Chapter 277: Chapter 191: Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings! Combat power soars, traversing heaven and earth! All acupuncture points around the body, thoroughly connected!_2
For a full seven and a half minutes.
Jiang Shu took a deep breath and staggered to his feet.
His entire body, nearly naked, hardly had a patch of skin that was intact.
The might of a Sixth Rank Mutant Beast—he had truly experienced it now.
It was not just about control over Primordial Power or Spirit; its physical defense and attack power were also an unknown number of times superior to that of humans.
"In the end... I won."
Amidst the intermittent breathing of the giant Peng, Jiang Shu murmured, getting closer and closer to the large pit. Finally, he could see the giant Peng’s current state.
Within the roughly three-hundred-meter diameter pit, blood gushed from the giant Peng’s belly. One of its wings was completely shattered, its proud head was bowed low, and its entire body couldn’t even stand, let alone fly.
"Go..."
The last precious blade, under Jiang Shu’s strenuous control, hovered in mid-air. Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was drawn towards him at an extremely slow speed. This was the final strike. Break the Sound Speed!
The giant Peng deep in the pit attempted to cry out, but its weak voice failed to summon the Gang Wind again.
It could only watch the precious blade—one it had always disregarded—pierce through the air! Pierce through its head!
「Half a month later.」
「In the cave.」
Drops of the giant Peng’s Essence Blood were collected by Jiang Shu.
The Peng’s flesh and bone marrow served as his food during this period. Not only did his injuries recover quickly, but sixty more acupoints within his body opened!
His Spiritual Cultivation Realm had successfully advanced to the Constant Stability Realm after this unparalleled, rank-surpassing battle.
"Indeed, only through combat can Martial Artists truly grow."
Jiang Shu sat cross-legged. A jade bottle floated before him. The purest, most potent drop of giant Peng Essence Blood, wrapped in Primordial Power, instantly entered his abdomen.
In an instant, a surge of overwhelmingly violent emotions spread from within Jiang Shu’s heart.
Thunder roared as if it was right beside his ear.
A storm surged as if it was rolling beneath him.
For a moment, he felt as though he was no longer human, but the giant Peng soaring in the skies!
"A Sixth Rank Mutant Beast... truly powerful indeed. Even its Essence Blood is extraordinary."
"If my Spiritual Cultivation were still only at the Grand Stability Realm, I might have been bewildered. But now... I have stepped into the Constant Stability Realm!"
As Jiang Shu spoke, his mind became as clear as the sky.
The power of his Spirit and the Primordial Power within his acupoints surged like a tide, washing over the violent emotions within the Essence Blood.
Refining Essence Blood—this was the most difficult step.
If the consciousness within was not completely eradicated, future Cultivation of the Ancient Forbidden Technique would surely lead to being controlled by the Essence Blood, becoming an existence that was neither human nor beast.
Refine.
Integrate the blood!
A drop of his own Essence Blood within his body merged with that of the giant Peng, becoming one.
Suddenly, a series of inheritance memories appeared in Jiang Shu’s mind.
From breaking out of the giant egg, to the first flight from the cliffside, to ultimately covering a hundred li with a single flap!
So, Pengs are forbidden beings! This Sixth Rank Mutant Beast I just killed only possesses a thin trace of their bloodline. If it were a true Peng, its wings would be like clouds hanging from the sky, capable of traveling ninety thousand li with a single flap.
Jiang Shu’s eyes, which had been closed, slowly opened, revealing a look of shock.
He had read about such accounts in his past life, but everyone had always treated them as myth. He had not expected that, after being reborn, the myths of old would reappear today.
Ever since he obtained the "Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings," Jiang Shu had deliberately avoided thinking in this direction.
In his understanding, the so-called Peng was likely just a type of large eagle.
After all, the true Peng was far too fantastical. If they were truly Divine Beasts of legend, the "Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings" would certainly not be a mere Ancient Forbidden Technique, but one of the ultimate guarding arts of Major Sects in the Great World.
The world was really becoming ever more fascinating.
Whether it was the Da Jing Dynasty or Xuanxing.
If the bloodline of the Peng existed, then other Divine Beast bloodlines could naturally exist as well.
He hadn’t known previously because his Realm was too low, and the Mutant Beasts he encountered were too weak.
And those who possessed such bloodlines, even if extremely diluted, were absolutely the true Peak among Fierce Beasts!
Jiang Shu’s gaze was profound. He took a step forward, not dwelling on it further.
In the future, there would be opportunities to battle Sixth Rank Mutant Beasts again.
For him now, the most important thing was to thoroughly try out the newly acquired Ancient Forbidden Technique!
On the panel.
"Thunder Peng Netherworld Wings": entry-level (1/1,000)
Jiang Shu walked out of the cave. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in the Secret Realm, thanks to the now stable passage, had become much denser as more flowed outward. He took a deep breath. Every acupoint in his body acted like a water pump, swiftly drawing in Yuan Qi like a tide. His arms unfolded slightly.
Linking the Essence Blood within him, layers of energy condensed on his back. In just a single breath, huge wings of Primordial Power, each ten meters long, appeared at his sides.
This was a breathtaking and marvelous aspect Martial Artists of Xuanxing had never dared to imagine.
Even with such a state of mind, Jiang Shu couldn’t help wanting to turn back and touch his own "wings."
With a flap, he soared five hundred meters into the air!
Gang Wind howled, clouds surged like tides.
He looked down upon the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, seeing it in its entirety, completely and comprehensively for the first time.
Forests, lakes, mountain ranges, swamps...
A Grade A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was like a small world.
All kinds of ecological environments, everything one could ask for.
He could even see the dwelling places where Sixth Rank Mutant Beasts recuperated and multiplied. He could also see the enticing forms of Sixth Rank Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicines about to mature.
A single flap covered ten li!
Equivalent to an instantaneous 5,000 meters.
What an astonishing speed!
Completely surpassing Mach 10!