MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 1294 - 271: On Martial Arts

"Actually...," Lu Hong poured another cup of wine for the Tianlang Emperor and then opened up, saying, "The difficulty of the Emperor Realm does not lie in yourself but in external factors."

Upon hearing this, the Tianlang Emperor was slightly stunned: "External factors? What do you mean by that?"

"It’s very simple, because there are no mystical creatures between heaven and earth, no spiritual beasts. Purely relying on a mortal’s physical body without any external objects for cultivation indeed creates a bottleneck that is insurmountable. I don’t know which hero devised the sacrificial method to achieve the Emperor Realm. I’ve researched the martial arts on the Dark Continent and found some insights. Starting from the martial artist’s entry point, body refining, refining muscles, blood movement, mountain opening, refining mansion, martial arts sect, martial king, martial emperor—eight major realms. Actually, the gap improvement obtained by crossing each stage in between is not that large, so I believe there are not just these nine realms. There should be eighteen realms, or rather, our predecessors only developed the first four realms of the nine and rushed to find ways to break into the next realm, resulting in the power differences across realms being less absolute."

"Then City Lord Lu, how should your imaginary additional realms be cultivated?"

"It’s quite simple, external objects. Relying on spirit grass, spiritual medicine, to grind and refine one’s body, thus attaining further sublimation. Martial arts is based on exploring our own potential, but it cannot solely be about this. We must understand that potential is not endless, especially when considering the mortal body, which has limited potential to explore. Therefore, true martial arts cultivation should be about exploring one’s potential while strengthening it through the various treasures between heaven and earth, reaching the utmost sublimation and validating the Great Path. Unfortunately, the Dark Continent never had spiritual energy in the past, so no spirit items or spiritual medicine were born. Thus, this method of enhancing potential remains merely theoretical and cannot be put into practice. The Blood Refining by Duo Sandao was thought to be a mistaken path, but I believe he was right. However, the blood refining method ultimately didn’t push him to the Emperor’s height."

"Spirit items, spirit grass?" The Tianlang Emperor couldn’t help but ponder, never having heard of such things before. Then he asked, "City Lord Lu, are you trying to trick me?"

"There’s no need for doubts, Tianlang Emperor. Nowadays, spiritual energy between heaven and earth has begun to revive and become abundant. Hasn’t there been a mutation among beasts in your Tianlang Domain, where they gained special abilities, like breathing fire, controlling water, summoning wind, etc.?"

Hearing this, the Tianlang Emperor nodded: "Indeed, starting eight years ago, beasts began to mutate. Initially, their strength was just slightly enhanced compared to before. Then gradually, they started displaying strange moves. And as time goes on, mutated beasts appeared more frequently."

"This is how spiritual energy transforms beasts. Mutated beasts should no longer be called beasts but should be called Xiong shou or demon beasts. As beasts mutate due to spiritual energy, the same happens to vegetation in this world. Although vegetation takes longer, I believe within the next ten years, in areas rich in spiritual energy, unique vegetation will emerge. These plants absorb the essence of heaven and earth and spiritual energy, and once consumed, they bring tremendous help, refining the body and enhancing potential. Collecting these unique plants and using alchemy techniques can completely unleash their special effects, providing even more miraculous results."

Listening to Lu Hong’s eloquent speech, the Tianlang Emperor began to view Lu Hong with caution, as everything he said was unheard of...

"You are not from the Dark Continent?!"

"Correct!"

The Tianlang Emperor’s eyes lit up with surprise: "So, besides the Dark Continent, there are other worlds. Tell me, which world are you from?!"

"All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds!"

The Tianlang Emperor was taken aback by this answer: "All... All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds? Such an imposing name!"

Just for this name, the Tianlang Emperor pressed further: "Compared to our Dark Continent, how powerful are the All Heavens?"

"I can say this: anyone from All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds could easily annihilate all twelve main cities of your Dark Continent."

"..."

Damn, the Tianlang Emperor fell silent, dissatisfied: "Are you trying to deceive me?!"

"There’s no point in deceiving you. The Martial Kings and Martial Emperors of your Dark Continent seem to have a mysterious confidence, always thinking they are the strongest, the invincible entities."

Listening to Lu Hong’s ridicule, the Tianlang Emperor was not irritated but admitted confidently: "Of course, Martial Kings and Martial Emperors dominate the entire Dark Continent. Isn’t that the strongest?"

"Is that so? Then take a look at me," As he spoke, Lu Hong released his internal power, and a terrifying pressure instantly swept through, causing the surrounding mountain palace to collapse under the pressure.

At this moment, Lu Hong resembled a man-eating tiger, baring his fangs.

And the Tianlang Emperor was like a helpless sheep.

Feeling the powerful pressure emanating from Lu Hong, the Tianlang Emperor was dumbfounded. He had indeed considered that Lu Hong would be strong, but about average for an Emperor level. Though he, as a Tianlang Emperor, wasn’t the strongest among the twelve Martial Emperors, he certainly wasn’t the weakest. Lu Hong might be stronger, but no stronger than a typical Emperor. Even if he couldn’t beat him, he didn’t think Lu Hong could kill him.

This was the Tianlang Emperor’s confidence, but now, it was entirely crushed.

Having reached this realm, one’s sense of danger is keen. The Lu Hong before him is undoubtedly several times more formidable than he is. The Tianlang Emperor couldn’t fight him, and he might die at his hands!

Thinking of this, the Tianlang Emperor lost the courage to continue the conversation with Lu Hong and turned to flee.

Why not run? He commanded a Great Domain, revered by millions, holding immense power. Why die in this godforsaken place where even animals and birds don’t venture?

Moreover, the Tianlang Emperor’s mind flashed with the possibility that Lu Hong’s Blood-colored Divine Might Army indeed could annihilate the eighteen hundred thousand Martial Sect troops he assembled.

Seeing the Tianlang Emperor trying to flee, Lu Hong was somewhat displeased: "Weren’t we having a good chat? Why run?"

As he spoke, under Lu Hong’s urging, magic power surged wildly, and a Blood River charged forward, blocking the Tianlang Emperor’s escape path.

The Tianlang Emperor immediately unleashed his ultimate technique, bending ten fingers inward and pressing them together, forming palms like wolves’ teeth.

His internal energy and blood suddenly erupted, transforming into a gigantic, ferocious wild wolf, fiercely biting the Blood River ahead, attempting to break through it to carve an escape path.

In the next moment, the two forces collided violently, exploding directly.

The terrifying explosion spread like sharp blades, neatly slicing away half of the surrounding mountains.

Rocks rolled, countless snow collapsed down, the avalanche howled, causing devastating disaster to the surrounding environment.

Although the Tianlang Emperor didn’t suffer much harm, he felt like he’d fallen into an ice cellar.