Chapter 318 - May Your Soul Return To Us (1/2)

The cloud ascended again. As the two of them stood on the cloud, Zhong Yue felt that the old man's power was way too strong, as if he had returned to his peak form when he was still young.

This was definitely unusual, as a normal person's power would reach their peak form when he or she was still young and their body functioned the best. When a person starts to get old, their power would start to deteriorate.

And if someone's power was constantly at the peak form, it would take a toll on the person's body, as it was just as if the person was burning his life essence as fuel in order to maintain his power at the peak condition!

Right after the battle where the old man slew the elder priest, his power should have returned to a normal level, his psyche should have calmed down, and he should have slowly prepped his Yuan Shen for another battle.

Even a young man like Zhong Yue could not constantly keep his power at peak form, or he would definitely hurt his own body, psyche, and Yuan Shen, let alone an old man who did not have much time left.

But the old man's power was still on his peak for, not because he did not want to calm it down, but because he couldn't! If he allowed his power to go back to a normal level, then he could no longer push it back to peak form anymore because of his old age. This left him with no choice but to use his life essence as fuel to keep his power at peak form for the next battle!

By doing this, there would be only one ending, he would deplete his life essence and die; his body would die first, then his Yuan Shen and soul.

Zhong Yue couldn't do anything, felt extremely low. Feng Shouzhu had substituted for the old man and entered the underground, slain the monsters underneath and used his old body to secure another peaceful period for the underworld of Swords Gate, while the old man was now on the surface, burning his life in order to maintain peace in the land for Swords Gate.

Both of these Feng Clan old man had sacrificed way too much for Swords Gate.

Right now on the cloud, the old man who was at his peak form explained and answered Zhong Yue's questions about the cultivation of [Great Boundless Sword Qi], utilizing every second to the fullest.

Zhong Yue collected his thoughts that were running wild and calmed himself down in order to listen to the old man's teachings carefully.

From the battle between the old man and the Xiao Mang elder priest, Zhong Yue's understanding of the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] deepened, but as he understood more about this art, the more questions and confusion grew within him. He had to clear his mind and try to learn as much as he could in a short period of time from the old man.

He knew what the old man was thinking: The [Great Boundless Sword Qi] was the ultimate art of Swords Gate, but there was not much time left for the old man to teach the art completely to the new headmasters, Jun Sixie and Qiu Jin'er, who were halfway through cultivating the [Great Boundless Sword Qi].

Jun Sixie had no prior knowledge of the [Great Boundless Sword Qi], and although Qiu Jin'er had been taught about this art, her understanding and talent for it were not as good as Zhong Yue.

Thus, the old man tried his best to pour his understandings on the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] into Zhong Yue so that through Zhong Yue, this ultimate art could be taught to Jun Sixie.

Ever since the ancient times, the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] was only taught to the headmasters of Swords Gate. But when it came to the old man, he was very open, as in order to save Qiu Jin'er, he allowed Madame Qiu to steal the sword token, and then allowed Zhong Yue to discover the secrets hidden in the token before he taught the [Great Boundless Sword Qi] to Qiu Jin'er.

This ultimate art was also taught to Feng Wuji, but the old man probably held back when he taught Feng Wuji this art.

But now, what the old man taught Zhong Yue was the true [Great Boundless Sword Qi], an art that required one to jump out of the box. Only Zhong Yue, who possessed such crazy talent, would be able to fully acquire what he taught in such a short time, thus preventing the true [Great Boundless Sword Qi] from disappearing.

...

The cloud flew across the skies towards the north of the Savanna Wasteland at an uncanny speed. But even the shortest path from the Divine Battlefield to the north of the Savanna Wasteland would require someone on the same level as the old man to travel for at least two to three hours.

Zhong Yue stared at the old man and paid close attention to his condition, as he was worried if the old man could keep this up for another few hours.

Suddenly, the old man's power shook, weakening a little. Zhong Yue immediately looked at the old man, and realized that the old man's face flushed before his power stabilized again and recovered to the peak form.

His eyes twitched and he said, "Headmaster, I have been cultivating the [Monster God Ming King Art], and I know his weakness."

Boom!...

Zhong Yue unleashed his power as the divine third eye on his forehead opened.

His power then started to peak as totem carvings of the [Monster God Ming King Art] surfaced on his body. As his blood flowed through his body, the totem carvings changed.

"The [Monster God Ming King Art] is an incredible art with immense power, but the crucial part of this art relies heavily on the eye on the forehead. The eye on the forehead is the centralized point where the energy and power of the user pass through, but Shi Buyi lacks the totem carvings of the divine eye. Let me show you!"

The Monster God Ming King Yuan Shen appeared behind Zhong Yue's body, with eight weapons in its eight hands.

The old man's eyes brightened and he examined the Yuan Shen closely, he replied in disappointment, "This was the art's weakness, not Shi Buyi's weakness. He managed to achieve whatever he achieved right now because he had another art to cultivate the divine eye, which he used to replace the lack of a divine eye, or he wouldn't reach such a high level by now. He does have his own weakness, but not on the divine eye."

Zhong Yue remained performing the [Monster God Ming King Art] so that the old man could understand everything he needed to know while he said, "Because Shi Buyi's divine eye was obtained through an art other than the [Monster God Ming King Art], his eye is not that compatible with the [Monster God Ming King Art]. The movements and flows of my [Monster God Ming King Art] are definitely different from Shi Buyi's, and these differences will be his weakness!"

The old man's eyes brightened up again as he quickly observed and memorized Zhong Yue's [Monster God Ming King Art] patterns.

Although arts, skills and techniques were all very mysterious if one had not cultivated them, after entering the level of the old man, they would no longer be a mystery. People like the old man could easily read and understand the patterns of the ever-changing totem carvings of those arts.

He might not be able to learn the [Monster God Ming King Art] just like that, but by observing Zhong Yue's [Monster God Ming King Art], he could easily identify the differences between Zhong Yue and Shi Buyi's [Monster God Ming King Art].

Shi Buyi was incredibly strong, to the point that even magnate Qi Practitioners could not see through his [Monster God Ming King Art],but at the level of the old man, he could easily identify the patterns of Shi Buyi's [Monster God Ming King Art], thus, getting a grasp on Shi Buyi's weaknesses easily!

After some moments, the old man told Zhong Yue, "You can stop now, I memorized them all now."

Zhong Yue immediately stopped and asked, "Has headmaster gotten a hold on Shi Buyi's weaknesses?"