Quick Spear Technique

Dou Di Space contained the inheritances of countless great experts from ancient times. Every one of them was a Dou Di, yet not every one of them was merely a Dou Di.

This time, Zhang Tian had obtained the inheritance of an exceptionally powerful ancient expert. Rather than a Dou Technique, it was more like a combat skill, a strange method akin to Control Sword with Qi.

It was called the Quick Spear Technique.

The Quick Spear Technique encompassed every spear art in the world, whether they existed or not. Its essence lay in a single word: speed.

A glint of cold light arrived first, then the spear shot forth like a dragon.

Among all martial arts under heaven, nothing was unbreakable, and only speed could not be defeated. When the spear moved like thunder and its speed reached an unimaginable level, if one could thrust out ten thousand spears in an instant, one would far surpass the so-called Nine-Star Dou Shengs of the current continent.

After contemplating it carefully, Zhang Tian gained countless unprecedented insights into the way of the spear. He continuously absorbed and understood this exquisite knowledge, steadily raising his realm.

"Fuh." Only after a long while did Zhang Tian exhale. The profundity of the Quick Spear Technique far exceeded his expectations: all kinds of insights into spear arts, secrets for stimulating the body's potential and unleashing speed, methods for tempering the body.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." In an instant, Zhang Tian thrust nearly a hundred times, drawing spear shadows across the sky and sealing off an area of space, leaving no way to evade.

After cultivating the Quick Spear Technique, Zhang Tian understood that once speed reached a certain extent, space and time themselves became so powerless. This was a special Dou Technique capable of transcending time and space.

Strength and speed were the most fundamental powers, and also the two powers with no limits.

"Once the Quick Spear Technique is cultivated to perfection, one can thrust out ten thousand spears in an instant. No one could possibly block it, and every thrust would possess enough power to nearly destroy half a continent." The more Zhang Tian cultivated, the more he understood the terror of this technique. The profundity of this inheritance surpassed his imagination; one needed at least the strength of a Three-Star Dou Sheng to comprehend it to perfection.

"Temper one's essence, qi, and spirit within; temper one's sinews, bones, and skin without." Only by integrating one's essence, qi, and spirit into one's spear art could one thrust ten thousand times in an instant. Its requirements were very similar to Control Sword with Qi.

After delaying for another half month, Zhang Tian finally set out for the Monster Mountain Range. During that half month of cultivation, he had gained another incomparably powerful trump card.

If a Dou Zong were careless, they might very well die to this trump card.

Yao Lao followed beside Zhang Tian, helping him conceal his presence, while Xiao Yan hid beneath a large tree. He was prepared to wait until Zhang Tian and Yao Lao caused a disturbance and lured away the Amethyst Winged Lion King before entering the Lion King Cave.

"Be careful. Thirty steps ahead, beneath the earthen slope, there is a fifth-tier magical beast." Yao Lao gave a grave reminder. He had been willing to take a risk when there had only been Xiao Yan; now that they had a powerful Dou Emperor-level fighter, he was naturally unwilling to give up this opportunity.

Even so, Yao Lao truly deserved to be called an old veteran who had roamed the continent for many years. With meticulous caution, his Soul Power examined every movement in the surroundings. He had Zhang Tian and Xiao Yan each apply a batch of medicinal powder that concealed their scent. Since Yao Lao was a soul, he had no need for it.

"A fifth-tier magical beast?" Zhang Tian licked his lips. Dou Qi erupted beneath his feet and stirred up a vortex of air. His figure drifted out like a gust of wind, piercing through the rhino-like magical beast's skull before it could cry out.

"Be careful, a Red-Eyed Fire Monkey is coming." Yao Lao's urgent voice rang within Zhang Tian's mind.

"From which direction?" Zhang Tian's Soul Power was not as strong as Yao Lao's, and his sensing range was far inferior, so he asked aloud.

"More than three hundred meters east. It's heading this way and will be here soon." Yao Lao sensed it briefly. Though his soul was currently somewhat weak, he had once faintly touched the threshold of the Heaven Realm. He could barely sense any living creature within ten li of himself.

Unless the disparity in strength was simply too great.

The Red-Eyed Fire Monkey was still swinging back and forth through the trees when, the next moment, it fell straight from the vines and collapsed limply onto the ground.

Blood dyed the ground red. The Phoenix Cry Sword had pierced through its heart in an instant.

"We can't hide it anymore. We've been discovered." After the third wave, Yao Lao spoke gravely. Within the range of his Soul Power, all the magical beasts in the Monster Mountain Range had gone into an uproar!

The aura of the sixth-tier magical beast, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, was also gradually rising as it awoke.

"It can't be helped. There are simply too many magical beasts, and the smell of blood is too strong." Magical beasts were naturally sensitive to the scent of blood, so even though Zhang Tian had applied the medicinal powder, it was still inevitable that he would be discovered after acting several times.

Fortunately, Zhang Tian had never planned to sneak all the way in from the start.

"Roar." A furious roar rang out again and again, echoing throughout the entire magical beast forest. The ruler of this Monster Mountain Range, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, had awakened.

However, the Amethyst Winged Lion King was filled with fury. While he had been sleeping, he had sensed the auras of his subordinates gradually disappearing. At last, he reached the destination.

He saw a group of his subordinates confronting an enemy. Yet the terrifying enemy consisted of only one person—a young man in his twenties.

"Damned human, you have trespassed upon my territory." The Amethyst Winged Lion King's tone was incomparably furious. Sixth-tier magical beasts could already speak freely, and their intelligence was no different from that of ordinary people.

To magical beasts, territorial rights were even more important than mating rights. They could not be provoked or violated.

"Roar, roar, roar." Several fifth-tier magical beasts roared continuously, their savage, ancient auras pressing down upon Zhang Tian.

Something seemed to flash past. The Amethyst Winged Lion King instinctively raised a palm before himself. A streak of light passed through, instantly piercing his palm.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared in fury, but he did not look at his subordinates beside him, because he knew that although they appeared to be standing there unharmed, they were already dead.

Sure enough, almost in the next instant, bloody holes gradually appeared between the brows of those several-meter-tall fifth-tier magical beasts. A moment later, they slowly fell to the ground.

Retracting the Dragon Yin Halberd stained with traces of blood, Zhang Tian had thrust nearly a hundred times in that instant just now, before even the Amethyst Winged Lion King could react.

Apart from a small portion used to hunt the fifth-tier magical beasts around him, most of the thrusts had landed on the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Dozens of thrusts stacked together, piercing through the Lion King's formidable body as easily as poking through window paper.

A claw nearly half the size of Zhang Tian's body slapped toward him, and five sharp purple spikes instantly sprang out. Zhang Tian immediately formed hand seals, striking the Lion King's claw with a small seal and sending the Amethyst Winged Lion King staggering back. Then he swung the Dragon Yin Halberd, sweeping it horizontally at the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

"Roar! Human, you have angered me." The Amethyst Winged Lion King cried out in pain. His enormous lion claw smashed down at Zhang Tian again, but the Dragon Yin Halberd firmly blocked the beast claw and knocked it aside. Zhang Tian thrust at a gap in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's chest, where purple crystals covered its body.

He struggled to pierce the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, leaving only a wound about an inch deep and half a foot long. The Amethyst Winged Lion King's magical beast body was absurdly strong. However, after cultivating the Quick Spear Technique, Zhang Tian's strength had already greatly increased, and his attainments in spear arts improved by the day.

In an instant, he left more than a dozen wounds on the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body. If it had been a human, such injuries would have been enough to pierce straight through them. But for a magical beast with a body as powerful as the Amethyst Winged Lion King's, they had merely broken through its defenses and caused it immense pain.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King knew that Zhang Tian was incomparably powerful in close combat. He flapped his enormous wings, intending to put some distance between them, but an inexplicable aura had locked onto him. He knew that no matter how he dodged, he would be unable to escape.

This was spear intent, something every martial artist who had mastered their art would comprehend. It was like the blade intent of Little Li's Flying Dagger, which never missed, or the sword intent of Dugu Nine Swords, which could break anything.

Unlike Dou Techniques that required Dou Qi to activate, spear intent was an ability born purely from reaching a certain level and realm in one's understanding of spear arts.

Zhang Tian's spear grew faster and sharper. Every thrust pierced through the air, and each one possessed the power of a Mysterious Rank Low Level Dou Technique. The purple crystals on the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body shattered one after another and continuously fell away.

"Ahhh! Human!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King's body was formidable. Although he had been beaten into a miserable state, his life was not yet in danger. Even if Zhang Tian wanted to kill him, it would still take considerable effort.

If he had been a human Dou Emperor, he would already have died. His head would likely have been pierced through, and even his ashes would have been scattered.

Relying on his powerful body, the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought Zhang Tian to a standstill. Several magical beasts with profound auras also emerged from the nearby Monster Mountain Range, each one a fifth-tier magical beast.

However, these rulers of the Monster Mountain Range could only stand obediently to the side and watch. They simply could not interfere in such a battle; every spear glint possessed enough power to kill them.

"I will kill you!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared. Powerful Dou Qi fluctuations erupted as he forcibly broke through Zhang Tian's sky-filling spear shadows and charged forward. His enormous lion claw descended with a shadow, crashing down like Mount Tai pressing upon the heavens.

Before magical beasts transformed into human form, aside from their innate abilities, they generally fought only with their bodies. Their bodies were terrifying to an indescribable degree; even a Dou Zun's physique could not compare to that of a Dou Wang-level magical beast.

"Vast Sea Seal, Second Form: Wave Suppressing Seal!"

A massive blue seal of Dou Qi descended from the sky, crashing down with incomparable suppressive force. It was as though it could suppress waves and calm seas, reducing even ten-thousand-foot waves to stillness.

Countless streams of water-attribute Dou Qi condensed wildly, as though an entire sea were suppressing and battering him. Even with the Lion King's powerful body, after being struck by an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique, his body showed faint signs of cracking, and he howled in agony.

Yao Lao, who was assisting Zhang Tian from his side, suddenly fell silent. He even forgot to use his Soul Power to track the Lion King's movements. Just as he had been shocked by the terrifying spear arts Zhang Tian had displayed, Zhang Tian suddenly unleashed an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique.

"How could a Dou Emperor possibly possess an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique?!" Yao Lao screamed inwardly. Even the Yun Lan Sect's Wind Extreme Meteor Kill had been passed down by their Dou Zun ancestor, Yun Po Tian. How could a mere Dou Emperor possess an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique?

Even Wind Extreme Meteor Kill was merely an Earth Rank Low Level Dou Technique.

Watching Zhang Tian grow braver with every battle, still imposing as his Dou Qi continued to erupt, while another massive seal appeared, Yao Lao could not help but be dumbfounded. His hands clenched into fists as he stood there in a daze. Had this kid cultivated a Heaven Rank Technique? Did he have endless Dou Qi?

He had used an Earth Rank Advanced Dou Technique three times, yet it was as though his Dou Qi had not been depleted at all.