The cross-dressing body cultivator, upon realizing that her first whip kick was blocked by Lu Jin’an, immediately withdrew without hesitation. With a low shout, she released a bone-chilling coldness with her breath.
Clad in black brocade, her eyes seemed to evoke an icy intent. As she pushed both palms forward, a biting cold wind burst forth. In an instant, wind and snow bloomed, layers of frost swept forward, aiming directly at Lu Jin’an’s chest with her vigorous palms.
A strange glint flashed in Lu Jin’an’s eyes. He could clearly feel that the power released by the newcomer was neither Spiritual Power nor Demon Energy, but ’Vigorous Force.’
However, ’Vigorous Force’ is the manifested power after the blood and Qi within the body condense to their extremity, often appearing with a red glow representing ’Yang.’
For a female cultivator, following the path of body refinement is even more challenging than it is for male cultivators, because the predominating yin energy within them needs to be refined, converting it into the yin-attribute energy of Star Power to temper their bodies.
Although this process is exceedingly costly, it’s not unheard of among the older generation of cultivators.
But even so, the color presented by Vigorous Force is also red.
Because body refinement focuses on the ’body,’ and the root is blood and Qi, which are red.
Thus, it was Lu Jin’an’s first time witnessing Vigorous Force manifest in a color resembling an icy light.
However, he also noticed that the female cultivator before him did not follow the path of Dao Palace Nine Stars but another route of body refinement.
It seemed to be some kind of Breathing Technique.
But a Breathing Technique that could refine the body to a level comparable to opening five Dao Palaces... Lu Jin’an had never heard of it.
Though there were some powerful Breathing Techniques in the Wanfa Pavilion, none could elevate body refinement to the level of Dao Palace Nine Stars.
Lu Jin’an was very interested.
But in the blink of an eye, he had no time to think further.
With a backward step of his right leg, he unreservedly mobilized the Vigorous Force within his body, all five Dao Palaces opening in that instant.
Exerting force with his waist, he launched both fists directly, gathering scorching Vigorous Force entirely on his fist tips, launching an unyielding attack.
The clash of fists and palms presented a momentary silence amid the thunderous scene, followed by a vast energy sweeping out centered on the two of them.
The ground beneath them shattered into flying gravel, while massive falling stones turned to dust under the impact of energy.
At this time, the opponent stepped forward with her right foot, her boots sinking three inches into the ground as she transformed her left hand from palm to fist, striking Lu Jin’an’s chest like lightning.
Yet, to her slight surprise, her own chest took a hit from Lu Jin’an’s transformed palm.
The two successive collision sounds rang out as both of them were sent flying backward, their figures slightly staggering.
Lu Jin’an stabilized himself and looked down, seeing his chest clothing shattered, his resilient muscle gleaming with icy crystals, the coldness penetrating his skin, causing some frostbite.
However, with a shake of his Vigorous Force, the ice crystals scattered off his chest, and the injury healed. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs NoveI~Fire.net
He looked up at the opponent, his interest piqued. What kind of Breathing Technique was it that could truly contend on equal footing with him, who had opened five Dao Palaces, in a power struggle?
Moreover, it could even injure him.
And what kind of Magic Treasure was the brocade she wore? It only showed cracks after taking his full-force punch, without being shattered.
However, her unstable breathing also proved that she was indeed injured.
But she too quickly stabilized her breath in a blink, charging forward once more without the slightest hesitation, with the grace and strength of a dragon and tiger.
With her momentum continuously rising, her body was enveloped by Vigorous Force interwoven with red and blue, which then burst into dragon roars and tiger howls between her punches, grand and imposing.
And within the initiative momentum, a mysterious Array seemed to emerge at her feet, centered on her as it activated, instantly covering a hundred meters.
With the force of tiger howls, a punch was unleashed. Feeling her punch trajectory, Lu Jin’an side-stepped while bringing his hands together, fingers pointing straight at her elbow.
She showed no sign of evading, instead flicking her right palm upward, aiming directly at Lu Jin’an’s lower body amid the dragon’s roar.
Lu Jin’an’s eyelid twitched, inwardly cursing "crude martial artist" as he immediately withdrew and sidestepped to avoid her sly attack.
Her body cultivation strength was not inferior to his. If she were to sneak attack his lower body, even with his robust physique, it would absolutely be very painful.
As he retreated, she pressed the advantage, like a graceful leopardess.
A faint, ambiguous aura appeared around her, as her brocade fluttered subtly, like a spring breeze brushing by.
Though light, it exploded like a thunderclap in springtime, invoking the forces of heaven and earth!
The ornamental crown on her head cracked at that moment, her pitch-black hair akin to the darkest ink delicately drawn, accentuating the picturesque elegance of her features as her hair flew back.
Her presence loomed immense as if a towering mountain suddenly arose.
"Ten Directions·Broken Mountains!"
She exhaled and exerted force, her eyes like painted pools suddenly brightening. A mountainous aura surged from within her, making the surrounding air move with her breath, forming vortex-like air spirals.
As she soared, spreading her arms like a Roc spreading its wings, her slender legs plunged like mountains, creating countless cascading leg shadows in an instant.
Facing the cascading leg shadows falling from above, Lu Jin’an’s eyes grew even brighter.
It was his first encounter with such a powerful peer body cultivator... exhilarating.
Yet, why announce the technique name while executing the move?