Twilight Boundary-Chapter 842 - 813: Severing Mortal Form, Severing Jiao Form (5,000 Words)

"Your thousand-year cultivation, capable of overturning seas and rivers, is truly remarkable!"

"But can our two hundred years of cultivation truly be insignificant?"

As Hu Ma made his move, he was indeed intent on testing his abilities to some extent, and thus unleashed a True Yang Arrow without reservation, his body like a furnace, expelling surging yang qi into the lake.

To be honest, though this True Yang Arrow was merely the basic skill of a Shousui man, Hu Ma was prepared for the possibility that it might not work and was ready to bite his tongue and use the Blood Yang Arrow.

...But fortunately, though his skills as a Shousui are somewhat clumsy, they are still effective.

Seeing the lake water starting to bubble, the rolling steam forming an impenetrable mist, various spirit creatures and evil spirits within the lake struggled in agony, those who could flee rushing to the shore as if their lives depended on it, while those slower had already flipped belly-up, floating on the lake's surface.

The Three-headed Jiao hiding at the bottom of the lake was clearly both surprised and angry, suddenly stirring up colossal waves in the lake's center, emerging from the water.

"This kid..."

And in Huzhou City, Er Guotou always carried the demeanor of an expert, ready at any time to come and assist Hu Ma.

Back in Shangjing City, none of them could subdue the State Preceptor, who left gracefully, leaving a lack of clear understanding of each other's strengths, Er Guotou even felt a bit apologetic towards his junior brother...

After all, he had given him the mother form of the Ghost Walking Sect!

As a Reincarnator, he always devoted himself to following the Food Protection Army, because of this.

Fearing Hu Ma might not hold his ground, he intended to come over to provide support.

It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized he might have missed something, holding his breath, forgetting to exhale.

"Cooking the lake, refining the Jiao, he..."

When he finally spoke, his voice was trembling, "What skill does he have now?"

"The Ten Incense Sticks..."

Beside him, Calculation's voice also trembled, "Right Protector, do you not know what skill these Ten Incense Sticks represent?"

Er Guotou said in a trembling voice, "Before going to Shangqiao, it wasn't uncommon to see five or six incense sticks, back in the City of the Dead, I had dealings with people possessing nine incense sticks, certainly impressive, but he only has one more, how can it be..."

"So exaggerated?"

"..."

"Simply having the first nine incense sticks is already different, he obtained the nine incense sticks through rightful cultivation with the Book of Life and Death, the utmost among mortals."

Although Calculation could barely explain this using the theories of the Daluo Dharma Sect, he was witnessing such a phenomenon for the first time, hence his own astonishment.

While explaining, his voice trembled, "Our Daluo Dharma Sect believes that nine incense sticks are already the pinnacle, moreover, his are Pure Yang Nine Incense Sticks, and this Tenth Incense Stick is completely beyond normality, no longer part of our Daluo Dharma Sect's practices, but rather the Great Mighty Master's techniques."

"While the first nine sticks are indeed extraordinary, they can still be explained, but this Tenth Incense Stick is a life outside life, cultivation beyond outer heaven."

"For humans, possessing the Tenth Incense Stick is beyond reason, thus having it equates to transcendence, though his transcendence differs from those who have gone to Shangqiao."

"Those who go to Shangqiao evade the world, seeking to escape."

"His Tenth Stick, however, means that the heavens and earth cannot contain him, hence he has an extra stick..." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"The State Preceptor initially coaxed him, saying to make him tread the mortal path of transcendence, those words were meant to trick him into bearing the Twelve Ghost Altars, but now, seeing..."

"...does he truly appear to be somewhat successful?"

"..."

Er Guotou also paused for a long moment, then abruptly said, "Are you saying that he hasn't gone to Shangqiao, but his skills are not inferior to those who have?"

"The deeper meaning, we can't really be sure..."

Calculation just chuckled bitterly, shaking his head, "Anyway, if he says he's not as good as others again..."

"...just take it as him being modest!"

"..."

"What kind of cursed sorcery have you used, to be so vicious?"

The Three-headed Jiao emerged from the lake in furious anger, the lake water couldn't harm him, but the severely wounded spirit creatures in the lake had provoked him.

Although he was born a spirit and reincarnated into a human, he only acknowledged his Jiao form, thus he usually didn't pay much attention to human warriors and soldiers, but the spirit creatures in the lake he enlightens are what he truly considers his foundation.

Yet now, those he regarded as family and brothers had suffered half the fatalities and injuries, how could he not be angry?

Due to his habitual caution, he rarely interacted with the people in the Path, his judgment had naturally suffered.

Seeing Hu Ma's fearsome technique, he assumed he was someone from the Path, using some deadly technique, even suspecting it might be the most skillful mother form of the Ten Families Sect, he charged forward riding the clouds in a roar.

He understood that the more powerful a person's Magic was, it often indicated their physical battle prowess was weaker.

This youth on the lake had formidable sorcery, and so he planned to swallow him whole up close.

The lake's surface was already thick with steam, like dense fog obscuring visibility, and he sneered fiercely, the city's people watched from afar, feeling only the mist outside the city stirred by a colossal entity, vaguely seeing a dark shadow sway, an overwhelming stench.

Far larger by comparison, Hu Ma stood atop the city wall, even unleashing his Dharma Form, the disparity was vast.

It was as if half the sky's clouds and mist had turned into a creature pressing down upon the small Stone Pavilion on the city wall.