Chapter 147

A martial cultivator's battle intent is mostly born from martial arts moves practiced over many years.

Only a few are exotic battle intents inherited.

Practicing a martial art to the point of perfection can fit some mysterious laws between heaven and earth, thereby greatly increasing its power. This is the Heavenly Dao Law Convergence.

On this basis, continuing to practice and ponder will naturally give birth to intent.

This is the martial cultivator's battle intent!

Li Youyi stood on the blood mud ground, mobilizing magic power to travel through the meridians of his whole body, stretching his arms, dragging his palms, and wisps of magic power flowed between his fingers.

Li Ling walked to a place five zhang away and stopped, without extra words, and a large amount of light point particles surged from between her brows.

On her wrists, nine silver bracelets flew out after absorbing the light point particles, spinning rapidly, emitting silver brilliance that illuminated the entire blood mud space, followed by a "clattering" collision sound.

After the nine silver bracelets flew out, they turned into eighty-one.

They covered the sky and earth.

This attack alone was not something an ordinary martial cultivator of the third realm of the Five Seas could withstand.

Like the Chen Palace freak elder who died at her and Li Youyi's hands half a month ago, facing these nine silver bracelets, he could only flee and dodge, never daring to fight hard.

Li Youyi struck with a palm.

A square golden divine seal several times larger than his figure appeared, interwoven with magic power, with a dragon coiled around the seal body and ancient texts engraved on the bottom of the seal.

The seal, ancient texts, and coiled dragon were not condensed by him intentionally, nor could he condense them.

It was just that performing this palm technique fit some mysteriousness in the dark.

Just like holding an iron rod to wander on the mountaintop during a thunderstorm would attract lightning. This lightning did not belong to him, but he knew some rules of nature, and by constantly looking for ways to fit these rules, he could attract lightning.

"Bang bang!"

The eighty-one silver bracelet light shadows fell on the Heaven-Turning Divine Seal, exploding one after another like bubbles.

The nine real silver bracelets appeared and were shaken away by the power of the divine seal.

Li Youyi withdrew all the magic power into his palm, the Heaven-Turning Divine Seal dissipated, and he frowned slightly: "Your power is too weak; it doesn't reach the point of helping me stimulate battle intent. Do you have any stronger attack means?"

"Fine, come again."

Li Ling took back the silver bracelets, her pretty face's expression not good, her fighting spirit ignited.

She was a Great Mentalist of the Heaven Fire Realm, attacking with all her might, yet was considered too weak by a martial cultivator of the first realm of the Five Seas. How could she endure this?

She took out the copper Nether Lamp and activated it with mental power.

"Whoosh!"

The Nether Lamp released dazzling blue flames, surrounded by mist, wrapping her body.

The next moment, Li Ling turned into a cluster of blue fire clouds, carrying terrible high temperatures, crossing the five-zhang distance in an instant, and collided with Li Youyi.

"Boom!"

Blue fire clouds and magic power collided, and energy ripples spread violently.

Li Youyi did not use the Heaven-Turning Palm Print.

He only propped up a magic power wall to resist.

The magic power wall was smashed by Li Ling, Li Youyi exploded backward, and used the blood mist and blood-colored scriptures released by the corpse clothing soft armor to dissolve the remaining force of the Nether Lamp.

"Stop! With your way of fighting, I don't dare to use the Heaven-Turning Palm Print at all; I'm afraid I'll accidentally beat you to death. Are the attack means of a Great Mentalist just so simple and crude?"

Li Youyi looked at Chan Hai Guan Wu on the jade boat in the distance.

The meaning was very obvious:

How about you come instead?

Chan Hai Guan Wu's expression was indifferent, she summoned Li Ling back to the jade boat, and whispered a few words.

Then she drew runes with her fingers, teaching her the Runic Dao.

"Teach her a few more unique skills."

Li Youyi shouted this, then practiced the palm technique himself, pondering the mysteriousness of the Heaven-Turning Palm Print move.

The Twelve Scattered Hands of the Chan Sect are said to originate from the twelve gods of the Chan Sect. Each god summarized their own cultivation achievements, took the essence and removed the dross, and each left such a general outline martial art.

When practicing on the mountain, he didn't think so much at all, just thinking it was for physical fitness.

Coming to this world, as his cultivation base got higher and higher, and the magic power grade in his body got purer and purer, the Twelve Scattered Hands gradually showed their power. Only then did Li Youyi feel its breadth and depth; the more he pondered, the more he felt the infinite changes and the supreme mystery contained within.

Practicing again now, he was naturally focused.

Every move and every style was carefully experienced and constantly adjusted.

Half a day later.

Li Ling finished her practice, full of confidence, and found Li Youyi again, raising her sharp and white chin: "For a Mentalist, insect control, demon control, arrays, and Runic Dao are the strongest attack means. Are you ready?"

"Fine, let me see what new things you have learned from the ancient Son of Heaven."

Li Youyi was truly a bit wary of the Runic Dao; back in the Five Seas Realm, he almost fell under the runes of that Sui Sect Great Mentalist.

Li Ling drew a line through the air with her finger.

"Clatter!"

A bright fire wall appeared in front of Li Youyi, interfering with his sight and perception.

She leaped up, spirit light bloomed between her brows, and a rune flew out from inside like lightning.

Flying to the top of Li Youyi's head, the rune exploded, turning into a three-zhang-long golden giant sword, slashing down with a boom. The energy burst out by the giant sword shook the blood mist around the blood mud space incessantly.

"This... how is this very like the God Sword Rune?" Master Coffin said.

Master Guan said: "How could it be the God Sword Rune? The God Sword Rune must be carried by a battle sword of special material magic artifact, possessing the power to sword-slay the Longevity Realm. Back then, the imperial envoys who walked out of Lingxiao Palace carrying secret missions were said to each have a God Sword Rune, all of them majestic."

Master Lingwei said: "It is the God Sword Rune, but the rune has been simplified, and the power is not that exaggerated. Drawn by a Heaven Fire Realm Great Mentalist, the power of the rune can be comparable to a full-strength strike of a martial cultivator of the fourth realm of the Five Seas."

"Boom!"

The Heaven-Turning Divine Seal struck by Li Youyi collided with the golden giant sword.

The divine seal was split open, and the tyrannical impact force on the sword edge shook him back more than ten steps, a wound appeared on his palm, and blood dripped down.

"Such a strong rune, this is the feeling. Come again!"

Li Youyi sensed that battle intent appeared again, but it was difficult to grasp, so his fighting spirit was high.

Li Ling landed back on the ground, feeling incredible, believing that the sword just now could not be easily received even by a martial cultivator of the fourth realm of the Five Seas. Li Youyi had only reached the Five Seas not long ago, and after receiving it, he only suffered some minor injuries.

"You wait! The Gold Sword Rune is very complex and consumes a huge amount of mental power. With my current cultivation, I draw it very slowly."

Li Ling pinched a seal with both hands, using mental power to control the spirit light particles, drawing runes in the Yintang Spirit Realm.

"You are so intermittent, it really makes people feel neither up nor down."

Li Youyi was speechless.

In a real battlefield confrontation, who would give you time to draw runes?

He added: "Can't you prepare more in advance? I think if you could prepare a hundred such Gold Sword Runes in advance, a martial cultivator of the fifth realm of the Five Seas would have to flee upon seeing you."

Li Ling was affected by him, the drawing failed, and she stomped her feet anxiously: "You stop talking first!"

For the next half month, Li Youyi was completely immersed in the realization of battle intent, almost practicing, attacking, defending, and striking with Li Ling dozens of times every day.

From the beginning, the Heaven-Turning Palm Print would be instantly split by the Gold Sword Rune, clearly not a match.

To the two being evenly matched, either clashing or annihilating each other.

Later, the Heaven-Turning Palm Print could even be better, smashing the golden giant sword.

Li Youyi's mind was clear, and he had already felt the first battle intent born. As his steps shifted and his arms and palms turned, an invisible shadow appeared around his body, rotating around him.

When the energy sensed each other, he could perceive that the battle intent and his own essence, energy, and spirit were like countless silk threads, connecting the two together.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see what form the battle intent was.

"Why must one reach the third realm of the Five Seas for battle intent to be manifested?" Li Youyi asked.

Master Guan said: "The fundamental reason is that battle intent must rely on sufficiently pure magic power, and then merge with your essence, energy, and spirit to be visible to the naked eye."

"In other words, as long as you cultivate third-grade Five Seas Qi, even if you are not at the third realm of the Five Seas, you can manifest battle intent."

"It's just that no one can cultivate third-grade Five Seas Qi before reaching the third realm of the Five Seas. Even those with the Hundred Veins All-Silver Pure Immortal Body can't do it."

Li Youyi said: "Is it that hard? Third-grade Five Seas Qi is only twice as refined as second-grade Five Seas Qi. I don't say twice, but more than one time is there! As long as I open the second Qi Sea, I'm afraid that the moment I break through to the second realm of the Five Seas, it will transform into third-grade Five Seas Qi."

Master Guan was silent for a moment, then shouted: "Mist Son of Heaven, could you do it back then?"

"As long as you possess an absolute realm, everything can be crushed."

On the jade boat, Chan Hai Guan Wu's tall and beautiful figure stood up, her aura even more tyrannical, her phoenix eyes sharp: "A month has passed, it should have calmed down outside. How long until we hit the road?"

"No rush, closing seclusion here is quite good. I feel I can cultivate until the fifth realm of the Five Seas." Recently, the harvest had been huge, and his strength was growing every day, so Li Youyi was completely immersed in it.

Chan Hai Guan Wu asked: "Is your first Qi Sea cultivated to the full?"

"Still a little bit," Li Youyi said.

Chan Hai Guan Wu said: "Cultivating the first Qi Sea to the full in a month or so is considered very fast! But the second Qi Sea is several times the size of the first. In other words, if you cultivate in the current way, it will take several months to be full."

"The third Qi Sea will be even bigger, and you will have to spend at least another year."

"And the fourth Qi Sea is the main sea, which is ten times broader than the first three combined. And... this is just the simplest Qi storage, the time it takes."

"Do you really think that closing seclusion step-by-step is the fastest way to cultivate?"

Li Youyi couldn't regard her as a Guardian Wife or fiancée, and said: "Does Senior mean I have to go to the Prefecture City and use the Heavenly Law Earth Spring to cultivate?"

"Closing seclusion in the Dao Domain of the Heavenly Law Earth Spring does indeed double the cultivation speed, even several times, but it is still not fast enough."

Chan Hai Guan Wu's desire to quickly improve her cultivation base was even greater than Li Youyi's. She continued: "I can refine a type of elixir that quickly improves the magic power of the Qi Sea, called the Qi-Raising Pill. Taking one pill can increase Qi by one part."

(End of chapter)