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"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Su Changkong’s heart began to beat powerfully, like war drums being struck, resounding through his soul and shaking for miles around, accelerating the flow of his True Blood within.
"Whoosh!"
The True Blood coursing through Su Changkong’s body roared like the surging waters of a galactic waterfall, spiraling in the roaring abyssal sea!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Su Changkong’s bones clacked, his stature unnaturally stretching over two yards taller, muscles bulging across his body, each of his veins now thicker than before.
Su Changkong’s skin turned a fiery red, and a blazing aura radiated from him, setting the air ablaze. From afar, he resembled a burning volcano; the mere heat from him would reduce any ordinary martial artist who dared approach to ashes!
On Su Changkong’s skin, patterns like blood-colored waves, torrential rains, and thunderbolts formed amid the flow of Qi and Blood, primal and imposing.
"Grrr..."
Panting, Su Changkong exhaled a fiery breath.
He stood there, transformed from flesh and blood into a different being altogether, now a human-shaped True Beast!
A single glance could scatter one’s soul, a single breath could uproot trees, blow away a small mountain.
Powerful! Beyond the imagination of ordinary people!
"This is... the Giant Whale Skill of the 11th realm, the Giant Whale Body Technique powered by one’s entire True Blood!"
Su Changkong felt every inch of his body filled with terrifying strength, so much so that even he was shocked by his own power!
"Boom!"
With his legs slightly bent, Su Changkong leaped up, the ground trembled violently, forming a crater dozens of yards in diameter, while his body shot into the sky, like a giant whale thrusting its tail, leaping out of the water.
The mountains and earth below became tinier and tinier under his feet.
What was even more remarkable was that as Su Changkong’s body pierced through the clouds, even when the force of his leap was exhausted, he did not fall due to inertia or gravity. He simply stayed suspended in the void because he did not wish to descend!
"Flight... Am I flying with the power of my own body? This is... the symbol of a Martial Saint!"
Su Changkong gazed down at the mountains and lands below, inwardly marveled.
Below the Martial Saint, martial artists fly by relying on Pseudo-Divine Skills or other methods, not by their own innate ability to fly. Before, Su Changkong could only fly by utilizing the White Crane Escapes technique.
But now, he was truly unshackled by gravity, reaching a degree of free soaring in the void achievable only by Martial Saints!
"I am not a Martial Saint... It is merely that I, when initiating the Giant Whale Body Technique, reached the level of physical prowess of a Martial Saint! Perhaps even stronger than the average, non-physically trained Martial Saint!"
Su Changkong thought to himself. His ability to fly with his body alone showed that in the state of the Giant Whale Body Technique, his physique truly possessed a strength comparable to that of a Martial Saint’s.
At least, facing that Tianlong Battle Puppet from before, Su Changkong could tear it to shreds barehanded!
Of course, Su Changkong didn’t delude himself into thinking that he could fight a Martial Saint with this body alone.
He was merely capitalizing on his own strengths.
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Even so, it was horrifying!
"Boom!"
Su Changkong stood proudly in the void, throwing a punch with the pure strength of his flesh, like thunder and lightning exploding in the sky, dispersing the clouds ahead.
Following that, Su Changkong opened his mouth and inhaled, sucking the clouds from the sky back in.
From a distance, the clouds in the sky resembled an ocean, and Su Changkong, with his body ablaze with blood flames, was like a giant beast in the sea, overturning clouds and stirring up waves!
With each punch, the colors of the wind and clouds changed, and a sweep of his leg made the firmament tremble. By merely utilizing the pure strength of his physique alone, Su Changkong exuded a divine might capable of shattering mountains and rivers, and dominating the sacred from his lofty position!
"Rumble!"
Finally having vented enough, Su Changkong fell from the sky. His heavy body, with its boundless strength, set off shockwaves that made the area for miles around tremble, with fierce winds sweeping across.
"After activating the Giant Whale Body Technique, just having a physique comparable to a true Martial Saint is enough to sweep across the likes of Ba Yi and Mo Junling!"
Su Changkong looked at his hands as a hint of a smile played across his lips.
"Even in the state of the Giant Whale Body Technique, I estimate I can unleash up to about ten drops of Mysterious Turtle True Essence at once. If I use it to power the Five Animal Frolics or Wind Thunder Archery, wouldn’t it be no weaker than real Divine Skills? This is definitely stronger than the strength Wei Shengxin showed at that time!"
Su Changkong thought to himself.
Without activating the Giant Whale Body Technique, Su Changkong’s physique alone had already surpassed a Pseudo-Divine Skill Grandmaster focused on body cultivation, capable of bursting forth with three drops of Mysterious Turtle True Essence at once, which was on par with Wei Shengxin.
However, with the Giant Whale Body Technique activated, he possessed a terrifying physique that truly matched a Martial Saint’s, able to kill a Grandmaster like Gu Lie who had cultivated two Pseudo-Divine Skills within a few punches with just the power of his flesh!
As for a full-force outburst utilizing Mysterious Turtle True Essence, the real limit was beyond the reach of any Innate Martial Artist!
It might seem unbelievable, but in reality, this was the enhancement brought about by the synergy of multiple Martial Arts.
The formidable physique brought by the 11th realm Giant Whale Skill, the abundant True Yuan from the 11th realm Turtle Breath Technique, used to drive the 11th realm Five Animal Frolics or the 11th realm Wind Thunder Archery, was the perfect combination of several Pseudo-Divine Skills, leading to a qualitative transformation!
"Wei Shengxin... If you only have the level you showed at that time, then you’re not worthy of pride in my presence!"
Su Changkong clenched his fist as space dimpled between his fingers, and a flash of crimson light flickered in his eyes.
"Sigh!"
Su Changkong took a deep breath, inhaling copious amounts of cold air, which gradually returned his skin from a burning red to its normal color, calmed the surging True Blood within him, and his body shrank back to its original state as battle marks faded and the hot aura gradually cooled.
Wei Shengxin was a reincarnation of a Martial Saint, bearing a Divine Seed, and if not for Ji Xuexiao, who also possessed a Divine Seed to contend with him, Su Changkong would have had no choice but to hand over the Transforming Dragon Gate and seek protection from the Yan Family.
Now, however, in Su Changkong’s eyes, Wei Shengxin was not so fearsome, and he was confident he could crush him alive!
Of course, Su Changkong also learned from Ji Xuexiao that Wei Shengxin certainly hadn’t used his full strength at that time. If he merged with the Divine Seed, he could instantly achieve Martial Saint status.
However, doing so would mean the end of his future prospects, making it difficult to surpass his Ancestors of Martial Saint, and he wouldn’t make such a choice unless he was truly driven to a desperate situation.
"As for me now... below the Martial Saints, I estimate there are few who can be my match, right?"
Su Changkong silently pondered in his heart, now if he were to strike with his full strength, Wei Shengxin would only be able to oppose him by sacrificing his future prospects.
As for how he would fare compared to a real Martial Saint, Su Changkong had never seen a true Martial Saint in action and thus found it hard to estimate. There are strong and weak among Martial Saints, but even facing a real Martial Saint, he believed he at least had the power to protect himself and could even arm-wrestle with one!
(The next chapter will update on the 11th at 22:00 on Qidian Chinese Network)
