Chapter 253: Vajra Force, Water-Controlling Divine Ability

Li Fei stopped climbing, stood where he was, closed his eyes, and quietly contemplated the changes in the innate Qi within his body.

After breaking through his mental barrier and realizing his own heart of slaughter, the Geng Metal True Qi in his body began to transform automatically.

This was a very wondrous process, much like the cultivation method of "breaking the mental obstacle," where changes in the power of the mind lead to changes in the implant.

He was breaking through from the early stage of Qi Transformation to the middle stage, becoming a Force-Refining Martial Master!

A dozen seconds later, a layer of golden force appeared on Li Fei's skin, making his entire body look as if it were inlaid with gold, appearing brilliant and radiant.

An aura of extreme hardness, capable of breaking through anything, radiated from him!

"To think I would see the Vajra Force again."

Xu Jing, down below, saw this scene and revealed an expression of surprise.

Then, he took a step and arrived at Li Fei's side.

Just at this moment, Li Fei also opened his eyes.

"You're lucky to have been able to refine the Vajra Force."

Xu Jing said to him.

"Vajra Force?"

Li Fei looked down at the golden layer of force on his hands.

The vajra of this world was different from the diamond of his past life.

Here, iron is refined a hundred times into steel, and steel must be refined a thousand times to potentially become vajra!

Vajra is one of the hardest and sharpest materials in this world; many exotic weapons include some vajra when forged, such as the Ghost-Slaying Blade Li Fei uses.

Because it possesses both the attributes of hardness and sharpness, the forging of flying swords also inevitably requires the use of vajra.

One tael of vajra is dozens of times more valuable than one tael of gold; it is one of the most expensive things in the world!

Therefore, the Vajra Force, named after "vajra," is also one of the most precious forces in the world.

Even with the same Geng Metal True Qi, not everyone can refine the Vajra Force; it is related to one's implant and personal constitution.

"There are several profound martial arts lineages in Buddhism that require one to first refine the Vajra Force. If you were to run off to Pudu Temple to become a monk now, you might even have a chance to compete for the title of Buddha-son."

Xu Jing said to Li Fei with a smile.

Li Fei turned his head to look at him and asked with a complex expression: "Was it you who helped me break my mental barrier earlier?"

Having now broken through his mental barrier, he naturally realized that his previous state had been very strange; it must have been influenced by an external force for him to enter that state similar to an out-of-body experience.

Xu Jing smiled nonchalantly: "Of course, I told you, today I would teach you how to realize the heart of slaughter."

"Why help me?"

Li Fei asked.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm certainly not doing this to help you."

Xu Jing raised a finger and shook it at Li Fei:

"Hao Yi is a man full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, so I insist on forcing his student to kill. Cast aside morality, cast aside good and evil, and speak only of life and death! I want to see if, under these circumstances, the student he taught will have his state of mind shattered, or if he will be able to realize the heart of slaughter?"

"I didn't expect you to actually succeed! Hahahaha—"

Xu Jing laughed wantonly, looking truly happy.

Li Fei looked calmly at the person before him, and after the other finished laughing, he said word by word:

"Today's lesson, Li Fei will remember."

"Heh."

Xu Jing didn't care at all about what Li Fei said and continued climbing up the mountain.

After Li Fei successfully broke through his realm, he seemed to have no intention of letting Li Fei storm the mountain gate anymore.

At this moment, the two were only a short distance from the summit, and another Martial Master-level disciple was sent down.

But he ran into Xu Jing, who was climbing the mountain.

Xu Jing crooked his finger, and a powerful suction force forcibly dragged this disciple in front of him.

The disciple struggled desperately, exploding his innate Qi with all his might, but it was to no avail; an invisible force held him firmly in place.

Xu Jing placed one hand on the top of the other's head and stroked it gently, exactly the same way he had stroked the white fox in his arms earlier.

"Shh—"

Xu Jing held a finger to his lips, "Don't panic, I haven't killed anyone for over thirty years; I need to get used to it a little."

"Ahhhhh—"

The disciple shouted in terror.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it will be very quick."

Xu Jing comforted the other with a gentle expression.

The next second, blood gushed out from the person's eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and every pore on their body!

This person was like a tomato being forcibly crushed; all the blood in their body was expelled within a single second!

This blood sprayed in all directions, eventually forming a blood-red lotus flower on the ground.

Plop!

Xu Jing released the corpse in his hand, a drop of blood staining his finger.

He brought his finger to his nose to smell it, revealing a satisfied expression:

"Not bad, this is the feeling!"

Then he turned to look at Li Fei behind him and smiled: "Follow me."

Having said that, he vanished from the spot, swept over a hundred steps at extreme speed, and rushed to the summit.

Li Fei looked at the corpse; the person had landed right in the center of the blood-red lotus, having turned into a dried husk devoid of all blood and moisture, a truly miserable death!

Forcing down his nausea, Li Fei stepped over the spot and quickly ascended to the summit.

"You dare to break the rules?!"

Elder Wang, guarding the summit, pointed at Xu Jing, who had climbed the mountain, and roared.

Both sides had agreed in advance to only send Martial Master-level disciples to fight Li Fei, as Li Fei was only a Martial Master himself. As a result, Xu Jing "bullied the small with the big" and attacked suddenly, which clearly broke the rules.

"Rules?"

Xu Jing looked at Elder Wang with contempt, "Does the Iron Peak Sect deserve for me to follow rules?"

"Presumptuous!"

Elder Wang's aura erupted, and he was about to attack Xu Jing.

But the next second, his expression changed drastically; a deep blue force erupted from within his body, wrapping around him completely, while he flew backward at high speed for dozens of meters before stopping.

"You..."

Elder Wang looked at Xu Jing in horror, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, "Martial Dao Divine Ability?!"

He only knew that the person leading the team this time was a professor from a martial arts university, but he never expected the other to be a Martial Dao Master.

"Divine Ability?"

The surrounding Iron Peak Sect disciples also changed their expressions upon hearing this.

They had all witnessed their own Sect Master's Divine Ability, so they were very much in awe of Martial Dao Divine Abilities.

"I heard that Gu Vanguard Commander cultivated the Cloud-Soaring Divine Ability, which allows one to enter the blue sky and roam the heavens; it is truly impressive."

Xu Jing said with a smile, "But I am not as capable; I have only cultivated this mere Water-Controlling Divine Ability."

"Water-Controlling Divine Ability?"

Li Fei recalled the scene of Xu Jing killing the Iron Peak Sect disciple just now and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

"Stop!!!"

Elder Wang suddenly let out a roar.

Unfortunately, it was too late; he had no way to stop Xu Jing from attacking.

Xu Jing waved his hand casually, and the dozens of disciples present, except for a few Force-Refining Martial Masters who had reached the middle stage of Qi Transformation, all had their blood and moisture instantly squeezed out of their bodies, just like the Iron Peak Sect disciple who had died earlier!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

One blood-red lotus flower after another bloomed on the summit of Iron Peak Mountain.

Li Fei stared blankly at this scene.

Water-controlling was not just about controlling the moisture in the natural world to form water arrows, water pillars, or water walls.

Xu Jing could even directly control the moisture inside the human body!

This was what a Martial Dao Divine Ability truly was!

"Xu Jing!!!"

A thunderous roar came from the sky.

Li Fei looked up and saw a blue cloud in the distance flying toward them at extreme speed.

The next second, the blue cloud had arrived above them, and Li Fei saw clearly the person standing upon it.

The man had a buzz cut, wore a black robe, and his aura was like a blade, fierce and majestic!

The person who had arrived was none other than the Sect Master of the Iron Peak Sect, the "Blade King" of Datong Prefecture, Gu Vanguard Commander.

"So there really are martial arts experts in this world who can fly into the sky."

Seeing this, such a thought could not help but arise in Li Fei's mind.

When he had read "The Great Blue Records" and saw that the Western Allied Forces even had airplanes and cannons, he had felt very puzzled at the time.

Ground troops might be able to be dealt with by relying on the charges of martial arts experts, but what about the airplanes in the sky?

In this world, there is no such thing as light-body techniques; Newton's coffin lid could be kept firmly shut here.

If no one could fly, then the airplanes in the sky would only need to keep dropping bombs, and even the Imperial Capital would be razed to the ground!

However, Li Fei now saw that some martial arts experts in this world could indeed fly into the sky.

"Xu Jing! You are courting death—"

Looking at the tragic scene below, Gu Vanguard Commander was furious, and a terrifying pressure descended from the sky, making Li Fei feel as if an impending disaster was about to strike!

"Hahahaha!"

Xu Jing laughed without any restraint, looking up at Gu Vanguard Commander in the air, "Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you come down and kill me?"

Although his water-control supernatural ability could control hundreds of tons of water from a distance, it could not be used to make himself fly; it was the same principle as a person being unable to pull their own hair to lift themselves up.

Therefore, Xu Jing did not possess the ability to fly, and he could not fly into the sky to attack Gu Vanguard Commander.

"Xu Jing, even if you are a professor at the Martial Arts University, you have no right to kill people wantonly!"

Although he was extremely angry, Gu Vanguard Commander still did not rush to act, wanting to clarify things first.

He already understood that he had misjudged the government's attitude toward the spy incident, so he could not make another misjudgment.

"Gu Vanguard Commander, it's been so many years, and you are still as timid as ever."

Xu Jing shook his head, "Do you know what the biggest joke I heard after I came out was? It's that you actually dare to call yourself the 'Blade King'?"

"Hahahahahaha—"

Xu Jing's wanton mocking laughter echoed over the mountaintop.

Gu Vanguard Commander looked at the other party with a face as dark as water, but his heart actually settled down.

Xu Jing's performance confirmed one thing for him: the government's reprimand of the Iron Peak Sect had reached its limit. Xu Jing was now just trying to provoke him.

"Back then, you didn't even last fifty moves under Hao Yi's blade; how do you have the face to call yourself the Blade King now?"

Xu Jing looked up at Gu Vanguard Commander and asked with a smile.

These words startled Li Fei; so his teacher had such a legendary past?

Gu Vanguard Commander did not care at all upon hearing this and sneered:

"Back then I was only at the Dao Foundation realm, but now I have cultivated the foundation of martial arts. Where is Hao Yi now? Is he still qualified to compare with me?"

Hearing this, Li Fei had no reaction, but Xu Jing's eyes turned cold instantly.

He seemed to care even more than Li Fei, the student, that someone had belittled Hao Yi.

"Gu Vanguard Commander, do you think that by practicing the Cloud-Treading supernatural ability and hiding in the sky, I can't do anything to you?"

As Xu Jing spoke, he reached out toward Gu Vanguard Commander in the air.

The next second, the blue clouds under Gu Vanguard Commander's feet began to fluctuate violently and plummeted downward!

Clouds and mist were also composed of water, which fell within the scope of the water-control supernatural ability.

Therefore, Gu Vanguard Commander's supernatural ability was naturally countered by Xu Jing's, though the distance between the two was a bit far, making it more strenuous for Xu Jing to engage Gu Vanguard Commander from a distance.

Gu Vanguard Commander hurriedly channeled his supernatural ability to stabilize the blue clouds beneath his feet, preventing himself from falling further.

The two wrestled in the air for a while, and seeing that Xu Jing seemed somewhat reckless, Gu Vanguard Commander had no choice but to take the initiative to descend from the sky.

If he continued to exhaust himself, he wasn't sure he could outlast Xu Jing; if he ran out of power first, he would only fall from the sky.

Boom—

Gu Vanguard Commander stepped on the blue clouds, and after landing, the clouds quickly dispersed in all directions, shrouding him and Xu Jing in a mist.

The Cloud-Treading supernatural ability was not just for flying; under Gu Vanguard Commander's control, this mist was like the high-level internal energy he emitted!

Next, the two martial arts masters fought within the mist, with thunderous explosions constantly erupting from within, causing the ground to shake violently time and again with astonishing momentum.

The surrounding people hid far away, not daring to approach this battlefield.

More than ten minutes later, a figure flew backward out of the mist, crashing into and collapsing a pavilion on the mountaintop.

"Sect Master?!"

The group of Iron Peak Sect members watching from afar exclaimed one after another after seeing the figure in the ruins.

The person who crashed into the pavilion was none other than Gu Vanguard Commander!

His black robe was completely shredded, revealing the level-four protective gear underneath, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth as he stared fixedly ahead.

On the other side, the mist dispersed, revealing Xu Jing's figure.

Xu Jing did not look as disheveled as Gu Vanguard Commander, and a smile still hung on his face.

He pointed at Gu Vanguard Commander and said word by word: "Remember, don't stand so high when you see me in the future; keep your head down!"

Gu Vanguard Commander's expression was gloomy, but he did not retort.

With his supernatural ability countered, he had indeed fallen into a disadvantageous position in the previous exchange.

More than thirty years ago, he was no match for Xu Jing; thirty-plus years later, he had cultivated the martial arts foundation many years earlier than Xu Jing, thinking he had left those people from back then behind, yet he was still no match for Xu Jing.

"Hahahaha—"

Xu Jing laughed wantonly again, then turned and left.

"Let's go."

He finally called out to Li Fei and walked down the mountain.

Li Fei followed closely behind, and they went down the mountain together.

After the two returned to the foot of the mountain, the car was still waiting in place.

Back in the car, on the return journey, Li Fei kept pondering today's events:

"The government is dissatisfied with the Iron Peak Sect's attitude and wants to reprimand them, but today it was the Martial Arts University that sent people."

"Looking at it this way, the Martial Arts University is actually expressing its own attitude, because Chen Xiang is a special-grade lecturer at the Martial Arts University, and the university also has stains."

"Was calling me along today just Xu Jing's own idea? Perhaps besides wanting Xu Jing to help me break through my realm, the higher-ups at the Martial Arts University have other intentions?"

Even though he had successfully broken through his realm today, this feeling of being forcibly arranged by others still made Li Fei unhappy.

Inside the car, he slowly closed his eyes, recalling the scene of Xu Jing killing people today, and silently clenched his fists:

"Still not strong enough."

PS: There will be another chapter tonight.

(End of chapter)