Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1014: Chapter 985: The Rule Body

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There was no way to escape anymore.

Having hidden in the jungle just before, he was discovered by Chen Fei in an instant.

Wang Jianzhi looked at the figure thirty miles away, suspecting Chen Fei had either a profound understanding of the Green Emperor Technique or his current martial arts possessed a potent Illusion Breaking effect.

Or perhaps, it was a combination of both.

No matter which it was, the plan to solely evade and attack Chen Fei by other means had become impossible; the only option left was to confront him head-on.

With this thought, a ray of light emerged from the surface of Wang Jianzhi’s body, followed by a set of armor materializing on him.

The Divine Power, Green Emperor Body, materializes a set of armor on one’s body, boasting a defense even more formidable than that of top grade Profound Treasures.

The downside was the enormous consumption of vitality after taking a hit.

However, Wang Jianzhi, having pondered the rule particles within the Divine Power and used them to break through to the pinnacle of the Sun Moon Realm, managed to offset this weakness of the Green Emperor Body.

A barrier radiated from the Green Emperor Armor, and Wang Jianzhi, with the Green Wood Ruler in hand, watched Chen Fei carefully.

“Are you ready?” asked Chen Fei with a smile.

Upon hearing Chen Fei’s words, a slight ripple passed through Wang Jianzhi’s gaze, and a surge of nameless rage sprouted from the bottom of his heart.

After reaching the pinnacle of the Sun Moon Realm, it had been many years since he had been treated in such a way.

Bearing this in mind, Wang Jianzhi transformed into a rainbow light, charging directly towards Chen Fei.

Chen Fei’s eyes lifted slightly, and the world around him came to an instant standstill; every detail of the barrier on Wang Jianzhi’s body, as well as the armor beneath it, was fully captured by Chen Fei’s gaze.

Observing the operation of the Green Emperor Armor, Chen Fei had some understanding of Wang Jianzhi’s strategy.

Facing such a Divine Power with fully understood rule particles, could the God-slaying Sword still force out the rule particles, causing a Forget Technique effect?

Not only was Wang Jianzhi unsure, but Chen Fei also didn’t know, as in many cases, this was the God-slaying Sword’s first encounter with such a Divine Power.

When Wang Jianzhi was a mile away from Chen Fei, he swung the Green Wood Ruler, and thousands of vines appeared out of nowhere, entwining toward Chen Fei.

At the same time, an illusion of the towering and penetrating Celestial Wood appeared on the Green Wood Ruler, smashing down towards Chen Fei.

In a single move, Wang Jianzhi forcefully triggered three Divine Powers.

Using a Divine Power move by move, if it ended up causing a Forget Technique effect, there would be no point in continuing the fight.

On the contrary, it was better to bring all the Divine Powers to bear at once; either they would work, or they would all fail, and he might as well admit defeat.

The Eternal Night Manifestation appeared behind Chen Fei, blocking the vines from outside.

The vines, filled with sharp serrations and unable to penetrate the Eternal Night Manifestation, did not dissipate but instead writhed more frantically. In an instant, the Eternal Night Manifestation was covered with dense vines.

Furthermore, the number of wrapping layers was increasing wildly; from the distance, a green spherical object was growing larger and larger, and the Eternal Night Manifestation was no longer visible.

Chen Fei watched Wang Jianzhi calmly, and only when the Celestial Wood condensed on the Green Wood Ruler reached him did he raise the Qianyuan Sword and thrust it forward.

“Boom!”

The multilayered vines shattered in an instant.

The broken vines wriggled madly, trying to recover, but the sharp intent of his sword from above firmly suppressed this restoration.

The next moment, the Qianyuan Sword and Green Wood Ruler collided.

“Bang!”

A violent force swept out in an instant, expanding into a huge ripple.

The jungle below was cut in half in an instant, and the vines on the Eternal Night Manifestation turned to dust at once.

The barrier around Wang Jianzhi flashed erratically and then shattered suddenly; not only the barrier, but even the Green Emperor Armor on Wang Jianzhi’s body was riddled with cracks, as if it would disintegrate at any moment.

Chen Fei, with conventional power, was already quite formidable, yet not so much that he could shatter Wang Jianzhi’s three Divine Powers with a single sword strike.

Wang Jianzhi faced this situation because the rule particles on the Green Emperor Armor had been blasted away.

The God-slaying Sword could even forcibly disassemble the rule particles you’ve mastered.

Suddenly, mesmerizing light shone through the cracks in the Green Emperor Armor, as the fractures healed remarkably fast.

Just now, Wang Jianzhi indeed forgot the critical operational aspect of the Green Emperor Armor, but as it was a fully comprehended Divine Power, in just the blink of an eye, Wang Jianzhi replenished the missing rule particles.

This was the result of knowing not only what it was but also why it was so.

Even if the rule particles were blasted away, they could be quickly retrieved.

It wasn’t just the Green Emperor Armor; the Heavenly Search Net and the Green Wood Ruler also recovered rapidly from their damage because the Green Emperor Armor had been the outer shell, taking the brunt of the strike, allowing both Divine Powers to recover quickly as well.

Light flashed in Wang Jianzhi’s eyes, as there was still a chance for battle!

Wang Jianzhi took a step back; the Green Emperor Armor had returned to normal, and the barrier unfolded once more.

Heavenly Search Net’s sprawling vines reached out towards Chen Fei again, while the Celestial Wood continued to accumulate on the Green Wood Ruler, smashing down at Chen Fei.

Chen Fei’s expression shifted slightly, as this Divine Power with fully comprehended rule particles was indeed vastly different from the ordinary ones.

Another cultivator at the Sun Moon Realm, once hit with Forget Technique, would probably need a month of hard cultivation to restore their Divine Powers and moves to normal.

This meant Chen Fei couldn’t, as before, eliminate a Divine Power with each strike, reducing a peak Sun Moon Realm cultivator to an ordinary early stage one.

If he couldn’t reduce his opponent to an early stage Sun Moon Realm cultivator, then naturally, he couldn’t achieve an overwhelming victory.

But, that would only be the case for a conventional Chen Fei; when had Chen Fei’s power ever been merely conventional?

A sound like the shattering of the Celestial Wood came from within Chen Fei, refining part of the power from Wang Jianzhi’s recent move; Chen Fei’s momentum surged again, as he once again thrusted forward with the sword.

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The Divine Power Heavenly Search Net this time didn’t even get a chance to attach to the Eternal Night Manifestation before it was shattered by the power rippling from Chen Fei’s body.

The Green Wood Ruler’s growth clashed with Chen Fei’s Qianyuan Sword for a moment before it, too, broke apart, and the tip of the Qianyuan Sword pierced the Green Emperor Armor.

“Boom!”

Wang Jianzhi’s face turned pale as his body involuntarily flew backward. Compared with the previous unwavering stance, the impact Wang Jianzhi felt this time was much more substantial.

Cracks appeared again on the Green Emperor Armor, and Wang Jianzhi hurriedly mobilized his divine power, trying to restore the Green Emperor Armor.

The strength Chen Fei displayed with that one sword was simply inconceivable; Wang Jianzhi couldn’t fend off the direct attack at all.

But the vitality granted by the Green Emperor Technique was too strong. Although Wang Jianzhi was injured, the injuries were now healing at a rapid pace.

If he couldn’t win head-on, he’d have to change his combat approach. After all, he knew he would not be thoroughly subjected to the Forget Technique; there was still room to persist.

Suddenly, three ripples appeared around Wang Jianzhi.

Planting Beans to create soldiers?

Feeling the aura of the ripples as identical to that of Chen Fei in front of him, Wang Jianzhi immediately realized what was happening.

But how could the warriors produced by the Planting Beans technique possess the initial stage of Sun Moon Realm cultivation? Whose technique of Planting Beans was so exaggerated!

If the Planting Beans to create soldiers were this abnormal, those in the Sun Moon Realm who specifically cultivated this Divine Power could end up with hundreds of times more strength.

Wang Jianzhi twisted his body, trying to dodge, but three abyss-dark sword blades had already landed on him.

The appearance of the warriors was impeccably timed, and of course, it was related to the tremendous strength from Chen Fei’s earlier sword still present in Wang Jianzhi’s body.

The attack power of the three warriors just reached the later stages of the Sun Moon Realm, causing Wang Jianzhi’s already cracked Green Emperor Armor to tremble violently before instantly shattering.

Wang Jianzhi no longer pondered why warriors with the initial stage cultivation of the Sun Moon Realm could have the battle strength of its later stages, a situation so preposterous it was off the charts.

All Wang Jianzhi knew was that, with the fall of these three swords, the Green Emperor Armor he had just managed to refocus from the dispersing rule particles, he had once again forgotten how to use it.

This time, the forgetting was even more pronounced than before.

Not just the Green Emperor Armor, but also Heavenly Search Net and the Divine Power involved in creating the Green Wood Ruler, experienced the same effect.

Clearly, these three strikes from the warriors also had the effect of the Forget Technique. While they were not as potent as Chen Fei himself, enduring the onslaught of a slash from Chen Fei and then three from the warriors was too much to bear.

Wang Jianzhi looked up at Chen Fei. Chen Fei wasn’t rushing towards him, but simply watching him calmly.

A bitter smile slowly spread across Wang Jianzhi’s face, followed involuntarily by a heavy sigh.

“I lost,” Wang Jianzhi said, his body beginning to dissipate.

Without the three Divine Powers, even if Wang Jianzhi could quickly recall them, with Chen Fei himself in front and three warriors with the battle strength of the later Sun Moon Realm stages by his side, Wang Jianzhi knew he stood no chance.

Chen Fei did not pursue; he was simply leaving Wang Jianzhi with a shred of dignity.

Knowing this, Wang Jianzhi immediately conceded defeat.

Outside Age Tower, Wang Jianzhi’s form appeared at the base of the tower, while the tower emitted an obscure light, signifying Chen Fei’s spot continuing to climb towards the peak of the tower.

“Ranked thirty-fifth, so quickly!” a Sun Moon Realm spectator muttered as they gazed at the Age Tower.

“A new record!”

“Truly a monster!”

The Sun Moon Realm spectators discussed animatedly, while the Rule Integration Realm heads floating in mid-air also showed surprise on their faces.

Chen Fei’s displayed talents and battle strength were truly unbelievable.

Breaking the records of previous tournaments was one thing, but now he had further elevated the record to this unprecedented level.

What’s more crucial is that this record seemed set to continue climbing; it was just uncertain how high it would go eventually.

A ray of light shot out from the tower, drawing the rapt attention of everyone present.

They had already confirmed that the top thirty pinnacle Sun Moon Realm competitors were on-site, and Chen Fei could challenge any of them.

The next moment, the light from the Age Tower fell on Wan Changfu. Ranked fifth in the Age Tower, Chen Fei indeed chose to challenge the highest ranking possible.

“A monster? The very monsters are whom I seek to slay!”

With a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, Wan Changfu stepped into the Age Tower in a single stride.

Everyone watched the Age Tower intently. Wan Changfu was an extraordinary individual, rumored to have been able to form a Rule Body already, but he chose not to.

Because Wan Changfu felt that the rule he had initially comprehended was too weak, he discovered a stronger rule with which to form his Rule Body, and hence, to break into the Rule Integration Realm.

Originally, Wan Changfu ranked third in the Age Tower, but his strength declined due to his desire to form a new Rule Body, causing his ranking to drop to the fifth position.

Now, it seemed highly likely that Wan Changfu had recovered his diminished strength and perhaps even surpassed his previous level.

Less than the time it takes for a cup of tea to brew, a figure suddenly stumbled out of the Age Tower, his body covered in blood, severely injured.

Wan Changfu struggled to stand up, his gaze at the Age Tower somewhat dazed.

The surrounding Sun Moon Realm specttors were in an uproar; this was the most seriously injured Challenger yet, and from Wan Changfu’s expression, the defeat was not light.

Wang Jianzhi and Gu Cizong exchanged glances, with a trace of confusion in Gu Cizong’s eyes.

Chen Fei was strong, but Wan Changfu was close to breaking through to the Rule Integration Realm; he shouldn’t have been beaten this badly.