Chapter 217: Chapter 200: The Assembly
He landed on all fours, his form drastically mutating, growing ever closer to the Holy Beast Form.
His muscles knotted and swelled, and his eyes glowed with a terrifying light.
In the realm of the Martial Dao, Cross-Training forges one’s muscles, skin, fascia, and bones, while Inner Cultivation alters the functions of the body’s internal organs.
Upon reaching the Five Qi Chaoyuan realm, the human body, from the inside out, has been transformed by its respective Secret Transmission to its absolute peak—the very limit of the flesh.
To advance any further was to reach the realm of Harmony.
The power of Harmony fuses one’s Spirit and body, producing all sorts of incredible abilities.
The body’s deeper mysteries are unlocked, allowing one to gradually break free from their original physical limits and exhibit increasingly distinct abilities.
It was almost an evolution from the mundane to the transcendent.
Therefore, masters of Harmony were almost all beings who defied common logic.
In his past life, Zhao Xuanqi stood at the pinnacle of Harmony. Even powers as great as entire nations had to rack their brains, ultimately resorting to razing the earth with artillery fire just to erase him from the world.
Even possessing only a portion of Harmony’s power resulted in abilities far beyond imagination.
For example, there was Xiang Ji’s ability to unleash his body beyond all reason, and Hong Luan’s skill in controlling temperature via magnetic fields.
As for Zhao Xuanqi, the manifestation of his Harmony power lay in physical transformation.
The Profound Technique of the Hundred Beasts Fist combined the forms of a hundred beasts to forge a body perfectly suited for combat.
’He was still hiding a trump card?!’
Hong Luan’s eyes narrowed as she watched Zhao Xuanqi’s body undergo another, almost cataclysmic, transformation. To forcibly manifest the power of Harmony, his spiritual aura had completely merged with his body, leaving no external trace. But the moment his eyes locked onto her, her keen intuition began to scream wildly.
’This enemy... He’s incredibly dangerous!!’
’An apex predator!’
CRACK!!
In the next instant, Zhao Xuanqi’s feet suddenly generated a massive burst of power. Hong Luan’s Eye Power captured the motion perfectly, and what she saw shook her to her core.
She saw it clearly: the instant Zhao Xuanqi unleashed his power, his legs grew shorter.
It was the effect of his muscles compressing violently, just like a spring.
’But a normal person’s legs are supported by bones. How could he possibly do that?’
’There’s only one explanation: his current skeletal structure is completely different from that of a normal person.’
If someone were watching with an X-ray device, they would discover that the joints between his upper and lower leg bones were completely misaligned. This was not a dislocation; rather, the bones were now connected by an incredibly tough, gelatinous substance, increasing the range of motion in his joints to a terrifying degree.
With his joints misaligned like this, his terrifyingly modified muscles could contract to their absolute limit, creating the very sight Hong Luan had just witnessed—his legs shortening in an instant.
The next moment.
BAM!!
Zhao Xuanqi’s muscles, compressed to their limit, suddenly uncoiled.
In a flash, Hong Luan couldn’t even track his movements before a shadow appeared right in front of her.
Only a pair of eyes, now intensely arresting, stood out.
Sacred, majestic, filled with Overbearing Fury, and savage...
All at once, the hair on her body stood on end, and a bone-chilling sensation crept over her.
’This speed...’
’And the Vermilion Bird Secret Transmission itself is supposed to excel in speed, dexterity, and agility!’
WHOOSH!!
With a sharp whistle, a giant claw tore through the air, lunging for her throat. The terrifying roar of displaced air instantly flooded her ears.
Phoenix Fire!!
SCREEE!!
Hong Luan reacted in an instant. Her Qi and Blood surged wildly as she pushed the power of her Phoenix Fire to its absolute limit. The massive, fiery bird above her head let out a deafening cry, enveloping her in a terrifying red glow. The light condensed around her arms until it seemed almost solid.
Her body twisted in an uncanny way as her arms sliced through the air. Two serpentine arcs of red light flared, one high and one low, slashing simultaneously at Zhao Xuanqi’s neck and waist.
If Zhao Xuanqi’s attack connected with her throat, he himself would be sliced in two by the arcs of light.
However, in the next moment, her pupils contracted once more.
Zhao Xuanqi’s entire body folded in a bizarre way. It wasn’t a simple fold in half; he sucked in his chest and abdomen, his entire spine bending sideways into a Z-shape. ’Even a master of Soft Techniques couldn’t possibly fold themselves into three sections to that extent, could they?!’
In his Qilin state, Zhao Xuanqi’s body had undergone a transcendent change, surpassing human limits as it evolved ever closer to a form built perfectly for combat.
In this bizarre fashion, Zhao Xuanqi twisted his body to evade Hong Luan’s two attacks, his claw never slowing as it continued toward her neck.
TAP!!
At the critical moment, Hong Luan tapped her foot and dropped low, but she had no conventional way to dodge the attack. In her haste, she could only execute a clumsy roll to escape, her once-spotless white robe now covered in dust.
She flipped back to her feet, a trickle of cold sweat already running down her back.
However, before she could even catch her breath, the terrifying shadow was on her again, pressing its advantage relentlessly.
Their figures tangled once more as terrifying Force was unleashed throughout the courtyard.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Hong Luan continued to counter with her Vermilion Bird’s Flying Bird Form, but Zhao Xuanqi was now completely different.
This man’s body could do more than just mimic a Holy Beast Form. His fists would swell and his frame would suddenly elongate, transforming into the shape of some ape-like Exotic Beast to execute a terrifying Hammer Technique. Then, his body would suddenly contract, his height shrinking by nearly a third as he took on a Flying Bird Form to dodge and accelerate.
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