Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 1021: Chapter 811: True Form, Ultimate Skill

Yan Court Sky Patrol, Four Symbols Hall.

The Four Symbols Hall is used only when the Four Imperial Envoys of the Sky Patrol discuss important matters. Only those of Imperial Envoy rank and above can enter.

At this moment, there are two groups of people standing on the left and right sides inside the hall.

On the left are some members of the Vermilion Bird Imperial, such as Nangong Li, Jiang Lan, and He Zheng, while on the right are some experts from the Xuanwu Imperial.

And the Vermilion Bird Throne Fang Qingxiao and another male, who is over two meters tall, are sitting at the top side.

This man is draped in a Xuanwu cloak, with a square face, a calm and resolute appearance, and an aura that is unfathomable—he is the Xuanwu Throne, Pang Heng.

After Su Yuan entered, people on both sides looked over, especially the many experts of the Xuanwu Imperial, who had a hint of curiosity in their eyes.

After all, he was a genius expert who ascended to the Third Rank in the Chongyang Realm, and within half a month, the imperial envoys of all ranks were already aware of his reputation.

Su Yuan walked straight to the left side and stood properly. After a while, several more imperial envoys successively entered the hall.

Fang Qingxiao looked at Pang Heng, who nodded to indicate that everyone had arrived, and then Fang Qingxiao began to speak.

"The reason I invited everyone here today is to share important information."

When Fang Qingxiao started speaking, the experts from both imperials below all fell silent and looked over.

"Previously, the Soul Lamp of Liu Dongming, formerly the Third Rank of the Vermilion Bird Imperial, went out, and he was suspected to have disappeared or died.

Subsequently, we dispatched the current Third Rank, Su Yuan, to investigate this matter.

Su Third Rank returned a week ago, but it is only now that we are announcing the conclusion of this matter."

Fang Qingxiao looked at the crowd: "The former Vermilion Bird Imperial Third Rank Liu Dongming did not die. Instead, he faked his death and defected to Qiguang."

"What!"

Upon hearing this, everyone below was greatly surprised.

Even Nangong Li, Jiang Lan, and others only learned of this now, and they looked at Su Yuan and He Zheng with faces full of shock and doubt.

In the Sky Patrol, instances of rebellion are extremely rare.

Firstly, everyone knows each other well, and secondly, the Sky Patrol, as the core violent institution of the Great Flame, offers comprehensive and rich cultivation resources, making it the best place for cultivators.

It was unimaginable for Liu Dongming, as a veteran Three Suns expert and a dignified Vermilion Bird Imperial Third Rank, to fake his death and defect to Qiguang!

Nangong Li solemnly asked, "Imperial Throne, what is the reason?"

Fang Qingxiao did not answer directly but instead asked, "Do you all still remember Qiguang’s ’Holy Blessing’ plan from earlier?"

When this was mentioned, everyone below was slightly moved.

Although the Holy Plan at the time only involved the Shining Star level, it did not directly affect the many Burning Sun experts present.

However, since it was an important matter in the early stages of the Earth Tribulation a few years ago, everyone had more or less heard of it.

And Su Yuan, who had fought with many Star Envoys, was even more aware and secretly thought to himself that it was as expected.

Fang Qingxiao said, "Holy Blessing is a ritual that Qiguang uses through special means to forcefully elevate soul power by accelerating growth.

A few years ago, at the beginning of the Earth Tribulation, Qiguang used this method to create the Twelve Palace Star Envoys whose soul power surpassed ordinary people.

Although the first battle in the early Earth Tribulation, the Tiger Vein dispute in the New Dust Realm, ended in our victory,

it is undeniable that the Holy Blessing created extremely top-notch combat power within the same realm for Qiguang."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded slightly, and many even looked up at Su Yuan.

After all, Su Yuan was the key figure in the New Dust Realm battle back then, renowned for slaying the most Star Envoys, and was known as the Star Lord!

Thinking carefully, it has been less than ten years since then, and this person has already been ranked as one of the Third Ranks of the Imperial...

Such a terrifying talent, it is no wonder he is favored by the Vermilion Bird Throne!

Fang Qingxiao continued, "Since it is a method of accelerating growth, it naturally has its inherent flaws.

The Holy Blessing at the time had many problems, firstly, a high death rate.

Although it created twelve Star Envoys comparable to Star Lords, and dozens of slightly weaker subordinates.

It also resulted in thousands of cases of disability, dementia, death, and other failures!

Moreover, even the successful Twelve Star Envoys, due to potential overdraft and soul card damage, found it difficult to progress.

Most importantly, the Holy Blessing’s effect was limited, and it could only apply to the Shining Star Level as its limit.

So, based on the assessment at the time, although Qiguang’s Holy Blessing was not considered a failure, it was difficult to impact the middle and upper tiers, at least for a few hundred years.

After all, soul power is extremely complex, and countries, including our Great Flame, are continually researching, yet significant progress is hard to come by."

At this point, everyone had already vaguely guessed...

Jiang Lan asked, "Imperial Throne Fang, do you mean that this time Qiguang’s Holy Plan... has progressed?"

"That’s right." Fang Qingxiao nodded, "And... it is a considerable advancement!"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions tensed.

This time, when Su Yuan went north, he not only discovered that Liu Dongming faked his death to defect to Qiguang but also brought back the corpse of a Qiguang Knight.

This Qiguang Knight was a Purple Card Master in the Three Suns Realm, whose strength could only be considered ordinary.

But this person mastered True Form Release, and his body indeed showed traces of Holy Blessing!"

All the imperial envoys present were startled.

Fang Qingxiao continued, "Through holy blessing, a not-so-strong Three Suns Realm Star Card Master accomplished true form release, greatly increasing his power.

And according to the memory fragments we’ve extracted, there seem to be quite a few like him.

That is to say, Qiguang can already leverage holy blessing to a certain extent, allowing Burning Sun Level to master true form release in small scale.

Undoubtedly, within these few short years, Qiguang has made tremendous progress in the experiments with holy blessing!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was quite shocked; some even had a flicker of fervor in their eyes.

True form release, it’s true form release!

In the Sky Patrol Department, the number of people mastering true form release can be counted on two hands.

It’s safe to say that comprehending true form release is the ultimate pursuit of many, after all, King Level is hard to achieve.

And now Qiguang, with just a blessing ceremony, seems to be able to achieve this?

Fang Qingxiao looked at the people below and lightly laughed, "It seems that everyone is quite tempted by this..."

"We dare not!" With a chill in their hearts, everyone immediately cupped their fists.

Being tempted and actually taking action are two different things. One must be able to control personal desires.

Many things, you can think about them, but can’t do them.

Jiang Lan murmured softly, "So, Liu Dongming defected to Qiguang because of true form release..."

Beside him, Nangong Li nodded, "It seems so."

Fang Qingxiao said, "I can understand everyone’s craving for true form release, as it can fundamentally and significantly boost strength, but let me temper everyone’s enthusiasm.

Although Qiguang’s holy blessing has made significant progress, allowing Burning Sun Level to accomplish true form release.

Its essence is still forcefully stimulating the power of soul in a way that damages the soul card considerably.

Upon our analysis, the soul of the Qiguang Knight brought back by Su Yuan has always been in a state of ’chaos’.

This chaos would affect the person’s spirit, making them more frenzied and stubborn.

After performing true form release, this chaos becomes even more apparent.

Once heavily injured, mentally collapsed, and so on, it’s easy to trigger a backlash of one’s own abilities.

Physical collapse, loss of sanity, dying on the spot, all are possible...

This is not something that time can solve, but rather a huge, difficult-to-eradicate hidden threat."

After hearing this, everyone secretly nodded, slightly restrained their thoughts.

Originally, everyone knew that mastering true form release through a ceremony definitely comes at a cost.

But the allure of true form release is indeed immense...

Fang Qingxiao continued, "No matter how you look at it, despite the shortcomings, considering the absence of side effects, holy blessing remains a means to significantly enhance Qiguang’s mid to high-level combat power.

Even the true form release of Purple Card Masters is at least equivalent to legendary skills, and powerful true form releases can match or even surpass divine skills."

Everyone, upon hearing this, felt a sense of grimness.

Over at Xuanwu Imperial, a brown-haired woman frowned and said, "It seems quite adverse for us, Fang Yu, do we have any countermeasures?"

Fang Qingxiao nodded and smiled, "Of course, for disasters, preparations at the top have already been underway. With the arrangements from above, just yesterday, the Hongmeng Realm was rebooted!"

"Hongmeng Realm?"

Su Yuan, Ding Jin, and most others were quite confused, not knowing what the Hongmeng Realm was.

However, Nangong Li, Jiang Lan, and some seasoned Imperial Envoys had a gleam in their eyes, showing delighted expressions!

Next, Fang Qingxiao introduced the Hongmeng Realm to everyone.

The Hongmeng Realm is a world fragment preserved since ancient times!

It is where breathing techniques on Blue Sea Star were born, and the place of sitting in meditation for the sage who pioneered breathing techniques, containing a great deal of mysteries about breathing.

Entering it can dramatically increase the progress of breathing cultivation, even offering a considerable chance to grasp secret skills within the Hongmeng Realm!

True form release is the deep development of soul power, the foundation and a stepping stone for understanding laws.

Perfect breathing is the development of body potential, also a requisite condition for achieving King Level.

As for ultimate skills... even if they are not as unique and powerful as true form release, they can definitely significantly boost strength!

After understanding the Hongmeng Realm, everyone was all invigorated!

Su Yuan asked, "Imperial Throne, what if one already has perfect breathing and has mastered ultimate skills?"

Fang Qingxiao looked at Su Yuan and smiled, "Then there’s also an opportunity to master a second ultimate skill!"

The five ultimate skills of breathing do not conflict with each other, it’s just a lot harder to comprehend a new ultimate skill after understanding one.

Normally, a person finds it difficult to master two ultimate skills simultaneously.

But the opening of Hongmeng Island undoubtedly gives some people an opportunity!

Especially for Nangong Li and other Four Imperial Monarchs, who themselves possess legendary soul cards, true form release, and mastered ultimate skills...

All skills are already embedded, with nearly no shortcomings, yet have reached a point where advancement appears impossible.

With only Dragon Vein, they hope to step into King Level as super experts.

If they can further understand an ultimate skill, they can make even greater strides!