Dual Cultivation God Returns

Chapter 756: End of Silence



Glowing crimson light flowed, wrapping around the blade of the sword, from the Guild Leader's rapidly cooling body to Wu Long's hand.

The Blood Rune pulsated with energy as it extracted the bloodline of the man and converted it into a pure resource that boosted the Celestial Fox bloodline.

Restrictive talismans Wu Long sent out right before the attack were now holding in place the three shields, as the treasure seemed to be driven by something to escape.

'Is it set to return to the original owner when this one dies?', Wu Long inwardly chuckled, as it was a rather widely used trick.

Since it now wasn't under the control of the Guild Leader, or the one whose imprint was likely the primary one, the Spiritual Treasure wasn't able to put up much of a resistance to being captured, and without a user, could not exert its true power that would have tore these restrictions without as much as being stopped for even a moment.

'Hmm, I need to get better ingredients to make more powerful talismans during the trip... though there's a limit to what I can do while still being in Nine Mortal Realms, being in Mortal Transcendence Realm is already a nice boost to the variety of talismans I can make', he thought, since the stalemate in this battle could have been solved a bit easier if he had 3rd- tier Profound Grade talismans.

He removed the man's Spatial Ring, and took hold of the low-level 2nd-tier Profound Grade Mao spear, with the ambitious name "Sky Piercer" engraved on the spear shaft near the slim, slightly longer than usual blade with an elegant design.

Wu Long floated down to the canyon where the scarred captains instantly lost their composure after their leader was killed, and were now pushed back. He saw that it wouldn't take long for the fights to be over.

Though Nie Xiwang was already finished with her opponent even before Wu Long's battle concluded, and was inspecting the damage on her twelve swords.

There were chipped edges and scratches on the blades, and one of the swords cracked.

"Don't worry Xiwang, that's what the upcoming trip is for", Wu Long spoke with a smile as he floated down near her, the ashes of the Guild Leader erased by the Annihilation Lightning scattering in the wind behind him.

"Mm, if possible I would like for these swords to be reforged instead of making new ones", she nodded, turning to him, as the swords floated back into their usual position behind her.

"I suppose you should use those varied spare weapons that you usually keep in the Spatial Ring for now then, it's better not to let these swords accumulate any more damage than this", Wu Long's gaze slid through the swords and returned to her.

She nodded in agreement, a look of mild melancholy appearing in her eyes as she thought of using the spare weapons.

Though they were relatively of the same quality, they weren't part of one set, and thus were not as comfortable to use as these twelve identical swords.

The next to kill his opponent was General Feng, almost right after Wu Long's fight ended. He was slightly out of breath, and his armor was damaged, but there was a look of enlightenment in his eyes.

"Congratulations on your breakthrough", Wu Long smiled.

"Hahaha, it is all thanks to Master Wu's guidance", General Feng cupped his fists to Wu Long.

"I won't deny involvement, but it's mainly your effort that paid off, if you didn't have the dedication and didn't put in hard work this wouldn't have been possible no matter who helped you with training", Wu Long shook his head, causing a proud look to appear in the eyes of the red-haired and red-bearded man.

The low-level subordinates of what used to be the Seven Scars Guild were already wiped out by the time the last of the remaining scarred captains fell.

Of course, Kwon Qianhong made sure to collect any loot that was possible.

They quickly erased the last traces of their enemies, and retreated, leaving the discussion of the battle and the review session of what could be improved for the time after leaving the vicinity of the battle.

"A-are you sure?", Bi Rui asked when they were already in the Oak Fortress, as Wu Long handed her over the three-shields Spiritual Treasure.

"Haha, when have I done something I'm unsure of, Rui'er?", he chuckled, as she turned her gaze a bit away with a blush.

'Hehe, she's still as weak to his good looks as ever', Wu Mengqi thought with a mischievous smile as she knew that Bi Rui was the one with least resistance to his smiles or gestures.

"But...", Bi Rui mumbled, still slightly hesitating.

"If Wu Long is giving it to you, it means it's something that will show its true value in your hands, Rui'er", Ye Ling gently encouraged her from the side.

There was no hint of jealousy in the eyes of the beauties, since they knew it wasn't a sign of his favor toward one of them, but something he did for all of them as soon as he had an opportunity to do so. Rather, they were excited for her to receive a gift.

In truth Bi Rui knew that, since she would have felt the same excitement if any of her Dao Sisters received this shield set, but there was one last worry on her mind.

While it may be true that Wu Long gave it to her because it suited her the best out of them, there was no doubt that the one who would bring out even more potential out of this artifact was Wu Long himself.

It was in character for him to give away something so precious, that could benefit him, to his ladies, but she couldn't help but feel that it would have been far more useful in his hands.

"Haha, you seem to misunderstand, Rui'er. If this treasure could give me enough power to better protect you all, I would've used it myself, just like I took this spear", he instantly saw through her thoughts, "Unlike you who uses one spear and a specific fighting style with one weapon, my combat techniques change not only from battle to battle, but from moment to moment"

Having these shields would only boost a part of his fighting power, which would be a less overall effect than drastically transforming Bi Rui's current strength at all times.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Not to mention, that the comparative effect of having this treasure would be far less apparent for his strength while being tremendous for hers.

She didn't have any more arguments to raise on the topic, so she just went forward, hugging him, concealing the blushing face snuggling to his chest as he hugged her back with a satisfied smile.

During the next few days, the Frozen Garden Palace members were focused on accumulating as much of their Yin Qi as it was possible, using Alchemy Pills to temporarily boost how much of it their Yin Roots could produce.

It wasn't something that could be used often, since over-reliance on Harmonic Qi enhancing medicine could be detrimental, but limited and targeted use could bring tremendous results.

In this time, Wu Long concentrated on learning to use the Celestial Core to access the power of the Celestial Fox bloodline, which proved to be a bit more tricky than what he was used to, since it wasn't a trait or power related to the physical body, as bloodlines powers usually were, but a somewhat abstract ability that was not particularly tied to anything he was used

to dealing with.

This meant that his Body Tempering Technique's bloodline manipulation method was not applicable to it.

His Celestial Core, however, upon meditation and studying it, gave him insights into the underlying nature of Fen Baihu's power.

Working with her, as the Mythical Beast let him feel the flow of Qi that came naturally to her, he was able to achieve three things, first of which was taking under control rejection of Fen Baihu's powers, meaning that he could finally enter her Mystic Realms again.

The second achievement was getting under control the interference of his new abilities with

illusory powers.

The final one, was in discovering that the Celestial Core could act as a catalyst, consuming normal Spiritual Qi and producing a special kind that was ethereal in its nature, and could not interfere with the physical world around in the way normal Spiritual Qi could, instead, acting as a kind of bridge between reality and dream, which he tentatively called Mystic Qi.

He wasn't, however, able to access or even perceive his own Mystic Realm, which he suspected was created when he completed the Celestial Core.

But he knew that as long as he continued mastering control of the Mystic Qi, he would be able

to do so in time.

"Still no movement from the Obsidian Moon?", Wu Long asked Butler Bang as he exited his

cultivation tower and arrived back in the Oak Fortress, and seeing the butler shake his head with a solemn expression, furrowed his eyebrows.

"Haa~, it seems there's no choice but to approach them first", he sighed, since he could no longer ignore this unnatural silence, deciding to bring an end to it himself.