Chapter 671: Surge in Strength

Inside the secluded chamber.

Hong Yu sat quietly cross-legged. In front of him were three Storage Rings.

These contained all the Treasures Mao Mei’Er had taken from the Spirit Cat Race’s vault to help Hong Yu increase his strength.

Among them were a full thirty-six types of Treasures for enhancing Spiritual Power.

Every single one was of the Supreme Treasure Level.

Even the weakest among them, if taken by an ordinary person, would cause their Spiritual Power to skyrocket, allowing them to instantly become a Spiritual Power Cultivator at the Primordial Embryo Realm Level.

Hong Yu’s current Spiritual Power was comparable to the Late-stage Primordial Spirit Realm. If he took another step forward, he would reach the Peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

One had to know, the Spiritual Power of a God King Level expert was also at this Level.

Once his Spiritual Power reached the Peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm, the power of his Purple Extreme Divine Light and Illusory Spirit Celestial Eyes would increase once more, posing a certain threat even to a God King.

These were just the Treasures from the first Storage Ring.

The Treasures in the second Storage Ring were actually Thunder Power and Wind Evil Power.

However, Thunder and Wind Fiends were already rare, and finding two with compatible attributes at the same time was even more difficult.

Over thousands of years of collecting, the Spirit Cat Race had only managed to find two pairs of compatible Thunder and Wind Fiends.

‘Still, it’s better than nothing!’

By fusing and absorbing the two pairs of Thunder and Wind Fiend powers and cultivating with the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique, he could unleash the Second Layer of the technique inherited from Fire Cloud Venerable in a short period. This would be a great help, a Martial Arts Secret Technique that absolutely could not be underestimated.

As for the third Storage Ring, it contained some supplementary materials needed to cultivate Arrow Piercing the Sky.

Arrow Piercing the Sky had a total of nine realms.

If he could cultivate it to the Third Layer, which represented the Entry-level, and combine it with the Life Essence Blood of the Celestial Horse Race’s ancestor, he would be able to threaten God King Level experts.

If he cultivated to the Fifth Layer or even the Sixth, he could potentially kill even an expert at the Lord of Divine City Level.

However, Arrow Piercing the Sky was not easy to cultivate.

Hong Yu’s goal was to use these ten days to at least reach the Entry Level and complete the First Layer Realm: Hundred-step Piercing Willow.

Once he reached the Hundred-step Piercing Willow realm.

Then, if he discovered traces of a Divine Medicine in the War Spirit Holy Land, his chances of capturing it would be much higher.

And so, Hong Yu began his cultivation.

He first opened the first Storage Ring and tossed all thirty-six types of Treasure Medicines for enhancing Spiritual Power into the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron.

If he were to consume and refine these Treasure Medicines himself, it would definitely not be something that could be accomplished overnight.

Moreover, it would be easy to waste the pure medicinal power of the Treasure Medicines.

But if they were refined by the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron, both the effect and efficiency of absorption would be greatly improved.

With the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron brewing the Treasure Medicines, Hong Yu didn’t need to waste his focus on it. He then opened the second Storage Ring.

VMM! VMM!

Inside were four sealed spheres of light.

The first sealed sphere contained a type of thunder called ‘Hundred Generations Annihilation Divine Thunder’, a rather rare form of Thunder.

The Wind Fiend in the second sphere was the ‘Destructive Wind Fiend’, which had a compatible attribute with the ‘Hundred Generations Annihilation Thunder’.

The Thunder in the third and fourth sealed spheres was called ‘Profound Sky Thunder Roar’, and the Wind Fiend was the ‘Nine Heavens Godslaying Fiend’.

Forcefully absorbing and fusing with even a single one of these types of Thunder or Wind Fiends could increase one’s combat power two- or threefold, let alone fusing compatible pairs.

The cultivation method for the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique was to absorb Thunder and Wind Fiends.

Then, one would smelt them into their hands—Thunder in the left, Wind Fiend in the right.

Once the smelting was complete…

…when unleashing the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique, the Wind Fiend and Thunder would condense and form powerful, beast-like attacks. The combination of wind and thunder would increase their might a hundredfold. The power would be terrifying, enough to severely injure a God King in a single blow.

‘I’ll try fusing the Hundred Generations Annihilation Divine Thunder and the Destructive Wind Fiend first!’

Hong Yu’s eyes gleamed.

With a flick of his wrists, he grasped the sealed spheres containing the Hundred Generations Annihilation Divine Thunder and the Destructive Wind Fiend, one in each hand, and immediately began circulating the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique.

VMM!

The method for absorbing Thunder and Wind Fiends for the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique was to forcefully fuse them with the physical body, without the aid of Spiritual Power or Primordial Gang’s Power. This process was extremely painful, as it required forcing energies filled with destructive power like Thunder and Wind Fiends into one’s own body.

It was no different from cutting open one’s own flesh and stuffing a bomb inside.

BOOM!

The moment the sealed spheres shattered, the Hundred Generations Annihilation Divine Thunder and the Destructive Wind Fiend erupted with ferocious power, violently shaking the Quiet Chamber around Hong Yu.

“Absorb!”

Hong Yu roared.

Under the scouring of his Primordial Gang’s Power, two gashes were forcibly torn open in the palms of his hands. Blood splattered out, dousing the Thunder and the Wind Fiend.

Then, Hong Yu frantically activated the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique.

After being tainted by his blood, the incomparably terrifying powers seemed like enraged beasts, letting out roars as they charged into Hong Yu’s palms.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere as his skin split open.

The flesh of his palms was a mangled mess, the wounds so deep that bone was visible.

In his left hand, his translucent, crystal-like bones developed hairline fractures under the assault of the Thunder. The blood vessels and nerves covering them were nearly rotten and charred black. Gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain, Hong Yu continuously circulated the Secret Technique, absorbing the Thunder Power.

The situation with his right hand was much better.

Fire Cloud Venerable had once cultivated the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique, and his Venerable Golden Bone was incredibly strong and resilient.

The process of integrating the Wind Evil Power into it was very smooth.

Just like that.

After a full day and night, Hong Yu finally finished absorbing the Hundred Generations Annihilation Divine Thunder and the Destructive Wind Fiend.

He lightly clenched his fists.

Arcs of lightning danced across his left hand, while Wind Evil Power surged from his right, corroding the ground.

‘Time to test the power of the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique!’

With a flash in his eyes, Hong Yu summoned the Profound Celestial Secret Realm and entered it.

This was a vast lake, fifty thousand square meters wide. Hong Yu stood in the air above it, then swung both his hands.

KRA-BOOM!

WHOOSH!

Thunder and Wind Fiend intertwined as they gushed from his palms, then fused and condensed in front of him.

A Wind and Thunder Strange Beast took shape.

The first to emerge was a Mongolian Spider Toad. It held Thunder in its mouth and had Wind Fiends for its four feet. It leaped up, surging forward like a Wind and Thunder Mount Tai crashing down.

The Mongolian Spider Toad’s body was as tough as steel, its entire form like Thundering Profound Steel and Wind Evil Yin Stone. It was as ferocious as the roar of Profound Thunder, exploding in the void and causing faint ripples to appear in the space before it.

BANG!

The Mongolian Spider Toad plunged into the lake.

The entire lake exploded with a deafening blast. The water surged to the sky, and the sound of the incredibly violent tremors rumbled endlessly.

The surrounding mountain peaks trembled.

SSSSSS!

After a ripple washed over it, the great lake completely evaporated without a trace.

Countless Wind Fiends and Thunder Powers raged and howled where the lake had been. The lakebed, a hundred meters deep, trembled and cracked as if the world was ending.

HISS!

Hong Yu sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

A look of excitement appeared in his eyes. ‘The Wind and Thunder Beast Technique is so powerful! It already has the combat power of a Divine General Level. If I cultivate the Second Layer, I could even fight a God King!’

This was only the First Layer of the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique, yet it was already this strong.

‘If I cultivate to the legendary Ninth Layer and unleash nine types of Thunder and Wind Fiends, couldn’t I even kill a Venerable?’

And so, Hong Yu continued to cultivate.

「Three days later.」

Hong Yu finished absorbing the second type of Wind Fiend and Thunder, reaching the Second Layer Realm of the Wind and Thunder Beast Technique.

In this way, four days passed.

For the remaining six days, Hong Yu focused on cultivating Arrow Piercing the Sky.

Unfortunately, Arrow Piercing the Sky required a strong foundation in archery, of which Hong Yu knew nothing. He spent almost the first five of those days practicing the basic skills of archery.

Drawing the bow, nocking an arrow, and letting the Arrow Technique pierce the air.

Now, using just an ordinary bow and arrow, he could already achieve Hundred-step Piercing Willow.

Of course…

On the third day of cultivating Arrow Piercing the Sky, Hong Yu had already mastered the skill of using his Illusory Spirit Celestial Eyes as an aid. He could easily perform feats like fixed-point Hundred-step Piercing Willow and shooting through a gap a thousand meters away.

But this was clearly not enough.

‘In a real battle, who would give you the chance to stand still and let you shoot them with a bow and arrow?’

So, for the next few days, Hong Yu practiced shooting while moving, as well as shooting moving targets.

By the fifth day, Hong Yu felt his foundation was solid enough.

Only then did he take out the golden Giant Bow he had won from Ma Qi. He drew the bow and nocked an arrow. With a startling TWANG of the bowstring, a silver, War King Level Celestial Horse’s Wing, serving as a Divine Arrow, shot out with a whistle. A hundred-meter-tall mountain peak a thousand meters away was obliterated, collapsing in an instant.

The power was not to be underestimated.

‘What a powerful Arrow Technique. No wonder the Celestial Horse Race can be ranked among the Eight Great Battle Clans. The power of this Arrow Technique alone is an absolute killing tool in large-scale warfare!’ Hong Yu nodded to himself.

Now, both his Wind and Thunder Beast Technique and Arrow Piercing the Sky had reached his expected levels.

Just then, a red light shot out from the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron.

The many Treasure Medicines had finished brewing.

A rich medicinal fragrance assailed his nostrils, filling the entire Cultivation Chamber. Hong Yu flew above the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron, kicked open the lid, and gazed at the crystal-clear Spirit Treasure Medicine Liquid below, unable to stop himself from gulping.

SPLASH!

Hong Yu leaped into the Spirit Treasure Medicine Liquid.

He swam within the liquid, which was filled with the powerful and surging aura of Spirit Medicine, greedily and frantically devouring it.

Wisps of the Spirit Treasure Medicine Liquid entered his body, transforming into pure Essence of Life.

It was incredibly powerful.

After a full day and night of absorption, Hong Yu’s Spiritual Power was sublimated once more, reaching the Peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm.

The Peak of the Primordial Spirit Realm, although still within the Primordial Spirit Realm…

…the word “Peak” carried an extraordinary meaning. Spiritual Power at this Level was ten times stronger than that of the Late-stage Primordial Spirit Realm.

Although the current Hong Yu had not truly broken through to the Primordial Spirit Realm…

…but…

…if he were to die now, he could, like a Primordial Spirit Powerhouse, use his Spiritual Power to protect his Soul and prevent it from perishing.

It was just that the Primordial Spirit of a Primordial Spirit Powerhouse could survive for ten or even a hundred times longer than his could.

Even so, Hong Yu’s combat power had risen to a new level.

BANG!

He recalled the Nine Dragon Celestial Cauldron into his body. His gaze was incredibly sharp, like crackling Thunder. He then walked out of the secluded chamber.

But just as he stepped out of the chamber’s door, Mao Mei’Er’s furious, cold shout came from outside…

“You are not welcome here! Get out, by order of this Queen!”