Seeking Martial Dao in All Reborn Lives

Chapter 184: Chapter 180: Fire Qilin

The collision of auras stirred the magnetic field. An iridescent light enveloped them, and through the faint glow, the forms of their Spirits became visible to the naked eye!

On one side, Cangtian Yishi was shrouded by a colossal Blood Sword formed from faint light, its soaring aura of cruelty and bloodlust impossible to conceal.

On the other, Zhao Xuanqi was surrounded by a faint light that burned like fire. From within the flames, an incomparably divine and enormous Holy Beast descended, half its body emerging from the blaze, the rest wreathed in fire.

The sense of majesty, grandeur, and divinity was so intensely shocking that the countless people in the surrounding teahouses felt a paralyzing tremor, as if they were witnessing a myth brought to life.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Holy Beast Intent surging from Zhao Xuanqi’s aura and the terrifying physique revealed by his Dragon Gate Secret Technique sent an equal shockwave through the major factions.

SWOOSH!!

Inside a VIP room in one of the teahouses, Hong Luan of the Vermilion Bird Sect shot up from her seat the moment she saw this.

Holy Beast Intent!

A Holy Beast’s body!

As one of the True Inheritance disciples of the Four Saints Sect, how could she fail to recognize the origins of the Form of Intent Zhao Xuanqi was displaying so clearly!

At that moment, she was more stunned than anyone.

’That’s right, this is the legendary Holy Beast Fist!’

’This is the higher form of the Fist Technique that our Vermilion Bird Sect has been pursuing!’

A sharp glint shot from her narrow eyes as she stared intently at the manifesting Qilin Form.

It wasn’t just her. The moment the major factions and the Martial Artists present saw that terrifying Holy Beast Form and felt its immense aura from afar, they knew. The rumors about the Secret Transmission Zhao Xuanqi cultivated were about to be confirmed.

The legendary Holy Beast Fist!!

This was going to be explosive news!

Meanwhile, the duel on the platform continued. Under the oppressive pressure of the terrifying Qilin Form, Cangtian Yishi looked up. He felt a pang of regret that his own aura hadn’t taken effect, costing him a significant advantage, but his expression showed no trace of panic.

The Profound Technique of No Return meant just that: once gone, never to return.

Against an expert of a similar caliber who had already embraced the do-or-die conviction of a one-way path, simple pressure from an aura was hardly enough to have a decisive impact!

’If an aura won’t work, then we’ll settle this with a physical attack!’

BOOM!!

In that instant, Cangtian Yishi exploded into motion.

He bent his body and knees, his calves—swollen to their absolute limit—suddenly compressed, the muscles coiling into a tight bundle like high-tensile springs.

It was a burst of power gained by consuming and sacrificing the body’s useless nutrients and flesh.

WHOOSH!!

In a flash, his calf muscles unleashed their power. You could even hear the sound of them straining and tearing from the violent Power Generation. The floor of the specialized ring sank abruptly with a tremendous crash.

For a split second, Cangtian Yishi’s body seemed to transform into light itself.

Ordinary people, and even the likes of Shi Huai’an and Zhang Hongyun, couldn’t even track Cangtian Yishi’s movements.

Fast! It was simply too fast!

But it was different for Zhao Xuanqi. He clearly saw Cangtian Yishi take a step, his body shooting forward like a cannonball parallel to the ground, kicking up a terrifying gale. His body twisted to an extreme degree, as if funneling everything into his right hand, which was hidden within his clothes.

At that moment, his right arm seemed almost larger than his entire body.

SHIING!!

Instantly, his arm shot out like a blade drawn from its sheath, its terrifying aura and power erupting completely.

A Blade Qi over thirty meters long instantly formed, its attack reaching peak intensity for over twenty of those meters. As his palm sliced through the air, it flashed with light—sparks ignited by intense heat. Even Cangtian Yishi’s own body couldn’t withstand this level of Power Generation. His skin was instantly covered in burns and blackened patches, his muscles tore apart inch by inch, and even his bones fractured severely under the pressure.

No Return!!

On the other side, the Flaming Qilin surrounding Zhao Xuanqi roared as the flames seemed to detonate, surging forward with a sudden palm strike from Zhao Xuanqi.

His Heart Fire, amplified to its peak by the Heavenly Fire Secret Technique, caused his body temperature to skyrocket. Sweat evaporated from his pores into a mist that refracted the faint iridescent light into a seven-colored glow.

At the same time, his spleen, his kidneys... every bodily function related to explosive power was fully mobilized. Unified by a powerful technique, they superimposed in an instant, like a conflagration surging to the heavens, brewing terrifying kinetic energy.

However, the Overbearing Fury of the Gang Jin was merely the external aspect of this Technique.

Zhao Xuanqi’s Qilin Form blended the strengths of the Hundred Beasts Fist’s many training methods.

The Qilin’s Intent was both divine and savage—a collection of contradictions concentrated into a single body.

It was a fusion of Firm and Soft, Positive and Negative, Yin and Yang!

Beneath the Overbearing Fury of the Gang Jin, the yielding nature of Soft Force was indispensable.

Lone Yin cannot birth, and lone Yang cannot grow. This is an immutable law of nature!

During the Force Release, his body trembled and his skin rippled. The powerful Soft Force integrated the surrounding air, imbuing the Gang Qi with terrifying power. This effect was further amplified by the evaporated sweat, which acted as a medium, making the complexity and strength of the Force even greater.

Gang Qi is formed when an expert manipulates air currents through the Martial Dao. In reality, however, the power of Gang Qi is ultimately weaker than a direct physical blow.

But the Technique Zhao Xuanqi now used was different. The Gang Qi had truly become an extension of his limbs. Wherever the Beast Form reached, that was his body!

ROAR!!

A ferocious beastly roar erupted. Before the eyes of countless onlookers, the surrounding air—mixed with vaporized sweat—was struck by Zhao Xuanqi’s Fist Technique and coalesced into a colossal, visible Qilin Form that overlapped with the iridescent shadow surrounding him.

Intent infused the Technique with a soul, while the Gang Qi, condensed by powerful skill, forged its body.

At this moment, it was as if a true Qilin Holy Beast had crossed over from legend and, at Zhao Xuanqi’s call, descended upon the mortal world.

The Qilin was him, and he was the Qilin.

This was the terrifying result of unleashing one’s signature Technique with the full force of one’s own will!

Beast Form.

Fire Qilin!!

BOOM!!

The Fire Qilin unleashed by Zhao Xuanqi collided with Cangtian Yishi’s sweeping Blade Qi, and Cangtian Yishi’s pupils contracted violently.

He could clearly feel that his attack had not struck some illusory form created by a Technique, but a solid entity—a creature that truly existed in this world!

’The power of Gang Qi can actually reach this level?!’

’Break for me!!’

The Qi Blade swept out. As one of the Ten Sha, how could an attack he’d bet everything on be ordinary? The Qilin Form was actually sliced open by the Qi Blade!

However, the Blade Qi only managed to slice open part of the Qilin Form before it was rapidly depleted by the Gang Qi, which was nearly as substantial as a physical body. By the time their bodies collided, the Blade Qi and the force of the slash had been worn down to almost nothing.

BANG!!

Cangtian Yishi’s weakened Hand Blade struck Zhao Xuanqi’s palm, and in that same instant, all of Zhao Xuanqi’s remaining Force erupted.