Chapter 487 One Punch (2/2)

Wu Ding's Flying Stars Incantation was affected and started operating at high speed. Four words rang in his heard - 'Move like Orion and Antares'. This was one of the strange occult techniques recorded in the star steps.

The Orion was situated in the West, while the Antares was situated on the East. Each took one direction; as one rose, the other fell, staying out of each other's path eternally.

Just as the flowers and leaves of the Flower of the Other Shore; it bloomed as the leaves fell, and when the flowers wilted, the leaves grew. Both of them could never see each other.

However, with just a step, Shen Lian seemed to have appeared on both the Orion and the Antares at the same time.

There were two of him within the same space.

This was not a shadow clone. Both of them were Shen Lian, appearing at the same time and space. The Flying Stars Incantation magnified the complicated conflict, allowing Wu Ding to experience it clearly.

Shen Lian remained impartial and ignored the immensely powerful long arrow. He extended his fist and punched on the long arrow that was the embodiment of Ling's essence of his spirit.

The immense Qi strength shattered the long arrow, affecting even the Xia Canal and the giant bow. Within moments, the three hundred feet long Xia Canal evaporated and the giant bow was shattered to smithereens.

Wu Ding could even see the river bed of the Xia Canal - the water that was over thousands of feet deep was disintegrated immediately.

The power of Shen Lian's punch earlier was immeasurable.

Lei Jing opened her mouth and found herself speechless.

The water from upstream flowed down, and only then the emptied out Xia Canal was filled up.

Besides the slightly lowered water level, the experts in the Xia Canal did not notice the battle here. Shen Lian's in-depth analysis of the time and space made the area within a thousand feet radius his place of enlightenment. The battle that took place earlier seemed to have happened within his body and clothes, and the outsiders were not privy to it.

Just as how the Daoist experts used to say, 'The world is my house, the house is my clothes'. Shen Lian had attained this state. The moment his place of enlightenment appeared, his surroundings were his clothes and the battles that took place around him were inconsequential.

Shen Lian was still on the white horse, and his expression remained calm. Wu Ding rested against the bridge barrier in an awkward manner. Shen Lian's Celestial Arts that made the Orion and the Antares meet were derived from the Ta Gang Steps, and were similar to Wu Ding's Flying Stars Incantation. On top of that, its sublime quality was one of the reasons why it had such a great impact on Wu Ding.

The Flying Stars Incantation was not just any Dao formula. It was a Dao formula that had its own spirituality. It experienced Shen Lian's skillful operation with the way of the stars and tapped into its profoundness. This had fueled its evolution.

Shen Lian's empowered eyes could see everything and he too felt this. Though, it was the first time that he saw a Dao formula developing spirituality of its own, which opened up a whole new world.

Despite the fact that all beings in this world had spirituality, but it was still unthinkable how a martial exercise could manifest spirituality too.

Of course, this was not to say that the martial exercise cultivated by Wu Ding was better than Taixu Strategy or The Mastery of Senses, but its unique characteristics gave rise to endless possibilities.

Just as how normal humans could not rival the likes of tigers, leopards, and beasts, but with wisdom, humans became the lords of all living beings. When the opportunities knocked on the door, humans stood a much higher chance than animals to attain Dao and be freed of mundanity.

Many years ago, Shen Lian was but part of the mundanity. Yet today, how many people could claim that they had attained more than he did?