Chapter 40: Intercepting the Body Skills! The Fourth Level of Foundation Establishment!

Zhou Chen was overjoyed; sure enough, there was a chance!

He quickly walked towards that dusty, neglected corner.

Indeed, under a pile of miscellaneous items and scrap paper, Zhou Chen found a tattered, thin booklet made of unknown beast hide.

The four ancient seal characters barely discernible on the cover clearly read “Eight Part Catching Cicada”.

After carefully flipping through it, Zhou Chen discovered that this was not a damaged Cultivation Technique, but a Complete Manual!

The reason it was mistakenly believed to be a damaged manual was that this Cultivation Technique was too difficult to Cultivate; some Inner Sect Disciples cultivated it for several years without success, and for the sake of Face, they fabricated the story of it being an incomplete manual.

Other Disciples who had Cultivated this Cultivation Technique also did not expose it, and over time, it naturally became the so-called incomplete manual, ultimately benefiting Ye Chen for free.

Ding! Congratulations to the Host for intercepting the Profound Rank High Grade movement Cultivation Technique “Eight Part Catching Cicada”! Triggering a hundredfold return! Reward: Earth Rank High Grade movement Cultivation Technique “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun”! Would you like to claim it immediately?

“Claim it!”

Instantly, a vast amount of profound information flooded Zhou Chen’s mind.

The Cultivation Technique chants, operational methods, and key essentials of “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun” were all deeply imprinted in his mind!

Compared to “Eight Part Catching Cicada”, “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun” was clearly more exquisite and systematic.

As expected of an Earth Rank High Grade movement Cultivation Technique, it was countless times better than “Eight Part Catching Cicada”!

The core Profound Truth of “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun” was to push burst and speed to the extreme, like a flash of a white rainbow, instantly traversing space, so fast that it left a trace of an afterimage, hence its name “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun”.

Zhou Chen carefully comprehended it, and couldn’t help but feel shocked.

“So fast! But the Cultivation difficulty… it seems not low!”

Earth Rank Cultivation Techniques were more than ten times harder than Profound Rank ones. “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun” required the Cultivator to have meticulous control over their Spiritual Qi, and also had certain requirements for the strength of their Physical Body, while also being able to maintain a sense of direction during high-speed movement.

Movement Cultivation Techniques were inherently difficult to Cultivate, so it was no wonder that so many Disciples of Wenxian Sect let “Eight Part Catching Cicada” gather dust.

If not for Zhou Chen possessing the blessing of an Enlightenment Prodigy and the strong Physical Body Foundation laid by the Undying Golden Body, it would likely take a long time just to get started with Cultivating this Cultivation Technique normally.

“I need to find a spacious, deserted place to practice properly.”

Zhou Chen suppressed the urge to immediately learn it and returned to his independent small courtyard.

He did not immediately Cultivate “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun”; instead, he first sensed around to make sure no one was peeking.

After confirming no one was peeking, Zhou Chen returned to his room and pretended to sleep.

The next moment, with a thought, a mysterious rhomboid imprint on his glabella subtly lit up, and he entered the Guiyi Secret Realm.

Looking at the empty Guiyi Secret Realm, Zhou Chen nodded in satisfaction. This was his safest and most secret place.

It wasn't that he had paranoia; it was that every single thing he possessed now, if exposed, would inevitably bring about a fatal disaster.

However, Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to practice “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun”; he had more important matters.

The next moment, Zhou Chen took out a porcelain bottle from his storage ring.

He flipped his right hand, and his Spiritual Qi subtly moved.

Boom!

A drop of essence blood, emitting a terrifying Evil Qi, hovered before Zhou Chen!

High Grade Saint Rank Yao Beast essence blood!

This Rank of essence blood was a rare treasure even in Holy Lands, being essence blood condensed from Yao Beasts above the Saint Realm.

Essence blood was different from ordinary blood; a common Vicious Beast might only be able to condense one drop of essence blood.

Vicious Beasts above the Saint Realm could only condense a little over ten thousand drops of essence blood, which were stored as strategic resources by the major Holy Lands, and only true Prodigies could enjoy this level of treasure.

Looking at the drop of essence blood before him, Zhou Chen took a deep breath, his eyes burning. Ye Chen was indeed a good person; he always dropped good things.

He fully circulated the third layer of the Undying Golden Body Art, carefully guiding the essence blood to merge into his palm.

Chiii! Chiii! Chiii!—

An unimaginable power surged madly through the Meridians in Zhou Chen’s palm and into his body!

Ugh! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Zhou Chen let out a muffled groan, feeling as if his entire arm, even his whole body, was about to explode!

This was far beyond the experience of absorbing the Dragon-Phoenix Marrow Cleansing Pill back then!

The life force Rank of a High Grade Saint Rank Yao Beast was too high!

Pain!

Intense pain!

But along with the intense pain, Zhou Chen’s tendons, bones, and flesh were continuously eroded, flushed, refined, and then reshaped!

A trace of purer gold began to slowly flow beneath Zhou Chen’s skin. Zhou Chen could feel his flesh density increasing, his bone strength growing, and even the toughness of his internal organs was incomparable!

The third layer of the Undying Golden Body Art circulated at full power!

Absorb, transform, condense!

However, the energy of just one drop of essence blood made his body feel like it was about to burst, and breaking through to the fourth layer seemed impossibly distant.

“It’s not enough! Continue! Even if I can’t Breakthrough, I must continue to improve!”

He gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with a frenzied look. Zhou Chen knew it was dangerous, but he had to take the risk!

Moreover, there was still Ye Chen, the Son of Destiny, improving at a terrifying speed. If Zhou Chen slacked off, he could very likely be left far behind by Ye Chen.

The consequences of offending a Son of Destiny were still very terrifying; the outcome was destined not to be good.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen once again drew in a drop of essence blood.

One drop… two drops… three drops…

Vast energy crashed and erupted within his body, repeatedly crushing his Meridians, bones, and flesh.

The skin on his body also began to crack, repair, heal, and then crack again, repeating in a cycle.

Zhou Chen’s entire body was like a red-hot refined iron, undergoing a thousand refinements.

After absorbing a full ten drops of essence blood, the third layer of the Undying Golden Body Art finally reached its limit.

However, intuition told Zhou Chen that to continue to Breakthrough to the fourth layer, what was needed was comprehension of the Cultivation Technique and an opportune moment; if he continued like this, he would eventually explode.

Zhou Chen secretly sighed in regret, but he was content with the current results.

The remaining Spiritual Qi did not disappear; instead, it quickly flowed into Zhou Chen’s Dantian.

Zhou Chen immediately turned to fully circulate the Primal Chaos Scripture!

The black and white Primal Chaos runes suddenly burst into brilliant light, forming a powerful vortex, frantically devouring!

The Spiritual Qi in his Dantian continuously compressed and condensed!

“Wait… I feel it!”

Zhou Chen suddenly felt a subtle change in his Bottleneck.

He was overjoyed and quickly adjusted his breathing rhythm.

Half an hour later.

Boom! Boom!

Foundation Establishment Stage 3!

Foundation Establishment Stage 4!

Feeling the even more surging Spiritual Qi within his body, Zhou Chen revealed a look of joy.

“Foundation Establishment Stage 4, plus my Cultivation Technique and the third layer of the Undying Golden Body Art, even when facing a Peak Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, I can remain undefeated, and I have a certain self-preservation ability against a Core Formation Cultivator.”

“As for Cultivators of the same Realm, it will definitely be a complete碾压!”

…

“Next, it’s time to Cultivate “White Rainbow Pierces the Sun”.”

Zhou Chen cast aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and began to meticulously study it.