Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard”

Chapter 405: Su Yuan's Combat Training

The Seven Stars Sect immediately sprang into action. A massive amount of resources were allocated and provided to the sect's disciples in the form of interest-free loans.

The disciples of the Seven Stars Sect were all super-geniuses from one hundred billion God Realm Seas, each possessing the independent potential to break through to the Hunyuan realm. Now, coupled with the Lifebound Star cultivation method, their strength had greatly increased. Sharpening their blades, they rushed out of the Seven Stars God Realm Sea, intending to eliminate the enemy forces outside the God Realm Sea.

Su Yuan's avatar walked alone along a Chaotic Canyon.

He observed his surroundings with a vigilant expression, searching for any possible members of the enemy's Vanguard Team.

This particular avatar of his was deliberately limited to only the Tai Chi Perfection stage of cultivation.

To further enhance his combat acuity, he also restricted his sensory abilities and many of his tag abilities. He would fight using only his own limited comprehension of rules.

From the beginning of his cultivation journey until now, the number of battles he had experienced could be counted on one hand. This was the perfect opportunity to temper himself.

Suddenly, using his Star Rule, he sensed something abnormal about the drifting Chaotic Energy in the distance. He immediately hid within the canyon's stone wall, using the chaotic properties of the rock as a natural cover to prevent himself from being discovered.

Before long, a team of people cautiously approached.

Su Yuan observed them. This team had only four members. Judging by their attire, they should be ordinary Rogue Cultivators, but the aura of slaughter swirling around them indicated they were no simple characters.

The four advanced slowly, placing a formation flag at a hidden spot every certain distance.

Su Yuan narrowed his eyes and waited quietly.

The moment one of them came close to him.

Su Yuan struck. The flying swords surrounding him shot out. Nine flying swords instantly pierced through the faint currents of chaotic energy, shooting towards a cultivator who was in the middle of placing a formation flag.

That cultivator reacted swiftly, immediately activating his defensive measures and raising a protective barrier with a backhand motion.

The flying swords were too fast. The first sword pierced his protective barrier, the second and third shattered the armor on his body, the fourth sword smashed his heart-protecting mirror, and the fifth to the ninth swords dismembered and killed the cultivator!

The flying swords then swept up the wealth from the cultivator's body and immediately returned.

"Thief ambush!" That cultivator only managed to shout out a warning before his death.

The remaining three cultivators turned their heads and saw the scene of their companion's demise!

Their eyes turned blood-red, and they immediately pounced forward.

Su Yuan immediately executed an escape technique. His figure flickered repeatedly within the Chaotic Energy, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

The three did not pursue Su Yuan. Instead, they went to the side of their slain companion.

One of them immediately took action to rescue him, finally managing to extract a portion of his companion's origin source.

"Fortunately, he's not completely dead. I need to hurry back and help Old Fourth recover!"

"That guy just now was so despicable, striking once and then fleeing. Truly detestable!"

The leader, a dark-faced youth, said gravely, "Be careful. This is a battlefield. We're here to make money, not to throw our lives away!"

The other two nodded. They did not continue their mission and immediately turned back.

After Su Yuan waited for them to leave, he returned and began dismantling those formation flags along the way, simultaneously setting up the Seven Stars Sect's own formation flags.

He was reflecting on the battle just now.

"Although I haven't fought many times, my comprehension of rules is too high, and my attack power is too fierce. I solved an opponent of the same realm instantly. It seems I still need to lower my cultivation a bit more!"

Su Yuan straightforwardly lowered his avatar's cultivation to the early-stage Tai Chi Realm. This way, it should provide some tempering effect.

"Ambushes are unnecessary. I'm here to temper my combat experience, not to scheme against people!"

Sometimes, habits are hard to change.

Su Yuan dismantled formation flags along the way, and then saw three figures standing at the entrance of the canyon ahead, staring intently at Su Yuan.

Su Yuan awkwardly put down the formation flag, placing it back in its original spot. He said, "Actually, I was just passing by!"

"Boss, this guy is only at the early-stage Tai Chi Realm. Let's kill him!"

"Get him!"

The dark-faced youth had originally led his two brothers away, but then sensed that the formation flags they had just placed were being slowly cleared away.

He initially thought it was that ambusher, so he stood at the canyon entrance, ready to retreat immediately once he confirmed it was that person. But now, seeing it was just another little weakling, there was nothing more to say!

The three moved swiftly, crossing a distance of several light-years in an instant.

Su Yuan instantly sensed hundreds of attacks flying towards him.

Su Yuan immediately displayed his movement technique. His body transformed into a stellar shadow, nimbly weaving through the attacks, dodging all attacks from the three. Subsequently, he controlled his three flying swords to attack the three separately.

Seeing a flying sword charging towards him, the dark-faced youth didn't pay it much mind. He swung his halberd, intending to cut the flying sword in two.

However, the flying sword instantly multiplied into ten thousand, forming a Tai Chi array that fiercely suppressed him!

The dark-faced youth revealed a look of surprise, his halberd slashing towards the array.

*Puff puff puff!*

The power of the Five Elements Rule on the halberd transformed into a five-colored divine brilliance. Wherever it passed, the flying swords shattered into fragments, utterly unable to withstand his attack.

But the array seemed self-perpetuating. Flying swords materialized out of thin air, starlight circulated within the array, attacking him continuously and endlessly.

"What an exquisite Tai Chi array, and the technique of controlling flying swords has already reached a miraculous level. At merely the early-stage Tai Chi Realm, he can actually engage in continuous combat with me, a Tai Chi Perfection cultivator, for dozens of breaths. This guy's combat ability is too strong!" The dark-faced youth was inwardly shocked. Outwardly, he remained expressionless, but in his heart, he already regarded Su Yuan as a formidable opponent.

"Who are you across from me? Dare you announce your name?" the dark-faced youth asked.

"I am Su Yuan. Today, I shall borrow your heads. May I ask for your names, so that I may inscribe them upon your tombstones?" Su Yuan said calmly.

"Bold words. I am Xu Chenggong. I hope after a hundred breaths, you can still speak so calmly!"

The dark-faced youth chuckled lightly and said, "I have comprehended for three thousand Kalpas and created an entry-level Great Dao Level rule secret technique, [Annihilation in All Directions]. For you to witness this move of mine, you can die without regret!"

Su Yuan raised an eyebrow as he looked at him.

The Great Dao Level already involved the Wuji Realm level. Most entry-level Great Dao Level secret techniques were created by ordinary Wuji Realm cultivators. He didn't expect this Tai Chi Perfection cultivator could actually create one.

"Annihilation in All Directions!"

The dark-faced youth, Xu Chenggong, threw out his halberd. In that instant, it was as if heaven and earth were being separated. The surrounding Chaotic Energy was torn apart, forming a Chaotic Space-Time.

Ten thousand Dao laws were being reshaped and evolved. Su Yuan's surroundings transformed into a brand new universe. From the edges of this universe, ten kinds of world-ending calamities rushed towards him, cutting off all directions of escape for Su Yuan.

As the calamities approached Su Yuan, they grew stronger and stronger.

Su Yuan immediately realized that the surrounding Chaotic Energy was being influenced by the dark-faced youth's technique, madly merging into the attack, continuously increasing the intensity of the dark-faced youth's assault!