Chapter Seventeen: Phantom Nine Changes Vote for tickets, vote for collection

  After finishing his sword practice, Chen Xuan went out to hunt some wild game. He had been in the Luoshan Mountains for a month now, and his dry rations had long since run out. Carrying a wild boar on his back, Chen Xuan returned to the cave, started a fire, and roasted the boar on a spit while discussing today's sword techniques with Old Lei.

  Kid, you can already practice the Void Slash to a small success in seven days, which is not bad. With your current strength, even a ninth-rank cultivator of the Later Heaven wouldn't be your match; said Old Man Li.

  Lui Lao, what will be the power of martial arts when one reaches the Lingwu realm? Chen Xuan asked.

  When you reach the Lingwu realm, the power of your martial skills will increase by at least tenfold. Whether it's attacking or speed, in the Lingwu realm, you can release your spiritual energy externally, which means that within a hundred meters, even if you can't get close to someone, you can still kill them.

  When you reach the Lingwu realm, every move is a landslide and earthquake, destructive power is also ten times that of the acquired day, ordinary martial skills are no longer effective, now telling you so much is useless, wait until you reach the Lingwu realm yourself will be able to feel it.

  "Has Lí Lǎo reached the Ling Wu realm? Are his weapons still ordinary?" Chen Xuan asked.

  That's not it. The level of the weapon is divided into ordinary weapons, which are the steel knives you're using now. Ordinary weapons have spiritual instruments on top, and only spiritual instruments can withstand external spiritual energy.

  Is there anything else on top of the Lingqi? Chen Xuan continued to ask.

  The top of the spiritual instrument is the yuan instrument. One yuan instrument can increase a warrior's attack power by 30%. Don't underestimate this 30% increase in attack power. On the basis that one side does not have a yuan instrument, it is almost an instant kill. Old Lei continued to say:

  However, once you reach the True Martial Realm and above, ordinary weapons are rarely used. No one is foolish enough to engage in close combat with you; instead, they rely on their weapons to amplify their fighting strength. At the True Martial Realm, spiritual energy is converted into yuan energy, so martial artists only need to condense their yuan energy into a weapon and release it outward. Nevertheless, some martial artists still prefer using weapons, as they can increase attack power by 30%. The types of yuan equipment are also diverse, but they all share one characteristic: they can be either large or small.

  Lao Li, can you pass on that set of Heaven-grade body techniques to me now? Chen Xuan asked.

  This set of skills I also got from a great master, I was injured and barely managed to defeat him to get this skill. This set of skills had once been sensational for a while, belonging to auxiliary Tian-class martial arts, although it is not as powerful as the purely attacking Tian-class martial arts, but if you can practice it to perfection, even surpassing Tian-class martial arts.

  Focus your mind and I'll pass this skill on to you. I haven't had it for too long myself, just halfway through when I was ambushed. If I were to master this technique to the highest level, even twice as many people wouldn't be able to hold me back.

  Chen Xuan heard that it was another set of tyrannical skills, and more than a dozen peers couldn't surround him. This set of body techniques is so abnormal.

  Chen Xuan's mind was filled with many people flying back and forth, mixed with some text, and it took an hour to calm down. A picture was formed, with all sorts of human figures on it.

  "Phantom Nine Changes"

  This is a top-notch footwork, Chen Xuan has been watching for half a day and still can't understand it.

  The Phantom Nine Changes is divided into three layers. The first layer, when cultivated, can split into three phantoms, each with 30% of the original body's attack power. Not only are they used to confuse enemies, but they also possess attacking power. The second layer, when cultivated, can split into six phantoms, with 60% of the original body's attack power. The third layer can split into nine phantoms, with 90% of the original body's attack power. This technique not only splits into phantoms but also has a speed that is abnormal and can burst to five times the speed of sound. At this time, Lao Li introduced Chen Xuan;

  Overbearing, this was the first thing that came to Chen Xuan's mind. When he reached the third level of cultivation, ten people attacked him simultaneously, no wonder Old Master Li said that even a dozen people couldn't stop him when he reached the Great Completion stage.

  Lui Lao, if I cultivate to the third stage, it won't be Ling Wu Realm that I can defeat. Chen Xuan thought of his family's crisis, and if he could practice Huan Ying Jiu Bian to a high level, he would have a chance to fight against Ling Wu Realm.

  You little brat, are you dreaming? You say it's easy to cultivate, then what's the point of calling it a top-grade technique?

  Lao Li told Chen Xuan the key to cultivating the Phantom Nine Changes, and then spent the next period of time practicing the first level. When he could split out a separate shadow, they would go out again.

  The sunset mountain range had a dense forest, where a young man was seen inside, flying up and down, leaving behind a trail of residual shadows. The surrounding leaves were fragmented and broken by the residual shadows.

  Minute...

  A loud roar echoed through the jungle

  Still can't, still not fast enough.

  One after another, the residual shadows remained in the forest. Chen Xuan had been practicing from morning till night without stopping, "Fantasy Nine Changes". Even his true strength was abandoned for cultivation. This heavenly technique was just different, its difficulty far surpassing that of the Seven Kills Sword.

  Qī shā dāo zhǐ yào dāo shēn pò kāi kōng qì zǔ lì jiù xíng, ér huàn yǐng jiǔ biàn bì xū quán shēn dōu děi pò kāi kōng qì de zǔ lì, cái néng bào fā wǔ bèi de yīn sù, fēn chū fēn yǐng.

  Translation:

  The Seven Kill Sword only needs to break through the air resistance of its blade, while the Phantom Nine Changes must break through the air resistance of its entire body in order to burst into five times the speed of sound and split into multiple shadows.

  Chen Xuan's seven-killing knife slash was also a realization of breaking through the resistance of air flow, and Chen Xuan had the most say in how to break through the resistance of air.

  The amplification of true power is still not enough, to burst at five times the speed of sound, on the premise that true power must also keep up, Chen Xuan bursts out true power every time and squanders it all, having to rest for over ten minutes, taking out a spiritual stone, absorbing spiritual energy from the spiritual stone to replenish his physical strength.

  Just a little bit short, every time just a little bit short of forming a separate shadow, Chen Xuan didn't get angry, still practicing over and over again.

  Chen Xuan stood up, his spiritual power had almost recovered, and he would practice for the last time today.

  These past few days Chen Xuan had absorbed all the Seventh-Order Demon Beast's inner dan, even the meat on an ant's leg is still meat after all. The Phantom Nine Changes' requirement for true energy was too heavy a burden to bear.

  Dragging his exhausted body back to the cave, today still didn't separate from the shadow, simply ate a bit, sat cross-legged and recovered his true strength. This period of time every day his true strength was consumed, and each time he felt his true strength had improved a little, his true strength became more robust with each passing day.

  Compared with breaking through the seventh rank half a month ago, his true strength had increased by another 30%, and this period of time was not without gains.

  Tian Yiliang continued to cultivate the Phantom Nine Changes, and it had been almost a month and a half since he arrived at the mountain range. In more than 20 days, it would be the family's coming-of-age ceremony, and he must hurry back.

  This...

  Suddenly, there was a rubbing sound of air generating airflow.

  Whoosh......

  A boy who looked exactly like Chen Xuan appeared on his left side,

  "Split Image"

  He finally mastered his first Shadow Clone, and Chen Xuan's divine soul controlled the clone to punch a large tree beside him.

  Rumble...

  A tree as big as one person could hug broke with a loud crash, equivalent to a fifth-rank attack from the mortal world. The fist's shadow slowly dispersed after it was thrown.

  Chen Xuan repeatedly practiced the Shadow Splitting Technique until he could control it freely before stopping his cultivation.

  Lui Lao, I've cultivated the first divided shadow of my Phantom Nine Changes. Shouldn't we be leaving? Chen Xuan asked.

  Do you still remember the last time we passed by that small mountain valley? There might be a 9th-level demonic beast inside, you can go in and take a look. It's just right for your Slash Empty to reach small completion, also needing an opponent to hone it. Your Phantom Nine Changes movement technique should also be put into actual combat as soon as possible.

  War...

  Chen Xuan's heart was now filled with an unyielding determination to fight, from cultivating the Void Slash to now, he had never let go of his desire for a decisive battle. Hearing that there were 9th rank demonic beasts in the mountain valley, his blood had long been boiling. To nourish his battles with more battles, only through continuous fighting could he rapidly increase his own strength.