NOVPUB"Next, I’ll comprehend the Deer Play and Bird Play."
Su Changkong couldn’t help but feel exhilarated; he was getting closer and closer to a breakthrough in the Five Animal Frolics.
Taking a short rest, Su Changkong used the Mirror of All Things to project an image of the Seven-colored Divine Deer.
This Divine Deer, encircled by a halo of seven-colored divine light, was not a True Beast known for its prowess in head-on combat.
"Whew!"
Su Changkong saw that the Seven-colored Divine Deer possessed incredible speed. Its body emitted a shining aura that illuminated the heavens and the earth. Within the range of this divine light, it moved with steps as fast as fleeting light, so quick that the naked eye could hardly catch it.
"That speed... it’s too fast! Most Saint Warriors, when bursting forth with all their speed, can reach tens to hundreds of times the speed of sound, but compared to the speed of the Seven-colored Divine Deer, it’s the difference between the speed of sound and the speed of light!"
Su Changkong couldn’t help but exclaim in awe; the speed of the Seven-colored Divine Deer was in the realm of Divine Skills, akin to the speed of light!
You must know that the speed of light is nearly a million times that of sound!
And within the range covered by the divine light of the Seven-colored Divine Deer’s surface, it could move almost at the speed of light.
"I must make my Deer-playing Body Techniques fast enough to keep up with it!"
With sparkling eyes, Su Changkong executed the Divine Deer Steps on the Sky and tried following the Seven-colored Divine Deer, observing its movements and postures, pushing his Transcendent Level potential and insight to the limit, absorbing the intricacies of its Divine Skills to perfect and advance his own Deer-playing Body Techniques.
"Light... let the body, when performing the Deer-playing Body Techniques, become like light itself!"
Observing the innate Divine Ability exhibited by the Seven-colored Divine Deer, Su Changkong gradually gained understanding.
Through continuous trial, Su Changkong’s body techniques grew faster, and divine light began to envelop his body, turning him into a streak of light that could cross vast distances in an instant.
"This move shall be called Divine Deer Floating Light."
Su Changkong also named this move—a fusion of Divine Deer Steps on the Sky and the innate Divine Ability of the Seven-colored Divine Deer—allowing him to move about as quickly as fleeting light, so fast that it was difficult for anyone to capture!
After spending another three months, he elevated the Deer Play to a new Level, and Su Changkong then began delving into the last of them, the Bird Play.
The energy of the Mirror of All Things had been exhausted by eighty to ninety percent, becoming extremely faint. Projecting a True Beast was an immense drain!
"Gaw!"
Under the projection of the Mirror of All Things, a peculiar bird-like True Beast appeared within the Floating Cloud Cave Mansion.
It was a featherless, legless Divine Bird with just one wing, its body ethereal, barely there.
This bizarre Divine Bird was the last remnant soul of a True Beast contained in the True Soul Banner, the Escaping Virtual Divine Bird.
"Cheep!"
With a sharp, high-pitched cry, the entire massive body of the Escaping Virtual Divine Bird rapidly turned ethereal, disappearing from this space, totally concealing its aura.
"Whoosh!"
The next second, right in front of Su Changkong, a huge, sharp claw emerged from the void, viciously reaching for him.
"Zoom!"
Using his metamorphosed Deer-playing Body Technique, Divine Deer Floating Light, Su Changkong swept across like a shadow, and the claw only tore the afterimage he left behind into shreds.
Su Changkong was both surprised and enlightened: "This Escaping Virtual Divine Bird seems to have the innate Divine Ability to enter the Chaotic Void, moving freely!"
The innate Divine Ability of this footless Escaping Virtual Divine Bird was incredibly powerful. In the Chaotic Void, even a Saint Warrior would be as helpless as someone who couldn’t swim in the sea, struggling to move, whereas the Escaping Virtual Divine Bird could freely enter the Chaotic Void!
Launching attacks from within the Chaotic Void meant holding absolute initiative, whether striking the enemy or fleeing for life, it had endless applications!
"I must elevate my Crane Play to this kind of Level!"
Su Changkong’s heart surged with excitement as he observed every attack trajectory of the Escaping Virtual Divine Bird, and its intermittent contours as it flitted through the void. He attempted to dodge and chase using the Bird Play.
Su Changkong fell into a wondrous state, where his Bird Play, when performed to the extreme, seemed to merge with the void, navigating through space.
He grasped this sensation and continued to advance in that direction, making the Bird Play evolve towards a higher degree of perfection and mystique.
In his enlightenment through combat with the Escaping Virtual Divine Bird, Su Changkong’s Bird Play gradually became able to enter the interlayer between the physical world and the Chaotic Void. His figure flickered, both insubstantial and solid.
"This move... shall be named White Crane Escapes into Void."
Su Changkong named this art of flight, able to escape into the void!
"Next, it’s time to condense the Divine Seed... to completely raise the Five Animal Frolics to the level of Divine Skills!"
Su Changkong felt a rush of excitement, for nearly the past year he had been battling the Five Animal True Beasts, greatly benefiting, integrating many of their profound mysteries into the Five Animal Frolics, and now it was time for a breakthrough!
In the Floating Cloud Cave Mansion, Su Changkong took a deep breath and began practicing the Five Operas Fist Method of the Five Animal Frolics. His movements seemed leisurely and simple, yet they had an extraordinary charm beyond the mundane.
Su Changkong completely lost track of time, repeatedly training in the Five Animal Frolics, a testament to his years of unwavering persistence.
Whew!
Within the Floating Cloud Cave Mansion, nature’s spiritual energy surged, converging towards Su Changkong. Not just within the Floating Cloud Cave Mansion, but atop the Heavenly Saint Mountain, anomalies began to appear!
Above Heavenly Saint Mountain, the clouds were dense, but now they churned, transforming into a golden hue, and the spiritual energy of nature became chaotic.
