Three Dongbo Xueyings suddenly transformed into six-armed figures, each wielding three silver long spears.
The crimson eyes of these over a hundred alchemical lives flickered, but their attacks remained unchanged. They did not care how many arms or spears Dongbo Xueying possessed; all they needed was to combine forces and overwhelm! Weapons surged from every direction, creating a suffocating pressure that made Dongbo Xueying feel the helplessness of “one cannot fight against countless foes.”
Boom! Boom!
Two phantom clones shattered instantly.
Facing this simultaneous assault from all directions, Dongbo Xueying immediately swept his spear in a wide arc!
Crash! Crash! Crash! The spear lashed out wildly, colliding with the weapons of many transcendent alchemical beings, sending eight of them reeling backward.
Yet, from the front, back, left, right, and above, a total of eighteen alchemical beings were now attacking in unison.
Dongbo Xueying’s spear danced furiously in his hands.
He swung with all his might!
Struck!
Whipped!
Smashed!
In an instant, the transcendent alchemical beings were swept aside in groups, flung away in clusters, and blasted backward in waves. However, there were a full hundred transcendent alchemical beings surrounding him, and they surged forward relentlessly, undamaged and unyielding, continuing their relentless assault.
“This is terrifying.”
The dense swarm of transcendent alchemical beings attacked furiously, hurling some backward while even more rushed in.
Dongbo Xueying was completely trapped in the center! Even if he created illusions now, they would be useless, as these transcendent alchemical beings focused solely on him.
“No wonder it’s so difficult to win within the Hundred Battles Secret Chamber,” Dongbo Xueying realized. “Though I’ve grasped the Essence of Ultimate Penetration, it’s not suitable for this kind of encirclement.”
Ultimate Penetration.
It required penetration! Penetration through! It wasn’t necessarily limited to thrusting techniques. Even strikes like smashing, cleaving, or sweeping could employ the Essence of Ultimate Penetration, for the very nature of Ultimate Penetration was to condense all force into a single point for penetration! A furious downward smash with the spear, the entire spear becoming like a singular point, could still utilize the nascent form of the Essence of Ultimate Penetration. With a furious strike, enemies could be smashed to death!
But—
This was not suitable for the current situation.
Faced with this encirclement, Dongbo Xueying needed a flowing, continuous Fantasy atmosphere. His current sweeping and smashing techniques emphasized “unbroken continuity,” which was necessary to defend against the simultaneous attacks of eighteen transcendent alchemical beings.
But Ultimate Penetration was a solitary technique.
A single furious strike!
It lacked the unbroken flow and seamless continuity. It condensed all techniques into a single point and struck forward. It was effective—perhaps capable of breaking through the surface defenses of one transcendent alchemical being and even knocking back three or five behind it. However, the attacks from the other transcendent beings would land on Dongbo Xueying himself.
The Essence of Ultimate Penetration was more suitable for one-on-one combat.
It was an attack focused on a single point.
As Dongbo Xueying pondered, his hands did not stop.
Wave after wave of transcendent alchemical beings were blasted away! His spear techniques flowed endlessly, grand and mighty, like a raging storm Sweeping across the heavens and earth, yet they could not break through the defenses. The hundred transcendent alchemical beings completely surrounded Dongbo Xueying, forming a massive “hemisphere,” with Dongbo Xueying at its core. He dared not take flight, for once airborne, the spatial range would expand, allowing more transcendent alchemical beings to attack simultaneously.
Staying on the ground.
No matter where he went, the transcendent alchemical beings completely surrounded Dongbo Xueying, three layers deep inside and out, relentlessly attacking.
…
While fighting, Dongbo Xueying also reflected.
“My spear techniques are clearly lacking in defense. Although the nascent form of the Essence of Ultimate Penetration is powerful, it’s unsuitable for defense and cannot maintain a continuous attack Fantasy atmosphere. A good spear technique should flow seamlessly, one move following another, with their power amplifying each other, creating increasing pressure on the enemy during battle, ultimately leading to victory.”
If he relied solely on the move of Ultimate Penetration and lacked smooth transitions between techniques, then once “Ultimate Penetration” failed, he would be left without options.
“Ultimate Penetration is merely a singular offensive move.”
“What I need is a complete spear technique.”
“Perfect defense, continuous attacks, a seamless unity of offense and defense!”
“For over a year, I’ve pondered this. Regarding defense, the mysteries of water, fire, and wind are unsuitable. In terms of offense, they enhance the power of Ultimate Penetration but fail to ensure continuity! If I lean towards the continuous nature of water and wind mysteries, I lose the ability to form Ultimate Penetration!”
“No matter how I think about it, water, fire, and wind cannot satisfy my spear technique!”
“If that’s the case, then I must seek externally! I need to incorporate other mysteries to perfect my spear technique.”
He had already grasped the nascent forms of the mysteries of water, fire, and wind—the Essence of Ultimate Penetration and the Essence of Illusion. This made Dongbo Xueying cautious. He dared not recklessly integrate other mysteries into the trio of water, fire, and wind.
He feared one thing: water, fire, and wind had formed the “nascent form of the Essence of Ultimate Penetration” so perfectly. If he added another mystery, it might disrupt this balance, potentially destroying his “nascent form of the Essence of Ultimate Penetration!”
This was why Dongbo Xueying was cautious.
He knew his own limits.
To comprehend the “First-Rank Essence,” which surpasses all other Essences across countless worlds and even the Divine Realm, was extremely difficult. Especially after personally experiencing the “Ultimate,” he clearly understood that his grasp of “Ultimate Penetration” was already quite fortunate. To reach a First-Rank Essence at the level of the “Ultimate Essence”? The difficulty was ten or even a hundred times greater!
Yet, for over a year, his stagnation in spear techniques, the glaring shortcomings, had troubled him greatly.
Since childhood, he had pursued the ultimate in spear techniques!
During this battle against over a hundred transcendent alchemical beings, he finally decided to incorporate another mystery into his spear techniques, perfecting them completely!
“I’ll risk it.”
“Besides, the Ultimate is the end of all things, and also the beginning of all things.” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes gleamed with an astonishing light. “All the mysteries of all things return to one, which can become the Ultimate.”
“The three elements of water, fire, and wind can condense into Ultimate Penetration.”
“If all mysteries can return to the Ultimate, adding another mystery, as long as it’s properly integrated, shouldn’t disrupt the ‘Essence of Ultimate Penetration.'” Dongbo Xueying mused to himself. “But I must be cautious about which one to add.”
There were countless mysteries in heaven and earth.
He needed to find the most suitable one!
In fact, the higher one’s cultivation, the harder it was to integrate new mysteries. When one’s cultivation was low, if the spear techniques seemed too fierce and lacked softness, it was natural to think of water and fire for balance. Water and Fire Essences were Fourth-Rank! If one felt a lack of Dynamic Transformation, it was natural to seek the mystery of wind. The Essence of Ultimate Penetration was Second-Rank! To integrate another mystery?
The closer one approached the peak, the harder it was to advance even a single step.
This was not something that could be rushed.
Only through ordinary cultivation of the spear techniques, in battle, and in observing the heavens and earth, could one seek that moment of opportunity!
…
Boom! Boom! Boom! The hundred transcendent alchemical beings attacked ceaselessly. They could afford to make mistakes, for they were numerous, but Dongbo Xueying could not afford any. Once struck by their weapons, he could be continuously hit, severely injured, and defeated!
Dongbo Xueying treated this battle as an opportunity to refine his spear techniques.
This fight lasted nearly half a watch of the night.
Prolonged combat inevitably led to a mistake.
Boom!
Amidst the encircling weapons, a long staff successfully struck Dongbo Xueying’s chest. A powerful penetrating force, weakened by his clothing and protective inner armor, still pierced into his body. Though his body could withstand it, he couldn’t help but be sent flying backward.
“It’s still a bit lacking. It’s too much to ask to block the attacks of a group of transcendent beings. Let’s end this!” At the moment Dongbo Xueying was sent flying.
Whoosh.
He vanished into thin air.
Then, over twenty meters away, the black-clothed Dongbo Xueying reappeared.
“Hmm?”
All the transcendent alchemical beings looked around in shock, quickly locating Dongbo Xueying over twenty meters away.
They were stunned and disbelieving.
“How could he dodge?”
“He just teleported during the fight?”
These transcendent alchemical beings couldn’t believe it. The space was unstable from the intense battle, making teleportation extremely difficult.
Dongbo Xueying said nothing, for it wasn’t teleportation. He had used his body to manifest the “nascent form of the Essence of Ultimate Penetration,” piercing through everything, naturally including space itself!
Ultimate Penetration was not limited to spear techniques.
Whether with fingers, fists, or the body, the mystery of Ultimate Penetration could be manifested.
However, while “Ultimate Penetration” could pierce through space instantly in battle, it had its drawbacks—distance! It was not teleportation or spatial traversal. It was merely penetration! At least for now, Dongbo Xueying felt he could penetrate roughly about a hundred meters at most.
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