Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 797 - 216: Battle, Battle, Battle
The principle of the Arrow Control Technique is actually no different from the Flying Technique; both involve controlling kinetic and potential energy. However, the calculations involved in the Control Technique are more complex, and the operations more precise.
Because, even the most basic mechanics are actually not simple.
In the macroscopic world, each force can be seen as the resultant of countless smaller forces, and this large force can again be seen as a component of a greater force.
The calculations involved are also extremely formidable, to the extent that most who use this move can only describe it as "the subtlety of application lies in the heart".
However, this huge limitation makes the practical effect of the Control Technique extremely powerful. Just a gentle touch can reverse half the types of attacks. Even if the enemy's strength is more than ten times one's own, cultivators who master the Arrow Control Technique remain unfazed.
It's a completely different level of combat.
At this moment, Wang Qi still felt somewhat unaccustomed. He now seemed to possess a new type of perception, neither auditory nor visual, and not even Spiritual Sense. Unlike Spiritual Sense, it does not interact with any other senses to create synesthesia. All things seem to be mapped into his mind, becoming lines and points in the Hilbert Space. This grants him insights beyond sight and hearing, allowing him to see more clearly.
Everything around him is in his mind, even the simulation of situations exists there. Predicting the enemy's first move almost feels instinctive.
However, this feeling still hasn't unified with Wang Qi's original sense of space and time. The coexistence of old and new senses plunges him into a strange sense of confusion. It's like a deaf person installing a new hearing aid and cochlear implant, or a blind person getting a high-tech bionic eye. Their perceptual nerves still need time to train and learn how to process these unfamiliar signals.
But, this is just rehabilitation training, no need to specifically seek a doctor.
Just by using it more often, it will naturally get better.
Wang Qi's eyes drifted as he looked at the Sea Demons surrounding him layer by layer, and said: "It seems to be enough. Hmm, giving them some stimulation might be better.
After Wang Qi turned this idea over, he merged the essence demon energy of Moonset Glaze into his body, then circulated and released it. A faint purple appeared on his skin, with an added aura that made all the Demon Clan members' hearts pound.
The surrounding Demon Clan immediately boiled over.
"It's him!"
"He's the Saint Clan rebel in the form of a human!"
"Human form! The dignified Saint Clan actually turned into a human form!"
"Indeed, dragon skin, human bones. It's resolute in defecting to the Highland! Even the cultivation method has been changed to that of the Human Clan!"
Moonset Glaze sensed the surrounding voices and angrily exclaimed: "Pretending to be me? Am I as ugly as you?"
"With different races, let's not talk about aesthetics."
As Wang Qi and Moonset Glaze conversed through Spiritual Sense, the other Sea Demons had already charged in. These creatures belong to the type possessing spirit wisdom but still shrouded in ignorance. The wisdom gained from Spirit Awakening allows them to suppress their instincts, yet they haven't been enlightened, unaware of the true significance of their actions. Compared to the era of beasts, they are more fearless and act with even more disregard.
This is also why people say "the nature of demons is inherently wild." Because these civilization-broken beings don't understand the value of life, or at least don't know how to cherish it.
The demon clan individuals besieging Wang Qi possessed considerable combat power, among them were some with unique divine skills. Some were immensely strong, some were agile, some had sharp illusion techniques, and others had deadly poison. Their numbers were counted in hundreds. More importantly, they fought with reckless abandon.
However, Wang Qi showed no sign of fear. He wielded the Moonset Glaze, seemingly like a transformed giant dragon, charging at those sea demons who dared to desecrate the dignity of the Dragon Clan, delivering the fiercest counterattack.
With a sweep of his long sword, countless demon clans fell simultaneously.
Such was a feat Wang Qi's own strength alone could not achieve. But the Moonset Glaze could. The cultivation system of the demon clan Dragon Clan differed from the Human Clan, requiring no magic foundation, no formation of Nascent Soul, only expanding the divine soul, tempering essence, transforming demon energy, and awakening divine skills. The combat power of the demon clan mostly depends on the quality of their essence. Being part of the Dragon Clan, the quality of Moonset Glaze's essence overwhelmingly surpassed that of ordinary demon clans.
The more Wang Qi fought, the more exhilarating he felt. Amidst the intense combat, he could temporarily forget his discomfort with the new sensory forms. His body gradually began to adapt to these strange sensations, merging them with his original feelings.
A demon clan transformed into a semi-human shape charged at Wang Qi. This creature's original form was an octopus. In its current form, it somewhat resembled the "Yellow Robed King" Wang Qi had once impersonated — possessing a human face, hairless, skin texture resembling rubber, with muscles layered upon one another, creating small mound-like formations on its body. It retained its eight tentacles, transforming them into eight arms made purely of muscle, combining strength with flexibility. Each arm wielded a steel knife tempered with demon essence for hundreds of years. At this moment, the steel knives on its eight arms formed a blade formation in a highly ingenious manner, sword light weaving into dense screens, resembling a fishing net aimed at Wang Qi.
After slaying the demon clan directly in front of him, Wang Qi turned his head, just in time to catch sight of this octopus demon with the corner of his eye. With merely a glance, even just a sweep of his peripheral vision, he grasped the sharp combat technique honed by the eight-armed octopus over a millennium, which the Human Clan could never master. His body flickered, and the Moonset Glaze Sword in his hand seemingly casually pointed forward; the long sword clanged against the steel knives a few times, tearing open a narrow gap just wide enough for one person to pass through. Wang Qi stepped through the gap, then turned back and swung his sword again, slicing off half of the transformed demon beast's head.
A jellyfish demon in its original form slowly floated up a distance away, its few extended tentacles shooting out like arrows. This was its proud skill. Regardless of size and species, jellyfish are inherently toxic, and often possess deadly poisons that seal the throat upon blood contact. This particular jellyfish was among the most poisonous species of jellyfish, with tentacles covered in stinging cells. These microstructures resemble flagellate stingers and can easily penetrate the weak spots of local skin to inject toxins. Even if protected by a magic artifact-like hardness, such minuscule attacks are difficult to resist.
However, Wang Qi swatted back those three tentacles. The Arrow Control Technique directly altered the momentum direction of the entire tentacle,. To him, it seemed as if the tentacle was retracting, so the stingers had no chance to enter his body. The three tentacles pierced the jellyfish's fragile body. It was fortunate that it was a cnidarian and not a more advanced toxin creature. Its primitive body allowed it to ignore its own toxins. However, it had temporarily lost the ability to fight.
Wang Qi rushed through the sea demons like a whirlwind, none among them could survive even a single round against him!
The Moonset Glaze inherently possessed the qualification to oppose a Demon God, and Wang Qi's combat skills surpassed that of the Moonset Glaze. The combination of Wang Qi's combat skills with the Moonset Glaze's power resulted in an effect far exceeding a mere sum of parts.
"Not good! The plan has changed. According to the demon clan, it seems that the Dragon Clan has already made contact with the heterodox." An Ancient Method Nascent Soul made an exceedingly accurate judgment. He said, "It seems that heterodox has received the Dragon Clan's blessing or something else. Its power is considerable, not to be underestimated. Don't linger in battle, quickly retreat! Quickly!"
A few Nascent Souls quickly activated their Escape Light, rapidly withdrawing. Yet, Wang Qi, who held a deep grudge against Ancient Method Practitioners since entering the Dao, was not willing to let them go. He expanded Xiangyu, defining distance from a higher dimension, then stepped across, leaping over a large group of sea demons to arrive directly in front of those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators: "Since you've come, why not have some fun before leaving."
The Nascent Souls did not wish to engage in battle, tacitly dispersing and fleeing in four different directions. Wang Qi burst into laughter: "Trying to escape? Time, cease for me!"
In an instant, the world in Wang Qi's eyes darkened.
The Cave Heaven Comparison Ruler caused spacetime to expand. At this moment, Wang Qi re-entered a realm of hyper-speed. This time, he no longer relied on the capabilities of Heaven Creation. Just moments ago, he had infused mana into Heaven Creation, then duplicated its law into his own power. Yet, at this moment, Wang Qi's mana and computational power surpassed Heaven Creation, making the Cave Heaven Comparison Ruler he personally wielded far superior to Heaven Creation.
In near stagnant motion, Wang Qi took out a few lead bullets from the Storage Bag. Among all common materials, lead is the heaviest, relatively cheap, and widely used in many laws. Wang Qi gently tossed the lead bullet, grasped with his right hand, and a magnetic field captured the lead bullet before his fist, causing it to hover. The Wanxiang Diagram emerged in countless forms, recombining into a Spirit Prohibition, forming a ring to enclose the lead bullet centrally. Numerous electric lights surged from Spirit Prohibition into the lead bullet, unleashing internal nuclear forces to alter its appearance, causing the proton seeds inside to overcome binding limitations and bond together, making the lead bullet become impeccably smooth at an atomic scale. The lead bullet gradually morphed into a streamlined shape—appearing as a metal-colored droplet.
Subsequently, Wang Qi forcefully swung and hurled the "Lead Bullet Water Drop," simultaneously manipulating gravity to push it into the reference frame of Shenzhou Land. From Wang Qi's viewpoint, the droplet's speed continuously slowed, ultimately stopping before a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator's dantian.
Immediately thereafter, Wang Qi performed the same action upon the remaining six Nascent Souls.
Then, he snapped his fingers: "Now time resumes flow."
Blood flowers unfurled enigmatically at the dantians of the seven Nascent Soul cultivators. The impeccably smooth "near-ideal substance" encountered practically no resistance as it slid into their bodies. Then, the matter Wang Qi forcibly amalgamated was inherently unstable, exploding upon contact with their Nascent Souls, alongside pre-planted spiritual power. The lives directly bonded with their Nascent Souls were abruptly obliterated, leaving those Nascent Soul cultivators with no chance to react before being killed.
In Shenzhou's perspective, seven Nascent Soul cultivators perished inexplicably just like that. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you're invited to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations or monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
