Start slaying demons from the proficiency panel.

Ning Xiu emerged victorious in this clash.

However, Ning Xiu did not show any smugness on his face. In his view, this was the result he should have had.

Not to mention that he possesses the Thunder Hammer, the Triple Hammer Force and the power amplification inherent in the Heavenly King Vajra Skill are the most suitable techniques for this kind of head-on collision. He is sure to win the battle, and anyone below the third rank will die.

However, Baili Yu only suffered cuts to his hands from the shattered gun barrels and did not sustain any other injuries, which was what made Ning Xiu wary.

This person's strength is definitely not just this much; there are still some hidden methods that I have never seen before.

call out!call out!

Ignoring the injury on his hand, Baili Yu reached out and grabbed two more longswords that flew from a distance and landed right in his hand.

This time, he switched to swordsmanship, his two swords moving as lightly as autumn wind brushing fallen leaves, and as swiftly as a nimble snake, attacking Ning Xiu from the left and right.

His sword energy transformed into two snake shadows, no less dangerous than the previous shot.

Upon seeing this scene, Ning Xiu immediately recalled something.

Pan Zhao once said that Baili Yu had not improved his strength for more than ten years because he had spent his time studying various martial arts techniques, including weapons, fists and feet, hidden weapons, and poison techniques.

His comprehension is definitely not just superficial; if that's the case, then that's the most dangerous thing about Baili Yu—he knows everything.

With one hammer blow, Ning Xiu shattered Baili Yu's sword, while another sword quietly struck the surface of the protective golden bell. After the previous exchange, the surface of the golden bell was already in a terrible state, and Ning Xiu had no time to concentrate on channeling his inner energy to repair the protective golden bell.

This allowed Baili Yu to seize the opportunity and directly cleave a hole the size of a human head in the golden bell.

In an instant, three throwing knives appeared in Baili Yu's hand, which he hurled precisely at the hole in the surface of the golden bell.

call out!call out!call out!

The throwing knife, accompanied by the sound of wind cutting through the air, swiftly passed through the hole and shot straight towards several fatal acupoints on Ning Xiu's body.

Seeing this, Ning Xiu didn't care about anything else. He swung his palm and forcefully knocked away the two most crucial throwing knives, while the remaining one pierced his shoulder, only to be stuck in the muscle after just breaking the skin.

Ning Xiu had already cultivated the Golden Bell Shield, so his physical strength was naturally beyond question. Even without the protective Golden Bell, ordinary iron weapons could not harm him.

Seeing that neither his twin swords nor his throwing knives could harm Ning Xiu, Baili Yu frowned, and a pale blue light suddenly shone from the surface of the Martial Dao Monument fragment behind him.

The withered face located below Baili Yu's nape suddenly opened its eyes.

"Ning, Ning Xiu!"

Pan Zhao, who was hiding to meditate, suddenly shouted in surprise. Ning Xiu looked over and saw that the other party was pointing behind him.

Behind Ning Xiu, a pale blue figure was slowly breaking free from his body. This pale blue figure was exactly the same size as Ning Xiu.

Under Ning Xiu's watchful gaze, he rushed directly towards Baili Yu's location, and finally plunged into the other's body.

Meanwhile, at the location of the martial arts arena.

Because the Azure Dragon Society suddenly launched an attack, indiscriminately targeting all the martial artists who came to Cangshan, regardless of whether they were there to watch the competition, participate in the arena, or were partners of the Azure Dragon Society.

At this moment, they all attacked in anger, determined to teach these guys from the Azure Dragon Society a lesson.

However, the more they made their moves, the more distinct the pale blue figures behind them became. Finally, one by one, the pale blue figures left their original locations and flew towards Baili Yu.

One by one, pale blue figures arrived, pouring into Baili Yu's body in massive quantities, causing his aura to surge continuously. Finally, under the watchful eyes of Ning Xiu and Pan Zhao, he completed the most crucial breakthrough.

Baili Yu's strength broke through from the fourth rank of martial arts to the third rank on the spot.

Although it's only a one-rank difference, it's as vast as an insurmountable chasm, representing the biggest hurdle between the upper three ranks and the middle three ranks.

"It's over..." Pan Zhao's face turned ashen as he sensed the aura of a third-grade martial artist emanating from Baili Yu.

This is a level of strength that is simply impossible to defeat. Previously, Ning Xiu could still suppress Baili Yu by virtue of his Heavenly King state, but that is no longer possible.

They were facing a martial arts master at the third rank!

Any martial artist whose body contained a pale blue figure that Baili Yu had absorbed into his body would have a long, misty line appear on their body, connecting them to Baili Yu no matter how far apart they were.

Then, the internal energy within these martial artists flowed into Baili Yu's body through this misty long line, nourishing his strength and allowing it to continue to increase rapidly.

Throughout the entire Azure Dragon Society of Cangshan, only the three leaders of the Azure Dragon Society and Pan Zhao did not experience this situation, because none of them had made a move just now.

A feeling of weakness and powerlessness welled up within Ning Xiu. He was completely unable to stop the misty line that appeared in his body from transmitting his internal energy to Baili Yu. In the end, he sat down cross-legged on the ground, and a large number of illusory light and shadow slowly appeared before his eyes.

……

This is a huge stone tablet, and people standing at its base look as insignificant as ants.

Ning Xiu looked around in surprise. Besides him, there were many other martial artists here, including some familiar faces that Ning Xiu had seen before.

For example, the eight fourth-rank masters from the eight major sects of Yunze Prefecture who came to the Azure Dragon Gathering this time, as well as Jin Sanfu, the masked man, Li Yi'an, and others whom we saw in the viewing area before.

Everyone gathered below the stone tablet, their expressions somewhat bewildered. If they weren't mistaken, they were trapped.

Ning Xiu looked up at the stone tablet, and his attention was immediately drawn to the inscriptions on its surface.

Each character was carved stroke by stroke, containing extraordinary strength. Just by looking at them, one could sense how unfathomable the power of the person who carved them was.

As Ning Xiu read through the inscriptions line by line, he realized that these words were all the engraver's understanding of martial arts.

What's even more terrifying is that this person has a very comprehensive understanding of martial arts. He has a deep understanding of everything related to martial arts, including weapons, boxing, and unorthodox methods, and he generously inscribed his insights on this stone tablet.

Ning Xiu had only watched for a dozen breaths when he felt he had benefited greatly, gaining much inspiration and new insights.

"Could this be the Martial Dao Stele that Pan Zhao mentioned, personally carved by the Martial Saint Ancestor!" Ning Xiu was surprised. Didn't Pan Zhao say that the Martial Dao Stele had long been shattered into seventy-two pieces by the Martial Saint Ancestor? How could there be a complete piece here?

Although puzzled, Ning Xiu didn't think too much about it. Since such an opportunity was rare, he naturally had to make the most of it and gain as much benefit as possible from it.

Ning Xiu immediately sat down cross-legged and carefully examined the stone tablet, undisturbed by the surrounding noise.

Soon, the other martial artists also discovered the secrets hidden in this huge stone tablet. They all sat down to comprehend it, just like Ning Xiu. Soon, the area around the stone tablet became extremely quiet, filled with martial artists who were all there to meditate.

No one noticed that they had forgotten why they were there in the first place; everyone seemed to have lost their memory.

……

Seeing Ning Xiu lying unconscious on the ground, Pan Zhao was extremely anxious. He didn't know why this had happened.

Baili Yu took away the Qilin bone and the fragments of the Martial Dao Stele for several years. No one knows what he has learned from those two things or what benefits he has gained over the years.

Baili Yu, whose body was connected by countless misty lines, slowly regained his senses. At this moment, he was extremely calm, feeling a large amount of internal energy flowing into his body along the misty lines, which felt indescribably comfortable.

"I have studied the fragments of the Martial Dao Stele for many years. Through the teachings of various martial arts schools, I have successfully comprehended the world's first technique that can absorb the internal energy of others. Furthermore, with the Qilin bone of the Martial Saint Ancestor providing excellent cultivation talent and unparalleled potential, I will surely become the next generation of Martial Saint with the help of the 'Netherworld Divine Art'!"

Looking at the sky, Baili Yu smiled.

The stone tablet behind him was now radiating a pale blue light, with numerous figures displaying various martial arts techniques within it, which were extremely mystical.

After escaping the surveillance of the Demon-Subduing Commander, Baili Yu carried the fragments of the Martial Dao Stele and went into hiding, eventually settling in seclusion in Cangshan.

Over the years, he discovered one of the abilities of the fragment of the Martial Arts Monument: within a certain range, the monument could generate a martial arts will in people who had practiced martial arts techniques.

Then, the martial arts will, along with the martial artist's self-awareness, is absorbed into the martial arts monument, thus forming a world of consciousness.

In this world of consciousness, martial artists can accelerate their cultivation and comprehension of techniques. It was precisely by relying on this ability of the Martial Dao Stele that Baili Yu was able to create the peerless technique "Netherworld Divine Art" in just a few years.

Those misty long lines were the techniques that Baili Yu was able to use with the help of the Martial Dao Stele and the Netherworld Divine Art.

As long as this line exists, the martial artist's internal energy will be absorbed into their body around the clock, while the martial artist's consciousness will continuously cultivate within the consciousness world of the Martial Dao Monument, generating new internal energy.

With such an inexhaustible supply, almost like a perpetual motion machine, Baili Yu could suppress them forever, keeping them immersed in the world of consciousness and unable to awaken.

This is precisely why Baili Yu established the Azure Dragon Society behind the scenes to hold martial arts tournaments. As long as he attracts enough martial artists and makes them his "domesticated livestock" from which he extracts internal energy, and uses the martial artists of Yunze Prefecture to support him, he believes that within ten years, Baili Yu will be able to achieve the first rank.

If you take another step forward then, you might even transcend the ordinary and become a saint.

Now that the grand plan has been completed, the only one in the entire Cangshan Mountain who was not affected was the Demon Subduer, whose internal energy had been absorbed by him using the Netherworld Divine Art at the beginning.

However, this doesn't matter at all. The entire Cangshan Mountain is under the control of the Azure Dragon Society, and I have already stepped into the third rank. I doubt that this last remaining Demon Subduing Officer can cause any major trouble.

When Pan Zhao saw Baili Yu looking at him, cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

Even Ning Xiu couldn't escape being affected, so what could he do? He never expected that Baili Yu would improve so quickly in the past few years with the help of the Qilin bone and the fragments of the Martial Dao Stele, far exceeding the expectations of the Demon Subduing Division.

Baili Yu looked at Pan Zhao with disdain, then strode towards him. This man's fifth-grade martial arts strength was a considerable source of internal energy, and it couldn't be wasted.

Halfway up Cangshan Mountain, several members of the Qinglong Society who were blocking the mountain road collapsed to the ground without noticing anything.

The Demon Buddha Ning Xiu sat on the black lotus platform and walked up the mountain. Just now, he felt that Ning Xiu's aura had become a little weak, as if he had encountered some trouble. The Demon Buddha Ning Xiu, who was strolling outside with the white butterfly, had no choice but to rush over to see.

If Ning Xiuzhen encounters trouble, then lend a hand.

Little did he know that Ning Xiu, whose mind and spirit were trapped in the world of consciousness within the fragments of the Martial Dao Monument along with his martial arts will, was undergoing a tremendous change.

The martial arts insights inscribed on the Martial Arts Stele by the Martial Saint Ancestor directly gave Ning Xiu a deeper understanding of the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture, the Heavenly King Vajra Skill, and other martial arts techniques he had learned.

As a result, his cultivation speed in the world of consciousness improved by leaps and bounds.

The Burning Sun Supreme Scripture has been upgraded to the next level...

The Burning Sun Supreme Scripture has been upgraded by two levels...

[071] The Fourth Grade Heavenly King Vajra Skill of Martial Arts is Perfected

Within the consciousness world of the Martial Arts Monument, the flow of time seemed to be much slower than in the outside world.

Staying inside allows one to focus on cultivation without distractions, resulting in unimaginable progress. However, being trapped in the world of consciousness makes it much harder to escape. That's why Baili Yu was so calm and confident in capturing the minds of these martial artists into the Martial Dao Stele.

He was confident that none of these martial artists could escape.

After reading the inscription on the Martial Arts Stele, Ning Xiu's mind became clear, and the speed at which he practiced his techniques increased several times over.

As you can see on the proficiency panel, the proficiency values ​​of the four martial arts techniques—Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture, Heavenly King Vajra Skill, Fivefold Hammer Force, and Seven Steps to Catch the Cicada—are rapidly increasing.

熟练度+1、+1、+1、+1、+1……

The fifth level of the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture → The sixth level of the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture

Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture, Level 6 → Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture, Level 7

Moreover, the rate of increase showed no signs of slowing down. Apart from the Burning Sun Taiyao Scripture, the other three techniques were also improving at the same rapid pace.

Even Baili Yu himself probably couldn't imagine what kind of monster he had put into his consciousness world. Martial artists like Ning Xiu, who possess multiple super-powerful techniques, are rare. It's normal that Baili Yu couldn't have foreseen this situation.

……

As Baili Yu strode towards him, Pan Zhao's fighting spirit waned with each approach. He had already had a large amount of his internal energy absorbed by Baili Yu, and he was now at his weakest.

Furthermore, Baili Yu is already at the third rank of martial arts, so even if ten more Pan Zhaos came, they wouldn't be enough to defeat him.

"If you hadn't wanted to create a warrior who would strike fear into the hearts of the demon army, and hadn't specially taken a small piece of the Qilin bone of the Martial Saint Ancestor and implanted it into my body, I wouldn't have the strength I have today. In fact, I should thank you, you Demon-Subduing Officers," Baili Yu said, his long hair flowing, looking calmly at Pan Zhao.