“Your body is much stronger than Kumen’s?” Dongbo Xueying also stared at Lord Youlan. “If I could kill him with one spear strike, I can kill you too!”
“Although General Kumen’s demonic body is formidable, compared to mine? Hmph.” Before Lord Youlan could finish speaking, he suddenly struck out with both palms simultaneously. His arms stretched rapidly, nearly instantly reaching Dongbo Xueying’s presence. Each massive hand was covered with golden runes, and even the fingers bore rings of golden inscriptions.
The two enormous palms struck Dongbo Xueying directly.
Hua!
Dongbo Xueying’s body dissipated—it was merely an afterimage left behind.
Boom! Boom!!
Though the two massive palms halted abruptly, the air currents they generated compressed into two streaks of light, crashing into the distant ground, creating two massive craters.
“Another illusion of the Void Realm!” Lord Youlan furrowed his brow, his dark face filled only with rage. He cautiously surveyed his surroundings, and besides his own body, the time flow in the surrounding area slowed drastically.
“Dongbo Xueying’s spear techniques are terrifyingly powerful; General Kumen’s body was destroyed in a single strike. Before coming here, I received help from the Great Demon God, who perfected my demonic body. I am indeed slightly stronger than Kumen. But if I were to endure such a terrifying strike directly, even if I survived, I would likely be injured.” Lord Youlan thought inwardly. His demonic body was strong, but he dared not confidently withstand such a fearsome spear strike.
Therefore, he must defend!
“I must defend!”
“I must absolutely block it!” Lord Youlan focused completely, sensing his surroundings, not daring to relax his mind even slightly! He had to maintain the fastest reaction speed possible!
Because Dongbo Xueying’s spear would pierce forth from the Void Realm, and the attack would be extremely fast.
If he were even slightly sluggish, the spear would surely pierce into his body.
Like Nuo Nuo’an! Like General Kumen!
Although Lord Youlan had assisted them, both Nuo’an and General Kumen had been struck by the spear because Dongbo Xueying’s spear was too fast, and when emerging from the Void Realm, the distance was already very short. Of course, even the shortest distance couldn’t allow the spear to enter the enemy’s body directly. Just like in the Void Realm, although it reflects reality, if someone had a veil over their face, Dongbo Xueying still couldn’t see their appearance.
When transitioning from the Void Realm to the real world, the spear could only enter normal areas.
For example, if a transcendental being could fly in the sky, swim in water, or travel underground, then weapons could directly enter the sky, water, or earth from the Void Realm.
But if one wanted to kill someone, the weapon must pierce into the enemy’s body. Thus, even emerging from the Void Realm, it must still penetrate inward.
The “Ultimate Penetration” is also a second-tier true insight, an extremely offensive insight. It also requires “penetration” to enter the enemy’s body. During this process, the enemy can sense and resist it!
“The spear appears quickly and at a very short distance. Nuo’an and Kumen were both struck. I must block it.” Lord Youlan was fully alert.
“Now!”
Golden light gleamed in Lord Youlan’s eyes. He suddenly turned his head toward his flank and rear, sensing it—a terrifying force was attempting to enter the real world from the Void Realm.
Boom!
A spear, flowing like crimson clouds, emerged from nothingness, already reaching Lord Youlan’s back.
However, an instant before its appearance, Lord Youlan had already turned and retreated, simultaneously striking with his palm!
This spear…
Still carried terrifying fluctuations of the laws, as if one saw a massive star. The star began to expand suddenly, emitting dazzling light, then contracted rapidly, converging into a single “point”—as if the beginning of all things, yet also the end of all things. Under the intense entanglement of the time-slowing true insight, its speed was halved, yet its power and subtlety remained completely undiminished!
“Hmm?” Countless golden runes appeared on Lord Youlan’s palm. As he struck, his expression suddenly changed—he sensed this spear… as if it were a terrifying vortex!
With an extremely astonishing gravitational pull!
As his palm techniques immediately changed accordingly,
“Pop!” The spear pierced forth at an extremely fast speed, while the vortex’s gravity suddenly transformed into repulsion. It became difficult even to approach the spear shaft. The sudden shift between attraction and repulsion caused fluctuations in his palm techniques. Remember, such instantaneous changes at an extremely close distance were often fatal.
“Crack!” The five fingers of Lord Youlan suddenly extended, barely in time, with two fingers directly blocking the spearhead.
The spearhead struck his fingertip.
Instantly, Lord Youlan flicked his fingers forcefully. His fingertips emitted a faint golden glow, causing the space itself to collapse and shatter, directly striking the spearhead. This hastily executed finger flick, although perhaps slightly weaker in power compared to General Kumen’s full-force attack, was actually more threatening. Because its laws and subtleties were more profound, and its weakening through the Void Realm was relatively less.
Swoosh.
The spearhead withdrew and vanished into nothingness again.
“So close! I didn’t expect this spear to have such terrifying gravitational changes. This gravity is practically comparable to the peak of the third stage of the Gravity Insight!” Lord Youlan felt a lingering fear.
…
“It’s really…” Both the Meishan Master and the golden-robed man from another team, known as the Sword Emperor, were overwhelmed with endless waves of shock.
…
The spear repeatedly emerged from nothingness.
Lord Youlan remained as calm as still water, fully focused on sensing. Each time he sensed the fluctuation, he immediately defended with all his might. Having already understood the spear’s gravitational changes, he managed to block each strike, even attempting counterattacks each time.
However, obviously weakened by the spear shaft and the Void Realm, Dongbo Xueying’s threat was significantly reduced—barely causing slight numbness in his palms.
“Third Brother, can you see it now?” A black-robed man and a white-robed girl both turned to look at the Meishan Master.
The Meishan Master nodded slightly, watching the intense battle scene in the distance. Lord Youlan was locked in fierce combat with a spear that continuously emerged from nothingness.
“I can see it.” The Meishan Master’s heart trembled, his gaze complex and profound.
“Brother Wu Huang, what exactly is going on?” the white-robed girl asked.
“Secret Art!” the Meishan Master transmitted mentally.
“Ahh!” Both the black-robed man and the white-robed girl were shocked.
As members of the Temple of Time and Space, they naturally understood what “Secret Art” meant—it was a term nearly equivalent to “Secret Technique.”
…
“Secret Art?” The golden-robed youth, the Sword Emperor, muttered under his breath, “Have they lost their minds? In this mortal realm, upon a mere human who has only cultivated for less than two centuries and suffered from the Curse of Withering, a Secret Art has manifested? And it even harbors two genuine insights?”
…
Although Wu Ma Hai and Chen Jiu couldn’t initially tell, as Dongbo Xueying and Lord Youlan continued their exchanges, they eventually recognized it too.
“Secret Art!”
Both Wu Ma Hai and Chen Jiu confirmed it.
But this realization left them both feeling uneasy.
Was it jealousy?
…
What exactly is a Secret Art?
Simply put—a Secret Art is a combat secret technique!
Secret Techniques…
Are special methods of applying the laws’ subtleties!
Normally, using the laws’ subtleties in battle is very crude and direct. Like the “Dragon God Strength” secret technique Dongbo Xueying had once learned—it involved embedding “Dragon God Seals” into the body, causing the body to evolve and become stronger.
The cosmic subtleties inherent in each “Dragon God Seal” were quite ordinary, but they formed extremely complex seals! And could produce miraculous effects!
That was a form of application.
A special application!
The Xia Clan had many secret techniques, such as those related to battle qi and physical enhancement! These could be learned because they were formed into “God Seals”—fixed and unchanging. Therefore, once learned, they could be applied in the same way, enhancing the body or making battle qi more efficient.
However—
Combat secret techniques were different!
Combat was ever-changing! The “combat secret techniques” used in battle weren’t those fixed God Seals. They were continuously changing secret techniques. Because they were always changing, they were extremely complex combinations of many subtleties, without fixed God Seals, making them impossible to learn!
It had long been recognized!
Combat secret techniques must be self-created! Even great beings in the Divine Realm couldn’t teach their disciples to learn them.
Therefore, secret techniques were divided into two categories.
One category could be taught and learned—it was conventional secret techniques. Those that could be learned by the Xia Clan or in the Divine Realm belonged to this category. Usually, when people referred to secret techniques, they meant this type!
The other category could only be self-created—it was combat secret techniques! To distinguish them, they were also called Secret Arts.
Secret Arts…
With the same laws and subtleties, the power could surge dramatically when using a Secret Art!
“According to legends within the Temple of Time and Space,” the Meishan Master gazed into the distance, “perhaps only one among ten thousand transcendents with second-tier true insights could create a Secret Art on their own!”
Transcendents with second-tier true insights were rare. Before Dongbo Xueying’s era, the Xia Clan’s history might have seen over ten thousand third-tier true insights, yet only one second-tier true insight.
But if one considered the entire Material World… across countless mortal worlds, the Divine Realm, and the Abyss, each era had many second-tier true insights. Second-tier true insights were merely legendary in mortal worlds! Only first-tier true insights… were legendary even in the Divine Realm and the Abyss!
“A transcendental with first-tier true insight is a legend among legends, a legend across countless billions of worlds and even the Divine Realm and Abyss! It’s extremely difficult to encounter one. Yet although self-created Secret Arts are also rare, at least I have witnessed one within the Temple of Time and Space,” the Meishan Master sighed. “I am not bad myself, but compared to such a transcendental who created their own Secret Art, I still fall short.”
Meanwhile, Chen Jiu shook his head: “Self-created Secret Art! If his true insight could reach the third stage, with the Secret Art, he might even be able to slay gods! Such a being would likely be too valuable to be sent down to risk the Red Stone Mountains. Even if they were willing, the Temple of Time and Space’s transportation costs would be exorbitantly high!”
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