The Dantian is where people continuously gather the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, compress it into their bodies, and constantly augment their strength. While there’s nothing wrong with this, compared to the Qi Cyclone, it’s somewhat inferior!

Because the Qi Cyclone continually spins, absorbing the spiritual power between heaven and earth at every moment!

It could be said that even when one is standing still, they are still cultivating, which naturally makes it much more powerful than the Dantian, which can only store energy!

Ye Luo understood this point, but could only helplessly shake his head. What could he do even if he knew this? His method of cultivation could only stay the same unless he could find a new cultivation technique to replace it. Otherwise, Ye Luo would have to continue living with just his Dantian!

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"Fight if you want to fight, what’s with all the nonsense! Hmph, even if we die in battle, we must protect the lady completely!"

Four figures in white drew their swords one after another. One of them drove the carriage quickly away, while the others stood guard around the carriage tightly!

"Hmph, courting death! Attack, leave no one behind, as long as we capture Miss Nalan, we can live leisurely for several years, go on, everyone attack!"

The figures in black responded immediately, and one of them suddenly waved his hand, causing a pile of black spheres to appear in the sky.

These black spheres underwent an eerie change as soon as they appeared, turning into small robot-like entities, and then all of them surrounded the carriage, continuously launching attacks!

"Da da da!"

Bullets!

Ye Luo found it somewhat laughable, as he originally thought those black objects had some special qualities; unexpectedly, they were simply automatic turrets!

Suddenly, a burst of light erupted from inside the carriage, enveloping it entirely, while the two horses pulling the cart began to transform in a strange way, turning into heavily armed monsters in the blink of an eye!

"Da da da..."

The two monsters spewed out torrents of flame in an instant, quickly shooting down those black spheres!

Is this really a clash of the powerful, or some high-tech game?

Ye Luo was somewhat speechless; he was now very sure that he had arrived in the Martial Realm, and it was quite possible that he was within the territory of the Great Tang Empire!

Because it seemed that the Great Tang Empire was a nation with a civilization that cultivated with a focus on technology and surely, Ye Luo did not rule out the possibility of being in another nation, but subconsciously he still hoped he was in the Great Tang Empire.

After all, the Great Tang Empire had a way to connect with Huaxia!

"Puchi!"

Suddenly, a spray of fresh blood shot out, and one of the white-clad guards was carelessly slain by the combined effort of three figures in black!

Ye Luo felt a slight stirring in his heart; it was time for him to make his entrance!

"Where did these thieves come from? Under the broad daylight, daring to rob and obstruct the road, do you not have any regard for the law in your eyes!"

Ye Luo believed that his way of entering the scene was absolutely impressive and could definitely shock people’s hearts.

But how could he know that those in black just glanced at Ye Luo as if they were looking at an idiot.

"Go, kill that nuisance!"

"Yes!"

Ordered by one in black, one immediately charged toward Ye Luo!

Ye Luo’s mouth curved into a slight smirk; them? He didn’t take them seriously at all!

Dragon Soaring Nine Heavens!

In an instant, Ye Luo launched his most confident light-body kung fu technique.

However, something strange happened; although Ye Luo activated Dragon Soaring Nine Heavens, his speed did not improve much at all!

What’s going on?

Ye Luo was slightly startled, but the man in black clearly wouldn’t give Ye Luo time to be dazed. In the instant Ye Luo was spacing out, the man in black’s attack had already arrived!

"Lingyun Sword Technique, Sixth Form - A Sword Cleaves the Sky!"

Ye Luo was not careless and immediately executed the mightiest strike of the Lingyun Sword Technique!

But this time, Ye Luo was disappointed once again!

His all-out strike was effortlessly flicked away by a casual sword stroke from the man in black, who then lifted a foot and kicked Ye Luo flying!

"Boom!"

Ye Luo fell to the ground, but he didn’t sustain the slightest injury. However, his heart was filled with immense confusion!

What the hell is happening?

Why are all my attacks completely ineffective?

Take the Lingyun Sword Technique Ye Luo had just used for instance - it wasn’t just the lack of Sword Qi, but even a trace of nature’s spiritual energy had failed to stir.

It seemed that, aside from his sturdy physique, Ye Luo had lost all his strength!

Ye Luo was dumbfounded. How could he have lost his powers after coming to the Martial Realm?

If this is the case, how is Ye Luo supposed to get by in the future?

Could it be that he has to scrape by solely relying on his robust body and medical skills?

This rollercoaster of emotions made Ye Luo quite uncomfortable!

"I refuse to believe it, could it really be that I’ve completely lost my strength!"

"Dragon Transformation, transform for me!"

Ye Luo, throwing caution to the winds and not caring whether his body could endure it or not, forcefully attempted to activate the Dragon Transformation!

However, Ye Luo was once again left disappointed. The Seven-colored Power and golden glow indeed appeared, but it was all bark and no bite; not to mention completing the transformation, he couldn’t even conjure the Shadow of the Divine Dragon!

Of course, the sudden surge of formidable aura from Ye Luo also made the men in black slightly startle.

"Damn it, the two of you, go together, we must not let this guy escape!"

"Yes!"

Two more men in black charged towards Ye Luo.

The attack of the three men in black undoubtedly alleviated the situation for the Nalan Family considerably, and relying on the numerous arrangements around the carriage, they managed to fight the men in black to a stalemate.

As for Ye Luo, he was plunged into deep thought!

Although the Dragon Transformation failed, Ye Luo had discovered the fundamental reason why he had lost his strength!

It turns out, Ye Luo couldn’t harness the Spiritual Power between Heaven and Earth!

To put it accurately, Ye Luo did manage to stir up some Spiritual Power, but it was only an extremely feeble trace within nature’s spiritual energy; the vast majority could not be utilized by Ye Luo at all!

Every Martial Artist, once reaching a certain level, knows one thing: the battle between real powerhouses relies on borrowing the Heavenly Earth Power!

Now that Ye Luo cannot harness the Heavenly Earth Power, his strength has undoubtedly diminished greatly!

As for the reason?

In fact, Ye Luo didn’t need anyone to tell him, as he could understand it himself - the simple truth was that the environment Ye Luo had always been in was Earth, and the Cultivation Techniques he practiced were tailored for Earth!

And clearly, the structure of the spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth on Earth is different from that in the Martial Realm. Thus, when Ye Luo tries to connect with the Martial Realm’s nature’s spiritual energy, it’s simply impossible!