Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques Chapter 1083: Chapter 1039: Standing on the Shoulders of the Emperor

Chapter 1083: Chapter 1039: Standing on the Shoulders of the Emperor

With just one sword strike, Xi Xiao was severely injured.

In Xi Xiao’s eyes, panic flashed as he tried to increase the distance between himself and Chen Fei, but unbeknownst to him, the s.p.a.ce surrounding Xi Xiao had been sliced into thousands of pieces by Chen Fei.

Among them, some pieces were expanding to their limits, some maintained their original size, and others swelled irregularly.

In those thousands of s.p.a.ce segments, hundreds were naturally collapsing every moment, while hundreds more expanded at varying rates.

This result was that the tearing forces around Xi Xiao’s body were entirely different, changing every second, making it almost impossible for Xi Xiao to break free.

This was the skill of controlling the s.p.a.ce Secondary Rules; if Xi Xiao possessed absolute power, he could have cleared them all in a sweep, overpowering the many with strength.

But unfortunately, Xi Xiao’s power was not enough to instantly break through this barrier, thus transforming this fragmented s.p.a.ce into an insurmountable chasm.

“Tss!”

The Qianyuan Sword swept past Xi Xiao’s neck, and a head flew off.

Xi Xiao’s eyes still carried unwillingness and despair.

Chen Fei was not the strongest Rule Integration Realm Early Stage that Xi Xiao had encountered, considering the number of rule fragments, but certainly he was the one who had mastered the control of rules the most among them.

A fraction of power, multiplied several times by Chen Fei, encountered such a Rule Integration Realm Early Stage, was absolutely unparalleled.

Collecting spiritual essence, capturing talent, this time the sensation of coolness in the soul was the least Chen Fei had felt since using the Bronze Rune.

It was estimated that after breaking through the Ice Corridor, if Chen Fei were to kill ordinary Rule Integration Realm early stagers again, he probably wouldn’t capture much talent.

Stowing away the Shadow Sword, the surrounding darkness dissipated completely with Xi Xiao’s death.

Chen Fei looked ahead, the barrier of the Ice Corridor had been opened, and beyond it, Chen Fei sensed the power of layered formations.

Chen Fei’s gaze pa.s.sed through the formations and saw Duan Ga of the Ice Race at the back.

Duan Ga sensed Chen Fei’s gaze and raised his head to meet Chen Fei’s eyes for a moment before continuing to carve formations in the Ice Corridor.

Compared to a typical consecutive battle, this type of battle, restricted to a designated area, definitely gave an advantage to the defenders.

Just like Xi Xiao’s darkness earlier and the dense formations now before his eyes, all were prepared in their own territory before the barrier of the Ice Corridor was opened.

The Ice Corridor behind Chen Fei was gradually disappearing, forcing Chen Fei to keep moving forward since if he stopped in his current area, once the corridor melted, the contained power would directly a.s.sault him.

At this moment, Duan Ga was taking his ease, although the battle ahead lasted a short time, it was enough for someone in the Rule Integration Realm to set up a substantial number of formations.

Compared to individual power, formations borrow the power of heaven and earth to exceed one’s own strength and achieve the goal of defeating an enemy.

Duan Ga’s direct combat ability was not weak, but he was stronger in carving formations, using formations to confront enemies.

Formations of the Rule Integration Realm could now harness rules to enhance power, making breaking these formations extremely difficult, and Duan Ga continued to set up more formations.

Duan Ga intended to exhaust Chen Fei to death here with layer upon layer of formations.

The longer the time dragged on, the more advantageous it was for Duan Ga, as there would be more formations inside the Ice Corridor eventually.

If it were elsewhere, facing such a prepared Rule Integration Realm, one would simply leave.

It is very difficult for a Rule Integration Realm to move formations, making it impossible to catch up with cultivators of the same rank.

But now, inside the Ice Corridor, Chen Fei cannot leave without defeating six Rule Integration Realm individuals.

Outside Jiguang City, a cultivator of the Human Clan’s Rule Integration Realm watched the scene inside the Ice Corridor, and the joy that had arisen from Chen Fei killing four Ice Race Evil Clans’ Rule Integration Realm faded.

Having experienced attacking formations themselves, they naturally understood the difficulty involved.

It was like attacking someone else’s main gate alone, especially if they were of the same rank and had the support of the main gate’s formations, returning without success was almost certain.

Even a moment of negligence could result in being trapped by the opponent’s formations, utterly obliterated within them.

Inside the Ice Corridor, Chen Fei’s gaze s.h.i.+fted from Duan Ga and fell on the formations ahead, and then he proceeded to walk forward step by step.

Regarding formations, prior to the Rule Integration Realm, Chen Fei indeed knew very little. Cultivating for decades, Chen Fei spent the vast majority of his time on various main martial arts, leaving no time to learn about formations.

Even the alchemy that Chen Fei had persisted with throughout the Body Tempering stage had to be abandoned in the later stages due to limited time.

However, this situation changed once he reached the Rule Integration Realm.

It wasn’t that Chen Fei suddenly found himself with free time, but rather, among the five Emperor inheritances Chen Fei had chosen, two outlined the principles of formations.

s.p.a.ce Rules were naturally very suitable for setting up formations.

Those two human imperial sovereigns used formations as a medium to better comprehend the s.p.a.ce Secondary Rules, eventually achieving success.

These two Emperor inheritances recorded fewer than five specific formations, focusing more on how to view different formations through the perspective of s.p.a.ce Rules.

It could be said that these two Emperor inheritances were a sort of unique general outline of formations, exclusive to s.p.a.ce Rules.

Chen Fei’s use of the s.p.a.ce Secondary Rules in the recent slaying of Xi Xiao and the other Rule Integration Realm Early Stagers incorporated many principles of formations.

Formations require meticulous and multi-threaded control. Chen Fei did just that, and the effect was remarkable.

Having refined the five Emperor inheritances into the Desolate Universe G.o.d Splitting Sword, Chen Fei also achieved the stage of Perfection in his comprehension of formations, now far surpa.s.sing a typical individual in the Rule Integration Realm.

Thus, the stacked formations before him, though seeming perfectly integrated, appeared to Chen Fei to have significant flaws.

It was just a flaw, not a vulnerability. If Chen Fei started to break the formation using these flaws, Duan Ga would swiftly capture them and immediately repair them.

Within a few steps, Chen Fei arrived in front of the first formation, as countless blasts of cold air surged toward him.

Chen Fei paused slightly, and with a forward slash of the Qianyuan Sword in his right palm, a sword mark flashed by, splitting the cold air in two.

Behind the formation, Duan Ga’s drooping eyelids suddenly lifted, staring at Chen Fei. Then, he formed hand seals with both hands, causing all formations to tremble.

Sensing the changes in the formations, Chen Fei smiled slightly. He stepped back with his right foot, and along the split cold air channel, he disappeared from the spot.

“Pop!”

Like the sound of a bubble being punctured, Chen Fei pa.s.sed through the barrier of the first formation, actively entering it.

Duan Ga’s eyebrows twitched slightly, surprised in his heart. He had thought that Chen Fei would forcefully break the formation, just as he had previously slain Xi Xiao and the others, using absolute skill along with power to annihilate everything.

However, Chen Fei had entered the formation alone, which was equivalent to entering the encirclement Duan Ga had prepared.

Countless thoughts flashed through Duan Ga’s mind, yet his hands did not hesitate or pause for a moment; the power of dozens of formations began to converge inward, rus.h.i.+ng toward Chen Fei.

Since Chen Fei chose to enter the formations, Duan Ga intended to ensure Chen Fei had no return.

The choice of Chen Fei, not only surprised Duan Ga, but also somewhat shocked all the cultivators of the Rule Integration Realm outside the Ice Corridor.

Only Weng Zongfang in the Celestial Wood above seemed thoughtful, because Weng Zongfang knew that among the Five Emperor-level techniques Chen Fei chose, there was a legacy of formations.

But previously, Weng Zongfang always thought that Chen Fei would selectively absorb some content from those two Emperor inheritances mainly about formations, and would not actually learn the formations.

This could be seen from previous battles.

Yet, from Chen Fei’s actions now, was he incorporating even those aspects of formations into his cultivation system as well?

“Boom, boom, boom!”

The formations inside the Ice Corridor roared; however, except for the initial roaring of the first formation, the intensity with which the formations drew vital energy from heaven and earth was rapidly declining.

Chen Fei, who had entered the formations alone, didn’t stay in place nor was hindered by the power of the formations. Instead, he stormed through each formation like a force unstoppable, shattering these formations.

If the formations seemed to have only minor flaws from the outside, even more issues were exposed on the inside.

But hardly anyone who breaks formations would specifically step into the formation to break it, as that would be incredibly pa.s.sive and the slightest carelessness could lead to death and obliteration.

However, from the first glance at these formations, Chen Fei understood where the vulnerabilities truly were.

This was a vast difference in insight!

If Duan Ga could be considered a master of formations, then Chen Fei’s insight into formations was even higher than Duan Ga’s.

This wasn’t Duan Ga’s problem, but because Chen Fei was standing on the shoulders of the human imperial sovereign, naturally elevating him to a higher level.

Thus, Chen Fei seemed to be crudely breaking the formation, but his method and timing of breaking it were exquisitely beyond compare.

Compared to the meticulous method of breaking formations, Chen Fei’s approach penetrated even deeper.

“Boom!”

With the final explosion, Chen Fei pa.s.sed through all the formations, arriving in front of Duan Ga.

Duan Ga’s face was already tensely veined, as in the brief span of time, he went from wanting to use formations to wipe out Chen Fei to just wanting to delay him for a moment.

But he achieved neither of his goals, as Chen Fei had already broken through to stand before him.

The Qianyuan Sword transformed into a streak of light, stabbing toward Duan Ga’s head.

Duan Ga’s figure unconsciously retreated. Chen Fei’s staunch manner of breaking the formation truly startled Duan Ga; however, upon retreating, Duan Ga realized that the s.p.a.ce around him had already become chaotic.

In this chaotic s.p.a.ce, Duan Ga saw signs of formation manipulation, and many of his doubts suddenly cleared up.

“Hiss!”

The Qianyuan Sword struck Duan Ga’s forehead, causing his body to instantly stiffen.

Duan Ga’s mouth trembled, wanting to speak, but he no longer had the strength.

Compared to Xi Xiao and others, Duan Ga’s ability to combat upfront was much weaker, further weakened by Chen Fei instantly breaking dozens of formations, resulting in backlash.

Without any proper resistance, he was directly pierced through the skull with one strike.

“Formations, I happen to know some too!”

Chen Fei, looking at Duan Ga, did not wait for Duan Ga to reply; the Qianyuan Sword directly sliced downward, completely extinguis.h.i.+ng Duan Ga’s lifeforce.

Chen Fei struck with his left hand, turning Duan Ga’s remaining body into a mist of blood, seizing the spiritual essence and beginning to extract talents. A faint coldness spread through his soul, then faded away.

Chen Fei slightly furrowed his brow, securing the spiritual essence and mystical treasures, and then turned to look at the final barrier.

As the barrier of the Ice Corridor slowly dissipated, eerie cries and wails frantically surged from that end.

Chen Fei’s gaze swept toward the back end of the Ice Corridor, seeing nothing, filled only with various bizarre and disruptive murmuring within the Ice Corridor and by his ears.

The Evil Clan’s Rule Integration Realm, had vanished.