Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 563: 562 Chapter [Some Truths, Some Realizations]

Since Earth was once a planet highly conducive to cultivation, it undoubtedly left behind a vast array of powerful Divine Arts inheritances. This is certain, for the unparalleled strong practitioners who were born here lived, battled, and left some inheritances and relics behind, which couldn’t be more normal. It’s just that obtaining these inheritances of Divine Arts is not something that ordinary people can manage.

The Eight Diagrams Seal is an extremely powerful Divine Art, not because the art itself is particularly formidable, but once the seal is formed, it can transform the power of the eight directions into one’s own use. How terrifying that is! With such power, coupled with a mighty Slaughter Skill, not an average person can withstand it; just the thought of it is bone-chilling. Otherwise, a master like Yong Chun Tai wouldn’t have lost his composure.

However, as Yong Chun Tai mentioned, the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal that Ye Tianchen received was incomplete. In fact, Ye Tianchen himself didn’t realize he had obtained the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal. He only believed that, in that mystical state, he had stumbled upon an unconventional enlightenment of the cultivation path, which was why his strength had greatly increased, breaking through to the Middle-stage Emperor Level Cultivation Realm.

”Ye Tianchen, are you prepared to die? I have mastered the Sky-shattering Absolute Skill of the Monument Pushing Hand. No one has ever survived under its power, and you will be no exception,” Li San said, staring at Ye Tianchen fiercely.

Ye Tianchen didn’t speak. Instead, he formed seals with both hands in front of his chest. At that moment, he was completely immersed in that mystical state; the movements of his body were entirely subconscious, beyond his conscious control. If Ye Tianchen had seen the strange gesture his hands had formed, he would have been greatly startled.

”If you can withstand my Sky-shattering Absolute Skill, then consider it your victory...”

No sooner had Li San’s voice faded than his hands struck out towards Ye Tianchen, an overwhelming power surged forth. Everything in its path didn’t just shatter; it was reduced to nothingness, not even leaving dust behind. The air itself disappeared—such was the power of Sky-shattering. Anything hit by it would completely vanish from the world, without leaving a trace.

As the furious power approached, Ye Tianchen stood still, his eyes tightly shut, still immersed in that mystical state, seemingly oblivious to Li San’s incoming Sky-shattering Absolute Skill from the Monument Pushing Hand. It was as if he had no idea how formidable the power was, even though it was less than ten meters away from him, pulverizing everything behind him into powder. He remained unmoved, as if waiting for death itself.

”Yong Chun Tai, it seems you were wrong. Even if Ye Tianchen has received the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal, he has only learned a bit of it and is completely unable to block Li San’s Sky-shattering Absolute Skill,” Liu Feng said, seeing Ye Tianchen still not taking action.

”No, Li San is undoubtedly doomed to fail,” Yong Chun Tai said, intently watching Ye Tianchen.

Taoism!

Suddenly, Ye Tianchen’s eyes snapped open. Just as Li San’s Sky-shattering Absolute Skill was less than a meter away, Ye Tianchen uttered a loud ”Taoism.” The sound echoed through the entire Liu family estate, shaking both the earth and the sky. The force of the Taoism he voiced repelled Li San’s Sky-shattering Absolute Skill in a flash, sending it hurtling back at Li San with the speed of lightning.

Bang Dong!

The voicing of ”Taoism” caused an explosion, startling everyone in the Liu family estate. Many thought there had been a severe earthquake and quickly hid under their beds or ran out of their houses.

Yong Chun Tai shielded Liu Feng, barely avoiding being blown away by the explosive force. When Yong Chun Tai looked up at the sky, he was shocked to see a deep pit left on the ground from Ye Tianchen’s ”Taoism.” Even the Liu family estate’s strongest three-layered defense in the high sky had two layers shattered, leaving only the last layer intact. If not for the final layer’s robustness and Ye Tianchen’s incomplete understanding of the Eight Diagrams Seal, the estate’s defenses might have been forcefully breached for the first time in decades.

Li San was sent flying, crashing to the ground heavily, blood gushing from his mouth. However, he was truly powerful; Ye Tianchen had given his all, only managing to severely wound Li San. Clawing himself up from the ground, Li San looked at Ye Tianchen incredulously. He had lost, and so miserably at that. He was confident in his Sky-shattering Absolute Skill from the Monument Pushing Hand, yet it hadn’t defeated Ye Tianchen—it had nearly cost him his life. Ye Tianchen’s strength was indeed greater than his.

”I lost; you are strong!” Li San said, glancing at Ye Tianchen.

”It was simply luck. If your Monument Pushing Hand had reached Great Success, I think it would have been very difficult for me to defeat you,” Ye Tianchen said with a smile.

”Great Success, how difficult it is. I’ve been stuck one step away from Great Success for decades; it’s likely I’ll never reach it in this lifetime,” Li San said with a wry shake of his head.

”Do you know why your Monument Pushing Hand can’t reach Great Success? Because you haven’t grasped the true essence of the skill.” Seeing that Li San wasn’t an Evil Man and possessing considerable strength, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but explain.

”The true essence of the Monument Pushing Hand?” Li San couldn’t help but furrow his brows and ask.

”Exactly, what is the first line of its mnemonic chant?” Ye Tianchen continued to inquire.

”Monument Pushing Hand, breaks open mountains, cleaves the sky, its might is immense, a strike signifies death, it does not belong to the way of chivalry, its use is forbidden unless one is utterly wicked and unforgivable...”

”You wish to master the Monument Pushing Hand to the level of Great Success, but the Vicious Aura within you is too strong. In our sparring just now, I noticed a surge of Vicious Aura emanating from you. The force of your strikes was predominantly filled with this malevolent energy. If you cannot let go of the Vicious Aura in your heart, you will definitely not be able to master the Monument Pushing Hand to the level of Great Success,” Ye Tianchen earnestly said, looking straight at Li San.

Startled, Li San pondered for a long time before lifting his head and glancing at Ye Tianchen, ”Thank you. You have defeated me, and no one from the Liu family can stop you now...”

With a faint smile, Ye Tianchen walked on. There was no hate between him and Li San, only a fierce battle between strong opponents. The Monument Pushing Hand method ”Sky-shattering” that Li San used earlier had earned Ye Tianchen’s respect and surprise. If he had used any other technique, he might not have been able to withstand the Sky-shattering Absolute Skill. As for the insights into the path of cultivation he had gained, it was actually the inheritance of a powerful Divine Art, the ”Eight Diagrams Seal,” something even Ye Tianchen himself was unaware of.

”Mr. Liu, can Yong Chun Tai now take me to meet Liu Rumei? I really don’t want to fight anymore,” Ye Tianchen earnestly said, looking at Liu Feng with a composure that was neither arrogant nor restless.

Liu Feng glanced at Ye Tianchen without speaking, while Yong Chun Tai descended from within the house, looked at Ye Tianchen and said, ”I did not expect that you’d have received the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal...”

”The inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal? What is that?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but ask, puzzled.

”It seems you still don’t know, lad, otherwise your Eight Diagrams Seal wouldn’t be so immature. When you opened your mouth and uttered the word ’Tao’, you broke through Li San’s Sky-shattering Absolute Skill. It is the lost inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal from ancient times,” Yong Chun Tai earnestly explained.

Ye Tianchen furrowed his brows. Naturally, he was not as aware of some situations on Earth as Yong Chun Tai. He had only learned some secrets of the Earth’s ancient past from the likes of Zhang Yide and Sword Elder. As for the inheritance of powerful Divine Arts, he was even more clueless. He hadn’t anticipated that what he had acquired inadvertently was the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal.

”Yong Chun Tai, can you explain some knowledge about the Divine Art of the Eight Diagrams Seal to me?” Ye Tianchen asked.

”Let’s walk and talk. Since you haven’t hurt a single person from the Liu family, I owe you that much,” Yong Chun Tai said as he started to speak.

As they walked forward, Yong Chun Tai narrated to Ye Tianchen some legends about the Divine Art, ”Eight Diagrams Seal.” Only someone at the Grandmaster level of an Ancient Martial Sect would know such stories about Ancient Divine Skill heritages; ordinary experts wouldn’t possibly know even a smidgeon regarding ancient heritages—it was too distant and arcane, with only the oldest Ancient Martial Sects privy to little bits of information.

After listening to Yong Chun Tai’s exposition on the Divine Art of the Eight Diagrams Seal, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but silently marvel. Back in the Original Forest, he had intended to fight the Demon Wolf with all his might but unexpectedly fell prey to Man Tian who sealed his acupoint and threw him nearly ten thousand meters away. At that time, Ye Tianchen was only concerned with breaking the seal of his acupoint without observing his surroundings. It was only after entering that profound and mysterious state that he gained the realization of the path of cultivation—unaware that what he had received was the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal.

”It seems like the place you were in must have retained the inheritance of the Eight Diagrams Seal,” Yong Chun Tai speculated, ”You just happened to enter that profound state which triggered the heritage of this Divine Art, allowing you to receive it.”

”If that is the case, then Earth, once an era of thriving cultivation, must have had many unrivaled powerful beings. Although they have all left, they lived here and must have left some Divine Arts inheritances. It all depends on whether one has the fate and strength to acquire them,” Ye Tianchen conjectured aloud, speaking to himself about this possibility.

Indeed, if Earth was once a very conducive place for cultivation, it certainly had birthed many strong figures who would leave their mark in battles or during cultivation, at times even leaving behind inheritances in certain places. To obtain these heritages, one needed not just opportunity, but substantial strength. A powerful Divine Art like the Eight Diagrams Seal wouldn’t be perceivable or attainable by ordinary people.

”Let’s go; the young miss is waiting for you!” Yong Chun Tai reminded.

”No hurry; I suspect meeting Liu Rumei won’t be so easy. Someone even stronger than Li San is coming...” Ye Tianchen remarked, a frown creasing his forehead.

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