Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 286 - 199: Displaying Divine Skills

He sensed Dugu Wuer’s aura. When the sword was just released, the qi power was merely at the Meridian-Opening level, but being able to control five swords at once indicated that his spiritual power had evidently reached the Five Realms level or even higher.

"Good, good, good. Dugu Wuer, your swordsmanship is exquisite. Next, watch mine."

Upon seeing Dugu Wuer leave his mark, Pei Qingzhi, with twin hammers on his shoulders, took a step and without hesitation followed Dugu Wuer, swinging the twin hammers towards the stele.

As he made this move, everyone felt the earth shake slightly, as if the ground was trembled under the step of a giant.

Chen Ku immediately sensed the force of Pei Qingzhi, who was hailed as the most formidable among the young generation in Qiu Dragon Mansion, and realized it was not beneath his own.

"Two dragons? Three dragons?"

He looked incredulously at Pei Qingzhi’s hammer-swinging action. He had acquired the power of Four Dragon due to various enhancements, whereas the other party clearly did not possess such a Transformation Diagram. This could only mean that either the opponent had a root bone innately akin to Qin Yuxian or had practiced a powerful martial art similar to Qin Yuxian’s ’God Shaking Decision.’

BOOM!

Everybody watched the ferocious act of this number one powerhouse among the Qiu Dragon Mansion’s youth, and they were all astonished:

"Does he intend to shatter the Green Stone Tablet into pieces?"

As Pei Qingzhi made his move, everyone sensed the terrifying divine power erupting from his slight figure, no less than that of a human-shaped tyrannosaurus.

The hammer’s shadow pulled the airflow, instantly creating a whirlwind, violently smashing onto the Green Stone Tablet.

Just as everyone thought that the Green Stone Tablet was about to be pulverized by Pei Qingzhi’s world-suppressing divine power, the terrifying hammer shadow that tugged at the airflow suddenly dispersed.

Yet, the Green Stone Tablet remained intact...

But, in the next moment...

It seemed as if it suffered a heavy blow internally, cracking from the ground upwards, the cracked lines on the Green Stone Tablet’s surface sketched out the crooked large characters of ’Pei Qingzhi.’

Each character was around ten feet in size, truly fulfilling his statement: ’See whose words are bigger.’

"Hiss!"

Upon seeing Pei Qingzhi’s display, the crowd collectively inhaled, holding their breath, incredulous and perplexed.

That fierce and tyrannical hammer, seemingly able to smash the indestructible Green Stone Tablet to dust, yet controlled the force perfectly, as if a ’reckless brute embroidering a flower.’

Chen Ku looked on in awe, realizing that Pei Qingzhi, though slight in stature and unruly in temperament, was actually innately strong with a detailed mind like a thread.

He too possessed divine power no less than the other’s, yet if he were to control his full Dragon Power as precisely as the opponent to mark his name on a stele, it would be nigh impossible.

This ability to possess world-suppressing divine power yet control it with such precision is surely a sign of having reached the ’perfection’ level in integrating his martial arts with divine power.

"If I’m not mistaken, Mr. Pei has likely used the ’Divine Power Ruyi Force,’ this technique which was merely a skill of the Hongwu Meeting at Qiu Dragon Mansion, yet in Mr. Pei’s hands, it is exhibited with a world-suppressing martial arts effect."

Guan Hongluan commented with admiration:

"With Divine Power Ruyi, the force can be grand or subtle; grand to support the sky, subtle to be invisible. I imagine the Hongwu Meeting seniors who created this skill never would have expected it to find its true master in your hands."

Pei Qingzhi is a person inherently powerful.

Innate divine power is not very rare; in the Daji Dynasty, where martial destiny prospers, those with innate divine strength are not in short supply.

But his strength lies in being naturally powerful and simultaneously being able to utilize this divine power with ease.

This is an innate ’Grandmaster’ talent, capable of elevating everything to an extraordinary level.

No wonder there are those in Qiu Dragon Mansion who regard him as the next ’Qin Yuxian.’

With similar innate divine power, equally skilled in hammering, and possessing a martial arts talent acquired without a teacher.

"You commandery princess, speak nicely," Pei Qingzhi laughed, "now it’s your turn, let me see the ’Dragon Subduing Refining God Sword’ of the Marquis of Han Shou’s Mansion, how it operates?"

Guan Hongluan smiled gently, without replying, she drew a small knife from the treasure bag at her waist and did not step forward. Instead, she stood from a distance of more than ten meters away from the stele, and with a small knife in hand, a forty-meter-long sword energy was shot out by her. Using the knife as a pen, across more than ten meters, she swiftly left her name on the stele.

’Guan Hongluan,’ the three characters, written neatly in flower-pinned small script, exuded spiritual charm, appearing very delicate and feminine.

The crowd was once more astonished by the little princess’s methods.

Especially Chen Ku, although transformed into the Five-colored Peacock, he watched Guan Hongluan practicing her swordsmanship daily, yet every time he saw her exhibit the ’forty-meter sword energy’ technique, he couldn’t help but be amazed. Unfortunately, even though he had transformed into the Five-colored Peacock and learned her bladesmanship, he hadn’t acquired the ’Dragon Subduing Refining God Sword Internal Skill’ which released the sword energy.

In front of the stele, the three young supreme figures, each displaying their divine skills.

Finally, everyone’s gaze turned towards Chen Ku.

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"Sir, won’t you leave your name?" Dugu Wuer stared at Chen Ku and asked.

Pei Qingzhi also shouldered his big hammer, chuckling. The three of them used their signature techniques, each with different finesse, prestige, spectacle, and unique skills.

He was curious to see how this local from Baojiao County had managed to become a threat sensed by Dugu Wuer’s sword.

Guan Hongluan also looked curiously at Chen Ku.

Chen Ku sighed inwardly. He hadn’t planned to reveal his skills at the very start of the martial arts competition, but it was all Dugu Wuer’s fault for putting him in this position.

Looking back at the eager eyes of the martial artists from Baojiao County, he realized that he had somehow become a pillar of support for the local martial artists.

"Young Shopkeeper Chen, don’t lose your face!"

"This is Baojiao County, you’re standing on your homeland. Don’t let these outsiders take all the glory."

"That’s right! Young Shopkeeper Chen, you need to fight for the honor of Baojiao County’s Martial Forest!"

"Don’t lose to them!"

With someone starting, it sparked a wave of resonance since many present today were also from various towns in Baojiao County, coming to participate in this year’s martial competition.

They had been preparing for a year for this competition.

However, with the different registration and examination methods this year, they had been blocked at the step of leaving their name on the stele, powerless to watch as the twenty martial scholar spots for Baojiao County were snatched up by outsiders from Qiu Dragon Mansion’s various regions.

Saying there was no resentment in their hearts was impossible.

Under such circumstances, discovering that there was still someone from Baojiao County who could compete with those noble prodigies was refreshing, uniting them in wanting to cheer Chen Ku on.

The local martial artists’ comments inevitably drew cold ridicule from the outsiders from Qiu Dragon Mansion.

"These country bumpkins!"

"Hillbillies!"

"So ignorant."

"Delusional fools!"

...

Chen Ku did not heed the voices of his local and outsider compatriots, simply walking slowly to the stele under the watchful eyes of Dugu Wuer, Pei Qingzhi, and Princess Hongluan.

This move surprised the other three.

Because Chen Ku had not even drawn a weapon.

"You’re not using a weapon..." Pei Qingzhi was about to shout.

After all, in the Ji Dynasty, which centered on martial cultivation, a widely accepted principle was that ’the deeper the cultivation, the more a divine weapon is needed.’

Then they saw,

Chen Ku directly facing the stele, extending his finger and placing it on the stone tablet.

His finger pressed against it.

Softly...

Stone dust fell.

There was no sign of fire.

Yet, before long, his name was engraved on the stele.

Chen Ku, the two characters were not large.

Unlike Pei Qingzhi, whose name covered the entire stele, or Dugu Wuer, whose every character was as large as a fight...

His characters were about the size of a palm.

But when Chen Ku retracted his hand, everyone saw that the depth and force of his name were even deeper than what Dugu Wuer had carved with his Sword Qi, sinking three inches into the stone.

At the entrance of the Martial Temple, silence fell, with only the sound of people’s breathing.