Dragon Elephant Power!

Name: Tang Jie

Martial Arts: Boyhood Art (Red Sun Art, 6%), Golden Bell Shield (Tenth Gate, 2%), Iron Cutting Saber Art (Mastery, 47%), Basic Flying Knife (Peak Mastery, 25%), Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art (First Layer, 1%)

Potential Points: 52

Tang Jie glanced at his attribute panel, and astonishment appeared on his face as well. "Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art increased my Potential Points by two after I'd only cultivated the first layer?"

The amount by which Potential Points increased depended on the difficulty of the martial art being cultivated. If the art was of low difficulty, then even mastering a profound realm would have trouble increasing one's Potential Points. But for martial arts of high difficulty, every breakthrough would yield more Potential Points.

Clearly, Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art was judged to be an extremely difficult martial art. The first layer alone had granted Tang Jie two Potential Points!

Tang Jie clenched his fists. After mastering the first layer of Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, he could clearly feel that his strength had increased somewhat. Although it had not undergone a qualitative transformation, this was only the first layer!

The body was the foundation of a martial artist. A stronger body meant greater strength and faster speed, and naturally, faster and fiercer saber strikes. Tang Jie felt that once he cultivated Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art to perfection, combined with his profound cultivation and transcendent saber skills, even if he faced a troublesome opponent like the old monk with white eyebrows again, he could kill him with a single saber stroke!

"Continue!"

Tang Jie was extremely invigorated and continued cultivating Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art.

Within Tang Jie's body, that Dragon Elephant Power constantly sprouted, tempering his body and making it even more powerful!

Two days later, Tang Jie's Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art successfully entered the second layer!

He glanced at his attribute panel. His Potential Points had increased by another three!

"If this continues, once my Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art reaches the profound realms, my Potential Points will also surge forward and grow by a huge amount!" Tang Jie rejoiced.

A month passed, and Tang Jie's Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art broke through into the fifth layer!

If the old monk with white eyebrows learned of Tang Jie's progress in cultivating Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, he would surely feel an urge to vomit blood.

For an ordinary-talented person, entering the beginner stage of Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art required one to two years. The old monk with white eyebrows had been able to enter the Esoteric Sect for further study because his martial aptitude was exceptionally outstanding, yet even he had spent around a month mastering the first layer of Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art. Later, because he had been unable to make progress for a long time, he had finally steeled his heart and drunk tea steeped with a demon's heart.

But what about Tang Jie? He had cultivated Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art to the fifth layer in one month. This speed was simply so fast that it was hard to believe!

Cultivating Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art consumed an enormous amount of one's qi and blood, because the Dragon Elephant Power that strengthened the body mainly originated from within the body itself. To practice Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, one had to eat highly nourishing food at every meal to replenish oneself.

But Tang Jie was different. After his Boyhood Art had reached the realm of Red Sun Art, the speed at which his vital essence was generated became astonishingly fast. Whenever his vital essence was consumed, more would continuously be produced to replenish it, as though he were eating century-old lingzhi and millennium-old ginseng every day. Even while cultivating Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, he could maintain a balance and avoid depleting his qi and blood.

Boyhood Art was not the strongest of Bodhidharma's four divine arts, but it was a divine art that laid the foundation for a martial artist. As time passed, its accumulated strength would erupt, and one's cultivation would grow increasingly profound!

While cultivating Dragon-Elephant Prajna Art, Tang Jie did not forget to practice his other martial arts.

Dragon Claw Hand, Great Teleportation Movement Technique, and Kasaya Demon Subduing Art all required ordinary people to spend a great deal of time studying before they could delve deeply into them. But for Tang Jie, whose aptitude and talent far surpassed those of so-called genius martial artists, mastering the basics and becoming proficient in these arts was effortless.

Boom, boom, boom!

In the courtyard, Tang Jie practiced his martial arts. At times, his five fingers formed claws, tearing through the air and erupting with sharp cracking sounds. At times, his figure flashed and teleported several feet through empty space. At times, he swung the garment in his hand, making it as sharp as a blade and as heavy as a club!

Tang Jie immersed himself in arduous cultivation. He had obtained more than three hundred spirit stones, enough to keep the Spirit Gathering Plate running for a very long time.

On top of that, the profound cultivation of Boyhood Art allowed the vital essence he expended to be replenished continuously. Even under such intense cultivation, he could bear it completely!

Time flowed by second after second. Although the days of cultivation were bitter, Tang Jie enjoyed them. Every time he experienced the progress he had made, all his efforts felt worthwhile.

Amid this arduous cultivation, a year and two months passed in the blink of an eye. To Tang Jie, this desolate and uninhabited Great Green Mountain had become a quiet, secluded holy land of cultivation!

On this day, a group of uninvited guests arrived in Great Green Mountain.

"Bull Devil King... lives in this godforsaken barren mountain?"

Four people walked along the weed-choked mountain path of Great Green Mountain. A burly man with a saber at his waist, rough skin, and thick, long limbs frowned deeply as he led the way. He spoke doubtfully.

"After all, Bull Devil King is a martial arts expert. Experts... like to seclude themselves in barren mountains."

Another man, slender and carrying a long sword at his waist, spoke up.

"Young Master, do we really need Bull Devil King's help? The three of us are only one step away from the Grandmaster realm. With the three of us joining forces, Bull Devil King might not even be our match, to say nothing of the fact that we've also hired a cultivator." The Bearded Man, whose waist was wrapped with a chain and whose muscles were as hard as refined steel, frowned.

The person addressed as Young Master was a youth dressed in white and holding a folding fan. He was a beautiful young man with a face like carved jade and crystalline, fair skin. He was so handsome that he seemed unreal. Not only women—even men would stare blankly when they saw him.

The beautiful young man in white spoke softly. "One more person means one more share of strength. Bull Devil King was able to exterminate the vicious Blood Cloud Bandits single-handedly, so his reputation is certainly not undeserved. In any case... let's meet him first and see what he's really like before deciding."

"Then let me, Tieshan, be the first to test him!"

The burly man nodded and chuckled, his face alight with excitement. He was eager to see whether the Bull Devil King who had been described as almost mythical truly lived up to his reputation!

"What was that sound?"

It had just rained, leaving Great Green Mountain somewhat damp. Suddenly, the young man in white twitched his ears. It seemed he had heard something, and he sped toward a certain direction.

The other three hurried after him.

"Roar!"

The group passed through a stretch of forest and saw a broad stream in the distance. Because it had just rained, the water surged forward like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins.

What drew the four men's attention was a black-haired young man standing in the middle of the stream. He appeared to be around twenty years old. His upper body was bare, revealing sturdy, battle-hardened muscles, while his lower body was immersed in the rushing water. He stood perfectly still like a rock.

Just as the young man in white and the others were wondering what was happening, the black-haired young man suddenly moved. He opened his eyes, gripped a thin garment in his right hand, and abruptly lashed it toward the raging current ahead!

"Crack!"

The garment tore through the air and actually produced a sonic boom like the snap of firecrackers. It was hard to imagine that such a fragile garment could make such a sound!

Yet the more shocking part came afterward.

"Bang!"

The garment seemed to carry terrifying divine force as it slammed heavily into the rushing stream. It was like a shell exploding, producing a thunderous boom. A huge crater four or five meters in diameter suddenly caved into the water's surface, remaining there for a long time before closing.

"Boom!"

The force carried by the garment was exaggerated to the extreme. It actually forced the stream surging forward like a wild horse to roll back, rising like a wave to a height of seven or eight zhang!

It was impossible to imagine that such power could erupt from a human being!