Zong Ling fell from above, gazing at the forest that looked as though ravaged by monsters, his heart filled with worry.
“Xueying, you must be alright, you must be!” Zong Ling quickly followed the trail of destruction, his anxious heart convulsing, “Damn it, damn it, why haven’t I become a Meteor Knight yet! If I had broken through, today I could have helped Xueying and prevented him from being trapped in such a desperate situation alone.”
His lifelong friends, Dongbo Lie and Mo Yang Yu, had been captured, entrusting him with the care of their two children.
Watching Xueying grow from a wailing infant to this day, Zong Ling’s feelings for Xueying had long been deep and profound.
Surveying the ravaged forest before him, Zong Ling grew increasingly frantic and anxious.
“Please don’t be in trouble.”
“Don’t be in trouble.”
Zong Ling advanced at high speed, continuously leaping.
Whoosh.
With one leap, his snake-like tail struck the trunk of a nearby tree, propelling him dozens of meters forward. As Zong Ling soared through the air, he caught sight of a distant figure of a black-clothed youth standing afar.
At the sight of the black-clothed youth, Zong Ling’s heart relaxed, and he exhaled deeply.
“Xueying.” Zong Ling rushed over.
“Uncle Zong.” Dongbo Xueying was removing the corpse of a Shadow Leopard from his spear.
“You killed the Shadow Leopard?” Zong Ling looked at the corpse, hardly believing it. This was a terrifying predator renowned for its speed and agility.
Dongbo Xueying smiled, “Just luck, really just luck. I was so close… so close to dying.”
This had been the closest he had ever come to death.
Although previously he had battled with magical beasts, their claws and fangs grazing his body and making him feel the breath of death! Yet those were situations where he was fighting multiple enemies, and in one-on-one confrontations, he had always held an absolute advantage! But this time, though only one Shadow Leopard was involved, it had completely overwhelmed him.
“Swish.” Dongbo Xueying extended his left hand, and immediately a satchel appeared in his palm, containing twelve short spears. Originally, the satchel had been inside his storage pendant.
“Enter.” He set down the satchel, picked up the Shadow Leopard’s corpse, and slightly bent and curled it.
Whoosh.
The Shadow Leopard’s corpse vanished without a trace. The space inside the storage pendant was almost completely filled, with only some small gaps at the corners.
“Uncle Zong, we should leave quickly. This blood smell might attract magical beasts.” Dongbo Xueying put the satchel on his back and grabbed the Flying Snow Divine Spear.
“You don’t need to worry too much. The Shadow Leopard’s aura is spreading around, and ordinary magical beasts wouldn’t dare to approach. However, after such a fierce battle, you really need to rest well.” Zong Ling smiled easily.
They set off on the journey back.
Dongbo Xueying was in a good mood. Although he had just experienced the most perilous battle of his life, a Shadow Leopard was worth more than 100,000 gold coins! The Shadow Leopard’s fur, as smooth as satin, had concealment properties and was a precious material for crafting. Of course, Shadow Leopard pelts mostly ended up in the hands of noble families, who loved them dearly. Wearing a Shadow Leopard fur coat was both stylish and prestigious, making countless people envious and jealous.
As for Xueying, he didn’t care about any of that, as long as it was valuable!
…
Inside the camp in the Destroyed Mountains.
When Dongbo Xueying and the others returned to the camp after nearly two hours of travel, it was already dark. After having dinner, Zong Ling went to rest, but Dongbo Xueying did not.
“Crackle~~~”
The campfire kept burning, driving away the cold.
Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged beside the fire, the Flying Snow Spear lying flat on his knees. He closed his eyes and sat quietly, the firelight illuminating his face.
Silence…
The night was very quiet…
Dongbo Xueying carefully felt his body, sensing every muscle and sinew, feeling his heart expand and contract, his blood flowing powerfully like a rushing river…
At that moment of life and death, he had already reached the realm of perfect unity of strength. Now, he was carefully experiencing and consolidating his familiarity.
“Rise.”
Suddenly, Dongbo Xueying stood up, holding the Flying Snow Spear and began practicing his spear techniques.
Man and spear united, as if transforming into a dragon.
The spear shadows flickered, snowflakes drifting.
“Excellent spear, excellent spear.”
Dongbo Xueying stopped, looking at the Flying Snow Spear in his hand, his face full of joy.
Human eyes have visual persistence; if the spear moves fast enough, the eyes will simultaneously see multiple spears attacking at once!
Of course, different humans have different degrees of visual persistence.
Ordinary knights, earth-tier knights, and heaven-tier knights… have more common visual persistence.
For star-tier cultivators, visual persistence is extremely brief.
For transcendental beings… visual persistence is even shorter!
When he first arrived at the Destroyed Mountains, Dongbo Xueying’s spear speed could reach the ‘Five Spear Realm’! For a star-tier expert’s visual persistence, they would see as many as five spears. Even with the ancient bloodline power unleashed… it was barely enough to approach the ‘Seven Spear Realm’.
But now!
With perfect unity of strength, every bit of his power was perfectly controlled. Without even unleashing his power, he could easily reach the ‘Seven Spear Realm’.
And the Flying Snow Spear, as a divine weapon, could truly display its miraculous properties in the hands of a master spearman! The inside of the spear shaft was like a human’s meridians. When the spear collided with an enemy’s weapon or was suddenly withdrawn, it would generate counteracting forces! These forces would naturally dissipate inside ordinary spears.
But the Flying Snow Divine Spear could perfectly transmit this force, and it would not dissipate quickly.
Ordinary spear experts would not care about the counteracting force of the spear shaft, even considering it a hindrance!
But as a master spearman, one could perfectly utilize this force, even using it to attack faster.
“With perfect unity of strength, I have reached the Seven Spear Realm!”
“The Flying Snow Divine Spear can perfectly utilize all forces, increasing the spear’s power. In terms of pure speed, it can even reach the Eight Spear Realm.”
“Once I unleash my bloodline power again! That will be the Ten Spear Realm.”
Dongbo Xueying was somewhat excited.
The Shadow Leopard’s death was not in vain!
At that time, Dongbo Xueying’s final desperate strike had reached the terrifying level of the ‘Ten Spear Realm’, a speed completely capable of suppressing a Silver Moon Knight. Weaker Silver Moon Knights would probably be unable to withstand a few strikes before being killed with a single spear!
“This is not yet my limit; my spear speed can be even faster.” Dongbo Xueying began practicing the transcendental spear technique left to him by his father, “Dark Ice Spearplay.”
A supreme art of a powerful transcendental knight.
Only after reaching the level of a spear master could one begin to learn the first layer.
“Whoosh.”
The internal Mana (douqi – martial energy) circulated to assist in the exertion of physical power, the long spear spinning like a giant snake, the arc of the thrust even more astonishing.
When retracting, one must reverse the spinning direction.
This thrust and retraction.
The powerful spinning and counter-spinning… would create hidden rotational forces within the spear shaft. Such immense force would even cause the palm of ordinary spear experts to go numb, causing the spear to slip from their hands!
But “Dark Ice Spearplay” was precisely about utilizing such forces.
“Not right.”
“The force is not properly exerted.”
“The rotational force isn’t pure enough.”
Dongbo Xueying practiced the spear techniques repeatedly.
Whoosh——
Whoosh——
In the night of the camp, those Gusts of wind (zhenzhen – waves of) sounds, akin to howling winds, made the night guards’ scalps tingle. They looked at their young lord practicing his spear techniques by the fire, feeling even more reverence.
“The lord is truly a lord, amazing.”
“He came to the Destroyed Mountains and still practices his spear so intensely at night, no wonder he’s so powerful.”
“He was already crazy about it when he was eight, I could never endure such hardship.”
The soldiers whispered quietly among themselves.
…
Dongbo Xueying repeatedly practiced the many techniques of the first layer of “Dark Ice Spearplay.” Although the venerable Gu Yuanhan of the Dark Ice Knight Valley had described it in great detail, it was still very difficult to learn. Fortunately, Dongbo Xueying, as a master of spear techniques with very precise control over strength, had hope of mastering it.
The night quickly passed, and the sky began to brighten faintly.
“Tear—”
The spear shot out.
Like a giant snake suddenly moving, the sound in the air was brief, not the usual whooshing, but a short “tear” sound. When retracting, the entire spear shaft rotated, creating visible arcs to the naked eye, then quickly thrust out again.
Dongbo Xueying’s face lit up with joy. Suddenly, faint crimson currents of energy appeared around his body, his power fully unleashed, displaying the terrifying spear technique to the fullest.
“Xiu xiu xiu xiu xiu xiu…”
The snowflakes around the spear shaft drifted, and the spear tips formed blossoms that also seemed like snowflakes, lingering in the air.
A full twelve spear blossoms hovered in the air before vanishing.
He had astonishingly reached the terrifying ‘Twelve Spear Realm’!
The first layer of “Dark Ice Spearplay,” called “Flying Snow,” clearly had a significant increase in spear speed. The spear techniques of Gu Yuanhan of the Dark Ice Knight Valley were already famous for their speed! The second and third layers were even faster, yet also more difficult.
“Twelve Spear Realm.” Dongbo Xueying smiled, “Finally mastered the first layer of ‘Dark Ice Spearplay’—’Flying Snow.'”
After becoming a spear master and mastering the “Dark Ice Spearplay,” Dongbo Xueying’s strength had seen an astonishing improvement.
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