Chapter 193: Breaking Through Again! Rank 60! The Concept for the Sixth Spirit Ability
The back mountain's Secret Realm was cloaked in a biting frost. At the center of the Cold Pond, Liu Yuan sat cross-legged atop a solitary, jagged rock. Behind him, the massive Amethyst Giant Wings—usually kept concealed—unfurled on pure instinct. The crystalline feathers vibrated with a low, dangerous hum, carving fine, razor-sharp ripples through the freezing air.
The spirit power within his meridians churned like a dormant volcano on the absolute brink of eruption. Every fiber of his muscles, every drop of his blood demanded a higher state of evolution.
Liu Yuan sank his focus inward. Deep within his spiritual sea, the dual irises of his Double Pupils ignited with a blinding, purple-gold brilliance. He seized control of the surging spirit power, guiding the majestic energy through his pathways like an enraged dragon, and launched a final, ruthless charge against the stubborn bottleneck.
"Break."
The single syllable left his lips, cold and absolute.
In an instant, a terrifying torrent of kinetic energy rocketed up his spine. The highly compressed, viscous spirit power shattered the barrier, undergoing an instantaneous, qualitative metamorphosis into a pure, condensed liquid state.
Boom!
A massive shockwave detonated from his position. The sheer physical force slammed into the Cold Pond, compressing the entire surface of the water down by three full inches. Following closely behind was a heavy, overbearing aura that swept over the landscape like a hurricane, instantly rushing out of the Secret Realm to blanket the entire mountain range of the Body Sect.
Down on the martial arts field, Chen Lu was locked in a fierce spirit power duel with Wang Yanfeng, while Princess Weina observed the collective training of the outer disciples from the sidelines.
Suddenly, the entire courtyard froze.
They turned their heads in unison toward the back mountain. A flickering, purple-gold pillar of light pierced the clouds, radiating a crushing pressure that made their very souls tremble.
"This aura..." Chen Lu's pupils constricted to pinpricks. His fingers clamped down on his longsword, the knuckles turning white. "It's Liu Yuan! Has he already broken through to Rank 60?"
Wang Yanfeng wiped a layer of cold sweat from his forehead, a bitter smile tugging at his lips. "It has to be him. That suffocating fusion of mental force and pure spirit power—nobody else in the sect possesses that kind of presence."
"From Rank 59 to Rank 60... how long has he even been in seclusion?" Chen Lu muttered, shaking his head. "This speed of progression... it completely kills any thought of trying to catch up."
Weina bit her lower lip. The initial shock in her eyes rapidly melted into an intense, burning pride. She could clearly feel the shifting tides of power; every time Liu Yuan shattered a boundary, the Heavenly Soul Empire's ultimate trump card grew exponentially more lethal.
Meanwhile, within a reinforced secret room in the side courtyard of the main hall, Long Aotian sat bare-chested upon a stone bed. Golden light flowed like molten metal across his skin.
The moment that overbearing aura washed over the compound, his eyes snapped open. Golden Body spirit power erupted from his flesh, causing the heavy stone walls of the chamber to hum and vibrate violently.
"Junior Brother, have you already taken this step?"
Aotian stood up. There was not a single trace of petty jealousy in his eyes; instead, they burned with an almost fanatical battle intent. He glanced down at his own left arm, noting the dark-gold luster radiating from the muscle fibers, and a sharp grin touched the corners of his mouth. "I need to accelerate my own training. If I let him leave me too far behind in the dust, this title of 'Senior Brother' will truly become nothing more than a hollow decoration."
Elsewhere in the sect, Elder Chen paused his administrative duties. Pushing open a heavy wooden window, he closed his eyes, analyzing the shifting currents of energy in the air. As the aura gradually stabilized, becoming increasingly deep and bottomless, the old man's face broke into a wide smile.
"He broke through? Good! Excellent!" Elder Chen gripped the windowsill. "In the entire thousand-year history of our Body Sect, there has never been a talent this monstrous!"
Back at the Cold Pond, just as Liu Yuan stabilized his new realm, a streak of emerald-green light tore through the sky, landing silently on the rocky shore.
Du Busi's dark-green robes whipped wildly around his ankles from the sheer velocity of his arrival. The Sect Master did not speak. He merely stood there like an immovable mountain, his own gaze locked onto Liu Yuan's shifting meridians, silently acting as his absolute protector.
Only when the Amethyst Giant Wings slowly folded back into Liu Yuan's spine, and the violent fluctuations of spirit power completely assimilated into his flesh and blood—leaving his aura as calm and unfathomable as a deep abyss—did Du Busi finally exhale a long breath and disperse the protective barrier he had erected around the pond.
Liu Yuan slowly opened his eyes. The divine, purple-gold light within his Double Pupils receded into a calm, rational glimmer. He stood up, flexing his hands, feeling the devastating difference in his physical strength. The massive qualitative chasm that usually trapped cultivators between Rank 59 and Rank 60 had been effortlessly paved over.
"You broke through?" Du Busi stepped forward. Even though he had literally just witnessed the result, he needed to hear it.
Liu Yuan stepped off the rock, walking smoothly across the surface of the water until his boots touched the shore. He cupped his hands in a crisp salute. "I did not fail your expectations, Master. Rank 60 is secured."
"Hahahaha! Good! Good! Good!" Du Busi threw his head back, letting out a booming laugh that violently shook the surrounding pine trees. "A Spirit Emperor under the age of twenty! In the ten-thousand-year history of Spirit Masters, this is utterly unmatched! If that hypocrite Yan Shaozhe finds out about this, he'll probably cough up three mouthfuls of old blood on the spot!"
After his laughter subsided, Du Busi's expression sharpened, his gaze turning pragmatic. "Since you've firmly secured Rank 60, our top priority is hunting down your sixth spirit ring." He crossed his arms. "Knowing your calculating personality, you've probably already mapped out exactly what you want, haven't you?"
If it were any other disciple, Du Busi would have personally scoured the sect's ancient archives to dictate the optimal evolutionary path. But with Liu Yuan, the Sect Master offered absolute trust. Time and time again, Liu Yuan had proven that his understanding of his own martial soul and spirit rings eclipsed even that of veteran Titled Douluo. Du Busi knew his role right now was to provide logistical firepower, not unsolicited advice.
Liu Yuan nodded, his tone clinical and precise. "Master, I want to head to the border region between the Far North and the Star Dou Great Forest. I am looking for a specific, highly elusive Spirit Beast known as the Concealment-Piercing Beast."
"A Concealment-Piercing Beast?" Du Busi raised a thick eyebrow. "Those are exceptionally rare. Their raw attack power is negligible, but they possess an incredibly eerie instinct. They can see through all forms of camouflage and directly interfere with the internal flow of an enemy's energy."
"Exactly," Liu Yuan continued, his eyes narrowing slightly. "My Double Pupils possess a latent, underlying potential: the ability to 'See Through Illusions.' I have analyzed the variables. If I can hunt a Concealment-Piercing Beast and use its spirit ring as the foundational carrier, I can forcibly evolve this latent potential into a substantive, active Spirit Ability. I call the concept: Ability Nullification."
"Ability Nullification?" Du Busi's eyes widened, and he took a sudden step forward, the implications clicking in his mind. "Are you saying... you intend to forcibly dismantle an opponent's Spirit Abilities as they are being cast, or even after they've formed?"
"Precisely." Liu Yuan's voice was devoid of arrogance, stating it merely as a mathematical fact. "Through the absolute vision of the Double Pupils, I can capture the exact execution trajectory of an enemy's spirit power. Then, using the disruptive characteristics of the Concealment-Piercing Beast, I can inject targeted energy interference directly into their technique's weak points. If successful, an enemy's Spirit Abilities will simply unravel before they can touch me. The only opponents who would pose a threat are pure power-type Spirit Masters who rely exclusively on raw physical force."
Du Busi sucked in a sharp breath of freezing air. As a Level 98 Super Douluo, he understood the terrifying weight of that statement better than anyone.
The entire foundation of Spirit Master combat relied on the seamless connection and explosive burst of Spirit Abilities. If Liu Yuan could simply 'turn off' an opponent's skills with a glance, then it wouldn't matter how high their cultivation rank was, or how devastatingly flashy their ultimate moves were. They would be reduced to helpless target practice.
"Invincible..." Du Busi muttered under his breath, staring at his monstrous disciple. Then, a vicious, delighted grin split his face. "What an absolute nightmare of a concept! If you actually pull this off, the rest of the Spirit Masters in this world are going to weep blood when they run into you!"
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