Startling Thunder Flash
He suddenly remembered something: the Bagua formation.
Wu Qingfeng has been setting up the Four Symbols Formation in Canglan City these past few days. Has he checked the underground formation?
"No. I can't put my mind at ease without seeing it for myself."
While Wu Qingfeng was still outside the city, Lu Feng began to move towards the entrance of the secret passage.
He walked and slayed demons as he went, his movements so natural that they went unnoticed by anyone.
To his surprise, there was no one at the entrance to the secret passage.
Only a few level one or two monsters wandered among the ruins.
Lu Feng secretly activated his True Essence, and with a flash of Phantom Steps, a blade of light swept past.
Before the demonic beasts could even react, they collapsed to the ground.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 1 boar demon, gained 1000 Demon Points]
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 2 wolf demon, gaining 10,000 Demon Points]
Lu Feng kicked the monster's corpse aside and bent down to move several boulders at the entrance of the secret passage.
After entering the secret passage, Lu Feng sealed the entrance again before heading deeper into the cave.
"Huh?"
As he approached the cave entrance, Lu Feng stopped and let out a soft exclamation.
He discovered that there were people inside the cave.
He pressed himself against the cave wall and peered inside.
In each of the eight directions of the Bagua formation, sat a man in black robes.
Exactly the same as last time. He focused his senses and confirmed that all eight people were Half-Demon.
Wu Qingfeng actually rearranged the guards for the formation right under everyone's noses.
Lu Feng did not hesitate. He activated his True Essence, and with a flash of the Phantom Steps, he appeared behind the nearest black-robed man.
A flash of light.
"Puff."
A head rolled to the ground.
[Ding! Successfully defeated Half-Demon at the Hua Jin, gaining 50,000 Demon Points;]
Just as Lu Feng was about to kill the second person, a dark figure pounced on him from the side.
Lu Feng reacted extremely quickly, blocking the attack with his sword.
"Boom!"
A powerful force surged from the blade, sending him staggering back five steps before regaining his balance.
Great Grandmaster!
This person actually possesses the cultivation level of Great Early Grandmaster.
Lu Feng's gaze fell on the dark figure.
He wore a black robe and a hood that covered his face, but the aura he exuded far surpassed that of the others.
Among these eight guards, there was actually Half-Demon with the cultivation level of a Great Grandmaster.
A hint of surprise flashed across Lu Feng's face, but his actions were swift and decisive.
He put the Ink-Sunken Saber back into his storage bag and drew the Flowing Cloud Sword with a backhand motion.
He unleashed his full power of True Essence, and the Phantom Sword Art was unleashed.
Six figures appeared simultaneously in the cave, surrounding and attacking the Great Grandmaster Half-Demon.
The man in black robes paused for a moment.
It clearly hadn't expected Lu Feng's swordsmanship to be so strange; the auras of the six figures were exactly the same, and even its Great Grandmaster perception couldn't distinguish the real from the fake.
In the instant it hesitated, a figure had already arrived in front of it.
"Laugh!"
The blade of the Flowing Cloud Sword pierced the black-robed man's chest, striking his heart.
The Great Grandmaster- Half-Demon didn't even have time to use his Demon Transformation before he fell straight backward.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully killing the Great Grandmaster Half-Demon and obtaining the Celestial Person Realm cultivation technique: Startling Thunder Flash!]
[Ding! You have gained 5,000,000 Demon Points!]
Lu Feng ignored the system notification.
He turned around, sword in hand, and charged towards the remaining six Half-Demon at the Hua Jin.
[Ding! Successfully Hua Jin Half-Demon at the Transformation Realm, gaining 50,000 Demon Points]
[Ding! Successfully Hua Jin Half-Demon at the Transformation Realm, gaining 50,000 Demon Points]
In just a few breaths, all six Half-Demon at the Hua Jin collapsed to the ground.
The cave fell silent again. Lu Feng sheathed his sword and strode up to the high platform.
He crouched down to examine the eight Origin Crystal slots of the Bagua formation.
Sure enough, the Origin Crystal he had taken was refilled.
"Wu Qingfeng really did come!"
He took out most of the Origin Crystal from the eight slots and put them into his storage bag.
After doing all this, he returned to the corpses of the men in black robes and began to examine them one by one.
Finding nothing, as Lu Feng had anticipated, he prepared to leave the secret passage.
Just then, he remembered the cultivation technique mentioned in the system notification.
Open the panel:
[Host: Lu Feng]
[Cultivation Level: Mid-Stage Grandmaster]
[Cultivation Techniques: Startling Thunder Flash (Beginner); Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art (Level 2) Progress 20%; Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash (Level 6); Phantom Sword Art (Mastery)]
[Perfect Martial Arts: Hundred Beasts Body Tempering Art, Walking on Air, Phantom Steps, Five Elements Primordial Chaos Art, Immeasurable Golden Body Art...]
[Demon Points: 35,000,000]
He clicked on the detailed description of the Startling Thunder Flash.
This is a movement technique of the Celestial Person Realm, but it is completely different from the Phantom Steps.
The Phantom Steps is a movement technique that is actively used to confuse the opponent by using speed and afterimages.
Startling Thunder Flash is a passive movement technique.
It requires dodging the attack at the very moment it strikes, using the force of the incoming attack.
After reaching perfection in cultivation, one can not only deflect 70% of an opponent's power, but also use that power to teleport and counterattack.
It is a defensive counter-attacking technique.
Lu Feng was delighted after reading the introduction.
"System, upgrade Startling Thunder Flash to its maximum level."
[Ding! Upgrading Startling Thunder Flash to its maximum level requires 10,000,000 Demon Points. Confirm upgrade?]
"Promote!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
A vast amount of cultivation experience flooded his mind, as if he had cultivated for hundreds of years.
Deep within his sea of consciousness, a figure identical to him stood in the void, enduring attacks from all directions time and again.
Each time an attack struck, the figure would use the force of the attack to bounce backward, then use the momentum to propel itself forward.
Repeat this process over and over until the act of dodging and counterattacking becomes instinctive.
[Ding! Startling Thunder Flash (Perfect)]
Lu Feng opened his eyes, and this time was different from before.
He did not experience any noticeable changes in his body.
The Startling Thunder Flash is not a movement technique used directly, but a reaction integrated into instinct.
It will only be triggered the moment the attack is about to strike.
Lu Feng then got up and left the cave.
After opening the exit and finding no one around, Lu Feng sealed the entrance to the secret passage again and then headed towards the city center.
Lu Feng exited the secret passage and wandered through the ruins.
Not far away, a third-tier bear demon was engrossed in searching for something. When it saw a figure approaching, greed immediately appeared on its face.
It pounced on all fours, slapping Lu Feng in the chest with one claw.
That claw strike seemed ridiculously slow to Lu Feng.
He clearly saw the trajectory of the bear's paw, but Lu Feng didn't dodge. The bear's paw slammed solidly into his chest.
The bear demon's face lit up with joy.
But the moment its claws touched Lu Feng's body, the sensation was wrong.
It seemed to have struck thin air; it paused for a moment, as if it had been slapped.
The figure in front of me had vanished.
Lu Feng appeared ten zhang away.
He himself was somewhat surprised.
Just as the bear's paw struck, he instinctively tried to back away, and that's how he ended up here.
Lu Feng walked back to the bear demon.
This time, the bear demon learned its lesson and slammed down with both front paws at the same time.
Just as the bear's paw was about to strike, Lu Feng intentionally activated the Startling Thunder Flash.
He felt as if his body was being pulled by an invisible force, sliding out in the direction the bear's paw was coming from, and circling behind the bear demon.
Lu Feng thrust out his Flowing Cloud Sword, and with a flash of light, the enormous bear head rolled to the ground.
[Ding! Successfully slayed a Tier 3 Bear Demon, gaining 100,000 Demon Points]