Chapter 252

The center of the temple was hundreds of meters wide, enough for two Source Martial Artist level experts to fight a great battle.

And the entire temple was sturdy; no matter how wantonly they erupted their power, it wouldn't cause the slightest bit of damage to the divine pillars or the ground.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

The spear in Li Yuan's hand danced like dragons flying, the speed was rapid, yet it didn't trigger too many fluctuations in the air, bombarding the No. 1 golden-armored warrior time and time again.

The No. 1 warrior held a huge battle blade, the blade light continuous and flickering, blocking Li Yuan's spear attacks time and time again.

"His spear technique, amidst the continuous entanglement, has more ferocity than two days ago, and his attacks are becoming increasingly strange and fierce," the No. 1 warrior's eyes focused, going all-out to block Li Yuan's spear attacks.

On the first day of sparring with Li Yuan, he relied on the advantage of his blade technique skills, triggering more powerful Heaven and Earth power, plus the advantage in physical fitness, relying on absolute strength and speed, he easily suppressed Li Yuan!

But as time passed.

The second day, the third day... especially after the fifth day, the No. 1 warrior felt the rapid change in Li Yuan's spear technique. It wasn't so straightforward anymore, and gradually added a lot of agility.

The attacks became increasingly strange.

"Before, he only knew how to focus on defense, wanting to purely defend and block me," the No. 1 warrior could sense clearly. "Now, it seems his spear technique is walking on a new path."

"Hmm, my guidance on the fourth day seems to have been quite helpful to him," the No. 1 warrior thought to himself.

Although this change in Li Yuan's spear technique wasn't complete yet, it had already shown this trend.

"I still need to squeeze him more," the No. 1 warrior pondered to himself.

The three of them, the golden-armored warriors, were the gatekeepers of the final test, but they weren't purely gatekeepers.

They also undertook the task of 'actual combat sparring partner'.

Guarding the gate wasn't the goal; how to make the examinee's strength stronger and break through their obstacles faster... was the greatest significance of their existence.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Li Yuan's perfect star meridians circulated, and over 110,000 life stars suddenly became brilliant and dazzling... circulating with a boom, also making Li Yuan's spear technique align more with the Heaven and Earth fluctuations in the dark, and the power suddenly increased by a large margin.

The spear was like rolling stars, one move after another. In the continuous spear technique, there was more fierce eruption, making the spear technique's power increasingly exaggerated.

Accompanied by another collision.

Boom! Li Yuan suddenly retreated backward, and the No. 1 warrior didn't pursue.

"Haha, many thanks, Senior No. 1, for showing mercy," Li Yuan laughed loudly.

"Little doll Li Yuan, your spear technique has changed again compared to yesterday, and your attacks are stronger. I only needed to use my full strength to suppress you," the No. 1 golden-armored warrior also put away his battle blade, quite moved.

"Hmm," Li Yuan nodded with a smile; he could feel the opponent's strength being restrained.

Except for the first day of confrontation, when the No. 1 golden-armored warrior went all-out, letting him feel the opponent's strength limit... every day after that, the strength the opponent revealed was only a line stronger than his own.

It was purely to spar with him in actual combat.

"Amazing."

"Haha, we can all see that Li Yuan, your spear technique is becoming increasingly difficult for big brother to block."

"Progress is really fast, I'm really envious."

"Unlike us, having lived for so long, there hasn't been any change in skill," the two golden-armored warriors on the side couldn't help but speak.

Li Yuan couldn't help but smile.

When they first met, he thought the three golden-armored warriors were dull, but after contact, he felt differently. Their wisdom seemed very high, and they were also very talkative.

It was as if they had been holding back for a long time, and having finally met someone, they needed to vent properly.

While Li Yuan was practicing his spear technique.

He was also happy to communicate with them.

"Li Yuan, I don't know if your spear technique path is correct," the No. 1 golden-armored warrior said. "I am ultimately just a puppet, I can only give you some suggestions. Skill cultivation ultimately relies on your own enlightenment."

"Even the great master only left the Myriad Phenomena Star Chart to give you some guidance, rather than telling you specifically how to take every step," the No. 1 golden-armored warrior said.

"Understood."

"But Senior is right, spear technique cultivation should follow one's own heart," Li Yuan smiled.

Li Yuan couldn't help but recall the fourth day.

Since entering on the first day, he would spar with the No. 1 golden-armored warrior for a long time every day to test his own gains... but the progress in the first three days didn't yield much harvest.

Until the fourth day, after the two sides clashed again.

At that time, the No. 1 warrior finally raised his doubts: "Li Yuan, your comprehension is very high, and your skill progress is faster, but your spear technique seems too rigid on one path, too focused on defense, and too eager to make the spear technique align with the so-called core mysteries of the Earth lineage: 'defense' and 'heaviness'."

"But I don't know if your elders have told you that the Earth lineage is by no means purely defensive."

"Any law avenue is all-encompassing. The Earth lineage contains many true intents... when fierce, it can be like a star exploding; when continuous, it can be like rolling magma; when heavy, it is like the boundless earth; there is endless death, and there is also the vitality that nurtures all things."

"And spear technique should be even more agile and changeable. Although you are moving toward the 'Earth Law' along the Earth lineage, you shouldn't be so rigid."

"A spear is not a shield."

"If you truly love the path of defense so much, I think you can change weapons, like a shield."

"Why not change to a shield?"

"When skill reaches the Fifth Stage, in fact, any weapon can exert its full strength, but why do different experts choose different weapons? It is because of inner love."

"A spear should be biased toward offense," the No. 1 warrior said quite solemnly. "Of course, this is just my personal opinion, not necessarily completely correct, you can use it for reference."

At that time, boom!

A few words from the No. 1 warrior.

Especially that sentence 'Why not change to a shield?', was like a thunderclap on flat ground, instantly waking Li Yuan up, and faintly blowing open countless thoughts in his heart.

That's right, his spear technique.

It was indeed a bit too rigid!

From the 'Rock Spear Technique' he learned initially, to the 'Star Spear Technique', and then to the 'Star Intent', these spear techniques were all emphasizing the defensive core to a greater or lesser extent.

The spear moves 'Rock Foundation Pillar' and 'Star Enlightenment' could also explain this point. Unknowingly, these secret manuals were also influencing Li Yuan's inner choices.

The secret manual guidance, combined with Li Yuan's own comprehension, made him progress extremely fast, and even the first true intent killing move he created, 'Star River Rotation', was biased toward defense. All along, Li Yuan felt this path was very normal.

But, was this correct?

"Why did I choose spear technique initially, rather than the blade and shield that most experts would choose?" Li Yuan at that time suddenly recalled the original intention of practicing the spear as a teenager: "Wasn't it because of the love for the agility and freedom of the long spear?"

"Even, even when I turned my fist into a spear in high school, before I came into contact with the 'Rock Spear Technique', the first time I created a similar move, it was also the 'Rock Ravine Hiding Dragon' which was biased toward attack."

The Earth lineage, the law avenue has no fixed form, and defense is not the absolute core.

But attack must be the core of spear technique.

"Why not change to a shield? Because, I originally loved spear technique from the beginning," Li Yuan at that time faintly understood this point.

Pursuing the path of defense is not wrong.

But blindly pursuing the absolute defense of spear technique is putting the cart before the horse.

"Since when did it become like this?"

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"That's it!"

"From the time I entered the Third Stage of skill and learned the 'Rock Spear Technique', to later learning the 'Star Spear Technique' and even the 'Star Intent', it reinforced this kind of thinking time and time again," Li Yuan at that time was thoughtful: "And whether it was Teacher Li Yang, or Dean Hai, or even the principal, none of them had advised me."

Li Yuan understood the reason.

These teacher seniors might not necessarily not understand.

Especially Principal Fang Hai, who had stepped into the threshold of the laws, could he not understand at all?

But why not advise himself?

Because his skill progress was too fast, even top geniuses like Tantai Feng couldn't catch up to him at all... making these elders not dare to easily conclude that he had gone the wrong way.

If he had gone the wrong way, if it didn't fit his heart, how could his spear technique progress so terrifyingly?

But in reality, it wasn't that this path perfectly fit Li Yuan, but because Li Yuan had too high a talent in spear technique and the Earth lineage, and the further he went, the more he truly revealed this terrifying talent.

The Soul Palace's contemplation method only strengthened mental strength and willpower... but it couldn't change comprehension.

"Seven Star Civilization, after all, hasn't started long in martial arts cultivation and life evolution, many things are ignorant, just like the cultivation above Fifth Stage skill... many seniors didn't dare to give a general direction, for fear of giving wrong guidance, and the rest was left to self-exploration," Li Yuan at that time was thoughtful: "Therefore, since I was still progressing rapidly, then Principal, Demigod Bai Shan and the others naturally let me cultivate."

"The No. 1 warrior, his skill realm might not be as good as Principal Fang Hai, but he followed a god, his vision was incomparably high, and he had no burden in his heart regarding me. Even if he saw that I was progressing fast, he felt that my path was a bit wrong, so he said it directly."

Therefore, from the fourth day of arriving at the Earth-element God Inheritance Hall, Li Yuan was completely awakened.

"Spear has no fixed form, law has no constant shape," Li Yuan thought to himself: "Spear technique should be better at attacking, not purely defensive."

"The law avenue is all-encompassing, and there is no such thing as having to walk the path of defense."

From that day on, Li Yuan truly began to change.

He picked up the long spear again.

He deliberately began to forget the 'Star Spear Technique', forget the 'Star Intent', and forget the large number of Tier-Two and Tier-Three secret manuals he had learned in the 'Seven Star Civilization' in the past.

Everything began to follow his own heart to practice the spear.

Just like in high school, after learning and mastering the basic spear forms, he practiced entirely according to his own inner preferences... and explored the move 'Rock Ravine Hiding Dragon', stepping into the Third Stage of skill in one fell swoop.

Li Yuan now.

His mental strength was stronger, his alignment with the Earth lineage was higher, and his soul had undergone transformation time and time again... but that sincerity and love for spear technique, which had started since his youth, had never changed.

"Observe the Myriad Phenomena Star Chart."

"Practice the spear!"

Today, he finished another battle with the No. 1 warrior.

Li Yuan first ate and drank a bit.

This was what he had prepared in advance before entering the God Palace ruins, and the high-energy food and water in his storage treasure were very sufficient.

In fact, most of a Source Martial Artist's energy came from refining the Yuan Force between Heaven and Earth; food and water were just supplements.

Moreover, the Inheritance Hall also provided 'nutritious food', so the examinee wouldn't starve to death.

It's just that the nutritious food provided was very unpalatable.

Then, Li Yuan returned to the huge stone wall and began observing and practicing his spear technique again.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Stars rolled, like waves crushing everything, and amidst the heaviness, there was a bit more ferocity and wantonness, causing the attack power to skyrocket.

"This is the spear technique I pursue in my heart," Li Yuan revealed a smile, becoming increasingly happy.

"In the past, I increasingly pursued true intent mysteries and stronger defense, but instead lost some of my original self."

"True intent mysteries or Heaven and Earth operation mysteries, they should have been for my use, rather than being driven by them."

When Li Yuan and Lin Lanyue were cultivating wholeheartedly in the core area of the ruins of the God Palace.

Days passed one by one.

Outside, it was already surging with wind and clouds.

In the Lieyu Star Realm, inside the war fortress, in that super-large conference room, ten figures gathered.

"Everyone, I have just arrived here," a low voice sounded: "How long has Li Yuan been in the God Palace ruins?"

He was burly like a brown bear, wearing heavy metal armor, his hair messy and unkempt, but that domineering aura made Yu Jinghai and others on the side feel somewhat suppressed.

He was none other than the contemporary number one Source Martial Artist of the Seven Star Civilization, Rudnev, from Flying Star, and more than one Heaven-Flying level alien had died at his hands.

Everyone looked at him and then looked at each other.

"Rudnev," Wuma Nong said slowly: "He has been in for fourteen days... there is still no news, and we cannot confirm whether he is alive or dead."

(End of chapter)