The Restless Heart Settles, Spear Intent is Born

Park, open space.

There were no pedestrians around.

Only a young man wielded a long spear in a wild dance.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The spear howled through the air, leaving behind piercing sounds of tearing wind in the woods.

It was none other than Xu Yue, who had stormed away in anger.

Of course, he knew that what he had just done was not only rude, but would also draw the attention of Mu Chen, Mu Xi, and the others.

But he truly had no way to remain calm and speak eloquently in front of Tang Wulin.

No, strictly speaking, it was not Tang Wulin.

It was Tang San's divine thought, which had always protected him within Tang Wulin's sea of consciousness.

He could not laugh and chat merrily before the mastermind responsible for his parents' deaths.

That was right—his parents had fallen on the battlefield against the Abyss.

Logically speaking, his enemy should have been the Abyss that had invaded Douluo Continent.

But others might not know. How could he not?

The Abyss's invasion had been Tang San's doing from the very beginning.

The towering blood debt accumulated over the past several thousand years by the countless soldiers who had died on the front lines—

All of it should have been laid at the feet of Tang San, the mastermind behind it all.

If not for his selfish desires, how could Douluo Continent have been trapped in a millennia-long struggle against the Abyss?

He saved the people from fire and water—but where had that fire and water come from in the first place?

The common people did not need to know, was that it?

After all, everyone on Douluo Continent only needed to remember that defeating the Abyss was entirely the credit of the Tang God King.

As for why he had left just now, it was because he was afraid.

He feared that if he lost control, he would condense Vortex Vanquisher and thrust it straight at Tang Wulin.

He could not yet bear the consequences that would follow.

"Haha... Tang San..."

At that thought, killing intent surfaced in Xu Yue's eyes, and a mocking laugh escaped his lips.

As his emotions reached a fever pitch, he swung Vortex Vanquisher even more fiercely.

The spear swept sideways, its forceful wind surging outward. At the spearhead, a dark golden dragon shadow faintly condensed.

As for Tang Wulin, Under Tang Ziran and Lang Yue's guidance, he was still a fairly decent, normal person for the time being.

However, that was only for now.

Once he came into greater contact with Shrek and the Tang Sect, especially after learning of his own origins, He would still erupt with the revolting traits of the Tang family bloodline and become absurd.

Of course, that was something that would happen in the future.

Even though Xu Yue knew it, he would not forcibly pin things that had yet to happen onto the present Tang Wulin.

It was like traveling back into the past.

Even if you knew someone would become a murderer in the future, if he was still law-abiding now, You could not forcibly place future crimes onto someone who had not yet committed them.

But even so, there was no way he could become friends with Tang Wulin.

No matter what, he was still Tang San's son.

"Tang Wulin, I hope you make the right choice in the future. Otherwise..."

The anger Tang San had stirred within Xu Yue grew ever stronger, and his voice became increasingly low and heavy.

"I don't mind... adding another soul to the dead beneath my hands."

By then, the Thousand Rock Spear Art in his hands had already been pushed to its limit.

Even without deliberate control, extreme earth elemental energy began to gather.

Streams of black-red gravity beams continuously burst forth from Vortex Vanquisher.

It was a move from the Thousand Rock Spear Art that he had created himself.

Mind Ape: Menogias.

The next moment, the warped space suddenly froze.

With Xu Yue at its center, the ground within a radius of eighty meters abruptly sank two or three centimeters.

Yet he did not unleash the spear stance in his hand.

Instead, it slowed from swift to gradual, suddenly coming to a halt before he heavily planted it into the ground.

At that moment, the fury in Xu Yue's heart instantly subsided.

When the heart ape settled, all anger vanished.

In an instant, not a trace of stray noise remained by Xu Yue's ears, and his mind became incomparably tranquil.

His spiritual power surged and condensed like an ocean tide.

Time quietly passed in this atmosphere.

Who knew how long it had been.

Boom!

Accompanied by a thunderclap within his mind, a weighty will was born.

"So this is the spear intent realm Teacher Yang spoke of?"

In this state, Xu Yue's mind was exceptionally active, and he immediately recalled the lessons Yang Xiong had taught.

All cultivation of martial arts—whether fist techniques, sword arts, spear arts, or anything else—could not escape the three great realms of Intent, Soul, and Spirit.

Although this was a system compiled by the continent's experts over the past several thousand years, that did not mean it had not existed in more distant eras.

For example, Ji Juechen from ten thousand years ago had once stepped onto this path through his own efforts.

Likewise, Mu En's Sovereign's Descent, which fused willpower and spiritual power, could rightly be called fist intent.

It was only that in those days, such realms were reached by supreme geniuses through their own talent, and they did not even have a unified name.

And now, driven to extreme rage by his encounter with Tang San, he had successfully crossed from the level of technique into the realm of intent.

The spear intent he had comprehended through the Heart Ape Spear could also be called Rock Spear Intent or Heart Ape Spear Intent.

When the heart ape was still, all anger subsided.

When the heart was like unyielding rock, it remained unmoved for ten thousand years.

When the heart ape raged, rocks shattered and the heavens shook.

The earth shifted, and the world overturned.

"However, the world nurtured by a single star possesses far more than just the element of earth. There are wind and lightning, water and fire."

"My intent still has a long way to go. Perhaps once I perfect the Thousand Rock Spear Art I envision, I will naturally enter the Soul realm."

With that thought, Xu Yue slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a long breath of stale air.

His deep, prolonged breath even stirred the fallen leaves pressed flat against the ground.

Just then.

A woman's voice, full of concern and worry, suddenly rang out.

"A-Yue, how do you... feel now?"

Xu Yue slowly turned around, revealing his usual smile.

"Sister Mu Xi, I comprehended spear intent."

But the moment he finished speaking, Mu Xi's soft, delicate body, trembling slightly, rushed into his embrace as her arms tightly wrapped around him.

"You suddenly left, and I thought you..."

Mu Xi's trembling voice abruptly stopped against his neck. She then relaxed, saying only softly:

"It's good that you're all right!"

Xu Yue looked at the beauty in his arms, apology filling his eyes. His earlier abnormal behavior had truly frightened Mu Xi badly.

"I'm sorry, Sister Mu Xi, for making you..."

But before he could finish, dizziness washed over him.

If Mu Xi had not been holding him, he might have staggered and fallen.

"A-Yue, what's wrong?"

Mu Xi noticed the abnormality and asked worriedly.

"It's nothing. It should just be the aftereffects of comprehending spear intent," Xu Yue said uncertainly.

He could indeed feel that both his spiritual power and soul power were somewhat weakened.

"Serves you right for showing off." Mu Xi gave him a dissatisfied yet distressed slap. "You stood there for an entire hour."

Xu Yue was startled upon hearing that.

He truly had not noticed the passage of time outside.

"Come with me."

Soon, Mu Xi led him to a reclining bench in the park.

"Sister Mu Xi, I'm fine. There's no need for this, right?"

"Shut up!"

Under Mu Xi's insistence, Xu Yue could only obediently rest his head on her long, fair thighs.

A soft sensation blossomed beneath the back of his head, while a faint fragrance lingered constantly at the tip of his nose.

In that instant, Xu Yue felt the exhaustion in both his body and mind completely ease away, leaving him utterly relaxed.