"So powerful?"
Listening to the Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit's words, Chen Feng's eyes filled with surprise.
He knew exactly how terrifying a Sixth-order martial artist was.
Such beings could transform into heaven and earth and manipulate celestial phenomena.
According to what Wan Baoyang had said before, one person alone could destroy an entire city.
After learning this, Chen Feng had always carried a trace of worry in his heart.
He wanted to enter Black Mountain directly and see what exactly lay within, something that had drawn the attention of Sword Cultivator Yun Xi and so many peak experts.
Yet because he feared the Sixth-order demons, he had not dared to set foot inside.
And now, there was actually a technique that could raise his speed to a level not inferior to Sixth-order demons.
It was simply too formidable!
He did not doubt the Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit. He immediately began cultivating the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique.
He planned to first cultivate it to the proficient stage. Then, with the new talent he was certain to awaken, as long as his speed was high enough, even if he could not win, he could at least escape.
It was different from the Cloudy Smoke Carefree Steps.
The Cloudy Smoke Carefree Steps had merely evolved from a Yellow-rank martial skill.
It was extremely simple.
Although it increased his speed somewhat,
its greatest use was still limited to dodging, shifting, and maneuvering within a small area.
The Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique, on the other hand, was more suited for long-distance dashes.
Following the cultivation method of the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique, Chen Feng controlled his true qi with his mind and carefully guided it toward the meridians in his legs.
The meridians traversed by the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique were also extraordinarily complicated.
Chen Feng controlled his true qi at an extremely slow pace.
It was as though he feared damaging his meridians.
The Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit, watching Chen Feng from atop the stone platform, had eyes full of confusion and incomprehension.
"That shouldn't be possible!"
In his eyes, Chen Feng's speed of cultivation and comprehension was the sort possessed by a martial artist with mediocre talent!
Moreover, his meridians seemed exceptionally frail.
Otherwise, why would he control his circulation so slowly?
Over the years, the Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit had encountered countless geniuses.
Among them were those with all hundred meridians unblocked, innate sword bodies, martial bodies, and more.
To him, martial artists possessing all manner of supreme talents were the true top geniuses.
Yet even those top geniuses had not cultivated as quickly as Chen Feng.
"What exactly is going on?" The Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit was puzzled.
He wanted to see more clearly.
However, as Chen Feng cultivated all kinds of body-strengthening techniques and had also begun cultivating the Golden Bell Shield,
a faint layer of golden light had even begun to cover Chen Feng's body.
This also astonished the Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit.
If he wanted to forcibly investigate Chen Feng's internal condition, his consciousness would have to enter Chen Feng's body.
That would have an enormous impact on Chen Feng, who was currently comprehending and cultivating the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique.
It might even directly cause Chen Feng's comprehension to fail. If Chen Feng suffered harm as a result, that was not an outcome he wished to see either.
He could only quietly wait for Chen Feng to comprehend and cultivate.
"The Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique can be considered the strongest and most complicated of the three martial skills. I wonder whether Chen Feng can comprehend it successfully within an hour?"
"He only spent twenty minutes comprehending the Golden Bell Shield before. The Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique will definitely require twice as much time."
The Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit murmured to himself.
Yet at that instant—
Boom!
With a thunderous roar,
Chen Feng merely stamped lightly on the ground, and his body shot forward like an illusion.
His entire figure seemed to transform into a streak of golden light.
He even crashed directly into the wall.
You completed one cultivation cycle of the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique. You successfully cultivated the martial skill Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique. Martial Skill: Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique (Beginner progress 10%.)
Chen Feng stood where he was, his face full of excitement.
"It's truly too fast."
Just now, he had merely completed one full circulation of the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique.
Under normal circumstances, that should have been a failure.
After all, cultivating the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique required the violent surge of true qi to bring forth extreme speed.
Running through it once at such a slow pace should have been a failure.
He had to complete the circulation at a faster speed.
Yet for Chen Feng, the moment the complete circulation route took shape, it was solidified, directly allowing him to cultivate the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique to the beginner stage.
At that moment, information regarding the cultivation of the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique flooded into Chen Feng's mind.
It made him far more proficient in cultivating the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique.
Then, unable to resist, he began cultivating according to the method of the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique.
The Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit atop the stone platform had still been in shock.
He had no idea how Chen Feng had just succeeded in cultivating it.
However, just as he prepared to rise and inform Chen Feng that he had succeeded, then hand over the complete Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique,
he froze in place once more.
Watching Chen Feng dart back and forth throughout the tower, his eyes filled with disbelief and horror as he cried out, "The proficient stage?"
"How long has it been, and he's already proficient?"
Horror filled the Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit's eyes.
At this moment, Chen Feng, who was cultivating the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique, also had surprise in his eyes.
It was precisely when he had successfully cultivated the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique to the beginner stage.
Information about the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique appeared on his panel.
Immediately afterward, the Cloudy Smoke Carefree Steps began flashing madly.
Then, a round of movement-technique fusion began.
Your Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique fused with the movement technique Cloudy Smoke Carefree Steps. Your proficiency in the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique greatly increased. Your Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique advanced to the proficient progress stage. Your Intermediate Talent Cloudy Smoke Illusory Shadow evolved into the Advanced Talent Sky Roc Illusory Shadow. Martial Skill: Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique (Proficient progress 50%.) Advanced Talent: Sky Roc Illusory Shadow (Dodging and shifting, dashing across ten thousand miles, speed bonus. During a dash, you may merge with a Sky Roc Illusory Shadow, gaining a 30% speed bonus.)
Seeing the information refresh on the panel, Chen Feng's eyes also revealed a trace of shock.
"Is it really this terrifying?"
With merely a thought, he stamped the ground.
He appeared before the wall as though he had teleported.
It was simply too terrifying.
Judging from the speed Chen Feng had sensed while traveling with Wan Baoyang before, his current speed had completely left Wan Baoyang, who was at the late Third Rank, far behind.
Could this speed have already reached the Fourth Rank?
Delight filled Chen Feng's eyes as he murmured softly.
He had not tested it yet, but he felt that his current speed would likely be considered extremely fast even among Fourth Rank martial artists!
"I wonder how my speed compares to a Fifth Rank Martial Artist?"
Expectancy filled Chen Feng's eyes as he murmured softly.
Meanwhile, the Wind and Cloud Tower Spirit beside him had long since fallen into shock and could not pull himself free!
Only then did Chen Feng look over and respectfully ask, "Senior Tower Spirit, what about the latter half of the Sky Roc's Vertical and Horizontal Technique?"
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