With Countless Qualities Bestowed Upon Me, I Shall Ultimately Become Immortal-Chapter 530 - 485: Sinister Dragon Fiend, Dragon Lock Limit Breaking, Xuanwu Has a Keen Eye!
On the other side of the phone, Lu Ang laughed:
[Let’s not talk about the distant matters. To accelerate your growth, next year the country will invite nations from all over the world for a grand gathering.
The reinitiated mode of Great Chu, even to the world’s greatest genius battle—the Dawn Martial Exhibition.
Not only will the true elites from various schools participate, but it will also encompass the whole world. The unique top-tier resources of the Celestial Demon Realm, various divine weapons and armor, all will be available!]
[How will it be compared, is it between the same realm?]
Meng Chuan was quite concerned about this point.
He never underestimated himself, wanting to defeat Shang Hao, being invincible in the same realm is the basic requirement.
If he is asked to fight against a Grandmaster at the peak of the Three Limits, it would be a bit demanding...
[The specific rules, Great Chu is still discussing with countries such as America. We will certainly take care of you martial arts prodigies, holding the Dawn Martial Exhibition is to accelerate your growth.
However, the venue will definitely be set in our Great Chu, just that different countries have different customs, we need to show our great country’s magnanimity and compatibility.]
Meng Chuan nodded in agreement.
In the Martial Arts Era, Great Chu is the world’s leading martial arts nation, possessing the largest number of Seventh Limit experts, the world’s greatest is also Zhao Dasheng.
Listening to the opinions of other countries is also a kind of grace.
Of course, whether to adopt them or not, Great Chu has the final say...
On the other end of the phone, Lu Ang reminded for the last time:
[As for the Dawn Martial Exhibition, just be aware of it, it’s confidential.]
[Mm-hmm, I am famously tight-lipped, you can be assured.]
...
The next morning, Meng Chuan deliberately took a night’s sleep to welcome the rebirth of his body.
The discussions from yesterday were all kept to himself, not spoken to anyone.
Except... to his mentor.
He and his mentor are heart-linked, naturally, he would not hide, besides, his mentor would not spread it around.
Even Old Luo was unaware of these matters, and after listening, was greatly shocked as well.
Finally, Old Luo also advised him to practice steadily, walk his path, that’s the most crucial thing.
Of course, he actually did do so, regardless of knowing or not.
Negative emotions did not exist for him.
Having learned who the real enemy is, instead, he was filled with fighting spirit.
Such a quality is rare, just like "tenacity."
The two even discussed whether, with a great world enemy at hand, the Demon Seed True Qi could be exposed, not needing to be hidden anymore.
Since learning the Qi Observation Skill, Meng Chuan has been hiding the [Tao Heart Demon Seed] deeper.
Because from a fundamental "Qi mechanism" judgment, the True Qi converted within this technique.
Perceived, it is genuinely indistinguishable from Demonic Qi...
As to why, he did not know.
Maybe when all the remaining pieces are gathered, the answer can be revealed.
Although compared to the destruction of the world, their secret is insignificant.
But concerning their own safety, until then, the master and student decided to continue keeping it a secret.
According to Luo Guanyun’s words:
"Right or wrong, innocence and ambiguity, are held in the hands of the strong.
You and I as master and student, if we can produce a Celestial King, we can be above board and open."
Meng Chuan agreed with this, and he also thought the same.
Even though there’s a great enemy before us in the human world, the majority of martial arts seniors are righteous characters.
However, society is complex, and unpleasant darkness in the shadows is inevitable.
It’s unavoidable that some might covet his "opportunities."
This is not paranoia. Meng Chuan also found evidence online about quite a few geniuses mysteriously disappearing.
He can only ensure that his heart moves towards the light, but cannot place his safety in the hands of others just because he is a so-called "genius."
The reliance on self is the fundamental way to stand firm at all times.
...
In the valley, Meng Chuan started practicing the Baxia Heaven-Supporting Skill for the first time.
As he began the technique, residing in his sea of consciousness were the breathing exercises and striking techniques for each stage.
After all, it belongs to a first-rate Horizontal Training Skill, not the True Skill, with limited difficulty.
He watched for a while, memorized it, and then tried.
While loosening his body, he pondered in his mind:
"The Baxia Skill is somewhat similar to the Giant Turtle Skill, except the hardness of the back transforms into full body strength.
And it further enhances the inner organs, this is the internal and external combined training, yin and yang balance of the human body level."
His evaluation of this technique is that before breaking the Limit, it is a purely physical defensive Hard Skill.
If at the martial artist stage, one can practice it to perfection, it would be an invulnerable state at that stage.
Besides this, both the internal and external will grow robust with the skill proficiency improvement.
Simply put, his height and weight would have to shoot up again...
In the uncompressed state, Meng Chuan is already close to 2.4 meters.
When the Baxia Skill reaches perfection, he would be heading towards 2.67 meters...
He expressed his understanding of this point.
Just like the size of solid-type Celestial Demons can distinguish strength.
Even though Martial Arts doesn’t have this exactness, before "returning to simplicity."
The greater a body’s capacity, the better power can reside, similar to the Celestial Demons’ body size rationale.
In the future, in front of others, compressing his figure to 80% will be his customary behavior.
In non-combat situations, he still wants to maintain a human form like a normal person...
He glanced again at the line of tiny words under the Baxia Skill in the Horizontal Training Skill column.
"Don’t say more, don’t dwell on less, start training!"
Meng Chuan decided to exclude [Vajra’s Mountain Carrying] and [Treasure Elephant’s Golden Dignity] first.
Before and after Rainbow Light Radiance Body, practicing all four in conjunction, and practiced the Baxia Skill twice.
After more than two hours, the practice came to an end.
Then following the prompt, he checked the panel:
[Baxia Heaven-Supporting Skill: Introductory (1%) → (10%)]
Meng Chuan felt quite proud; practicing so quickly, it was only him. The Grand Star Turtle knew how to pick people...
"Twice a day for ten days, and I can master it. Even if the difficulty increases afterward, breaking the limit takes about half a year, which is fast."
A top-tier Daoist hard skill, relying on his understanding of martial principles and practicing twice daily, he could already use the ’fast mastery method’.
He recalled the way he used to struggle with the Armor Wearing Skill and Dragon Lock Body, feeling amused and nostalgic:
"These days are different; I’ve become..."
Just as he thought about the Dragon Lock Body technique, his gaze shifted to the panel:
[Cyan Netherworld Dragon Lock Body: Perfection (97%) Awaiting Limit Break]
[Limit Break Trait: Bone Flower (Intermediate)]
He pondered:
"I should practice this twice a day too. Recently, I’ll focus solely on this technique and Baxia Skill for a speedy limit break."
Though close to the limit break threshold, Meng Chuan’s practice with this technique hadn’t hit a bottleneck, needing neither constant verification nor slow grinding.
He had long confirmed how to navigate the path to breaking the limit for this technique.
He was quite experienced with limit-breaking martial arts.
Various methods simply entail, after perfection, making improvements or optimized innovations based on predecessors.
While adjusting his breath, his thoughts called forth the dragon demon.
Cloud from the Dragon.
Wisps of fog emerged and took form from outside the dragon demon’s body.
A black steel-like body became faintly visible within.
"Come forth!"
In the next moment, the dragon demon swiftly descended from the sky.
Upon landing, a twenty-meter-long five-clawed black dragon coiled on the ground, fearsome in appearance.
Its eyes, amber-colored vertical pupils, gazed maliciously into the distance.
Meng Chuan scrutinized his "pet" at that moment, nodding inwardly:
"Not bad, the claws have grown sharp, and the dragon horns have fully developed now."
Four dragon claws appeared exceptionally sharp.
The dragon head was distinct in its features, no longer flat and smooth like a serpent.
On its head, a pair of massive, branching dragon horns stood impressively.
There was still a semblance of grandeur akin to the five celestial dragons outside the True Martial Dharma Realm palace.
This fellow had undergone "thunder tribulation" within, and now, was rejuvenated from breaking through realms.
Upon hearing the master speak, the dragon demon turned to look into the master’s eyes; its vertical pupils immediately morphed into round ones.
It resumed its "clear-eyed college student" appearance...
The one it feared most wasn’t the one who trained its Tao Heart daily, but Meng Chuan.
The one who gave commands, the one who was boss.
The dragon demon was always sharp...
Meng Chuan examined it, further assured for the final limit break of the Dragon Lock Body.
From the [Cognition] perspective, the dragon demon seemed more like a conceptual celestial demon, a formless, insubstantial entity.
It could only rely on its body to change reality.
Harnessing functions like expelling dragon qi and protecting the sea of consciousness.
If detached, leaving its bodily platform.
The dragon demon becomes a useless, giant fog, intimidating in appearance, but with no other value...
His method of breaking the limit was inspired by the "Martial Arts Momentum magnetic field altering reality and transforming into intention".
Preparing to refine the dragon demon from a "formless insubstantial object" into a "formful insubstantial object", akin to void-type celestial demons.
That heart-light method; others could use spiritual power for sword attacks.
He intended to create his own "Dragon Control Method", using spiritual power to command a meter-long black dragon to attack...
Such a limit break posed significant difficulty.
Hence, after breaking into perfection, the progress speed of this hard skill was far slower than Qi Nourishing Armor Skill of the same level.
But acting this way had many advantages.
The reason the dragon demon had never been ’laid off’ and retained until now was precisely this.
Because, during his practice, he remained mindful of maintaining the function of "strengthening muscles and bones with five elemental energies".
Apart from thinking, martial arts in reality also slowly advanced towards this direction.
Even though he pondered repeatedly, asked multiple times.
He still hadn’t figured out why his dragon demon was unique.
But due to the existence of [Once Verified, Always Verified], although he didn’t understand, he continued to explore along the "correct path".
Through his "demonic modification" practice, the dragon demon was preserved.
Not following the original martial arts practice method, to be dismissed.
Actually, sometimes, Meng Chuan also wondered.
If he reared the dragon demon to this size and followed the original method to instantly refine it, what benefits he would gain...
However, it was just a thought, akin to raising a cat or a dog in principle.
Long-term attachment made him reluctant to do so.
Of course, it wasn’t related to strengthening muscles and bones, or spiritual dragon control.
Everyone knew, Master Meng valued emotions the most...
...
Time slowly passed, and two days went by in the blink of an eye.
In two days, Meng Chuan did not step out of his door.
Focused on mastering the final proficiency of Dragon Lock Body.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged on the floor, his entire body in a non-human form...
The skin on his entire body flowed and fluctuated like liquid.
This was an external manifestation of violent changes occurring to the bones within his body.
The originally hard bones seemed to dissolve and restructure under some mysterious force.
At times, like serpentine movements under the skin.
At times, like boiling magma, swelling and rolling under the muscle’s encasement.
