Rise of Humanity

Chapter 412 - Form Changing Cultivation Technique

Zhu Yushan's aura grew violently strong after swallowing all of the monsters inside the lord's manor. He then laughed and said, "City Lord Gu Hongzi, you know you shouldn't have gone after me. But since you did, then I'm more than pleased to have you as my food! Do you really think you can do anything you want to me just because you are a magnate? How unfortunate for you that I am also a True Spirit magnate!"

Zhu Yushan then unleashed all of his power, and monstrous appalling aura billowed up through the sky. His spirit that was in the form of a mother insect then flew out. Its appearance was nearly identical to the mother insect image that Zhong Yue saw back in the Black Mountain Secret Realm except for one thing.

The mother insect image Zhong Yue saw in the Black Mountain Secret Realm had the body of a demon lady and a triangular skull like a mantis, whereas Zhu Yushan's spirit had a different head – it had the face of a beautiful demon lady.

A thought then suddenly flashed across Zhong Yue's heart. Other than that one insect mother queen that escaped out from the Black Mountain Secret Realm, there was also a mother insect inside of the secret realm. But it had entered the volcanic waterfall when Zhong Yue left the secret realm.

However, this mother insect was smaller in size and also weaker. Thus, Zhong Yue did not take it seriously back then.

Thinking back on it now, that little mother insect would be a descendant of that big mother insect that escaped from the Black Mountain Secret Realm!

Zhu Yushan would also be the mother insect's descendant!

If that big mother insect could kill the late monster overlord before, then after so many years, her prowess would most probably be just a thin line away from the deityhood!

Zhong Yue was apathetic to the battle as he thought, If Zhu Yushan were planted into the monster race, this mother insect must have her eyes on something. I wonder if we can lure her out this time with this Zhu Yushan?

Gu Hongzi retained his usual unmoved temperament even after Zhu Yushan revealed himself to be a True Spirit magnate. Without any hesitation, Gu Hongzi dashed forward; the two magnates exchanged blows, and instantly, a winner had been decided. Zhu Yushan was spurting out blood like a fountain, and his body was sent flying for over a hundred miles like a ragdoll.

After all, Gu Hongzi was a governor of the human-monster border. He was the city lord of Gu Xia City and a magnate who coalesced his atman with the godly spirit of the Gu Xia City. In other words, his spirit was now a godly spirit, and despite him being a True Spirit magnate, his Yuan Shen had already ascended into deityhood – a Pure Yang state Yuan Shen!

In terms of arcane energy, only the Imminent Deity magnates could fight against him!

While the whole East Barren only had a few Imminent Deity cultivators. Even the number of Imminent Deity cultivators across the entire Ancestral Star would not exceed a hundred!

What held Gu Hongzi back was his cultivation base that barred him from being able to fully utilize the monster god Yuan Shen; otherwise, he would already be a god rather than an Imminent Deity Qi Practitioner!

Zhu Yushan crashed into the ground and hollered angrily, the spider-like creature lunged into the sky and shot out countless spider silks from his butt, weaving into a huge spider web that measured a hundred miles across in the sky.

Zhu Yushan crawled on the top of the web and turned into the state of [Atman Body as One], morphing into a mountainous spider in the middle of the spider web where a spider nest was made.

Gu Hongzi strode forward, and just as he landed in the web, Zhu Yushan made his move with the fluidity of a bird in the sky or a fish in the water. As Zhu Yushan was circling around Gu Hongzi and bombarding his skills at him, he scoffed coldly and said, "You want to go against the insect race? You are still too weak!"

Gu Hongzi frowned, and he then fused his body with the monster-god Yuan Shen, turning into a ten thousand feet tall monster god. The monster god then tore the spider web with its bare hands. He then struck his beak onto Zhu Yushan like a bird consuming an insect, and he raised his head up high as if about to devour him.

Zhu Yushan fearfully shouted, "I'm poisonous, you will not end well if you had eaten me!"

Gu Hongzi then hurled Zhu Yushan away. Zhu Yushan was sent crashing into the mountains and ended up with blood spurting from his mouth. He then shot out a long thread of spider silk that flew out of their visions.

Zhu Yushan then shot out another spider web toward Gu Hongzi so as to stop to stop Gu Hongzi from following him, but it was to no avail. Gu Hongzi easily evaded the incoming spider web.

Gu Hongzi was still tightly in pursuit of him while Zhong Yue morphed into the Golden Crow. He then flew over and said, "Senior martial brother, you didn't kill him, are you planning to let him lead us to that big mother insect?"

Gu Hongzi nodded and replied, "Even if we did capture and interrogate him for the mother insect's whereabouts, there is still a possibility that he would rather die than tell us where it is. If that's the case, why don't we let him lead us to her?

"He's now exposed his insect form. There is no place for him in the monster land anymore. The only place he can go to now is to the insect race, and wherever he is going to, is where the mother insect is at."

Zhong Yue mulled and responded, "This mother insect is strong, even stronger than Shi Buyi. The only question now is if she has ascended deityhood. If she is now a god, we will die by her hands for sure."

"Junior martial brother, you worry too much, she will not come out."

Gu Hongzi's eyes flashed as he laughed, "There are many gods in this world, but how many of them do you think can tolerate the existence of an insect god? I'd say none. I bet that this mother insect will never dare to come out!"

Zhong Yue nodded, and they followed behind Zhu Yushan. Gu Hongzi launched out skills at him intermittently, worsening Zhu Yushan's injuries and forcing him to escape faster.

Unbeknownst to them, they had reached the Lian Yun Mountain Ridge to the west of the East Barren. Suddenly, Zhu Yushan shot out another spider silk that flew over the Lian Yun Mountain Ridge to the other side. He swung over and escaped through there.

As he reached in the West Barren, he quickly morphed back into his usual form. The insect race and celestial race had a hostile history. If he dared to enter the West Barren in his insect form, then he would be killed by the celestial experts before he could ever reach to that mother insect.

However, it was common for the monsters to walk in the celestial land. The celestials treated monsters as lower beings, and so there were quite a number of monster Qi Practitioners that were enslaved by their celestial masters.

“West Barren?”

Zhong Yue and Gu Hongzi softly furrowed their brows. Zhu Yushan was, after all, a True Spirit magnate; even if he were injured, Zhong Yue could still barely catch up to his speed.

Zhu Yushan had traveled all the way from the Feng Gu City through to the West Barren. If they went further east, they would be entering the territories of the celestial races.

“This mother insect is hiding in the West Barren? This is getting knotty.”

Gu Hongzi said solemnly, "The West Barren is scattered with the celestial temples, anywhere could be the old homes of the gods, everywhere is filled with unknown dangers. A slight moment of carelessness in flying over the celestial temples could offend the gods inside them and lead to another war. Furthermore, Junior Martial Brother Zhong, you are quite ... unwelcomed by the celestials in the West Barren."

Zhong Yue gave a gentle smile and said, "Not only am I unwelcomed, but they will also try to kill me on sight. But that's fine; I'll just change my appearance."

Zhong Yue visualized a celestial in the【Million God Ice Saint Art】, and immediately, Zhong Yue's bones and muscles were restructured and transformed. Soon, his whole mortal body had drastically changed as he became indistinguishable from a celestial

of the brawny and muscular Zhu Jian Celestial Race.

Gu Hongzi was stunned, and he scrutinized Zhong Yue from tip to toe but couldn't find even a single flaw at all, "What is this cultivation technique?"

“Kui Long Celestial Race’s Immortal Body, in addition to the Bai Zhe Clan’s Million God Arts.”

Zhong Yue smiled and answered, "The Immortal Body controls the body structures while the Million God Arts details the structural layout of the many celestials."

Gu Hongzi then asked curiously, “Other than the Zhu Jian Celestial Race, what else can you change into?”

Zhong Yue laughed, "I have a total of 11,520 forms available."

Gu Hongzi was shocked, he nodded quietly and said, "If this cultivation technique can be fully utilized, it will be an incredible art. Every celestial race has their own strengths and weakness that are unique to them alone. If you can change into their forms and master their advantages, you can then target on their weaknesses or counter their skills easily. However, 11520 are too many to learn. You most likely will only need 100 forms at most."

Zhong Yue then pondered over Gu Hongzi's words.

Gu Hongzi was right, the Immortal Body and Million God Arts could form an incredible cultivation technique, more so if the Martial Master arts were also included.

Every celestial race had their natural talents. Once he changed into that race, he could master their natural talents and leverage them in battles. If the opponent was weak in sheer strength, he could change into the Zhu Yan Celestial Race and make use of that advantage that the Zhu Yan race has. If the opponent was afraid of fire, he could change into the Shan Ya Celestial Race. And if the opponent was adept at flying, he could change into the Kun Peng Celestial Race.

There would surely be a form whose strength could match an opponent's weaknesses!

However, such changes would place an enormous burden on the body. Every minutia of the transformation would need to be completed in the blink of an eye; only by doing so could he be his most effective!

Hm, this is worth a try, I might just be able to create a new high-level cultivation technique for Swords Gate, Zhong Yue thought.

He then started right away, studying the Million God Arts and Immortal Body so that he could combine the two into a cultivation technique.

The two of them was following behind Zhu Yushan all the way on his back. Suddenly, Zhu Yushan slowed down, not knowing whether if it was because the mother insect was nearby or that he could not suppress his wounds any longer.

All of a sudden, Zhu Yushan have flown past a celestial temple, and a voice angrily resounded through the sky, "Who dares to fly across my celestial temple, how presumptuous!"

The voice belonged to a lady, and in the blink of an eye, a silver ray flashed across the sky, and without warning, Zhu Yushan had lacerated severed in half!

Zhong Yue and Gu Hongzi quickly stopped and locked their brows while guardedly staring at the celestial temple. The silver ray was too shocking. Although Zhu Yushan was a True Spirit magnate, he was still killed by the silver ray in just one strike without being able to put up a fight at all!

The West Barren was indeed terrifying. This celestial temple looked just like any other commoncelestial temple, and yet, it housed such a horrifying existence! However, she had killed Zhu Yushan, disrupting our plans….

Zhong Yue and Gu Hongzi exchanged a look and saw the same helpless looks on each other's face. The silver ray then curved around and flew back into the celestial temple to fall into the hands of a beautiful woman. The woman then inserted the silver hairpin back into her hair.

“Zhu Jian and a monster?”

The beautiful woman saw the two of them and asked in puzzlement, "What business do you two have in the territory of my Gu Diao Celestial Race?"

Zhong Yue saw the beautiful lady's face, and his raised brows involuntarily. He then quickly smiled and answered, "We are just passing by, we have no intention of causing any trouble. We will leave now!"

Gu Hongzi also felt a familiar air emanating from the beautiful woman, and just as he was sifting through his memories; the beautiful lady smiled and said, "Why are the two of you in such a hurry to leave? The Zhu Jian Celestial Race and the Gu Diao Celestial Race are relatives by marriage. My daughter has married your Zhu Jian Celestial Race's Zhu Jushan. Please, the two of you need not restrain yourselves, come in and have a cup of tea."