Chapter 434 Fifth-Grade Spiritual Object?
"Innate Divine Technique, Talent Divine Skill Loss!"
"It's somewhat similar to a Spiritual Sense Shock Spell, but it's neither a Divine Sense Attack nor a Divine Thought Attack; it's not even a pure soul attack. Instead, it's a special ability that combines soul power with my self-origin, a unique life essence, making it something only I can perform. This 'innate divine technique' is exclusive to me."
Bai Ziyue marveled.
He had always known that in the Immortal Technique World, there were those with inherent exceptional talents and Innate Dao Bodies, like Fan Qingyu and Zhao Yue'er... Once they broke through to the Divine Realm, they would naturally comprehend their own innate divine techniques.
These innate divine techniques were a complete 'method' and 'technique.'"
For those with slightly weaker talents, generally, the most they could comprehend was a single innate ability.
These innate abilities varied in strength, some unique in their utility, others rendered useless and left as chicken ribs... For instance, Master Xu San from the Celestial Spirit Sect had a talent for a unique understanding of Defense Techniques, allowing him to practice the Defensive Divine Techniques Seven-Colored Tribulation Passage Spirit Light with great ease, reaching Small Success almost to Great Success in a short time.
For instance, the Sect Leader of the Sunrise Daoist Sect, Master Wan Hong, had a talent in the spirit plant area, so he was not only a Sect Leader but also a Second-grade High-tier Spirit Plant Master.
Others excelled in alchemy, fire control, sword control, mountain viewing, sea exploration, object seeking... each with various innate abilities, having distinct functions and effects.
When Bai Ziyue broke through, his innate ability was a complete 'method' and 'technique,' indicating that his innate ability was akin to those extraordinarily gifted with Innate Dao Bodies, forming a 'divine technique'—an innate divine technique that only he could use.
This innate divine technique, 'Talent Divine Skill Loss,' while not purely an offensive divine technique, had the power to cause a late-stage Divine Realm Great Demon to become mentally paused for a full three breaths—definitely not weak either.
Moreover, this innate divine technique was an ability closely linked to him, and its power would inevitably increase as his strength grew.
Unlike other divine techniques learned through cultivation, which could become obsolete... this instead made him more satisfied.
"The only downside is that deploying this innate divine technique, Talent Divine Skill Loss, consumes my soul power and self-origin. In a single battle, I could only use it at most two to three times; using it more often would harm the soul fundamentally and affect myself."
Bai Ziyue also clearly understood the disadvantage of this innate divine technique.
However, looking back on his battles, unless purposely cultivating certain divine spells, most true life-and-death battles were concluded in a short time. If he truly needed to use the innate divine technique more than three times without finishing the fight, it almost meant he was in an inescapable death scenario, and using it more would not help.
"Moreover, perhaps because this innate divine technique is related to the soul, it naturally gave me an advantage in utilizing and understanding soul power. By combining this with the use of self-origin, my Defense Power against Spiritual Sense Shock types or outright soul attack methods has significantly increased.
Even among those in the same realm, experts excelling in this type of attack may still find it difficult to pose a threat to me.
As for stronger entities, my resistance power would also be much more robust than before."
Bai Ziyue's thoughts raced as he discovered another function of this innate divine technique.
For more applications, he needed to continually exercise it in the future."
...
Bai Ziyue's analysis of his innate divine technique seemed slow, yet in reality, it passed in an instant. He quickly collected his thoughts, turning his eyes back on the battlefield.
That mid-stage Divine Realm Silver Armored Demon, upon sensing that the late-stage Great Demon was instantly slain by Bai Ziyue, was utterly shocked and immediately spun around, transforming into a spiral and directly burrowing into the ground to escape.
A few breaths later, a sky-shattering long howl suddenly erupted.
Breaking through the earth and emerging from a rocky cave, it immediately let out a blood-crying sound, madly seeking help from its king, the Golden Armor Demon Monarch.
"This isn't good."
Bai Ziyue's expression changed. With a swift thought, he summoned the White Tiger Great Demon to block the numerous Mountain-Piercing Beasts while he transformed into a stream of light, rushing toward the treasure area of the Golden Armor Demon Monarch.
He knew the time left for him was limited.
He was uncertain whether the Golden Armored Demon had already returned; even if Thousand Peaks Ridge was only about a hundred miles away.
A hundred-mile distance, with sound travel speed as reference, would only take approximately one hundred fifty-six seconds—two and a half minutes. Even adding the minute needed for the opponent to hear the call for help and return—actually, it wasn't necessary. With the speed of a Golden Core Realm Demon Monarch, guessing around three to four seconds, altogether, two hundred seconds, roughly three minutes, should be enough to return to this Fourth-Grade Spirit Meridian.
If that Golden Armored Demon were already on its way back, this time would be even shorter.
Thus, he allowed himself only a hundred seconds to stay here. Exceeding that time, no matter how precious the things left behind, he had to leave immediately."
"This aura... is this... the lair of the Golden Armor Demon Monarch?"
As soon as Huu Dali appeared, a fear rooted deep within its heart emanated forth.
Then, upon seeing the ground littered with the bodies of the Mountain-Piercing Beasts, even including one or two Divine Realm Level Great Demons, it was stupefied.
Feeling a chill down its spine.
"Master... Master is... too bold, isn't he?
This is the lair of the Golden Armor Demon Monarch. Robbing this place, I..."
It felt a quiver of dread.
As a Tiger Demon, it considered its courage already substantial, daring alone as a tiger to break through the Hundred Thousand Mountains, deep into the Desolate Ancient Realm, occupying the mountain and becoming the king of the Ten Thousand Demons Forest.
But at this moment, when he realized the environment he was in, he truly understood—the reason why he, as the Tiger King, could only be enslaved, while the master's strength could continuously and rapidly increase, advancing bravely and vigorously, as if without end.
Only courage alone was incomparable to any other existence.
Had it been him, even knowing the Golden Armor Demon Monarch was not in his lair, he would never have dared to delve into this place and commit such a mad looting.
*Truly formidable,* and *too crazy.*
Boom!
Suddenly, a Mountain-Piercing Beast swung its tail fiercely at him, striking half of his tiger face into numbness.
"Roar!
Do you think I'm a sick cat because the tiger isn't roaring?"
The White Tiger Great Demon was furious, disregarding the fact that this was the Demon King's dwelling, and immediately launched a frenzied attack, slaughtering without restraint.
*After all, if the sky fell, the master would bear it,* so it was... not afraid.
…
Bai Ziyue acted like lightning, the Spell-Dodging Divine Sword stabbing repeatedly, and occasionally an Immortal Martial Hand Seal descended; no Mountain-Piercing Beast could withstand him in the slightest.
Therefore, very soon, he reached the real lair of the Golden Armor Demon Monarch, which was its treasure trove.
This place was originally guarded by the Mid-stage Divine Realm Silver Armored Demon, but by this time, the opponent had already fled.
Without any hesitation, he rushed in.
"These Demon Treasures, though roughly made, their materials are all excellent. Take them all.
Celestial Heart Stone, Tri-Element Heavy Water, Thousand-Layer Wood, Jade Void Ointment… these are all invaluable items outside, collect, collect, collect.
And this molt, indeed left behind when the Golden Armor Demon Monarch broke through from the Divine Realm Level to the Golden Core Realm Level, still carries a very strong and distinctive aura of the opponent.
This aura alone is enough to intimidate petty creatures, making other Divine Realm Great Demons dare not be presumptuous.
At least before this molt, even the White Tiger Great Demon estimated it would not dare to move.
This is a bloodline suppression from instinct between demon beasts.
However, it didn't matter much to him.
But he must say, the value of this thing is definitely extremely high; with a skilled Artifact Refiner, it can be turned into a piece of battle armor with unmatched Defense Power, and must be taken."
Bai Ziyue entered the enormous secret cave, Divine Thought constantly surged, and storage bags from his body rushed out, directly collecting all the treasures into his storage bag.
Some items, due to the spiritual ability tier being too high, he felt somewhat strained when collecting them, faintly sensing a force of repulsion emanating from those Spiritual Objects.
To this, he was delighted rather than surprised, because the more it was like this, the more it represented the profound value of the item.
He naturally didn't mind expending extra effort and time for this.
"Hmm? This jade rod… its tier seems rather unusual?"
Suddenly, Bai Ziyue appeared astonished.
When collecting treasures, he suddenly sensed that a jade rod, less than three feet long and as thick as an arm, under the drive of his Divine Thought, did not move at all.
Immediately realized that this jade rod was not simple.
Hurriedly grabbed it, its heaviness changed his expression, a quick inspection soon revealed a discovery.
"This is a bone rod, seemingly a section of bone from some demon beast, but this hardness, this tier… could it be the Demon Bone of some Primordial Spirit Realm Great Demon?"
Bai Ziyue speculated, shock filling his heart.
This jade bone, after endless energy infusion, washing, and tempering, had long become extraordinary; it was truly a Fifth-Grade Spiritual Object, and naturally, top-grade spiritual material for refining Dharma Treasure, of unimaginably high value.
He didn't expect to have such a harvest in the treasury of the Golden Armor Demon Monarch.
"This jade bone, though merely a short section, in terms of value, even surpasses the molt of the Golden Armor Demon Monarch.
Take it, must take it."
Bai Ziyue hastily called in his heart, Divine Thought immediately surging madly, transformed into a mighty strength, inch by inch, drawing it into his portable storage bag.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths…
After a full fifteen breaths, this section of jade bone was finally completely received into the storage bag.