218: Chapter 218 New Source Technique, The Tang Family's Invitation

The whole place exploded instantly.

In the audience stands, the emotions of the Magic Martial students were thoroughly ignited.

"Holy crap!"

"This is too wild!"

"Over thirty Hua Hai Realm experts!"

"Does he, a Meridian Opening Realm cultivator, really dare?"

Xu Xinglan stood off the stage, watching her brother and those classmates, and sighed softly.

Tang Zhiwei said with a smile: "These guys are really stubborn."

Snow Spirit lay on Lu Cheng's original seat and waved her little paws.

"Daddy, go!"

Lu Cheng stood in the center of the Arena.

Over thirty Magic Martial students came up on stage from all directions.

The protective barrier rose.

The host swallowed his saliva.

"The sparring begins!"

As the words fell, over thirty strands of Source Power erupted simultaneously.

The Arena was instantly submerged in various colors of light.

Xu Ze was the first to rush out.

He was extremely fast, wrapped in cyan wind and thunder, with a compressed Source Power blade condensed in his palm.

"Brother Lu, be careful!"

Lu Cheng raised his eyes.

The next second, he disappeared from where he stood.

Bang!

Xu Ze only felt a heaviness in his chest.

His whole body had already flown out.

The protective barrier shook violently.

Xu Ze was plastered against the protective barrier, sliding down slowly.

The whole Arena was silent for a moment.

Lu Cheng retracted his fist.

"Next."

Then, the tragedy began.

One in his left hand, one in his right.

The students of Magic Martial University were tossed out like sandbags.

A Middle Stage Hua Hai Realm student roared, and rock armor appeared on his body.

Lu Cheng took a look and brought down a punch.

The rock armor shattered, and the person collapsed.

The sounds from the audience grew quieter and quieter.

In the end, everyone fell silent.

This wasn't a spar.

It looked like a group of people lining up to receive a punch.

What was even more terrifying was that Lu Cheng hadn't even unleashed his true explosive state.

He relied solely on his basic Qi and blood, Source Power, and that terrifyingly ridiculous control over his Physical Body to knock these Magic Martial students down one by one.

When the thirty-second person fell, a circle of people was already lying at the edge of the protective barrier.

Xu Ze struggled to climb up from the ground, looking at Lu Cheng in the center of the Arena, his expression extremely complicated.

He finally understood why Director Wang had hesitated just now.

And he finally understood why Xu Xinglan had asked Lu Cheng to go easy.

This person was fighting his peers... even fighting them, students who were two or three years his senior, as if he were just warming up.

Lu Cheng stood in the center of the Arena and patted his cuffs.

"Are there any more?"

The audience was silent.

No one spoke.

Tang Zhiwei sat off the stage, gently cupping her chin.

"Too gruesome to watch."

Xu Xinglan glanced at her brother and sighed.

"The medical bills probably won't be cheap."

Director Wang stood off the stage, his smile somewhat stiff.

He had originally just wanted to put some pressure on the students.

But Lu Cheng had given them a mountain.

A whole mountain, smashed right into their faces.

Lu Cheng looked at Director Wang.

"Director Wang."

"Is this okay?"

Director Wang was silent for two seconds.

Then he nodded slowly.

"It is. You did very well!"

As the saying goes, one must destroy to build; these little brats had been arrogant in their nest for too long and couldn't see the world outside. Today... could be considered a good thing for them!

Snow Spirit waved her paws excitedly off the stage.

"Daddy is the best!"

In the audience, someone finally came back to their senses.

The applause started sparsely at first.

Then it grew louder and louder.

Although the Magic Martial students were hit hard, they had indeed seen the gap.

The gap between a true top Genius.

Xu Ze clutched his chest and gave a wry smile.

"Brother Lu."

"I admit defeat."

Lu Cheng glanced at him.

"Your foundations are not bad."

"The coordination is also okay."

"But when fighting, your targets are too scattered."

"Having more people is useless."

"When encountering a strong enemy, first determine who is the main attacker, who is controlling the field, and who is restricting movement."

"Just now, the thirty-plus of you all wanted to deal damage, and the ending was just like what you saw... Of course, it could also be that you didn't like me, so you didn't even have the most basic layout, but this kind of thing is also a major flaw in actual combat."

...

Xu Ze was stunned for a moment, and the other Magic Martial students lying on the ground also quieted down.

They hadn't expected Lu Cheng to have noticed so much while fighting.

For the students, it was a blow on one hand, but on the other, the fire inside them was ignited...

Martial Artists refuse to be inferior; only with motivation can they progress.

This was what Director Wang truly wanted.

After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he turned and stepped off the stage.

Tang Zhiwei smiled and handed over a bottle of water.

"Teacher Lu, thank you for your hard work."

Lu Cheng took the water.

"Cut the act."

Xu Xinglan looked at the seniors on the Arena who were doubting their own lives and said softly:

"After today, the atmosphere of cultivation within Magic Martial should improve a lot."

Lu Cheng took a sip of water.

"Then Director Wang needs to pay me more."

Lu Cheng looked at Director Wang.

Director Wang happened to be looking over as well.

The two made eye contact, and Lu Cheng smiled.

"So, Director Wang, we should talk about my remuneration now~"

Director Wang raised an eyebrow.

Why does it feel...

So fast?

He stood by the Arena, watching the circle of Magic Martial students being carried away by medical robots, and then looked at the calm-looking Lu Cheng, feeling a bit complicated.

According to his original plan, Lu Cheng would stay at Magic Martial for at least two days.

Today, let the juniors see what's what.

Tomorrow, wait for the real trump cards of the seniors to go on stage.

It would be best to let Lu Cheng slowly crush the arrogance of the Magic Martial students, while also stimulating the entire academy's cultivation atmosphere.

The effect was indeed achieved.

It was even exceeded.

But the problem is...

It was too fast.

Director Wang always felt that his money was a bit wasted. He was silent for a moment, then finally sighed.

"Let's go."

Lu Cheng looked at him.

"Where to?"

Director Wang said unhappily:

"To settle your payment."

Lu Cheng immediately perked up.

"Magic Martial is generous."

Xu Xinglan stood to the side and said softly:

"Director Wang, I'll go too."

Director Wang nodded.

Tang Zhiwei was tactful and found an excuse to go explore Magic Martial on her own.

Several people passed through the passage behind the main Arena and walked towards the depths of Magic Martial.

The further they went, the fewer students there were around.

Finally, they arrived in front of a black stone building half-embedded in the ground.

The stone building had no plaque.

But there were two old men standing at the entrance.

Both of them had deep auras, and when their gazes swept over Lu Cheng, a hint of curiosity appeared in their eyes.

Director Wang took out his authorization token.

The stone door slowly opened.

A scent of ancient paper and ink and fluctuations of Source Power rushed out to meet them.

Lu Cheng looked up.

The stairs led all the way down.

Director Wang explained as they walked.

"This is the third basement level of the Magic Martial Scripture Pavilion."

"The Martial Skills and Source Skills placed here are at least S-rank."

"Each Legacy is engraved on a special Source Pattern scroll; every time it is engraved, the Legacy is consumed a little."

"So the opportunity is very precious."

Lu Cheng's eyes lit up.

"An S-rank of my choice?"

Director Wang nodded.

"Choose one."

"This is the reward for your teaching today."

Lu Cheng said seriously:

"Director Wang, you had a lot of class just now."

Director Wang was expressionless.

"Stop the flattery."

"Choose quickly."

The space on the third basement level was very large.

Rows of black stone shelves were neatly arranged, and each stone shelf held a sealed Source Pattern scroll.

On the outside of the scrolls were translucent light screens, recording the name, attribute, difficulty, and basic effects of the Martial Skill.

Lu Cheng looked all the way through.

[S-rank Source Skill · Burning Sea Drake Breath]

[S-rank Martial Skill · Mountain-Breaking Seven Slashes]

[S-rank Source Skill · Falling Star Array Wheel]

[S-rank Martial Skill · Nine Thunder Treading Void Steps]

...

Every name was quite domineering.

Lu Cheng was indeed a bit tempted.

However, he already had an S-rank soul-type Source Skill, Ten Thousand Souls Prison Suppression.

He prioritized finding a soul-type Source Skill that could cooperate with Ten Thousand Souls Prison Suppression.

But after circling around, he found that there were almost no soul-type Source Skills here.

Lu Cheng touched his chin.

"No soul-type..."

Director Wang explained:

"Soul-type is too rare, Magic Martial doesn't have many either."

Lu Cheng nodded. Currently, he didn't lack the ability to attack head-on, so Shadow-type would be a good choice.

He continued to look down... and discovered that there was a Martial Skill actually called...

[S-rank Shadow-type Source Skill · Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]

Lu Cheng: "?"

This name... why is it so familiar?

He leaned in to look at the effect introduction.

[At the entry level, you can summon thirty shadow Clones, each inheriting 5% of the main body's combat power. After the shadow Clones are shattered, a portion of the Source Power flows back to the main body.]

[After achieving Major Achievement, the shadow bodies can blend into the shadows on the ground, and re-condense after being shattered, with a large number of shadow bodies forming a killing array to surround and kill enemies.]

[Original name: Hundred Shadow Killing Array]

[Remarks: Because no one has cultivated it to Major Achievement, subsequent inheritors renamed it Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.]

Lu Cheng was silent after reading it.

This effect was much more powerful than he had imagined. Even if it only had 5% of the combat power, if it could inherit the System's effects...

Wouldn't that be thirty monsters that have a probability of killing in one hit?

After reaching Major Achievement, he could also regenerate shadow bodies, forming a Hundred Shadow Killing Array.

It was very suitable for interference, surprise attacks, surrounding and killing, and tricking skills.

Lu Cheng pointed at the scroll.

"Just this one."

Director Wang took a look, his brows twitching slightly.

"This Source Skill..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence.

The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was indeed strong.

But the cultivation difficulty was also ridiculously high.

It required extremely strong Source Power control, Mental Energy differentiation ability, and extremely strong affinity for the Shadow attribute.

Several Geniuses in Magic Martial had tried it before.

In the end, they all gave up.

It was easy to summon thirty shadow Clones, but truly controlling them simultaneously was as difficult as having thirty people write with different hands at the same time.

Moreover, each shadow Clone required dividing one's Mental Energy.

If one was not careful, they would faint first.

Director Wang originally wanted to offer a reminder.

But the words reached his lips, and he remembered the scene of Lu Cheng using the most basic strength to knock down thirty-plus Hua Hai Realm students on the Arena just now.

This guy was incomparable to ordinary people.

Reminding him would be a waste.

Maybe he could really practice it to success.

Director Wang waved his hand.

"Fine, that's it."

He took out his authorization card and unlocked the seal.

The scroll flew into Lu Cheng's hand.

The Source Pattern lit up, and a shadow-colored light flowed into his mind along Lu Cheng's palm.

A large amount of cultivation information unfolded.

Shadow meridian operation.

Clone condensation.

Mental Energy diversion.

Shadow backflow.

Lu Cheng closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Quite interesting."

Director Wang said:

"The Legacy has already been given to you."

"If you need the assistance of the Energy Room for subsequent cultivation, I will open one day of access for you."

Lu Cheng looked at him.

"Director Wang, you are really suitable for education."

Director Wang snorted.

"Stop it."

"You beat our Magic Martial students like that, I have to let you get some results from this Source Skill."

After saying goodbye to Director Wang and Xu Xinglan, Lu Cheng headed straight to the Magic Martial Energy Room.

Tang Zhiwei followed after finding out, but was persuaded to leave by Lu Cheng.

"Do you have to watch me Cultivate?"

Tang Zhiwei naturally knew that cultivation was a relatively private matter, and said:

"I'll wait for you outside..."

The door closed.

Inside the Energy Room.

The concentration of Source Qi was surprisingly high.

Lu Cheng sat cross-legged and began to circulate Source Power according to the route of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

It was still the old routine of using patient learning to start cultivating the Martial Skill.

A moment later, the Martial Skill was mastered.

Shadows swayed gently behind him.

At first, it was just one.

Then it split into three.

Ten.

Twenty.

Thirty.

The shadow Clones stood up from the ground one after another.

Their figures were almost identical to Lu Cheng, only darker in color and thinner in aura.

When he summoned thirty for the first time, Lu Cheng's brain swelled slightly.

It was like having thirty pairs of eyes and thirty pairs of hands and feet simultaneously.

Time passed bit by bit.

The shadow Clones shattered.

Re-condensed.

Swapped positions.

Surprise attacked.

Shattered again.

Source Power was constantly consumed, and quickly recovered under the replenishment of the Energy Room.

By the evening.

Lu Cheng opened his eyes.

Fifty shadows stood up behind him simultaneously.

The fifty shadow Clones moved in unison, then, under his thought, dispersed and performed completely different actions.

Some punched.

Some drew swords.

Some dashed.

Some retreated.

Some lurked into the shadows of the corner.

Lu Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

[S-rank Shadow-type Source Skill: Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]

[Proficiency: Proficient]

[Current Effect: Can summon fifty shadow Clones at the same time, control precision is greatly improved, and a portion of Source Power flows back after the shadow Clones are shattered.]

"The proficiency of S-rank Source Skills is indeed a bit of a grind."

Lu Cheng rubbed his brows.

He put away the shadow Clones and stood up.

"Find a time in these two days."

"Must push both the shadow Clones and Ten Thousand Souls Prison Suppression to the Origin level."

The door of the Energy Room opened slowly.

Just as Lu Cheng walked out, he saw Tang Zhiwei leaning against the railing at the end of the corridor.

The lights of Magic Martial at night fell on her, plating a soft glow on that smiling face.

She heard the movement and looked over.

"Finished practicing?"

Lu Cheng stretched his shoulders.

"You really waited the whole time?"

Tang Zhiwei smiled and said: "I said I'd wait for you, I couldn't just run away halfway."

She walked a few steps closer, her gaze sweeping over Lu Cheng, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"Looks like the harvest was not small."

Lu Cheng didn't answer.

Tang Zhiwei didn't pursue the question either, just gently handed over a black invitation card.

"The Tang Family is ready."

"Tomorrow night, the Tang Family will host a banquet."

"My father wants to see you in person."

Lu Cheng took the invitation, raising an eyebrow.

"A Hongmen Banquet?"

Tang Zhiwei blinked.

"Are you afraid?"

Lu Cheng laughed.

"I'm afraid your family won't have enough food."

Tang Zhiwei's lips curled up.

"Then come."

"The Tang Family will let you see their sincerity."