Chapter 42: Heretic

The tips of the knife and the sword clashed. Even after the flying knife was thrown from his hand, the entire world seemed to support it.

Chen Xin felt the astonishing power transmitted through the sword's edge, and even the thunder on the flying knife was conducted to his body. Although it didn't seriously hinder the flow of spirit power, it still had some impact. The incredible power on the flying knife directly pushed Chen Xin over a hundred meters away.

Although the power of Gu Yi's strike was formidable, it couldn't penetrate the Seven Kill Sword. But inability to penetrate didn't mean there was no damage. The destructive power contained within it was still significant.

Despite Chen Xin's level 96 spirit power, he couldn't help but cough up blood. The power from the flying knife transferred to his body. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was not the same as spirit power; this force was purer and more dominant.

After this strike, Gu Yi also lost his strength and fell from the sky. His body cracked, like a broken porcelain doll. With his current body, trying to compete in strength with a Titled Douluo was still too strenuous. The accumulated spiritual energy of heaven and earth was also not a good thing. This move was created over the years to rival or even kill a Titled Douluo. In a high-level clash, sometimes only one move was needed.

Gu Yi landed on the ground, using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to heal his body. Since his second awakening of martial spirit, Gu Yi had achieved the harmony of the hundred meridians of his body and integrated it with heaven and earth. The spirit power within him was endless and circulated continuously. This allowed his endurance to reach its peak. If not for the short time of cultivation, even without relying on forcefully gathering the weather's spiritual energy, he could still defeat Chen Xin.

However, even so, Gu Yi took advantage of this time to recover some of his injuries. At least he didn't feel like a porcelain doll anymore.

Watching Chen Xin flying back, Gu Yi was surprised. He didn't expect Chen Xin's strength to be even stronger than he imagined. That strike had gathered martial spirit, spirit power, and the power of heaven and earth onto the flying knife, even adding the might of thunder, yet he could still return. This proved that Chen Xin still had the ability to fight.

Gu Yi looked up at Chen Xin in the sky, realizing he still had to resort to such means. Just as Gu Yi was about to ascend again, a crisp voice came from behind him.

"Grandpa Sword, what are you doing? They are all my teachers and classmates." Ning Rongrong stepped forward, glanced at the injured Gu Yi, and yelled up at the sky.

"Rongrong, don't worry. These people actually dared to make you go to the slums of Soutou City to beg. Grandpa Sword will avenge you right away." When Chen Xin saw Ning Rongrong coming, his expression softened. He was no longer the stern swordsman from before, but a grandfather who cherished his granddaughter, descending from the sky.

However, he was also a bit worse for wear. The tremendous energy from before had damaged his clothes quite a bit, and there was even a burnt smell from being scorched by lightning.

"Grandpa Sword, you're not allowed to hurt them. It was because of me..." Ning Rongrong's voice abruptly stopped. It was the first time she had seen Grandpa Sword in such a sorry state, with even blood at the corners of his mouth.

When Ning Rongrong went to the slums of Soutou City she understood that the world was not as beautiful as she had imagined. Deeper down, there was filth.

"I made a mistake," Ning Rongrong said softly.

"What?" Chen Xin could hardly believe that this little witch would one day voluntarily admit to her mistake.

"I secretly learned the vice-dean's technique without permission." Ning Rongrong lowered her head, her toes still drawing circles on the ground.

Chen Xin sighed, not expecting the situation to turn out like this.

"For today's matter, my actions were inappropriate, please don't be angry."

Flender knowing that the matter had come to an end, breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward, saying, "I was too harsh, I am truly ashamed."

An apology from a Titled Douluo was also a significant acknowledgment of Shrek Academy. If it weren't for Gu Yi's presence, today would have been much worse.

Everyone glanced at Gu Yi, surprised that he could actually fight against a Titled Douluo with all his might.

"If given the chance, I'll fight you with all my strength." Chen Xin could sense that Gu Yi's aura hadn't decreased much; at least he could still release the same strike as before. After glancing at the depths of the academy, Chen Xin touched Ning Rongrong's head and flew away on his sword.

The threat from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had come to an end.

Before doing this, Gu Yi had already considered that the people of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan would definitely find out. This fight also made him understand where his strength stood. Around level 95, if he truly used his final trump card, he should be able to contend with Chen Xin. But he would probably be seriously injured as well.

Gu Yi understood that this was because his foundation was still lacking; he had not fully developed the human body, this treasure trove. Especially his body with the hundred meridians connected.

Over the years, he had been perfecting his martial arts, and now he had some achievements.

If it weren't for the control of the Zhoutian Liuhe Jing over the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he wouldn't be able to control so much spiritual energy of heaven and earth, let alone manipulate thunder in such an astonishing manner. Now that the Zhoutian Liuhe Jing had temporarily reached its limit, it was time to return to the beginning. 

The martial spirit was the meridian; circulating qi through the meridians could promote the circulation of qi and blood, preventing illness and strengthening the body.

The Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound was a body forging technique, but the progress was too slow, and it might even slow down the advancement of spirit power, after all, the spirit power integrated into the flesh was still his own spirit power. It wasn't a way to strengthen the body directly, at least not a direct way.

With the continuous improvement of his understanding of the body, he understood the meridians even better than in his previous life.

It was time to start creating a true body forging technique. Originally, this idea should have started three years ago, but at that time, it was discovered that the improvement of the physical body was more difficult than spirit power.

It seemed that only the spirit ring system could exist in this world, and other cultivation systems were considered heretical. With his extraordinary martial arts cultivation, even if he couldn't become a immortal, he could still be considered a martial arts master. But in this world, he was still restricted by the spirit ring system, and his spirit power was still limited.

This was absurd.

(End of this chapter)