Devouring the Starry Sky: Cultivation Makes Me Stronger

Those who knew him well understood.

The current Li Yao was a true vulture. Before its prey died, a vulture would watch coldly from the side like this!

Ever since Limitless Martial Arts Academy had released him, he had become taciturn. Other than eating and sleeping, he spent every day training madly in the martial arts hall. In just two short months, he had already ruined two battle sabers.

One could imagine just how desperately he was pushing himself!

Beneath the calm surface of the lake surged an incomparably terrifying power, waiting to erupt!

Yet no one knew whether the fury Li Yao was about to unleash would burn his enemies to ashes, or turn around and set himself ablaze instead.

By April, Luo Shen's life had not changed much.

Every day was still the same routine.

As for Limitless Martial Arts Academy's reward, Luo Shen had received it on the last day of March.

Other than the Black God Suit, what Luo Shen cared about most was choosing three complete sets of secret manuals. He chose another Ultimate Secret Technique, "Annihilation," as well as "Phantom Blade Technique" and "Wave Breaking Saber Art," the saber techniques second only to Nine Heavens Thunder Blade!

He chose Annihilation because he naturally wanted to follow Hong's path and comprehend a domain.

As for the other two saber arts, they were meant to deepen his foundation in the saber, since his second saber move had yet to be fully perfected.

As last month's top-ranked trainee.

Throughout April, Luo Shen had ninety hours in the Gravity Chamber and ninety hours in the Trial Tower. This meant he could use Ancient Civilization Instruments for three hours every day.

Training in the Gravity Chamber accelerated the improvement of his physical fitness.

The Trial Tower, meanwhile, helped Luo Shen gain more inspiration and insight into saber techniques.

Nurture the saber through battle!

He studied Ultimate Secret Techniques such as Annihilation and Nine Heavens Thunder Blade while seeking inspiration from ordinary saber manuals, then practiced them in the Trial Tower, advancing steadily step by step.

Constant accumulation, constant flashes of inspiration.

Through slaughter after slaughter in the Trial Tower, Luo Shen gradually refined the many insights that had surfaced during this period, keeping the essence and discarding the dross before finally merging them into his saber art.

The 14th.

While Luo Shen was locked in fierce combat with Golden Vultures in Stage C of the third floor, inspiration suddenly struck. The Ghost Shadow Battle Blade in his hand instinctively slashed out, and the blade, accompanied by the howl of wind and thunder, completely tore apart a Golden Vulture swooping toward him.

It was this strike.

That allowed Luo Shen to break free from the confines of Nine Heavens Thunder Blade and create a strike even stronger than the ninth level!

The second move, Wind Thunder Galloping Star, had reached perfection—7.5 times explosive power!

Wind Thunder Galloping Star's breakthrough was only the beginning. Like intertwined ropes, one breakthrough drove breakthroughs in other areas. On that same day, his mastery of saber techniques reached the limit of the Grand Perfection level, and his saber art completely entered the Artistic Conception Level!

The saber contained wind and thunder—the Wind Thunder Artistic Conception!

Virtual space, independent plane.

Using his Inspector privileges, Inspector Wang opened a private battle space, and the system generated an independent arena.

Across the plain stretching thousands of meters in every direction, black rubble and broken stones covered the ground. Dark clouds hung heavily in the sky, fierce winds howled, muffled thunder rumbled faintly, and threads of lightning darted through the storm clouds.

Luo Shen wore a combat uniform and held his battle saber as he stood facing Inspector Wang.

One of the rewards listed under Limitless Martial Arts Academy's second condition was that, once the requirements were met, he could seek guidance from an Inspector once.

Of the five Inspectors of Limitless Martial Arts Academy, Inspector Wang was the only one Luo Shen had ever met. Moreover, he was the only one stationed at the Elite Training Camp, so Luo Shen chose him.

Of course, seeking guidance was only a pretext.

His main purpose was to test exactly what level his strength had reached.

With Artistic Conception Level saber techniques, Unity of Man and Nature movement techniques, and Wind Thunder Galloping Star's 7.5 times explosive power, there were probably few War Gods who could fight him on equal footing.

But Inspector Wang was different.

Every one of the older generation of Planetary level experts had experienced countless battles and excavated their inner potential before finally stepping into the Planetary level. Their combat experience was incomparably rich, and their realms were extremely high!

Inspector Wang was one of the very best among them!

At the Artistic Conception Level, one began to merge with nature and become part of it—explosive like fire, elegant like wind, fierce like thunder, ever-changing like water... all were traits of artistic conception.

When artistic conception reached its pinnacle, one could faintly touch upon Unity of Man and Nature.

The realm of Unity of Man and Nature!

Not to mention War God-level experts—even among Councillors, few had reached such a realm. Yet Inspector Wang was one of them!

Moreover, both his saber techniques and movement techniques had entered the realm of Unity of Man and Nature!

Even without using special abilities.

His terrifying saber techniques and movement techniques alone were enough to crush countless War Gods!

And in virtual space, everyone had the same physical fitness. Only combat techniques such as saber arts, movement techniques, and force amplitude differed, allowing them to be freely displayed.

"Luo Shen!"

Inspector Wang slowly paced forward, and Luo Shen keenly sensed an invisible, majestic aura gathering around him.

This was Inspector Wang's special aura!

It could also be regarded as a method of using spiritual power. However, methods of using spiritual power on Earth were still rather rudimentary, and aura suppression was merely the simplest and crudest form.

Yet Luo Shen still stood firm, as fierce and unyielding as a saber.

The sharp youthful spirit around him seemed capable of cleaving through everything in the world, completely unaffected by Inspector Wang's aura suppression!

Although his saber techniques were a level below the other man's, and his movement techniques could not match Inspector Wang's years of mastery, Luo Shen had his own advantage as well—the explosive power that surpassed Grand Perfection Nine Heavens Thunder Blade!

Boom!

Inspector Wang stepped forward, instantly crossing dozens of meters.

His saber flashed down like a bolt of lightning!

At their level, saber moves themselves had become secondary. The simplest slash contained the most profound principles, accounting for every possible reaction from the enemy. There was nowhere to hide, nowhere to evade!

Its power was equally terrifying!

Yet Luo Shen, whose movement techniques had also reached Unity of Man and Nature, felt no fear at all!

Movement technique—Flowing Light!

His body flickered like lightning, his battle saber roared like thunder, and his blade light flashed through the mist like lightning before directly meeting Inspector Wang's slash. At the same time, his 7.5 times force amplitude erupted completely!

Blade lights crossed!

In an instant, several slashes collided in rapid succession.

The first exchange completely changed Inspector Wang's expression. He immediately put away his disdain and became fully serious.

At the beginning, Luo Shen could clearly feel the advantage of his explosive power.

However, starting from the second and third strikes, as Inspector Wang became fully serious and began displaying his exquisite saber techniques, Luo Shen started to struggle.

One moment, the attacks were as fierce as thunder; the next, they became as gentle as a breeze.

The speed at which those two utterly different styles shifted made Luo Shen feel as though he were about to cough up blood. Like the Great Sage Equaling Heaven bound by a tightening headband, every movement he made was constrained.

Saber techniques at the realm of Unity of Man and Nature were truly terrifying!

This was only saber technique at the realm of Unity of Man and Nature. If it were Hong, who had stepped into a domain, how could he possibly deal with him?

The more Luo Shen fought, the more excited he became.

Though he was clearly at a disadvantage, his thoughts grew increasingly active. One ingenious move after another flowed from his hands, bursting with unparalleled fighting spirit.

Inspector Wang, however, became more alarmed with every exchange.

Although he could not compare with the five Great Councillors and was even far inferior to second-echelon experts like Jia Yi, among first-level Planetary level experts, his strength could at least rank in the top five!

In particular, the perfect fusion of his movement techniques and saber techniques had earned even the Head Curator's praise.

Yet against a youngster like Luo Shen, even after he pushed the saber techniques and movement techniques he took such pride in to their limits, he could only gain a slight upper hand.

And Luo Shen's explosive power was truly astonishing!

Even he, with a body amplitude of 5, was steadily suppressed by Luo Shen. No wonder Luo Shen had reached the top of the Black Dragon Ranking in his first month after entering the camp. With such force, perhaps only the Second Great Councillor could contend with him.

Inspector Wang realized.

With the potential Luo Shen had displayed, remaining in the Elite Training Camp was absolutely a waste of time.

The Training Camp had far too little to offer Luo Shen!

This had to be reported as soon as possible!

On the morning of the 29th, spring rain drifted down, bringing a slight chill.

As expected.

Luo Shen once again took first place on the rankings this month.