Chapter 46: Cultivating Up to the Concealed Stage (1/2)

Bang!

Within the teeming forest, a large tree – big enough that two people would be needed to wrap around it – suddenly burst apart. Wooden chips scattered all over as Chen Feng strode out from within the tree. Just now, Chen Feng had been hiding within the tree and had successfully broken through. The layer of fog defending his sea of wisdom had been utterly shaken away by Chen Feng’s assailing blood energy. At that moment, his sea of wisdom was completely revealed. Innate spiritual energy continuously flowed out from his sea of wisdom to mutually support his fleshly body, developing together to ceaselessly stimulate the potential of Chen Feng’s fleshly body. This resulted in the transformation of Chen Feng’s body, becoming stronger and more resilient.

“Phew! I have finally cultivated up to the Concealed stage. Only now do I understand; the sea of wisdom is such a mysterious existence. It can be said to be the most powerful source of power within the body,” saying that, Chen Feng waved his hand. Above his head, a branch that was as thick as an arm was cut down. Next, his finger quickly flicked about. Powerful energy condensed out to form a sharp blade. Immediately, the branch had been cut into a one-metre long wooden stick.

Observing the wooden stick in his hand, Chen Feng’s expression constantly changed. It did not take long before the wooden stick in his hand slowly floated upwards. It floated unsteadily in the middle of the air before finally falling down.

“Is this the technique that Concealed stage experts use to control flying swords? However, my comprehension of the Concealed stage is too little. Hopefully, the spatial pouches contain the things I need,” whispered Chen Feng.

Although Chen Feng had successfully broken through to the Concealed stage, he did not possess the cultivation technique and knowledge for the stage. Thus, Chen Feng was in a state of confusion regarding how he should go about cultivating himself after this. Chen Feng’s knowledge of the Concealed stage experts’ abilities were limited to controlling flying swords and flying through the sky. He knew next to nothing about their other abilities.

As Chen Feng was about to fetch some items out from the spatial pouches, his face suddenly flickered. Next, his figure leapt several zhang to the side (1 zhang = 3.333 m). A tiger, whose body sparkled with a golden colour, descended from the sky as it pounced towards Chen Feng.

Bang!

A two-metre radius crater appeared at the spot that Chen Feng had been standing upon just now. Dust floated and soil scattered about. Next, the tiger turned and leapt again at Chen Feng, who was not far away from it. The swing of its two paws, sharp claws brandished, brought forth sharp winds. Chen Feng, who was 10 metres away, felt a searing pain across his face. It felt as though a blade had cut his face.

Wings made of primary energy unfurled from Chen Feng’s back and he abruptly shot tens of metres up into the sky before descending. He sent a heavy punch down upon the body of the tiger.

Kwang!

Chen Feng felt as though his fist had landed upon a piece of hard metal. A shock ran up his arm as the rebounding force sent him flying backwards.

As for the tiger, it merely shook itself a little, seemingly undamaged by that attack. Once again, it pounced at Chen Feng. This time, the golden light shining off the tiger’s body flared out, the fur on its body straightening themselves like steel needles. Its pair of dark gold eyes, the size of copper bells, stared intently at Chen Feng.

With a roar, a powerful soundwave struck Chen Feng’s body. Cracking sounds rang out as the layer of astral energy enveloping Chen Feng’s body was shattered.

Shua!

Its large tiger paw swiped towards Chen Feng and five sharp edges, seemingly containing an essence of its own, bore down on Chen Feng.

“Discharge of power from the body! This tiger has formed spirit! Judging from its appearance, it must be a Red-Gold Tiger.” Chen Feng had already guessed what type of yao beast the tiger was.

The yao beast, Red-Gold Tiger. Its whole body was as hard as the toughest steel and possessed an extremely strong defence. It could easily block off the killing strike from some flying swords. Additionally, it was very agile, capable of gliding through the air for a short amount of time. The power of its paws could easily break stone and steel. Its weakness was its repetitive attack styles. It was quite a common yao beast in the cultivation world.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Chen Feng’s palm swiftly shot out to block the five incoming sharp edges, smashing them apart. Next, Chen Feng suddenly dashed forward. With both his legs standing steadily upon the ground, he exhaled noisily and both his arms drew backwards like bows being pulled. After that, he quickly sent his mighty fists forward. Those two punches had been unleashed by mobilizing almost all the strength within his body, the blood energy melded together with his divine sense, the powerful primary energy and the overbearing force of his fleshly body. They shot out with lightning-like speed, piercing through the air to create thunderous sounds. Wherever his fists went, faint air ripples would spread out.

Chen Feng could feel it. His punch was 10 times stronger than when he was at the 9th layer. He was confident that, even if the tiger before him was made of high-quality steel, it would still be broken by his attack.

Bang!

Chen Feng’s fists clashed against the Red-Gold Tiger’s paws. Fact was, the Red-Gold Tiger’s body, hide and bones were even stronger than high-quality steel. After receiving Chen Feng’s attack, it only retreated around 10 metres backwards. As for Chen Feng, his figure tumbled in the air a few times as the blood within his body roiled about. In terms of strength, Chen Feng was at a disadvantage.

“Roar!”

The Red-Gold Tiger bellowed out and charged at Chen Feng once more. By then, however, a sword had appeared in Chen Feng’s hand. It was none other than the Overwhelming Astral Sword.

The Red-Gold Tiger was about to descend upon Chen Feng when it suddenly sensed a world-annihilating power bombarding it. The Red-Gold Tiger was a capable yao beast. Despite the fact that it was in the midst of charging Chen Feng, it twisted its body and made to flee as far as it could.

“You want to run?” Chen Feng snickered. His figure pounced forward and he sent a swing of the sword towards the fleeing Red-Gold Tiger.