Wang Hao used the Jiuli Tribe's concept of divine weapons to fool Zhu Yijun and the others before descending the mountain and returning to Jinling City. As for the martial artists who had been watching the battle, they all left.
Although their location prevented them from seeing the battle clearly today, the final result left them deeply shocked.
The Black Mountain Old Devil once ravaged the martial arts world of the Central Plains, actually broke through to the realm of Xiantian Grandmaster Realm. Unfortunately, even such a being was still slain by Zhu Yanzu, who only had the cultivation of the Grandmaster Realm. His senior brother also died in the process.
Then another Western Regions suddenly appeared, using his Middle Innate Realm cultivation to unleash a terrifying demonic art, transforming himself into a non-human state. The strength he displayed was even more astonishing, but he was ultimately destroyed.
And it was Zhu Yanzu blasted it apart with his fist technique.
That wasn't the end of it. Then another Great Grandmaster at the Middle Innate made a move, but was once again cleanly and decisively defeated by Zhu Yanzu, who also captured him.
Finally, the profound knowledge of Confucian School also shocked them greatly. That Eight Extremes Sword Formation was probably much stronger than Wudang Sect's True Martial Seven Interception Formation and Shaomu Temple's Eighteen Arhats Formation. In particular, the terrifying sword energy gathered by the move " Shatter the Firmament " seemed to be able to pierce the sky itself.
With a single strike, it cleaved the hard rocky mountaintop with a deep sword mark tens of feet long and tens of feet deep. To this day, the area is still shrouded in sharp sword energy, and anyone who gets close feels as if their skin is being pricked by needles.
Even so, they were ultimately defeated. Zhu Yanzu even transformed into more than a dozen figures, launching a siege attack all by himself.
These methods were nothing short of mythical to ordinary martial arts practitioners like them.
Most importantly, Zhu Yanzu was clearly only at the Grandmaster Realm level, yet he was able to display such terrifying combat power. Could it be that the martial arts of the overseas martial arts world are really that much stronger than those of the Central Plains martial arts world?
Could it be that he is practicing the legendary Shattering Realm martial arts?
Many martial arts practitioners had guessed this, which made them excited. However, when they thought of Zhu Yanzu's amazing achievements and the ten peerless beauties at the Innate Realm, everyone felt as if they had been doused with a mixture of ice water and were chilled to the bone.
There was no way they could steal their secret techniques from such terrifying combat power and formidable lineup!
All the major martial arts factions were discussing the outcome of the battle, with the Mount Song Sword Sect and the Mount Tai Sword Sect looking particularly worried.
It should be known that several months ago they received a visiting card sent by the Mount Heng Sword Sect, which stated that the Ten Tribulation Masters of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Cult would come to pay their respects.
At first, they didn't pay much attention, but after the Peerless Sword Saint who swept Guanzhong the Guanzhong martial arts world appeared, they began to take it seriously and contacted their own Half-step Innate Realm expert.
Their Mount Tai Sword Sect is a sect with a history of hundreds of years. It took root in Mount Tai as early as the Southern Song Dynasty and is also a major branch of Taoist School, but it was not well-known at the time.
Therefore, the foundation is quite good, with several predecessors in each generation reaching the Half-step Innate realm.
Although it cannot be displayed in the world due to the deterrence and agreement of Confucian School, it is still a major part of the foundation of their Mount Tai Sword Sect.
That Peerless Sword Saint might be able to defeat Feng Qingyang, the Mount Hua Sword Saint, but could he possibly defeat seven Half-step Innate experts at the same time?
Not to mention that even if they can't hold on, they can seek help from the Taoist School and invite a Xiantian Grandmaster to oversee things.
But that confidence and composure vanished after the Wuming Sword Faction appeared in the world. He slaughtered most of the border martial arts forces and then single-handedly annihilated a million-strong alien army.
Finally, they annihilated dozens of Half-step Innate experts and a Middle Innate martial arts expert from the grasslands, almost wiping out the invading grassland people.
Such ruthlessness and terrifying combat power were simply a myth; they were almost scared to death on the spot.
What a pity, they are just wandering around in the world. When have they ever faced such a fantasy thing?
Then they heard that Zhu Yanzu had come to challenge the Black Mountain Old Devil to a duel, and they thought they could come and see if they could destroy Zhu Yanzu, the source of all this, but the result once again made them despair.
They have ten maids at the Early Innate alone, and they themselves possess the combat power to kill Middle Innate Realm experts. How can they possibly fight them?
This completely threw the Mount Tai Sword Sect into a panic, and compared to that, the Mount Song Sword Sect almost fell apart.
After all, the Mount Tai Sword Sect had the backing of the Taoist School, but the Mount Song Sword Sect had no powerful backers at all.
They could have sided with the Da Ming Dynasty's royal family, but their underhanded actions over the years, especially their collaboration with the Confucian School school to assassinate Wang Hao in the capital, have already turned them against the Da Ming Dynasty's royal family.
They're already being generous by not sending anyone to wipe them out, so why would they continue to support them?
Besides, Zhu Yanzu is a member of the royal family!
This is going to be a difficult situation!
At this moment, the Mount Song Sword Sect is having a very difficult time. After the news of the Wuming Sword Faction's astonishing achievements in the border martial arts world spread, most of the disciples of the Mount Song Sword Sect were scared away.
Seeing Zhu Yanzu's terrifying record today, some of the sect's higher-ups might pack their bags and run away.
This time, their Mount Song Sword Sect is probably really doomed!
As for the idea of apologizing and compromising to others, it only flashed through the mind of the Mount Song Sword Sect leader.
They knew all Taiqing the ruthless and decisive nature of the Da Ming imperial family. Based on their past actions, especially when they cooperated with the Confucian School to openly force the emperor to abdicate and besiege Wang Hao, the two sides had already completely broken off relations, leaving no room for reconciliation.
Furthermore, they had already openly shown goodwill towards Confucian School, and now if they try to curry favor with the Da Ming imperial family, they will inevitably offend Confucian School, and their fate will likely be even more tragic.
It should be noted that their Mount Song Sword Sect is located in the heart of the Central Plains, within the stronghold of the eight major branches of Confucian School, and is surrounded by three major branches.
In this situation, offending Confucian School is far more disastrous than offending the Da Ming imperial family.
So they were incredibly miserable!
Leaving aside the miserable situation of the Mount Song Sword Sect and the Mount Tai Sword Sect, on the other hand, after Wang Hao and his group returned to the Jinling City Palace, Wang Hao personally used hypnosis to interrogate the Western Regions and the old woman about their martial arts lineage and related information.
The Western Regions with weak Divine Sense were one thing, but the old woman was extremely powerful. If she were at her peak, even with Wang Hao's profound Divine Sense, he might not be able to hypnotize her.
Fortunately, the fact that his meridians and dantian had been destroyed earlier gave him the opportunity to use his skills.
After asking the questions, they were naturally given a swift and satisfactory answer.
He never shows mercy to his enemies!
"There are indeed countless unique martial arts techniques in the world!"
Looking at the dozens of martial arts manuals printed out using Divine Sense Object Control, Wang Hao couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
These dozens of martial arts techniques were obtained from that old woman and the Western Regions. Among them, there were thirteen first- and second-rate techniques, eleven Grandmaster- level techniques, eight Half-step Innate level techniques, and five Innate ultimate techniques.
Furthermore, none of these martial arts techniques appeared in Old Master Jin's works, which confirms what Xiao Mengmeng said back then. Indeed, film and television dramas and novels are merely simplified Projection of the trajectory of fate, and cannot reflect too many secrets of a real world.
The martial arts in the world are probably thousands of times more numerous than those depicted in Old Master Jin's works, not to mention the martial arts of other races outside the Central Plains. For example, the martial arts of the grasslands and Tianzhu are not much inferior to those of the Central Plains.
These are all clearly visible Fortune Points!
"It seems we'll have to change our strategy after we've finished exploring the Five Mountains Sword Sect and Shaolin and Wudang Sect!"
Stroking his chin, Wang Hao pondered his future path in collecting martial arts manuals.
We must continue collecting martial arts classics. Not only will it enrich our own martial arts foundation, but we can also send them to Dongfang Bai to exchange for some Fortune Points. It's a win-win situation that we shouldn't miss.
However, such blatant robbery is just a one-off deal; it's over after a sweep. But advanced martial arts are mostly controlled by those reclusive Half-step Innate or even Innate Realm experts.
Finding these people won't be easy; we can't expect him to waste his Fortune Points every time he uses the system's Treasure-Seeking Function!
Therefore, the best strategy is to let those people come to us on their own initiative, and to do this, we need to offer some bait!
"For cultivators, nothing is more attractive than powerful martial arts techniques. However, these techniques collected from the Central Plains martial arts world alone probably won't hold much appeal for true powerhouses."
Thinking about this, Wang Hao was a little worried. After all, for Half-step Innate and true Innate Realm experts, their martial arts path was basically formed. Even if they obtained Innate secret techniques, they could only use them as a reference. Switching to other cultivation methods was basically impossible.
"At Master Hao, I'll just copy and upgrade all these martial arts techniques, give them a new, Haki name, and label them as martial arts techniques from overseas. I don't believe those reclusive old fogies won't be tempted!"
Wang Hao quickly made a decision. Since the martial arts techniques he had collected were not attractive enough, he would simply copy and improve them. After all, doing this kind of thing wouldn't be too taxing since he had activated the Dao Comprehension Function.
"But we'll have to wait until my Qi Refinement Refining cultivation breaks through to the Innate Realm before we talk about it!"
Taking a deep breath, Wang Hao suppressed the thought in his heart. With his current cultivation level and martial arts foundation, although perfecting and revamping those unique skills would not consume a lot of energy, it would be very difficult to do it on a large scale.
If one can break through to the Innate Realm in both Qi Refinement Body Refinement, then it will be much easier to reverse the process, and at least 80% of the Fortune Points consumed can be saved.
Therefore, this matter must be put on hold for now!
Having figured all this out, Wang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, went out of the room to get some fresh air and clear his head.
Since arriving at this imperial palace in Jinling, he has never had a proper chance to explore it!
As the early imperial palace of the Da Ming Dynasty, this place was naturally quite good, although it was somewhat inferior to the capital, but not by much.
"Hmm? Is someone practicing martial arts up ahead?"
Wang Hao suddenly stopped walking and turned to look at a palace gate to the north, from which he could faintly hear the sounds of fierce weapons clashing.
This is the imperial palace in Jinling City, and with myself and Eunuch Chen and ten others stationed here, no one in their right mind would come here to assassinate me. So it's only possible that someone is cultivating and fighting.
"Your Highness, it is the Three Sovereigns who is cultivating there with Eunuch Chen and others!"
One of the Eastern Depot guards following behind bowed and reported, but when he mentioned Eunuch Chen and the others, his eyes still twitched involuntarily, because the changes in Eunuch Chen and the others were just too... unpleasant.
Upon hearing the voices of Eunuch Chen and the others, Wang Hao's eyes twitched involuntarily.
Let's go take a look!
With a sigh, Wang Hao decided to go and take a look.
The two Eastern Depot guards following behind had no objections and quickly walked over, keeping pace with Wang Hao.