Chapter 577: Reincarnation Unyielding Slash!

"Eight... Eighty meridian gates!"

Yan Cangtian's eyes were wide open in disbelief, almost popping out of their sockets. He exclaimed, "Kid, did you take some kind of miraculous drug?"

"No, no..." Yan Cangtian shook his head repeatedly. "Not even drugs could be this outrageous. Even the Meridian-Breaking Golden Pill wouldn't have such heaven-defying effects!"

"It wasn't the Meridian-Breaking Golden Pill," Ling Feng scratched the back of his head, smiling sheepishly. "I told you, I had a bit of good fortune."

"What kind of fortune?"

Ling Feng grinned and said, "When I was passing by the Sea-Blue Abyss, I found a Nine-Mystical Creation Fruit."

"

Gulp...

"

Yan Cangtian swallowed hard. As a sixth-grade alchemist, how could he not know what the Nine-Mystical Creation Fruit signified?

A Nine-Mystical Creation Fruit, a Poison Fruit of Ten Thousand Evil—how did all these rare, once-in-a-millennium, or even once-in-ten-thousand-years, treasures end up finding their way to this kid?

"Goodness, eighty meridian gates!"

Yan Cangtian took a long time to calm himself down. "I thought I was already defying the heavens when I broke through the second heavenly barrier and opened sixty-four meridian gates back in the day. But you’ve actually managed to breach the third heavenly barrier!"

"Unfortunately, it's been a month since I opened the eighty meridian gates, but the eighty-first seems to be sealed by some mysterious force. Even swallowing a Meridian-Breaking Golden Pill didn't have much of an effect," Ling Feng sighed lightly.

"Kid, do you even know what the third heavenly barrier is?" Yan Cangtian rolled his eyes at Ling Feng's words. "Do you think you can break through the third heavenly barrier in just one month? Do you know how many geniuses throughout history have been stuck at that barrier, unable to progress? Why don't you just ascend to the heavens while you're at it!"

"Ascending to the heavens would be easier than this."

Ling Feng shrugged. Before, he could open several, or even a dozen, meridian gates in a single month. Now that he was stuck, it was natural for him to feel a bit frustrated.

If Yan Cangtian knew what was going through Ling Feng's mind, he might have wanted to strangle him on the spot. After all, it had taken Yan Cangtian over two years to break through the sixty-fourth meridian gate!

And Ling Feng hadn't even been cultivating for two full years yet.

After a long, long time.

Yan Cangtian finally managed to suppress the shock in his heart. He cleared his throat and said slowly, "It seems that, in terms of destructive power, your strength has reached the level of a third-level Spiritual Element Realm expert. But don't underestimate the other experts at this level, especially the geniuses of the Spiritual Element Realm.

"Geniuses cannot be measured by common standards!"

Yan Cangtian warned, discreetly raising his defense to the level of a third-level Spiritual Element Realm expert.

Ling Feng smiled faintly as the images of figures like Yan Jinghong and Li Yunting flashed through his mind.

Indeed, true geniuses couldn't be judged by ordinary standards. Although Li Yunting was only at the peak of the first level of the Spiritual Element Realm, the pressure he exuded was comparable to that of a third or fourth-level Spiritual Sea Realm expert.

And of course, there was also the monstrously strong Yan Jinghong.

Yan Cangtian glanced at Ling Feng and said calmly, "Come on then, let me see just how much you've improved in the past month!"

"

Mm-hmm.

" Ling Feng nodded, slowly channeling his elemental force. He recalled the figure he had seen on the rock wall and began to practice the starting stance of the

Reincarnation Heaven-Burying Sword Art

.

"What a unique sword technique. Even before you make a move, it has a soul-capturing, mind-shaking power."

Yan Cangtian narrowed his eyes, observing Ling Feng's swordsmanship with thoughtful contemplation.

As a grandmaster of martial arts and a half-step human emperor, Yan Cangtian's insight far surpassed that of Ling Feng.

Clang!

His sword trembled as Ling Feng abruptly opened his eyes. With a swift horizontal slash, his Reincarnated Sword Will erupted, unleashing a fierce strike that crashed directly into the elemental qi barrier surrounding Yan Cangtian.

"Reincarnation Unyielding Slash!"

With a low growl, Ling Feng executed the first move of the

Reincarnation Heaven-Burying Sword Art

, the only move he had mastered so far.

Boom!

True qi exploded, sending shockwaves through the air. Everything around them was torn apart like debris swept away by a hurricane, leaving the area in complete disarray.

Shrouded in the Reincarnated Sword Will, the sword qi of the Reincarnation Unyielding Slash seemed like a crescent moon arc that continuously scraped against Yan Cangtian's elemental qi barrier, causing fierce sparks to fly.

Crack!

After twenty breaths, a crack appeared on Yan Cangtian's elemental qi barrier!

"To crack the defense of my third-level Spiritual Element Realm barrier... the destructive power of this sword technique is terrifying!" Yan Cangtian nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

But before he could finish speaking, another

crack

rang out as a second crack spread across the barrier.

And then—

Crack!

Crack!

...

More and more cracks crawled across the entire elemental qi barrier. Yan Cangtian didn't even have time to channel his elemental qi to repair it before the barrier completely shattered.

The remaining sword qi struck his robe directly, slicing a huge tear in it.

Then, a loud

clang

echoed as the sword qi seemed to collide with the inner armor Yan Cangtian wore underneath. Only then did the sword qi finally dissipate.

"

Uh...

" Yan Cangtian's eyes flashed with disbelief once again. "How is this possible? I clearly sensed that the energy had already dissipated. How did it suddenly erupt again?"

"This is the strange aspect of the Reincarnation Unyielding Slash," Ling Feng said with a faint smile. "Reincarnation embodies the cycles of yin and yang, strength and weakness, life and death. All of these are forms of reincarnation. My Reincarnation Unyielding Slash can switch between strong and weak states of true qi, achieving a continuous, unyielding effect."

"Continuous and unyielding!"

Yan Cangtian took in a sharp breath. "Now I understand why the Reincarnated Sword Will is known as the strongest among the ten attributed sword wills. If you master this move, even a great emperor might fall into your trap one day!"

"It's only effective when catching someone off guard. Once they know about it, it won't be as useful," Ling Feng chuckled and sheathed his Eradicator of Realms.

He let out a soft breath. Although the

Reincarnation Heaven-Burying Sword Art

didn't consume as much energy as the

Heaven-Slaying Sword Art

, using it still required nearly a tenth of his true qi.

Moreover, the Reincarnated Sword Will consumed a vast amount of spiritual consciousness power.

Restricted by his current realm and without having awakened his soul manifestation, his spiritual consciousness was still too weak. As a result, he couldn't use the

Reincarnation Heaven-Burying Sword Art

frequently.

"Kid, you always manage to surprise me," Yan Cangtian said with a squinting smile. "With strength like yours, I no longer need to worry about you. Now, I can fully focus on reaching the human emperor level."

"I've made Elder Yan worry too much," Ling Feng thought to himself, feeling a surge of gratitude. With a flip of his hand, he retrieved some Earth-Fire True Essence from his storage spirit ring and said calmly, "Elder Yan, I prepared this Earth-Fire True Essence for you."

𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Earth-Fire True Essence?"

Yan Cangtian's eyes widened once again. As a fire-attribute cultivator, Earth-Fire True Essence would be incredibly beneficial to him as well.

"Kid, I won't hold back then." Yan Cangtian took the bottle of Earth-Fire True Essence with excitement and declared, "With this Earth-Fire True Essence, I will definitely break through to the human emperor level within a month!"