Chapter 670: Returning to the Divine Treasure Territory
Li Guanqi set down the jade slip, surprised to discover that Song Yunshu would be the one delivering the Heavenly Intelligence Map. Her strength didn’t seem noteworthy. He wondered if they really feel comfortable having her deliver such an important item on her own.
He smiled and shook his head. The Heavenly Intelligence Pavilion wouldn’t be foolish enough not to consider such things.
Li Guanqi settled into a fist stance and practiced the Shattered Skies technique in the void, slow and deliberate. Again and again, he closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and felt the force in each strike. Each repetition revealed something new.
The first punch, Thousand-Layered Waves, drew its power from the momentum of water, but converting lightning into that momentum made it far more violent. Still, the layered waves within the fist force weren’t as terrifying as he’d imagined.
Once he noticed this, his strikes lost some of their raw ferocity, but the qi circulating through the Illusory Refinement Sutra grew increasingly violent. Vital force surged through his meridians, but a stabbing pain accompanied it. He winced. He’d never felt his own vital force surge so violently before. It rampaged through his meridians like a primordial dragon threatening to tear them apart. He didn’t dare run the Illusory Refinement Sutra at full power. The crude circulation method essentially forced his vital force through narrow channels, reducing turbulence and building speed, but at a brutal cost.
Gradually, as the stabbing pain dulled to something bearable, Li Guanqi layered in the Dragon-Elephant Subduing Sutra. Blood roared through his body, and the walls of his meridians grew much more resilient under the pressure.
Li Guanqi’s forehead was slick with cold sweat. He lowered his fists and murmured, “I think I’ll need time to adapt to this, but this cultivation technique is powerful.”
Li Guanqi’s expression turned contemplative as he reflected on the mounting tension across the six territories. The situation was incredibly tense at the moment. If the Daxia Sword Sect wanted to rise, they would need overwhelming strength and a solid foundation.
“Sword Spirit.”