Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

’It’s over.’

Gazing into the distance, he saw the enemy’s corpse, sliced in two, fall limply from mid-air to the ground.

Shen Changchuan let out a long sigh of relief.

He was breathing heavily.

Clearly, that series of techniques had taken a significant toll on him.

Although Shen Changchuan had seemed to crush his enemy with overwhelming ease,

making it look incredibly simple,

in reality,

the consecutive bursts of power had pushed his use of the Magical Power within him to its absolute limit.

Whether it was the twelve-fold Sword Light Technique unleashed in the span of a breath, or the subsequent chain of Magic like the Light Body Technique, Swift Shadow Technique, and Giant Sword Technique,

unleashing them all in such a short period

placed immense pressure on his Dantian Meridians due to the massive demand for Magical Power output.

Even after taking the Cyan Essence Purifying Spirit Pill, which had widened his Dantian Meridians, Shen Changchuan had barely been able to bear it.

His Dantian Meridians ached faintly from having the Magical Power wrung out of them at the limit.

The raw output of his Magical Power

was likely on par with that of an ordinary Cultivator at the Seventh Layer Realm!

Fortunately,

it was all worth it.

From the moment he launched his surprise attack

to when he finished the enemy with the final Giant Sword Technique,

only five or six breaths had passed.

In that short span of time,

it could almost be called an instant kill!

’This person’s strength was likely average among those at Qi Introduction Seventh Layer, which is why I killed him so easily.’

’If I had been facing Old Ghost Song, or that big fellow from a month ago who had mastered the Beast Taming Secret Technique, it wouldn’t have been so simple to take them down, even with a surprise attack!’

The figures of the two Qi Introduction Seventh Layer enemies he had killed before flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind as this thought occurred to him.

That Old Ghost Song and the big fellow with the Beast Taming Technique were definitely powerhouses among those at Qi Introduction Seventh Layer!

Not only did those two possess other special methods, but their Divine Sense was also tougher and stronger than their Peers. That he had been able to kill them was a stroke of luck. Otherwise, even a successful ambush might not have been enough to decide life and death!

’I’ve finally encountered an enemy at the Seventh Layer Realm with just ordinary strength.’

’Thankfully.’

’I can’t just keep running into Qi Introduction Seventh Layer opponents who are stronger than their average Peers!’

’Of course, the increase in my own strength was also a factor.’

’Going from the Qi Introduction Sixth Layer Early Stage to the Qi Introduction Sixth Layer Peak, the amount of my Magical Power alone increased by more than seventy or eighty percent, and its quality was also refined and improved to a certain extent.’

’What’s more, I’ve been diligently cultivating all sorts of Magic these past few days, and I’ve already mastered over twenty types of Magic to the Perfection Level.’

’The benefits of diligently practicing Magic aren’t just about advancing their progress bars. My own control over my internal Magical Power and my mastery of the Sixth Layer Realm have also gradually reached a certain height!’

’With all these accumulated improvements, it’s perhaps not so strange that I could ’instant kill’ a Seventh Layer Cultivator within five or six breaths.’

Numerous thoughts flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.

As he reviewed the battle, a vague sense of understanding formed, a faint, ephemeral epiphany lingering in his Heart Spirit.

Deep down, a faint trace of joy blossomed within him.

His path was the right one!

Spending so much time grinding the Cultivation of his Magic had built him a deep and solid foundation,

allowing him, at his current Sixth Layer Peak Realm, to possess the strength to challenge those of a higher level.

And once he advanced to the Seventh Layer,

his strength would increase even more dramatically!

The stronger he became,

the more easily he could accumulate Cultivation Resources!

This was a shortcut only he, with his progress bar panel, could take!

A dozen or so breaths later,

Shen Changchuan’s breathing steadied.

He quickly reined in his wandering thoughts and focused his Heart Spirit.

By now, the Magical Power in his body had once again filled his Dantian and meridians,

though his total Magical Power was only at a little over eighty percent of its peak.

The missing portion—over ten percent—was the cost of unleashing consecutive Perfection Level Magic to kill his foe.

This expenditure of Magical Power could only be replenished by spending time in meditation, performing Refinement on the Spiritual Power within Spirit Stones.

On this battlefield, where the fight was not yet over, there was obviously no opportunity to sit and recover.

But this was enough.

Shen Changchuan hadn’t forgotten

that on the other side, Shopkeeper Si was locked in a fierce battle with two other Qi Introduction Seventh Layer enemies and was in a precarious situation.

Having calmed the Magical Power in his body and mostly recovered his combat strength, Shen Changchuan delayed no longer.

With a flick of his hand, he wrapped the nearby corpse in Magical Power and stowed it in another Storage Bag specifically used for miscellaneous items and bodies.

Then, with a push of his feet,

his figure soared into the air like a graceful, large bird,

and he flew toward the other intense battle.

....

Meanwhile,

on the other side,

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Violent explosions erupted one after another amid a ferocious clash,

unleashing a torrential, almost tangible shockwave that swept out in all directions.

Everywhere it passed,

wooden houses and brick walls were shattered and collapsed by the impact of the air currents, which were like raging dragons.

Wood splinters and stone fragments flew everywhere,

and the entire area was in chaos!

Under the siege of two Qi Introduction Seventh Layer masters,

Si Houqing unleashed a flurry of techniques, slapping out one Talisman after another. He used every limb to block the enemy’s tyrannical and unmatched attacks,

but even so, he was steadily losing ground, barely able to hold on.

He looked like he was on the verge of collapse!

"Do you two have any idea what you’re doing?! This is the territory of the Tian Nan Shen Clan! You are attacking the land of the Tian Nan Shen Clan, slapping the Tian Nan Shen Clan in the face!"

"How dare you act so wantonly! Are you not afraid that the Tian Nan Shen Family will retaliate one day, that you will meet your doom and even bring disaster upon your friends and family?!"

Si Houqing desperately fended off the attacks of the two Qi Introduction Seventh Layer Cultivators.

Finding himself in an extremely perilous situation,

he couldn’t help but roar,

his voice echoing through the night sky.

"Hmph!"

"You don’t need to remind us. We three brothers know exactly where we are!"

"But so what?"

"As long as we kill all of you, who’s to know it was us three brothers who did it?"

"Even if the Shen Clan has heaven-defying means to track us down, we three brothers are all alone in this world. After this, we’ll just hide in the Nanyue Kingdom’s Immortal Cultivation Realm. No matter how capable the Shen Family is, what can they do to us then?!"

"Don’t think you can save your life just by dropping a name! Stop resisting and accept your fate. If you do, I’ll even give you a clean death!"

One of the two attackers,

a tall and imposing man, sneered.

He threw a flurry of punches, his fists like cannonballs in a torrential storm, breaking through the air and raining down on Si Houqing with terrifying force!