The Marvelous Use of Drawing Ground as Prison, Exclusive Divine Weapon!

The sun began to dip toward the west.

The students in the training hall gradually dispersed.

Chen Yan let out a seemingly innocent little yawn and rubbed his eyes.

He then clutched his small drawing board and waddled off on his short legs toward his nursery.

The other students paid no mind to Chen Yan's movements.

However, had Wang Anguo been present, he would have been shocked to discover that the moment Chen Yan took a step, his aura completely merged with the surrounding environment.

With the Shadow Concealment skill running at full capacity, he had become more than just visually inconspicuous.

He had reduced his aura, body heat, and even his very sense of presence to the absolute minimum.

Never mind ordinary martial artists; even the surveillance cameras in the training hall would only show a static, unremarkable corner in their feedback, utterly unable to capture his true trajectory.

It was precisely by relying on this divine stealth technique that Chen Yan could so securely conduct his far-from-ordinary "training" right under everyone's noses.

Returning to his private nursery, he shut the door behind him, and the laziness on Chen Yan's face vanished in an instant.

He picked up a brush, dipped it into special pigments, and with a fluid, practiced motion, dashed a scene onto the blank paper.

With just a few strokes, a scene identical to the Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall training ground downstairs—yet with details more concise and focused—leaped onto the page.

Immediately after, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a thread of pure mental energy flowed like a trickling stream into the painting.

Hum—

The paper moved without a breeze, gently floating into mid-air.

Then, it emitted a barely audible "pop."

It shattered quietly like a bubble, dissolving into tiny, crystalline specks of light that vanished into the air.

Yet, at the very moment the paper shattered, the scene around Chen Yan turned upside down!

The cozy decor of the nursery disappeared, replaced by an open, bright training ground with familiar soft mats covering the floor.

Its size, layout, and even the equipment placed in the corners were identical to the core area of the training hall downstairs.

Only, it was cleaner, private, and completely empty.

Drawing Ground as Prison!

This was the brand-new application Chen Yan had just grasped after advancing his Image Projection Scroll to the Great Completion stage.

It was no longer just about making the objects in the painting "move" or imbuing them with a hint of spirit.

Using the painting as a conduit and mental energy as the foundation, he had briefly opened a miniature mental space independent of reality!

Though it could not be maintained for long and could not bring other living beings in or out, it was a divine skill for undisturbed training, practicing techniques, or even evading danger!

Perhaps, it could even be used to trap enemies!

As expected, this is the true essence of the "Image Projection" after reaching Great Completion!

Chen Yan felt the surge of ambition in his heart as he sensed this space entirely under his own control.

Here, he could unleash his full power without any reservations.

He did not hesitate, immediately beginning to practice the Mountain-Suppressing Yellow Fist within this mental training ground.

Every punch and every stance strove for perfection.

His blood and qi surged, and his fists whistled through the air.

Compared to the practice of the students downstairs, he was more than ten times as diligent.

You are practicing a fist technique! Arrow Barrage proficiency +1!

Before learning the Mountain-Suppressing Yellow Fist, Arrow Barrage, while fast, was essentially just wild, instinctive striking based on speed.

At best, it was a reinforced version of a rapid-fire Turtle Fist.

It had the momentum but lacked a core.

Now, however, the situation was vastly different.

Standing within the mental space he had drawn himself, Chen Yan's swinging fists already possessed a sense of structure.

The core of those seemingly rain-dense fist shadows had quietly changed.

The force behind every punch carried the faint, heavy, and condensed weight of the Mountain-Suppressing Yellow Fist drawing upon the Earth Vein Power.

It was just a pity...

Perhaps because he was inside a painting, the attempt to draw upon the Earth Vein Power failed.

Even so...

Arrow Barrage was no longer a light, hollow feint.

As his arms rotated in alternation, they secretly aligned with the steady foundation of the Yellow Fist's stance training.

This gave his storm-like barrage a solid support, no longer easily shaken by external forces.

Only now did his practice truly carry the weight of "training."

It was no longer the chaotic flailing of a child at play, but rather the "intent" of a high-level martial art fused into the "form" of a basic skill, breathing a soul into it.

Precisely because of this, the proficiency growth rate of [Arrow Barrage] had seen a remarkably significant increase compared to before!

Every punch felt like tempering a piece of refined steel, stripping away the dross to reveal the essence; the efficiency was far beyond what it had been in the past.

As expected, a ten-thousand-foot tower rises from the ground!

The way high-level martial arts supplement and sublimate basic skills is truly immense.

Just as high-quality materials could accelerate the progress bar of the [Image Projection Scroll], high-level martial arts could accelerate the progress of [Arrow Barrage]!

Chen Yan felt a sudden clarity, his understanding of his own martial path deepening by another layer.

He settled his heart, devoting himself even more focusedly to this dull yet deeply fulfilling grand undertaking of "grinding progress."

Suddenly, a crisp "ding" in his mind startled Chen Yan out of his meditative state.

[Ding! The limited-time hidden mission 'Blue Star Defense War' has been completed!]

Chen Yan froze, his small face filled with astonishment.

"Completed? I... I haven't even made a move yet?"

For the past month, other than burying himself in cultivation, he had been playing the part of a well-behaved child.

At most, he had quietly devoured a few low-level Spirit Race members who had delivered themselves to his doorstep just to whet his appetite...

How could the limited-time mission be completed just like that?

Could it be that after I devoured that Spirit Race 'Scout-734', I scared them off? Did they run away out of fear?

He was suspicious, feeling that these Spirit Race members were far too cowardly.

Just then, the emotionless system prompt sounded again, providing a detailed breakdown of the settlement:

[Mission Completion Analysis:]

[Due to the Host's early consumption of Spirit Race members, which indirectly prompted Wang Jian to report the anomaly, and the subsequent chain reaction including Grandmaster Wang's arrival in Jiang City, the East Continent Alliance Supreme Council has pre-emptively designated Jiang City as a high-priority area.]

[Drawing on the painful lessons from historical beast invasions, the Alliance leadership resolved to uphold the principle of 'prevention over remedy,' deciding to nip any potential crisis in the bud.]

[Over the past month, the Jiang City Special Investigation Team (led by Captain Chen Kefa), under the personal oversight and guidance of Grandmaster Wang Anguo, utilized top-level clearance to conduct an unprecedented, dragnet-style sweep of Jiang City and its surrounding areas, codenamed 'Scavenger.']

[Ultimately, deep within the abandoned 'No. 3 Underground Ecological Experimental Base' on the outskirts of the city, they successfully located and completely destroyed a 'Spirit Realm Rift' (an unstable passage) that had already begun to take shape and was at the critical point of activation.]

[This operation has fundamentally dismantled the Spirit Race's initial invasion plan targeting the Jiang City area.]

[The large-scale Spirit Race invasion crisis (Jiang City area) has been temporarily averted!]

[Host's comprehensive contribution rating: Excellent (Although you did not directly participate in the final operation, as the initial trigger and key driver of all events, your contribution is outstanding.)]

[Mission Reward Obtained: Growth-type Divine Weapon -- 'Myriad Phenomena Painting Brush'!]

[Reward Description: This brush is suspected to be related to the lost traces of the 'Painting Saint.' The shaft is carved from 'Boundless Wood' nurtured in chaos, and the bristles are taken from the birth hair of a 'Conceptual Beast' at its inception.]

[It is not a weapon of slaughter in the traditional sense, but an instrument of 'creation' and 'definition.']

[It can continuously unlock new forms and abilities as the Host's realm improves and the 'Image Projection Scroll' skill advances.]

[Current form: A seemingly ordinary wooden paintbrush.]

As the system prompt faded, Chen Yan felt a rustic wooden paintbrush quietly appear in his system space.

"So that's how it is..."

Chen Yan suddenly understood, a sense of emotion stirring within him.

The wings of this little butterfly had truly stirred up a storm behind the scenes, prompting official forces to act early and eliminate a great catastrophe.

"That's fine, it saves me from having to take risks myself."

"But this reward... 'Myriad Phenomena Painting Brush'?"

Chen Yan's attention was immediately captured by the newly acquired divine weapon.

"Creation... and... definition?"

It looked unremarkable, but when he touched it with his consciousness, he could feel a vastness and agility as if it could outline the very origin of the world.

"Sounds incredibly badass! And it can grow—now my path of painting... no, my path of 'Image Projection,' finally has a decent piece of exclusive equipment!"

"Excellent! Next step: I will become the most badass painter in the entire universe!"

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