Chapter 351: Chapter 74: Power of Heaven and Earth, Nascent Soul Taoist Technique

In the sky, the tribulation clouds gradually dispersed.

Lin Chen also slowly descended from high in the sky and finally landed smoothly.

After standing in place for a long time, Lin Chen opened his eyes, looked at his hands, and murmured:

"Is this the Nascent Soul Stage?"

"It’s really not bad!"

Lin Chen’s face was adorned with a smile.

He could feel that after crossing the thunder tribulation, achieving the Nascent Soul brought an earth-shattering change in his strength!

The improvement in True Essence and Divine Soul was secondary.

Lin Chen’s true transformation was in his physical qualities!

Feeling the vigorous qi and blood in his body like flames, Lin Chen murmured:

"My current cultivation should be at the peak of the High-Level Martial Monarch, right?"

"Perhaps, just one step away from the Martial King... unfortunately, still a bit lacking!"

However, Lin Chen was not disappointed.

He estimated that his martial arts realm would break through within a year, and by then he would surely reach the Martial King Realm!

"It seems that cultivation and martial arts truly complement each other."

"Especially this thunder tribulation, it is of great benefit to martial arts cultivation!"

"Besides..."

Lin Chen’s heart moved slightly, and the True Essence extended three feet from his body.

At the same time, vaguely, there was a white thunder glow attached to the True Essence.

"Demon-Suppressing Divine Thunder... has also stepped into the Realm of Perfection all at once!"

"I wonder how effective this exorcism is?"

Lin Chen smiled faintly; having an additional remarkable technique never pressures one.

But above all, this was not Lin Chen’s greatest gain from breaking through the Nascent Soul.

The fundamental difference between Nascent Soul and Golden Core...

Is the mobilization of the power of heaven and earth!

...

At this moment, Lin Chen stood on the spacious mountaintop.

His body was in a relaxed posture, eyes slightly closed, as if sensing something.

The other protectors, martial arts powerhouses, did not get close.

"What is Lin Chen doing?" Wang Lishan asked with some confusion.

Lv Zishou just glanced and immediately saw through the intricacies.

"This kid is communicating with the momentum between heaven and earth!"

"Seems to be a strong kind... wow, it seems that after breaking through the Nascent Soul, this kid has reaped quite a bit..."

Lv Zishou praised, then looked up at the sky.

By now, the thunder tribulation had completely dissipated.

Only then did he relax and say to Wang Lishan:

"Wang, you first keep watch over Lin Chen..."

"There shouldn’t be any accident; as for us, we must return to the Martial Realm first."

Wang Lishan quickly nodded after hearing this, bowed, and said:

"Understood, Elder Lv!"

As powerhouses within the Martial Realm, they always bear the responsibility of guarding the Martial Realm.

Otherwise, if a demon beast launched a surprise attack, the consequences would be unimaginable...

Lv Zishou, as a Martial Emperor powerhouse, taking a day to come and protect Lin Chen was already giving it his all.

If they didn’t return quickly, changes were likely to occur...

Lv Zishou quickly led the remaining five Martial Emperors and six Martial Kings back to the Martial Realm.

A lot of effort had already been made to conceal Lin Chen crossing the tribulation.

But fortunately, everything went smoothly.

...

Meanwhile, Lin Chen experienced the power of heaven and earth in detail, and a look of realization appeared as he opened his eyes.

"I see, the power of heaven and earth... is divided into two types!"

In Lin Chen’s perception.

The first layer of the power of heaven and earth is naturally the mental realm between heaven and earth that he had experienced before!

Leveraging the intent and momentum in heaven and earth, it enhances the power of divine techniques, making them more effective and giving them the ability to lock onto enemies, making it inescapable and terrifying.

As for the second type of heaven and earth power...

It is even more mysterious!

It is where a Nascent Soul cultivator uses their body and magic power to communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Thus mobilizing multiple or even dozens of times the true essence magical power!

No matter if the body of a cultivator, even a Nascent Soul or Divinity Transformation, no matter how much True Essence, it is still limited.

But the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is almost unlimited!

This method is like using a fulcrum to leverage heaven and earth, enhancing the power of divine techniques by several times or dozens of times!

The power of heaven and earth that Nascent Soul cultivators can mobilize is still not much.

But when reaching Divinity Transformation, or even the Returning Void Realm... it will be extremely terrifying!

"Phew... I still overestimated myself!"

"When at the Half-Step Nascent Soul, if I encountered the mid-stage Nascent Soul... I’m afraid I wouldn’t have much resistance."

"But now it’s different!"

Lin Chen gradually restrained the magic true essence on his body.

Because of the recent breakthrough, his mastery of his own strength was still not complete.

Then, Lin Chen transformed into an escape light and walked towards Wang Lishan and others.

"Uncle Wang."

"Chen, how does the breakthrough feel?"

As soon as Lin Chen came over, Wang Lishan couldn’t wait to ask.

Beside him, other high-ranking members of the military region and research experts mostly watched Lin Chen with excitement.

Lin Chen smiled, nodded, and said:

"The feeling is very good..."

"I will inform about the specific changes one by one later."

Lin Chen gave a reassuring look to the surrounding research specialists.

He was the first cultivator in the entire High Martial World to break through to the Nascent Soul.

He pioneered the way.

Every step he now takes will become history, becoming valuable experience, paving the way for those who come after.

Perhaps many years later, the Great Xia Country might publish books like "Twelve Tribulation Questions of Lin Chen" for future generations to refer to and study.

Wang Lishan then ordered the group of martial artist soldiers to return first.

Then he said to Lin Chen:

"Shall we return to the Martial Arts Palace first?"

"Your advancement to the Nascent Soul stage is a valuable experience for the entire Great Xia cultivation system!"

Thus, Lin Chen followed Uncle Wang and the others back to the Martial Arts Palace.

At the same time, outside the rear mountain of the military region, a light of escape flew in the sky.

It was Lin An’an.

She couldn’t directly enter the rear mountain area, only seeing the figure undergoing tribulation from afar.

With some doubt in her heart, she said:

"Why does it feel... like that figure is a bit like my older brother?"

...

After returning to the Martial Arts Palace, Lin Chen shared his experience during tribulation crossing, as well as the power and physical changes following his successful crossing.

In front of him, dozens of research experts and scholars wearing glasses were frantically taking notes with paper and pen, recording devices.

As if revering treasures, they meticulously recorded every word Lin Chen said.

No choice, as Lin Chen is currently the strongest in the Great Xia Cultivation Realm.

Only by following his path could those younger cultivators possibly succeed.

After recording everything, Lin Chen then went to the training room to test his current strength.

In front of a specially made power instrument, Lin Chen delivered a punch.

After a loud noise, a number appeared.

"9389 tons!"

Seeing the number Lin Chen punched out, Wang Lishan’s eyelid twitched.

The strength standard for high-level Martial Monarchs is 5,000 tons.

And the strength standard for a Martial King is 10,000 tons!

Lin Chen’s current physical constitution is already close to the Martial King level...

"This guy..."

Wang Lishan sighed, having no choice but to admit that his strength was thoroughly overshadowed by Lin Chen.

He had watched Lin Chen grow from a martial artist, ultimately surpassing him.

This feeling...

"Alas, when did I... also used to be considered a prodigy of Great Xia?"

Wang Lishan couldn’t help but think.

His gaze inadvertently met Li Nian’s.

The expressions in their eyes were almost identical...

Next, Lin Chen tested his speed a bit.

Peak running speed reached 3700 meters per second, not far from the Martial King standard of 3800 meters per second.

At this moment, Lin Chen’s exhibited physical constitution could hardly be described as a carbon-based life form.

Having reached a level of a true superhuman in some sense.

Nearing a running speed of Mach 11.

Under the vibrating blade, Lin Chen’s power could easily overturn an aircraft carrier.

This is the charm of the martial path; although not as mystical as cultivation.

The absolute power and sense of control it brings cannot be matched by cultivation.

"A Martial King powerhouse is already this strong..."

"Yet in the Martial Realm, still not a match for those demon beasts..."

Lin Chen frowned slightly.

He could hardly imagine that with the human race possessing Martial Kings, Martial Emperors, even Martial Monarchs, they were still suppressed by demon beasts in the Martial Realm...

Just how fierce are the Third, Fourth... even Fifth Tier demon beasts?

Lin Chen had yet to face demon beasts directly, lacking a firsthand experience of their terrifying power.

But he’d seen the data on demon beasts in the Great Xia database.

Under normal circumstances, the size of demon beasts is an important standard for judging their tier strength.

Third Tier demon beasts typically range from ten meters to several dozen meters tall.

Weights range from 1,000 tons to 20,000 tons.

Fourth Tier demon beasts typically have bodies measuring a hundred meters.

Weights ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 tons.

It’s imaginable that in close combat, the advantage of a large size would be immense.

Their formidable defense and power are challenges martial artists most need to overcome.

This is why exotic treasures are so critical when facing demon beasts.

Relying solely on flesh, with human size, it’s hard to injure demon beasts.

Only through the use of sharp exotic treasures can their defenses be pierced.

Martial King level powerhouses, when facing Fourth Tier demon beasts, if fighting unarmed, the odds of winning are only forty to sixty.

Martial King at forty, Fourth Tier demon beasts at sixty.

But suitable Fourth Tier exotic treasures reverse these odds directly, reaching sixty-forty.

This highlights the importance of exotic metals in combat within the Martial Realm. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

At this moment, Lin Chen had many thoughts swirling in his mind, and after the tests, he suddenly thought:

"Oh right, Uncle Wang, did the materials leftover from crafting the Demon-slaying Blade get used up?"

Wang Lishan showed a peculiar expression upon hearing, then handed Lin Chen a jade box.

"In this jade box, there is one pound of demon beast flesh essence."

"It is... the flesh essence of a Fifth Tier demon beast! After you break through to Martial King, you can try eating some, half a tael at a time..."

Lin Chen’s eyes lit up hearing this.

This is Fifth Tier demon beast flesh essence!

It equals a Divinity Transformation powerhouse among cultivators!

At least two to three Martial Emperors or Martial Monarchs would need to act to potentially slay one...

"Uncle Wang, where did you get this good stuff from?"

Lin Chen smacked his lips; just this piece of flesh would save him years of hard cultivation.

"It was given by Elder Lv! With the leftover materials from your blade crafting, we also crafted a long sword for Elder Lv..."

"He was very satisfied with the Sixth Tier exotic treasure sword, thus killed a Fifth Tier demon beast for practice."

Upon saying this, Wang Lishan laughed:

"Indeed, it’s a bargain for this kid. Even I have never tasted Fifth Tier demon beast flesh essence!"

Lin Chen chuckled upon hearing this:

"By the way, Uncle Wang, do you all still need exotic metals?"

"On the cultivation side, stable exotic metal production is already established... plus, the amounts are astonishing!"