Meng Jingzhou's Arena Epiphany
"Well done. I was worried that your Swordsmanship fundamentals wouldn't keep up with your current level after advancing to the Golden Core stage, and I wanted to give you some pointers. But it seems I was overthinking it."
"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Senior Sister."
Lu Yang dared not slack off on his basic training. He recalled the early days of his cultivation when his senior sister would play with tofu during the day and take hot baths at night to train his basic skills. If it weren't for the abundance of elixirs and medicines he had prepared, it would be hard to say whether he would have survived.
If his senior sister found out that his basic skills weren't solid, and he had to go through this again... Lu Yang shuddered at the thought.
We absolutely cannot let this happen again!
"Xiao Tao, it's good that you've comprehended the Golden Core of Yin-Yang Transformation from the Twin Lotus and linked it with illusion magic, but don't forget that you also possess Ascension Immortal Body. Don't neglect the development of your Ascension Immortal Body."
"Yes, Senior Sister!"
"Alright, you two can do the battle debriefing when you get back. Let's look at the battle between Xiao Meng and Xiao Man first."
"These two have been fighting for so long?" Tao Yaoye was surprised. She and Lu Yang had been fighting for a long time, but she didn't expect Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu to be even more formidable.
"Both of them are body cultivators, so it's hard to say who will win in a fight." Lu Yang wasn't surprised. Meng Jingzhou's Golden Core was very effective against demons and monsters, but it was useless against Man Gu, who was also a body cultivator.
Man Gu held a Demon Beast leg bone in his hand, a trophy he had acquired in the dense forest from a Nascent Soul Nascent Soul Realm Demon Beast he had killed together with Tao Yaoye.
Man Gu brandished the leg bones of Demon Beast, howling like a savage, his eyes filled with madness and barbarity.
Lu Yang was puzzled. He had never seen Man Gu in this state before, and this behavior didn't seem to match Man Gu's personality.
Man Gu fight with brute force, but they've never been this frenzied, like they're hunting Demon Beast in the wilderness.
Meng Jingzhou was also startled by Man Gu's appearance, missing the initiative in the battle and being suppressed from the beginning. He spent most of his energy on defense and rarely attacked.
Moreover, although Man Gu's fighting style is crazy, upon closer inspection, it seems that this fighting style is both rough and refined, combining offense and defense, and is a fighting style that has been formed after countless tests and improvements.
"Huh, this fighting style looks so familiar! It's just like the barbarians I've encountered before. They swarm forward with stones and bones, smashing the enemy's brains out!" The Immortal Fairy was very excited when she saw something familiar.
Lu Yang asked in surprise, "Is this the fighting style of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe? But I've heard that the fighting style of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe has been lost?"
The problem of discontinuing the lineage of barbarian tribes is also very serious, with very few records of High Antiquity times.
"Have you forgotten? I blessed the bloodline of the Man Gu. If Demon Beast can impart Divine Ability abilities and talents through bloodlines, then I, this immortal, can certainly do the same!"
When Demon Beast reaches a certain level, the inherited power hidden in its bloodline will be unlocked, allowing the Demon Beast to learn its innate Divine Ability.
The "devouring" of the Taotie clan and the "bewitching" of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan are both examples of this.
The purer the bloodline, the earlier the power of inheritance is unlocked.
"By the way, what kind of Golden Core did the Man Gu form?" Lu Yang turned to ask Tao Yaoye, "There's no need to keep it a secret now, is there?"
"It should be like mine, Golden Core that didn't exist before. I think it's called something like the Ancestor Pill, which can summon the spirits of our ancestors to possess us and help us in battle."
"That's incredible?!" Lu Yang exclaimed in surprise. "Doesn't this mean the souls of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe are still alive?"
Yun Zhi slowly shook her head. "It's not what you think. Only immortals have the ability to keep their souls intact for 300,000 years."
"What's the deal with those Man Gu?"
"Although the souls of the Man Gu's ancestors dissipated and returned to heaven and earth, the Man Gu's ancestors and the Man Gu were connected by blood. The ancestors sensed the existence of the Barbarians and reassembled a portion of the souls that had disappeared from heaven and earth. Following the bloodline of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe, they descended into the Man Gu's body. However, this method of possession was more out of instinct and lacked intelligence."
Lu Yang thought of the Immortal Fairy; this was somewhat similar to the Immortal Fairy's method, but far less heaven-defying.
"So Meng Jingzhou's opponent isn't Man Gu, but an entire Ancient Barbarian Tribe?" Lu Yang felt that Meng Jingzhou was in for a tough time.
The Ancient Barbarian Tribe race followed the Immortal Fairy, fighting as frequently as eating, and each of them had rich combat experience. How could Meng Jingzhou possibly be a match for them?
On the stage, Meng Jingzhou was beaten down step by step, and neither the Arhat Fist nor the Six Forms of Heaven Shaking were effective.
The Man Gu's eyes were lifeless, having been completely taken over by the ancestors of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe; he fought entirely on instinct.
In terms of physical strength, Meng Jingzhou was slightly stronger than Man Gu, but Man Gu was Man Gu experienced.
The ancestors of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe had accumulated hundreds of thousands of years of combat experience; how could Meng Jingzhou possibly compare?
Although Man Gu had the upper hand and was pressing Meng Jingzhou, he couldn't truly defeat Meng Jingzhou for the time being.
"Doesn't Meng Jingzhou look a little off?"
Meng Jingzhou felt himself trapped in a strange state. Inside his body, the two single Golden Core sensed the Golden Core of the Man Gu and, as if provoked, began to spin uncontrollably, like two small suns, warming his body and making him feel clear and transparent. His acupoints opened up, and each acupoint was absorbing and releasing Spiritual Qi.
As the two Golden Core spun, Meng Jingzhou's mind went blank, and his past experiences entered his mind one by one.
Past experiences condensed to their limit, then suddenly a roar erupted in my mind, like an explosion.
Meng Jingzhou shook his head, feeling that the world was clearer than ever before.
"Did you just achieve enlightenment and comprehend a set of fist techniques?"
Meng Jingzhou clenched his fist, somewhat incredulous.
He had heard that enlightenment was a rare and precious state, something most cultivators would never experience in their entire lives. He was only at the Golden Core stage, and he had already attained enlightenment?
Moreover, judging from what he just experienced, were the two single Golden Core helping him comprehend the Dao?
"I knew my Single Golden Core was invincible!"
Meng Jingzhou mentally rehearsed the boxing technique he had just performed, his expression strange.
"This boxing style seems to be..."
"Stop!" Meng Jingzhou reached out and stopped the attacking Man Gu.
"I've just figured out a set of fist techniques. If you barbarian ancestors insist on fighting, don't blame me for using this set of fist techniques!"
Man Gu stood there, stunned, as if wanting to hear what else Meng Jingzhou had to say.
"The fist technique I've come to understand involves the power of cause and effect, the power of Curse, and also carries the lingering resentment of my single lineage!"
"Anyone who gets hit by my fist will be like me for life, forever single. It's a karmic Curse!"
"I've named it the Singles Curse Fist!"
"This must be the innate fist technique of a dual-stage Golden Core cultivator!"
"If you're willing to let Man Gu take this punch, you can continue attacking me!"
The ancestors of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe quickly jumped off the arena with their Man Gu bodies to admit defeat.
Their instincts told them that Meng Jingzhou was telling the truth!