Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques

Chapter 1038: Chapter 1061 One Power Overcomes Ten Sessions

Seeking only the outcome, Meng Ji sometimes cared about the process, but once it would affect the final result, Meng Ji would directly ignore the process, focusing solely on the outcome.

With just one exchange of moves, Meng Ji could feel that something was off about this human before him.

Too off, Meng Ji thought. In all his years of cultivating, even having reached the Rule Integration Realm, he had never encountered, nor even heard of, such a Sun Moon Realm.

Clearly, it was merely the pinnacle of the Sun Moon Realm, yet in a clash with the Rule Integration Realm, it was somehow gaining the upper hand.

If one did not understand the situation, they might wonder if this pinnacle of the Sun Moon Realm was actually just a Rule Integration Realm in disguise, or perhaps had once been a Rule Integration Realm before some calamity caused them to fall back down to the Sun Moon Realm.

But during their brief exchange, the collision of rules allowed for some understanding of one another—while not complete, Meng Ji still grasped a thing or two.

This human’s control over the rules was indeed still quite inexperienced.

This unfamiliarity stemmed entirely from insufficient understanding of the rules on a fundamental level.

Meaning, this was indeed a Sun Moon Realm and not a Rule Integration Realm who had fallen in rank.

But it was precisely because it was a Sun Moon Realm that everything seemed that much more illogical.

During their exchange, this human’s attack had actually suppressed Meng Ji. With far inferior technique, the only possibility for their situation was an overwhelming superiority in strength.

A Sun Moon Realm with greater attack potency than an actual Rule Integration Realm?

Had Meng Ji not experienced it himself, had anyone else claimed such a thing, he would have dismissed it as mere fiction.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

And indeed, Meng Ji had experienced it just now, crystal clear.

Facing such an unreasonable being, Meng Ji’s first thought was to escape.

Not to abandon slaying this human, quite the opposite—in fact, Meng Ji’s interest in this prodigy of the human race had become unprecedentedly high.

There was definitely something abnormal about this human, perhaps a supreme treasure, or some other phenomenon unknown to him.

This thing was causing the human’s strength to become so exaggerated.

Dismiss the idea of innate talent ruling all—no amount of talent could justify a Sun Moon Realm at its peak suppressing a Rule Integration Realm in the early stages.

Meng Ji intended to devour this potential supreme treasure, achieving a leap in his own realms of cultivation!

Thus, Meng Ji retreated cleanly and decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

Meng Ji wouldn’t report this matter to those in the mid-stage or late stages of the Rule Integration Realm because then, even if the human were slain, Meng Ji wouldn’t reap any benefit.

Since his breakthrough to the Rule Integration Realm nearly four thousand years ago, Meng Ji’s rank had always hovered at the early stages, unable to make any progress.

The lifespan of the Evil Clans was not much different from that of most other races. After breaking through to the early stages of the Rule Integration Realm, one generally could live up to six thousand years, and if one comprehended some particularly special rules, the lifespan could be even longer.

Thereafter, with each small breakthrough within a realm, life expectancy would slightly increase.

If one were to control an entire rule and achieve the Emperor Realm, the lifespan would skyrocket to twelve thousand years.

This was an incredibly long period of time, yet regardless of length, every life reaches its conclusion eventually.

Having enjoyed so much of the world, and with the Rule Integration Realm more or less the pinnacle for most ordinary races, who would willingly face death?

Meng Ji was no different, reluctant to die. Yet, he had less than a few centuries of life remaining, having already consumed all the precious treasures that could prolong life.

Unwilling to die of old age, Meng Ji had no choice but to break through his current cultivation level.

Now, this human was Meng Ji’s opportunity, with the secret they possessed being far more critical than the rewards of slaying them.

Relying solely on himself, Meng Ji was not confident he could kill this human, and there was even a possibility that he might end up being the one defeated.

Meng Ji needed to seek help, to bring along two friends who were also at the early stages of the Rule Integration Realm, to share this secret with them.

Only by being at the same stage could Meng Ji be certain that they would share the secret. If he turned to those in the mid-stage, they probably wouldn’t even let him taste the proverbial ‘soup.’

From that clash, along with the earlier changes in the heavenly signs, Meng Ji deduced that this human must have just recently achieved their current state, with the internal power not yet fully refined.

Seizing this opportunity, he planned to bring his friends, who were tens of thousands of miles away, to erase this human from existence.

Tens of thousands of miles were nothing to someone in the Rule Integration Realm who could make the round trip in no time when fully committed!

“Boom!”

Chen Fei’s sword struck nothing but air, and its terrifying power instantly sliced through the void, causing the air to tremble with a muffled sound.

Chen Fei looked up at Meng Ji and saw that with a single teleport, he was already dozens of miles away, and his speed was still increasing.

Chen Fei took a step forward, stepping into a rift in space, appearing a hundred miles away.

But looking again for Meng Ji, he had vanished without a trace.

In his senses, Chen Fei could still catch a whiff of Meng Ji’s presence, but it was already hundreds of miles distant.

A Rule Integration Realm early stage powerhouse could truly escape with incredible speed when fully focused on flight, as Meng Ji was vividly demonstrating at this moment.

Chen Fei’s brow furrowed slightly, but he did not continue the pursuit.

Technically, Chen Fei was much less skilled than this member of the Evil Clans at the Rule Integration Realm; he exceeded only in attack strength, due to the primary rule of strength endowing him with unparalleled power.

With inferior technique, particularly in body movements, this was even more evident.

In the Rule Integration Realm, whether it was attacking or movement, the power stemmed from controlling rules at a fundamental level.

Chen Fei could now barely manage these feats, but his techniques appeared very raw.

Because his soul had not undergone transformation and his martial arts remained at the Fifth-Tier Sun Moon Realm, it fundamentally determined that surpassing Meng Ji in skill was simply impossible for Chen Fei.

Chen Fei now resembled a rather cumbersome Great Strength warrior—if they fought head-on, Chen Fei was almost on par with an ordinary person at the Rule Integration Realm. But if the enemy decided to flee, Chen Fei couldn’t catch up.

The so-called principle “a single show of strength can suppress myriad tricks,” but it’s predicated on the enemy’s inability to flee.

A hundred miles behind, Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun watched the scene unfold with their eyes wide and mouths agape.

Because it was so preposterous, the two of them were still somewhat reeling from the shock.

What had they seen?

A pinnacle Sun Moon Realm going toe-to-toe with an early-stage Rule Integration Realm—in this regard, because of Chen Fei’s previously formidable performance, they had anticipated as much.

But they also knew that such a confrontation couldn’t last more than a few moves, and that Chen Fei would ultimately be the one to falter.

But instead, after Chen Fei clashed head-on with that Evil Clan Rule Integration Realm, it was the Evil Clansman who ended up at a disadvantage.

And what was even more preposterous was that after taking one hit, the Evil Clan Rule Integration Realm figure actually fled!

A dignified Rule Integration Realm being chased off by a Sun Moon Realm?

Was that a fake Rule Integration Realm?

And Chen Fei, just how have you been cultivating?

It was only when Chen Fei emerged from the spatial rift that Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun started to come back to their senses.

Right after, Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun suddenly realized what serious consequences the Evil Clan Rule Integration Realm figure fleeing might entail.

If one Rule Integration Realm couldn’t kill Chen Fei, would there soon be even more Rule Integration Realm figures coming?

What would they do then?

The sliver of joy that had just begun to surface from surviving the catastrophe was instantly overwhelmed by a harsher reality.

“Go!”

Chen Fei wrapped the two in essence force and began to rush in another direction.

What Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun could think of, Chen Fei could naturally consider as well.

The Evil Clan Rule Integration Realm figure had clearly not been injured just now. Under such circumstances, the fact that the opponent decided to decisively leave meant that there were bigger schemes at play.

There might be only moments before Chen Fei would no longer face a single Rule Integration Realm, but an assault by multiple Rule Integration Realms.

Even perhaps mid-stage or late-stages of the Rule Integration Realm powerhouses?

Chen Fei’s current battle strength was enough to handle an early-stage Rule Integration Realm, but if two came, Chen Fei would be hard-pressed.

The key was that Chen Fei’s speed in body movements was at a significant disadvantage against the Rule Integration Realm.

The outcome of a battle is determined by many factors; it’s not always the case that the one with greater power wins in the end.

If your body movements are weaker than those of a Rule Integration Realm powerhouse, they can choose whether to engage or flee; you can’t keep them if they decide to leave. The greatest achievement you may earn is merely injuring your opponent.

Whereas, if Chen Fei were to lose, he would be slain on the spot.

“Chen Fei, let us go. It’s more hopeful if you leave alone,” Hua Zhichun said in a low voice, looking at Chen Fei.

The target of one person, compared to three, of course, makes a difference. With the battle strength Chen Fei currently exhibits, hiding on his own certainly carries a greater hope.

“Indeed, you go first. If there’s a chance in the future, just kill a few more members of the Evil Clans and Ice Race, that would be our vengeance!” Kuang Xingfeng forced a smile on his face.

“It hasn’t reached that degree yet. I’m going to break through a realm first.”

A smile appeared on Chen Fei’s face, and after leading Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun thousands of miles away from the area, the three directly teleported thirty miles underground.

The soil layer beneath the Return to Nothing Realm vastly differed from that of the lower realms.

In the lower realm, the soil layer is truly just rock, but beneath the soil of the Return to Nothing Realm lies a special space formed over an unknown length of time by the interpressing of elements.

The lower the soil layer, the fewer the spatial rifts. Thirty miles underground, Chen Fei couldn’t sense the existence of any spatial rifts.

Without spatial rifts, there could be no teleporting. After all, Chen Fei’s teleportation relied on passing through spatial rifts, not tearing through space.

Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun stood in the narrow tunnel, watching Chen Fei sit cross-legged, his aura beginning to rise and fall tumultuously.

Was he truly about to break through to the Rule Integration Realm?

Could he succeed?

Kuang Xingfeng and Hua Zhichun were anxious, uncertain if Chen Fei would be successful.

Which Sun Moon Realm pinnacle would not meticulously polish themselves for years, even decades, waiting for the right moment to achieve a breakthrough in one fell swoop?

More often than not, despite such lengthy preparation, they would still come to naught in the end.

In the face of Pushan City’s desperate situation, maintaining a sufficiently stable state of mind and thoroughly polishing one’s essence, energy, spirit, and soul was truly too demanding a task for anyone.

But the foundation Chen Fei had built up was indeed profoundly deep.