Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 638: Paper Figurine Bows

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

The sea monsters were shocked to their cores, exchanging a glance of disbelief. Only the Monster King could have such power to subdue them like this.

But how could the Monster King suddenly appear here? Was the disturbance earlier related to the Monster King?

Various thoughts swirled in the minds of all the sea monsters, yet none dared to lift their heads to catch a glimpse of the Monster King’s countenance. They merely kept their heads bowed as low as possible.

Yan Xie lowered his gaze to survey the area below. The aura of Yan Liu had dissipated here, and at this moment, any trace of Yan Liu’s presence had been erased.

Within a radius of ten miles, everything, be it the waves or the sea monsters, suddenly seemed to freeze. Time in this place appeared to lose its meaning.

Within his domain, Yan Xie attempted to detect any signs of Yan Liu or other anomalies, but found none.

Yan Xie could discern the traces of the aura forcibly erased from the void, but to restore these traces, even with the power of the Monster King, was currently impossible.

Destruction always proved easier than construction. Restoring something damaged was inherently difficult, especially when it concerned something as ephemeral as an aura.

Yan Xie vanished, and the stagnant space around returned to normal in an instant. All the sea monsters immediately fled in disarray, no longer daring to delay even for a moment.

Yan Xie reappeared beneath the sea, holding two damaged Qiankun Bags in his hands. However, only the auras of Hai Ao and Yan Liu lingered on them, while the third aura was absent.

!!..

Yan Xie extended his fingers, touching one of the Qiankun Bags. A ripple spread out from the bag, surging into the surroundings.

With his eyes closed, Yan Xie sensed where the contents of the bag had gone. Once he located their whereabouts, Yan Xie naturally had a method to track them.

Compared to the various marvelous techniques of humans, demonic beasts undoubtedly had fewer tricks up their sleeves.

But fewer didn’t mean none. Sea monsters might be inferior to humans in controlling their minds and souls, but that didn’t mean they couldn’t control them at all. They would deliberately create certain secret methods that they needed.

After a moment, Yan Xie opened his eyes, and for the first time, a hint of surprise flickered in his gaze.

Even though Yan Liu had been killed, Yan Xie’s state of mind remained relatively calm. It was just that Yan Liu was his descendant, and now that he was killed, Yan Xie would make sure the other party paid the price no matter what.

However, since arriving at this place, where the aura couldn’t be extracted, and the contents of the bag of holding couldn’t be traced, the opponent’s methods were extremely mysterious.

So mysterious that even Yan Xie, as the Monster King, currently had no good way to continue tracking them.

Yan Xie extended his right hand, and a drop of demon blood oozed out.

Ripples emanated from the demon blood, causing a peculiar rhythm to pulsate from within it.

Yan Xie waited, and suddenly, some powder drifted over from a distance. This powder gathered in front of Yan Xie, gradually coalescing into the shape of a hammer, precisely Yan Liu’s signature weapon.

Yan Xie’s eyes narrowed slightly. It hadn’t occurred to him that the opponent would directly extract the spiritual essence and destroy this weapon. Now, the method of tracking Yan Liu’s signature weapon was rendered useless.

Yan Xie vanished, reappearing once again at the location where Yan Liu had been slain.

He reached out and touched his forehead, causing a slight tremor in the depths of his soul.

Only by reaching the level of a Monster King or the Mountain Sea Realm could one cultivate the soul and wield the power of the soul to control all the forces around them.

Yan Xie opened his eyes, his pupils now transformed into pure gold. Looking around, numerous shadows overlapped in various places.

His gaze swept over several of these shadows.

These were imprints of souls in the void, somewhat similar to auras but undeniably more mysterious.

The shadow Yan Xie was currently fixated on was evidently different from the other soul imprints because it belonged to a human soul, and the person who killed Yan Liu, their descendant, was within it.

Yan Xie discarded all the other sea monsters’ soul imprints, leaving only one human soul imprint in the void, along with the imprints of Yan Liu and Hai Ao.

The human soul imprint wasn’t entirely black; it was beginning to emit a faint glow, indicating that the human soul before him was already growing.

Those who exhibited such characteristics were almost always peak cultivators in the Combined Aperture Tempering realm because they had achieved the Three Flowers Gathering Peak, and the essence of heaven and earth had begun to passively nourish their souls.

Below the peak of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm, one didn’t even have the right to touch their own soul, unless they practiced special soul techniques.

But in the heart of the Boundless Sea, Yan Xie had rarely heard of any human prodigy who could successfully cultivate soul techniques at the peak of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm.

Yan Xie watched the human’s battle with Yan Liu and Hai Ao. Because he could only see the soul imprints, even with Yan Xie’s power, he could only glimpse some scenes.

He couldn’t fully comprehend the specific events that had occurred.

After a moment, the light in Yan Xie’s eyes faded, and he turned to look in the direction of the Thousand Feathers Alliance.

Although he could see the imprints of souls, Yan Xie couldn’t track based on this alone.

As a Monster King, he had just begun to cultivate his soul.

It was akin to a martial artist in the Visceral Tempering realm who had just started to tap into the power of their mind; they were simply incapable of using the power of their mind to track others. This was completely beyond their abilities.

In the early stages of being a Monster King, it was the same. When the distance was too great, Yan Xie couldn’t track the human based on their soul. It was beyond his capability.

What Yan Xie could do was simply remember the aura of this soul. The next time this human appeared nearby, Yan Xie could recognize them at a glance, and that was all.

This was also why Yan Xie only resorted to observing the soul in the end, because observing the soul couldn’t solve the substantive problem.

Hundreds of miles away from Wind Lake City, Chen Fei, accompanied by Peng Huaitao and two others, had once again submerged into the sea.

After slaying the descendant of the Monster King, Chen Fei didn’t know if the Monster King would intervene, but he had to be prepared for it himself.

Facing a peak third-tier sea monster, Chen Fei still had the strength to fight. At worst, he could escape.

But facing the power of the Monster King, even if they met, the spiritual treasure, Duan Chi, would be useless.

As for teleportation, it could make Chen Fei sense that something was wrong and escape in advance. But now, he could teleport at most a few dozen miles.

This distance was insignificant for the Monster King.

Chen Fei could force consecutive teleportations, but it would be difficult to continue afterward. It was almost inevitable that the Monster King would catch up.

Fortunately, after escaping hundreds of miles away, nothing unusual happened. Clearly, Chen Fei had covered his tracks quite well. Even with the power of the Monster King, they couldn’t track him down.

After all, even a Monster King was not omnipotent.

Several hours later, Chen Fei and his companions finally managed to leave the Minghu Sea Domain and entered the Nifeng Sea Domain. This area still belonged to the Thousand Feathers Alliance, which meant they had completely left the territory of the sea monsters.

Chen Fei no longer submerged into the sea but soared into the sky, heading towards the direction of the Thousand Feathers City.

As long as he handed Peng Huaitao and the others over to Peng Xuming, Chen Fei could obtain the Heavenly Lingzhi. He had already prepared the other spiritual materials needed for the Eighth Transformation of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm and now only lacked the Heavenly Lingzhi.

The clone appeared behind Chen Fei, masking the perception of Peng Huaitao and the others.

At this moment, the clone’s strength had been restored to the early stage of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm, thanks to the spiritual essence stored in the Qianyuan Sword by Chen Fei.

Yan Liu’s spiritual essence was far superior to that of Hai Ao, indicating that as a descendant of the Monster King, Yan Liu’s heritage was indeed much stronger.

Unfortunately, Chen Fei couldn’t extract Yan Liu’s innate talent in his domain. This was already beyond Chen Fei’s abilities.

Otherwise, if Chen Fei had such an innate talent, even a peak cultivator in the Combined Aperture Tempering realm would be easily defeated by Chen Fei’s sword, without any possibility of accidents.

Unfortunately, Chen Fei didn’t possess the tremendous power of The Black Divine.

Although the Black Divine could be deceitful, it had to be acknowledged that his strength was indeed unbelievably formidable, likely surpassing even the Mountain Sea Realm.

Chen Fei’s clone dissipated with the wind, vanishing from the spot and flying towards the direction of the Sea Peak Domain.

The clone still needed to remain within the Primordial Sword Sect to prevent any sudden incidents. As for Chen Fei himself, his current task was to return to Thousand Feathers City, condense the Second Flower, and break through to the Eighth Transformation of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm!

Peng Yuelan and the others noticed Chen Fei’s change in behavior and couldn’t help feeling slightly excited. Had they finally escaped the control of the sea monsters?

They had thought they might perish in Wind Lake City one day, but unexpectedly, there was still a chance of survival.

Peng Yuelan and the others exchanged a glance, each seeing the excitement in the others’ eyes.

Chen Fei remained composed, continuing to fly with the three of them. After several hours, they were only halfway to Thousand Feathers City.

Suddenly, Chen Fei’s expression shifted slightly, his gaze turning to the right front. There, he sensed a strange disturbance.

It felt somewhat sinister, with a hint of eeriness.

Chen Fei changed direction, slightly altering their trajectory to avoid that location.

With three people in tow, Chen Fei didn’t want to risk any other accidents.

Drawing an arc, they veered far away from the strange area. However, before they could truly distance themselves, the abnormal disturbance from behind rushed straight towards Chen Fei’s position.

Furrowing his brows, Chen Fei formed hand seals, and in the next moment, the speed of Chen Fei and his companions suddenly increased, swiftly leaving the abnormal disturbance behind.

Glancing back, Chen Fei saw that the abnormal disturbance was quickly catching up. Under the Heavenly Eye’s gaze, it became apparent that the abnormal disturbance was actually a paper figure, bowing towards Chen Fei.

Seeing the paper figure, Chen Fei’s expression changed abruptly. Under the Heavenly Eye’s scan, he noticed that within tens of miles, there were over a hundred paper figures.

A nearby city, bustling with activity just moments ago, now stood empty, devoid of any living beings, not even livestock remained.

All the paper figures turned towards Chen Fei’s direction, bowing, as an evil aura rippled out.

Chen Fei’s expression grew solemn. Countless sword elements appeared around Chen Fei and his companions, converging into a massive sword that enveloped the four of them.

Profound Heavenly Escape!

Like shooting stars streaking across the sky, Chen Fei and his companions vanished from the sight of the paper figures just as their disturbance reached its peak..