Invincibility Begins with Mastery of Fist Techniques-Chapter 154 - 148: Ancient Figures

'I miscalculated.'

Tecolamas's face was calm, but a trickle of blood escaped the corner of his mouth. The terrifying "chemical reaction" born from their clashing abilities had unleashed a force far beyond his imagination.

He flexed his blood-drenched arm. His bones, as tough as refined steel, seemed to have sustained a hairline fracture from the explosion. The lacerations and burns on his skin sent waves of intense pain to his brain, but not a flicker of it showed on his face.

The injury wasn't as severe as he'd expected; at least his arm could still move.

Though he had paid a price, he had succeeded in his objective: getting that tenacious opponent away from the cave entrance.

RUMBLE!!

A groaning rumble echoed from the cave entrance. It seemed the earlier explosion had shattered a key structural point, and the entrance now threatened to collapse at any moment.

SWOOSH!

Tecolamas didn't linger, charging straight out of the cave. Having blasted Zhou Yuanjue away, no one else stood in his path. He planned to retreat immediately. A life-and-death struggle was not his objective here. Besides, he couldn't be sure if anyone else nearby had sensed the fluctuations and might decide to interfere.

If this were a duel to the death, he would not have retreated. But alas, he hadn't come here to fight a duel, so there was no need to worry about victory, defeat, honor, or shame.

As long as he got what he came for and escaped, that was all the victory he needed.

A fractured arm was already a higher price than he'd anticipated. After all, there were dozens of palace relics on the first three layers, and this surely wasn't the only place to find an Elixir of Immortality. It wasn't a wise choice to pay such a heavy price by getting fixated on this one spot.

SCREECH!!

However, just as he stepped out of the cave to leave, his expression shifted. A sharp, bird-like cry, accompanied by a wave of scorching magnetic field fluctuations, swept toward him.

He then saw Zhou Yuanjue, shrouded in a blazing red light, charging right at him. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his arm was covered in bloody streaks, and his expression was grim.

'He can move again already? This guy is relentless.'

Tecolamas's brow furrowed slightly. He had already made up his mind.

His strongest ability came from "Breathing," one of the Four Pillars of Sistema. Yet now, he was unable to get an accurate read on his opponent's breathing frequency. For him, this was like losing his greatest weapon.

Under these circumstances, even if he could win a fight to the death, it would be a pyrrhic victory at best, which went against the objective of his mission. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

He suddenly kicked off the ground and executed a wide roll, dodging Zhou Yuanjue's fist while simultaneously reaching for his waist.

A Golden Silk Jade Bottle appeared in his grasp.

The next moment, he turned to flee at incredible speed.

Of course, Zhou Yuanjue wasn't about to let him leave so easily. He immediately gave chase.

Just then, however, Tecolamas suddenly spun around with a sharp flick of his wrist.

A streak of white light shot toward Zhou Yuanjue.

Zhou Yuanjue's powerful dynamic vision saw the incoming "hidden weapon" with perfect clarity.

It was a Golden Silk Jade Bottle.

'The Elixir of Immortality?'

With a sweep of his arm, Zhou Yuanjue snatched the speeding Golden Silk Jade Bottle out of the air.

'Empty?'

The instant he caught the Jade Bottle, he realized his mistake. But before he could resume the chase, another "hidden weapon" came flying right at his face.

This time, it was a small, golden metal ball whose surface seemed to be covered in complex and mysterious patterns.

He immediately realized that this was the real Elixir of Immortality.

He leaned slightly to one side and, with a deft movement, caught the Elixir of Immortality, which had been thrown with tremendous force.

Those two brief pauses cost him any chance of keeping up with his opponent. Once Tecolamas was just outside the range of his Life Magnetic Field, he quickly retracted his own, his figure disappearing into the illusions created by the Kunlun Immortal Palace.

Tossing an empty bottle first, then immediately throwing the Elixir of Immortality—one fake, one real, a play of feint and truth meant to cloud his judgment. A truly cautious and cunning man.

Zhou Yuanjue stood in silence for a moment, holding the Elixir of Immortality and the Golden Silk Jade Bottle.

This man was powerful, his techniques were strange, and his objective was crystal clear. He never did anything rash. After testing the waters, the moment he realized he couldn't win, he would abandon the fight and make a decisive retreat.

He was determined to take advantage of the fact that Donghua Country had few Guardians present and that the Immortal Palace's illusions favored them, all to seize what they wanted for the lowest possible price.

The man wasn't just a Martial Artist; he was an outstanding operative.

He looked down at the metal pill in his hand. Though he was a bit surprised that the Elixir of Immortality was made of metal, the familiar feeling and fluctuations it emitted were undeniable.

The metal pill seemed to possess a strange allure, as if it contained a desire that humans found impossible to resist.

The desire for "life."

If an ordinary person were to get their hands on this pill, they would inevitably swallow it at the first opportunity, even if it didn't look edible at all.

He placed the Elixir of Immortality back into the Golden Silk Jade Bottle, careful not to damage it.

Daoist Bailong had once said that the key to the Elixir of Immortality was its "Medicinal Core." If the Elixir were destroyed and the Medicinal Core leaked out, it could lead to terrible consequences. Its activity could only be neutralized through a special method.

He tucked the Golden Silk Jade Bottle into the satchel at his waist, deciding to deal with it later. Then, he turned his gaze toward the other palaces.

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Meanwhile, on the 3rd Layer of the Immortal Palace, two figures stood before one of the grand halls.

Based on its illusory exterior, this hall seemed far more magnificent than the others.

Two men in black trench coats stood before the entrance, looking up at the plaque above the doors.

Tongwei Hall.

"This has to be the place, right?"

The taller man in black asked his large, heavyset companion beside him.

"Tongwei Hall... According to the intel from our Lord, this should be the place. Besides, the boundary-image prohibitions on this palace are clearly much stronger than anywhere else. This must be where that person consumed the Elixir of Immortality and underwent 'Feather Transformation.' His power even triggered the Kunlun Immortal Realm's Sealing Realm Image, which instinctively reinforced the seals on this location. One can only imagine his strength. It's hard to believe such a human existed in that era."

The large, heavyset man in black nodded and said.

"Could his power have been comparable to the 'First Generation'?"

the taller man in black asked in a low voice.

"'First Generation'? That's not a realm an ordinary human can reach. However, since that person consumed the Elixir of Immortality and became one of the 'Celestial Beings,' perhaps he had a sliver of a chance."

"But so what if he did become one of the 'First Generation'? A converter who has taken the Elixir of Immortality is, after all, merely a converter. How could he compare to the likes of us? Converters are nothing but blades in the hands of our Celestial Race."

A mocking expression appeared on the heavyset man's face.