Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1065: Chapter 1022: Seizing Talents

Killing five early-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivators, under normal circumstances, Chen Fei could do it, but it would take a considerable amount of time.

Those at the early stage of Rule Integration Realm were not mere ants that could be easily crushed, especially those who had mastered over a dozen or even more than twenty rule fragments.

Each was a true powerhouse, and it was not impossible for them to eventually breakthrough to the mid-stage or even the late stages of the Rule Integration Realm.

They were vastly different from someone like Meng Ji, who, despite cultivating for thousands of years and nearing the end of his lifespan, only controlled five or six rule fragments.

In the event of an ambush, various scenarios could arise. A slight oversight wouldn’t worry Chen Fei about his own danger, but he feared these early-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivators might sense something amiss and run away first.

It might be possible to lock all five in the Cangqiong Domain, but more likely, they would break the Cangqiong Domain and escape.

Compared to Chen Fei entering alone deep into the territories of the Ice Race and the Evil Clans to slay cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm, these who came to him posed less danger and promised greater rewards.

Therefore, Chen Fei did not hesitate to use a killing move within the spatial grid, aimed at making sure all five early-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivators stayed right there.

Killing moves were not something irreplicable; they were meant to be used to better kill enemies.

If he truly sensed any major danger, like an attack from someone at the mid-stage Rule Integration Realm targeting him,

the first thing Chen Fei would do was run towards Jiguang City, without any hesitation.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The sword light within the spatial grid instantly turned the first two Evil Clan cultivators at the Rule Integration Realm into a mist of blood, utterly destroying them without a moment’s pause.

It wasn’t that Chen Fei’s move was strong enough to completely disregard the early-stage Rule Integration Realm; rather, its emergence was too abrupt.

Even when Chen Fei himself released the sword light, it still took a brief moment.

Although this moment was incredibly brief, to a cultivator of the same rank in the Rule Integration Realm, it was traceable.

Through changes in Chen Fei’s aura and even the resonance of the surrounding rule particles, they could predict the approximate scale of Chen Fei’s impending attack.

Yet, Chen Fei’s killing move appeared out of nowhere and swept across three Rule Integration Realm bodies.

It materialized without any warning, and most crucially, its power reached an unimaginable level.

An attack of such magnitude was possibly beyond what even a mid-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivator could unleash.

The first two Evil Clan cultivators at the early Rule Integration Realm died cleanly and crisply, without even managing to unleash their forbidden techniques.

Only the third Evil Clan member, Lou Yu, owing to a slight resistance from his fellow clansmen earlier, managed to deploy a forbidden technique in an instant, using a weapon to shield himself.

Killing two Evil Clan early-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivators, Chen Fei’s move still depleted quite a bit of power.

Under Lou Yu’s explosive use of a forbidden technique, he failed to eradicate him directly, but still inflicted severe, life-threatening injuries.

In the blink of an eye, from when the five attacked Chen Fei to Chen Fei counter-striking and severely injuring three at the early Rule Integration Realm, everything happened in an instant.

Jian Meng and Ding Yong couldn’t help but widen their eyes in shock. What had they just witnessed?

An early-stage Rule Integration Realm cultivator, who had broken through just over half a year ago, casually almost annihilated three of the same rank, and crucially, they couldn’t even discern how Chen Fei had managed it.

The unknown is always the greatest source of fear.

Moreover, considering the subtleties of the space rules Chen Fei had just displayed, even without that terrifying strike, it would have been extremely difficult for the five of them to kill Chen Fei.

Not to mention, now only the two of them were left in good condition. Lou Yu, though not dead, seemed not far from it.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Jian Meng and Ding Yong abruptly retreated and used secret techniques to massively increase their speed before they dashed back the way they came.

The confidence they had when they arrived was matched only by the deep fear they felt now.

Being crippled in an encounter, one might think they had been on a suicide mission attacking someone at the mid-stage Rule Integration Realm.

Chen Fei glanced at Jian Meng and Ding Yong, then, with Celestial Suppression operating at its peak, a streak of black light flashed across the sky, pulling Jian Meng and Ding Yong into the Cangqiong Domain.

Chen Fei did not enter the Cangqiong Domain; instead, he moved in one step to Lou Yu’s front, and his Qianyuan Sword slashed down in sequence.

Lou Yu watched as Jian Meng and Ding Yong, two of the Ice Race, suddenly vanished, completely clueless where his allies had gone.

Even if they ran fast, it shouldn’t be to such an extent. Although he sensed some spatial fluctuations, Lou Yu knew that neither Jian Meng nor Ding Yong could teleport.

As for possessing teleportation talismans, it’s difficult for them to move someone at the Rule Integration Realm, as rule fragments within the body of a Rule Integration Realm appeared massless.

However, when a talisman with spatial characteristics acted on them, the rule fragments of the Rule Integration Realm would naturally clash with the spatial rules within the talisman, destabilizing the talisman’s power.

Hence, even if Rule Integration Realm cultivators were to use talismans, they would be those that solely increased speed.

It’s not that no talismans could teleport someone at the Rule Integration Realm, but such power would rise to the Peak of Rule Integration Realm, like the Heavenly Thunder within the Qiankun Cauldron.

Lou Yu turned back to look at Chen Fei, his mind full of confusion and bafflement. Was this really the human prodigy Chen Fei, and not someone else impersonating him?

Why is he so strong—unreasonably strong?

Where did Jian Meng and Ding Yong disappear to? Clearly, they were both at the early stage of the Rule Integration Realm. Why was there such a bizarre occurrence? It was beyond his comprehension.

“Boom!”

Severely wounded and on the brink of death, Lou Yu was turned into a mist of blood under Chen Fei’s sword strike.

Although Lou Yu fiercely resisted at the end, the eventual outcome didn’t change by the slightest. The plea in his eyes before dying did not cause Chen Fei’s sword to pause for even a moment.

Begging for mercy at the point of death—was such a luxury unthinkable!

Tremors kept emitting from within the Cangqiong Domain; clearly, two cultivators from the Ice Race at the Rule Integration Realm were desperately attacking the boundary.

Compared to Meng Ji in their circumstances, Ding Yong and Jian Meng were undoubtedly much stronger.

However, the strength of the Cangqiong Domain had increased even more than before. Thus, it was absolutely impossible for just Ding Yong, both at the early stage of the Rule Integration Realm, to break through the Cangqiong Domain using their own power.

It was precisely because of this that Chen Fei felt confident first locking the two Ice Race cultivators in the Cangqiong Domain.

Using spatial grid killing moves, he instantly killed two cultivators from the Evil Clans at the Rule Integration Realm. From then on, the pace of today’s ambush was completely under Chen Fei’s control.

Chen Fei looked at the three blood mists in front of him. He did not hurry to extract the spiritual essence but began to activate the Bronze Rune in the Source Point Space.

Chen Fei wanted to test whether the Bronze Rune, replicated with the power of Celestial Suppression and the panel, still retained its original ability to plunder talents.

To plunder talents, one must act when the opponent’s breath just dissipates. If one delays, everything will return to dust and earth, losing the opportunity to plunder talents.

As Chen Fei activated the Bronze Rune with his essence force, the rune began to deform. Then, suddenly, a crack appeared on his forehead, and a ray of light shone from it, casting onto the three blood mists.

The blood mists trembled, and the spiritual essence contained within began to burn. Gradually, specks of light drifted from the blood mists and surged into the vertical eye on Chen Fei’s forehead.

A cooling sensation from the position of his skull soaked into Chen Fei’s body.

A profound and mysterious feeling appeared in Chen Fei’s Divine Soul Sea.

It was hard to articulate what exactly this feeling was, but Chen Fei could sense that one aspect of his soul was improving significantly.

Chen Fei couldn’t help but close his eyes, savoring this transformation.

After a moment, the cooling sensation vanished, and Chen Fei’s eyes slowly opened.

The world remained as it was, not giving the miraculous sensation he felt when he first broke through to the Rule Integration Realm and seemed to see another side of the world.

Chen Fei tried operating the Desolate Universe God Splitting Sword, suddenly feeling a slight shift in his expression. This time, Chen Fei felt something different.

For many years of cultivation, Chen Fei had relied on the panel’s simplification to cultivate new martial arts.

Chen Fei did occasionally try to cultivate on his own. Although not without progress, it was exceedingly slow compared to using the panel.

Moreover, he had to continuously operate the martial arts for several days before some thoughts would emerge in his mind.

This is the stance of an average person, not that he had no understanding of cultivation, but to gain insights from cultivation, one had to rely on time. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

This also reflected the daily life of most cultivators. To advance leaps and bounds, unless one experienced a sudden enlightenment, otherwise it was a state of arduous cultivation.

Recalling the initial days when he first encountered martial arts, at that time, Chen Fei didn’t even possess the stance of an average person, his mediocre talent meant he could almost only ever remain an ordinary person.

Today having the stance of an average person was the result of many years of continuous transformation of his soul.

At this moment, while operating the Desolate Universe God Splitting Sword, some new thoughts actually emerged in Chen Fei’s mind.

These thoughts did not represent insights, and to turn these thoughts into genuine insights of the martial arts, he had to continue deep reflection and verification with the martial arts itself.

These thoughts, of course, could not be compared with the insights that would arise directly from the panel, but compared to Chen Fei’s past, it was a colossal leap.

Chen Fei waved his left hand, and three clusters of spiritual essence appeared in his palm.

Because he had plundered talents, the content of the three clusters of spiritual essence was drastically reduced, but a smile was present on Chen Fei’s face.

Without needing Bronze Fragments, Chen Fei could now plunder talents himself, proving that his previous plans were feasible, shaking off some potential troubles the Bronze Fragments could bring.

More crucially, the effect of plundering talents was remarkably good.

The three cultivators from the Evil Clans at the early stage of the Rule Integration Realm had considerable lifespan left and had accumulated more than a dozen fragments of rules each in their realms.

This proved that the three Evil Clan cultivators possessed exceptional talents, even considered quite good among those at the Rule Integration Realm.

By seizing a portion of the talents from the three Evil Clan cultivators, Chen Fei’s own talent had significantly increased.

From a talent similar to or even less than Meng Ji’s, Chen Fei had now transformed into having a grand hope of breaking through the Rule Integration Realm with his own efforts.

Comparatively speaking about the people around him, he might still not match up to Kuang Xingfeng, but he was nearly comparable to Hua Zhichun.