Urban Immortal Cultivation Supreme

Zhu Bufan's calm gaze slightly brightened upon seeing the unbelievably fast figure.

"Boom!"

A sound like thunder suddenly exploded in the valley! As this thunderous noise erupted, the figure of the Blue-eyed Beast instantly vanished!

No, not vanished, but its movement speed at that instant far exceeded the range that the naked eye could capture!

Zhu Bufan smiled faintly, his figure becoming elusive and detached in an instant, like a snowflake descending from the sky.

Sensing the snowflake, Zhu Bufan self-realized the step technique—'Floating Snow Step Technique!'

"Zip!"

Suddenly, a sharp piercing sound echoed sharply. Immediately after, an incredibly fast blue palm imprint appeared out of thin air and forcefully struck down, its momentum not inferior to that of a Divine Weapon.

"Whoosh! Roar~~"

An extremely sharp scream rang out, blood spurting wildly, and a figure suddenly flew backward from the empty space!

It was the half-human tall, earthy-yellow 'Blue-eyed Beast'!

A wound stretched straight from the top of the 'Blue-eyed Beast's' head to its lower abdomen, blood spraying wildly. After crashing to the ground, the 'Blue-eyed Beast' struggled for a moment, then turned into an ice sculpture amidst crackling sounds!

Immediately after, Zhu Bufan's figure appeared, and with 'tap tap' two light sounds, he landed on the ground.

From Zhu Bufan startling the 'Blue-eyed Beast' to the 'Blue-eyed Beast' falling to the ground and turning into an ice sculpture, the entire process took no more than two breaths!

Blue-eyed Beast, an Eighth Rank Early Stage Wild Beast—perished!

The entire assassination process was crisp and neat, all in an instant!

Zhu Bufan glanced at the corpse of the Blue-eyed Beast, then closed his eyes as if sensing something. After a long time, he deeply exhaled, opened his eyes, and revealed a slight smile...

"Indeed, after advancing to the Eighth Rank, my body's strength has significantly improved… Previously, the advantage of the 'Floating Snow Step Technique' lay in its extremely delicate evasion, but now, the 'Floating Snow Step Technique' has become more perfect, achieving a considerable height in speed. Originally, I could at most match the speed of the Blue-eyed Beast, but with the enhancement of body strength and Inner Qi Cultivation, the upper limit of speed I can burst forth has also increased significantly..."

The stronger the body, the longer it can withstand the tremendous burden brought by the Acupoint Vortex, and also further enhance the speed of the 'Floating Snow Step Technique'...

Of course, Zhu Bufan was also clear. The 'Floating Snow Step Technique' was just the initial level of his sensing of the True Meaning of Water, quick, yet wonderful, but always limited. At the next level, with his current state of mind, he could vaguely see a glimpse, but it was still not enough to truly understand it.

Now when he uses the 'Floating Snow Step Technique,' it's manageable on the ground where there are force-bearing surfaces, but if he wants to maintain the technique in the air, his body still endures great pressure, each time not lasting more than two minutes, leading to severe spasms and unbearable pain.

Even on the ground, the consumption of Inner Qi is also astonishing, which determines Zhu Bufan's combat style, quick and decisive.

Of course, this refers to Zhu Bufan facing opponents of comparable strength, or even those stronger than him; if faced with weaker opponents, he does not need to use the 'Floating Snow Step Technique.' As the common saying goes, using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!

"Entering the Eighth Rank Early Stage has been half a month now… the breakthrough to the Middle Stage happened just a few days ago." Zhu Bufan looked down at the Blue-eyed Beast now turned into an ice sculpture, lifeless. He calculated the time, then turned around and headed towards the way he came...

"I still need to continue cultivating, there's about a month and a half left until departure..."

Less than half a month remains until the end of his training, and about a month and a half until he leaves Nanli City for You State.

Since he already knew of the lurking dangers, Zhu Bufan would naturally not choose to prematurely meet with others and walk into an assassination. He resolved that he'd only show up before they set off.

For now, it's best to make those who want to kill him think he's already dead, giving him some peaceful time to enhance his strength so that, should he face crises in the future, he'll have the capability to handle them!

…

So, Zhu Bufan began his cultivation in this Ice Forest...

At night, aside from the few hours of sleep every few days, Zhu Bufan mostly focused all his effort on cultivating the Cold Ice Technique. He had already reached the initial completion of the Eighth Layer and was vaguely sensing the breakthrough to the Middle Stage about to occur. To swiftly enhance his strength, he had to push forward with all his might.

In just over two months, the year-end will arrive. This year, Zhu Bufan is destined to spend it with the Zhou Family in You State. What will he encounter once he gets there? Zhu Bufan has thought of countless possibilities, including warm reunions with relatives, all of which he imagined. However, the apparent killing intent revealed with the arrival of Zhou Yuheng and others shattered all his beautiful fantasies, leaving only pressure weighing down on this fragile young man. Yet, the thought of escaping, not going to You State, has never crossed Zhu Bufan's mind, as the deep-seated questions about his parents left no room for retreat.

He diligently continues his cultivation at night, and Zhu Bufan is also busy during the day.

The cultivation of Floating Snow Step Technique and Hanhai Tide Skill never ceased, and now he is slowly studying the Hanhai Tide Secret to control the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and he has already made some minor achievements...

Although the achievements are small, when integrated into the cultivation of the Cold Ice Technique, the power is formidable!

Also, having reached the Mixed Refining Realm of the Hanhai Tide Skill, Zhu Bufan also learned the goal and method of the next step in his cultivation— the Second Layer Tuoba, which essentially means stretching tendons and veins. It is said that extending a tendon by an inch can increase strength by a great deal; the goal of the Second Layer Tuoba is to extend all the body's tendons by at least half.

It's extremely difficult to extend tendons by even an inch, yet the Hanhai Tide Skill requires extending them by half to qualify for the Third Layer, which shows how intense this requirement is.

However, once this state is achieved, the power it can exhibit is absolutely terrifying, merely relying on raw strength alone could compete with high-rank Martial Artists.

However, reaching this realm requires a horrifying amount of effort and cost, evident from just the First Layer of Mixed Refinement!

Yet now Zhu Bufan is not in a hurry; he fully understands the difficulties of cultivating the Hanhai Tide Skill. What he wants most is to quickly increase his own strength, including Inner Qi Cultivation, Martial Arts...

Currently, the fastest way to increase his strength is the Surging Wave Palm!

The Surging Wave Palm, indeed a killer of Innate high-ranking experts, Zhu Bufan thought he was cautious enough, only beginning cultivation after reaching the First Layer of Mixed Refinement of the Hanhai Tide Skill. Yet, even so, the immense strain made his body nearly unbearable!

As Inner Qi pulsated, it was like surging waves and tides within his body, Zhu Bufan distinctly felt sounds like crashing waves emanating from within, and torrents of overwhelming force flowed towards his hands.

Puff, puff~~

Two deep explosive sounds burst forth as Zhu Bufan clapped his hands, releasing a dazzling blue light screen, like a blue electric arc, fiercely shooting towards a massive ice peak opposite him.

Boom, boom, boom...

The enormous roaring echoed back and forth among the ice peaks, a seemingly immovable ice wall, under the massive roaring, a white crack visibly sped from Zhu Bufan's palms, extending rapidly to both sides.

Crack, crack~~

Staring in disbelief, Zhu Bufan watched as the white crack spread across the entire evasion, emitting a grating, continual sound.

Then, the whole ice wall split into two, Zhu Bufan quickly retreated, soon watching the upper section of the ice slide backwards, faster and faster.

Boom~~

The entire ice formation split into two, the top section thunderously sliding off, landing on the ground, splashing ice shards everywhere!

"That was close, am I too lucky!" Zhu Bufan felt a lingering fear, thinking if the ice had slid this way, it could have easily flattened him into a pancake.

"Amazing!" Zhu Bufan felt that the power of this palm could probably match a Ninth Rank high-ranking expert, and this was just the effect of a single amplification. If he could reach the Second or even Third Layer, Zhu Bufan couldn't even imagine the power that would entail.

Feeling intense pain in all his meridians and a sense of emptiness in his Inner Qi, Zhu Bufan estimated that, with his current ability, he could only strike thrice with this powerful Surging Wave Palm!

Originally, the Surging Wave Palm is a Water Element Martial Art; its attacking power is certainly not as fierce as that of Gold Attribute Techniques like 'Central Gold Decree', but... combined with Zhu Bufan's new understanding of the Water Element, the power of his Water Element Martial Arts is steadily increasing, and there's still much room for improvement.

Besides daily cultivation of techniques, Zhu Bufan also spends a significant amount of time perceiving snowfall and the changing clouds in the sky. This is not about the Inner Qi level, but a kind of power from a 'spiritual level'!

It feels like a power infused with some strange 'Rule', vague and elusive, unpredictable, yet very clear.

This extremely profound sensation often greatly surprises Zhu Bufan!

But understanding snowfall and cloud changes is very elusive; reaching the state of Sudden Enlightenment like before is even more difficult, as fleeting as a swift horse passing a crack!

Besides these, Zhu Bufan also understands that merely practicing cultivation techniques and Martial Arts cannot truly enhance him. Thus, he continuously ventures deep into the Ice Forest, encountering various wild beasts to hone his techniques and Martial Arts, identifying his weaknesses, and overcoming them.

With Zhu Bufan's current strength, it's not an exaggeration to say he dominates the entire Ice Forest. As long as he doesn't arrogantly attack social wild beasts, Zhu Bufan almost faces no life-threatening dangers. The agility and speed of the Floating Snow Step Technique, along with the formidable power of the Surging Wave Palm, allow Zhu Bufan to easily extract himself from crises.