The extraordinary journey begins with the Ouroboros Stele.

Chapter 146 A Mighty Force, the Emperor of Fist

Looking down at the valley below, Lin Ye couldn't help but ask a question.

"Senior sister, what's under this fog?"

Upon hearing Lin Ye's words, Fu Lanwu looked somewhat surprised. "Junior Brother, you can sense it?"

Lin Ye nodded slightly. "It's a terrifying thing."

Fulanwu smiled and said, "Junior Brother is indeed exceptionally talented. Normally, only martial artists at the Divine Gang Realm can sense this threat."

As she said this, she looked at the blue and white mist at the bottom of the valley, so thick that she couldn't see even half a meter through it.

"However, I don't know what's down there. I can feel a similar sensation under the magma in the crater of the Yan Volcano."

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"Perhaps it has something to do with the great opportunity that led to this medicinal herb gathering site."

"Several martial artists at the Divine Gang Realm have gone down before, but none of them have come back up."

Lin Ye then looked at the fog, the surging thick fog resembling a man-eating monster.

Fulanwu withdrew his gaze and shook his head with some regret.

"I went down here once three years ago, but I found nothing except for the thick fog," she said.

Lin Ye was taken aback. "Senior sister went down there?"

Even those at the Divine Gang Realm who went down didn't come back up, yet Senior Sister dared to go down?

Fulanwu smiled, "Of course I'll go down and take a look. Since a sect leader can take away such a great opportunity, why can't I?"

Her voice didn't change much; it was as if she were just narrating an ordinary event.

"Senior sister, just how strong are you?"

Lin Ye asked, "Although my senior sister had already demonstrated some of her strength before, she suppressed Dao Feng, who was at the Divine Gang Realm, in just a few breaths."

No one knows exactly how high the upper limit of her strength is, not even her fellow disciples in the sect.

The only recorded instance was when my senior sister survived for three days and nights under the pursuit of a sect leader-level being before being rescued by our master.

According to what he knew, the gap between the sect leader level and the secret martial artist level was like an insurmountable chasm, even greater than the gap between practicing Zhen to the point of completion and practicing Zhen into the blood.

Normally, given the senior sister's demonstrated talent, she should have already reached the master level.

But the senior sister's domineering aura has not yet transformed into true spirit.

Fulanwu smiled when he heard Lin Ye's question. "As I said before, for ordinary martial artists, I am no different from a sect leader."

"In fact, even martial artists at the Divine罡 realm are the same."

"However, I have not yet reached the level of a fighter; there is still a fine line between me and that."

Lin Ye was shocked upon hearing this. The fourth level of the Secret Martial Realm, the Fiend Qi Realm, was already qualified to begin cultivating his Qi.

Throughout history, there have been many secret martial artists who have risen to the ranks of fighters solely based on their innate martial prowess.

The Divine Astral Realm represents a further step, essentially bringing one step closer to becoming a martial artist.

We've already come this far, so how big can the gap be?

But the eldest sister's strength was so great that it was hard to understand. It was as if she stood between a divine warrior and a martial artist, in a mysterious realm.

Seeing Lin Ye's reaction, Fulanwu seemed to have seen through his thoughts.

"Junior brother, you will have your chance to reach this point in the future too."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than footsteps came from afar, arriving in an instant.

A burly man dressed in animal skins, carrying a spiked club, stood nearly 2.3 meters tall with dark skin, resembling an iron tower, looking down at the two men.

"Hey you two, I heard there's a Thunder Fiend here, do you know where it is?"

He bared his teeth and opened his mouth, revealing bits of meat and vegetable leaves between his teeth.

People around the valley entrance turned their heads to look after hearing the commotion.

Right now, it's the eve of the gathering of the Thunder Tribulation Liquid. Everyone is conserving their energy to compete for it. Who would be idle enough to cause trouble?

When they saw the figure in animal skin clearly, some people secretly shook their heads.

What bad luck! We've been targeted by this savage.

In the Secret Martial Arts World, everyone is a big shot, but there's this one who's a complete scoundrel, utterly disregards the rules, and is selfish beyond measure.

However, when their gazes fell on Fulanwu, they all showed expressions that were a mixture of wanting to laugh and not daring to.

Some people recognized the killer and hurriedly looked away, not daring to look any longer, only saying that this ingrate had good luck.

Some simply packed their things and left, waiting to return when the lightning tribulation liquid gathered again.

No matter how strong you, Fulanwu, will eventually have a chance to use the Thunder Tribulation Liquid.

Lin Ye looked at the other person; their attire seemed to belong to the Kago people from the border region, who were said to have the blood of ancient giants.

But... does the True Qi Realm require a lightning strike to break through?

Is it a coincidence, or is someone plotting against us?

"Hey, I'm asking you a question!" the man in animal skin said impatiently.

These guys from Liya are really slow. One is a martial artist at the Blood Refining level, and the other can't even sense the Overlord Flow. He's probably just an ant who has just started Blood Refining.

How dare you waste my time?

After we refine the evil spirits, we can kill them all. He hasn't eaten the flesh of the secret martial artist for several days.

Fulan looked up, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"You don't recognize me?"

As she spoke, she raised her hand toward the man in the animal skin and slowly pressed it down.

A huge, semi-transparent palm print appeared and pressed down slowly, as if deliberately descending to inflict the greatest despair on its opponent.

The man in the animal skin twitched his eyelids and raised them contemptuously, but the moment he saw the palm print, he jolted and ran away.

"boom--!

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The pressing palm print forcibly solidified the air around him, making it impossible for him to escape.

Feeling the looming threat of death, his face contorted with rage as he hoisted his spiked club and swung it with all his might.

A fierce gust of wind swept around the spiked club as it slammed into the palm print above.

But it had no effect; the gale hitting the palm print was like a gentle breeze blowing through a concrete wall.

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The man in the animal skin stared blankly; his most prized Qi was so easily defeated.

The powerful wind pressure pressed down, and his knees buckled. He hurriedly used his spiked club to support himself and barely managed not to kneel down.

Suddenly, his eyes turned blood red, black veins appeared on his skin, his body swelled to nearly four meters, and green energy emanated from his body.

Lin Ye was startled as he sensed the opponent's rapidly increasing aura and power.

Is it the talent of the ancient giant bloodline, or... the pinnacle of hard qigong?

"Junior brother, look, this is the pinnacle of hard qigong."

"The Kago people inherit the bloodline of the ancient Kua'e giants, which gives them a great advantage in the True Qi Gong stage, making it easier for them to reach the peak of hard qigong than ordinary people."

"Observe carefully how he uses his own Qi at this stage. Their clan is exceptionally gifted, and their instinctive use alone is enough for them to study for a long time."

Fulanwu spoke up, explaining that if it weren't for his junior brother being able to observe, a mere peak-level Hard Qigong practitioner would at most be comparable to a Fiend Gang, and how could he have lasted so long against her?

"My Kage prince will never yield!"

A roar rang out as the man in animal skin, enduring the pressure of the palm print, swung his spiked club.

"Thump!"

"Snap!"

A muffled thud echoed, and the man in the animal skin stared blankly at the spiked club in his hand.

This is a divine weapon passed down in the clan, how could it be broken?

The thought had barely crossed his mind when the palm print crushed down.

With a loud "boom," an imprint with a diameter of over ten meters appeared at the edge of the valley, with cracks spreading outwards.

Lei Gugu murmured, and everyone stared silently at the palm print.

In the center of the sunken ground, there was no sign of the man in animal skins; only a pool of blood had been crushed into the stones, as if those stones were naturally blood-red.

"The pinnacle of hard qigong... is gone just like that?"

A young martial artist from the Third Heaven murmured.

As someone at the same True Qi level, he knew all too well what the peak of Hard Qigong meant, and he understood how difficult it was to reach that level.

Among a hundred True Qi, perhaps only one can reach the level of Fiend Qi with the peak of Hard Qi Gong.

Such a being, one in a hundred among secret martial artists, was so easily... gone?

The realm he had longed for was crushed like an insect right before his eyes.

"Feng'er! Don't look!"

An old voice rang in his ears, and an old man dressed in gray clothes gently patted his shoulder.

He snapped back to his senses and turned to look at the old man in the gray clothes.

"Grandpa, what was that just now?!"

The old man in gray robes slightly raised his hand. "Blue Whale's level is already infinitely close to that of a martial artist."

"Every move she makes carries with it her own majestic and domineering spirit and will. People with weak minds will be shaken after seeing it."

He looked at his grandson and said, "If you can't overcome this fear, no matter how strong you become in the future, you will be overwhelmed by her will and unable to confront her head-on whenever you see her."

"But if you can overcome this fear, it might be a great opportunity."

At this point, he looked at the blue-haired figure in the distance.

They made no attempt to conceal this opportunity and put it out in the open.

It's right here; if you're qualified, you can take it.

This spirit is truly admirable.

"The momentum is overwhelming, the Emperor of Boxing, he really hasn't changed at all."

A few quarters of an hour later, most of the people around the valley had left.

They had originally planned to try and snatch some scraps, but after seeing the death of that peak-level hard qigong master, they dared not stay there any longer.

Who knows if this killer will go on a killing spree like he did three years ago.

...No, the Blue Whale has never committed any killing.

"Junior brother, how's your understanding going?"

Fulanwu spoke, looking at Lin Ye who was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed. She could already sense that Lin Ye had woken up.

Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes and nodded slightly.

"I have not yet reached the pinnacle of hard qigong, so I do not know what this posture looks like under normal circumstances."

"But upon closer examination, it seems that this person's peak of hard qigong has combined the qi, blood qi, and physical strength to form a special state."

Fulan nodded approvingly, "Junior Brother's comprehension is indeed quite good."

"Under normal circumstances, the peak of hard qigong is when the qi and the physical body are combined into one, thus allowing the physical body to exhibit an extremely fierce side."

"What you are feeling is the instinctive talent of the Kago people. They have giant blood and can integrate their blood essence into it."

"Once you reach the True Qi level, you can also cultivate the sect's Secret Formation Martial Arts to achieve a similar effect."

As she spoke, she looked at the pool of blood in the palm print.

"Originally, I planned to take you to the Kago tribe after you reached the True Qi level, but now it's much easier."

"However, if you feel that your understanding is not thorough enough, then I will take you to the Kago tribe again."

Lin Ye nodded slightly. "Thank you, Senior Sister."

"No need to be polite. When your second senior brother decided to pursue the path of alchemy, I took him with me."

"It's just that this person doesn't recognize me; perhaps he wasn't in the clan back then."

When Fulanwu spoke, she revealed that she had killed far more than a handful of Kago tribe warriors; the people of that tribe should see her as if she were a ghost.

Thinking of this, she shook her head. "Never mind, it's not important."

I glanced at the sky; the moonlight was like water.

"The time is almost here; it's the perfect time to gather the calamity energy."

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