Ninefold Thunder Spear!

The Great Wind Thunder Palm is powerful, but with my current cultivation, I can only use the first and second stages. The third stage, Wind Thunder Surge, requires the Star-Shattering Secret Art before I can unleash it! Right now, I still need to cultivate a weapon-based martial technique!

Ning Chuan thought to himself, a dazzling glint flashing in his eyes.

His favorite weapon was the spear!

Perhaps it was because he had devoured the Demon Emperor Asura's remnant soul. The Demon Emperor Asura, too, had excelled most at spear techniques. It was said that once his Asura Spear struck, it could slaughter the heavens, destroy the earth, and suppress all foes!

Of course, that was a supreme immortal-demonic art, not something Ning Chuan could cultivate at present.

Ning Chuan searched through his memories and soon found a spear technique suitable for him.

Ninefold Thunder Spear!

The Ninefold Thunder Spear was a low-grade earth-tier martial technique with terrifying power. Cultivated to its pinnacle, it could unleash nine layers of spear force, like nine waves of thunder descending to annihilate everything.

The minimum requirement for cultivating the Ninefold Thunder Spear was reaching the Spirit Sea Realm. Only then could one master its first strike.

It seems this Purple Thunder Spear and I were destined for each other! If I can master the Ninefold Thunder Spear before the Spirit-Seizing Battle, I won't need the Star-Shattering Secret Art. I'll be able to skewer Li Zhenfei with a single thrust!

Ning Chuan stroked the Purple Thunder Spear resting across his knees. He could faintly sense a trace of thunder power within it, and his eyes brimmed with anticipation.

Dawn broke, revealing the first light of morning.

Clad in black robes, Ning Chuan stood in the center of the courtyard, holding the Purple Thunder Spear.

"The spear is the ancestor of all weapons!"

"Spear arts emphasize killing, not restraint. Charging ever forward, undefeated through a hundred battles-the spear is a weapon of slaughter!"

"Spear arts center on blocking, binding, and thrusting, further divided into driving thrusts, stabs, lashes, strikes, coils, circles, blocks, binds, lunges, jabs, deflections, flourishes, and more..."

Ning Chuan gently stroked the Purple Thunder Spear, his hand sliding down its shaft inch by inch, as though sensing its power.

Spiritual energy flowed from his palm into the Purple Thunder Spear, making it hum and tremble with a shimmering purple glow, as though it had become one with him.

With the Purple Thunder Spear in hand, the Demon Emperor Asura's vast cultivation experience awakened. At that moment, Ning Chuan was like a spear master who had trained for countless years. He resonated with the Purple Thunder Spear, all manner of fundamental spear techniques surfacing in his mind as a fierce aura erupted from his body.

Bang!

Ning Chuan stamped his foot, shattering the flagstone beneath it. Tremendous force traveled from his feet to his waist, then converged in his arm in an instant. The Purple Thunder Spear thrust out with that momentum, ferocious beyond measure.

Hiss!

The spear tip pierced the air with a sharp, explosive crack.

"When the spear strikes, it is like a hidden dragon emerging from the sea!"

"When the spear withdraws, it is like a fierce tiger returning to the mountains!"

Ning Chuan's gaze was sharp. Faint purple lightning flickered along the Purple Thunder Spear as he thrust it out in rapid succession.

Every thrust was like a bolt of thunderous lightning, ferocious and unstoppable, his movements flowing swiftly from one to the next.

The Purple Thunder Spear darted back and forth through the air like a purple thunder dragon. Surging spiritual light accompanied it, like a sea of thunder rising in furious waves, its might utterly terrifying.

Ning Chuan encountered no bottlenecks in cultivating the Ninefold Thunder Spear. It was as though spear arts had already fused into his blood, bringing his mastery to perfection. He mastered the Ninefold Thunder Spear with ease.

Boom!

Ning Chuan suddenly leaped into the air. A spear radiance over a zhang long erupted from the Purple Thunder Spear, and with a fierce strike, he drove it into a massive block of bluestone like a bolt of lightning. Then he swiftly withdrew the spear and stood in the center of the courtyard.

White mist steamed from his body, his blood and vital energy blazing like a furnace. He appeared light and agile, yet razor-sharp. The massive block of bluestone he had struck crumbled like flowing sand, turning to dust in an instant.

"The Ninefold Thunder Spear concentrates the strength of the entire body into a single point in an instant, unleashing world-shaking power like thunder! If that thrust struck Li Zhenfei, he'd probably turn into a cloud of blood mist on the spot, his body exploding outright!"

Ning Chuan murmured to himself, a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.

The Ninefold Thunder Spear truly possessed extraordinary power. Its first strike alone was already this terrifying. It was worthy of being an earth-tier martial technique.

The Ninefold Thunder Spear would be enough for Ning Chuan to cultivate all the way to the Dragon Transformation Realm!

Moreover, the Purple Thunder Spear suited him perfectly. Unleashing the power of this spirit artifact could further increase his combat strength by several tenths.

With the Purple Thunder Spear and the Ninefold Thunder Spear, Ning Chuan was confident that even against a Dao Foundation Realm martial artist, he could put up a fight-and perhaps even win!

My cultivation at the sixth level of the Spirit Sea Realm is still a little weak. If I can reach the ninth level, I could wipe out the Li Family single-handedly!

Ning Chuan thought to himself.

The Spirit-Gathering Array he had set up at the cost of three thousand spirit stones had exhausted its stones, raising his cultivation to the sixth level of the Spirit Sea Realm. If anyone learned that he had broken through four minor realms in just two days, they would surely be stunned beyond belief.

Yet Ning Chuan still felt somewhat dissatisfied.

He had formed a ten-thousand-zhang spirit sea, and the spirit stones required to raise his cultivation amounted to well over ten times what others needed. To advance quickly, he would need an enormous quantity of spirit stones.

An Honorary Elder of the Treasure Pavilion receives a thousand spirit stones a month. If I give them the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill, getting an advance of a few tens of thousands of spirit stones shouldn't be a problem, should it? And the Shen family's Spirit Stone Mine should have been reclaimed by now. Should I ask my wife for some spirit stones?

Ning Chuan's thoughts stirred as he considered how to obtain more spirit stones for cultivation.

"Creak!"

Just then, someone kicked open the gate to Ning Chuan's courtyard.