Martial Arts Overlord-Chapter 677 - 675: Divine Dragon First Change

Upon hearing Yingkui’s words, Yue Chongshan was quite surprised.

Ever since he saved the dying Yingkui in the depths of the Red Flame Desert ten years ago, she had served him as her master, protecting him like a shadow, inseparable.

The Yue Family’s status in the Canglang Dynasty was enough to contend with the six great King Marquises. Due to this standing, Yingkui had seen countless top talents from all corners over the past ten years. For Luo Feng to be ranked among the top three of these geniuses, if true, meant he was undoubtedly an unparalleled talent!

A faint glow flashed through the cross-pattern in Yingkui’s pupils, and she nodded. "It is absolutely true. I followed him after he left Sky Mountain, and then..."

Yingkui’s slightly husky voice echoed through the room as she recounted all she had witnessed while tracking Luo Feng, including his slaying of the White-faced Saber Guest and his battle of wits with Yuan Xinglie.

Upon hearing Yingkui’s words, Yue Chongshan fell silent. He walked to the window, looked at the figure performing a sword dance in the courtyard, and said,

"This person is indeed a talent worth nurturing. No wonder Tong Er values him so much. However, only one short month remains until the agreed-upon date..."

Saying this, Yue Chongshan suddenly paused, then turned to look at Yingkui. "In your opinion, what are Luo Feng’s chances of victory one month from now?"

Yingkui appeared deep in thought and replied after a moment, "I believe Luo Feng will win."

"Oh?"

Yue Chongshan raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised. "You think so highly of him? He is still only at the Third Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm. Compared to Yi Tian, there’s still a considerable gap."

Yingkui glanced at Yue Chongshan and removed her helmet, revealing a cold yet bewitching face. The cross-pattern in her eyes shimmered with an eerie, blood-red light.

"Luo Feng saw my eyes but showed no surprise, just like when I first met you, Master, ten years ago. He has your shadow..."

Yue Chongshan gave a wry smile; he hadn’t expected this reason. He mused softly, It seems this person truly does have some unique qualities.

SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH SWOOSH...

A turbulent flow of air surged through the courtyard.

Yue Haitang, holding a sharp sword, darted and weaved. His movements were like flowing water, ever-changing. Although he wasn’t using Yuan Qi, each sword strike audibly tore through the air with a sizzle.

"Swift!"

With a light tap of his toes, the hair on Yue Haitang’s forehead flew backward, his clothes fluttering in the wind. His entire being rose into the air as he thrust his sword towards a rockery ten paces away.

CHKK...

The sharp Qi Force from his sword cut into the rockery wall. Yue Haitang’s figure tilted backward, and as if weightless, he floated back.

The next moment, BOOM! With a rumbling sound, the rockery, five to six meters high, split down the middle. The cut surface was as smooth as a mirror, without the slightest roughness.

"I’ve finally reached the peak of the Third Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm, just one step away from advancing to the Fourth Level!"

Looking at the split rockery, Yue Haitang gently exhaled.

Since returning to the Imperial City from Sky Mountain, he had been cultivating diligently. Aided by the Yue Family’s resources, his progress was rapid, and he had now reached peak cultivation at the Third Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm.

"Unfortunately, without breaking through to the Fifth Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm and cultivating the technique, there’s still no hope of defeating an expert like Yi Tian..."

Muttering softly, Yue Haitang’s gaze drifted toward Sky Mountain, his brow slightly furrowed. Luo Feng must also be training hard right now. I wonder how his strength has progressed...

Shaking his head, Yue Haitang dismissed the chaotic thoughts from his mind. Gazing at the gleaming edge of his sword, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes. He murmured to himself,

"I must continue to cultivate. If Luo Feng cannot defeat Yi Tian in a month, then I will take his place and fight Yi Tian!"

BUZZ!

Before his words had fully faded, Yue Haitang flicked his wrist. A snow-like sword light immediately filled the small courtyard, stirring up a Wild Wind Scattering.

「Red Dragon Mountain Range.」

Luo Feng sat cross-legged in a mountain cave, his hands resting on his knees, cultivating.

From the cave’s rock walls, wisps of red aura emanated, gathering around Luo Feng. They were as scorching as fire, illuminating his face with a crimson glow.

Hot sweat continuously beaded on his forehead, only to be instantly evaporated. Luo Feng’s eyes were tightly shut, his brow sometimes smooth, sometimes furrowed. Veins bulged beneath his skin, blood-red and conspicuous, as if countless streams of magma surged within his body.

Discovering that the Divine Dragon Nine Changes had no cultivation restrictions, Luo Feng immediately decided to cultivate it.

However, he didn’t know what grade this Divine Dragon Nine Changes was; just the first stage, the Spiritual Transformation, was incredibly difficult to cultivate.

The circulation path of Yuan Qi within his body was as complex as a tangled mess of hemp. To complete the first change, the Spiritual Transformation, he had to make the Yuan Qi follow this path for one complete Grand Circulation.

If it were an ordinary Martial Artist, faced with such a complex circulation route, they would probably break down and choose to give up.

However, Luo Feng gritted his teeth and persisted.

This was his greatest opportunity to defeat Yi Tian; how could he give up easily just because of difficulties?

Forcing himself to calm down, Luo Feng slowly sorted out the Yuan Qi circulation route.

At this moment, the power of his strong Soul Power became evident. The incredibly complex Yuan Qi route gradually became clearer under the exploration of his Soul Power.

As the Yuan Qi circulated, the fiery glow around Luo Feng’s body grew increasingly intense.

Eventually, he seemed to be enveloped in a giant ball of fire, and faint, intermittent dragon roars emanated from within his body.

Time flowed on. In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

On the morning of the tenth day, Luo Feng finally completed the Grand Circulation for the first time.

The instant the Grand Circulation was completed, Luo Feng felt his blood boil, as if it would ignite at any moment. At his heart, two clusters of red Yuan Qi that had been motionless suddenly vibrated violently.

KACHA KACHA...

A clear cracking sound echoed. The two red Yuan Qi clusters developed countless fissures, from which brilliant crimson flames erupted, accompanied by bursts of roaring sounds.

The roars were filled with an ancient, vast aura—they were dragon roars.

The next instant, to Luo Feng’s shock, the two red Yuan Qi clusters suddenly split open, and two crimson fire dragons, wreathed in flames, flew out from within.

The two fire dragons roared furiously. Strange fluctuations spread from Luo Feng’s body, and a massive phantom of a fire dragon appeared in the void behind him. It opened its mouth and inhaled, instantly swallowing all the dense Fire Yuan Qi in the cave.

ROAR...

The entire cave hummed from the tremor. The giant flaming dragon roared once more and then suddenly drilled into the space between Luo Feng’s eyebrows.

Everything in the cave calmed down. However, a crimson, crystal-bright, fan-shaped scale, as translucent as jade, had appeared between Luo Feng’s eyebrows.

Hooo...

Luo Feng slowly opened his eyes. A brilliant gleam, like lightning, flashed randomly in the void.

A moment later, Luo Feng took a deep breath, a delighted smile appearing on his face.

"Mid-stage of the Fourth Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm! Unbelievable!"

When he obtained the Divine Dragon Nine Changes, Luo Feng had already understood why he had been unable to break through to the Fourth Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm for so long.

The Teng Dragon’s Step is the foundation of the Divine Dragon Nine Changes. When cultivating the Divine Dragon Nine Changes, upon reaching the Spiritual Rotation Realm, the Meridian Wheels in a Martial Artist’s five viscera do not transform into normal spiritual vortexes. Instead, they refine the Qi of the Five Elements to become Dragon-shaped revolving spirits.

At this moment, the two Meridian Wheels in his heart had evolved into two fire dragons. The two Meridian Wheels in his spleen had also transformed into two Dragon-shaped revolving spirits. Moreover, the Yuan Qi they contained was exceptionally abundant, placing his cultivation at the mid-stage of the Fourth Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm.

"The five viscera house the five Qis, the five Qis transform into five dragons. When the five dragons appear, Heaven and Earth are revealed, and they reign supreme throughout the myriad realms..."

Luo Feng suddenly recalled the passage at the beginning of the Teng Dragon’s Step Secret Manual and muttered to himself,

The five viscera house the five Qis, the five Qis transform into five dragons. This must be referring to the current changes in my body.

Thinking of this, Luo Feng couldn’t help but give a wry smile. So, I had already started cultivating the Divine Dragon Nine Changes long ago. I’ve been carrying such a great treasure for so long without even knowing it.

What made him feel fortunate was that the Teng Dragon’s Step had remained in the Purple Sun School for ten years without being taken by anyone else.

However, he hadn’t considered that others didn’t possess his level of comprehension and Soul Power. Even if they obtained the Teng Dragon’s Step, they wouldn’t be able to cultivate it.

Hmm?

Luo Feng’s gaze fell to the ground in front of him, and his eyebrows rose.

The previously yellowish Teng Dragon’s Step Secret Manual had vanished. On the ground, there was only a piece of golden fur of unknown material.

On the fur were four large words: ’Divine Dragon Nine Changes’. Below them was an image of a dragon, its entire body radiating golden light, with nine claws—a Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon!

BUZZ!

As his gaze met that of the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon, Luo Feng suddenly felt a vast consciousness rush into his mind. In an instant, a series of images appeared in his awareness.

There were nine images in total. The first image blazed with brilliant flames, and engraved upon it was the Fire Crimson Dragon Luo Feng had seen before, along with the cultivation method for the Spiritual Transformation.

The remaining eight images were pitch black, and no information could be seen on them.

A moment later, Luo Feng withdrew his focus and looked at the golden fur in his hand. This must be the true Secret Manual for the Divine Dragon Nine Changes. It seems I’m only qualified to cultivate the first change, the ’Spiritual Transformation,’ for now.

Examining the golden fur carefully, Luo Feng found he had never seen such a material before.

Unable to make anything of it, Luo Feng put the Secret Manual away and reached up to touch the crimson scale on his forehead.

A dragon scale? Does this mean I’ve successfully cultivated the first change of the Divine Dragon Nine Changes, the ’Spiritual Transformation’?

Delight showed in Luo Feng’s eyes. With every successful change of the Divine Dragon Nine Changes, a dragon scale appears on the forehead.

Let’s test my current strength.

Eager to test the change in his strength, Luo Feng stood up. As he circulated the Divine Dragon Nine Changes technique, the dragon scale on his forehead grew even more dazzling.

"Break!"

Circulating his Yuan Qi, Luo Feng stomped, cracking the ground, and then threw a punch at the nearby rock wall.

BOOM!

His fist landed on the rock wall, and the entire mountain peak seemed to tremble. The rock wall directly shattered, sending stone fragments flying. Some nearby rocks burst into flames.

The next moment, dazzling sunlight shone down from the sky. That single punch had directly pierced through the mountain cave; the fist’s force shot skyward, only dissipating after traveling over a thousand meters.

SWOOSH!

A sound of rushing wind was heard as a figure shot out from the pile of rubble.

I really got too excited. I almost buried myself alive...

Looking at the unrecognizable mountain cave, Luo Feng smiled and shook his head, extremely satisfied with the power of that punch.

He hadn’t used any Martial Arts for that punch, yet its power was several degrees stronger than when he previously used his full strength to execute Eight Wildernesses Dominating Flame.

If Luo Feng were to fight the White-faced Saber Guest now, he was confident he could win in a direct confrontation without needing to devise a plan to poison his opponent.

Just achieving Small Success in the Spiritual Transformation grants such power! This Divine Dragon Nine Changes is probably an Earth-grade Cultivation Technique, or even higher!

Luo Feng felt his strength had increased nearly tenfold. Such a huge improvement couldn’t be solely due to the increase in his cultivation level; the primary reason had to be the Divine Dragon Nine Changes.

Looking at the shattered mountain peak below, a sharp glint flashed in Luo Feng’s eyes.

Cultivation Techniques are far more precious than Martial Arts. As far as he knew, Earth-grade Cultivation Techniques were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns even in the Twelve Golden Palaces; many Golden Palace elders cultivated Profound Level Cultivation Techniques.

An Earth-grade Cultivation Technique would probably alarm even the Hall Masters of the Twelve Golden Palaces.

High-grade Cultivation Techniques not only greatly enhance a Martial Artist’s strength but also accelerate their cultivation speed. They are treasures that all Martial Artists dream of obtaining, even at the cost of their lives.

This Divine Dragon Nine Changes Secret Manual must be guarded carefully. It absolutely cannot be discovered by others...

After a moment, Luo Feng finally calmed down. He retracted his Yuan Qi, and the crimson dragon scale on his forehead gradually faded, eventually leaving only a faint reddish mark that was difficult to notice without close inspection.

Several thousand meters away, many Martial Artists adventuring in the Red Dragon Mountain Range saw the crimson fist energy shooting into the sky.

"What was that!"

"It might be a rare treasure appearing! Let’s go take a look!"

"Let’s go..."

Many Martial Artists who saw the fiery light hesitated briefly before rushing towards the mountain peak.

Luo Feng concealed his aura and was about to leave when he suddenly sensed many auras approaching and stopped.

In just a few breaths, a dozen or so figures appeared. Seeing Luo Feng, they were all taken aback. They had thought a rare treasure was appearing, but unexpectedly, it was only a young man.

Some Martial Artists, feeling uninterested, were about to leave when suddenly a cold shout rang out from the mountainside.

"Kid, so you were here!"

"Hahaha... Kid, we’ve been looking for you for half a month, and we finally found you! You killed our vice-captain; your crime is heinous! Surrender obediently and come with us!"

Six Martial Artists closed in, surrounding Luo Feng. Each one looked fierce and was overflowing with killing intent.

Those Martial Artists who were about to leave stopped, their eyes showing some surprise as they looked at the blood-fang insignia on the chests of the six men.

"Hey, these people are from the Blood Roar Adventure Group. How did this young man offend them?"

"It sounds like he killed the vice-captain of the Blood Roar Adventure Group."

"What? Killed the vice-captain of the Blood Roar Adventure Group!"

A Martial Artist exclaimed in shock, "Then he’s dead for sure! The vice-captain of the Blood Roar Adventure Group is the younger brother of ’Bloody Foot’ Qiu Yue!"

Everyone stopped and began discussing animatedly.

Luo Feng watched the six approaching men without moving. Two of them were Second Level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artists, three were Third Level Spiritual Rotation Realm Martial Artists, and one was at the early stage of the Fourth Level of the Spiritual Rotation Realm.

"The Blood Roar Adventure Group? I was just planning to look for you. I didn’t expect you to deliver yourselves to my doorstep," Luo Feng sneered.

"Such arrogance! Let’s see how long you can act tough! Kill him!"

With a loud shout, the six men unleashed their ultimate techniques and lunged at Luo Feng.

"So many against one, even if they win, it’s not a glorious victory," a thick-browed Saber man frowned near the foot of the mountain.

"SHHH!"

The Martial Artist next to the thick-browed Saber man made a hushing gesture and said nervously,

"Keep your voice down! We can’t afford to provoke the Blood Roar Adventure Group. This kid brought this upon himself; who asked him to provoke the Blood Roar Adventure Group?"

"Chaotic Shadow Spear!"

"Shattering Wind Tooth Fist!"

"Broken Qi Sword!"

...

Closing in to within ten paces of Luo Feng, the six men unleashed their ultimate techniques. Killing intent and Gang Qi merged, stirring up the wind and clouds for several miles, an astonishing display of power.

Facing the six attacking Martial Artists, Luo Feng didn’t retreat or evade. His expression was normal as he said calmly, "I hope you can withstand one punch from me."

BOOM!

As his voice fell, Luo Feng threw a punch.

FWOOM!

A crimson fist projection shot out, shattering the approaching Gang Qi. The Protective Gang Energy of the four Blood Roar Adventure Group Martial Artists further back instantly shattered. They spat out large mouthfuls of blood and fell like broken sacks.