Chapter 999: Chapter 60: In the Dragon Court, the Speedrun Begins! (15,000) (Part 3)
"Is it time?" Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing were calculating something under a constellation in the attic.
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded.
"Saint Heir, safe travels. We won’t be seeing you off." Hu Yang and Zhang Tianxing smiled and cupped their hands.
With King Heavenly Destiny not around, they felt quite comfortable interacting with Zhao Xing.
"Take care, Elder, especially your hair." Zhao Xing smiled.
"Hahaha."
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Dao Yuan Continent, Qianqing County.
Qiantian Ancient Road.
A Silver Dragon Flying Boat was traversing the underground path.
This underground path connects Qianqing County of the Dao Yuan Continent directly to the edge of Dao Yuan Continent at Heavenly Sea County.
Due to the sudden departure, the Li Fire Taoist School also needed some preparation time, so they first headed to Heavenly Sea County.
The route to Pinghai State was quite quick. Last time Liu Tianning came here, it took seven days. This time, King Heavenly Destiny and Zhao Xing took about the same time.
During the seven days, Zhao Xing and King Heavenly Destiny were not idle.
King Heavenly Destiny kept receiving information from all sides.
Zhao Xing was sorting through what he had learned and gained over the past three years.
"Realm of the Third Grade Middle Stage, Life Soul of the Late Third Grade."
"Top-level Soul-devouring Dharma Body increased to 1999 units. To continue breakthroughs, mastering a second top-level Dharma Body is necessary, but I don’t have the time for more practice, and the drawbacks haven’t been resolved yet." Zhao Xing thought to himself. He must go to the Dragon Court Ancient Land to try again.
"Liu Tianning is already at the Second Layer of Derivation God Decision. His rebuild is very troublesome and different from my situation. He must combine Lao Liu’s circumstances for comprehensive consideration."
"The quantity and level of Top-level Skills have greatly expanded."
"The top-level Ten Thousand Skill Dao Body allows me to learn various spells rapidly."
"My current Kunpeng Transformation is at the Fourth Transition, Fire Chi Transformation at the Sixth Transition, Pig Transformation at the Third Transition."
"The Pig Transformation is an external practice and can be performed by a clone."
"Yang Thunder Skill from Xuantian Thunder Skill at the Sixth Transition."
"Mastering [Heavenly Thunder Finger][Thunderbolt Mixed Element Lock]."
"Thunderbolt Mixed Element Lock is a confinement-type magic. It locks the enemy’s primordial energy using Thunder Skill. Once confinement is complete, the enemy’s life and death are at a whim.
"This skill can pair with Jingzhe, Beginning of Summer, Minor Heat, Great Heat festival orders to enhance Thunder Skill’s power."
"Yin Thunder Skill, similarly at the Sixth Transition (small success), Three Yin Thunder Seal, Cold Evil Thunder Domain, can pair with Lesser Cold, Great Cold, Qingming solar terms."
"Although my twenty-four solar terms Cultivation Technique hasn’t made a big breakthrough, the Da Li Seasonal Order set is comparable to the Third Transition’s power of top-level skills."
"As a top-level Ten Thousand Skill Dao Body, once activated, it can reach the level of ’twisting rules.’" Zhao Xing thought to himself.
Today, Thunder Skill has become his strongest technique.
The main reason is its power can be magnified through Ten Thousand Skill Avatar and Seasonal Order set.
Hou Transformation Technique can only be performed by the true body, advantageous in defense, travel, and unique combat style, difficult to evade.
In terms of damage power, it’s not as good as Thunder Skill.
"Top Wind Skill hasn’t been mastered yet, but Rain Skill has reached the top-level ’Heaven Erosion,’ achieving a Fourth Transition minor success realm."
"Cloud Gate Skill barely reached the Fourth Transition realm, the scope of Cloud Gate Domain has grown once more," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
Although the plan is to learn everything, Wind Skill is temporarily abandoned as he encountered Wang Tianzhi at that time, naturally leading to some focus.
As he is heading to the Dragon Court Ancient Land, the focus is mostly on attack-type spells.
Priority is given to combat, and everything else can be put off.
As for Geographical Advantage Skill, there hasn’t been any change; it’s still Hanhai Palace, Xuanshui Palace, and Earth Spirit Divine Storage Method.
"Almost no defensive spells were learned, relying entirely on equipment and plant species, especially Floating, which has matured and reached the Seventh Rank Peak."
He has Ten Thousand Skill Avatar, it’s hard for the true body to take damage.
The avatar doesn’t have to worry about defense; after all, it is crafted from Seventh Rank materials.
Its defense level is inherently Third Grade.
If the true body is threatened, the threat level isn’t high, Hou Transformation Technique can be used as a shield.
When the threat level is significant and involves the true body’s life and death, [Shang Tang Order] can be used to summon [Ancient Yin Warship] to escape.
"Soul defense has Eighth-Order Top-Grade Soul Armor, attack has Purple Moon Soul Lamp, for techniques, there’s ’Soul Extinguishing Bell.’"
"Dragon Language Unsealing Spell, Dragon Language Sealing Spell, Dragon Language Decree Spell have all reached the upper 3rd level."
"After transforming into Fire Chi, position level can enhance by 2 ranks, reaching the upper 5th level."
"Shi Wenxuan has imparted all three Death Spells to me, although they cannot be used now, but entering the Dragon Court may not render them unusable."
"King Heavenly Destiny is in such a hurry to take me back, there should be another wave of reinforcement."
"Various techniques and treasures, including Yan Six’s qi fortune, three ancient coins... as long as I don’t seek death, the journey to Dragon Court is unlikely to present the situation I witnessed on the Island of Heavenly Selection." Zhao Xing thought to himself.
On the Island of Heavenly Selection, he saw the deaths of Mountain Cat, Inverted Sheep, and Gray Lion Dog, plus his own remains scattered.
There are certainly dangers, as it’s one of the top instances in the Xuanhuang Realm, how could it be without risk?
Even the First Grade going in can’t necessarily guarantee not dying.
If Zhao Xing insists on competing with the First Grade, it’s courting death, but at the Third Grade stage, he can dominate completely.
Even facing Second Grade, he doesn’t need to fear so much.
"Am I really this strong now? Already considering taking on the Second Grade Heavenly Fortune Realm as an opponent."
"Three years of progress is indeed substantial."
Zhao Xing sighed in amazement.
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Seven days later, Pinghai State, Chongming Prefecture.
"Finally back!"
Yet, before Zhao Xing could express his feelings, he was dragged by King Heavenly Destiny to the Star Palace.
"Zhao Xing, it’s already the second of May."