Chapter 692: Unattainable—A Thousand Troops Retreat

“Boom boom boom——!”

The explosive Gang Force and Qi Blood shot out from Su Mu’s center towards the surroundings, like unstoppable tidal waves rolling eastward, flipping heavy iron-wood crates weighing hundreds of pounds in the warehouse.

The two severely weakened Sea Pirate Hall Masters retreated rapidly in horror.

While the Sea Tide Gang Leader Zhao Lei, who was at the forefront, felt an overwhelming force on Su Mu’s hand, a force that his muscles, whether soft or hard, could not resist.

The sound of cracking bones forced him to release his grip, and his tower-like robust body staggered backward, otherwise, he had no doubt his hand would be crippled in an instant.

“What… what exactly is this?!”

Su Mu suddenly operated his whole body’s Qi Blood and Profound Demon Gang, sending Zhao Lei staggering and flying backward. All present, including Quan Feng a hundred steps away and other elite Sea Pirates of the Jiao Blood Gang, gaped at the not-so-bulky figure on the field.

The Fire Sparrow Gang Force and Water Ape Gang Force were the two Gang Forces Su Mu was most familiar with. At this moment, the fused Profound Demon Gang presented neither the fiery color of the Fire Sparrow nor the wave color of the Water Ape, but a slightly dim profound white.

This profound white Profound Demon Gang exuded two entirely contradictory auras of tumultuousness and tranquility and now manifested tangibly over Su Mu’s entire body, a full four inches thick!

The shimmering Profound Demon Gang resembled a calm sea surface, deep and vast, yet beneath this tranquility lurked great danger, like an overwhelming wave ready to devour at any moment.

“Clang clang clang clang——!”

“Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!”

A volley of supersonic Divine Arm Crossbow bolts fiercely collided with this calm sea surface layer, sparking four explosive booms, failing to penetrate the Gang Qi sea surface before Su Mu’s figure, merely piercing less than half an inch, stirring ripples that froze outside the sea surface.

Following that were five poison-quenched arrows from Quan Feng. It must be said that Quan Feng’s Archery Skill was extremely excellent, and as five dark green poison arrows approached Su Mu, they seemed to transform into five venomous snakes, collectively striking from different tricky angles toward Su Mu’s acupoints.

But in the face of absolute power, all calculations were as pale and powerless as white paper.

Another succession of five explosive sounds erupted on the field, yet the four-inch Profound Demon Gang sea surface merely rippled, seemingly impervious to any attack!

“Gulp!”

“Is this Gang Force?… Impossible, how could Gang Force be this strong!”

“How did this person cultivate, could it be they started cultivating in the womb, or else how could the Gang Force be this deep, perhaps even two of those three old ones together couldn’t suppress this person, only all three together might barely press down this person’s Gang Force by one notch!”

Sounds of swallowing echoed continuously in the field, Zhao Lei and Quan Feng, these two grand pirates, were wide-eyed in shock, thoroughly astonished, scarcely able to believe the authenticity of what unfolded before their eyes.

Simply by the explosion of Gang Force, Su Mu effortlessly repelled Zhao Lei relying on body combat skills from Cross-Training Martial Arts, four Divine Arm Crossbows fired simultaneously, and Quan Feng’s successive cold arrows, it was truly astonishing.

A martial artist’s strength, or the strength of any cultivator including the Three Religions Cultivators, is generally divided into three aspects.

Firstly, naturally their Realm and the foundation of cultivation, such as martial artists in terms of Qi Blood, Martial Force, Martial Momentum, and bones and physique.

Whether or not martial artists work on Cross-Training Martial Arts, their physical body undergoes some transformation and evolution with each advancement in realm!

Only thus can a martial artist’s body bear more power, this is the foundation of a martial artist, the cornerstone of the Martial Dao!

Secondly, it refers to the Cultivation Technique, Martial Techniques, Secret Technique, outside the foundation.

Whether it’s a cultivation technique, saber technique, swordsmanship, or body technique, all martial arts are meant for martial artists to better unleash their Martial Dao foundation, to better manifest the lethal power of cultivated Qi Blood, Martial Force!

The relationship between the two is akin to wood and fire.

The more wood there is, the higher quality the wood, the more solidly piled, only then can it ignite a more intense and broader fire enough to set the plains ablaze!

The third aspect besides these two points is the strength of external objects to the cultivator, such as Weapons, Elixirs, Talismans, which need not be elaborated upon.

In summary, the cultivation foundation not only determines a cultivator’s ultimate limit but also determines their minimum threshold, a cultivator with a solid foundation won’t have weak strength, even if they have never trained any martial techniques.

The saying heavy sword without sharpness, great wisdom appears simple, reflects this principle.

While Cultivation Technique, Martial Techniques, Secret Techniques determine a cultivator’s temporary limit, an empty-spirited martial artist with Qi Blood and Martial Force who does not understand any cultivation techniques, martial techniques, practical combat techniques, resembles a brute with divine power but clueless about how to wield it.

In the field, whether Quan Feng or Zhao Lei, both are over fifty years old, Zhao Lei even nearing eighty, they emerged from numerous ferocious sea pirates of the Outer Sea Region and are among the thirteen great pirates.

Their talent in Martial Dao is undeniably strong, their entire strength and combat techniques unquestionably robust.

However, after decades of painstaking cultivation, their feeling in front of Su Mu is one of surpassing awe, they both combined have over a century of cultivation years.