Chapter 188: Luo Feng, a New Generation Group Member Who Borrows Strength
The Supreme Vine on Shi Hao's body unfurled, and a tall wood giant was the first to attack. He wielded a wooden long spear, striking out with a killing Qi similar to wood-element True Qi. Just as the wood giant approached Shi Hao, the Supreme Vine pierced through it.
The Supreme Vine's bone spikes suddenly shot out for tens of kilometers, piercing through every single wood giant. These giants transformed into streams of Azure Wood Origin Qi, which Shi Hao then absorbed.
Bang bang bang! The bone spikes of the Supreme Vine covered the sky, instantly killing several thousand wood giants. Each of these giants possessed immense strength and exquisite Martial Skills. They could unleash dozens of rare Martial Skills, any one of which, if placed in the secular world, could become a family heirloom.
This was rather peculiar. The wood giants were formed from wood-element Origin Qi, yet they possessed such skills. However, no matter how exquisite the Martial Skill, it couldn't overcome the disparity in strength. The Supreme Vine on Shi Hao's body had a total of 64 vine bones, each capable of extending for thousands of kilometers and bending freely.
Dozens of vine bones danced in the Void Realm, piercing through one wood giant after another. After these wood giants died, their power was absorbed into the vine bones, which then transmitted that power back to Shi Hao's body. In just a few breaths, nearly half of the hundreds of thousands of wood giants had been slain. The dense army was thoroughly decimated.
"Outsider, how dare you slaughter my soldiers! Die…" Suddenly, within this army, a small wood human appeared, the size of an Immortal Master. The aura on this small wood human surged endlessly. He also wore a wooden crown on his head, wielded a green wooden saber, and his face was stern, as if a treant had gained sentience.
"Wood God's Decapitating Saber…" He immediately charged towards Shi Hao.
"Interesting… He can even use Divine Ability!" Shi Hao found this sight rather amusing. This small wood human was clearly the Wood King of this army and had mastered a Divine Ability called "Wood God's Decapitating Saber." Following his furious roar, a layer of green Protective Aura emanated from around his body, and the long saber in his hand burst forth with dazzling light. He instantly cleaved towards Shi Hao.
An attack of this level naturally couldn't harm Shi Hao. The Supreme Vine immediately met the attack, then shattered the small wood human's long saber and cut his body in two. The small wood human let out a shrill wail, and a massive amount of wood-element Origin Qi instantly entered Shi Hao's body.
Shi Hao opened his mouth and fiercely spat upwards. From his mouth, an Azure Emperor Wood Emperor flew out, then transformed into large swathes of green cloud Qi in the sky. Within the cloud Qi, green Lightning Tribulation continuously rolled. These lightning bolts fell like hail.
Rumble, rumble. Countless wood giants were all exploded, transforming into wood-element Origin Qi. This Origin Qi ascended to the sky and merged into the rolling green cloud Qi. All the wood giants were completely slain. The rolling Wood Emperor Protective Aura in the sky covered an area of forty to fifty li. Its terrifying destructive power was palpable, but it also held a vibrant aura that promoted the growth of all things.
"Shi Hao's Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Art has truly reached perfection…" Fang Han couldn't help but exclaim. His own cultivation of the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Art was inferior to Shi Hao's. This was mainly because Shi Hao was too compatible with this Cultivation Technique.
Life emerged from destruction. When Shi Hao underwent tribulation last time, he cultivated the Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Art with Lightning Tribulation liquid, which contained both destructive and life-giving power. It was the most suitable cultivation treasure for the Yi Wood Divine Lightning. The power of the Yi Wood Divine Lightning unleashed by Shi Hao was even superior to Fang Han's.
"Has his Moyun Vine been cultivated to this extent…" Luo Feng was also somewhat surprised to see Shi Hao unleash his Divine Might. Just the strength of the Supreme Vine alone could easily defeat him. Yet, just a few months ago, they were at the same starting line.
Seeing Shi Hao return, Fang Han spoke again. "The deeper you go into the Five Elements Land, the stronger the monsters will be… You all need a large amount of Five Elements Qi to cultivate the Five Emperors Great Demon God! It's best to separate and hunt Vicious Beasts within."
With so many of them entering the Five Elements Land, it wouldn't be good to always stay together. There would be too many monks and too little gruel. It was best to separate and enter the Five Elements Land to cultivate individually. Fang Han didn't suggest splitting up at first because he wanted them to familiarize themselves with the situation. Now that everyone had a general understanding, it was best to split up. Farm monsters separately!
"That's right, we all need Five Elements Qi, and there are too few Five Elements Yao Beasts when we're together," Yang Qi, who hadn't made a move yet, spoke. He was a bit frustrated. Since entering the Five Elements Land, he hadn't even made a single move.
"Indeed, we should separate… Staying together is too inefficient!" Xiao Yan also chimed in.
"Then let's part ways here, and I wish you all an early cultivation of the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability," Shi Jian said, agreeing to split up.
He then looked at Luo Feng again. "Luo Feng, with your current strength, soloing the Five Elements Land is still a bit difficult, you should just borrow strength…" "Use the Strength Contract function to take turns borrowing strength…" "We'll replenish energy in time, and you can borrow strength non-stop twenty-four hours a day."
Luo Feng's strength was a bit insufficient for soloing the dungeon. However, he could borrow strength. The Strength Contract effect lasts for more than an hour. Taking turns borrowing strength would be six hours. The group members just needed to remember to replenish energy, which was the simplest thing for them. They all had Five Emperors True Bodies, and their internal energy was incredibly abundant. Charging the "sculpture" in the Strength Contract only took a few breaths.
Luo Feng nodded and agreed. He wasn't a pretentious person. With his strength, it was indeed a bit difficult in this Five Elements Land. Without borrowing strength, it would be hard to stay here. The others naturally had no objections.
Thus, the group separated here. One by one, they swept towards the depths of the Five Elements Land.
Shi Jian flew over a thousand li in one direction and suddenly felt a huge earthy smell. He immediately knew that this was probably a monster condensed from Wu Earth Origin Qi, so he stomped his foot on the ground. As expected, the ground beneath his feet rippled, and dozens of earth snakes flew up, biting at him.
The sky was suddenly covered with rolling clouds. These clouds dropped countless "lightning hailstones." This was precisely the Geng Metal Divine Lightning that Shi Jian had cultivated. After the Divine Lightning bombarded for a while, thousands of earth-element monsters on the ground were completely annihilated, all transforming into incredibly pure Origin Qi and being absorbed by the Yellow Emperor Earth Emperor Dao.
"The dungeon specifically set up for the Five Elements Land is indeed powerful…" Shi Jian silently sighed. This Five Elements Land was truly too suitable for cultivating the Great Five Elements Technique. In just this one instance, his Yellow Emperor Earth Emperor Dao had become much stronger.
After dealing with these earth-element monsters, Shi Jian continued to charge into the depths of the Five Elements Land. Along the way, almost every now and then, he would encounter various monsters formed from Five Elements Qi. Besides the monsters that everyone had encountered before—fire crows, wasps, wood giants, water fish—there were many other Five Elements monsters, such as refined iron beasts, earth humans, fire spirits, and giant jellyfish.
These were all Five Elements monsters formed from Five Elements Qi. And the deeper one went, the stronger the monsters became. As more and more monsters were slain, Shi Jian's Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability became more and more profound, and its power grew stronger. Shi Jian's cultivation here went smoothly, and it was the same for the others.
Yang Qi swept his Nether God's Spear, instantly blowing up dozens of giant jellyfish floating in the Void Realm. These jellyfish transformed into Gui Water Essence Qi and were immediately absorbed by him. He was just about to continue slaying the other jellyfish when he suddenly saw some grotesque and strange monsters in the distance.
"Are these Heavenly Demons?" Yang Qi remembered Fang Han once saying that besides the Yao Beasts formed from Five Elements Qi in the Five Elements Land, there were also some Heavenly Demons. Heavenly Demons were somewhat similar to the Hell demons in his world. Yang Qi's eyes flashed, and the Hell Furnace was instantly unleashed, thoroughly refining that group of Heavenly Demons. "I can cultivate the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability and also cultivate the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Realm… This place is really good!" Yang Qi thought with satisfaction.
"Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, one finger imprisons heaven and earth…" Lin Dong's eyes were sharp, and he pointed a finger into the air. A giant finger, emanating an ancient and vicissitudes aura, suddenly broke through the air from behind him. It fiercely pressed down on a mountain peak.
This mountain peak was extraordinary. Numerous stone people resided on it, and the entire mountain peak was almost entirely composed of Earth Qi. Countless incomparably heavy Earth Qi gathered together, resisting Lin Dong's Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger.
Lin Dong's finger once again pointed twice into the air, and boundless Origin Qi roared between heaven and earth, causing the entire world's Origin Qi to become violent. "Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, two fingers shatter mountains and rivers, three fingers extinguish life!"
Two even thicker and more ancient giant fingers once again condensed above Lin Dong, then swept out at an astonishing speed. The giant fingers vibrated the air, violently striking the mountain peak. The air throughout the entire heaven and earth seemed to ignite. A hurricane swept out, the ground was forcefully torn up, and cracks spread like vines. Countless stone people on the mountain peak died, then they transformed into the purest Earth Qi, feeding back into Lin Dong's body.
"Awesome!" Lin Dong laughed. He was about to continue forward but found a swarm of wasps, attracted by the commotion, flying towards him. Lin Dong's eyes lit up. A furious roar echoed through heaven and earth. "Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger, four fingers break the firmament!"
"Fire humans?" Meng Qi looked at a volcano in front of him. Countless magma flowed within it, and fire beings swam and played in the magma. Upon seeing Meng Qi, these fire beings immediately launched an attack. One fireball after another streaked across the sky, then charged towards Meng Qi.
"Invincible Golden Body!" Meng Qi was not afraid at all and immediately summoned his Dharma Body. Golden and shimmering, he instantly jumped into the endless magma. White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash! Dense white light spread out within the flames. One fire human after another was instantly slain by Meng Qi.
These fire humans transformed into the purest Fire Qi and were absorbed by Meng Qi, and the power of Meng Qi's Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi advanced by leaps and bounds. This was the terror of Meng Qi's Dharma Body. It was almost immune to all techniques. Unaffected by fire, unbreakable by metal. Once he cultivated the Five Emperors Great Demon God and condensed the Five Emperors Canopy, that would be a turtle shell on top of a turtle shell. Golden shell within a shell!
"Big fish… don't run!" In a river formed by water Qi, Shi Hao was wantonly chasing monster fish. "I really want to taste what these Yao Beasts formed from Five Elements Qi taste like…" Casually exploding a large fish, Shi Hao let out a sigh.
He was very curious about their taste. Unfortunately, these Yao Beasts couldn't be eaten; if you bit one, it would directly transform into pure Five Elements Qi. He couldn't taste anything at all.
"Watch me do a big electric fish…" In this river formed by water Qi, Shi Hao instantly unleashed his Lightning Treasure Art and his cultivated Yi Wood Divine Lightning. Lightning raged throughout the entire river. One monster fish creature after another, formed by Gui Water Qi, was electrocuted, foaming at the mouth. Their entire bodies disintegrated, transforming into the purest Gui Qi, which was absorbed by Shi Hao.
"This is truly a good place for cultivation…" While electrocuting fish, Shi Hao thought to himself. It was just a pity that these Yao Beasts couldn't be eaten. What a waste of the large pot he specifically brought from Perfect World.
"Wasp swarm? Fire melts metal, fire counters metal. Take a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus from me…"
"Another wood human? Fire burns wood, fire counters wood. Take a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus from me…"
"Water monster? Fire evaporates water, fire counters water. Take a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus from me…"
"Earth snake? Fire can… hmm, wood can absorb nutrients from earth, wood counters earth, fire can burn wood, fire counters wood, so fire can also counter earth…" "Take a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus from me!"
"Fire bird? Fire can… I am the ancestor of playing with fire, how dare you be presumptuous in front of me? Take a Buddha's Angry Fire Lotus from me…"
Xiao Yan was also slaughtering in all directions. Perhaps because he had been with Lin Dong for a long time, he had also been somewhat assimilated. He kept saying the same four words.
"Such a tricky opponent, a wasp swarm? A Yao Beast formed from metal-element Origin Qi… Fire counters metal, the most suitable power to deal with them is…" "Found it, it's you…" "Flame Emperor Xiao Yan, borrow strength!"
"Such a terrifying opponent, this Yao Beast's attack power is so formidable, if I were to face it, I'd probably be covered in bruises instantly… What kind of power should I use against such an opponent with strong attack power?" "Found it, it's you…" "Mang Jin Gang Meng Qi, borrow strength!"
"Such a cunning opponent, actually hiding in the distance to launch long-range attacks, consuming the enemy, and so fast, this fighting style is so sneaky… What kind of power should I use against such an enemy?" "Shi Hao's Supreme Vine is the best choice…" "It's you… Oh, I almost forgot this one isn't in the chat group…" "Then let's switch… It's you!" "Great Desolate Imprisoning Heaven Finger!"
"Such a tenacious opponent, actually possessing such high defense, with my own methods, I probably can't cause him any damage… Against such a high-defense opponent…" "The decision is made, it's you…" "Lightning Law King Shi Jian, borrow strength!"
"Such a versatile opponent, with decent strength, defense, and speed, and even capable of using Divine Ability, then let me show you another balanced monster…" "It's you—Yang Qi!" "Borrow strength!"
"Okay, hmm, such an ordinary opponent, this strength seems a bit weak, with my own strength, I seem to be able to defeat him… But it's too time-consuming to fight by myself… So I'll still borrow strength…" "Let me see whose strength I haven't borrowed yet…" "The decision is made, it's you…" "Fang Han… borrow strength!"
The other group members were steadily advancing. Luo Feng naturally wouldn't be outdone. His fighting style was even more scientific. He would first study the characteristics of the various Yao Beasts he encountered. Then he would "borrow strength" in a targeted manner.
Otherwise, why would Luo Feng be called a new generation? He was proficient at borrowing strength. It was as if he had six transformation devices, capable of transforming into six different types of armor. He was constantly switching to fight monsters, and it was incredibly satisfying.