Chapter 107: Absolute Spiritual Sense!
Chapter 107: Absolute Spiritual Sense!
Splashing! Splashing! Splashing!
The water continuously spun and swirled. After a short while, a young man dressed in white clothes, with a sharp hairstyle, slowly appeared. However, that young man wore an utterly sorrowful expression, like a hopeless wretch.
That person was none other than Tang Jinbiao, who had been kicked into the lake by Li Xun.
Earlier, Tang Jinbiao had inexplicably been kicked into the lake water by Li Xun. Moreover, the lake water had no buoyancy at all; no matter how he struggled, it was useless as he sank all the way to the bottom. Afterward, he suddenly felt dazzled before a whirlpool swept him in. But in just the blink of an eye, he appeared here.
“Hmm?”
Tang Jinbiao, with a bewildered look, thought he was facing disaster again. However, upon opening his eyes, he spotted a somewhat lewd-looking old man lurking underwater not far away, staring at him seriously. An inexplicable fright surged in his heart.
“Hmm, Fellow Daoist, you hid it deep!”
That elderly man, seeing Tang Jinbiao appear, showed a look of worship, nodded repeatedly, and spoke earnestly.
“What did you say?”
Tang Jinbiao couldn’t hear what that man said; he only saw the man’s mouth move. He spoke out in response.
But as he spoke, barely getting out any words, he saw a stream of bubbles emerge. Due to buoyancy, he hurriedly surfaced to catch his breath.
“Whew, ah, I’m suffocating!”
Tang Jinbiao quickly rose out of the water, drew a deep breath, and finally felt a bit of relief. Although this time wasn’t long, it had suffocated him badly.
Killing intent!
But just as Tang Jinbiao was starting to feel eased, a sudden dread struck him, and an inexplicable killing intent instantly swept toward him.
“Bad!”
Tang Jinbiao felt that killing intent. Without a second thought, he immediately dove underwater.
Boom!
But the instant he dodged, a Golden Wheel immediately slammed against the water’s surface. It exploded with tremendous force, blasting the water over ten feet high.
After diving down, Tang Jinbiao saw that lewd-faced old man again.
“High, high, truly high!”
That elderly man raised a thumb, mumbling words as if speaking that.
Plop!
But just as Tang Jinbiao was distracted watching this old man, the Golden Wheel instantly changed direction, diving into the water to chase after him.
“Damn it, what’s going on?”
Spotting the Golden Wheel pursuing him again, Tang Jinbiao immediately swam with all his might toward the shore.
Gurgle! Gurgle!
However, the Golden Wheel’s speed was far too swift for Tang Jinbiao to match. Tang Jinbiao had barely started moving when the Golden Wheel swung toward his body.
This Golden Wheel, once underwater due to its high speed, only a chain of bubbles rose up as it shot toward him like a torpedo.
“I bought a watch last year!”
Discovering that the Golden Wheel was about to strike him, Tang Jinbiao twisted his body immediately. Without hesitation, he fiercely reached out to grab at the Golden Wheel.
Boom!
Due to the water resistance, though Tang Jinbiao’s movements were somewhat slow, the Golden Wheel also suffered significant hindrance.
His sudden lunge resembled a sharp sword thrust, instantly creating a flurry of bubbles as he fiercely grabbed toward the Golden Wheel.
Buzz buzz buzz!
With swift eyes and quicker hands, though the Golden Wheel was a Cultivator’s Spirit Artifact, Tang Jinbiao seized it anyway. A mournful whine echoed from the wheel within his grasp.
“Huh?”
Discovering his own speed startled him momentarily. Tang Jinbiao frowned slightly, puzzled—when had he become this strong?
Buzz buzz buzz!
Just as doubt clouded his thoughts, intense light flared from the Golden Wheel, accompanied by a frantic whine. It struggled violently, threatening to tear free from his grip.
“Hmph! Since you’ve arrived, what logic was there in letting you escape?”
Though astonished by his inexplicable improvement, now wasn’t the time for reflection. A ruthless gleam flashed across Tang Jinbiao’s eyes as he abruptly exerted force.
Buzz buzz buzz!
Boom!
With just a slight tightening of Tang Jinbiao’s grip, the Golden Wheel let out a splintering wail, on the verge of destruction. But just as he’d anticipated, after a mere moment of struggle—boom—it lost all spiritual resonance and declared scrapped.
“Oh!”
An old man concealed within the water seemed to have witnessed something peculiar, his eyes momentarily brightening with curiosity.
Boom!
After destroying the Golden Wheel, Tang Jinbiao seized the moment. Ignoring the submerged elder, he launched himself upward, landing firmly on the riverbank.
“Damn you!”
The instant he landed, a shrill voice pierced the air. Cold, murderous intent instantly surged toward Tang Jinbiao once more.
Swish swish swish!
This time, instead of a wheel, several black marbles shot toward him—an unorthodox-looking Spirit Artifact.
Upon surfacing, Tang Jinbiao’s gaze sharpened. A young woman, roughly twenty and close to his age, stood on the bank glaring at him with unmistakable hatred. Seeing him emerge, she showed no mercy—with a fierce cry, multiple dark projectiles blasted his way.
“Seeking death?!”
Rage washed over Tang Jinbiao’s face as he spotted the black marbles. Empowered by his earlier victory and swelling confidence—or perhaps sheer instinct—he clenched his right fist and punched directly into the oncoming barrage.
“What?!”
Chu Yunyun stared in disbelief as Tang Jinbiao dared to confront her Spirit Artifact barehanded. A scornful smirk began forming—but before it fully touched her lips, shock froze her expression once more.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Tang Jinbiao’s seemingly mundane fist punched through space. The vicious marbles shattered into flying ashes in the blink of an eye, exploding—bang bang bang—before vanishing into nothing.
“Impossible!”
Terror twisted Chu Yunyun’s face as if she’d glimpsed a nightmare. She let out a piercing shriek, simultaneously slapping her Storage Pouch. A sheet of Talisman Paper instantly flickered into her palm.
Swish swish swish!
Chu Yunyun’s face turned somewhat pale as she abruptly infused spiritual energy, instantly activating the talisman paper.
“Go die!”
Chu Yunyun reacted as if she had seen a terrifying ghost, swiftly hurling the activated talisman paper toward Tang Jinbiao.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, the talisman paper instantly detonated, transforming into a fireball with a diameter of nearly one meter, hurtling toward Tang Jinbiao.
No one expected Chu Yunyun to strike so swiftly and viciously, using an intermediate-grade spirit talisman right from the start. The power of such an intermediate-grade spirit talisman was extraordinary; even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would struggle to withstand it if caught off guard, let alone Tang Jinbiao, a Body Refiner at the First Rank, Intermediate Grade?
Boom!
After the spirit talisman exploded, a massive fireball rolled ominously toward Tang Jinbiao. In an instant, the surrounding air grew unbearably hot; nearby trees even began steaming, and a large amount of the lake water evaporated.
“What?”
Tang Jinbiao was still stunned by the miraculous power in his right hand when he noticed the fireball charging at him. He immediately felt scorching heat, his face practically searing.
“Fight with all I’ve got!”
Seeing no way to evade the fireball, Tang Jinbiao abandoned any other thoughts and boldly took a step forward, raising his right hand.
“Roar!”
Tang Jinbiao shouted fiercely, his right fist streaking like a meteor as he punched straight into the oncoming fireball.
“Perish!”
Seeing Tang Jinbiao attempting to withstand the fireball from the intermediate-grade spirit talisman, Chu Yunyun’s face grew even paler instead of lighting up with delight. A premonition struck her—that fireball could do nothing to harm him—just as she gathered spiritual energy to flee.
“No, something’s off with that lad!”
By the other side of the pond, an unsavory-looking old man had somehow materialized on the bank, watching Tang Jinbiao with intense seriousness, as if spotting something extraordinary.
Boom boom boom!
“Ah!”
Mustering all his strength and steeling his resolve, Tang Jinbiao punched recklessly at the enormous fireball without hesitation.
Explosion!
With a booming crash, the formidable fireball disintegrated under Tang Jinbiao’s punch, vanishing instantly as a wisp of smoke.
“What?”
The punch landing and the fireball vanishing occurred in the blink of an eye, yet the old man’s face twisted with shock. He murmured silently, “That ordinary-looking punch had no apparent logic, yet it precisely struck the spiritual energy’s control point within the spirit talisman. Crafting and activating a spirit talisman is about storing and releasing energy, like filling a kettle with water: opening the lid pours everything out rapidly. This spirit talisman follows the same principle—infusing spiritual energy into it, sealing it with a lid that, when opened, releases the burst. How could it be…how? His fist directly hit the talisman’s ‘lid,’ causing internal chaos as the spiritual energy dispersed in all directions, nullifying the talisman’s intended effect. Could this be the legendary Absolute Spiritual Energy Perception? If he’s truly a Body Refiner, what catastrophe could that lead to?”
“Impossible!”
Chu Yunyun paled in horror upon seeing Tang Jinbiao shatter the intermediate-grade spirit talisman with a single punch.
“Remember this—today’s matter is far from settled with you!”
Swiftly, a radiant glow enveloped her body; she transformed into a crimson streak with a whoosh, hurtling away into the distant sky.
…
“I…”
After the woman vanished instantly, Tang Jinbiao showed a helpless expression. He lifted his right hand and inspected it, finding nothing particularly special—it seemed unchanged from before, yet on closer look, it also didn’t feel quite the same.
“Strange, I’m undoubtedly still at First Rank, Intermediate Grade in strength, yet how did I scatter that fireball with one punch just now?”
The more Tang Jinbiao studied his right hand, the weirder it felt. He had only delivered a random punch out of sheer determination, never expecting to scare his opponent away. Though unsure of her precise cultivation level, and despite it being no match for Tang Yilin or Tang Shan, he could still sense her spiritual pressure was much mightier than someone like Tang Huaxi.
“Bizarre, what exactly happened?”
Tang Jinbiao stared at his right hand, sinking into thought as he lowered his head.
Clap clap clap!
Just as Tang Jinbiao was deep in contemplation, sudden clapping sounds echoed out. A hearty laugh followed, ringing out, “Haha, young lad, something got you baffled? This old man can unravel your confusions!”