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

Chapter 406: Su Yuan Becomes a Genius

So, for the Tai Chi Realm, the most crucial aspect is to use the surrounding Chaotic Energy to amplify one's techniques, unleashing infinite power from limited mana!

Su Yuan was lost in thought. He had previously possessed endless mana, so he truly hadn't paid attention to these details.

The dark-faced youth sneered coldly. The longer the technique he activated lasted, the greater its power would become. This Seven Stars Sect disciple was already beyond saving.

Su Yuan had lost the initiative, but he didn't panic. Instead, he immediately invoked the Star Rule. Using his own mana as the source, he carved out a Star Domain around himself, blocking the approach of the Annihilation in All Directions.

The dark-faced youth sneered coldly and intensified his attack.

Within the Star Domain, Su Yuan incorporated the Five Elements Rule.

The power of the Five Elements Rule generated numerous changes within the scope of the Star Domain, forming an Inverted Five Elements Domain.

The violent calamities generated by the Annihilation in All Directions, upon falling into the Inverted Five Elements Domain, were transformed into the most fundamental Five Elements power. This power then, in turn, amplified the Inverted Five Elements Domain, gradually dismantling the youth's attack.

Xu Chenggong's eyes widened. "Blocked! You've actually also comprehended the Five Elements Rule to such a profound depth!"

"Boss, if we kill this genius, we should be able to earn a huge amount of military merit, right?"

Xu Chenggong snapped back to reality and laughed heartily. "Exactly! Killing him, our merit would be comparable to killing a Wuji Realm cultivator. He's merely at the early-stage Tai Chi Realm;his mana can't possibly sustain this. We're definitely going to win!"

Su Yuan indeed realized that the mana within his body was beginning to deplete rapidly. Furthermore, he was trapped within the Annihilation in All Directions and couldn't absorb Chaotic Energy to replenish the consumption. Under these circumstances, he would be exhausted and die in just a few dozen breaths.

Su Yuan observed his opponent's ultimate move, analyzing the weaknesses of the Annihilation in All Directions.

Gradually, he discovered the vulnerable points in his opponent's technique. The other party's grasp of the Five Elements Rule was still somewhat lacking, with several obvious rule loopholes.

Without hesitation, Su Yuan condensed the power of his Tai Chi Domain and directly slashed out several sword strikes. Carrying the full force of the entire Tai Chi Domain, these strikes shattered those rule loopholes, allowing Su Yuan to break free from the range of the Annihilation in All Directions.

A flash of inspiration struck Xu Chenggong's mind. "So that's how it is! So that's how it is!"

From the process of Su Yuan breaking through the Annihilation in All Directions, he finally found the weak points in his own cultivation. He suddenly had a feeling that the Wuji bottleneck that had been blocking his path had now crumbled completely. If he were given just a few tens of thousands of Yuan Assemblies, he would be able to comprehend the final step!

"Boss!"

Two voices reminded him.

Xu Chenggong immediately swung his halberd in a reverse slash, colliding with a flying sword.

He blocked Su Yuan's powerful strike.

The other two also moved closer, launching a joint attack on Su Yuan.

Su Yuan smiled faintly and attacked with his sword again.

Only this time, Su Yuan's flying sword exhibited a new change. On the flying sword, the Five Elements Rule and the Star Rule intertwined, drawing in the surrounding Chaotic Energy which continuously merged into the flying sword. It then unleashed wave after wave of sword radiance.

The attack power of each wave of sword radiance was comparable to a full-force strike from someone at the Tai Chi Perfection stage.

The three of them blocked the attacks one after another, but they fought while retreating, utterly unable to mount an effective defense!

Xu Chenggong immediately noticed a familiar feeling in Su Yuan's technique. How was each of these sword lights so similar to his own Annihilation in All Directions! Moreover, the other party had optimized his technique;it didn't require using a main combat weapon as the domain core to activate it. Every single strike could unleash the effect of the Annihilation in All Directions!

This was elevating an elementary Great Dao Level secret technique directly to a proficient, established level!

Where did this monstrous genius come from? Could he be some great expert who had re-cultivated?

Xu Chenggong began to consider retreat.

The three of them exchanged glances, each feeling a sense of foreboding.

Meanwhile, Su Yuan's attacks were growing increasingly powerful. He was still using the same amount of Tai Chi mana, but the Chaotic Energy drawn in by the rules was accumulating more and more, naturally increasing the power.

His rule comprehension was still stuck at the initial entry into the Wuji Realm, but his application of the rules was rapidly improving, with efficiency increasing by dozens of times.

"Let's go!"

Xu Chenggong immediately unleashed his ultimate move, using his Annihilation in All Directions to trap Su Yuan.

His Tai Chi mana was at the perfection level, and the power of the Annihilation in All Directions he unleashed had already surpassed the Tai Chi Perfection level, almost reaching the Half-Step Wuji stage. It was enough to delay Su Yuan for several breaths.

By the time Su Yuan broke through the Annihilation in All Directions and confiscated a long halberd into his hand, the three outsiders had already fled far away.

Su Yuan wasn't bothered by this.

He continued to practice the "Annihilation in All Directions," its power growing stronger and stronger.

Elsewhere.

The three of them performed consecutive ultra-long-distance teleportations, traversing several chaotic terrains, arriving at an extremely distant location before finally slowing down.

All three had pale faces.

The excessive consumption from their desperate escape left them no energy to manage their expressions.

"This guy is too outrageous! How on earth did he cultivate?" The dark-faced youth was utterly helpless about losing his weapon.

"Boss, he's definitely an old monster. We're lucky to have survived! Reporting his intelligence upwards will also earn us quite a bit of military merit!"

"That's true!"

The dark-faced youth paused for a moment and said, "I've broken through my bottleneck. I'm preparing to go back and make a breakthrough!"

The two youths were overjoyed.

"Boss, really?"

"Mhm. Just now, during the battle with that Su Yuan, he broke my ultimate move twice. I discovered the gaps in my rule comprehension. This time, I will definitely break through the bottleneck!"

Xu Chenggong revealed a smile, the discomfort of losing his weapon gone.

"Congratulations, Boss!"

The three quickly returned, submitted the battle recording to the Void Allied Army, and received a considerable amount of military merit points.

Then, Xu Chenggong directly exchanged for some resources and hurried off to a secret location for secluded cultivation and breakthrough.

As for Xu Chenggong's three underlings, they stayed behind in the military camp. During conversations with others, they spread word of Su Yuan's absurd combat power, attracting the attention of many people.

Back at that same canyon.

Su Yuan cleared away all the enemy's formation flags and began practicing his techniques right there on the spot.

Suddenly, he sensed fluctuations from the formation flags at the entrance—someone had stepped into the canyon.

He sensed through the formation flags and saw several cultivators walking in from the canyon entrance.

After entering, they immediately began clearing the hidden formation flags along the way, then proceeded to set up their own side's formation flags.

Su Yuan said speechlessly, "I just finished setting all this up, and here they come to ruin it again."

Su Yuan quickly approached that area.

The four of them sensed Su Yuan's approach and also stopped their actions.

One of them checked some intelligence, then transmitted a voice message to the others, saying, "That's right, it's that genius named Su Yuan. He's worth a hundred thousand military merit points, equivalent to ten Wuji Realm experts. Killing him would be a huge win for us!"

So it turned out these four weren't here to clear vision at all;they had come specifically to kill Su Yuan.