Chapter 169: Level Four — Bone Forging Realm (2/2)

Within the square, the spluttering bean sound finally ceased. Junior Leopard's actions began to quicken.

”Hu, he, hu, he —!”

The sound of his breathing became louder and louder. With every breath, he inhaled and exhaled a large quantity of air. The airflow which he exhaled had an extremely high temperature, causing the temperature of his surroundings to rise.

In a very short time, the temperature in the yard rose by over 10 degrees. The water that was within the air also evaporated and the whole yard became very dry. Wang Cheng and the others who were waiting outside felt as if they were placed in the middle of a desert.

”Is this His Excellency's Blaze Technique of the Heavenly Nine Dragons? It is said to be the foundational martial arts of the Wu family in Yunzhou. Only a few Inner Core Disciples can have the qualifications to learn it. Seeing it today, it definitely deserves the reputation that it enjoys!” Wang Datong said off to the side.

”Wait, are you jealous?!” Zhu Ba laughed. ”His Excellency is an Inner Core Disciple in the Wu family. He is about to enter the Bone Forging Realm. At that time, he will be one of the Elders in the Wu family. Then, looking at you, just a quartermaster within the navy—what are you being jealous for!”

”Shut up!” Wang Cheng said coldly, ”His Excellency's cultivation has reached a critical moment. We should all keep quiet and refrain from interrupting His Excellency. If we don't, we all have to die!”

All of them shut up at the same time. Wang Cheng's words were true. If their laughing and joking had interrupted Junior Leopard's training and caused him to fail to advance, then they would not be able to survive anymore. Maybe the moon tonight was the last scene that they would see.

In the ragged breathing sounds of Junior Leopard, a strand of fiery red airflow began to come out from his nostrils and mouth, condensing around him. It slowly formed into airflow of a fiery red dragon. After nine breaths, it began to revolve around him. Following that was another nine breaths. The second dragon form airflow was born. After that was a third, a fourth, a fifth...

After breathing 81 times, 9 dragon form airflows were completely formed and revolving around him.

Suddenly, Junior Leopard's actions halted and he shouted in a low voice. An undefeatable Qi strength exuded from his body and caused the clothes on him to be torn apart. Nine dragon form airflows strangely went through his body, as if they were piercing through a layer of shadow that had no form or substance. Every time they pierced through, Junior Leopard's skeleton would produce a crisp crackling sound. There were nine dragon form airflows, and each of them pierced through 9 times, 81 times in total. It almost enshrouded Junior Leopard's whole body. Finally, they slowly scattered and disappeared.

”He—!”

Junior Leopard's throat produced a low growl, as deep as thunder. It exploded in the ears of those few people, as if lightning had struck in the middle of the sunny day, and caused them to be giddy. Following that there was a wave of explosive sound, which then became a chain. It was much clearer than the beans spluttering and lasted for a whole incense worth of time.

Waiting till all the sounds had died down, through the 9 dragon form airflows that surrounded Junior Leopard, the few people saw that Junior Leopard's actions had stopped. His figure seemed to be taller than it was previously.

Without waiting for the crowd outside the yard to clearly ascertain what was going on, the dragon form airflows surrounding Junior Leopard flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Outside the yard, everyone looked at each other as they did not know what had happened. Little Du was still guarding outside the yard and its alertness had not diminished, so they did not dare to enter the yard haphazardly.

After a short while, Junior Leopard leisurely walked out of the house. He changed into a cyan robe and also arranged his messy hair. When Junior Leopard came out, Little Du then stood up and rushed out of the door. Who knew where it ran off to.

”I'm sorry to let all of you wait for so long!” Junior Leopard said apologetically and invited them into the yard.

”We wouldn't dare. Your Excellency's cultivation has improved. This is a blessing to the navy!” Wang Cheng hurriedly said.

”Nothing serious, I just broke through a barrier that bothered me for a long time!” Junior Leopard smiled. His face was plastered with smiles. It was only a moment ago that his body's toughness had broken through from the Skin Toughening Realm into the Bone Forging Realm. If it were not for the few people outside the yard who had waited for the whole night, he would have gone into a retreat to stabilize his own state.

”Commander Wang, if my memory serves me right, you guys have been here since midnight. What happened, why are you all in such a rush?”

”It's—!”

After seeing Junior Leopard practicing and break through a realm, they nearly forgot about their original purpose for coming. Now that they had heard Junior Leopard mention it, their faces revealed embarrassed expressions.

”We are incapable. We let Your Excellency down. Please punish us!” Wang Cheng said. His bent his knees and then knelt down, as did the rest of them.

”Don't do that!” Junior Leopard raised his hands, and a wave of hot, yet gentle, force lifted the few of them up. ”Commander Wang, what is it exactly? What important thing did I entrust you with? I must have forgotten it.”

”It's ugh—!” Wang Cheng's face reddened and he said, ”It is regarding our drilling ground on River Heart Island. The Magistrate and Guard Ding don't agree. Moreover, they even gave the dock at the island to the Yellow Dragon Gang. I argued with them for half a day but couldn't manage to change their minds!”

”Is that true?” Junior Leopard heard that and frowned, his eyes flashing a bit of Evil Qi.