Chapter 350 - War Intent Cliff (2/2)

The rest of the group had no objections, quickly settling down and entering a state of meditation.

Just like everyone else, the first thing Lu Tianzi did was to sweep his perception upwards to feel the battle intent lingering within the indentation on the cliff wall.

But a frown quickly appeared on Lu Tianzi's face.

He realised that as his perception approached the indentation, the pressure from the battle intent would grow exponentially stronger.

If he only stood on the grass field, Lu Tianzi would only have to expend less than ten percent of his Origin Force to resist the pressure.

But by the time his perception was halfway up the cliff wall, Lu Tianzi already had to expend around forty percent of his Origin Force to resist the pressure.

Lu Tianzi could not help but marvel at the wonders of this War Intent Cliff.

Through this process of trying to reach the indentation on the cliff wall with his perception, Lu Tianzi would be able to train his endurance and control over Origin Force.

He had thought that this would just be a test of his perception and comprehensions, but it ended up testing his endurance and Origin Force as well!

Thankfully, Lu Tianzi was not just any ordinary Second Cycle Origin Core realm martial artist.

He had not just one, but two true Origin Cores, making sure that his foundation was absolutely stable.

On top of that, his control over Origin Force was top-notch, honed through his continual practice of the Eternal Wraith Sword and his proficiency in the art of formations and inscriptions.

All these allowed him to just barely resist the immense pressure from the lingering battle intent.

Otherwise, he could only dream of reaching the indentation on the cliff wall with his current cultivation level.

For example, Nanlan Qianxue who was seated right beside him had already given up on reaching the indentation on the cliff wall, and was only thinking of using this opportunity to hone her endurance and usage of Origin Force against the pressure of the lingering battle intent.

In fact, even the Fourth Cycle Origin Core realm Ruan Ling was not faring much better. Just like Nanlan Qianxue, she was only capable of using this opportunity to hone her endurance and usage of Origin Force.

Apart from Lu Tianzi, only the Sixth Cycle Origin Core realm Young Master Xuan Hao was still attempting to reach the indentation in the cliff wall with his perception.

An hour passed.

Two hours passed.

It was only after three hours that Lu Tianzi's perception finally managed to push past the pressure to reach the indentation in the cliff wall.

But the moment it did, Lu Tianzi experienced a sudden surge in the intensity of the pressure that he had been resisting thus far.

The sheer might of the lingering battle intent sent a piercing pain directly into Lu Tianzi's mind, as though wanting to force him out of its territory.

Lu Tianzi groaned in agony, but he refused to stop.

Gritting his teeth, Lu Tianzi forced himself to endure the pain and continue resisting this immense pressure.

He could sense that besides the excruciating pain, there was also a wisp of extraordinary energy that had started to slowly seep into his body after he managed to reach the indentation with his perception.

This wisp of energy was neither Slaughter Essence nor Spiritual Essence in nature, neither Essence energy nor Origin Force in type.

It was a completely new form of energy that Lu Tianzi had never encountered before, so he naturally did not know what it was.

However, he could sense that this energy was not harmful at all. On the contrary, it was extremely beneficial to him.

When this energy spread across his body, Lu Tianzi entered a state of pseudo-epiphany.

His thoughts cleared up, and his comprehensions about combat improving slowly but surely.

Lu Tianzi's heart pounded in excitement when he realised this, but that did not serve to alleviate the pain that he was enduring.

As time passed, countless beads of sweat emerged from his body, soaking his entire outfit.

However, Lu Tianzi not only did not stop persisting, he even decided to push himself to the limit, stretching his perception as far into the indentation as possible.

If the pressure was too unbearable, then Lu Tianzi could always pull back his perception and retreat back to the entrance of the indentation.

At most, he would just have to cut off his perception and recover for a while before trying again.

But Lu Tianzi had grossly underestimated the War Intent Cliff.

As his perception started entering the depths of the indentation, the pressure suddenly took a huge jump, increasing rapidly to a point where Lu Tianzi felt his surroundings start to lose their colour.

Shit! I overdid it!

Lu Tianzi cursed in his heart as his vision went black.

Thankfully, he was with his companions, and everyone in the vicinity was more interested in cultivating than anything else, so he was at least not in any immediate danger.

Consoling himself with that final thought, Lu Tianzi's consciousness slowly slipped away...