Chapter 308 - 174: Bone Aspect (2)
’I have to hurry and fully evolve my bloodline.’
Training in front of the stone stele not only stimulated one’s foundation but also every aspect of the body, including the bloodline.
After each training session, subtle changes would occur within his body.
The days passed one by one. Before he knew it, Chu Lingguang could finally last for two hours in front of the stone stele, and he had shortened the distance to ninety meters.
Yun Hong had repeatedly emphasized that one could train in front of the stone stele for a maximum of two hours. Chu Lingguang didn’t dare try to exceed this limit and left the moment his time was up.
"So this is where you’ve been training all this time."
The moment he stepped past the hundred-meter boundary, the immense pressure on his body vanished completely. Just as Chu Lingguang was about to catch his breath, Long Xin, Xia Tianzhong, and Xu Kanghui walked up from the foot of the mountain together.
For the past ten-odd days, Chu Lingguang had been leaving the Learning Palace right after his lessons and rarely chased after Yun Hong and other teachers with endless questions like he used to.
At first, the three of them thought Chu Lingguang had returned to his small courtyard to train in seclusion, not wanting to be disturbed.
It wasn’t until today that they learned from Yun Hong that Chu Lingguang had actually been training in front of the stone stele on the back mountain for over ten days.
"If you three are interested, you can join me!"
Chu Lingguang said casually.
He knew they must have found this place because Yun Hong had told them. The three of them were Yun Hong’s junior brothers, so it was only natural for them to receive preferential treatment from him.
"Alright!"
Xia Tianzhong said, stepping one foot past the hundred-meter mark.
With just one foot in, he felt no pressure. But when both of his feet crossed the line, a force of a thousand pounds descended from the sky. Although he was prepared, the sudden pressure still made his body bend slightly. Only after adapting did he slowly straighten his back.
Long Xin and Xu Kanghui also stepped into the hundred-meter range one after the other. Their experience was the same as Xia Tianzhong’s; faced with the sudden pressure, their bodies bent slightly before they straightened up after acclimating.
The three of them exchanged a glance and took step after step forward, letting the strange fluctuations continuously strike their bodies.
Chu Lingguang had already exhausted himself by holding on for two hours inside. Now, watching Xia Tianzhong and the other two walk side-by-side toward the stele, his face was filled with shock and apprehension.
He remembered that when he first approached the stele, despite being prepared, the pressure had still forced him to one knee.
Yet Xia Tianzhong and the others had merely bent over slightly and quickly adapted to the pressure. In the end, the three of them even managed to enter the ninety-meter range together, reaching the eighty-nine-meter mark.
The sound of Dragon Elephants roared from their bodies.
Dozens, even hundreds, of Dragon Elephants erupted at once, fighting against the pressure. As they stepped into the ninety-meter range, their faces flushed red, but they kept their backs straight, standing firm. It even seemed like they could continue pressing forward.
But to avoid injury, they slowly retreated.
Chu Lingguang witnessed the entire process, his expression turning grave.
’Although I’ve awakened True Dragon Power and can suppress their Dragon Elephant Power, when it comes to endurance, Attack Power, and even defensive ability, I can’t compare to them at all.’
The three were not only Yun Hong’s junior brothers, but their ancestors were also founding heroes of the Great Yuan Dynasty. The cultivation resources they enjoyed were so vast that even Zhao Rushuang couldn’t hope to compare.
’Trying to defeat any one of them with just my True Dragon Power alone won’t be easy for me.’
In fact, Chu Lingguang didn’t even think he had a chance of winning.
’I must unlock the fourth level of my Dharma Aspect. Only by mastering the Bone Aspect will my True Dragon Power surpass theirs.’
Chu Lingguang silently made up his mind.
Yun Hong had said that awakening True Dragon Power was equivalent to awakening one’s own Dragon Elephant Power. Unfortunately, his Dharma Aspect was too weak to control that power, so he could only resort to arduous training.
He took a deep look at the three of them, then left the back mountain and returned to his small courtyard to continue cultivating.
The next day, after finishing his lessons at the Learning Palace and gaining a new understanding of bloodline cultivation, Chu Lingguang once again took up his spear and went to the back mountain to train.
This time, Long Xin and the other two came with him. They were all a little surprised to see him standing at the ninety-meter mark, repeatedly practicing his Spear Technique.
Yesterday, when they had stepped into the ninety-meter range, they had found it hard to breathe even just standing still. Yet Chu Lingguang, who had only been training here for ten-odd days, was actually able to practice his Spear Technique at the ninety-meter mark.
It was clear that his endurance far surpassed the three of them.
WHOOSH!
Chu Lingguang repeatedly thrusted with his Long Spear.
His Flying Leaf Lotus Spear was at the Perfection level. With its first stage, the Thrust, Chu Lingguang still couldn’t achieve a flawless defense within a three-foot radius.
However, thanks to his arduous training day and night, every thrust he now made under pressure produced over eighteen spear afterimages.
This scene seemed incredible to Xia Tianzhong and the others.
「At the same time.」
A peculiar vibrational frequency, seeming to ignore everyone’s defenses, accompanied Chu Lingguang’s thrusting Spear Technique. It felt like steel needles piercing their bloodlines and even stimulating their internal organs.
「As time went on.」
That strange power fluctuation seemed to grow stronger. The three of them furrowed their brows, mobilizing their Dragon Elephant Power to defend themselves. In the end, they had no choice but to use their Inner Power Heart Methods for protection, forming a barely perceptible barrier of energy on the surface of their skin to try and block the vibrations.
Chu Lingguang was focused on his training and didn’t notice the change in the three of them at all.
That fluctuation was a special offensive power formed from the resonance between his flesh and blood and his Spear Technique. It could ignore many defenses and had a certain penetrating effect on both power and the physical body.