Chapter 152 – Aries Star Spear
Translated by: Berrrybunz
Edited by: Robin, Leo and De Andre
Tang Tian ran with all his might, the gusts of wind blew so strongly that he could not open his eyes. Such wind was weird. When it blew past him, it seemed to take away his body temperature, taking all the True Power in his body. The faster he ran, the faster the True Power was depleted.
But he no longer had to worry about the problem with True Power, because his True Power had been emptied, there was not a drop left.
His focus was placed on the bone gnawing wolves chasing after him. The Bone Gnawing Wolves chased like maniacs and with utter determination. Their cries resonated in Tang Tian’s ears continuously.
“Since this is called the Valley of Starvation, the Bone Gnawing Wolves are obviously hungry. Oh, usually, they would be starved for seven to eight days before they are released.”
Bing introduced as he floated on top which made Tang Tian’s scalp numb. He did not dare to look back, neither did he dare to stop for a moment.
He was lucky to have pretty outstanding body features. Although he had no help from his True Power, with the strength of his body, he could still sprint.
“Indeed, it’s still better to be young. Young lad, your body features are outstanding.”
Bing mocked from the top of Tang Tian. He was calm and unruffled in the midst of this chaos. Leisurely, he smiled: “Even during our times, it was rare to have someone whose body features are this outstanding like yours.”
Tang Tian feared to be distracted. The terrain of the Valley of Starvation was incredibly complex. He needed full concentration.
“Oh oh oh, ten minutes and you ran to this place. Not bad!” Bing’s tone was full of admiration, but Tang Tian was very clear that he was just waiting for a show.
His meridians were empty. At the beginning, Tang Tian did not find it too unbearable. It started off feeling like he had just gone through a huge battle and felt slightly exhausted. It was just his body strength that was not affected too much and felt off. After running for a awhile, Tang Tian started to feel lousy. The winds that blew past him felt as though they had a gravitational force.
Like a huge mouth eating greedily, trying to swallow an empty bottle.
The emptied meridians and Dantian wanted to absorb energy from the howling winds, but there was not one bit of energy in these winds. The meridians, Dantian and the howling winds had two different suction energies.
For Tang Tian, this was an unusual torture. The empty meridians lasted for ten minutes and Tang Tian started to feel like he was a skinny, starving demon. But he could not slacken for a bit. This sort of high intensity exercise made him discover a whole new level of exhaustion.
The howling winds continued to suck the already emptied Dantian. He was just like a starving person. He wanted to vomit so badly, yet there was nothing to regurgitate.
The sense of starvation got stronger, his calf muscles started to fatigue.
The more he ran, the hungrier he got. The more he ran, the weaker his legs got. If it was not for the wolves behind him, Tang Tian would have already sat on the ground. But…
“Oh, I forgot to tell you this. Although the Bone Gnawing Wolves love to chew on bones, they also love the fleshy, meaty part of your buttocks!”
On top, Bing’s friendly reminder came through.
In his mind, he imagined the wolves sinking their teeth into his own butt…
Tang Tian’s face turned pale. His weakened knees were once again full of energy as he increased his speed.
There was no end to the front of the canyon.
Time started to slip by, Tang Tian’s mind was blank. He only knew that he was capable of running away.
Bing followed him through. Helplessly, a shocking face was revealed on the poker face. Tang Tian was already at his wits ends. His panting bellowed and his speed was decreasing rapidly. He even tripped when he attempted to jump over a piece of rock. If not for his body reaching his limits, Tang Tian would never have such an issue.
But this rascal…
Bing looked at the time. It had been twenty minutes. Bing thought back, how many people could actually last that long in the recruit training camp?
In his memories, when the new recruits first entered this place and could last for ten minutes, they would be considered good. To be able to last for more than twenty minutes the first time he entered, he wondered if he had broken the record? Bing started to think, after a while, a series of numbers floated in his head.
18 minutes and 33 seconds!
Bing was truly moved. The poker face was painted with colours. His shocked expression was hilarious. His arched eyebrows spread open, his eyes formed a circle and his mouth too.
He was indeed very surprised.
He had been the military officer for a very long time and had undertaken talented young lads. When the Southern Cross Army was at its peak, they had very strict conditions for recruiting new soldiers. Which of those rascals were not a talent? As for Tang Tian’s standard and gifts, it would be practically impossible for him to enter the recruit training camp.
But, with such ordinary gifts, this rascal actually broke the record the first time he entered the Valley of Starvation!
Bing observed the stumbling silhouette. He was grateful. This rascal always surprised him. What kind of person would it take to be able to break the record of the recruit training camp!
He got his hopes high!
“Ahhh!” Tang Tian screams resonated through the Valley of Starvation.
Bing was shocked and shot a look. He turned back in shock and gave a look of despise. He muttered: “I’ve reminded you. They love the buttocks…”
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“Miss, all the ingredients are prepared.” Mu Lei said. His face was full of worries.
Gu Xue suddenly looked up and smiled: “Uncle Mu, I’ve changed my mind!”
Mu Lei was taken aback when he heard it. Instantly, his moods was lifted: “Great! Miss, you don’t have to take this risk…”
“No!” Gu Xue shook his head: “I intend to wait for them to leave before I try it again.”
“Miss!” Mu Lei was dumbfounded: “You can’t do it! Young master Tang and young master Ling are all here. If there are any accidents, they can at least take care of you…”
“If there is any accident, they can’t help. Even if they are here.” Gu Xue said lightly.
“But…” Mu Lei wanted to persuade.
Gu Xue smiled sweetly: “Uncle Mu, don’t try to persuade me anymore. I’ll tell them later I don’t intend to activate my blood meridians.”
“Miss, aren’t you afraid that young master Tang will be worried?” Mu Lei looked deeply into Miss’s eyes.
“Let the godlike young lad head to the Heavenly Road with a peaceful mind and let him realise his godlike ambitions. How great would that be.” Gu Xue smiled slightly: “He has helped us more than he should!”
Mu Lei fell silent. After a long while, he said: “I understand.”
Just as Mu Lei turned to leave, he turned his head back suddenly and said seriously: “Miss, I believe you can activate your blood meridians! Heaven has given you so much suffering and so much luck too, all of it was definitely to create a legendary story!”
“Uncle Mu, you have high expectations of me.” Gu Xue was stunned, but she suddenly mimicked Tang Tian’s tone and said naughtily: “But, I think so too!”
Mu Lei smiled and left.
Gu Xue looked upon Mu Lei’s disappearing shadow and whispered to herself: “What a pity is it to spend so much precious time to activate blood meridians.”
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Tang Tian walked out of the room angrily with a gloomy face. He had a weird stance as though his buttocks were injured.
Back in the yard, Ling Xu was practicing his spear arts.
“Eh, why did this rascal dress up so good-looking?”
Tang Tian was surprised that Ling Xu had changed his clothes. Instantly, he looked like a rich young master. He was handsome and suave. Tang Tian lowered his head and looked at himself and right away, he felt like a country bumpkin.
Alright, this godlike young man should never walk on the path of sacrificing his sex appeal…
Tang Tian comforted himself.
This was the first time Tang Tian saw Ling Xu practising spear arts, he was instantly interested, so he sat down at the corner on a stone. The moment he sat down, he felt his buttocks shiver. His heart dropped and it was only a while later that he realised that he had already left the recruit training camp. His butt was completely fine, but he kept feeling a pain.
It must be the traumatic experience… it had to be a traumatic disorder. [Robin: There you go guys, our MC has PTSD from getting his butt bitten, what more can you ask for?]
He forced himself to erase the memories of the ruptured butt and the snow white wolves’ teeth. Tang Tian calmed himself down and focused his energy on Ling Xu’s spear arts.
Ling Xu’s spear arts did not change much. He just continuously sprinkled specks of silver stars from the edge of the spear, forming a sparkling sea.
It was as though he knew nothing about fatigue. He was very committed to such tiresome training.
Tang Tian laid his eyes on the hands holding on to the silver spear. He was shocked to see.
What a weird strength releasing technique!
Ling Xu’s back and waist were almost not moving, his shoulders were never opened wide and so, the movement of the spear was very small.
Tang Tian had strong fundamentals of martial techniques and had a profound understanding of strength releasing. One look, and he could tell Ling Xu’s strength releasing technique was super odd.
A spine was a dragon, the source of strength to all martial artists.
To maximise strength releasing, one would never be able to avoid the spine. It was the same for all martial techniques. The amount of energy contained in the spine was startling.
But when Ling Xu released strength, he did not use his spine at all.
Not just that, he did not use much of the energy from his shoulders, elbows or wrists. Ling Xu mainly used his fingers as a source of strength.
Tang Tian stared closely at Ling Xu’s ten fingers and noticed, Ling Xu’s fingers were much more crude and sturdy than ordinary people.
Exquisite finger strength!
Tang Tian sighed. Tang Tian almost missed Ling Xu’s ever changing fingers! Such a small movement yet it could release such startling strength and Tang Tian could not even comprehend the complexity of the changes.
Each spear stroke spun strongly.
Such spins were actually produced as his thumb braised against the body of the spear!
Goodness! He made use of the friction between his thumb and the spear and he could actually produce such strong spins. Tang Tian was surprised. That silver spear Ling Xu had was made from gold, it was not light at all!
“I never expected myself to be able to see the Aries Star Spear!” Bing’s voice suddenly rang in Tang Tian’s head.
His tone was full of gratitude and fondness.