Chapter 350: God and God (First Update!)
Outside the Three Elements Hall, the Village Chief floated leisurely in the air, looking utterly at ease. Qingyou Shanren glanced at him and remarked, "Brother Dao is quite composed now, as if you have no concern at all about whether your disciple can pass the Three Elements Hall's trials. You seem full of confidence in him."
The Village Chief felt a pang of nostalgia for the rocking chair Qin Mu had made for him. He smiled faintly and said, "I have great confidence in Mu'er's abilities. Although the trials of the Three Elements Hall are difficult, there have been not a few figures in history who entered the hall, and quite a few who passed its tests. Mu'er is no weaker than them."
Qingyou Shanren's eyes flickered. "The trials of the Three Elements Hall are the Three Elements of the gods. Brother Dao must know the stakes involved. After all, you were once one of those who entered it."
"And weren't you?"
The Village Chief recalled the past with a hint of melancholy. "Back then, I chose the Heavenly Element Breakthrough. What breakthrough did you choose?"
"The Water Element Breakthrough."
Qingyou Shanren said, "I failed, and you succeeded. That is the reason you surpassed me."
"The reason I surpassed you is not because I obtained the Heavenly Element Breakthrough, but because I had a greater will to strive."
The Village Chief looked at him with a serious expression. "My fighting spirit was stronger than yours, and your ability to withstand setbacks was inferior to mine. A slight difference in personality led to a gradual gap between us. The inheritance of Little Jade Capital is actually no worse than that of the Human Sovereign Hall. If your fighting spirit had been stronger, your achievements would not have been inferior to mine."
Qingyou Shanren snorted, feeling somewhat displeased. "Heavenly Element Breakthrough, Earth Element Breakthrough, Water Element Breakthrough—which one do you think the Human Sovereign will choose?"
The Village Chief answered without hesitation, "He will choose the strongest one."
Qingyou Shanren's body trembled violently, and he showed an expression of disbelief. "The Three Elements Breakthrough?"
The Village Chief nodded, speaking calmly, "His confidence and conviction are stronger than mine back then, and his fighting spirit is also stronger. He possesses unparalleled confidence and fighting spirit—he will definitely choose the Three Elements Breakthrough!"
"Aren't you worried at all?"
Qingyou Shanren exclaimed, "You have experienced this trial yourself; you should know how terrifying the challenge of the Three Elements Breakthrough is! He has absolutely no chance of winning!"
"Actually..."
The Village Chief smiled, his face wrinkling like a sun-dried orange, looking ugly but joyful. "Mu'er is already stronger than I was back then, though he hasn't realized it yet. Not only is he stronger, but far stronger! He should be able to get through the Three Elements Breakthrough."
Qingyou Shanren's face suddenly turned cold, and he sneered, "Brother Dao, I think it's not his confidence that is invincible, but your confidence in him! But after all, you are not from my Little Jade Capital, so you don't know the terror of the Three Elements Breakthrough. The Three Elements Breakthrough means facing a young god at the same cultivation level as him!"
The Village Chief said solemnly, "The Overlord Body has never lost to a cultivator of the same realm!"
Qingyou Shanren was exasperated. The Overlord Body again!
"In history, only one person has passed the Three Elements Breakthrough assessment! Once, the Demon Sect's so-called saint, hailed as one in five hundred years, entered the Three Elements Hall and chose the Three Elements Breakthrough. Only he passed it."
Qingyou Shanren sneered, "And then he died—killed by the Dao Sect and the Loulan Golden Palace, together with the righteous factions of the world! After that, a few others hailed as saints entered the Three Elements Hall. Guess what? Did they pass? No! They were beaten like dead pigs and carried out of the Three Elements Hall, not even making it to the later Five Energies Hall!"
The Village Chief said in surprise, "There are saints that useless?"
Qingyou Shanren rolled his eyes at him in annoyance. "This god is not one of those false gods from the Celestial Realm, but a true god. Otherwise, Xu Shenghua from the Celestial Realm wouldn't have come to stay so long in my Little Jade Capital. The Celestial Realm has plenty of so-called gods. You know the difference between false gods and true gods. A true god is at the divine level in every aspect, while you only have the Sword God aspect!"
The Village Chief fell silent, then suddenly laughed. "Mu'er has never lost. One defeat might be a good thing for him. If he can't win, it means he hasn't worked hard enough to fully unleash the Overlord Body's potential."
Qingyou Shanren was utterly exasperated. Was there such a teacher in the world?
"I would very much like to know the origin of this god."
The Village Chief's eyes flickered. "I wonder if you could tell me?"
Inside the Three Elements Hall, Qin Mu's expression was grave. The three young gods—each one was a pinnacle figure at the Divine Bridge realm in the Yan Kingdom, no worse than figures like the Dao Son or the Buddha Son, and possibly even stronger.
What was more critical was that in both experience and insight, the young gods far surpassed the Buddha Son and Dao Son. That was the most terrifying part.
One young god represented one element. When the three elements combined, their strength was almost equal to that of a single young god at the Divine Bridge realm, and their power skyrocketed!
The three old immortals had not been without challengers who dared to attempt the Three Elements Breakthrough. After all, as prodigies, they all possessed strong confidence.
But confidence was one thing; very few could complete the Three Elements Challenge.
However, since Qin Mu had chosen this path, it was up to his own fortune.
The young god opposite him was expressionless, like a machine devoid of emotion. Suddenly, his power erupted, and with a single step, he was in front of Qin Mu in an instant!
"His speed is on par with mine!"
Qin Mu was startled. A thunderous roar reached his ears, the sound arriving after the young god had already moved, the rolling thunder left behind in his wake!
Boom!
The young god threw a punch, space trembling and thunder exploding. This was not the power of a divine ability, but the pure physical strength pushed to its limit, creating such a phenomenon.
Physical divine abilities relied not on techniques, but on a powerful body!
Qin Mu did not dodge or evade. He met the punch head-on. Just as their fists were about to strike, both shifted their stances mid-air, moving rapidly, leaving afterimages as they dodged each other's blows.
Qin Mu's pupils contracted. The Cripple's Heaven-Stealing Divine Leg technique had finally met its match.
As the world's greatest divine thief, speed in escape was paramount—fast enough that the victim and pursuer could never catch up. Thus, the Cripple had refined his legs to the extreme.
If any part of him had become divine, it was his legs.
Qin Mu had trained with the Cripple since childhood, refining his legs to the peak of what the Divine Bridge realm could achieve. In terms of pure speed, even Banguo Cuo was far inferior.
Yet this young god was no slower than him!
Suddenly, a loud crash rang out as their fists collided. In an instant, Qin Mu unleashed the eighth form of the Thunderclap Eight Forms—the Thousand-Armed Buddha. He became like a thousand-armed great Buddha, countless fists raining down on his opponent, so fast and dazzling that the eye could not track them!
Ma Ye's fists were known as the Buddha's fists!
The realm of the Buddha was the realm of the gods. Ma Ye's entire cultivation was in his fists. His punches were domineering and steady, yet versatile. Even with only one arm, he moved like a thousand arms!
Even without using his magical power, his physical strength made his techniques more powerful than divine abilities!
Qin Mu's training with Ma Ye had been the hardest time, and the Thunderclap Eight Forms was the fist technique he had practiced most diligently. But the young god could not only block his attacks but even counterattack!
Qin Mu roared, his aura suddenly turning wild and domineering. A youth from the Great Ruins naturally inherited its wildness, ferocity, and brutality. His fist techniques now incorporated saber techniques, using his hands as blades to cut through all obstacles, to cleave through all injustice, smashing everything in his path!
The Butcher's saber—the madman's saber!
The Heavenly Saber was the technique of a madman who dared to strike at the heavens. His saber style was that of a lunatic, filled with murderous intent. With twin sabers in hand, he dared to slaughter any noble, including emperors, and dared to strike at the heavens and the gods!
In the air, two rapidly moving figures streaked across the sky. The sound of clashing rang out like dense rain. Qin Mu struck wildly with his saber, seemingly recreating the Butcher's frenzy as he raised his blade to curse the heavens!
The Heavenly Saber, a divine blade, was blocked.
Qin Mu's heart sank. His eyes spun with countless formation patterns, his pupils gaining four layers. The Ninefold Heaven Eye-Opening Technique!
At the Divine Bridge realm, magical power could only reach the level of the Danxia Heavenly Eye, but that was enough. The Danxia, Bixiao, Qingxiao, and Shenxiao Heavenly Eyes stacked their effects, causing his eyes to emit five colors. The black pupils in the center grew deeper, allowing him to capture every move of his opponent.
The Blind Man's eyes were the eyes of a god!
These eyes could see through all illusions, all techniques, and all divine abilities. They could capture every action, predict the next move, see through the mysteries of an opponent's abilities, and target their weaknesses.
Just then, he saw the young god's eyes—a different eye-opening technique from his own. The young god's forehead split open, revealing a third eye with five stars within.
"No way..."
Qin Mu saw the light beginning to shine in the god's eye—a sign that its power was activating!
The opponent also possessed a divine eye, but unlike Qin Mu's, his had corresponding divine abilities. The Blind Man had not taught Qin Mu the pupil-based techniques of the Ninefold Heaven Eye-Opening Technique!
Qin Mu channeled his true energy into his eyes, the layers of heavenly eye patterns transforming into the Shenxiao Ring, Qingxiao Ring, Bixiao Ring, and Danxia Ring.
Using his eyes as true energy cannons was not new to him. He had tested the power of his divine eyes in Qingmen Pass!
"Are you also an Overlord Body?"
Flames blazed in Qin Mu's eyes. "Then let's see whose divine eye is stronger!"
Light burst from both their divine eyes. Five brilliant beams shot toward each other, following their gazes, too fast to dodge!
As the young god's divine eye activated, Qin Mu immediately discerned its nature. The light from his eyes was five-colored, different from Long Yu's Sword Eye, twisting like five-colored divine swords as they stabbed forward!
He had three eyes, each with a different arrangement of the five colors. The power of these three five-colored beams was undoubtedly extraordinary!
Boom!
Both figures fell from the sky, struck by each other's divine eye beams, crashing into the earth.
Two mushroom clouds rose from the ground.
Qin Mu leaped up, gasping in pain. He had used the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra's body and energy refinement technique, the Nine Cycles Three Certifications Divine Art, to withstand the blow. This technique was extremely dangerous. When Qin Mu first practiced it, his energy was drained, leaving him skin and bones in no time, nearly killing him.
To cultivate this divine art, one needed enough elixirs to replenish energy. After that dangerous training session, over the past two years, he had carefully used this technique to refine his body and essence, reaching the Fourth Cycle, Second Certification.
First Certification: Bones Dense and Tight. Second Certification: Body Like Iron.
Four Cycles of Essence: First Cycle, Energy Like a Rainbow; Second Cycle, Like Mercury; Third Cycle, Like a Fire Dragon; Fourth Cycle, Furnace Opens.
Inside him, it was as if a massive alchemy furnace was hidden, round and solid. The furnace blazed with true energy like fire, protecting his body. Combined with his steel-like physique, he managed to withstand the blow.
"I have the Great Nurturing Demon Sutra, a hereditary technique!"
Qin Mu leaped from the crater, taking a few quick steps to climb a mountain peak. He looked toward where the young god had fallen and muttered, "I don't believe you can withstand my divine eye!"
Suddenly, his pupils contracted. He saw a figure slowly emerging from the dust-filled crater, gradually becoming clear.
"Still not dead?"
Qin Mu let out a long howl, trying to activate the Carefree Sword, but found it unusable here. He then erupted with true energy, sprinting at full speed toward the young god. "If I can't use my own spirit weapon, then I'll forge one!"
Outside the Three Elements Hall, Qingyou Shanren smiled leisurely. "This god is named Chongming. Coincidentally, he also comes from Carefree Village. Guess his surname?"
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