Chapter 611 396: Fate: Duo Fu
Old Man Jin was going mad.
Although Chen Ku's martial arts were diverse and he mastered each one, possessing two Immortal Weapons.
He believed that, with the fighting strength of his nephew Qingyun, he could suppress Chen Ku and with a heritage like Battle Techniques from the Fighting God Palace, there was no way he would suffer losses under Chen Ku's hands.
On the contrary, an opponent like Chen Ku, skilled in various divine skills and martial arts, was an excellent whetstone for Hua Qingyun.
That's why he just stood by, not intending to intervene.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly sensed an incredibly unbelievable force of 'rules' exploding from Chen Ku.
That was completely beyond martial arts.
He instantly felt a massive riot of Primordial Qi erupting there.
Primordial Qi, a force only perceptible and controllable upon reaching the Tenth Realm Primordial Heaven level, how could it explode from a youth without the Tenth Realm?
Thus, when he realized this moment, it was already too late.
The old man's eyes widened in disbelief, his grey-white hair flying, as he instantly teleported towards Chen Ku and Hua Qingyun's location, stretching out his large hand to stop it all.
However.
What Chen Ku unleashed wasn't martial arts but the pupil power of the "Divine Eye" from the Tian Hai family in the Heavenly Realm.
How fast is the speed of sight?
Faster than thought.
Hua Qingyun collided head-on with the pupil power of 'Before Taiyuan' emitted from Chen Ku's left eye.
Swoosh~~
In an instant, his body disintegrated from the abdomen into the most essential Primordial Qi, and then his entire body exploded into a shower of light.
"No!!"
Hua Qingyun's remaining intent emitted a hysterical roar of unwillingness as his body poured into Primordial Qi.
He never imagined.
Death would come so suddenly upon him, with no warning, abruptly dragging him from complete ascendancy into the abyss of death.
As a high disciple of the Fighting God Palace, he could never fathom, just a single outing for training could lead to his demise.
However.
Accompanied by the rapid spread of the pupil power 'Before Taiyuan' in this void, even his will was scattered.
Clang!
The heavy Immortal Treasure Kun Bone Stick fell to the ground.
Seeming as though it would also transform into Primordial Qi.
But Chen Ku's eyes seeped terrifying blood, immediately choosing to close them, grabbing the Immortal-level staff in a split second, retreating into the Hero King Realm.
Using 'Before Taiyuan' to kill Hua Qingyun and then snatching the stick, fleeing into Hero King Realm, the entire process was but a flash.
Woosh~~
When Old Man Jin's large hand slammed over, dispersing all dust and mist at the scene, Chen Ku and Hua Qingyun's figures had already vanished.
Boom!
A massive palm print appeared on the earth.
"Qingyun! No!"
Old Man Jin stood frantically at the spot where Hua Qingyun's body had dissipated, watching a golden feather float up from the ground.
He shouted incredulously:
"How could this be, even the life-saving feather of the Fighting God Ape was not triggered in time?!"
Staring at that returned feather.
Old Man Jin was going mad.
This life-saving feather is the holy object of the Fighting God Palace; the Fighting God Ape could only condense three in a lifetime, each could protect a person's soul and bring it back to the Fighting God Palace to be reborn, yet...
It wasn't even in time.
Old Man Jin seems to have seen his fate upon returning to the Fighting God Palace.
How could he account to his younger brother, Hua Yuexian?
How could he account to the entire Fighting God Palace?
He, a Taoist Protector, watched helplessly as a youth with great Qi Fortune from the Fighting God Palace died before him.
"Come out! Bane, little beast, get out here for this old man!!"
Old Man Jin, hair grey and wild, surveyed the surroundings like a savage beast, beginning his hysterical roars:
"Get out here quickly ah ah!"
Raising his hand, he unleashed various terrifyingly powerful techniques towards the four directions, sparing no expense.
Like a nuclear bomb cleaning, he destroyed all the forests and everything here, trying to force Chen Ku who had vanished to reappear.
However, what brought him extraordinary despair was...
Chen Ku's Qi Mechanism disappeared from here.
Even before, while Chen Ku was unleashing his Transformation Skill, he could not see where exactly Chen Ku was, but he could sense Chen Ku's presence through the Primordial Heaven realm's perception of the Qi Mechanism of heaven and earth.
But now... it's as though this person vanished into thin air from this world.
"No, definitely hiding here, he couldn't have escaped from under my nose, he's definitely still here!"
Old Man Jin went mad, conducting a sweeping search like scavenging the land.
...
In the Hero King Realm.
Poof!
Chen Ku dragged the Immortal Treasure Kun Bone Stick and slipped into the Hero King Realm and the very first instant was vomiting blood, clutching his left eye with a pained groan.
At this moment, looking at Chen Ku's face again, it's transparent like paper, losing all color.
The entire body's Blood Qi seemed to have suddenly plunged into a terrifying low point.
Following that.
A tremendous sense of fatigue overwhelmed him, causing him to faint on the spot.
As time gradually passed.
Half a day later.
The Old Man Jin from outside had already laid waste to the forest, leaving it barren and devoid of any life.
In the Hero King Realm.
Chen Ku was once again awakened by the pain in his left eye. Covering his left eye, the golden pupil had disappeared, but he felt that his vision in the left eye had become exceptionally blurry.
He fell into a deep silence.
Enduring the pain in his eye, he swallowed many Pills, using the Gluttonous Snake Body to refine them, replenishing the Vital Energy and Blood Qi within his body, but could not recover the lost life origin.
"Indeed, using 'Before Taiyuan' to instantly kill a master of the Ninth Realm, Fourth Heaven is achievable, but the cost...is too vast."
Sensing the loss of his life, Chen Ku feared his life span might have diminished.
Exhale!
After consuming some more Pills, he finally felt less weakened, exhaled a breath, and said with a bitter smile:
"Although I anticipated the dangers of entering the Five Elements Land this time, I never expected the danger would come from the Fighting God Palace..."
He could now imagine how frenzied the Old Man Jin outside was.
Fortunately, he had the Hero King Realm to seek refuge.
"Now I can only wait for Master Tian Hai to come into the Five Elements Land as per our agreement to receive me, or else, with a Tenth Realm cultivator guarding outside, I'm afraid the moment I show myself, I'll be dead."
Chen Ku was grateful for the prior agreement he left with Master Tian Hai.
This was not the first time he was cornered in the Hero King Realm by a Tenth Realm cultivator.
However, the last time, the Qingxiao Cave Master did not harbor such great animosity towards him, and there were the matters involving the Six Sects Alliance; this time, he feared there would be no end to the enmity with the Old Man Jin.
He forced himself not to think about the outside matters now.
Chen Ku looked towards the Transformation Diagram.
[The Diagram Master has slain Hua Qingyun, acquiring one Eighth Realm Evil Qi]
He immediately placed Hua Qingyun's Evil Qi onto the Transformation Diagram.
"Consume forty-five Eighth Realm Evil Qi to train in the Hua Qingyun Transformation!"
Never had Chen Ku suffered such a loss when fighting opponents with battle strength similar to his own. All his proud Martial Arts Divine Skills were easily simulated by Hua Qingyun upon seeing them.
Although he knew that the Fighting God Palace, as one of the Seven Great Holy Lands, possessed techniques far surpassing ordinary imagination, he was still shaken.
Now, having finally paid the price to slay Hua Qingyun, he naturally wanted to immediately evaluate his gains and see what this Battle Technique was about.
[Hua Qingyun Transformation has been trained to the 'Transformation Level']
[Hua Qingyun Transformation·Transformation]
[Cultivation: Eighth Realm Peak (Ninth Realm Fourth Heaven battle strength)]
[Qualifications: Super-grade]
[Destiny: Duo Fu]
[Learned: Fighting Immortal Scripture·Fighting Skill (great achievement)]
Instantly, all information regarding this Battle Technique appeared in his mind.
Originally, this Battle Technique was merely one immortal law from the Fighting God Palace's "Fighting Immortal Scripture", but its strength lay in forming a 'Fighting Origin' within the body after cultivation.
The main feature of this Fighting Origin is absorbing others' fighting styles and Martial Arts techniques, allowing for the use of any sect's martial arts through this Fighting Origin, with potency sometimes even surpassing the original techniques.
At this moment.
Chen Ku felt this "Fighting Origin" within, pondering:
"It's so strong, can it simulate my Heavenly Control Hand?"
He separated Hua Qingyun's transformed incarnation.
Letting him try using the Fighting Origin to execute his self-created Scattered Palm.
However.
Hua Qingyun's incarnation had just begun when it shook its head, saying: "Your original Heavenly Control Hand is a Scattered Palm integrated from Creation Skills and Three Thousand Martial Arts. Although theoretically, the Battle Technique can simulate any martial arts, in the Fighting God Palace, each cultivator has different realms practicing this technique. With Hua Qingyun's Battle Technique realm, it's insufficient to simulate the transformation of your original Heavenly Control Hand."
Hearing this, Chen Ku was thoughtful.
This meant if he used the Heavenly Control Hand earlier, there might have been a chance of victory.
The reason he didn't use it was that he feared this Scattered Palm would also be simulated, so he chose to break the situation with "Before Taiyuan" instead.
Reflecting now, he realized that his approach was indeed appropriate. If he had used Heavenly Control Hand, even with a chance to win, the hunched old man watching from the sidelines would not have remained passive.
Only the power of "Before Taiyuan", which activated swiftly, could catch them off guard and allow him to slay Hua Qingyun.
"Still, I didn't expect that Hua Qingyun relied solely on the Battle Technique without learning any other Magic Skills, believing it could simulate all techniques under the heavens?"
Yet, Chen Ku soon noticed a trait on Hua Qingyun's panel that had never appeared before.
[Destiny: Duo Fu]
"This is a Destiny, appearing for the first time during a transformation, is it a trait unique to Hua Qingyun?"
From the text description, Chen Ku deduced:
"This Destiny seems to imply... the original Hua Qingyun had great fortune?"
Now it had become his.
Could it be...
His fortune would improve as well?
After pondering for a while.
Chen Ku took out those two Yin God Fruits:
"I agreed with Master Tian Hai to wait for five days. If I don't return, he would come to find me. There are still four days left. Since I can't go out, I will use this time to refine the Yin God Fruits and train in the eighth layer of the Huntian Overlord Body: the Taiyin Technique."