strength, thus increasing its power drastically.
It was also aboutf tempering the body to undergo a transformation.
Then, the second, third, streams of inner-strength kept surging out from the Source and spreading throughout the entire body.
Until the eleventh bit.
A drastic transformation began in Lu Yan’s body.
"I faintly heard the roaring of beasts outside, intensifying drastically. Could the great war have broken out? Can’t wait any longer, I should check it out."
Lu Yan grabbed two pieces of Martial Food, took big bites, then picked up his horn bow and Red Blood Blade before opening the stone door to the cave.
Roar... Roar...
The moment he opened the stone door, the roaring sound became more intense, coming from more than twenty miles away.
Lu Yan’s face changed. With a leap, he shot out like a cannonball, jumping more than five hundred meters away.
"My strength has increased so much."
Lu Yan was delighted.
Crash!
With a stomp of his feet, his power exploded. The ground erupted, carving out a large hole, and he jumped up seven or eight stories high, gliding at high speed.
Due to the speed, the air turned into a gust of wind, rustling his long hair and clothes.
Lu Yan felt like he was floating on air.
This feeling was amazing.
"As a Master, I can cross hundreds of meters by floating in mid-air. I wonder if I can truly float in the air and walk on it if I continue my practice and keep leveling up?"
Lu Yan was full of anticipation.
The increased strength from Martial Arts cultivation, forever shattering human limitations, fascinated Lu Yan, making it hard for him to pull away.
At first, his increase in strength was too drastic, and Lu Yan was a bit out of control. But as he leaped forward, he gradually took control of his power.
The sounds of roaring beasts were getting clearer. He was fast approaching the battlefield.
At this moment, the war was at its fiercest.
The battle between the Golden Ape and Demon King was still a stalemate.
The battle between Guan Shan and the two great protectors of the Spirit Sect was also having a deadlock.
Although Guan Shan practiced Top Martial Arts with immense strength, the two great protectors were empowered by the force of Martial Spirit, which also made them extremely powerful. They had robust life forces, making it difficult for Guan Shan to defeat them.
Meanwhile, the fight between Chu Chenzhou and the leader of the Spirit Sect was also becoming unresolved.
After all, Chu Chenzhou was too old. He was at the end of his life, half-buried in the ground. His vital energy had declined and was nowhere near his peak state.
If he were at his peak, it wouldn’t be difficult for a fifth-level master like him to defeat the leader of the Spirit Sect.
But now, he was only capable of a standstill.
While the Golden Ape, Guan Shan, and Chu Chenzhou somehow managed to uphold a stalemate, others couldn’t.
Whether in terms of strength or numbers, the Spirit Sect overshadowed those on Kunwu Mountain’s side.
They were previously obstructed by the group of alien beasts, but now with fewer beasts left, the beasts started freeing their hands. The people of Kunwu Mountain began to lose their ground, hanging by a thread.
Squish!
A snake king alien beast which was several tens of meters long was slain jointly by a Demon King and a Spirit Sect member, splattering blood across the ground.
Of the ten alien beast kings, two had fallen.
Clash!
Wei Changkong, who was under the attack of two second-rank Masters, couldn’t use his Martial Spirit power because they were suppressed by the power of the Immortal Bone.
Even so, when combined, they were overwhelmingley superior to Wei Changkong.
After Wei Changkong had defended himself with all his might for over twenty moves, he ultimately lost, hit by a palm in the abdomen by one of them, he coughed blood and retreated.
"Die."
Seeing the opportunity, the other person thrust a sword towards Wei Changkong.
Wei Changkong, showing a fierce look, did not retreat. Instead, he stepped forward.
Whoosh!
The sharp sword penetrated Wei Changkong’s chest, piercing his heart.
"We’ll die together."
Wei Changkong roared loudly, and all the power in his body burst out, causing his War Knife to shine brightly. He executed the most powerful move of God Blade Eight Styles and slashed towards the other person.
The distance was so close that the other person didn’t have time to dodge, and he was directly cut into two by the light of the blade.
The person withdrew his sword and stepped back, and black fog emitted from his body, wanting to repair it. But the rain of saintly light suppressed the power of the Martial Spirit, making it difficult for the other person’s body that had been chopped in half to stick back together.
This Martial Spirit was terrified. In this state, if he could not recover his vitality in time with his Martial Spirit power, his life force would quickly dissipate, and he would soon truly fall.
The body that had been chopped in half leaped crazily towards the distance, hoping to escape the range of the saintly light to recover.
The other Martial Spirit who was attacking Wei Changkong took the opportunity to kill him, intending to solve him in one go.
"Unfortunately, the Martial Spirits are too strong, I have failed to kill one."
Wei Changkong sighed, his life was draining fast, and he had no strength to fight back.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At this moment, there were sounds of breaking through the air.
As soon as the sound of breaking through the air sounded, two trails of light had arrived.
These were two metal arrows.
One arrow headed towards the Martial Spirit that had been cut in half, and the other arrow was fired towards the Martial Spirit who was attacking Wei Changkong.
Clang! Clang!
The two were hit almost simultaneously.
The Martial Spirit, which had been cut in half, got pierced through his waist and exploded into four pieces. It kept screaming, and a dark shadow struggled to rush out, but was obviously being corroded and destroyed by a strong force. Its aura was rapidly declining.
And the Martial Spirit, who was attacking Wei Changkong, also exploded into two halves, flesh and blood flying everywhere. Likewise, a black shadow was struggling against the saintly light, trying to fight its way out.
However, in the next moment, two more arrows flew over and penetrated the two black shadows.
The arrows contained terrifying Inner Strength, which exploded inside the black shadows.
The black shadows screamed and struggled. Their bodies constantly emitted black smoke, which dissipated in the world.
This was because they were suppressed by the holy light and could not use the power of the Martial Spirit to heal their wounds. The life force of the Spirit Communicators themselves was draining rapidly.
When the Spirit Communicators die, the Martial Spirits themselves will also dissipate.
"Lu... Lu Yan."
Wei Changkong saw that several figures were rushing from the depths of Kunwu Mountain.
One of them was Lu Yan.
The two other figures were wrapped in black robes, and their faces could not be seen clearly.
"Has Lu Yan... broken through?"
This was Wei Changkong’s last thought before he fell into endless darkness.
Lu Yan held the horn bow and ran quickly.
The two people beside him were naturally his two avatars.
They were the avatars of Jiu Jie Knife and Chasing Star Arrow.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
While Lu Yan was running, he continued shooting arrows. His movements were as smooth as flowing clouds, and in an instant, he shot out two more arrows.
These two arrows were fired at two first-level Masters of Martial Spirit.
The arrows were as fast as shooting stars, unbelievably fast.
The two Martial Spirits, though they noticed the arrows, they could not dodge them as their bodies couldn’t keep up with the arrows. They were hit one after the other, their bodies immediately shattered into pieces.
Including the black shadows inside their bodies, all of them were shattered into pieces, completely wiped out.
The first-level Masters of Martial Spirit were directly killed.
The people in the Spirit Sect gasped, and their faces changed drastically.
On the other hand, Guan Shan, Zhao Tianyang, and others felt a great spiritual uplift and were extremely excited.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Lu Yan shot two more arrows, also locking on to two first-level Masters of Martial Spirit.
The two of them also burst immediately when hit, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
After Lu Yan broke through to the Master Level, his unmatched Inner Strength combined with his high-class arrow technique at the level of human-martial unity was simply amazing, especially when killing weaker opponents. It was as if Lu Yan could kill whoever he pointed to.
"Go and surround him."
"Team up."
Several people from the Spirit Sect rushed towards Lu Yan.
Among them, one person, exerting the power of the Martial Spirit, flew into the air like a giant bat, throwing short spears from the sky.
And another elegant middle-aged man, approached Lu Yan at high speed.
Lu Yan sidestepped easily, avoiding the spear.
The Jiu Jie Knife’s avatar quickly charged and met the elegant middle-aged man.
A flash of blade light passed by, and the elegant middle-aged man struck with his sword.
Bang!
The blade and sword collided, the loud clashing sound was deafening, and energy spilled out in all directions. However, the two of them were only deadlocked for a moment, the middle-aged man then flew back like a bullet, several tens of meters away.
The second-rank Master Martial Spirit was no match for the avatar of Jiu Jie Knife.
The Jiu Jie Knife’s avatar took a big step forward and killed the elegant middle-aged man.
As for Lu Yan himself, he jumped up, leaping a hundred meters into the air, then loosed an arrow with his bow bent, and one arrow, like a meteor, flew into the sky.
The Martial Spirit that looked like a bat was frightened and evaded frantically by flapping its wings, barely escaping.
After Lu Yan landed, he ignored this person and set his sights on the other Martial Spirits.
