The Meditative Cultivation Method! I'm Terrifyingly Strong Now!

"It's no trouble. This is something I should do for you," Shangguan Wuqing said with a faint smile.

Shangguan Wuqing would not deny that she had indeed relied on Dual Cultivation with Lin Mo to break through to Middle Golden Core in such a short time.

Otherwise, with her cultivation aptitude, reaching Middle Golden Core through normal cultivation...

Would have taken at least three to five years!

Lin Mo smiled noncommittally and said, "Captain Wuqing, we should head back."

Since Zhuiming was no longer in the sect, Lin Mo could return without fear.

As long as Shangguan Wuqing accompanied him, Lin Mo believed he would be perfectly safe.

After all, there was no way Saintess Su Yu would launch a sneak attack on him right in front of Shangguan Wuqing.

They returned to Shangguan Wuqing's residence.

The two fought another thoroughly satisfying battle for two days and two nights.

After this battle, Lin Mo could vaguely sense signs that he was about to break through.

So, Lin Mo seized the opportunity while Shangguan Wuqing was out.

In one sustained push, he absorbed the spiritual energy contained in three thousand spirit stones and officially broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

After his breakthrough, Lin Mo's consciousness entered an utterly mysterious state without warning, something that felt like a dream yet was not.

In this mysterious state, Lin Mo's consciousness arrived upon a desolate stretch of land.

As sinister winds howled, stark white bones could be seen jutting from the ground.

Lin Mo abruptly raised his head and looked ahead, only to see a shadow resembling himself standing directly before him, holding a five-foot Black Blade.

Lin Mo seemed to realize something.

He gently closed his hand, and the Black Blade flashed into existence in his grasp as well.

Whoosh~

A gust of chilling wind swept in, as though it had ignited a fuse.

The shadow attacked first, thrusting his Black Blade straight at Lin Mo's heart!

Lin Mo instinctively raised his Black Blade to block, but the force of the impact still sent him flying back over a thousand meters.

Shhk!

Before Lin Mo could recover after steadying himself, the shadow followed him like his own shadow, his long blade already piercing Lin Mo's chest.

Clang!

Lin Mo's eyes widened, and the Black Blade slipped from his hand to the ground.

He could clearly feel his life rapidly ebbing away!

Before long, Lin Mo closed his eyes for good.

He had "died."

In a daze, Lin Mo opened his eyes again within his consciousness.

He instinctively looked ahead. The shadow who closely resembled him still stood there.

"So that's how it works...!"

The corners of Lin Mo's lips lifted as he gradually came to understand everything.

This time, Lin Mo seized the initiative and attacked the shadow first.

Yet after just a few exchanges, Lin Mo could no longer withstand the shadow's ferocious assault and was slain by a single [Soul Hook].

Returning to the battlefield again, Lin Mo reviewed his previous experience and refined his tactics.

This time, Lin Mo fought the shadow for more than a dozen exchanges before finally losing.

He had figured it out.

This figure seemed to be his own shadow, with cultivation no higher than his own.

The shadow's advantage lay in his wealth of combat experience and tactics.

That was why Lin Mo had lost so quickly in their first two bouts.

Here, time seemed to have lost all meaning for Lin Mo.

He was defeated by the shadow again and again, then rose again and again to continue fighting.

Lin Mo could no longer remember how many times the shadow had defeated him.

Ten times, a hundred times, or perhaps a thousand.

After falling once more, Lin Mo revived at full strength and stood up again.

He held the Black Blade, his gaze deep and as calm as still water.

Through the hundreds upon thousands of previous battles, Lin Mo had accumulated a substantial wealth of combat experience.

All of this was thanks to the shadow's tactics, which never remained fixed.

It was no exaggeration to say...

Across hundreds upon thousands of battles with the shadow, his tactics had never repeated even once!

"He" countered every move as it came, always finding openings in Lin Mo's attacks and defenses to defeat him with a single strike!

This was precisely why Lin Mo improved so rapidly.

In the next instant.

Lin Mo lifted his eyelids slightly, and his lips curved into a supremely confident smile.

Then he crooked a finger at the shadow, signaling for him to attack first.

The shadow did not waste any time. Swinging his Black Blade and leaving a trail of afterimages, he closed in like a phantom!

Hum!

Amid the humming of razor-sharp blade intent, fierce attacks flashing with cold light engulfed Lin Mo like a raging storm.

Faced with the shadow's ferocious, tightly packed assault.

Lin Mo constantly shifted his feet, making minute adjustments to his position.

Every one of the shadow's attacks seemed certain to hit Lin Mo, yet each time, Lin Mo evaded it perfectly by the narrowest of margins.

At a certain moment.

Just as the shadow's assault reached its peak, Lin Mo, who had remained on the defensive until then...

Gently shifted his hand, reversing the Black Blade's direction and thrusting it fiercely behind him!

Shhk!

A muffled sound rang out, and the shadow's assault ceased. Even time seemed to stand still.

The Black Blade in Lin Mo's hand had pierced straight through the shadow's chest.

A moment later.

Lin Mo made a stylish flourish with his blade, and the shadow gradually dispersed on the wind.

He had won.

The moment the shadow vanished, this dreamlike space shattered.

Lin Mo opened his eyes and returned to reality.

Only then did he belatedly discover that he was drenched in sweat.

The combat experience he had accumulated through hundreds upon thousands of battles with the shadow remained vividly etched in his mind.

The corners of Lin Mo's lips lifted. "I feel terrifyingly strong now!"

At this moment, his heart was undoubtedly filled with joy.

Before this, combat experience had been his greatest weakness.

Now, it had become his greatest strength.

As for what had just happened...

"It was a little like meditative cultivation. I might as well call it the Meditative Cultivation Method."

Of course, the Meditative Cultivation Method he had comprehended upon breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage was no coincidence.

It had been inevitable!

One of the Pure Yang Sacred Body's characteristics was exceptional talent and comprehension.

Although Lin Mo had won his battle against Zhu Fan, he had also suffered serious injuries.

Frustrated by his severe lack of combat experience, Lin Mo had yearned to improve it.

That was what had led to his sudden insight during the breakthrough.

"Tell me, why do you keep hiding here? This simply won't do." While Lin Mo was still caught up in his excitement, a sultry, seductive voice abruptly rang out from thin air.

Lin Mo's sturdy frame jolted, and he sharply turned toward the source of the voice.

Grand Elder Hong Yue had appeared behind him at some unknown point.

"G-Grand Elder?! What brings you here?"

"If I didn't come, our plan would fail."

Hong Yue said seriously, "You're safe hiding here, but you haven't shown your face in ages. What do you think the Saintess will make of that?"

"[Is that old man Lin hiding from me? Has he already realized I'm watching him?]"

"..."

Lin Mo was momentarily speechless.

Now that Grand Elder Hong Yue had put it that way, it did seem to make some sense.

"Little servant, I don't mind you hiding here to stay safe, but if you keep hiding here, how are we supposed to carry on with our plan? So..."

"You'll have to show your face in front of the Saintess from time to time."