Thousand Rock Spear Art: Second Form, Spiral Coil: Menogias! Level Thirty-Six!

Boom! Boom!

Even though the powerful typhoon had yet to make landfall, the storm winds it carried had already begun to rage.

Winds above Force 9 whipped the sea into a frenzy, with waves several meters high crashing against the coastline built from massive boulders.

The shore should have been deserted.

Yet at this moment, someone stood there calmly, gazing at the near sea before him, a scene like the end of the world.

It was none other than Xu Yue.

The wind swept the curtain-like rain sideways, soaking the earth.

In weather like this, an ordinary umbrella was completely useless.

The rain and the fishy, salty sea wind made him frown slightly, but Xu Yue paid it little mind.

With a flash of soul light, a silver box, twenty centimeters long and wide, suddenly appeared in Xu Yue's hand. Rain struck its surface, producing a series of hissing sounds.

Even without touching it himself, the sound of the rain alone was enough to reveal the surging heat radiating from the object inside.

Xu Yue quickly opened the lid, revealing its contents.

It was a gelatinous object flowing with a golden sheen, its surface glistening with tiny beads of oil.

It was a premium piece of whale jelly more than twenty thousand years old.

It had originally been something Guang Biao intended to use to temper his body and raise his spirit ring to the ten-thousand-year level, laying a solid foundation for his future breakthrough to Soul Sage.

But in order to settle the aftermath of Guang Long's affair, he had no choice but to offer this piece of whale jelly as compensation to placate Xu Yue.

Although Xu Yue's body had been tempered by gravity to far surpass that of ordinary Soul Masters at the same level, such a premium ten-thousand-year whale jelly could still provide him with a considerable boost.

With the storm raging as it was, even human body heat was rapidly draining away—let alone heated whale jelly.

Xu Yue did not hesitate. He immediately tore off a piece.

The scalding whale jelly entered his mouth, its texture incredibly thick and sticky.

As he chewed, a fishy stench immediately spread through his mouth and rushed straight into his mind.

"Urgh..."

Xu Yue's throat churned, but he still forced down the nausea and did not spit it out.

After chewing it apart rapidly and vigorously, the fishy odor transformed into a strange fragrance that refreshed his mind.

"Gulp! Haa—!"

Forcing it down into his stomach made Xu Yue's face twist.

"I hate seafood..."

Still, Eastsea City was by the sea, and many nourishing treasures came from the ocean.

No matter how much Xu Yue disliked them, he had gradually developed the habit of forcing himself to consume them.

Only after he had eaten the entire piece of whale jelly did an incomparably vigorous heat suddenly surge from his abdomen and sweep through his whole body, turning his skin faintly red.

At the same time, the whale jelly's side effects began to surface, causing images of Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan to arise in his mind without his control.

"Huu!"

Xu Yue took a deep breath and suppressed the fantasies in his mind.

Then, he casually stripped off his soaked clothes, revealing his lean, muscular upper body.

Without stopping, he rushed toward the exposed reefs by the shore.

Waves several meters high carried terrifying force as they crashed heavily onto Xu Yue's body.

A golden flash passed by as Rock Sovereign Body activated.

Facing the crashing waves, Xu Yue continuously struck out with Vortex Vanquisher, black-red gravity beams tearing through the seawater.

At the same time, the scenes of his battle with Guang Biao several days earlier replayed and were repeatedly analyzed in his mind.

The first form of Thousand Crags, Mind Ape: Menogias, was indeed powerful. Combined with Rock Spear Intent, it even allowed him to suppress an assault-type Soul Emperor head-on despite the gap in rank.

But during the later stages of the battle, he had also discovered the flaw in that move.

The dragon that flies too high will have cause for regret; fullness cannot last forever.

There was nothing wrong with being forceful, but excessive forcefulness only exposed one's weaknesses before the enemy.

Therefore, Xu Yue needed to further develop his spear technique.

And his choice was...

Water.

Unlike rock, which possessed a fixed form, water had no constant shape and took form according to whatever contained it.

No matter the circumstances, water always found a way through.

And in his previous life, water had likewise been the ancient sages' exposition of the Dao.

The highest good was like water. Water benefited all things without contention, dwelling where others disdained; thus, it came close to the Dao.

With that thought, Xu Yue made his decision.

Watching the typhoon cloud mass in the far distance draw ever closer, he abandoned the idea of using spear techniques to defy the might of heaven.

He decided to merge himself into the storm before him, using his spear technique to drive gravity and imitate the surging waves that crashed against the shore in layer after layer.

As time passed, the Thousand Rock Spear Art, originally unmatched in its ferocity, unexpectedly took on the gentleness of water.

The black-red beams of gravity that continuously tore apart the waves also vanished without form, turning into invisible ripples that spread outward in circles.

Eastsea Academy, teachers' dormitory.

Wu Zhangkong sat in a chair, watching Tang Wulin, who had fallen asleep after consuming the spirit fruit, golden patterns appearing all over his body. He was deep in thought.

In truth, Tang Wulin's earlier account had not been without loopholes, but for some reason, whenever he spoke of the Tang Sect, Wu Zhangkong found himself inexplicably inclined to believe him.

"An Ultimate-Strength Golden Dragon? If it's true, then once he's nurtured, send him to Shrek."

"Would that make up for some of my mistakes...?"

Time gradually passed.

The typhoon forecasted by the weather report officially made landfall in Eastsea City.

Yet just as this near Category Fourteen super typhoon swept across the entire city—

A strange sight appeared by the sea.

Within a hundred-meter radius centered on Xu Yue, the sea surface was astonishingly calm, without wind or waves.

It was as though this place was not at the edge of a raging typhoon, but within its tranquil eye.

Behind Xu Yue, a water-blue tree rose from the ground, while waves surged around the spearpoint of Vortex Vanquisher.

It was his third soul skill, Ley Line Draw.

What Azhdaha gathered at this moment was the power of the water element, omnipresent within the sea.

And atop the reef, the spear technique Xu Yue wielded was no longer fierce and forceful, instead carrying an unhurried, measured rhythm.

As a spear technique created by exploiting the traits of his martial soul, Eden's Star's gravity naturally blended into it as well.

It formed an invisible force field around Xu Yue, like undercurrents surging beneath the water, enveloping his surroundings.

If anyone thought this move was as plain and unremarkable as it appeared, they would be gravely mistaken.

The moment they carelessly entered the range of Xu Yue's spear, that invisible gravity would swallow them like a whirlpool.

No matter how they struggled, they would find it impossible to break free.

Time slowly passed, from midnight to dawn.

Whenever a wave tried to intrude upon this patch of pure land, an invisible force field equal in strength yet opposite in direction would cancel it out.

Amid such tempering, the top-grade whale gelatin that was over twenty thousand years old was gradually digested by Xu Yue. Refined by the gravitational waves, it merged into every part of his body, bringing its effects to their fullest extent.

The typhoon raged throughout the entire night.

The shore briefly fell into calm.

At that moment, every shackle within Xu Yue's body shattered.

The soul power contained within the whale gelatin had long since been fully digested.

Now, it all transformed into a raging torrent that pushed Xu Yue into a new realm.

Level thirty-six!

At the same time—

The second form of the Thousand Rock Spear Art was finally perfected.

The spear intent within his sea of consciousness rose once more.

The unyielding force of rock gained a trace of water's gentleness.

Within a hundred-meter radius around Xu Yue—

The previously tranquil sea suddenly erupted like a volcano suppressed to its limit.

Seawater transformed into an azure waterspout that shot into the sky.

Boom!

The second form of the Thousand Rock Spear Art.

Spiral Coil: Menogias!!

Complete!