High Martial Arts: Enlightenment after Practices

The barrels of the two defensive turrets were bent and twisted, and blinding sparks erupted from their power lines.

Xu Wuyi strode forward. With every step he took, the Gravity Field intensified.

By the time he reached the Priest, the man had been crushed to the ground, blood streaming from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Even breathing was a struggle.

”You... you’re...” The Priest’s eyes widened, filled with terror.

Xu Wuyi gave him no chance to finish.

The Liaoyuan Long Spear shot out. Its dark gold tip sank into the Priest’s brow, and Flame erupted from within, instantly incinerating him to ash.

He withdrew his spear, turned, and looked into the conversion station’s interior.

His Heart Image perception spread out, and the station’s entire structure appeared clearly in his sea of consciousness.

The energy core was located on the third underground level, guarded by over two hundred Feathered Warriors. A sub-King Level expert was also stationed there.

That sub-King had already detected the disturbance on the flank and was rushing over.

’Not much time.’

Xu Wuyi took a deep breath, circulating his Power of Heart Image at full capacity.

The Dark Gold Mountain Body trembled in his sea of consciousness. At its peak, the Golden Crow raised its head and let out a long cry as all two hundred and sixteen flame runes lit up at once.

The next moment, in every area of the conversion station where the Feathered Warriors had gathered, points of dark gold light simultaneously appeared.

One point, two points, ten points, a hundred points...

A total of one hundred and fifty Flame True Seals materialized out of thin air.

The Feathered Warriors rushing to their battle stations froze. They looked up at the strange points of light above them, not yet comprehending what they were.

Then, Xu Wuyi tightened his grip on his spear.

”Burn.”

The one hundred and fifty Flame True Seals erupted simultaneously.

A sea of dark gold fire instantly engulfed every corridor, every room, and every defensive structure inside the station.

The sounds of screams, explosions, and collapsing structures mingled together, turning the entire conversion station into a burning hell.

Ten seconds.

In just ten seconds, over eighty percent of the two hundred-plus stationed Feathered Warriors were dead. The rest struggled within the sea of flames, unable to find any escape.

Just then, another Feathered one arrived.

He was a tall Feathered Person, with grayish-white wings that spanned over six meters. He held a spear wreathed in ice-blue Energy.

He stared at the burning carnage before him, the fury in his eyes practically bursting forth.

”Xu Wuyi!” he roared, thrusting his spear forward.

The ice-blue Energy tore through the sea of fire. Carrying a bone-chilling cold, it crossed fifty meters in an instant, aimed straight for Xu Wuyi’s face.

Xu Wuyi didn’t even move.

When the spear was ten meters away from him, the direction of Gravity suddenly changed.

From ”forward” to ”upward.”

The ice-blue spear shot toward the sky at a bizarre angle, finally exploding high above the conversion station. It turned into a shower of ice crystals, which were then vaporized into mist by the surging flames.

The sub-King’s pupils contracted.

But he didn’t retreat. With a powerful beat of his wings, his figure shot forward like a bolt of lightning. He thrust his spear again, but this time it wasn’t an Energy attack—it was a solid, physical stab.

Wherever the spear tip passed, the air froze, leaving a trail of fine ice crystals.

This was one of his ultimate techniques, the ”Ice Seal Stab.” He had once used this move to pierce the hearts of three human Innate experts.

Xu Wuyi finally moved.

He raised his Liaoyuan Long Spear, its tip meeting the incoming spearhead.

There were no flashy Techniques, just the simplest of direct thrusts.

But empowered by the Gravity Field, the speed of this thrust was pushed to its absolute limit.

Tip met tip in a precise collision.

CLANG—!

Amidst the explosive ringing of metal on metal, the ice-blue spear began to shatter, inch by inch, starting from the tip.

Dark gold Flame spread along the cracks, instantly engulfing the entire spear before traveling up the shaft toward the Feathered one’s hands.

His expression changed drastically. He hastily let go and retreated.

But it was too late.

Flame True Seals simultaneously materialized within a three-meter radius around him. Ten motes of dark gold fire surrounded him.

”Explode.”

The ten Flame True Seals detonated at once.

A dark gold fireball completely swallowed him, the Flame frantically burning away his protective Energy, his wings, and his flesh.

He let out a bloodcurdling scream and tried to charge out of the fireball, but the Gravity Field held him pinned in place.

Three seconds later, the screaming stopped abruptly.

The fireball dissipated, leaving only a pile of charred remains and a half-melted wing.

Xu Wuyi retracted his spear and stood, looking into the depths of the conversion station.

The energy core was there.

He strode forward. Wherever he passed, the flames parted automatically, as if welcoming their king.

「On the third underground level of the conversion station.」

A massive energy core hovered in the central hall. It was a pale blue Crystal over five meters in diameter, with liquid, high-purity Energy flowing within it.

Around the Crystal, the last twenty or so Feathered Warriors formed a defensive line. Their eyes were filled with despair, yet none of them retreated.

They were the guards of the conversion station, and their mission was to protect the energy core.

If the core stood, so did they. If the core was destroyed, they would die.

This was the scene that greeted Xu Wuyi when he walked into the hall.

”Human, this is as far as you go.”

An elderly Feathered Priest stood at the front of the formation, holding a staff inlaid with a deep blue gemstone. He was the station’s supreme commander and the only Priest still alive.

Xu Wuyi stopped and his gaze swept over them.

”Move, or die.”

His voice was calm, but the killing intent contained within it sent a chill down the spine of every Feathered Warrior.

The old Priest shook his head. ”The Feathered Warriors have no tradition of deserting their posts.”

He raised his staff, and the deep blue gemstone began to glow with a blinding light.

”By my blood, I offer the wrath of the Sea God—”

Before his words had even faded, Xu Wuyi moved.

He gave the old Priest no chance to finish his incantation.

He used Quicksand Step, his figure crossing the twenty-meter distance like a phantom to appear before the old Priest.

The spear thrust out.

A simple thrust, yet it was unimaginably fast.

The old Priest didn’t even have time to react before the spear tip had pierced his chest.

Dark gold Flame erupted from within, instantly engulfing his body. The gemstone on the staff lost its luster, fell from the air, and shattered into dust.

The remaining Feathered Warriors were stunned.

They watched the old Priest turn to ash, watched Xu Wuyi retract his spear and turn toward the energy core.

In that moment, they all understood that resistance was meaningless.

Some dropped their weapons.

Some fell to their knees.

Some turned to flee.

Xu Wuyi paid them no mind.

He raised the Liaoyuan Long Spear, aiming its tip at the energy core.

He poured his Power of Heart Image into it, and a dark gold Flame rose up the spear’s shaft, forming a blazing pillar of fire.

”Liaoyuan: Heart Incineration.”

The pillar of fire shot out, slamming violently into the energy core’s protective shield.

The pale blue shield vibrated violently, its surface covered in a dense web of cracks. The high-purity Energy stored inside began to spiral out of control, the liquid Energy churning and boiling as it let out a piercing shriek.

Three seconds later, the protective shield shattered.

The pillar of fire struck the energy core itself.

BOOM—!!!

A deafening explosion rang out.