Chapter 532: The Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang's Guidance! (Please vote with monthly tickets)

"You..."

After hearing this, Gu Jian widened his eyes and glared at Sun Sheng.

He had already lost face in front of everyone once; if he lost again, he was afraid his Dao heart would shatter.

He looked at Sun Sheng, knowing the other's personality—lawless and reckless—it was truly possible he would do such a thing.

At the same time, a surge of anger rose in his heart.

He couldn't beat Lin Qi, but surely he couldn't even fail to defeat a Sun Sheng?

So he got up and entered the virtual pod, logged into the Red Realm, and had a private duel with Sun Sheng, where no one would know the result.

Imperial Capital, Red Dome Martial Arts Hall Headquarters, in a spacious martial arts room.

"Swish swish!!"

The delicate-featured Li Tianxing, dressed in white martial arts robes, brandished a red long spear in his hands, red flames circling his body.

"Buzz buzz!"

"Master, a call from Sun Sheng!"

Li Tianxing retracted his spear, the red patterns on his skin fading.

The red metal sphere spoke, projecting a large screen in front of him, and Sun Sheng's face instantly appeared on the other side.

Sun Sheng raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a triumphant smile:

"Tianxing, I have good news for you!"

"I just successfully defeated Gu Jian!"

"Gu Jian's strength isn't all that great, is it?"

"Winning was too easy..."

After hearing this, Li Tianxing hung up the video call instantly, not giving Sun Sheng a chance to show off.

At the same time, he picked up his phone and called Gu Jian.

Gu Jian, who had just exited the Red Realm and come out of the virtual pod, received Li Tianxing's message.

【Li Tianxing: Log into the Red Realm, let's spar!】

After seeing the message, Gu Jian's face darkened; again?

He had just lost to Sun Sheng, but recalling the entire process of the battle with Sun Sheng just now,

if it were Li Tianxing, could he win?

Thinking of this, he turned around and entered the virtual pod again.

Half an hour later,

In the Red Realm, in a devastated arena, the alloy floor was shattered, and scorched areas were everywhere.

A scorching aura remained in the air.

Gu Jian climbed up from the ground with difficulty, his blue battle armor covered in spear marks, his heavy sword lying on the ground not far away.

His expression was dejected, his face pale, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Opposite him, Li Tianxing, dressed in red battle armor, brandished his great spear with one hand, pointing it at Gu Jian.

He asked slowly:

"How did Sun Sheng win?"

Gu Jian was silent for a moment, then said with difficulty:

"A bit stronger than you; we fought for half an hour, and he won by a narrow margin!"

After hearing this, Li Tianxing sighed:

"Only after fighting you do I understand Lin Qi's strength!"

"How on earth did he do it?"

After hearing this, Gu Jian remained silent, seemingly having lost the will to live.

Being defeated by three geniuses from a lower realm in succession was too big a blow to him.

North River Province, in the deep mountains behind the Black Dragon Base.

Underground base.

This was in an unusually spacious cave, the size of a football field.

"Clatter clatter!!"

A tall figure sat cross-legged on the ground; he was three meters tall and wore human green battle armor.

The surrounding air was filled with a rich smell of blood, and the bones of disaster beasts were everywhere.

"Commander Ka Zi!"

A large screen was projected in front of the green armor, projected from the silver bracelet on his wrist.

A man in a black mask appeared on the other side; it was Commander Lin.

"What is it?"

Commander Ka Zi looked up, revealing green eyes, and spoke slowly, his voice hoarse, like the chirping of insects.

Commander Lin on the other side spoke slowly:

"According to the intelligence just received, Lin Qi successfully defeated the genius Gu Jian from a lower realm!"

"His potential exceeds our expectations; we must kill him as soon as possible!"

"Otherwise, in the future, he will be another top-tier Ninth Realm martial artist!"

"He is likely already at the peak of the Seventh Realm; his growth is too fast!"

"If this continues, he will break through to the Eighth Realm!"

"When he is at the Eighth Realm, it won't be so easy to kill him!"

After hearing this, Commander Ka Zi said slowly:

"Her Majesty has already told us!"

"In these few days, a super-large disaster beast tide will erupt at the Black Dragon Base!"

"At that time, Level 10 disaster beasts will descend, and it will also be our chance to strike!"

"I will arrange for the most excellent Level 8 Zerg disaster beasts to strike, and I will also strike."

Commander Lin on the other side felt a surge of excitement; finally, they were going to make a move!

And Commander Ka Zi was a Level 9 Zerg warrior, because among the Zerg, a commander must be Level 9.

There are not many Zerg commanders, and the loss of each one is huge.

So they usually don't make a move!

It seems that this time, Lin Qi's potential has made the Zerg feel afraid as well.

He thought from the Zerg's perspective; if he encountered a genius like Lin Qi, he would also want to kill him!

Otherwise, once the other party grows up, it will be a nightmare for the Zerg.

Closing the video call.

Commander Ka Zi looked at the scene in front of him.

In the huge space, a dozen figures were feasting on the massive corpses of disaster beasts.

In a moment's time, the corpse of the Level 7 disaster beast Iron-Armored Rhino, which was as tall as a small mountain, was eaten clean, leaving only bones.

A strong aura erupted from the bodies of the Zerg warriors.

Some had golden skin, wore golden shells, had knotted muscles, and unusually thick arms.

Others had pitch-black bodies, with thick skin and shells like battle armor, emitting a metallic luster.

Each one was more powerful than a modified martial artist.

Commander Ka Zi nodded; these dozen Zerg warriors would play a huge role in the upcoming super-large disaster beast tide.

Thinking of this, he pressed the bracelet on his wrist, and his whole body changed instantly.

He transformed into an ordinary high-realm martial artist wearing green battle armor, with a rough face and holding a battle blade.

November 21st, the Black Dragon Base was still snowing!

The people at the base didn't care, because after the war broke out, various thermal weapons were released, and the snow naturally melted.

And the snow could also hinder the charge of the disaster beasts.

The duel between Lin Qi and Gu Jian was still circulating within the base.

There were even rumors that reached Lin Qi's ears.

Room 206, in the martial arts room.

In front of Lin Qi, who was dressed in black robes, a large green screen was projected.

Senior brother Liang Tai's face appeared on the other side, saying excitedly:

"Junior brother, have you heard the news!"

"I heard that last night, Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing also successfully defeated Gu Jian and achieved victory!"

"Do you think this is true or false?"

Lin Qi said: "It should be true!"

He naturally knew it was true, because Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing had both sent him messages last night.

Both indicated that they had also defeated Gu Jian.

This made Lin Qi sigh; as expected of the two strongest geniuses.

They were actually also able to defeat Gu Jian from a lower realm; now Gu Jian had become a background character.

This also made Lin Qi feel pressure.

The Xia Guo still had top-tier geniuses.

He wasn't strong enough to suppress everyone yet.

Senior brother Liang Tai continued:

"Junior brother, just a few minutes ago, awakening potions were listed on the Home of War again!"

"I've already bought a bottle; if I can't awaken this time, I don't know how long I'll have to wait!"

Lin Qi encouraged him:

"Senior brother, you are an S-grade genius; you will definitely awaken."

A moment later, the senior brother hung up the phone.

Lin Qi looked at the surrounding air; senior brother Liang Tai had called at this time to seek psychological comfort.

He was just a Sixth Realm martial artist who hadn't awakened.

Earning 200,000 merit points was not that easy.

The effect of the awakening potion would only get weaker; if he couldn't awaken the second time, the probability of awakening later would also get lower and lower.

Lin Qi picked up his phone and checked the group chat.

Besides chatting about his battle with Gu Jian, everyone was discussing the awakening potion.

All the S-grade geniuses on the entire Blue Star had taken action.

Including the S-grade geniuses of Lin Qi's batch, such as Ruan Qian and Ruan Yu, whose families had already prepared merit points and bought several bottles of awakening potion.

They wanted to let them awaken in one go.

S-grade geniuses have a high probability of awakening.

Other levels of geniuses are not necessarily so.

However, it is said that Guanshan, Guo Heng, Zhou Xiyin, and others are all preparing awakening potions.

The entire Xia Guo was boiling over because of the awakening potion.

A few months later, the number of students entering the Heavenly Dome Academy would increase several times over.

Lin Qi also tidied up and left the room with his repaired great spear.

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

Bursts of cold wind in the corridor blew against his face.

After leaving the accommodation area, snowflakes were falling in the sky.

Looking out, everything was covered in white snow, and a large number of intelligent robots were clearing the snow.

Lin Qi was wearing a black-gold robe, and heat was radiating from his body; when snowflakes were about to land on him, they seemed to be deflected by an invisible force wave.

Lin Qi walked slowly through the open space.

He soon arrived at the entrance of a luxurious apartment, and the door slid open silently in an instant.

A warm breeze rushed toward his face in the antique-style living room.

Two figures were drinking tea; one of them was burly and tall, with a temperament as heavy as a mountain.

The other person was wearing a black robe and had a tall, straight posture.

"Grandmaster, Teacher!"

Lin Qi spoke to greet them.

The two people on the sofa were none other than King Shanhe and Mu Hong.

King Shanhe, with his heavy temperament, nodded and said, "Lin Qi is here!"

"Come over and have some tea!"

Lin Qi nodded, entered the living room, sat down opposite King Shanhe, and took the hot tea from his teacher, Mu Hong.

Taking a simple sip, a warm current entered his stomach from his throat.

Then it spread to other parts of his body.

Finally, it rushed to his brain, and Lin Qi felt his brain begin to become active, with his thinking speed improving.

"Good tea!"

Lin Qi exclaimed in praise.

King Shanhe also spoke slowly, "Naturally, it is good tea!"

"It can refresh the mind and briefly improve comprehension, which is of great benefit to the practice of martial arts techniques."

Lin Qi nodded and drank three cups in a row.

His brain became abnormally active and excited, as if countless insights were eager to try, ready to jump out at any moment.

King Shanhe finished the last sip, stood up, and said, "Let's go!"

Mu Hong and Lin Qi also stood up immediately and followed King Shanhe into the martial arts room.

This was an exceptionally spacious martial arts room, a full 400 square meters, with 10 long spears hanging on the wall.

Just from the cold light radiating from them, Lin Qi could perceive that they were at least Stage Eight long spears.

King Shanhe took out one of the silver great spears, and the sharp spear tip cut through the air, forming small wisps of breeze.

He looked at Lin Qi and spoke slowly:

"I will be very busy for the next period of time."

"I don't have much time to guide you!"

"Since I have time today, I will explain to you how to break through to Stage Five and comprehend your own domain!"

Lin Qi gripped his black-gold great spear; his spear technique was already at the late Stage Four, or to be precise, 97% of Stage Four.

He was only 3% away from Stage Five spear technique.

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

King Shanhe brandished the great spear; although he was burly, the great spear was wielded exceptionally flexibly in his hands.

He spoke slowly:

"Stage Four spear technique is artistic conception, which cultivates the power of artistic conception."

"You need to constantly comprehend the artistic conception in the spear technique and perceive nature in your daily practice!"

"Integrate the power of heaven and earth nature to make the power of artistic conception constantly increase and bless the spear technique."

As King Shanhe spoke, an invisible force surged out, mountains and rivers appeared, and the power of artistic conception filled the entire martial arts room.

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

Fierce winds formed, and Lin Qi saw towering, heavy mountains and endless rivers.

Mu Hong, who was beside him, was also watching; he was also a disciple of King Shanhe and had come today to receive guidance.

Although he had successfully broken through to Stage Five spear technique, he was not much higher than Lin Qi.

He could no longer guide Lin Qi and could only rely on King Shanhe.

A phantom of mountains and rivers appeared behind King Shanhe, and Lin Qi felt the power of the mountains and rivers pressing down on him.

He also spoke slowly:

"Stage Five spear technique is domain, which requires building your own domain."

"In this domain, your opponent's strength will be suppressed, or even attacked."

"And your own strength will be greatly improved."

"With one side weakening and the other strengthening, it can effectively help you defeat your opponent."

"But domain is not easy to comprehend; is its difficulty even harder than breaking through to the Eighth Realm?"

"In the Eighth Realm, using Blood Lingzhi, Dragon Blood Grass, and Blood Spirit Potions, there is a chance to transform the body and break through to the Eighth Realm."

"But the difficulty of domain is exceptionally great."

Lin Qi nodded secretly after hearing this; every step of improving martial arts techniques is exceptionally difficult.

King Shanhe said:

"Our Xia Guo is not short of Eighth Realm practitioners, but there are martial artists whose martial arts techniques remain at Stage Four!"

"For example, Liu Jing; although he has already broken through to the Eighth Realm, he is still stuck at Stage Four sword technique."

"It may take a long time to break through!"

"As for your teacher, he is an exception."

"His comprehension is stronger than his cultivation talent; as long as there are sufficient resources, he can keep progressing!"

Lin Qi looked at his teacher, Mu Hong, and agreed with King Shanhe's statement.

As soon as Teacher Mu Hong broke through to the Eighth Realm, his spear technique quickly broke through to Stage Five.

In comparison, Dean Liu was much worse.

Even though he was a psychokinetic master who could better perceive techniques, he could not compare to Teacher Mu Hong; it could only be said that the gap in comprehension was too great.

King Shanhe began to perform the "Mountain and Shan He Qiang Fa Technique."

This spear technique, performed in his hands, was a seamless whole without a single flaw.

It was created by King Shanhe himself and was the most suitable spear technique for him.

Lin Qi activated his 【Golden Pupils】 to watch King Shanhe perform the spear technique.

He was very familiar with this set of spear techniques, but in King Shanhe's hands, it exuded a different flavor.

Super vision, energy vision, perspective, and other various abilities were activated.

Penetrating King Shanhe's body, the vibration frequency of the opponent's body, the trajectory of energy movement, and the power of the artistic conception driven by it appeared clearly in his vision.

The secrets hidden in the Mountain and Shan He Qiang Fa Technique were all revealed.

While performing the spear technique, King Shanhe spoke to teach:

"Stage Four cultivates artistic conception, Stage Five cultivates domain!"

"Comprehend the power of nature, control the power of cells, and let your own life field undergo transformation."

"This is the essence of spear technique!"

"You need to condense and compress the power of artistic conception to a point, and finally erupt, completely sublimate, and transform into a domain!"

"At the moment of breakthrough, you will feel the world suddenly open up."

Lin Qi seemed to have a realization after hearing this!

His brain operated rapidly, and a large amount of insight surged out.

Lin Qi's eyes brightened, and he instantly saw the direction for a breakthrough.

His heart was restless, feeling that he was getting closer and closer to a breakthrough.

"Whoosh!!"

A moment later, King Shanhe finished performing the spear technique, and bursts of strong wind blew against Lin Qi and Mu Hong's faces.

King Shanhe looked at Lin Qi and spoke slowly:

"Actually, although the metal attribute can also be integrated into the Mountain and River artistic conception!"

"But in the end, it is not the most suitable."

"Only the earth attribute and the water attribute are the attributes that best fit the 'Mountain and Shan He Qiang Fa Technique'!"

"Your metal attribute is still a bit lacking!"

"Actually, you should specifically learn a metal-attribute spear technique manual!"

"However, there is currently no five-star rated artistic-conception-level spear technique manual!"

"The fact that you could defeat Gu Jian while you were able to practice the 'Mountain and Shan He Qiang Fa Technique' at the Seventh Realm can only mean that your talent is indeed powerful!"

King Shanhe could not help but sigh, his tone carrying a hint of regret.

Lin Qi said indifferently, "The gap is not big; the 'Mountain and Shan He Qiang Fa Technique' is already the top spear technique in our Xia Guo."

This was his true thought; perhaps after he had fully learned the advanced spear technique of the "Mountain and Shan He Qiang Fa Technique," this would be King Shanhe's unique skill.

Only then might he consider starting to create his own spear technique manual.

After all, creating a spear technique is much harder than practicing an existing one.

King Shanhe looked at Mu Hong again and asked:

"Mu Hong, do you have any doubts?"

Mu Hong held the spear with one hand and stated his doubts:

"Teacher, my spear technique has reached Stage Five, and the difficulty of controlling cells is also getting greater and greater..."

King Shanhe understood immediately after hearing this and said:

"Even if I say more, you might not be able to comprehend it!"

"Experience it yourself!"

After saying that, he reached out and placed his hand on Mu Hong's shoulder, and a terrifying domain enveloped Mu Hong.

Lin Qi, on the other hand, felt the heaviness of the mountains from the side, and Teacher Mu Hong seemed to be suppressed by the mountains.

Lin Qi activated his 【Golden Pupils】 to watch the release of the domain, observing it at close range.

The more he watched, the more he could comprehend.

One hour later

The guidance ended, and in the martial arts room, King Shanhe said to Lin Qi and Mu Hong:

"The so-called master leads you to the door, but the practice depends on the individual!"

"Today's guidance is enough for you to practice for a long time."

"Lin Qi, when your spear technique breaks through, you can ask Mu Hong about the practice of Stage Five spear technique."

Lin Qi nodded in thanks, "Thank you, Grandmaster!"

Mu Hong bowed, "Thank you, Teacher!"

Then the two left.

In the martial arts room, only King Shanhe remained.

He brandished the great spear in his hand and muttered to himself, "Once you reach the domain, it is extremely difficult to take another step forward."

"There are also gaps between Ninth Realm martial artists, and the gap is even greater than that between the First and Ninth Realms!"

"Red Emperor, I don't know what step he has reached!"

King Shanhe thought of the Red Emperor, the number one powerhouse and number one genius on Blue Star.

After decades, no one knows how strong the Red Emperor is now.

When hunting the Level 10 disaster beast, the Disaster Yan Dragon, according to the statement of the Heavenly Blade Li Qifeng, it is very likely that the Red Emperor did not use his full strength.

The Red Emperor's purpose was to train other Ninth Realm martial artists.

(End of chapter)