Having reached the late Xuanji Realm and his cultivation had risen greatly, Zhang Ruochen’s mood was naturally extremely good.
As soon as the sky dawned, he went to Xuan Character Number 1 again, intending to continue looking for Duanmu Xingling to spar and sharpen his palm techniques.
As his palm techniques continued to improve, Zhang Ruochen felt that he was not far from cultivating the fourth palm, “Dragon Image Shadow”, and was only one opportunity away from a breakthrough. This was a wonderful feeling!
Zhang Ruochen did not rashly barge into the Xuan Character No. 1, but, instead, stood outside and infused his true qi into his voice, saying, “Senior Sister Duanmu, I’ve come to find you again to spar with you on palm techniques, are you in there?”
A moment later, Duanmu Xingling opened the door, a little sleepy-eyed, and stared at Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Don’t you sleep every day?”
A martial artist was also a human being and had to sleep and rest every day, just that the amount of time spent sleeping was much less than that of an ordinary person. A Xuanji Realm martial artist only needed to sleep for two hours a day to regain full energy.
Zhang Ruochen’s mental power was so strong that he only needed the same one hour of rest a day, and the rest of the time could be used for cultivation. Even if he didn’t sleep for three days and three nights, he would still be able to ensure the fullest mental state.
Zhang Ruochen smiled apologetically and said, “I’m really sorry, I didn’t intend to disturb Senior Sister Duanmu’s rest. In that case, I’ll wait until noon!”
“Forget it, we’ve rested enough anyway, let’s start now so that you won’t bother me again at noon. Your palm technique has improved again?”
Duanmu Xingling brought Zhang Ruochen to the centre of the plaza of the Dragon Martial Hall, her petite body stood straight, still putting one hand behind her back, and with an imaginary hand, she guided her hand, saying, “Today, let’s exchange hands here! I will still only use one hand, and you will attack me with all your might.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Duanmu Xingling and nodded gently. He was still quite grateful to this beautiful senior sister who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. Knowing that she was a Xuan Ranked Martial Artist, how would ordinary people have the chance to seek her out for accompanying training?
His Palm Technique was able to progress so quickly, and Duanmu Xingling had helped quite a bit.
“Ow!”
Zhang Ruochen let out a long whistle as all the true qi in his body was mobilised, and strands of blood qi overflowed from his pores, condensing into a pale pillar of blood that shot straight up into the sky.
“Blood Qi rushing into the sky, he actually reached the late Xuanji Realm so quickly!” Duanmu Xingling’s eyes lit up as her eyelashes gently blinked, her heart feeling surprised by Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation speed.
In five days, Zhang Ruochen’s progress was simply too great. Duanmu Xingling could clearly feel that his cultivation level was a new step every day.
Even with sufficient cultivation resources, such a rate of progress was quite exaggerated.
The bones and muscles in Zhang Ruochen’s body were ringing, both like a dragon’s roar and an elephant’s whistle, and the blood qi escaping from his body was getting thicker and thicker.
“Swish!”
With a movement of his body, he turned into a swift wind and rushed out.
His speed reached forty-four metres per second, rising another step.
“What a speed, comparable to a Xuanji Realm Great Extreme Position martial artist.”
Duanmu Xingling’s eyes became brighter, Zhang Ruochen’s natural talent surprised her, in just half a month’s time, he had already become so powerful that it was unbelievable if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes.
She finally had some confidence in Zhang Ruochen defeating Feng Zhilin!
“With his rate of progress, after half a month, it will never be difficult to defeat Feng Zhilin.”
Duanmu Xingling stretched out her palm, exhaling true qi from her palm as she took a step, as if she was stepping on the wind, appearing very ethereal. She unexpectedly took the initiative to attack Zhang Ruochen, striking out with her palm, a faint wave of true qi appearing in front of her palm.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen withstood Duanmu Xingling’s palm, and his body exploded backward three steps.
Duanmu Xingling’s true qi was too cold and formed a layer of white frost on Zhang Ruochen’s hand, freezing Zhang Ruochen’s arm.
This was the first time that Duanmu Starling had taken the initiative to strike, not only was Zhang Ruochen not afraid, he was instead overjoyed and once again struck out palm seals to attack towards Duanmu Starling.
Jade Pure True Qi surged out, instantly melting the frost on his palm.
Duanmu Xingling’s speed was as fast as a ghost, and his palm technique was quite dexterous, forcing Zhang Ruochen to keep retreating and beating Zhang Ruochen without the ability to fight back.
After only three moves, Duanmu Xingling struck Zhang Ruochen’s chest with his palm, sending Zhang Ruochen flying more than ten metres away.
Zhang Ruochen slapped his palm on the ground and his body flipped in the air, landing firmly on the ground.
After enduring Duanmu Xingling’s palm just now, the five viscera and six bowels in his body were shaken violently, and he suffered some minor injuries.
Duanmu Xingling laughed, “Guess how many percent of my power I used just now?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head.
Duanmu Xingling laughed, “I only used half a percent of my power, which is roughly equivalent to the power of a martial artist at the Great Extreme Position of the Xuanji Realm. It’s already quite impressive that you were able to catch three of my moves.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled bitterly, “Senior Sister Duanmu only used one hand.”
Duanmu Xingling shook her head and said, “My understanding of martial arts is much stronger than those Xuanji Realm Great Extreme Position martial artists, so it’s only fair that I only used one hand.”
The reason why Duanmu Xingling suppressed his cultivation at the Xuanji Realm Great Extreme Position was because Feng Zhiling was the Xuanji Realm Great Extreme Position’s cultivation.
Duanmu Xingling said, “If you can force me to use my second hand, or if you can repel me, then you will be able to defeat Feng Zhilin.”
“Good! Let’s do it again!”
Zhang Ruochen’s battle intent was strong as he attacked once again.
This time, he no longer just used the fourth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, but instead, he struck each of the first three palms as well.
“Barbarian Elephant Chi Earth!”
“Flying Dragon in the Sky!”
“The Dragon Elephant Returns to the Field!”
“Dragon Image Shadow!”
After the four palms were finished, Zhang Ruochen’s true qi slightly declined, and once again, he was sent flying out by Duanmu Xingling, appearing to be in a great mess and almost falling to the ground.
“All four palm strikes are very powerful, not bad, quite good.” Duanmu Xingling let out a silver bell-like laughter.
“Again!”
Zhang Ruochen was not discouraged and attacked towards Duanmu Starling once again.
This time, Zhang Ruochen caught six moves from Duanmu Starling. After six moves, Duanmu Starling grabbed Zhang Ruochen’s chest and threw Zhang Ruochen out.
Zhang Ruochen rolled around in mid-air, stabilised his body, stomped his legs down and propped up the ground with one hand, and did not fall to the ground.
“It’s getting stronger and stronger!”
Duanmu Xingling stared at Zhang Ruochen, sensing that the aura on Zhang Ruochen’s body had become stronger and stronger, almost like a crouching savage elephant.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were incomparably determined as his Jade Pure True Qi surged rapidly through the thirty-six meridians in his body, and his ten fingers turned the colour of white jade.
“Snap!”
The stone slab beneath his feet and fingers let out a shattering sound, surprisingly cracking open a gap.
“Dragon Image Shadow!”
Zhang Ruochen directly took flight and attacked towards Duanmu Xingling.
To Duanmu Xingling, Zhang Ruochen simply split into two and became two people. One of them, Zhang Ruochen, struck out a Dragon Claw, while the other Zhang Ruochen struck out an Elephant Palm, attacking from both directions.
“This is?”
Duanmu Xingling’s face changed slightly as she infused her true qi into her index finger, pointing out a finger that struck the palm of the left Zhang Ruochen, knocking the left Zhang Ruochen back.
Suddenly, the Zhang Ruochen on the right attacked up and struck her chest with a palm strike.
Duanmu Xingling’s slender waist bent, her body fell backwards, her hands propped up on the ground, and she raised a slender leg, kicking at the wrist of the one on the right, Zhang Ruochen.
Suddenly, the left and right Zhang Ruochen merged into one, both palms striking out at the same time.
Duanmu Xingling gathered her true qi and struck out a palm.
“Boom!”
While Zhang Ruochen stood steadily in place, Duanmu Xingling flew backwards, sliding backwards all the way for a distance of five feet before his legs sank and stabilised his retreat.
Duanmu Xingling stared at Zhang Ruochen in shock, saying, “That was the power of the ‘Dragon Image Shadow’ at its grand completion just now?”
Zhang Ruochen’s palms retracted and nodded with a smile, “What does Senior Sister Duanmu think of the power of this palm?”
“It’s comparable to a middle-grade Spirit Grade palm.” Duanmu Xingling laughed, “With your current strength, you have at least a 70% chance of defeating Feng Zhilin.”
Originally, at the very beginning, Duanmu Starling absolutely did not believe that Zhang Ruochen would be able to defeat Feng Zhilin after a month.
The reason why she had helped Zhang Ruochen practice his palms was just to give Zhang Ruochen more chances to save his life. After all, it was hard for the Western Academy to produce a genius like Zhang Ruochen, so it would be too unfortunate if he died on the Life and Death Stage.
Out of her expectation, only half a month had passed and Zhang Ruochen possessed the strength to defeat Feng Zhilin. Moreover, she had witnessed Zhang Ruochen grow up step by step, it was simply too unbelievable.
Duanmu Xingling didn’t know that Zhang Ruochen’s biggest card was the Spatial Domain. If he unleashed the power of the Spatial Domain, Zhang Ruochen had a ten percent certainty of defeating Feng Zhilin.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Thanks to Senior Sister Duanmu’s help in the past few days, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to cultivate the ‘Dragon Image Shadow’ to a great success in such a short period of time.”
Duanmu Xingling laughed, “I’m just afraid that you’ve disgraced our Dragon Martial Hall, that’s why I’ve assisted you in cultivating the palm technique, after all, you’re our Dragon Martial Hall’s Yellow Character Number One. I’m suddenly a little curious, after half a month, how strong will your cultivation be?”
“Half a month later, on the life and death stage, Senior Sister Duanmu will naturally know. Since the Palm Technique has come to fruition, I won’t bother Senior Sister Duanmu anymore, I’ll take my leave first.” Zhang Ruochen said courteously, and then, he walked towards the yellow character number one.
Duanmu Xingling stared at Zhang Ruochen’s back, her eyes flashing, “Talent is really high, it won’t be long before he’s probably able to cultivate to the Xuanji Realm Grand Circle. In that case, it seems that Sister Dust has seen a treasure. How come I couldn’t pick up such a powerful genius?”
Zhang Ruochen returned to Yellow Character Number 1, pinched the two spirit crystals in his hand, and continued to start cultivating.
Absorbing spiritual qi and consolidating his realm.
After three days of cultivation in the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, the late Xuanji Realm realm was completely consolidated.
Of course, his current realm had only just entered the late Xuan Extreme Realm, and the true qi in the qi lake was only about 20% of the qi lake’s capacity, so there was still a lot of room for improvement. Reaching the late Xuan Extreme Realm, Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Lake’s capacity had expanded by another ten times, able to hold even more True Qi.
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