Zongwang: Unspeakable fear!

Chapter 841 The Sixth Level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and the 21st Level Sole War God
Deep within the mountains behind the Immortal Temple, in the nameless place of secluded cultivation, lies a huge circular training ground.

Gao Yang sat cross-legged one meter above the meditation blue jade, his face calm, and his golden-red battle qi flowed slowly over his body like water.

Under the sunlight, the skin, imbued with fighting spirit, shone with a warm, jade-like luster.

Beneath this jade-colored skin, a volcanic power was slowly flowing.

After a long while, as the sun and stars of Eberon set, Gao Yang, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, slowly opened his eyes.

A golden light flashed briefly beneath his eyes.

He tilted his head slightly upward, looking at the sun and stars that were slowly losing their luster, and exhaled a breath of stale air from his chest.

After a moment, he looked away and looked at his outstretched palm.

After returning from the Rock Dwarves, he went back to the Immortal City.

Thanks to President Matthew's vigorous promotion, the Immortal Restoration is no longer coveted by other forces, so Gao Yang's life in the Immortal City is exceptionally peaceful.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye in this tranquil life.

"Now, after five years of cultivation and refinement, my strength is much greater than it was five years ago."

Gao Yang clenched his fist, feeling the solid power within his body, and sighed inwardly.

During these five years, with the help of the rapidly growing resources of the Immortal Wasteland, Gao Yang's cultivation progressed exceptionally smoothly, with the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique growing the fastest.

Originally, the resources Gao Yang exchanged could only support him to cultivate to around the fourth level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique, but because the Immortal Wasteland received "strong support" from four other first-class forces, the resources have become so abundant that they are almost overflowing.

As the main force of the Immortal Wasteland, Gao Yang naturally became a major consumer of these resources.

Thanks to Matthew, the president of the Goblin and Dwarf Merchant Guild, even though he never left his house, a steady stream of resources for cultivating the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts were sent to his secluded cultivation place.

His physique is already as high as 29 points, so as long as the resources are sufficient, there is no bottleneck in the cultivation of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

In just five years, he cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the sixth level.

After Gao Yang reached the sixth level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, he discovered that the cultivation of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts had become extremely slow and difficult, and no amount of resources could speed up the process.

This was the thirtieth day since he broke through to the sixth level of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts. It took him a full thirty days to confirm this matter.

That is, if the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts wants to break through from the sixth level to the seventh level, simply accumulating resources is no longer enough to quickly improve it. Instead, it needs something more conceptual to accelerate the cultivation of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

He had a vague feeling that if he didn't acquire those conceptual things, his Eight-Nine Arcane Arts might never be able to break through to the seventh level, and he would be stuck at the sixth level.

Gao Yang has always maintained unwavering confidence in his own feelings, which is a reflection of his own talent in terms of destiny and future.

The effects of cultivating the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the sixth level made Gao Yang deeply realize the power of this technique.

Now, with just a thought, he can transform himself into another creature.

Or rather, if he wanted, he could transform into any creature he saw or heard, and simulate its life aura and soul fluctuations.

This is just one aspect of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts reaching a high level. In addition, the practice of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts directly improved Gao Yang's physical strength and the resilience of his life essence.

In other words, his quality of life is higher, and he is more resistant to various attacks and damage.

This improvement is the most fundamental one, which is why Gao Yang cannot give up cultivating the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

After all, without certainty, he was unwilling to take the path of becoming a god through faith. His current development method was closer to the Eastern lineage's approach of refining great power and returning it to oneself.

Becoming a god by fusing with divine essence is a path many mortals dream of climbing to the pinnacle, but it has its limitations.

The strength of a deity, the scope of its divine authority, and the number of its believers can all directly reflect the strength of that deity.

When facing a stronger opponent within the same system, the relatively weaker party has virtually no ability to resist.

Even if there are special gods who do not require believers or faith, there are still other limitations.

This restriction made Gao Yang reluctant to pursue the path of merging with a godhood and ascending to godhood.

The Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts, derived from the Eastern lineage, are said to grant immortality and sainthood when cultivated to perfection.

In other words, beings who have cultivated to this level, even if they are not gods, possess abilities no different from those of gods.

If Gao Yang continued down this path, he was certain that he could climb higher and higher without any unnecessary restrictions.

"It seems that we need to go to a transcendent world with an Eastern lineage, preferably one that has the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts inheritance."

Gao Yang muttered to himself, his thoughts instantly drifting back to the Qian Yuan Immortal Cultivation World he had visited before.

The Qian Yuan Immortal Cultivation World is an orthodox Eastern lineage of extraordinary worlds, not only home to mythical beasts like the Golden Crow and the Frost Toad, but also to the Xuanmen Dao, a lineage passed down by the Grand Master Xuandu.

The Grand Master Xuandu was a disciple of Laozi, and his own strength was exceptionally terrifying.

If I were to travel to the Qian Yuan cultivation world again and help it defeat the demon race, I might be able to contact the Xuan Du lineage through the Xuanmen Dao, and then through the Xuan Du lineage, I could make contact with a wider range of people in the Eastern cultivation world.

Based on this, it will be much easier to find out what is needed for cultivating the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

Gao Yang figured that with his current strength, helping the human race in the Qian Yuan cultivation world defeat the demon race shouldn't be too much of a problem.

With this thought in mind, Gao Yang summoned the integrated network panel.

After five years of secluded training, his strength has not only been thoroughly consolidated, but has also made significant progress.

Besides the improvement in the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, his fighting spirit, willpower, and swordsmanship have all steadily improved during this relatively short period. Now it's time to upgrade his professional level.

Gao Yang looked at his legendary experience points. During the five years he spent here, he had completely entered a state of seclusion, so his legendary experience points remained at 54 million.

Although it's not much, it's enough to help him advance to a higher professional level.

As Gao Yang focused his mind, a notification from the integrated network appeared before him:

"Network notification: Do you wish to upgrade your character's legendary class - the unique war god - to level 21? Please note: This operation requires 30000000 legendary experience points, and this operation is irreversible!"

Without hesitation, Gao Yang chose to be promoted.

The next instant, as Gao Yang's consciousness fluctuated, a new notification appeared on his retina: "Network Notification: 30000000 Legendary Experience Points successfully frozen. Searching for the level cap of the character's current region."

"Network notification: Comprehensive search complete. The character's location meets the relevant restrictions, and the character's legendary class level upgrade is underway."

"Important Notice from the Network: The legendary character class - the unique War God class - has been upgraded to level 21!"

"Network notification: You have received a legendary professional baptism, and your life essence, attack bonus, willpower, and related basic resistances have been permanently increased by a moderate amount!"

"Network notification: Character's life level has been increased. The rare item - Nourishing Aberration Core has taken effect. This legendary life baptism has increased your life essence by 200%."

"Network notification: Based on your class characteristics, from this level onwards, you will no longer automatically gain new legendary basic skills. Instead, you will gain 1 legendary class skill point, which you can use to learn any legendary class skill that meets the relevant conditions from the character class legendary skill library, including but not limited to!"

A powerful life force surged within his body, its fluctuations so unrestrained that it seemed to forcefully create an opening and unleash its full potential.

But once it's released, it becomes distorted.

A brilliant light of will shone from Gao Yang's eyes, and his body, enveloped in this light, firmly maintained its balance and stability.

Under the suppression of his will, the unleashed life force gradually weakened and eventually merged completely into his body.

"Network notification: Life essence enhancement successful, mutation resistance successful, physical mutation probability -1%, current physical mutation probability: 8%."

Gao Yang opened his eyes, looked at the notification on the network, and felt no emotion.

This was his second level increase after binding the Nourishing Aberration Core. The aberration probability was not high, and the aberration intensity was also not high, so he was able to block it easily.

Gao Yang estimated that once he activated the peak nourishment state, the aberration intensity brought about by each professional level increase would reach an exaggerated level.

That will be the real test of willpower.

Gao Yang shook his head, pulling his thoughts back from that direction and focusing his attention on the last message from the previous integrated network.

After he becomes the only War God, his Legendary class level will no longer automatically grant him the relevant Legendary basic skills, but instead he will gain one Legendary class skill point.

This is undoubtedly good news. The paths that follow a legend are diverse. Just like the concept of a legend, the experience of each legendary achievement is a legend in itself.

If one continues to follow the conventional path after achieving legendary status, then the true power of the legendary realm cannot be demonstrated.

Gao Yang hadn't figured out what to do with the legendary skill points he'd unexpectedly acquired.

But looking back now, it's not too late.

As his thoughts raced, Gao Yang opened his legendary skill library.

In his arsenal of legendary skills, in addition to the basic legendary skills belonging to the warrior class, there are also a large number of legendary skills related to the unique war god.

Compared to the basic legendary skills, the legendary skills of the unique War God class attracted Gao Yang's attention even more.

As his thoughts focused, a wealth of related information emerged.

While browsing through this information, Gao Yang began to examine himself.

After acquiring the divine artifact Eternal Radiance, he was no longer lacking in offensive capabilities. However, compared to his formidable offensive abilities, his defense, or rather, his resistance, was somewhat lacking.

In battles between legends and even gods, there is no room for weakness.

If a weakness is too great, then in battle the enemy can easily exploit that weakness, leading to defeat or even death.

For example, in the battle against the Shadow and the God of Hunting, if Gao Yang hadn't relied on his terrifying regenerative ability to forcibly withstand the opponent's attacks...

Given the sheer power of his attacks—each one capable of completely wiping out his life force—he should have been dead during the first sneak attack.

If, at this moment, his defense or vitality were high enough to withstand the god's attack without being instantly killed, then that battle would undoubtedly be much easier.

Therefore, Gao Yang already has a general direction in choosing his next career skills.

As the legendary skills he could learn flashed before his eyes, Gao Yang quickly found the legendary skill he needed.

As his consciousness fluctuated, a new notification from the integrated network appeared before his eyes:

"Network notification: Please confirm whether to unlock the Legendary Class Skill: Rock Solid? Please note: This operation requires 1 Legendary Class Skill selection opportunity (this type of reward points can only be obtained by increasing the character's Legendary Class level)!"

Looking at the notification from the integrated network, Gao Yang didn't hesitate for long and directly confirmed it with his consciousness.

The next instant, as Gao Yang's consciousness was confirmed, a new notification from the integrated network refreshed:

"Network notification: The legendary class skill 'Rock Solid' has been added to your skill panel!"

Rock solid:

Type: Legendary Class Skills

Limited to: Level 20 or above, unique War God level, and Constitution 27 or above.

Skill description:
In the endless battles, the only God of War comprehended the essence of combat—unbreakable power, rock-solid defense, and speed that surpasses all others.

With this realization, the God of War began to develop in the corresponding direction according to his own needs.
Skill effect:
Passive: The unique war god's defensive methods, various resistances, and life essence strength are increased by 10%. For every three points of constitution increase, this increase increases by 10%.

As Gao Yang looked at the information that appeared before him, he could feel that he was undergoing some kind of indescribable change as he made his choice.

This change is not reflected in the physical or mental aspects, but rather in the more fundamental aspects of Gao Yang's own conception.

As we all know, the form of defense or attack is always affected to some extent in different universes, different planes, and different dimensions.

The legendary skill "Rock Solid" completely ignores this influence and directly affects Gao Yang's own concept.

In other words, no matter where you are, the amplification effect brought by being as solid as a rock will not change or be reduced, because this is an enhancement embedded in the concept of Gao Yang.

Undoubtedly, this conceptual upgrade is the most fundamental and powerful for Gao Yang.

This means that Gao Yang has gained a permanent and effective damage reduction buff, and any attack will inevitably be reduced accordingly before it affects his body or will.

(End of this chapter)