Chapter 251 - 251 248 Void Giant Beast Ten Thousand Snakes Formation
Chapter 251: Chapter 248 Void Giant Beast Ten Thousand Snakes Formation Chapter 251: Chapter 248 Void Giant Beast Ten Thousand Snakes Formation The eye was too large, so large that at first, Qin Feng didn’t realize it was an eye until it showed a curious look and blinked, then Qin Feng finally recognized it as a gigantic eye.
Then he strained his eyes to see further, but with his vision, he could barely make out a small area around the eye itself, unable to discern what kind of existence it was.
His heart was filled with shock, what kind of Demon Beast could be so huge?
Could it be that he and his companions were unlucky enough to have encountered one of the most ancient and powerful beings that roamed the Void?
However, the expected attack never came, and even the Supreme Elders seemed to be utterly unconcerned about it, not even bothering to activate any defenses or accelerate the Cave Heaven Fortress to leave the area.
It wasn’t until a good while later, after the Cave Heaven Fortress had put tens of thousands of miles between itself and the eye, that Qin Feng could finally see the creature’s true form.
He discovered that it wasn’t a Demon Beast at all, for it had no limbs or sharp teeth and claws, but was instead a cotton candy-like mass, only incomparably vast in size.
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“That must be the Void Giant Beast Master talked about?!” Qin Feng muttered to himself, quickly confirming the creature’s origin.
Only those Void Giant Beasts that wandered the endless starry sky could possess a body larger than the world itself.
Having understood the nature of the creature, his worries dissipated.
Despite their enormous size, these Void Giant Beasts generally posed little threat to cultivators; any cultivator who could traverse the Void independently could even be swallowed by a Void Giant Beast and still emerge from its body.
After all, the body of a Void Giant Beast was relatively insubstantial, and although they had the ability to devour all things, they lacked powerful digestive capacities.
Inanimate objects could be slowly digested over a long period, but cultivators were not inanimate.
Even if a cultivator were swallowed, as long as they could break through the beast’s body before their strength was exhausted, they could leave safely.
Thus, some who fled their pursuers in the endless Void would even deliberately seek refuge inside a Void Giant Beast, hiding there until they were certain of safety before drilling out of its belly.
And this wasn’t the only Void Giant Beast they had encountered on their journey.
During the long flight, they came across several more Void Giant Beasts, some engaging in chase and combat.
The larger beasts tried to devour the smaller ones to enhance their own essence, while the smaller ones, taking advantage of their more convenient size, circled round and round a huge star and ultimately managed to throw off the pursuit of the much larger Void Giant Beasts, escaping into the depths of the distant starry sky.
Once, they came upon a somewhat foolish Void Giant Beast, likely one that hadn’t seen a Flying Escape Treasure such as the Cave Heaven Fortress and thus followed out of curiosity for over ten days.
Once its curiosity was satisfied, it swallowed the Cave Heaven Fortress in an attempt to digest it.
But the Supreme Elders didn’t waste their energy dealing with it.
Elder Kongkong simply activated the Cave Heaven Fortress to create vibrations and raised a Defensive Shield around it.
Then, forcefully, they made a path hundreds of miles wide through the body of the Void Giant Beast, continuing to fly forward at a steady pace.
Seeing the Cave Heaven Fortress emerge through a huge hole hundreds of miles wide in its belly, the Void Giant Beast didn’t seem to care much.
Since it couldn’t digest this thing, it didn’t insist.
As for the large hole that had been broken through, it would heal slowly, as its body was illusory and not yet solidified, so it could be flattened or rounded at will without issue.
Even if its body were to be blown apart or devoured by other Void Giant Beasts, as long as it was not completely consumed, its Origin consciousness could still cling to the remnant body and grow anew.
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“While you are cultivating, you should also participate in the War Formation drills.
You’re not required to become a member, but you need to familiarize yourself with how to cooperate with fellow disciples in battle.”
On that day, as Ning Wuxu took his disciple to watch the Spiritual Snake Lineage disciples practice their War Formation, he said to Qin Feng, “I’ve noticed your progress in cultivation these past days is not slow, and now that your Ruyi Golden Snake’s Innate Divine Ability has been achieved, you should not just keep toiling away in isolation.
Get to know the other disciples, and take the opportunity to learn about the path of War Formations.
Whether it’s on the battlefield or in some special situations, there will be times when you need to team up with other disciples to accomplish tasks.
You’ve been in the sect for too short a time and know too few fellow disciples, which is not a good thing for you at the moment.
Go and get to know more brothers and sisters in the sect.
As a True Disciple, aside from those who are jealous of you for obtaining the position, others will be willing to associate with you.”
Qin Feng nodded, “The disciple will follow the teacher’s arrangements.”
He indeed didn’t need to occupy his time with cultivation every day anymore, for through days of cultivation, he had managed to condense the Divine Power Seed of the Golden Hole Finger.
Even the Earth Escape and Big and Small Changes divine powers had been initially achieved, although they were far from being as powerful as when he used the Ruyi Golden Snake, and he still needed to practice more.
Moreover, after insisting on consuming one or two pieces of metal materials used for Artifact Refining each day, his Ruyi Golden Light and Golden Hole Finger divine powers seeds had become somewhat stronger than those relying purely on cultivation, which pleased him greatly.
Now when he was refining his Taoist Body, he would particularly temper his stomach, believing that as his stomach grew stronger, he would be able to consume more and more metals which would only benefit his Ruyi Golden Light and Golden Hole Finger.
Furthermore, he was pondering how to apply the Golden Qi refined from chewing gold and iron into the Azure Dragon Divine Technique, his Body Refining Technique.
He wanted to combine the Golden Qi with his Body Refinement Techniques, and even if it couldn’t enhance the defense of his outer skin, he sought to apply the Golden Qi to his bones or to his teeth and nails to increase their toughness.
Unfortunately, the Azure Dragon Divine Technique was a direct Body Refining Technique to the Immortal Dao, and with his meager Dao Cultivation, integrating other divine powers into this Divine Technique was no small feat.
This required a profound understanding of the Divine Technique, the ability to deeply analyze the principles of the cultivation method.
Moreover, the Azure Dragon Divine Technique belonged to the Wood Attribute of the Five Elements, which was good at nourishing the physical body and spawning endless vitality to achieve an Undying Dao Body.
To incorporate the Metal Attribute divine powers, which were antagonistic to the Wood Attribute, into it was very challenging.
Unless he had cultivated the White Tiger Divine Technique, it would be relatively easier to achieve this integration.
But he was a True Disciple of the Spiritual Snake Lineage, not to mention whether the White Tiger Lineage would agree to teach him the White Tiger Divine Technique even if it was taught to him, he couldn’t cultivate it.
Because his Lifebound Spiritual Beast was the Ruyi Golden Snake, not a tiger-type Spiritual Beast, there were significant restrictions on the Four Images Divine Decision of the Beast Taming Sect, which required corresponding Spiritual Beasts to cultivate.
However, Qin Feng felt that perhaps in the future, he could draw inspiration from the “White Tiger Divine Technique” method of absorbing Geng Metal Energy, and it might not be impossible to find a bit of inspiration.
But if he wanted the White Tiger Lineage to agree to let him read the “White Tiger Divine Technique,” he would either have to make another great contribution to the Sect to command the Supreme Elders’ order, or he would have to bring out a treasure that could truly intrigue the White Tiger Lineage.
Well, perhaps once he had evolved the Ruyi Golden Light innate divine ability into a systematic cultivation technique or a divine power that could be passed down, the White Tiger Lineage would definitely be intrigued.
Of course, it would be even better if he could separate the method of refining Golden Qi by Swallowing Gold and Chewing Iron.
This was not impossible, as many divine skills in the cultivation world had been derived by cultivators from other clans’ lifebound divine abilities.
After all, the Human Clan was inherently weak, with nothing notable except for their spiritual intelligence, unlike other clans that had countless innate divine abilities.
However, with his current level of Dao cultivation, to deduce the Ruyi Golden Snake’s innate divine ability into one that could be passed down, he would have to wait until after Entering the Dao for even a slim possibility.
He wasn’t at that realm yet and didn’t know if the Purple Mansion Realm would be sufficient.
If it proved too difficult, he might have to wait until after becoming an immortal to achieve it.
Although these tasks were still far from success, Qin Feng felt it was best to start preparing and contemplating from now on, as inspiration might strike at any moment, granting him an opportunity for rapid advancement.
Even if it didn’t work out, it was still beneficial to cultivate the habit of pondering over cultivation techniques now rather than realizing there were problems only after reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm, like his master did, when it would be very difficult to change.
In the following days, Qin Feng, in addition to his cultivation, would set aside two hours every day to practice various war formations with disciples of the Spiritual Snake Lineage.
There were close-combat war formations suitable for a few people to execute, as well as the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation deployed by many people together.
He found these war formations to be quite interesting.
The close-combat ones deployed by a few people were passable, mainly reflecting the coordination and tacit understanding among the disciples, which required years of practice and even actual combat experience to truly master, so Qin Feng merely dabbled in these.
As a True Disciple nurtured by the Sect, the Sect would not allow him to devote too much energy to these practices.
Even if he wanted to, the other disciples practicing the formations with him could not keep up with his cultivation speed.
In a few years, when he advanced to the Golden Core or the Purple Mansion Realm, those ordinary disciples might still be in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Therefore, he only briefly touched upon these formations, which at most could be useful in the early stages of the war.
This was because in just a few years, once he had refined his Daoist Body to perfection, he would be able to advance to the Golden Core Realm.
What truly interested him was the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation.
This war formation connected the aura of all the disciples from the Spiritual Snake Lineage, capable of conjuring illusions of ten thousand snakes, each an energy body that could attack the enemy.
Moreover, these Spiritual Snake Illusions were constantly being destroyed and reborn; as long as the war formation stood unbroken, they could perpetually congregate new illusions.
Even if the disciples were proficient enough in executing the formation and the Elder controlling it was adept, the Ten Thousand Snakes Illusion could converge into one giant thousand Zhang serpent, making its war power even more formidable.
Therefore, the Ten Thousand Snakes Formation was entirely different from the others.
It could gather strength as a single entity to face powerful enemies or disperse into the thousands, suitable for large-scale battles.
The formations of the other lineages were relatively straightforward, like the White Tiger Lineage’s formation, which conjured the Divine Beast White Tiger Illusion, capable of swallowing the sky and earth with fierceness and dominance.
The Spiritual Ape Lineage’s formation could congregate a Worldly Demon Ape, battling the heavens and earth with unrivaled ferocity.
The Vermilion Bird Lineage’s formation could conjure the Divine Beast Vermilion Bird, with Nanming Leaving Fire that purifies the Void, incinerating all things.
In short, the war formations of each lineage were different, each with its own mysteries; none could be said to be better or worse than the others, with their effectiveness depending on the number of people deploying them and the outcome of their collective power.
During the practice of war formations with his sectmates, Qin Feng also got to know many of his fellow disciples.
As Ning Wuxu had said, the vast majority were willing to make his acquaintance, since as a True Disciple, it was predetermined he would one day hold high positions in the Sect.
Befriending him now was sure to be advantageous in the future.
Of course, there were a few who were discontent with him, those who had believed themselves to be the most likely candidates for the position of True Disciple before he obtained it.
To those few who were openly challenging him, Qin Feng was anything but polite and seized the opportunity to give them a good thrashing.
He had now cultivated the Azure Dragon Daoist Body, which, combined with the “Ten Thousand Beasts Origin Scripture,” made his Daoist Body far stronger than what ordinary disciples could refine.
Not to mention, he had now cultivated several divine skills.
Ruyi Golden Light was versatile and particularly sharp, his offensive techniques dazzling to the eye.
The Earth Escape Divine Power allowed him to evade at will, and though the Big and Small Changes did not have much use currently, it could still avoid many attacks at critical moments.
The Golden Hole Finger, a divine skill adept at breaking defenses, could pierce through an opponent’s defensive magic or magic robe armor with the slightest misstep.
Not to mention, he wielded the divine weapon, the Sky Battle Halberd.
When using the “Azure Dragon Divine Technique” and its corresponding war skills, his attack, Azure Dragon Emerges from the Sea, would actually transform the Sky Battle Halberd into an Azure Dragon, as if it had just burst from the depths of the ocean, filled with the majesty of a top-level divine beast, fierce and unyielding—few disciples could withstand his strike.
Of course, these disciples were not without their countermeasures.
Several of them possessed Spiritual Beasts in the Demon Core Realm.
Whether lifebound or otherwise.
But in all honesty, although Spiritual Beasts in the initial stages of Demon Core were strong, they did not exceed Qin Feng’s limit.
He would enhance the Sky Battle Halberd with Ruyi Golden Light, and after bringing his Azure Dragon Daoist Body to its peak, its power was so immense that even early-stage Demon Core Spiritual Beasts dared not withstand it head-on.
Qin Feng did not need to kill or defeat those early-stage Demon Core Spiritual Beasts; he just needed to repel them and buy himself some time to overpower those disciples who had not yet advanced to the Golden Core.
Once a True Disciple reached a high level of cultivation, they would absolutely crush their peers in terms of war power.
Although these disciples had once considered themselves extraordinary, they had to admit that Qin Feng’s strength outstripped theirs under his absolute dominance.