Innate Mastery, Double Penetrating Power!

After Wang Pengwen left, Ye Wudao walked over to Qin Tianlong and asked in a low voice, "Master, if we join forces, can we defeat Zhang Jianye?"

Qin Tianlong shook his head. "It would be difficult!"

"There is a significant difference between the peak and the early stage of the Xiantian Realm. A practitioner at the peak of the Xiantian Realm possesses twice the Xiantian True Qi of one at the early stage, and their attack range is also twice as far."

"If we join forces, we might be able to fight him to a draw or suppress him."

"However, killing him would be very difficult!"

He paused, then continued, "Zhang Jianye is backed by the Liu Family. Even if we could defeat him, we would certainly be no match for the Liu Family's two Grandmasters."

"If what Zhang Jianye said earlier is true, and Liu Shaobai has also reached the early stage of the Grandmaster Realm, then the two Liu brothers combined could even challenge a peak Grandmaster."

"Therefore, unless we have absolute certainty of killing Zhang Jianye, we must not make a move."

"Otherwise, exposing you prematurely would only work against us."

After speaking, he looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "Once this Spirit Rhino Grass harvesting mission is over, you should stop coming to the Rift World."

"I will use my points to exchange for some martial arts techniques and cultivation methods. You can focus on your training inside the prison, and I will stand guard for you."

"Once you advance to the peak of the Xiantian Realm, go to the desert to hunt Tier 3 demonic beasts and strive to become a Gold Demon Slayer."

"The status of a Gold Demon Slayer will provide you with significant assistance."

"I fear we do not have much time left!"

Ye Wudao pursed his lips and whispered, "Understood!"

Over the next few hours, no unusual incidents occurred within the cave.

Five hours later, all the Spirit Rhino Grass in the cave had been harvested.

Ye Wudao had collected 60 stalks in total, earning him 6,000 points according to the rules.

Meanwhile, his three masters gave him all the Spirit Rhino Grass they had harvested, totaling 170 stalks, which amounted to another 17,000 points.

Added to the points he had previously earned from killing demonic beasts, his total Demon Slayer points reached over 25,000, officially promoting him to a Bronze Demon Slayer.

However, he did not go to exchange for a badge; the badge was merely symbolic, and his points were stored in his personal account and would not disappear.

As long as one had enough points, they could be promoted in rank, and even if those points were spent, the rank would not be lowered.

Back in Cell No. 1, Qin Tianlong produced over a dozen Houtian martial arts techniques and two cultivation methods capable of reaching the peak of the Grandmaster Realm.

According to Qin Tianlong, these were all the cultivation methods and martial arts available for exchange within the Demon Slayer system.

He had not exchanged for the other methods that could only be cultivated up to the Xiantian Realm.

He also skipped the martial arts that Ye Wudao had already mastered.

As for the body-tempering techniques, he felt they were of little use and did not exchange for them either.

Four days later, while Ye Wudao was practicing the Overlord Spear, a system notification suddenly rang in his mind.

He opened the system panel and saw that he had advanced to the entry level of the Xiantian Realm!

The next second, a surge of intense heat erupted from his Dantian, and True Qi began to converge within it.

The True Qi in his Dantian began to rotate, and the Houtian True Qi was continuously compressed by this rotation.

"Hum..."

Suddenly, a booming sound that only he could hear echoed in his mind.

In the center of his Dantian, a brand-new form of True Qi was born; it was purer and heavier than the Houtian True Qi.

At that very moment, Ye Wudao felt as if his body were bursting open.

The Xiantian True Qi violently forced his meridians open, doubling their width, and the True Qi surged through them incessantly.

Following that, the Xiantian True Qi began to circulate throughout every part of his body.

Each cycle of circulation made his physical body more refined.

Traces of black impurities were forced out of his body, forming a layer of black, sticky substance on his skin.

This time, the black substance was more abundant and thicker than in previous instances.

When the Xiantian True Qi returned to his Dantian, he slowly opened his eyes.

He raised his right hand, and a wisp of white True Qi condensed in his palm.

Qin Tianlong, who was guarding Ye Wudao, saw this and his eyes lit up. He said in a deep voice, "Try using the Penetrating Power technique to control the Xiantian True Qi!"

Ye Wudao nodded slightly and flicked his hand. That wisp of Xiantian True Qi shot out like a wild horse unleashed, slamming directly into the ground.

"Boom..."

A fist-sized, bottomless black hole appeared at Ye Wudao's feet.

Qin Tianlong raised an eyebrow; Ye Wudao's mastery of Penetrating Power had already far exceeded his own.

He said softly, "Xiantian True Qi can exist outside the body, so you can apply the external projection method of Penetrating Power to it."

"At the same time, when using weapons, you can also coat them with Xiantian True Qi."

"Furthermore, if you can skillfully control your Xiantian True Qi, you can even catch people off guard by unleashing the Xiantian True Qi attached to your weapon using a penetrating force."

"This method is called Double Penetrating Power, and it is even more powerful than directly using penetrating force to trigger Xiantian True Qi."

"However, it is quite difficult to unleash the Xiantian True Qi attached to a weapon using penetrating force."

"After all, you have already converted the penetrating force through the weapon; to then convert the penetrating force on the weapon back into Xiantian True Qi requires an extremely profound understanding of how to project penetrating force outside the body."

"Before my father died, he had only barely touched upon this realm, managing to trigger it once every ten attempts, and he had not yet fully mastered it!"

Ye Wudao nodded, picked up the spear nearby, and attempted to use the method Qin Tianlong had described.

He first attached his True Qi to the spear, then transmitted the penetrating force to the spear, and finally allowed the penetrating force of the spear to transfer into the True Qi, causing the True Qi to be unleashed.

"Bang..."

The next second, the True Qi on the spear suddenly left the weapon and shot violently toward the ground.

A hole the size of a bowl appeared not far in front of Ye Wudao.

Qin Tianlong, standing to the side, watched this scene with his eyes wide open.

"Dou... Double Penetrating Power?"

He looked at Ye Wudao in disbelief.

He had only mentioned it casually just now; after all, even those in the Grandmaster Realm found Double Penetrating Power difficult to master.

This belonged to a deep-level application of penetrating force, even harder than cultivating a Xiantian martial art to perfection.

Yet, Ye Wudao had succeeded on his very first try!

He said in disbelief, "Do it again!"

Ye Wudao nodded. In his view, this Double Penetrating Power was actually not difficult at all.

As long as one grasped the rhythm of the penetrating force, it could be triggered smoothly.

And as it happened, his comprehension of penetrating force had already reached a very high level.

The next second, he condensed his Xiantian True Qi onto the spear, gave it a light flick, and the True Qi was unleashed once more.

Another hole the size of a bowl appeared on the ground.

Qin Tianlong was stunned; he could not believe this was real.

The Double Penetrating Power he had pursued his entire life, Ye Wudao could do it right out of the gate?

At this moment, he felt as if the sky had collapsed!

His faith in his own martial arts talent had crumbled!

He had started practicing martial arts at the age of ten, enduring great hardships in an era when martial arts were just beginning to recover, to reach the point where he was today.

Over these hundred years, he had been praised by countless people as a martial arts genius.

If not for the affairs of the Azure Dragon Gang and the severe injuries he had sustained, he might have already advanced to the Great Perfection of the Xiantian Realm by now.

He had considered his martial arts talent to be quite good; otherwise, he would not have been able to reach the Xiantian Realm.

However, seeing Ye Wudao's cultivation speed rise like a rocket, he realized for the first time that his own martial arts talent could not compare to Ye Wudao's.

Of course, in this world, there was no one who could be mentioned in the same breath as Ye Wudao when it came to martial arts talent!

He watched Ye Wudao grow step by step, and his faith in his own talent collapsed with every step.

Especially since Ye Wudao had learned in a second the penetrating force technique he had studied for half a lifetime without success, he was completely defeated.

Ye Wudao looked at the somewhat dazed Qin Tianlong and said softly, "Master, shall we go to the plaza and spar?"

Hearing this, Qin Tianlong's mouth twitched slightly, and he shook his head. "I'm not going!"

"You have now advanced to the Xiantian Realm, possess Xiantian True Qi, and can even use Double Penetrating Power. If I spar with you, wouldn't I just be asking for trouble?"

"If you hit me with that Double Penetrating Power, wouldn't these old bones of mine fall apart?"

"Focus on practicing your Overlord Spear. Once you cultivate the Overlord Spear to perfection and combine it with Double Penetrating Power, even those at the peak of the Xiantian Realm might not be your match."

Ye Wudao nodded helplessly. Had he known, he wouldn't have demonstrated the Double Penetrating Power.

Now, he couldn't even find a sparring partner.