Chapter 859: Chapter 857: Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade, Five-Tenths Grand Momentum!

Buzz!

A faint wave spread, and Luo Feng saw the space within Lu Zhao’s storage ring.

It was a second-grade storage ring, the space the size of a room, filled with various sundries. Besides gold, silver, and jewels, there were also Yuan Stones and elixirs.

Luo Feng roughly estimated that these items combined were worth about fifty thousand second-grade Yuan Stones, a considerable fortune.

Apart from these, there was also a small, exquisite bookshelf in the corner, with some basic secret manuals on it.

Luo Feng focused his mind and took out the top two manuals from the storage ring.

He opened the first secret manual.

"Shattered Shadow Step, an exclusive martial art of Shadow Mist Country, Profound Level top-grade. When a practitioner performs this Qinggong, Yuan Qi will form spiritual illusions. The higher the martial arts realm, the more real the illusions. Once cultivated to the Great Achievement Realm, one can create illusions that are indistinguishable from reality, killing invisibly and silently."

Shadow Mist Country...

After reading the manual’s introduction, a hint of doubt arose in Luo Feng’s heart. Among the hundreds of dynasties in the region, he knew most of them, but had never heard of Shadow Mist Country.

"Xia Yunjing mentioned that Lu Zhao once accidentally stumbled upon some ruins, which appears to be where he obtained this manual."

Luo Feng lightly breathed out and closed the Shattered Shadow Step manual.

Honestly, this Shattered Shadow Step manual was a superior among Profound Level top-grade light martial arts. When performed, it can create spiritual illusions to confuse enemies; such a method is very clever, whether for escape or attack, leaving people unable to defend effectively.

Imagine a Martial Artist, during a battle, the enemy suddenly changes into dozens of indistinguishable figures attacking them, the heart would surely panic. In a duel between masters, any slight error can determine victory or defeat.

Previously, when Luo Feng faced Lu Zhao, he could easily break Lu Zhao’s Shattered Shadow Step. One reason was that Lu Zhao’s mastery of the Shattered Shadow Step was too low, and the illusions couldn’t mimic reality; another reason was Luo Feng’s soul power perception greatly exceeded that of others at his level, making it hard to confuse him with such spiritual illusions.

If it were other opponents, even if their cultivation was a level higher than Luo Feng’s, they would likely struggle against Lu Zhao.

However, despite its power, the Shattered Shadow Step was ultimately just a good Profound Level top-grade martial art. Compared to the Earth-level beginner martial art Sky Cloud Step, whether in speed or other aspects, it was far inferior, so Luo Feng didn’t plan to cultivate it.

Calming his emotions, Luo Feng’s gaze fell upon the second secret manual.

Hmm?

Looking at the manual in his hand, Luo Feng raised his eyebrow. This manual was extremely worn out, with the cover barely readable, faintly showing the words "Four Symbols."

"Four Symbols... could this be the Sword-Drawing Technique Lu Zhao practices."

With a slight frown, Luo Feng opened the manual.

"Cultivation Technique Grade: Earth Level... First style, Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade. The saber man can seal Yuan Qi in the scabbard, and at the moment of drawing the blade, unleash a deadly strike. The blade can also fly out to attack while spinning, controlled as desired. After one move, as long as Yuan Qi persists, the saber man can remotely control the precious blade to return to hand for another attack. The second style, Summer Thunder..."

Saber Technique!

Reading the manual’s introduction, Luo Feng raised his eyebrow.

He didn’t expect that the manual Lu Zhao had meticulously preserved was a saber technique manual, with the first style being a kind of Sword-Drawing Technique.

Slightly nodding, Luo Feng muttered:

"No wonder Lu Zhao’s Sword-Drawing Technique felt so uncoordinated, turns out he was using a sword to perform a saber technique."

Undoubtedly, the Sword-Drawing Technique’s exhibition was Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade, but saber technique is saber technique; using a sword inevitably lacks momentum and the brave and fierce spirit, which is why Luo Feng felt a bit of discord.

It seems Lu Zhao saw this saber technique manual, an Earth-level martial art, and couldn’t bear to discard it, thus triumphing with the single move. Its effect was significant, enabling him to enter the top forty of the New Dragon List, with the Sword-Drawing Technique playing a pivotal role.

"A swordsman practicing saber technique can only manifest sixty to seventy percent of its essence. This five to six percent essence is already formidable, suggesting this saber technique isn’t simply an Earth-level martial art."

Luo Feng pondered in his heart as the saber technique manual was too worn out, not only split in half but only recorded the first style Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade and even the grade section had been damaged, only showing "Earth-level," without revealing the true grade.

Merely judging by the power of Lu Zhao’s Sword-Drawing Technique, the saber technique likely surpasses Earth-level lower-grade, maybe towards an Earth-level middle-grade martial art, or possibly even higher.

"Although it’s just a broken manual, it arrived in good time..."

Luo Feng gently exhaled, a smile appearing on his face.

If Thunder Fire Shocking Heavens could merge all the styles of Shocking Thunder Saber Technique, the grade could reach Profound Level top-grade. Along with this Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade, he’d undeniably possess a trump card, so his techniques wouldn’t be too monotonous, avoiding the exposure of weaknesses during confrontations.

"Earth-level martial arts are generally difficult to cultivate. Cultivating this Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade might take some time. However, since these saber techniques win by surprise, and it’s an Earth-level martial art, any notable achievement should be able to exert meaningful power. I just don’t know if there’s a chance to find the second half of the manual..."

Shaking his head, Luo Feng stored away the saber technique manual.

Spring Breeze-as-Heart-Wills Blade isn’t something that can be practiced in a short time, it must progress step by step.

He wanted to take advantage of the remaining time before dawn to digest these past few days’ battle experiences. The moment of clash with Deathless King’s Grand Momentum at Blackwater Lake stirred his mind a lot, revealing signs of breakthroughs in the stagnant Grand Momentum.

Closing his eyes, Luo Feng’s mind replayed the scene at Blackwater Lake, repeatedly recalling the blade light unleashed by Deathless King.

Time passed bit by bit, approaching dawn.

Buzz!

In Luo Feng’s room, a magnificent force burst forth, and the air rippled like transparent waves.

Opening his eyes, two dazzling beams of light shot out from Luo Feng’s gaze, like a treasured saber unsheathing.

"Slash!"

With a deep, silent shout from the heart, a phantom saber shadow appeared, flickering and disappearing in the room, slicing the air into fragments. A deep slash mark was left on the stone wall across.

Chi!

In the darkness, a foot-long rat screamed, its fur standing on end, staring fixedly at Luo Feng. Blood seeped from its mouth and nose, and it fell dead, frightened to death.

Glancing at the rat’s corpse and the slash mark on the wall, Luo Feng smiled faintly.

"From illusion to reality, using momentum as a blade. It seems my grand momentum has taken another step towards great accomplishment."

The grand momentum is too illusory and ethereal, only those who comprehend it can feel its changes. If the perfect realm of grand momentum is ten percent, the great accomplishment realm is nine percent, then his grand momentum was four percent before, but after a night’s cultivation, it has now broken through to six percent!

Don’t underestimate this two percent breakthrough, comprehending grand momentum is difficult, and cultivating it is even more so.

Those who comprehend grand momentum and reach a three percent small success realm are very rare.

Those who reach a nine percent grand momentum are even fewer.

As for the perfect realm, currently, there isn’t a single person in the Canglang Dynasty who has comprehended it, which shows the difficulty of cultivation.

Even Luo Feng himself never thought that with just one night’s cultivation, his grand momentum could advance to six percent.

But this isn’t surprising, the Deathless King was a saber man with the qualification to seal king a thousand years ago, his grand momentum realm is unimaginable, perhaps even surpassing the perfect realm. Even though their grand momentums clashed for just an instant, it was enough for Luo Feng to benefit immensely now.

With the breakthrough of grand momentum, Luo Feng’s Blood Soul Transformation smoothly advanced to the third level, and his cultivation progressed from the Spiritual Rotation Realm six-layer pinnacle early stage directly to the six-layer pinnacle late stage. His strength took a significant step forward.

Luo Feng was a bit surprised at such a change but not too unexpected.

According to his understanding, if a martial artist is a piece of refined steel, then grand momentum is the sharp edge, which can turn refined steel into a lethal weapon, influencing every aspect of a martial artist. This is why some martial artists with mediocre aptitude make rapid progress in cultivation after comprehending grand momentum because when he comprehends grand momentum, his natural talent is no longer mediocre.

"With five percent grand momentum, plus Blood Soul Transformation also breaking through to the third level, forming three dragon-shaped Qi meridians, my current strength should be able to face Zhuang Fei head-on. Even encountering a Spiritual Rotation Realm seven-layer mid-stage martial artist, I can still compete. Even if I can’t kill the opponent, they can’t kill me either."

Luo Feng gently exhaled. The grand momentum breakthrough had already given him a pleasant surprise. Unexpectedly, under its influence, the Divine Dragon Nine Changes also advanced further.

This way, his cultivation speed can increase by another ten percent, and he hopes to break through to the Spiritual Rotation Realm seven-layer within half a month.

In a moment, Luo Feng calmed down, seeing that the sky hadn’t yet brightened, he was about to continue cultivating.

Ah! Ah!

Suddenly, screams came from the direction of the village entrance.

"What’s going on?"

Luo Feng frowned, recalling what the village chief mentioned about Cold Mist Village, and with a mental movement, he waved his hand, the door automatically opened, and his body shot out.

"Luo Feng!"

Just as he went out, a graceful figure shot out from the next room, it was Lin Hongyi.

Creaaak! 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The door opposite was pushed open, and the middle-aged robust village chief hurriedly walked out. Seeing Luo Feng and Lin Hongyi, he quickly said, "Both of you, I’ll go see what’s happening."

With that, he had already pushed open the gate and gone out.

Luo Feng and Lin Hongyi exchanged a glance and followed behind the village chief.

At the village entrance.

In the misty night, stood figures clad in black cloaks, showing only their eyes. In the darkness, they moved like ghosts, silent and unnoticed.

The wooden fence at the village entrance was shattered into two pieces. Nearby, two villagers lay in a pool of blood, each with a ghastly claw mark on their bodies.

"Hehe, who would’ve thought there’d be a hidden village here."

A black-clad man scanned the village, sniffing as he grinned viciously, "Seems like there are quite a few people. Looks like we can add another batch of blood corpses for the young master."

Another black-clad man stepped forward, taking out a black porcelain bottle, scattering some blood-red powder on the corpses on the ground, and coldly said:

"Hurry up and get to work, turn everyone in this village into blood corpses, and return early. The young master has said that the Demon General will arrive by tonight at the latest. That will be the time to attack Dayang City."