Chapter 26 - The Inherent Desire for Combat (2/2)

Cultivation to such a level, it was rarely seen in the upper house!

Shui Qinghe gazed at Zhong Yue with warm sights, he smiled and said, "Zhong Shan Clan member? Junior martial brother, we are all martial siblings, you were a little over the line for having such a heavy hand."

Zhong Yue shook his head, "The Shui Tu Clan disciples were no different, they injured Senior Martial Sister He and Senior Martial Brother Ting, aren't they a little over the line too?"

Shui Qinghe turned his sights onto Ting Lanyue and He Chengchuan, he noticed that they were severely wounded, he furrowed his brows, then slowly releasing it, he maintained, "In the battle between the martial siblings, it is natural for some small mistakes to be made. The honorable name of Shui Tu Clan shall not be trampled on. Today I will have to do what I must to reclaim the honor of Shui Tu Clan. Junior Martial Brother Zhong, you practice both physique refinement, and Qi cultivation do you? Then, I will not bully you. I will fight with you using solely physique refining arts."

Hua-la!

Water currents flowed around his body, and various totem carvings were formed; the two legs of Shui Qinghe disappeared and transformed into the tail of a fish. He was wholly environed by his psyche and his form transmogrified into that of a huge strange-looking man, with a piscine tail, human torso, with white hair and silver eyes, and accompanied by a wild and brutal aura!

Shui Qinghe was initially the size of an ordinary man, but after the transformation, he was now 13-14 feet tall with a heavily built body and veins protruding around his body that were clearly visible—his body was now surging with explosive force!

Shui Qinghe's appearance had changed drastically. The air turned stagnant and moist as his combat form appeared; it was as though that one could just precipitate water out of thin air.

"God of River, Hebo!"

Zhong Yue's face turned solemn. He had seen such a transformation before, one of the Shui Tu Clan disciples had visualized the[Hebo Totem Visualization Art]and turned his psyche into the totem of Hebo that aided him in combat.

But the [Hebo Totem Visualization Art] the Shui Tu Clan disciple used was only activated superficially; there was only shape and size but the core vital structures like the blood, flesh, and bone were all missing—it was far less authentic than the one Shui Qinghe formed.

Furthermore, it wasn't a simple visualization anymore, Shui Qingyan had now transformed himself into Hebo, with his incredible psyche he turned himself into the body of Hebo!

Hebo is the God of the River. The Wei River Tribe, Shui Tu Clan, adopted the God of the River, Hebo, as their totem. The totem was passed down tens of thousands of years ago by the ancestors of Shui Tu Clan; within the clan, there were so many people visualizing Hebo, but only a handful managed to reach such heights!

Shui Qinghe had visualized even the blood, flesh and bones of Hebo as if he were the real God of the River!

The [Hebo Totem Visualization Art] performed to such a level would be incredibly strong, not only it could make up for the lack of strong physique, it could even allow the cultivator to be stronger than the physique refiner in close-quarters combat!

Fighting in combat like a god… the strength and prowess could be clearly seen!

"Brat Yue, this is a formidable foe."

In Zhong Yue's psyche ocean, Xin Huo turned serious and solemnly said, "His foundation is solid and strong, as long as he steps foot into the Ethereal Palace, he can immediately become a Qi Practitioner. His psyche is too strong, stronger than yours. He is on the verge of becoming a Qi Practitioner. He can turn the virtual into real; he must be one of the strongest among the upper house disciples!"

"Actualization Of Virtuality?"

Zhong Yue's heart beat faster, that is the means of the Qi Practitioners!

Qi Practitioners could imprint their psyches into reality. For example, during Zuo Xiangsheng's and the Tian Feng Elder's battle in the Cloudless Hall, the elder manifested wood as Sword Qi. With his psyche combined with the Wood Sword Qi, he could actualize wood to form a wooden sword array. This was the Actualization Of Virtuality, manifesting worldly phenomena from their psyche.

Of course, the psyche did not really create wood. It was only the materializing of the psyche. Despite this, the wood that emerged was almost indistinguishable from the genuine article. But once the psyche disperses, the materialized wood would naturally disappear along with it.

Shui Qinghe was able to achieve such a state, turning his psyche into the God of the River, Hebo—the strength of his psyche was already at the level of Qi Practitioner!

Among all the upper house disciples, this was the first time Zhong Yue had ever met with such a strong opponent!

Actualization Of Virtuality, materializing the Hebo into reality, this allows him to strengthen his body dozen folds, essentially becoming, for all intents and purposes, a physique refiner that is even stronger than I am, a bona fide physique refiner!

Zhong Yue's face stiffened up, Shui Qinghe was indeed strong, even stronger than Yu Feiyan to the point that he could terrify the weak, way beyond the levels of the other Shui Tu Clan core disciples!

Yu Feiyan could visualize her fish-dragon replete with the blood, flesh, and bones, moving and swiftly swimming around. But she was a slight step behind turning the virtual psyche into reality. The main reason was her lack of psyche strength—the fish-king she visualized was not real and genuine enough.

Zhong Yue took in a deep breath. His heart was not filled with any terror nor fear, but instead, it was palpitating in excitement. He was exhilarated at the prospect of being able to fight with such a strong opponent!

"Brat Yue, are you getting excited now?"

In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo watched as Zhong Yue's mind swirled and billowed in frenzied excitement, he was curious and said, "Shui Qinghe is stronger than you, you are supposed to tremble in fear."

"No!"

An insatiable urge for combat was ignited within his chest as his eyes flashed with a rare hint of bloodthirsty insanity, "The stronger he is, the more excited I will be! To be able to fight with such a strong opponent, to be able to defeat him, maul him, crush his body, devastate his confidence and trample on his so-called reputation—this excitement… Xin Huo, can you feel it…"