NOVEL WEB Chapter 98: Three Killing Moves
BANG!
Hong Yuan closed the door tightly. After making sure there were no sounds outside, he let out a sigh of relief.
It wasn't that he had anything against Guan Lan, but the phrase "Fellow Daoist, please stay your steps" was just too damaging. Some despicable fellows even maliciously used this phrase as the precursor to casting spells and Divine Powers, with truly sinister intentions. And when a stranger uttered this phrase, what usually followed was seldom anything good—mostly big events that could lead to life-or-death situations as soon as one got involved. Naturally, Hong Yuan had to remain cautious and keep his distance from strangers.
Forget about Guan Lan for now, let's see if the Demonic Beast Avatar's killing moves are workable.
With his mind made up, Hong Yuan activated the second-order Guardian Array, then stripped off his clothes, arranged a dummy on the bed, covered it with a quilt, and feigned the appearance of himself sleeping. As for himself, he crawled under the bed to sleep, completely immersing his mind into the Demonic Beast Avatar.
「In the Zero Desolate Sea Area, along the Ice Frost River, inside the Mysterious Water Snake's cave.」
The Demonic Beast Hong Yuan switched his train of thought, no longer dwelling on the Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power's fourth level, but considering instead how to formulate killing moves using his Innate Abilities. The difficulty of the fourth level of the Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power was nearly ten times that of the third level. No matter how hard Hong Yuan tried, he had been advancing with difficulty and was unable to form an effective combat force quickly. It would be better to consider how to construct moves that would form a killing technique effective against the towering giant python.
That towering giant python is about several hundred meters big. Although it's not as exaggerated as a Flood Dragon, it's almost the size of one. Or rather, it could be an Ice Flood Dragon. Defeating it, the techniques I could obtain would certainly be very powerful, and my foundation would significantly deepen.
A glint flashed through Hong Yuan's python eyes as he thought rapidly.
Two hours later, Hong Yuan was using a medium-sized Tao Enlightenment Stone to simulate a decent killing move: the Cold Wind Frozen Rain technique.
[Innate Ability·Cold Wind: Summons a blast of cold wind to sweep over the land]
[Innate Ability·Frozen Rain: Calls down a storm of frozen rain upon the land]
The purpose of the Cold Wind Frozen Rain technique was not to subdue enemies, but to quickly create an ice and snow environment, cultivating a favorable time and place. It laid the groundwork for the two Innate Abilities [Ice Snow Body] and [Myriad Silence Realm], greatly enhancing Hong Yuan's control over ice-related powers.
Although this move is good, the environment in the Bloodline Dream Realm is already an icy one, and that towering giant python also comes from the Ice Armor Python, so ice-based killing moves don't seem to be very effective.
It didn't take long for Hong Yuan to realize this, so he immediately changed direction and continued to think about how to defeat the towering giant python.
During this process of contemplation, the amount of Moon Qiong Paste that Hong Yuan had stored was gradually decreasing, and the volume of the medium-sized Tao Enlightenment Stone was also declining at a slow rate. Although it hadn't reduced to half of its original size, the medium-sized Tao Enlightenment Stone had indeed decreased significantly in volume.
The more Innate Abilities were mixed into a killing move, the more complex it became. Moreover, the results were not necessarily better than a simple combination of two Innate Abilities. Therefore, Hong Yuan did not specifically aim for quantity or comprehensiveness.
After half a day, Hong Yuan finally simulated two effective killing moves.
The first killing move combined the abilities of Crazy Plants and Water Flow Tail. When attacking the opponent with my tail, thick roots will also protrude from the ground to catch the opponent off guard.
Previously, Demonic Beast Hong Yuan used the Crazy Plants tactic to defeat the first major enemy of Longevity Martial Arts—the ron Armored Saw Crocodile.
The second killing move was a combination of Water Gun and Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power. Projecting the Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power in the form of Water Guns to blast the opponent.
With this, Demonic Beast Hong Yuan had preliminarily mastered three killing moves. However, the true effects would still need to be tested in practice.
After disconnecting from the medium-sized Tao Enlightenment Stone, Hong Yuan rested on the spot for an hour, adjusting his internal state. When his internal state was restored to a healthy condition, Hong Yuan swam out of the cave and came to the surface of the Ice Frost River. The full series is hosted on My Virtual Library Empire, known as MV7LEMPYR.
Hong Yuan sequentially practiced his killer moves to test their results.
"Cold Wind, Frozen Rain!"
A dark cloud coalesced in the sky, and soon a cold wind blew through, bringing along a sparse downfall of frozen rain that solidified the surface of the river, forming various ice chunks. Moreover, as the Demon Essence in Hong Yuan's body ramped up in power, the intensity of the rain increased, and the howling wind grew louder.
Legend has it that True Dragons can summon wind and rain at will, and now I have achieved something similar, Hong Yuan thought.
Having assessed the potency of Cold Wind, Frozen Rain, Hong Yuan gradually retracted the move and began to test another one that had been effective in crushing the towering python.
"Crazy Tail!"
Hong Yuan's python tail turned the color of dark iron, and he smacked it furiously against the surface of the water, causing the Ice Frost River to churn with surging waves. Along with the smacking, the protruding thick tree roots were heart-stopping.
After such a commotion, even the Flood Dragon Xuan Qi within the Black Dragon Palace cast an inquisitive glance at Hong Yuan.
Is Guangqiao venting frustrations or has his cultivation made significant progress?
Flood Dragon Xuan Qi was somewhat puzzled, but he took comfort in seeing that the strength of the Demonic Beast Hong Yuan had improved.
I have already imparted Guangqiao the secrets to transforming his body into a human form. With his current state, he will step into the realm of a Third-tier Demon the day he transforms into an Ice Armor Python. He should be able to solidify his Avatar on that day without much need for my help.
Thinking this, Flood Dragon Xuan Qi's gaze then drifted towards several Mysterious Water Snakes within the Black Dragon Palace that were freely playing with each other, his eyes carrying a deep solemnity. The population of the Mysterious Water Snake clan is a bit sparse, which is not good.
Meanwhile, the Demonic Beast Hong Yuan was experimenting with his final killer move.
"Ten Thousand Heavy Water Guns!"
Hong Yuan combined his innate Water Gun ability with the third tier of the Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power, reaching an incredibly powerful state. The Ten Thousand Heavy Water Guns instantly became the strongest move in the Demonic Beast Hong Yuan's repertoire, capable of shattering the Python Shield of the towering python. The downside was that this move caused the Demon Essence within the Demonic Beast Hong Yuan to drop by ten percent instantly. This meant Hong Yuan could only use this move nine times, making it highly unstable!
Upon realizing this, Hong Yuan immediately focused his mind and continued to delve into the Ten Thousand Heavy Water Divine Power, striving to break through to the fourth tier of this power before being forced to enter the Bloodline Dream Realm. By then, to challenge someone of a different stature would absolutely not be an impossible feat, nor a daydream.
「Three more days passed.」
Yet the flying boat still hadn't arrived at Nanyang Government. It only made a brief stop at the Phoenix Fire Mansion to replenish its energy.
The vastness of Yong State's territory exceeded Hong Yuan's expectations. He had initially thought that the size of a state's territory would be similar to that of a province on his former Blue Star. However, the silent flight of the Phoenix Flyer continuously indicated that this was not Blue Star!
Wow, just Yong State alone is probably as large as seven or eight Earths! Hong Yuan was truly astounded. With a rough estimate, he uncovered this startling fact.
Is this the reality that Zhu Wushang had been fretting over?
Indeed, it made sense now. The Phoenix Creek Sect, on their lonesome, pressed down on Yong State and claimed it wholesale. It was always their Phoenix Creek Sect Disciples who strutted around proudly. No one else would have the audacity to bully the Disciples of Phoenix Creek Sect.
Looking at it this way, my Luck Tao was actually quite good to have been able to become a Menial Disciple of Phoenix Creek Sect. No wonder everyone was so competitive before, and why Phoenix Creek Sect so relentlessly squeezed the time of us Menial Disciples, not allowing us to cultivate in peace.
At this moment, Hong Yuan had a complete epiphany.
Holding sway over Yong State, Phoenix Creek Sect was never short of talent, with many geniuses traveling thousands of miles to join Phoenix Creek Sect. So, Phoenix Creek Sect was indeed the Holy Land of legends. And as for me, Hong Yuan, a Gilded Disciple dispatched from such a Holy Land, I usually play the role of a tyrant, the unbridled villain!