489: Chapter 179: Invincible in the Core Formation Stage_2 489: Chapter 179: Invincible in the Core Formation Stage_2 He had once witnessed two senior brothers at the Core Formation Stage with Ten Different Phenomena of Perfect Completion Golden Cores from his own Sect, the Thousand Caves Door, spar with each other.
The force they emitted was exactly this kind of feeling!
Behind Zhang Zhongzhan, five golden cores shot out blinding rays of light, with two of them resembling sharp long swords, exuding a sense of domination and sharpness.
Among his five golden cores, two were sword phenomenon golden cores.
The path of his cultivation was precisely the sword!
Streams of intense mana flowed into the jade-green long sword in his hand.
The sword trembled slightly, causing the air around it to emit a low humming sound.
He faced this thunderbolt that set his heart trembling.
Under this terrifying threat, his spirit was more focused than it had ever been before.
With the pressure mounting, his aura quickly climbed to its peak in just a moment.
He concentrated all his strength into the long sword in his hand and slashed upward with all his might.
In an instant, a green sword light shot out from the blade, and in a blink of an eye, it transformed into the shape of a divine dragon, charging towards the purple thunder with an aura of domination and ferocity.
Faintly, within the sword light, the sound of a dragon’s roar could be heard.
As the sword light soared into the sky, just as it was about to make contact with the thunder in the void, the front end of the sword light, resembling a divine dragon, suddenly expanded as if the dragon had opened its enormous mouth, intending to completely devour the thunder.
This slash, though overwhelmingly powerful, also contained ingenious variations.
This slash, he had put forth all his strength.
He even felt that this slash was the mightiest one he had ever delivered in his lifetime!
The sword light seemed to truly be a divine dragon, opening its massive maw and biting fiercely into the thunderbolt above.
In an instant, the purple thunder was visibly shortened by a segment.
But in the next moment, an immense power of the thunderbolt erupted, instantly piercing through the sword light.
This was the Five-thunder Righteous Method that had reached Level Fifty-one!
This level of Five-thunder Righteous Method theoretically could only be breached by someone who had reached the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection.
As the thunderbolt fell, it struck Zhang Zhongzhan heavily.
Zhang Zhongzhan’s body shook violently, stumbling backward a step and falling to the ground, feeling as if his organs were being shattered at that moment.
With just one strike, he was nearly entirely deprived of his combat ability, but his face showed a look of confusion.
This strike had severely injured him, and was extremely powerful, but after the thunderbolt hit him, he felt that its might was somewhat weaker than he had anticipated.
Could it be that Cao Zhen hadn’t released his golden core?
But if Cao Zhen hadn’t released his golden core, then how could he unleash such a powerful attack?
His face was filled with confusion and incomprehension.
In the Thousand Caves Door, a dignified middle-aged man looked at Zhang Zhongzhan, who had fallen to the ground, but his face showed a look of admiration, saying, “Zhongzhan has made a breakthrough, not in cultivation base, but in his sword technique.
Under such pressure, he has improved it by another layer.
Previously, his sword technique lacked variety despite its ferocity.
Just now, his slash had evolved to include more variations.
Although he lost, he has gained progress in his sword technique.
This conference was indeed worth it.”
Why did so many participate in this grand competition of the Immortal Martial Assembly?
Everyone knows that the positions of State Preceptor and even the Immortal General are destined to be held by those at the Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection, and even those who have been through the Wind Fire Tribulation might participate in the assembly.
Those with a Level One or Two Golden Core, or even those at the Core Formation Stage, essentially have no chance to rank in the top eleven.
Why then do they still participate in the assembly?
Their purpose is to spar with masters during the assembly in order to hone themselves.
Although Zhang Zhongzhan was defeated, he also achieved his goal of self-improvement.
After knocking down Zhang Zhongzhan, Cao Zhen turned his attention to the other two.
Speaking of which, the remaining three were also odd.
Initially, when they attacked, they knew to join forces against Cao Zhen, but when facing Cao Zhen’s attacks again, they did not collaborate to wield their Divine Skills, instead facing Cao Zhen’s strikes separately.
Cao Zhen could feel that his cultivation base, after unleashing a Heretical Golden Core, was roughly between having four and five phenomena golden cores.
This level of cultivation base was not much higher than the other two.
Furthermore, the Divine Skill he wielded was the Five-thunder Righteous Method, which was Zhang Daoling’s Divine Skill!
His Divine Skill had also reached Level Fifty-one, and with this, the power of his Divine Skill vastly surpassed that of his opponents, making it feel like he was overwhelmingly crushing them with his attacks.
Shortly thereafter, the other two also fell in succession.
Once the referee announced his victory, Cao Zhen got up and flew off into the distance.
He noticed that in this martial competition, after winning, the referees wouldn’t give out anything; they would only announce the victor.
In fact, there was nothing distributed to prove the identity of the winner.
This assembly was ordered by the currently enthroned Emperor, and the person in charge was none other than the Grand Preceptor.
With the Grand Preceptor present, who would dare to falsify their identity as the victor!
On the high mountain, the crowd watching Cao Zhen, who had flown back, all wore grave expressions, with the leaders of the major Sects now viewing Cao Zhen with eyes full of wariness.
Without releasing his golden core, Cao Zhen was already terrifying. The source of thɪs content is novel-fire.ɴet
If he were to release his golden core, what then?
How much more formidable would he be?
“Cao Zhen, from the start of the battle to the end, only released seven elixirs.”