Heavenly Form Technique
"The Holy Son has actually held on until now!"
As darkness gave way to light, Divine Lord Zhenyuan, holding a purple-gold-red gourd, fell to the ground.
He swayed slightly, then shook out a dead bird with a yellow beak, black feathers, and chainmail from his tattered right sleeve before regaining his balance.
He reached out and grabbed at the dead bird. The restraining Law Power dissipated, and the dead bird's body instantly grew to the height of several people.
"This is the 'Divine Song' mentioned by the Kingdom of Supi. It is a Mingwang Peng that was released from Heavenly Court and has achieved great cultivation. This Mingwang Peng has a left wing that is seven zhang long and a right wing that is eight zhang long. I took its demon blood and mixed it into the gourd, obtaining five top-grade blood essences. If you need more, I will now sacrifice this demon's body, and combined with this gourd, I should be able to obtain two or three more blood essences!"
"We will need to trouble you again, Your Majesty!"
Zhang Xuezhou's demonic wings were disheveled, with some of the golden feathers turning white. Purple lumps appeared all over his body from time to time, some no bigger than a fist, others as large as half a head, as if they were about to explode.
The moment Divine Lord Zhenyuan's blood essence was offered, Zhang Xuezhou immediately stuffed it into his mouth.
"This gourd-shaped blood essence seems to be mixed with..."
Divine Lord Zhenyuan was about to mention that the blood essence refined from the purple-gold gourd seemed to contain tiny organisms invisible to the naked eye, like the eggs of those big-headed, small-fish creatures, which were also the 'microorganisms' Zhang Xuezhou had mentioned, he stopped himself from giving his warning upon seeing Zhang Xuezhou's expression.
Whether it's microorganisms or fish eggs, survival is the only thing that matters.
As Divine Lord Zhenyuan sighed inwardly, he noticed a purple swelling protruding from Zhang Xuezhou's head.
Like a kettle constantly banging against its lid as it boils, Zhang Xuezhou's head swelled and expanded, emitting a series of whooshing sounds like boiling water.
Upon seeing this, Divine Lord Zhenyuan couldn't help but take a few steps back.
Being blown to pieces by Zhang Xuezhou is a minor matter; being killed by Zhang Xuezhou when one's physical Law Power is insufficient would be a rather unjust death.
Divine Lord Zhenyuan retreated and hid behind Ming Wangpeng's corpse, occasionally stabbing the bird demon's major acupoints with his short knife, and then taking out the purple-gold-red gourd to collect his Essence Blood.
He fiddled with it for a while, and only then did he feel that the whistling sound from Zhang Xuezhou's end was getting more and more urgent, almost to the point of being ear-piercing.
But after waiting for a long time, Divine Lord Zhenyuan still didn't see Zhang Xuezhou explode.
He looked up and saw that Zhang Xuezhou was surrounded by golden light, which forcefully suppressed the swelling in his body.
"His physical body has turned to gold; how could he possibly achieve a golden body in such a short time?"
A look of confusion appeared in Divine Lord Zhenyuan's eyes.
The first step in the Eight-Nine Mystical Art is the Wood Body, followed by the Earth Body, Iron Body, Copper Body, Water Body, Silver Body, Fire Body, Gold Body, and Ruyi Body, totaling nine transformations.
Of these nine transformations, five belong to the Five Elements, while iron, copper, silver, and gold all belong to the transformations of physical strength. The Ruyi Body can freely use these forms, possessing both a powerful physical body and the ability to transform.
Excluding the changes of the Five Elements, Zhang Xuezhou's physical body had already acquired the strength of a golden body in that one day and one night.
Even without comparing it to the Eight-Nine Mystical Art, Divine Lord Zhenyuan Zhang Xuezhou's physical body had already advanced several levels in just one day, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators to break through. In fact, the golden light protecting his body was even deepening.
As the number one human god in the Heavenly Court, Divine Lord Zhenyuan possesses extremely strong talent and can master many techniques with ease.
He believed that Zhang Xuezhou had a very strong talent for cultivation and could almost perfectly inherit his previous position.
But Divine Lord Zhenyuan immediately sensed that Zhang Xuezhou might possess abilities beyond his own.
Their past experiences of cultivating life techniques together, possessing various avoidance techniques, and exploring and improving flying techniques made it difficult for others to notice. After all, Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation level was inferior, and his advancement in Technique Method was also inferior. The higher one's cultivation and Technique Method reach, the more difficult it becomes. Zhang Xuezhou's excellence in the Divine Ability Realm does not mean he will be outstanding in the Sole Self Realm. There are also many top-level cultivators in the True Self Realm standing in the Three Realms, making it extremely difficult to break into their ranks.
Due to various factors, even though Zhang Xuezhou and Divine Lord Zhenyuan had a good relationship, Divine Lord Zhenyuan's evaluation of Zhang Xuezhou was cautious, feeling that it was difficult to determine his character until he reached the end of his cultivation.
At this moment, seeing Zhang Xuezhou struggling in the predicament, even in a situation where death seemed inevitable, and pushing his physical cultivation to proceed smoothly despite the internal strain, there were almost signs of him turning the tide.
"As long as the Holy Son doesn't die under Suoyang, he will be able to overcome any difficulties he encounters in the future!"
Having personally experienced the high risks associated with Suoyang, Divine Lord Zhenyuan is highly qualified to speak on this matter.
Even he, a True Self Realm cultivator, was tormented to the point of near death, so Zhang Xuezhou, a Divine Ability Realm cultivator, being able to sustain this long completely exceeded Divine Lord Zhenyuan's expectations.
"The Holy Son chose to strengthen his physical body to fight against Suoyang. I've never seen this body-refining technique in the library before, and I wonder what its limits are?"
Zhang Xuezhou's situation was extremely dangerous, but he managed to hold on to the pent-up strength accumulated by Suoyang.
Moreover, Zhang Xuezhou's body not only possesses Law Power, but also Demon Power.
The accumulation of new forces will weaken the effects of Suoyang, but the complexity of these forces will also make them more difficult to manage.
Once Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation comes to an end, or his cultivation speed slows down, or a mistake occurs, the chaotic state in his body will deteriorate instantly.
"With such talent as the Holy Son, I wonder if he can cultivate other techniques to continue this lineage, and whether he can concentrate on listening to my explanation at this moment?"
Divine Lord Zhenyuan pondered back and forth, occasionally observing Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Xuezhou's physical condition and assessing his learning and cultivation abilities.
"Holy Son, I have a technique that can strengthen the physical body and increase its supporting power. Do you want to learn it?" Divine Lord Zhenyuan asked.
"Want!"
A brief response came, Divine Lord Zhenyuan's heart skipped a beat.
Clearly, while consuming blood essence for safe cultivation, Zhang Xuezhou still had the energy to hear his voice and even retained the ability to think at a distraction.
Zhang Xuezhou's strength aside, his opponent was clearly a genius among geniuses, even Divine Lord Zhenyuan felt inferior to him at this moment.
"There is a Heavenly Law in the Sacred Land's Scripture Pavilion. This law can be practiced by both literary and martial arts practitioners. It can expand the physical body. Those who achieve minor success in cultivation can grow to one or even three zhang in height. Those who achieve great success can grow to five or seven zhang in height. It is not surprising that those who achieve great success can grow to ten zhang in height. This law will definitely be useful to you at present," said Divine Lord Zhenyuan.
"I studied!"
Zhang Xuezhou responded briefly through gritted teeth. Divine Lord Zhenyuan no longer hesitated and directly began to explain the Dharma Heaven Technique he had comprehended.
This is the Heavenly Court's past combat techniques, which have been further developed and extended according to different needs.
Some have long arms and legs, some transform into giants, some sit and transform to support their bodies and release more powerful Technique Method, some have faces that can see in all directions, some have three heads and six arms and focus on upper body strikes, some have long bodies and six legs and run tirelessly, and some can generate dozens of arms to extend their striking power to its maximum in a short period of time.
Each person has their own method, and each person has their own path of cultivation.
It's clearly impossible for Zhang Xuezhou to tailor-make the Law of Heaven at the moment, and Divine Lord Zhenyuan doesn't have much time to carefully consider how to adapt it to Zhang Xuezhou.
What Divine Lord Zhenyuan said was all based on his own cultivation, and it only applies to himself.
If we were to talk about the similarities between the two, aside from their similar Realm Technique, the only other similarity would be that they are both human.
Either Zhang Xuezhou will follow the old path of Divine Lord Zhenyuan, or Zhang Xuezhou himself will have the ability to modify and adapt it to his own needs; otherwise, this Dao Fatian Technique can only serve as a technique for Zhang Xuezhou to overcome the Suoyang tribulation, and is unlikely to become a technique to assist in combat.