“Divine Dragon’s Tribulation.”
Zhang Ruochen’s centre of gravity sunk down, mobilising his true qi as his five fingers emerged with a golden glow, and he violently previously slapped, striking the sixth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.
In an instant, in the centre of his palm, a snapping sound was emitted and a huge dragon shadow flew out.
“Boom!”
The Alchemy Warrior stood motionless, but on the contrary, Zhang Ruochen was sent flying backwards, crashing tens of zhang away, and then retreated more than ten steps in a row before he could stabilise himself.
Zhang Ruochen only felt that his right arm was in pain, if he hadn’t already cultivated to the “Bone Refining and Jade Transformation” realm, with infinite strength and hard bones, his arm might have been ruined.
“What a powerful force, comparable to the full force strike of an ordinary Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation cultivator.”
Zhang Ruochen performed a Spatial Shift, and in a flash, his body crossed space and appeared in front of the Alchemist Warrior again.
With his hands, behind his back, he surveyed the steel giant in front of him with considerable awe.
Just a single Alchemist Warrior was already so terrifying, if one was able to refine a legion of Alchemist Warriors, how frightening a scene would it be?
However, the material of the Weapon Refining Warrior was very special, and furthermore, the inscriptions engraved within were quite complex, so I’m afraid that refining it would not be an easy task.
I’m afraid that casting and refining one would have to consume huge resources.
The Refining Warrior said, “Just now, my subordinate only used 10% of his power, if he had exerted 10% of his power, even if he encountered a Saint Body of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, he would still be able to take on a battle for three or five moves.”
Zhang Ruochen was slightly shocked and said, “A Refinement Warrior is able to block a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Saint Body?”
A Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Saint Body could be considered the most powerful existence under the Half-Saints.
A single Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Saint Body could completely defeat dozens of Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation cultivators.
If a Half-Saint didn’t come out, no one would be able to defeat them.
For example, in the internal battle between the Red Desire Star Envoy and Emperor Yi, no matter how much both sides recruited, the higher-ups of the black market could turn a blind eye.
The only thing they couldn’t tolerate was that half-saints interfered in it.
Not only the Black Market, but the entire Kunlun Realm, the heirship contests of the major powers, also did not allow Half-Saints to intervene.
Therefore, in the battle for the heir, the Saint Body of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon and the Peak Spiritual Power Master of the Forty-fourth Order were simply like nuclear weapons, and could even determine the success or failure of the heir’s battle.
Why did the Red Desire Star Envoy try his best to pull in Zhang Ruochen?
It was because, Zhang Ruochen was a forty-fourth ranked Spiritual Force Master, and with time, he would be able to become the topmost existence under the Half-Saints, not to mention being able to fight against a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Sacred Body, but at least be able to harden against a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Star Envoy.
The Weapon Refining Warrior said, “The court once conducted an experiment where four Weapon Refining Warriors, each holding a Hundred Stripes Sacred Artifact, set up a battle formation and were able to trap a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation Sacred Body to death.”
“Four Weapon Refining Warriors? It’s better to forget about it! Weapon Refining Warriors are forbidden weapons of the imperial court, and for Eldest Brother to be able to give me one is already a violation of military law. If I were to be given four, even if Eldest Senior Brother is a Soldier Saint, he would probably be chastised.”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
Although the Refiner Warrior could not compete with the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation’s Sacred Body, it could be considered the strongest battle weapon under the Sacred Body.
Suddenly, the flames inside the Refiner Warrior’s eye sockets extinguished, becoming completely still.
“What’s going on?”
Zhang Ruochen looked closely before realising that the spirit crystals in the alcove of the Refiner Warrior’s chest had been exhausted.
“It’s too much of a drain on resources to exhaust a top-grade Spirit Crystal by merely throwing a punch with only 10% of its power. In this case, it seems that one really needs to use a Sacred Stone to be able to support the Alchemist Warrior through a fight.”
Zhang Ruochen only had the only Sacred Stone on his body, and he couldn’t afford to use it at all.
Since he already knew the general strength of the Refiner Warrior, there was no need, to continue using the Sacred Stone to test it.
Zhang Ruochen put the Alchemy Warrior away and muttered to himself, “The Alchemy Warrior was able to lightly injure me with a single move using only 10% of its strength. In that case, it seems that I can only cultivate the seventh palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to be able to go toe-to-toe with an Alchemy Warrior that uses 10% of its power.”
Zhang Ruochen had already analysed that the reason why he had lost to the Alchemy Warrior was not that his cultivation was not powerful enough, but, rather, his martial skill was not powerful enough.
Right now, he had only cultivated his Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to the sixth palm, and this top-notch palm technique was only equivalent to the upper grade of the Spirit Grade.
If he could successfully cultivate the seventh palm, he would be able to raise the grade of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to the lower grade of the Ghost Grade, and the power of the entire set of palms would follow suit and rise a notch.
The Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm was the number one ranked palm martial art of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao, it was strong and powerful.
However, there were many geniuses in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao, but those who were able to cultivate the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to more than the seventh palm were few and far between.
One of the reasons for this was that by cultivating the palm to the seventh palm, the masculinity in the body would skyrocket, reaching ten times that of a normal person.
If one reaches the eighth palm, the masculine energy would increase another ten times.
By analogy, monks who were able to cultivate the Dragon Image Prajna Palm beyond the tenth palm were also few and far between since ancient times.
It was said that six hundred years ago, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao produced a supreme genius who miraculously cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to the eleventh palm.
Just when the palm was completed, he couldn’t suppress the masculine energy in his body, and his whole body spontaneously combusted, almost dying a horrible death. In the end, I don’t know what kind of evil method he had practised, but he was able to suppress the masculine energy in his body and save his life.
However, because of this, he became a traitor to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao, reclining into the evil path and appointing himself as the “Deadly Zen Ancestor”.
Because of these reasons, even though the Dragon Image Prajna Palm was known as the first palm of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Dao, few people practiced it. Cultivating it was just difficult, and if one was not careful, one could also put their own lives on the line.
“The seventh palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm is called the Dragon Elephant Divine Furnace, and it is the watershed of the entire palm. Countless people cultivate for their entire lives, but they are unable to successfully cultivate the seventh palm. But once one succeeds in cultivating it, the masculine energy in the body skyrockets tenfold, and the power of the palm reaches a whole new level.”
Even with the tragic lesson of the Deadly Zen Evil Monk in front of him, Zhang Ruochen didn’t have the slightest fear and righteously began to cultivate the seventh palm.
What the Deadly Zen Evil Monk could not do, he, Zhang Ruochen, might not be unable to do.
If one wanted to cultivate the seventh palm of the Dragon Image Prajna Palm, one had to travel to the Land of the Supreme Sun or the Land of Burning Refinement, and with the help of the external environment, along with the palm spells, one would eventually be able to cultivate successfully.
The Scroll World did not have a place of supreme yang, but it did have a place of burning and refining, which was inside the corpse of the Green Flame Xuanwu.
Even though, the Green Flame Xuanwu had died for countless years, its body, however, was still wrapped in flames, like an eternal furnace.
Zhang Ruochen entered the abdomen of the Green Flame Xuanwu, sat down on his knees, closed his eyes, and began to recall the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm’s seventh palm’s recitation, reciting with his mouth: ”Use your body as a furnace, and your yang qi as fire. Externally refine the driving shell, internally refine heaven and earth.”
Cultivating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm was to accumulate Yang Qi within the body, and when striking the palm, the Yang Qi burned like a flame, and in a split second, it erupted with unrivalled power.
With a flesh and blood body, wanting to contain a masculine qi that surpassed a normal person by ten times was definitely quite a treacherous thing, and a slight mistake in one part of the process could result in the body spontaneously combusting. Or even, spontaneously explode and die.
Zhang Ruochen followed the mantra and struck out palms while absorbing the flames of the Burning Refining Ground.
With every palm strike, some of the flames were transformed into masculine Qi and stored inside the body, some in the blood, some in the bones, and some in the five viscera.
After three whole days, the Yang Gang Qi inside Zhang Ruochen’s body finally reached ten times the level of a normal person.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s body, completely turned crimson, like a red-hot piece of humanoid iron, exuding terrifyingly high temperatures, and upon closer inspection, his flesh and blood looked like it was burning.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen had cultivated into the Three Spirit Treasure Body, his fleshly physique was comparable to that of a Saint Body, and he was still able to withstand ten times the masculinity.
“Dragon Elephant Divine Furnace.”
Zhang Ruochen violently struck out with a palm, striking a cliff in front of him.
Ear-shattering dragon and elephant roars came out, while at the same time, a huge palm print flew out through the air and collided with the cliff.
“Boom.”
The mountain where the cliff was located shook violently.
Immediately after, a loud sound of rocks collapsing came from the direction of the mountain cliff. The piece of cliff collapsed down, revealing a huge palm print.
The rocks around the palm print all showed signs of melting, and there were even drops of magma dripping down.
“Even a palm struck from a distance of a hundred feet apart can cause such a powerful destructive force, worthy of being the seventh palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.”
Zhang Ruochen looked at his palm and the smile on his face, gradually disappeared, instead, he gently shook his head.
It took between three days to condense ten times the Yang Vajra Qi in his body, and after striking one palm, it was all depleted.
The yang virile qi in the body had returned to its normal level.
This showed that the palm cultivation had failed.
Zhang Ruochen did not lose the slightest bit of ground, knowing that even a failed palm technique had such awesome power. If one really cultivated the seventh palm to a great level, how powerful would the power that erupted be?
Zhang Ruochen entered the abdomen of the Green Flame Xuanwu again and continued to start cultivating.
With the experience of the first cultivation, the second time he cultivated, Zhang Ruochen’s speed of condensing his masculinity Qi accelerated quite a bit, and in just two days, he condensed ten times the amount of masculinity Qi.
Only, just like the last time, after striking a palm, the Yang Gang Qi dissipated like a deflated ball of leather.
It was still a failure.
Failure.
Fail.
After failing five times in a row, Zhang Ruochen stopped and began to carefully analyse and think about the reason for his failure.
“For a Grand Completion Dragon Elephant Divine Furnace, the Yang Qi in the body should be unceasing, it shouldn’t be pouring out all at once. Perhaps it should be in the body, forming an internal cycle of masculine qi.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes lit up as he finally discovered the key to the problem. It turned out that in the previous five times of cultivation, he had completely used the wrong method, thinking of the Dragon Image Prajna Palm as too simple.
Thus, he couldn’t wait to start his sixth cultivation, spending two days to finally condense ten times more Yang Gang Qi.
