Armipotent

Chapter 2228: Fruit of Training (2)

Tang Shaoyang looked at the body in front of him for a moment before taking the flying head and body into his inventory. He was a little bit disappointed that the peak True God Realm was easily killed.

What he used was Heaven Ethereal Shift, a movement technique from the original Nine Heavenly Gates – Heavenly Steps. It turned his body ethereal, making him invulnerable to physical attack. On top of that, he could move freely and remained invulnerable while being invisible.

That was one of the overpowered movement techniques after he achieved great success in Heavenly Body Transformation and Heaven Meridian Opening. A year of training perfected his mastery over the technique he learned in the Nine Heavenly Gates.

The movement technique was powerful, but it was not invincible. He could not hurt or attack anyone in his ethereal form. On top, there was an interval where his physical body materialized. That would give time to his opponent to get away or even attack him.

However, none of the peak True God Realms could react to him. Maybe this was their first encounter with this kind of technique, but completely not being able to react to him was quite disappointing. He easily cut the head without resistance.

He came here to vent out his frustration with the event that happened in the Hurakan Kingdom. But of course, he wanted to check his martial arts progress as well. He thought the peak True God Realm might provide a challenge to him, but it seemed he was overestimating them.

What he used was the original Nine Heavenly Gates, the upgraded version after getting the Heavenly Scripture. He hadn’t used anything else he learned from the Heavenly Scripture.

‘This might be the gap between them and me.’

He realized it might be because he was a hybrid of a player and cultivators. He had his energy whirlpool as well as Dantian. Power-leveling increased his attributes, making him even stronger with the Heavenly Body Transformation. On top of that, his energy inside his dantian might be mutated because of the Chaos Energy as well.

Everything started to add up, and that might be the reason why he could overpower them. But still, they should be able to fight back, at least a few moves. Especially, they were coming from the hidden family, a force that was obsessed with cultivation.

“Feng Jian!!!”

The two who attacked Tang Shaoyang earlier called out, making the two who still thought they were protecting wounded Feng Jian realize Tang Shaoyang was behind them. They turned around only to see their friend’s body disappear before their eyes.

Tang Shaoyang was deep in thought, falling into a disappointment that the Feng Family might not be able to provide the challenge he wanted. The two closest Feng Family Cultivators took the chance, jumping toward him.

Their first was covered in swirling flame. Their hair turned into crimson fire, their eyes turned bright crimson like the fire, and their necks were blazed in fire as well.

Tang Shaoyang didn’t even flinch because his Absolute Sense picked it up before his enemy made their move. The cultivation strengthened his skill overall, and his Absolute Sense was getting stronger. He could pick an intent and translate it into a danger, making it hard to ambush or launch a surprise attack on him.

A black tortoise shell formed in front of Tang Shaoyang. The same shell that blocked the phoenix, just smaller in size, was big enough to cover Tang Shaoyang’s whole body.

Bang!

Their fist hit the indestructible shell and created a loud impact. The shell just slightly vibrated from the impact while the blazing fire tried to melt it, but it was futile. The fire was not enough to break the shell.

At the same time, the other two appeared above Tang Shaoyang. They had their swords in their hands, covered in the same crimson fire. An image of a phoenix formed behind them as they swung their sword down toward Tang Shaoyang. Their swords released a swirling fire, striking down at Tang Shaoyang.

Tang Shaoyang kicked the ground, leaping backward as the strike hit the empty ground and exploded in fire, engulfing the two people who attacked his shell.

Of course, the fire could not hurt their friend since they mastered the same cultivation technique. Not giving him a chance, the two who used their first rushed toward Tang Shaoyang.

His left foot took a step back as the flaming fist passed his face, narrowly dodging it. Another one coming from behind him, and again, he ducked down as a similar flaming fist passed above his head narrowly.

It was not that he could not react, but he dodged the fist with minimal movement. He avoided two fatal strikes without moving from his spot. At the same time, it granted him an opening. He could pull his sword, and he was confident that he could kill one of them from this current position.

However, he didn’t kill them as he used Blink, appearing ten meters away from his two opponents, who looked flabbergasted because he disappeared without a trace. There were still a few things that he wanted to try. It was too early to kill them.

“Weak! You run your mouth better than fighting. I guess that’s the unique Feng Family’s technique, huh? Is that what you learn from the phoenix!”

A little bit of provocation along the way to work his opponent up instead of letting them give up.

“Watch your mouth, Zhu Family’s Dog!” The two cultivators who used swords came down, one landing in front of him and the other behind.

The moment they landed, Tang Shaoyang kicked the one behind him and hit the one in front with his sword’s handle before they could attack him. Both were sent flying as the other two arrived in front of him. One from the front and one from above.

Tang Shaoyang released his sword, putting it back in his inventory as he welcomed their flaming fist with his bare hand.

The two cultivators grinned ear to ear, thinking they got Tang Shaoyang. The fist might be stopped, but the fire was not. Their fire erupted, swallowed Tang Shaoyang.

However, the two quickly noticed something amiss. The hand that caught their fist. It remains strong, holding its fist.

Tang Shaoyang grabbed the wrist of the cultivator above him, then he pulled the cultivator down, slamming toward the other one.

Boom!

The ground shook as the fire engulfed them was blown away, revealing two figures on top of each other on the ground. At the same time, Tang Shaoyang’s right fist was covered in dark-golden energy, forming a bigger fist with his energy.

He struck down at two cultivators who seemed to be in a daze by the slam. He intended to kill them both in this trike.

Boom!

Tang Shaoyang looked up in surprise because he could feel his strike didn’t hit the two cultivators, but an empty ground. As the dust settled, he discovered the fifth cultivator, carrying the two dazed cultivators who still looked confused.

A man in red armor with a spear on his back was holding the two cultivators that he had almost killed by their collars. He dropped the two cultivators on the ground and faced him. The man depicted the image of a great general.

Detection told him this man was another peak True God Realm, but his man’s aura alone tells him this person might be stronger than the other four.