Chapter 118 -【Monster God Ming King Art】
Before Yu Xuanji could finish his sentence, one of the monster Rebirth Qi Practitioners suddenly started to bleed out from his seven apertures, following which he fell down straight to the ground!
“This one isn’t qualified.”
Yu Xuanji smiled and said, “If you dare to study the prologue of the【Monster God Ming King Art】with a lacking perception and comprehension, you will share the same fate as him – disorder and chaos rampaging throughout your soul and your blood converging towards your brain until it bursts apart! This one’s punishment isn’t too excessive when all things are considered, at least he was only knocked into a swoon. I hear that there were some idiots who pushed themselves to the point of their brains splattered all over the place. It’s said that it was their souls exploding in the psyche ocean and their brains bursting apart.”
Zhong Yue then look over to the god-level totem patterns on the stone wall and mumbled, “Monster God Yao King Art? Your brain will explode if you can’t understand? How strange is this?”
“From the totem patterns on the stone wall, one would need to attain the hidden art within it. That’s when you’ll be considered to have passed But this isn’t a simple feat, it requires a considerable amount of talent.”
Yu Xuanji then told them the information he received, “Elucidating the abstrusity in the totem patterns and manifesting it through visualization ... if the abstrusity is present in one’s visualization of the totem patterns, that could be proof of your talent. It had already been almost five days since the time the saint city lord placed down the totem pattern. Yet no one had been able to elucidate the abstrusity in the patterns to manifest it in their visualizations. Hei-hei, it’s time for me to shine! What foresight my teacher had in naming me Xuanji. It appears like the first one destined to achieve this task would no none other than me, Yu Xuanji!
Hu Qimei nodded, her tone was very serious, “Such great capabilities in boasting, Brother Xuanji.”
Zhong Yue cast his gaze over at the totem pattern on the stone wall. The god-level totem pattern was indeed very profound and esoteric to the point of inscrutable. He scrutinized it carefully, trying to elucidate the abstrusity behind it, but the pattern that looked like dragon or python was shifting incessantly. It was as if it could incite the blood essence to deluge towards his point until it was on the verge of bursting.
Suddenly, Xin Huo said, “This art is incomplete, forcibly trying to comprehend it would bring the risk of the brain exploding.”
Zhong Yue nodded, “This is the prologue of the【Monster God Ming King Art】, the other parts are missing….”
“I mean, this saint city lord of the monster race, only has a fragmentary passage of the【Monster God Ming King Art】.”, said Xin Huo.
Xin Huo’s words would cause anyone to be almost shocked to death, “Even the saint city lord doesn’t have the complete【Monster God Ming King Art】. The true first-rate arts will not simply give rise to such a barbaric risk of exploding brains. Not even the arts of the demon gods of the demon race would be this uncanny. Although the prologue of this【Monster God Ming King Art】does seems genuine, the complete【Ming King Art】would definitely not be encumbered by such a problem. It is only because of it being fragmentary in nature, that there is such a risk of brains exploding. I suppose, that this monster saint city lord’s cultivation also has this huge flaw in it. Although his gifted talents still managed to push him to the stage of a magnate cultivator and allowed him to overcome the flaws of the【Monster God Ming King Art】, which in turn, allowed him to ultimately dominate the entire Eastern Barren, but regrettably, he is also beleaguered by a huge latent danger in his cultivation path.”
Zhong Yue’s heart shifted, this scenario was very probable. The monster race’s saint city lord circumstances were indeed very suspicious. Not long ago, just how world shockingly was the incident of Beast God Ridge, and yet, the saint city lord was ostensibly in closed-door training and failed to make an appearance at such a tumultuous event.
Then came the crumbling of the volcanic seal in Gu Xia City, another earth-shaking event, and the saint city lord was still nowhere to be seen!
And also, this saint city lord is said to be on par with that of the Swords Gate headmaster, the one who was venerated as the Sword God. With his prowess, he could definitely unite the Eastern Barren. But then, such a thing still hasn’t happened, this is the biggest point of doubt! Xin Huo is right, it is very probable that the incomplete art caused his cultivation to drift astray!
Xin Huo measured the【Monster God Ming King Art】’s prologue with his eyes and said, “This art is incredibly strong, not any inferior to the Swords Gate’s【Boundless Great Sword Qi】. Sadly, it can’t be cultivated, since once you cultivate it, you will be subjected to the flaws that plagued the saint city lord; those flaws would pose a hindrance to your cultivation that would only compound the further you progress in it. It’s like a maze, one misstep and you’ll find yourself eternally trapped within the confines of its walls and condemned to the fate of captivity. But the crucial difference here is that one is still able to backtrack through a maze, but cultivating this art would be tantamount to embarking on a path of no return.”
Zhong Yue carefully studied it, he could feel the traces of the esoteric knowledge and abstruse arts within it. It was indeed commensurate to the Swords Gate’s【Great Boundless Sword Qi】!
In the Swords Gate headmaster’s sword token, there was the sword totem pattern which contained only the art and no skills. Whereas the【Monster God Ming King Art】’s prologue contained the skills but was bereft of the art.
And a strong art, was exactly what Zhong Yue needed!
As he was not truly the inheritor of Xin Huo, Xin Huo had only taught him the【Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art】and nothing else more. The【Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art】was also a kind of cultivation art, and there were no skills he could use to unleash the power of Sui Sovereign.
Xin Huo did not speak of imparting him with more techniques, and neither did Zhong Yue request for more. After all, he was not the pure-blood Fuxi celestial race Xin Huo was looking for, and Xin Huo had already been very generous in benevolently teaching him the【Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art】. How could he ever be so shameful as to ask for more?
The totem pattern in the prologue was the prelude to a skill. The pattern was the eight-armed monster Ming King, but the third eye on its forehead was missing!
The missing totem carvings of the third eye was precisely the reason behind the flaw whereby it would become an impediment to the flow of blood essence stymying its flow to the rest of the body by coercing all of it towards the forehead. The over-accumulation of blood essence in the head would eventually be the impetus for the brain to explode!
So that is where the【Ming King Art】flaw lied! However, this is indeed a consummate combat art – the strongest among all of its kind that I’ve seen!
Zhong Yue then suddenly remembered something and quickly asked, “Xin Huo, can the third eye of Sui Sovereign supplant the missing part of the【Monster God Ming King Art】?”
“Of course it can.”
The little flame wobbled, “Although this【Monster God Ming King Art】is very profound, but it is no match for the【Sui Sovereign Flame Order Palace Visualization Art】I’ve given to you. After all, it was only an art from the Ming King, how can it possibly be compared in the same breath with the Sui Sovereign Heavenly Monarch who opened a new leaf to a new era? With the Sui Sovereign’s divine eye, it can indeed complete this art and expunge the latent flaw within it.”
Zhong Yue heaved a breath of relief before continuing to study the【Ming King Art】prologue. The prologue itself had 126 totem carvings, forming into the seven apertures of the Ming King’s head along with its eight arms, muscles, blood vessels and legs, and even its hairs and furs. While the totem carvings themselves contained even more delicate and fine totem carvings of different kinds!
Zhong Yue even saw seen various kinds of dragon carvings such as the Jiao Dragon totem carvings, Kui Dragon totem carvings, Chi Dragon totem carvings, Xiang Dragon totem carvings, and dragon turtle totem carvings among the various totem carvings. He had also witnessed the water carvings, cloud carvings, mountain carvings, wood carvings, beast carvings, bird carvings, and aquatic creature carvings!
Although these totem carvings were only constituents that comprised the bigger pictures of the totem patterns, when they all came together, a marvelous reaction occur to manifest the Monster God Ming King’s exceptionally powerful body and incredible strength!
If I were to add in the Sui Sovereign third eye totem carvings, then it would be 127 totem carvings!
Zhong Yue thought to himself, Even the prologue is already so complex, no wonder it was deemed an art that was on par with the【Great Boundless Sword Qi】. With the Sui Sovereign’s third eye totem carvings, it’ll be much easier for me to study and cast the art contained in this prologue. This monster saint city lord’s purpose of choosing a disciple was most probably to absorb the fortes of different techniques to hopefully find a path for himself to extricate himself from the flaw of his art.Hence, when I cast the Ming King skill, I must be careful to not reveal the third eye totem carvings!
The god-level totem pattern contained an abstrusity that was nearly incomprehensible. Every monster Qi Practitioners on the spot, including the experts that accompanied their masters over, were also intently studying the stone wall by themselves.
But the technique itself was already incomplete, and the totem carvings were also undergoing multitudinous transformations that hindered their efforts in elucidating the abstrusity. A split second of inattentiveness and their brains would become deluged and clogged with blood essence Hence, the Awakening experts exercised caution and settled for shallowing dipping into the abstrusity of the totem carvings, ensuring to not allow themselves to become fully submerged within it.
In stark contrast, all of the young Rebirth Qi Practitioners have submerged themselves fully in their cogitation, trying to enlighten themselves on the abstrusity in the art.
Soon, the number of Qi Practitioners that fainted increased as the flow of their blood essence became disrupted. There was even one unlucky individual whose brain had burst apart, effectively turning himself into a corpse that needed to be dragged away by the manor’s servants.
Hu Qimei and Yu Xuanji were also in the midst of comprehending the totem carvings on the wall. They soon noticed the anomaly and tried to find a way through. However, despite their extraordinary talents, they still held a blind reverence towards the【Monster God Ming King Art】that ultimately precluded them from delineating the flaw that was inherent in the fragmentary passage.
Time passed without them knowing and gradually, more monster Qi Practitioners arrived and gathered on the Ba Shui Bridge. Kong Ban and Lian Shan the giant rhinoceros were also a part of those who came after. Kong Ban shot an icy stare at Zhong Yue, and the giant rhinoceros Lian Shan glanced at the Qing Long Keep experts behind Yu Xuanji. His eyes turned vigilant before he restrained himself from acting out in recklessness.
“Young master, acquiring the【Monster God Ming King Art】is more important!”
After another half a month’s time, and Zhong Yue had finally mastered all the totem pattern permutations in the【Monster God Ming King Art】prologue. Although the number of Qi Practitioners present was uncountable, and there were bound to be some exceptionally talented ones among them, none of them had successfully visualized out the prologue.
If I’m the first to visualize out the prologue, I’m afraid it’ll be too eye-catching, there will surely be more tests behind. I’ll be the center of attention if my performance is too shocking.
Rays flashed in his eyes and his heart quivered lightly as he glanced around, There are some Qi Practitioners that have long attained the abstrusity in the art before him, but have also taken in their flaws while trying to suppress them!
All of a sudden, a Qi practitioner with a heavily built body stood up abruptly. With a single step, he was standing above the Ba Shui River and his psyche erupted around his body to actualize into tangible matter!
It was evident that his mortal body was getting stronger as arms started to form and slowly, he morphed into the figure of the Monster God Ming King!
On the Ba Shui Bridge, the monster Qi Practitioners all looked over, their faces changed and hearts trembled. Every movement of the man’s eight arms through the air that broke through the sound barrier was concomitant with sounds of rumbling thunder – it was utterly terrifying!
Zhong Yue noticed the eye that formed on his forehead, this monster Qi Practitioner seemed to have noticed the flaw in the【Monster God Ming King Art】, and had rectified the flaw with the gods he had visualized!
Casting this【Ming King Art】is stronger than my own mortal body! Although my close quarter attacks can break through the sound barrier, sufficient space and distance is an essential prerequisite for achieving it.. But this【Ming King Art】is stronger, it only requires a minimal distance to break through the sound barrier! he thought to himself.
All of a sudden, Yu Xuanji burst in laughter, “So that’s why, that’s why! The prologue that the saint city lord left behind had an intentional flaw in it. The eye on the Ming King’s forehead! As long as the issue with the eye is fixed, then you can attain the abstrusity within it, easily visualizing it out! I’m indeed Xuanji, Hahahaha!”
His voice reverberated throughout the whole place. Shortly thereafter, his words entered the ears of every Qi Practitioner around. They quickly gazed over to the stone wall with their hearts shuddering vigorously!
“Xuanji, shouting like this and you will let at least another dozen more Qi Practitioners attain the art!” Hu Qimei was furious.