Chapter 540: Comprehending the Dao (1/2)
Chapter 540: Comprehending the Dao
After working hard continuously for four years, Xiao Chen finally caught up to those peak geniuses that had surpa.s.sed him by a lot in the past.
Now, Xiao Chen was a match for these people, whether from the Ancient Desolate Land, the five great nations, even the strongest Great Jin Nation, and the Boundless Sea.
He already opened his sea of consciousness. Now that he was a half-step Martial Monarch, he no longer feared any genius cultivator under Martial Monarch.
“However, this is just the starting point. The person who reaches Martial Monarch first will be the person who s.n.a.t.c.hes the initiative, the one who will become the main character of this era.”
Xiao Chen slowly landed on the ground. He quickly calmed himself before saying, “There is another nine months to the Five Nation Youth Compet.i.tion. I still have to return to the Heavenly Saber Pavilion and Mohe City to settle some things.
“I should take advantage of this opportunity to further comprehend the Four Season Saber Technique. Now, that my cultivation has strengthened, my Martial Techniques need to match it as well.”
The spiritual fog that covered the island slowly faded at this moment. Xiao Chen stared blankly for a moment. Unexpectedly, ten Iron Crocodiles had arrived at the sh.o.r.e of the desolate island at some point in time.
The Iron Crocodile was a Rank 8 Spirit Beast from the bottom of the sea. They were about two meters tall and a hundred meters long. Their four limbs were very strong and they could walk on land for a short period of time.
These Iron Crocodiles were probably attracted by the spiritual fog.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly and said, “Good timing. I just advanced to half-step Martial Monarch. Rank 8 Spirit Beasts should be enough of a challenge for me to test my strength.”
“Spring Thunder Chop!”
Xiao Chen circulated his energies in the circulation method of the Four Season Saber Technique. Soon, snow appeared in the air, creating a scene of late winter.
As a clap of spring thunder resounded, a boundless natural law poured out from the saber’s edge. Winter ended and spring arrived, the cycle of seasons could not be stopped!
The winds of spring that the saber Qi transformed into blew across the island. Gentle sounds could be heard as the ten Iron Crocodiles were instantly chopped in half.
Xiao Chen sheathed his saber in satisfaction. He said softly, “The spring thunder is only a primer. The true killing move is hidden in the warm winds of spring. This move can become one of my trump cards.”
The spring winds blow, concealing great danger. Summer is blazing. I will use fire as the primer. When the sun sits high in the sky, the land is burned until it is desolate.
Inspiration flashed in Xiao Chen’s mind. He immediately thought of the state of the Four Season Saber Technique’s second move—Summer. The more he thought about it, the more he found it fitting. So, he quickly tried it out.
When the winds of spring end, the blazing sun sits high in the sky.
The pitch-black Lunar Shadow Saber suddenly released a resplendent light that looked like the blazing sun burning continuously.
“Burning to Desolation!”
Xiao Chen roared ferociously as he hacked at a small mountain with a resplendent saber light. The saber light turned into a ball of fire and shot out like a meteor, landing on the mountain.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The fireball landed on the middle of the mountain and the small mountain shattered. A fierce fire spread all over and the remaining bottom half of the mountain burned continuously.
“Good! Good! Good! I shall call this move Burning to Desolation. He he! Indeed, inspiration is needed to come up with moves. With inspiration, I was able to succeed in one go,” Xiao Chen exclaimed, his face filled with excitement as he looked at the sea of flames covering the mountain.
“What should I use for Autumn? Bai Shuihe used the wind of autumn: Rustling Autumn Winds, Sweeping Up Fallen Leaves. He drew inspiration from the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, creating an attack that sweeps away all obstacles.
“However, I used wind in Spring already and should not repeat it. What should I use, then? Aside from wind, what else can bring out autumn the best?”
Things like inspiration were too elusive. This time, no inspiration dawned on Xiao Chen. So he could only think very hard.
The sun rose and set, clouds gathered and scattered. The days went by one by one on the desolate island.
Soon, one month went by. In the past few days, Xiao Chen had been immersed in the comprehension of the Four Season Saber Technique.
After practicing the Spring Thunder Chop and the Burning to Desolation for thousands of times over many days and nights, Xiao Chen had already become very familiar with them. He could execute them immediately with just a thought.
However, Xiao Chen did not make any headway on the comprehension of the third move—Autumn; he was still very much at sea.
Bai Shuihe’s Rustling Autumn Winds, Sweeping Up Fallen Leaves had made a very deep impression on Xiao Chen. It had already left a mark in Xiao Chen’s mind and it was hard for him to deviate from it. He had difficulty thinking of something else, aside from wind, to represent autumn.
“Rustling Autumn Winds…Rustling Autumn Winds…why do the autumn winds rustle?”
Xiao Chen casually swung his saber and circulated the Four Season Saber Technique. His saber hummed and an autumn wind started blowing.
The huge rocks shattered everywhere the autumn wind pa.s.sed. When the wind blew at them, they turned into dust; the huge rocks vanished.
“No, this is not something I comprehended by myself. No matter how strong it is, I’ll have a hard time improving it.”
Xiao Chen shook his head. Then, he sheathed his saber and frowned.
He placed the saber beside him and lay on the ground. He stared at the clouds in the sky and entered deep thought again.
Rustling Autumn Winds…why must the autumn winds rustle?
“Rumble…!”
At some point in time, the white clouds in the sky slowly scattered. Churning dark clouds covered the sky and rumbles of thunder resounded.
“Plop…plop…”