Holy Fist!

Chapter 477 Job Enhancement, Origin Authority!
Bai Xiao remained expressionless and waited quietly.

Sure enough, the light below flashed again.

[Use this job enhancement option?]

"Yes."

Without the slightest hesitation, a thought crossed his mind.

Suddenly, a misty fog appeared ahead, and a mysterious force rapidly enveloped them.

[The following is the job enhancement for the martial arts school master]

[Enhancement 1: Indestructible (Increases Physique attribute by 50 points)]

[Enhancement 2: Gathering Momentum into a Mountain (The effect of your Martial Arts School Master's Gathering Momentum quest is enhanced by 10%. In other words, the amplification effect of Gathering Momentum quests on potential points increases from 100% to 110%.)]

[Enhancement 3: External Avatar (Your five forbidden secret weapons can condense forbidden avatars, possessing master-level combat power, and can fight outside your main body for half an hour. When you have the External Avatar enhancement, this time is multiplied tenfold, and your avatar can exist outside for five hours)]

[Enhancement 4: Heart of Gluttony (This enhancement belongs to the same series as Dragon Elephant Gluttony and Dragon Heart Elephant. Your enhancement "All Rivers Run into the Sea, Furnace of Heaven and Earth" can fuse and evolve techniques, improving the level of secret weapons. However, when the Dragon Elephant True Scripture devours Dragon Elephant-type secret weapons, there is no difference between three second-rate secret weapons and the first-rate secret weapon formed by fusing these three second-rate secret weapons; the final number of Dragon Elephants obtained is constant. However, after you have the Heart of Gluttony enhancement, the higher the quality of the Dragon Elephant secret weapon you devour, the more Dragon Elephants you will obtain. In other words, secret weapons enhanced with "All Rivers Run into the Sea, Furnace of Heaven and Earth" are more effective. Its amplification effect fluctuates between approximately 30% and 50%).]

[Enhancement 5: Reversing Cause and Effect (Inverting cause and effect, the final result will become the origin. Every forbidden secret weapon is born because there is a root-level being in the void whose power influences the stars and the heavens. However, the five forbidden weapons you possess do not have corresponding root-level beings in the void. Therefore, after you have the Reversing Cause and Effect enhancement, by returning the result to the cause, the five root authority will gradually condense in the void. However, the condensation of root authority requires unimaginable terrifying power of the same level. You need to find other root power as a sacrifice.)]

Note: This is the fourth and final stage of the martial arts school master profession. Therefore, you can freely choose two of the five enhancements.

Bai Xiao was the first to see the annotation; this time, he could actually choose two.

His gaze quickly swept over the enhancement options. The first one was straightforward and simple: just add fifty points to Physique. However, Bai Xiao had other ways to improve his four main attributes, so he set that aside for now.

The second option immediately caught his eye.

It was a buff that could increase the effect of his Gathering Momentum skill from 100% to 110%. As everyone knows, any enhancement that increases the number of potential points is extremely valuable. However, Bai Xiao felt that the Gathering Momentum to Form a Mountain enhancement was a bit too low, only increasing it by one-tenth.

One thousand potential points, increased by one hundred.

He shook his head slightly. If the amplification effect were 20%, he would choose it without hesitation. 10% felt like too little.

A thought flashed through Bai Xiao's mind, and he continued to look at the third one.

The enhancement of the external avatar actually extends the lifespan of the five forbidden clones, increasing it from half an hour to five hours.

Without a doubt, this is also a fairly useful enhancement.

Five hours is completely different from half an hour; you can do much more in that time, which is a hidden boost to Bai Xiao's combat power.

His gaze paused for a moment before continuing downwards.

His gaze sharpened slightly.

Strengthening the Four Gluttonous Hearts is again related to the Dragon Elephant Scripture, and it can be linked to the previous enhancements of Dragon Heart Elephant Intent and Dragon Elephant Gluttonous. Furthermore, it also involves the enhancement of Bai Xiao's "All Rivers Run into the Sea, Furnace of Heaven and Earth." Originally, when he used the Dragon Elephant Scripture to devour the Dragon Elephant Secret Weapon, there was no difference between directly absorbing it and strengthening and fusing it with the Furnace of Heaven and Earth before absorbing it. However, once he possesses the Gluttonous Hearts, the situation changes. The effects of the Dragon Elephant Secret Weapon, after being fused with the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, will be amplified, and the number of Heavenly Glazed Sacred Dragons and Earthly Glazed Elephant Gods transformed will increase.

Three to five percent, or about 40 percent on average!

Thinking about it this way, strengthening the Heart of Gluttony seems much more practical than strengthening the Gathering Momentum into a Mountain. Although strengthening the Gathering Momentum into a Mountain involves potential points and is more universal, the numerical value is indeed a bit lower. While the Heart of Gluttony only focuses on a specific category, it is a perfect fit for Bai Xiao's situation.

If he had to choose between the two, he would choose Enhancement 4.

After comparing them, he already had his answer.

However, when Bai Xiao looked at Enhancement 5, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he instantly forgot about the previous four enhancement options.

"The passive ability of destiny is playing a significant role!?"

Bai Xiao paused, his eyes fixed on the inverted cause-and-effect reinforcement.

Reversing cause and effect, using the result to explain the cause.

Because he possesses five forbidden secret weapons obtained through an extraordinary power, powers that have never appeared before, the void will inevitably contain corresponding source authority for these five powers—everything is reversed! This effect is simply unimaginable, completely on a different level from other options. Could it be that his luck has exploded, and he's drawn a golden legendary weapon?
"This reversed cause-and-effect enhancement is incredibly powerful, but its activation conditions are extremely demanding. It requires power at the root level as a sacrifice..."

"But it's understandable. Since it's about condensing the power of the source, it naturally requires absorbing the power of the source!" Bai Xiao muttered to himself, his eyes flashing...

"But where can we obtain such a large amount of fundamental power?"

He suddenly looked up and realized something.

"Oh right, the forbidden secret weapon!"

"Ideally, it should be a fully-fledged forbidden secret weapon!"

"Forbidden weapons are the result of the power of the origin from the void being transmitted to this world, causing its effects. Currently, most forbidden weapons in the world are in the hands of grandmasters. Furthermore, fully-fledged forbidden weapons are only found in the hands of grandmasters. In other words, I need to hunt down grandmasters and strip them of the power of their forbidden weapons. With enough of these, I can trigger a reverse cause-and-effect effect..."

A strange light flashed in Bai Xiao's eyes, inexplicably sending a chill down one's spine.

"Besides that, there is one that is most conveniently located."

"The Metal Council's upgraded mechs!"

"The power of the Mech Lord is about to invade this world. Its source-level mechanical power is naturally the most abundant and plentiful. The reason the Metal Council's Ascendant-level mechs possess such powerful energy is because of their core Void Engine. The Void Engine, like a forbidden secret weapon in the Secret Martial Arts, also originates from source-level power..."

His thoughts wandered, and the more he thought about it, the more choices he had.

"Moreover, a few days ago, after I killed the Beast Dragon God, I obtained a Beast Totem! Isn't that the power left behind by the Beast God?"

"And also, the mental mask..."

“However, it probably isn’t qualified. You Tian isn’t a true Origin level being. Moreover, its realm had already fallen when it returned to the real world…” The more Bai Xiao thought about it, the more he felt there was potential in this area.

"Turning the effect into the cause, turning the effect into the cause."

"It's simply divine skill."

He stood up and slowly paced back and forth on the island.

"If I want to achieve something in the future, I must focus on this."

Bai Xiao had a premonition that he had to choose this reverse cause-and-effect reinforcement. Its value far exceeded that of the previous four combined.

After careful consideration.

"I choose to upgrade to level four or level five."

With a thought, Bai Xiao made his own answer.

Although gathering momentum to form a mountain and strengthening the external avatar are both good, they still can't compare to these two. He chose the improvement that best suited his own situation.

Instantly, all the enhancement options in front of them disappeared, like an ink painting splashed with water. Soon, only the Gluttonous Heart Enhancement and the Reversal of Cause and Effect Enhancement remained, quietly suspended in mid-air, their light growing increasingly intense.

"Buzz!"

Bai Xiao's mind jolted slightly.

The two enhancement options, like intertwined shooting stars, fell directly into the Mystic Weapon King class. The three quickly merged, resulting in a transformation.

"Rumble..."

With a thought, the Dragon Elephant True Scripture spontaneously began to operate at full power.

At the same time, there are three enhancements in front of me, echoing each other.

"Dragon Heart Symbolism", "Dragon and Elephant Gluttony", "The Heart of Gluttony"

"Shh!"

A tremendous light flashed, and a mysterious aura erupted. The three enhancements related to the Dragon Elephant Scripture strangely merged together.

"Ding!"

The white light faded, and everything vanished.

There was only one enhancement, silently floating in mid-air.

"Devouring Dragons and Elephants: The True Scripture to Suppress the World"

It possesses three enhancement effects, and the enhancement effect of the Gluttonous Heart increases by 50%! In other words, the number of Dragon Elephant Secret Weapons transformed into by all those subsequently devoured by the White Owl Dragon Elephant True Scripture will increase by 60%. He slowly exhaled a breath of blazing white air.

Then, White Owl checked another enhancement.

"Reversing cause and effect"

"Buzz!"

The moment he activated it, he felt as if he had entered a vast, dark, and ethereal space. Before him stood a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky.

From left to right, a total of five towering stone tablets have stood for ages.

The shadows of flying immortals, dragons and elephants, Kunpeng, the Yellow Court, and the Yellow Springs are vividly carved upon it. Moreover, the scene is constantly evolving, blurry and overlapping, seemingly holding countless possibilities.

Bai Xiao glanced over and saw that all the stone tablets were dull and lifeless.

It will probably require some powerful force to activate it before it can regain its former glory.

"These must be the so-called root authority?"

"It requires a sacrifice of power at the source level to gradually condense it."

A thought flashed through his mind, and he instantly left this space.

At Qunxiang Mountain, beneath the Enlightenment Tree.

Bai Xiao slowly opened his eyes, and with a flick of his right hand, a bead containing the totem of ten thousand beasts quietly appeared. However, he did not immediately attempt to offer it as a sacrifice, but instead planned to study the mysteries within the totem of ten thousand beasts under the Enlightenment Tree.

Bai Xiao hoped to learn something from this.

Furthermore, with a thought, he pushed the new Ninety-Nine Pores Secret Technique to its limit, and four hundred and sixteen pores instantly appeared on the surface of his body.

no doubt.

This number of pores is enough for all of Bai Xiao's Heavenly Glazed Sacred Dragons and Earthly Glazed Elephant Gods to recover a second time and return to their peak combat power.

There's even more left over.

However, his next task is to collect a large number of Dragon-Elephant Secret Weapons to enhance his ability to fuse and devour a dragon. The number of Holy Dragons and Elephant Gods will inevitably increase dramatically. The current reserves in the air vents might not be enough then.

"After the upgrade is completed."

"I will then begin my search for forbidden martial arts."

"Or, we could launch a preemptive strike against the Court of Demons. If we could kill one of their grandmasters, not only would it grant me a massive amount of experience points for my manhunt missions, but I could also sacrifice their forbidden weapon to enhance my 'Cause and Effect' strategy. By the way, during the Martial Arts Tournament, Light Eagle Felin was still alive and retreated with the main force. He possesses a forbidden weapon. Killing him would also yield some rewards..."

As Bai Xiao pondered this, he slowly sat down cross-legged.

The Enlightenment Tree swayed slightly, and a mysterious aura of enlightenment descended upon it.

……

an hour ago.

Overseas, on a certain island, in a vast underground lair.

A mysterious underground lake.

The surging seawater, rising and falling with the tide, spread rapidly in all directions, only to recede in an instant, just like a person breathing.

Central location.

A deep blue shadow, blurry and indistinct, exuded a terrifying aura, its body enveloped in a massive torrent of water. The surrounding tides and tsunamis were all manipulated by its will, causing changes in the environment. Originally, the shadow only had an upper body, with its lower body composed of water. But now, its legs were slowly growing out, gradually returning to its full form.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

The treatment is ongoing.

Suddenly, a figure appeared swiftly through a passageway outside the lake.

"Lord Hongze, Lord Youtian has just shown unusual activity!"

In the middle of the lake.

Hong Ze slowly raised his hand, and a wheel inlaid with a statue of the Black Heaven God flew over and quietly floated in mid-air.

He raised his right hand and placed it on the grotesque head.

The power was rapidly transmitted, communicating with the remaining traces of You Tian's consciousness.

"Someone is absorbing your spiritual essence!?"

"It must be that the seal on your spiritual mask has been broken?"

Hong Ze's expression changed slightly, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

Beside the lake, the high-ranking members of the Demon Court, who had been waiting quietly, immediately spoke up: "Lord You Tian's spiritual mask should be in the hands of Bai Xiao of the Dragon Elephant Martial Arts Academy in the Eastern Secret Martial Realm. Not long ago, he broke through to the Grandmaster realm. We just received news that he single-handedly defeated the Crane Sect..."

Hong Ze remained silent for a moment, thinking to himself.

"Could it be that this Bai Xiao, after breaking through to the Grandmaster level, has acquired some kind of peculiar method, even capable of breaking through the forbidden power of You Tian?"

"I really want to go there myself..."

"However, the healing process is at a critical moment and cannot be interrupted easily."

"The only option is to send other grandmasters."

In the end, Hong Ze still felt that the Underworld Sect was the most suitable. The Underworld Sect had been breaking through to the Grandmaster level for hundreds of years, and the forbidden martial arts they had mastered had long been cultivated to their full potential.

He was even just one step away from the third stage of becoming a grandmaster.

Originally, the Underworld Sect didn't need to go; the Ya Sect and the Prison Sect could have gone. However, the Prison Sect was surrounded and killed, leaving only a forbidden remnant spirit, which was practically the same as being dead. With only the Ya Sect, there probably wasn't much of a chance.

Bai Xiao defeated He Zong, demonstrating that his strength should not be underestimated.

After thinking it over, Hong Ze was about to issue the order.

Suddenly, at the end of the road in the distance, a familiar figure of an old man in black flew over at lightning speed, and appeared in front of Hong Ze in the blink of an eye.

"You came just in time."

"I need you to go to the Dragon Elephant Martial Arts School in the eastern part of the Tianxia Federation and retrieve the Spirit Mask from Bai Xiao. Stay hidden in the shadows and look for an opportunity. It would be best if you could kill him, but if you can't, bringing the Spirit Mask back will do."

Hong Ze spoke slowly, his voice booming.

"Yes."

The old man in black, Ming Qianke, accepted the mission.

Then, he looked up at Hong Ze and said quickly.

"Lord Hongze, I have good news."

"The first Asura in this world has just been born!"

The Rakshasa level of the murderer corresponds to the master of the secret martial arts school.

The Asura level corresponds to the Grandmaster level!

This news not only means that the Demon Court has gained another Grandmaster-level combatant, but also conveys a crucial message for everyone.

The chief of the Demon Court, the Root of All Demons, "Heavenly Demon," has once again approached this world. Its power has affected the murderous demons, pushing them to the Asura level.

In this situation, the summoning ritual held by the Demon Court will continuously accelerate the arrival of the Chief, and may even give him a chance to beat the Mech Master to it.

"Hahaha, very good!"

"My fall from grace was not in vain, for I have returned from the void!"

(End of this chapter)