Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 362: The Peculiar Earth Attribute Energy

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"Pfft!"

Xu Ping’an’s sword cut down a Seventh Rank Sixth Layer Realm rock giant.

As the giant crumbled, a strange earthy yellow power seeped out from its collapsing body.

Running the Tyrant Heavenly Dragon Elephant Technique, Xu Ping’an absorbed this strange earthy yellow power into his body.

Once inside, however, the power made its way to Xu Ping’an’s spleen.

With the influx of this earthy yellow power, his spleen received a slight enhancement.

"What exactly is this power? The Chaotic Reversal Scripture doesn’t absorb it, but the Tyrant Heavenly Dragon Elephant Technique can. How odd," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself, puzzled.

The area he was currently in was the first layer’s fifth zone.

Upon exiting the cave, he found that there were quite a few such rock giants and rock demon beasts in the fifth zone.

These rock giants and demon beasts lacked intelligence, possessing only an instinct to kill.

The power they unleashed was around that of the Seventh Rank.

This earthy yellow power was released when these rock giants or demon beasts were killed, something he hadn’t noticed before.

But on one occasion, while cultivating inadvertently and running the Tyrant Heavenly Dragon Elephant Technique, he discovered that it could strengthen his spleen.

"Earth attribute energy, for the spleen. Does that mean there might also be the other four attributes for the other four organs?" Xu Ping’an guessed in his heart.

This was easy to guess, the Five Elements correspond to the five internal organs.

This was common knowledge among cultivators, but nobody knew how to cultivate it.

And to strengthen the organs individually seemed rather meaningless.

Legend has it that in ancient times there was a method to enhance the five organs, but that belonged to the ancient practices of physical cultivation.

Current cultivators didn’t focus on the physical body, hence this kind of strengthening attracted even less attention.

However, Xu Ping’an was cultivating an ancient physical cultivation technique.

His physical body had spawned inner strength, an extremely powerful force.

This strength also gave him significant advantages in combat, so he always paid great attention to his physical body.

Ascending to divinity through the physical body wasn’t necessarily impossible.

Because in ancient times there were tales of people achieving godhood through their physical form.

So Xu Ping’an believed there must also have been a powerful system of body refinement in ancient times.

"Perhaps I can absorb more of this power. After all, I need to enhance my control over True Yuan. Using these rock giants and demon beasts as sparring partners is perfect," Xu Ping’an immediately had a plan.

And so, Xu Ping’an began his killing spree.

There were quite a few of these earthy yellow rock giants and demon beasts.

Xu Ping’an hunted and absorbed madly.

Xu Ping’an did not exhibit any other combat techniques, instead integrating the Stack Hammering technique he used in artifact refining into his swordsmanship.

A single strike with fifty-four layers, like fifty-four layers of True Elemental Sword Qi superimposed, had tremendous power.

"Pfft!"

A cold glint flashed by, and Xu Ping’an instantly split a Seventh Rank Seventh Layer Realm rock tiger in two.

"Sixty percent achieved. I’ve improved my control over True Yuan to sixty percent," Xu Ping’an rejoiced inwardly.

Just now, with one sword stroke, he was already able to unleash five hundred and forty thousand strands of True Yuan.

Ten thousand strands per layer.

Five hundred and forty thousand strands combined, the power was immense.

The power of five hundred and forty thousand strands was already comparable to that of the Power of Nine Dragons.

With his physical body strength of the power of two dragons and ninety elephants, he was nearing the force of eleven dragons.

If the two types of True Yuan were to merge, Xu Ping’an could already release the power of twenty dragons.

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Twenty dragons had already surpassed the normal Seventh Rank Peak.

"Not bad, my strength has recovered quite a bit. Even without the ’giant’ character boost, my power is now invincible among those of the Seventh Rank," Xu Ping’an murmured to himself.

After all, the ’giant’ character boost was an external factor, and his current state represented his true strength.

"Continue!"

Xu Ping’an immediately said.

Then, he once again commenced his hunt of the demon beasts.

For three whole days, Xu Ping’an had probably killed no fewer than a thousand.

He also absorbed a significant amount of earthy yellow energy, which enhanced his physical strength to the level of three dragons and eighty elephants.

Although the increase wasn’t huge, it was already a rapid enhancement for the physical body.

Most importantly, Xu Ping’an felt that his spleen had reached a critical point and seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough.

Once he made a breakthrough, who knew what would happen.

However, he was certain that if this breakthrough occurred, it would bring substantial gains.

Additionally, he had mastered stacking up to fifty-eight swords in his Stack Sword Technique.

Moreover, he vaguely felt he was starting to grasp some concept of the great trends of heaven and earth, but it wasn’t yet clear.

"Damn it, how did we get teleported to this Area No.5? This place has nothing but these rock creatures," a voice of complaint suddenly came from a distance just as Xu Ping’an was preparing to continue his hunt.

Xu Ping’an made a slight movement and immediately hid himself.

The two were Seventh Rank Cultivators, currently exploring around, seemingly in search of some treasures.

Obviously, they hadn’t found anything of value.

"People from the Great Flame Dynasty?" Xu Ping’an immediately recognized their identities.

The clothes they wore belonged to the Great Flame Immortal Dynasty.

It seemed that the ones teleported to this fifth area by the formation were from the Great Flame Immortal Dynasty.

"It’s not that there’s nothing here. Didn’t some of your princes go to that Stone Forest? It’s said that there are treasures there that no one has ever found," another Seventh Rank Cultivator responded.

"The Stone Forest? That place is incredibly dangerous. Seventh Rank Cultivators who enter the Stone Forest have a slim chance of survival; it’s the most perilous area here. Thankfully, they didn’t bring us along," the previously complaining Seventh Rank Fifth Layer Realm Cultivator said.

"They look down on us, but that’s okay. We don’t have to take too many risks. These rock demon beasts here are troublesome enough. The Stone Forest is full of deadly traps, and it’s said that there are ancient killing formations there. If we went, we’d be as good as dead," his companion, a Seventh Rank Fourth Layer Realm Cultivator, replied.

The companion nodded in agreement.

Today, they had come to the Heavenly Star Palace, but they didn’t want to take risks, just hoping to chance upon some luck.

They weren’t part of the royal family of the Great Flame Immortal Dynasty, so why should they risk their lives for those people?

"The Stone Forest?" Xu Ping’an revealed a look of surprise.

It seemed he hadn’t found the key point of this Area No.5. If he wanted to breakthrough with his spleen, maybe he’d have to visit the Stone Forest.

"Where is the Stone Forest?" Xu Ping’an suddenly appeared in front of the two Cultivators.

Both were startled and pointed in the eastern direction simultaneously, "About a hundred miles to the east."

Hearing this, Xu Ping’an instantly turned into a streak of light and flew toward the east.

Not until Xu Ping’an had left did the two regain their senses.

Looks of astonishment were on their faces.

"That Cultivator just now, his Cultivation seemed to be at Sixth Rank Peak?" the Seventh Rank Fourth Layer Realm Cultivator asked.

"Yes, Sixth Rank Peak. But his gaze was quite frightening. The moment he stared at me, I felt like I could die at any second," the Seventh Rank Fifth Layer Realm Cultivator replied.

"I felt the same. Damn, what kind of place is this? Even Sixth Rank Cultivators are so terrifying; I just want to go home," the Seventh Rank Fourth Layer Realm Cultivator said with an incredulous look on his face.

The Seventh Rank Fifth Layer Realm Cultivator nodded repeatedly in agreement.

If Sixth Rank Cultivators were this frightening, what about those of the Seventh, Eighth, or even Ninth Rank?

Just thinking about it made them shiver.