Classification of Cultivation Methods and Spiritual Arts

Long Xuan covered his face and quickly approached the battlefield. After getting some distance from the flock of eagles, he waved his hand twice in the air, flames swirling around his palm and drawing a long line of fire. After gathering his strength, he slammed his palm heavily into the sky.

"Blazing Flame Palm!"

With a roar, flames instantly spread, filling the entire sky and creating a massive fiery cloud.

The entire flock of eagles was engulfed in flames, and from within the inferno came the mournful cries of black eagles.

The people below suddenly felt a wave of heat from the sky, and the light of the flames made it hard for them to open their eyes.

It felt like something was falling from the sky like dumplings being dropped into a pot; some hit the crowd, some hit the wolves, and the ground shook.

Everyone was stunned.

Before anyone could react, a huge wave of fire rose from the ground, instantly engulfing the wolf pack, which then howled.

In just a moment, the entire ground was engulfed in a sea of fire, so vast that the wolves had nowhere to escape.

At that moment, the sky and the ground were ablaze with heat, and everyone was sweating profusely. As soon as the sweat flowed out of their skin, it was dried by the intense heat.

Everyone was panting heavily, as if they were lacking oxygen.

After the last real battle, Long Xuan had a deep understanding of the shortcomings of this move. Therefore, through improvement and hard practice, he could perfectly control the attack range of his Blazing Flame Palm and avoid accidentally injuring his teammates.

Even so, although the flames didn't actually reach them, they still felt like they were about to be roasted alive.

If people standing on the ground are in such a state, then the wolves trapped in a sea of fire must be even more vulnerable.

As the screams gradually subsided, rows of charred wolf carcasses lay on the ground, emitting a burnt smell.

Everyone stared in stunned disbelief at the scene.

Don't assume that just because a mythical beast has fur, it's afraid of fire; its fur can catch fire at the slightest touch.

That's not the case at all. Fireball is a very basic ability; anyone can throw a fireball. But can it ignite a spirit beast? Absolutely not.

Both Gu cultivators and spirit beasts can attach spiritual energy to their body surface to form a spiritual energy membrane, which is called spiritual energy protection or Spirit Armor.

The Spirit Armor of a Gu cultivator can effectively prevent others from casting Gu spells on them, while the Spirit Armor of a spirit beast can also isolate it from all conventional damage, such as fire.

Therefore, ordinary flames are completely useless against spirit beasts; otherwise, why would this Beast Tide be so difficult to deal with? Wouldn't a single fire attack have wiped them all out?

This sea of fire was completely different; not only was it incredibly large, but it could also easily burn through the Spirit Armor on the spirit beast's body.

Faced with such power, the numerical advantage of spirit beasts is useless. Unless the spirit beasts are of a high enough grade, any number of them that come in a swarm tactic will die.

Lei Yun swallowed hard. Spiritual arts, physical arts, and Cultivation Method are divided into human, spiritual, earth, and Heaven Tier.

This spiritual technique must have reached the Heaven Tier! Where did this ruthless person come from?!

Heaven Tier spiritual techniques are completely absent in this region. Just who is this person? Could he be a genius from a powerful clan sent from another region?

Lei Yun stared in shock at the masked man who had joined the battle, remaining stunned for a long time.

The Heaven Tier Spiritual Technique possesses the power to destroy the heavens and the earth. Seeing it today, he was indeed amazed by its extraordinary nature, which broadened his horizons and made his eyes burn with fervor.

"Brother! Thanks a lot!"

Without having time to say anything more, he quickly pounced on the Eagle King that had already fallen from the sky.

Long Xuan's cultivation level was too low; his ultimate move could only eliminate spirit beasts below the late stage of the first tier.

The flames cannot burn through the Spirit Armor of a first-tier peak spirit beast or a beast king.

So despite the ground being littered with animal carcasses, there were still dozens of peak-level first-tier spirit beasts alive.

But this situation has greatly reduced the pressure on the geniuses.

At this point, the pressure has not only been greatly reduced, but the number of geniuses is now on par with the number of spirit beasts. They not only have less pressure, but also have the possibility of winning the battle.

Everyone was filled with hope for survival, their faces beaming with the smiles of relief after surviving a disaster. They were full of confidence and high morale for the battle to come.

They roared and charged at the dozens of surviving first-tier peak spirit beasts.

Lei Yun is the captain of this squad, and he has only one goal: the most troublesome Eagle King in the sky.

Taking advantage of the rare opportunity when the Eagle King fell to the ground, he immediately pounced on it, knocking the Eagle King to the ground, and the man and the eagle rolled several times together.

His legs tightly bound the Eagle King's body, clamping its wings to prevent it from taking flight again.

Once this thing takes flight, it becomes impossible to fight, so there's no way Lei Yun can let it fly again.

Long Xuan's target was naturally this Eagle King Eagle King, and after arriving, he ran towards it with a clear objective.

While Lei Yun had the Eagle King under control, he disregarded all martial ethics and began to beat the eagle's head repeatedly.

"Life-Urging Palm! Life-Urging Palm! Life-Urging Palm..."

Long Xuan unleashed a flurry of palm strikes in a single second.

He only stopped torturing the Eagle King Eagle King when its head drooped completely.

Lei Yun was completely stunned. The Beast King's defense was incredibly powerful; how could it be so easily breached?

What should have been a tough, protracted battle was so easily ended by him with just a few palm strikes?

Furthermore, the Eagle King's head clearly had no external injuries, yet it miraculously died inexplicably without any apparent cause of death; its death was truly bizarre.

Could this palm technique be some kind of Heaven Tier spiritual technique again? Do they buy Heaven Tier spiritual techniques in bulk? Lei Yun thought in utter shock.

He was about to speak when Long Xuan stopped him with a hand, "No need to thank me, and no need to ask my name. I never leave my name when I do good deeds!"

Lei Yun's open mouth froze, his face blank.

Doing good deeds anonymously is a traditional virtue and deserves praise, but if you don't want to leave your name, fine, but what's the meaning of stealing the Eagle King?

They both killed the Eagle King together, so even if they were to divide the spoils, they should split them equally.

Who doesn't know that the Eagle King has a high drop rate, is very likely to drop Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, and its entire set of beast king materials is incredibly valuable?

Is it really okay for you to just brazenly put it in your Storage Bag like that?

Lei Yun hesitated, but ultimately didn't say anything.

Forget it! Forget it! He's my savior after all, so I won't hold it against him. I'll just consider it repayment for saving my life!

Could we possibly get into a conflict with some mysterious person whose true nature is unknown over this matter?

Lei Yun thought helplessly.

Seeing that Long Xuan immediately left the battlefield after taking the Eagle King's corpse, showing no intention of helping him to the end, his lips twitched. Was this a case of grabbing what he could and leaving?

He seriously suspected that this person hadn't come to rescue them at all; his target was the Eagle King, and they were just benefiting from the Eagle King's presence.

He was stunned for a moment, and after a brief moment of hesitation, he turned around and rushed into the battlefield to help his teammates deal with the other peak first-tier spirit beasts.

Although the mysterious man showed no intention of continuing to help, he believed that with the strength of his group, they would be able to deal with the remaining spirit beasts, albeit at a considerable cost.

At this moment, Lei Guang, hiding behind the boulder, watched this scene with a Lei Guang face. His clenched fists trembled uncontrollably, and finally he slammed them heavily onto the boulder.

"Damn it! Mind your own business!"

He stared fiercely at Long Xuan's departing figure, his face contorted in a terrifying grimace, his eyes blazing with murderous intent, as if he wanted to devour someone.

Finally, he got up and followed the person who had ruined his plans...

On the way to meet Flame Clone, he unexpectedly picked up a Supreme-grade Spirit Insect, which was a pleasant surprise.

Long Xuan couldn't help but marvel at his good luck, and his smile never stopped throughout the journey.

However, he did not let his guard down. In this dangerous area where a herd of beasts could charge at any moment, how could he possibly relax his vigilance?

He would occasionally use his Eye of Heavenly Secrets to look into the distance and observe the location of the nearest herd of beasts, so that he could avoid them in time.

However, the Eye of Heavenly Secrets's power requires mental energy, so he can't keep it active indefinitely.

He suddenly stopped after passing a giant tree.

The tree was very tall, enough to conceal many things, and he could clearly see significant progress behind it.

Humans are all roughly the same size. Judging from the width and height of the numbers, it's highly likely that there's a person behind the tree. This made his pupils shrink slightly, and he immediately became alert.

"Who's there? Come out! I've seen you!" Long Xuan shouted towards the tree.

Lei Guang, who was hiding behind the tree, was stunned and looked completely bewildered. How did this person discover him? The tree was so big, and he had hidden himself so well.

To be on the safe side, he also used a color-changing Gu to turn his body into the color of wood, blending into the tree trunk. Logically speaking, there should have been no way he could have discovered him.

This is really weird.

Relying on his speed, he quickly overtook Long Xuan and laid an ambush in his path, waiting to launch a surprise attack after Long Xuan passed this tree, delivering a fatal blow.

To his surprise, his disguise was seen through so easily, which made him very unhappy and embarrassed.

Now that he had been discovered, there was no need for him to continue hiding there, so he had no choice but to come out from behind the tree.

"Kid! You have good eyesight. You're the first person to see through my disguise. No wonder you're a genius from the Great Region."

"However, what I, Lei Guang, have always enjoyed killing most are geniuses, and I have never been afraid of the background behind them."

"You don't need to tell me your name or your background. I don't want to know, and I have no interest in knowing. No matter how powerful your background is, you're going to die today!"

Lei Guang stared at Long Xuan with bloodthirsty eyes and said sternly.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuan seemed to be deep in thought.

He gleaned a lot of information from the visitor's words.

Since this person inexplicably suspects me of being a genius from a major region, it can't be without basis; he must have seen my performance of burning with raging flames.

In other words, this person was just near the battlefield, but instead of helping or rescuing anyone, he chose to hide and remain motionless for a long time, making himself undetectable to anyone.

Even if they're not going to help, there's no need to hide it so well since they're all on the same side, right?

His illogical behavior led Long Xuan to suspect that he was the one who lured the two groups of beasts there.

He felt he was pretty close to the truth; otherwise, why would this person be following him and looking at him with such hatred?

If things are really as I suspect, then this matter certainly won't end well.

With Long Xuan's intelligence, he quickly deduced most of the details of the matter.

Just as Long Xuan was pondering, Lei Guang saw that Long Xuan did not reply immediately, so he stopped dawdling and rushed over. Lei Guang under his feet, and he appeared in front of Long Xuan in an instant.

"So fast!" Long Xuan's expression changed slightly. Because his opponent was too close, he couldn't use the Sea of Fire attack, otherwise it would easily affect himself. He could only use the Life-Urging Palm to counter his opponent.

A small cluster of green light quickly appeared in his palms, and he swung his hands out to strike at the Lei Guang.

However, Lei Guang had been watching from behind the boulder and clearly witnessed the power of this palm technique.

Even the Beast King, with its abnormally strong defense, died silently from this palm technique; how could he dare to take it head-on?

So even though he was at the Peak Spirit-Gathering Stage, and was clearly one level higher than Long Xuan, he didn't intend to confront him head-on. Instead, he avoided his attack, his fist crackling with Lei Guang, and punched him in the chest.

Long Xuan only felt Lei Guang beneath the man's feet, his speed incredibly fast, easily dodging all of his attacks, and before he could react, he was struck in the chest by the man's fist.

Long Xuan was greatly alarmed. This was a speed-type opponent, extremely skilled in speed, capable of dodging all of his attacks, while he himself had difficulty dodging them. Thinking about it, it made sense; someone who could attract a flock of eagles couldn't be slow.

His face darkened; speed was now a weakness for him.

Although he possessed the Ten Extremity Physique and the spiritual techniques he researched were ridiculously powerful, they were useless if they couldn't hit anyone.

On the contrary, because he was too slow, he would get hit by a few punches from time to time. However, because of the existence of the Cockroach Gu, it was completely impossible to leave him seriously injured by a few punches.

However, every time he was hit by his Thunder Fist, the lightning would surge into his body, causing numbness and making him feel very uncomfortable.

"Heh! You're far too slow! My Lei Clan's supreme-grade Gu worm, the Thunderous Gu, grants a speed comparable to lightning. Even a flying eagle can't catch me, how can you possibly fight me!"

"Even if your spiritual arts are incredibly powerful, I'm the one who can beat you, not the other way around. You're destined to lose today, destined to die by my hand!"

Lei Guang grinned maliciously and slammed his fist heavily into Long Xuan's chest again, while lightning from his fist surged wildly into his body.

However, seeing that he was still lively and energetic, as if his attack was scraping him, Lei Guang's face darkened, feeling humiliated, and his expression became even more unpleasant.

At this moment, he also realized his lack of offensive power and vowed that next time he slaughtered another batch of geniuses, he would definitely refine an offensive type of Gu Insect.

Otherwise, having speed alone is useless if you can't break through your opponent's defenses.

"Heh! No wonder he's a genius from a remote region; his shell is really tough."

"But perseverance will wear down even the hardest stone. I'd like to see how many heavy punches your tortoise shell can withstand."

Lei Guang roared, his fist crackling with lightning, flashing blinding Lei Guang and making a crackling sound, as he attacked Long Xuan once more.

Long Xuan's expression turned solemn. This time, the opponent he was facing was different from those before, far stronger than those minor, rogue Rogue Cultivator.

Even Feng Wu was far less troublesome than this person. He had already guessed that this person's background was definitely not simple and that he was not so easy to deal with.

This also dampened his urge to bring out Little White. Logically speaking, Little White's Slowing Domain could greatly limit his movement speed, making it undoubtedly the natural counter to this opponent.

But at this critical moment, he remained unusually calm. Neither side had revealed their External Gu yet, and whoever exposed their trump card first would be at a disadvantage.

If I were to use External Gu first, it would disrupt the current balance and force my opponent to also send out External Gu to join the battle.

This opponent may have done this before by using spirit beasts to kill geniuses, which means he is extremely wealthy. Being wealthy means he has likely refined more than one supreme-grade Gu worm.

Who knows how many Gu Insect are in his Insect-Rearing Pouch, but it's certain that this genius, who is clearly from a powerful clan, could not possibly have only one External Gu.

If you release your own Little White, forcing your opponent to release a bunch of troublesome Gu Insect, the situation could be even worse.

It's hard to say whether Little White can deal with so many Gu Insect; there's a good chance the situation could be even worse than it is now.

Therefore, even if Long Xuan has to endure being passively attacked, he has no intention of being the first to use External Gu.

Little did he know that his opponent Lei Guang, was in the same boat. The reason he hesitated to release the External Gu was because he was filled with apprehension.

The person before them was clearly a genius from a major region. What trump cards he possessed was unknown, as was what kind of Gu Insect he had. Who knew exactly how many Gu Insect he carried?

So far, this person has only been fighting using spiritual techniques and has not revealed a single Gu Insect. All the Gu Insect on his body are currently unknown, which makes him extremely wary.

How could the Gu Insect on a genius from a major domain be weaker? How could they be fewer?

Therefore, he was afraid that if he used the External Gu first, it would force this genius of the Great Domain to also use the External Gu.

Who knows what abilities the Gu Insect from other realms possess, or how strong they might be? There are just too many variables.

If using External Gu causes the opponent to bring out stronger and more numerous External Gu, then I'm in trouble. It's very likely that my current advantageous situation will be broken, putting me in an endless passive position, or even leading to a critical situation.

Therefore, he dared not use the supreme-grade Gu worm hidden in the Insect-Rearing Pouch, and could only remain still while the enemy did not move, responding to all changes with constancy.

Both sides had the same idea, and thus, without resorting to External Gu, they opted for close-quarters combat.

However, this situation was clearly unfavorable to Long Xuan, so he used his wisdom to quickly find a way to break the deadlock.

People with vivid imaginations are usually quite intelligent, and he quickly came up with a solution.

He grabbed two healing pills and popped them into his mouth, swallowing one and hiding the other under his tongue for emergencies.

In the event of an emergency that prevents him from taking out the healing pill from his Storage Bag, the healing pill hidden under his tongue will be his lifeline.

After giving it a sip, he ran wildly in one direction.

Seeing that his opponent was about to be injured by his attack, Lei Guang was suddenly healed back to health, and he felt an urge to vomit blood.

"Run? Where do you think you're going! Even if you had a hundred healing pills, you're still destined to die today!"

"You can't escape my speed at all. I want to see who can outlast whom!"

Lei Guang grabbed a Spirit-Replenishing Pill from his Storage Bag and popped it into his mouth. His depleted spiritual energy slowly returned, and then Lei Guang beneath his feet as he quickly chased after Long Xuan.

"You're already exhausted after only a short while? You need to take drugs? Are you a little weak? Is your body not up to par?" Long Xuan turned around and mocked.

"You're asking for it!"

Lei Guang was completely enraged by these words. His eyes blazed with fury as he charged toward Long Xuan.

Long Xuan fought and retreated, seemingly running away, but in reality, he was deliberately leading the battlefield in a certain direction. After approaching a certain position, he suddenly roared without warning, the sound so loud that it startled Lei Guang.

At the same time, in the far distance, the wolf king of a pack suddenly twitched his ears, his fierce gaze immediately fixed on a certain direction, and after howling, he led his pack of hundreds of wolves in a wild charge toward that direction.

The hearing of spirit beasts is incredibly sharp. Even though the wolf pack was far away from where the two were fighting, Long Xuan's howl was enough for the wolf king to detect it.

Lei Guang was still trying to figure out what was going on, completely baffled by Long Xuan's sudden howl.

Shortly afterward, a pack of hundreds of wolves charged into the battlefield and launched a fierce attack on the two. His face paled, and he finally understood what the howl he had just heard was all about.

"Are you crazy? You've lured the wolves here, so you can't escape either! If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!" Lei Guang was furious and cursed loudly.

This was a wolf pack of hundreds. No matter how talented he was, how could he possibly fight hundreds of wolves alone? In just a moment, he was surrounded and attacked by the wolves, and he was in grave danger, taking several blows from their claws.

At this moment, he finally experienced what it felt like to be besieged by spirit beasts; it was as if he had been given a taste of his own medicine.

Seeing that Lei Guang was quickly injured under the wolves' attack, Long Xuan sneered inwardly, just as he had expected.

Through their brief exchange, he had already discerned that while the Thunderous Gu was indeed fast, it was actually adept at moving in a straight line, faster than speed, but not faster than agility.

In the complex and chaotic environment of the battlefield, where it is necessary to dodge attacks from all directions, the speed of the Thunder Gu becomes useless.

He's good at straight-line speed, so where can he rush? Wherever he rushes, he'll plunge headlong into a pack of wolves.

Straight-line speed was useless, and he wasn't agile enough. Under the attacks of the wolves from all sides, he couldn't dodge and could only have a wound torn open or a piece of flesh bitten off from time to time, making him look quite pathetic.

Long Xuan's situation is completely different. Not only does he have the Cockroach Gu that can withstand the attacks, but he is also handling the wolf pack's siege with ease. So far, he hasn't been touched by the wolves.

Every wolf that pounced on him was easily dodged by him with the slightest movement; so many wolves couldn't even touch a corner of his clothes.

He had already mastered the subtle Movement Method he developed based on the Eye of Heavenly Secrets. Don't ask when he learned it; he didn't practice it at all. It was all thanks to his clones.

With his Movement Method precise movements, he was adept at dodging attacks from all directions, making it difficult for the wolf pack to even touch him, a stark contrast to the disheveled Lei Guang.

Not only that, while dodging the attacks of the wolves, he also occasionally struck at Lei Guang.

Lei Guang had to deal with both the attacks of the wolf pack and Long Xuan's attacks, which was extremely difficult.

Two fists can't fight four hands, and now it's more than four hands. With Long Xuan's meddling, his back has been afflicted with several more wounds.

However, he lived up to his reputation as the strongest genius of the Lei Clan clan. Even under such circumstances, he was still able to go on a killing spree. Every time his fist, which was flashing with Lei Guang, was swung out, a wolf would die a miserable death on the ground. Before long, the ground was littered with wolf corpses.

But as his wounds multiply, if he finds no way to break the deadlock, it's only a matter of time before he's surrounded and killed, especially since there's a wolf king poised to pounce on him.

Lei Guang turned to look at Long Xuan with resentment, only to find that Long Xuan was strolling leisurely among the wolves. So many wolves hadn't even touched him once, and he wasn't hurt at all. Lei Guang suddenly felt like he wanted to vomit blood.

"You forced me to do this!"

Lei Guang roared and smashed the head of a white wolf with a punch. Taking the opportunity, he threw his Insect-Rearing Pouch open and threw all the Insect-Rearing Pouch Gu Insect inside at Long Xuan.

Long Xuan was startled when he suddenly saw a huge purple toad crackling with Lei Guang flying towards him, so he turned and ran.

Just as the purple toad was about to give chase, the wolf king, who had been waiting for an opportunity, attacked from the side, biting its neck and then violently shaking it.

At the same time, all the remaining Gu Insect released by Lei Guang were intercepted by the wolf pack.

The wolf pack is now attacking indiscriminately, not caring whose Gu Insect you are, they'll just bite you.

Therefore, the Gu Insect released by Lei Guang not only failed to touch Long Xuan, but were instead brutally beaten by the wolf pack, resulting in heavy losses in an instant.

Lei Guang's eyes were bloodshot; his heart was bleeding. Heaven knows how many resources and how much effort he had poured into cultivating those Gu Insect.

His eyes turned even redder when he saw the purple toad being violently shaken by the wolf king's bite around the neck.

That's his Thunderous Golden Toad, his supreme-grade Gu worm, possessing the powerful destructive force to unleash thunderous attacks.

But before he could even unleash his abilities, the wolf king bit him in a vital spot, and the situation was extremely dire.

"Holy crap! That supreme-grade Gu worm died such a miserable death! Whose supreme-grade Gu worm was that?! Why wasn't it being watched more closely?!"

Even at this moment, Long Xuan didn't forget to make sarcastic remarks, looking smug and with an expression that was extremely irritating.