The youth of this era will eventually break the curse!
Li Long looked at the young man in front of him in disbelief.
He also released his Spiritual Force and carefully sensed it again.
That’s right, it was Lin Xiao!
This sight somewhat overturned his understanding, his worldview!
How could a Fifth-Rank Martial Artist possess Spiritual Force?
Who is he? Where is he?
This seemed to touch upon his blind spot of knowledge.
“Lin... Lin Xiao... where did you get your Spiritual Force?”
“Ah? Senior Li, this student just cultivated and it appeared.”
Lin Xiao answered with extreme certainty; he had painstakingly cultivated it himself, and it had nothing to do with anything else!
Silence!
Silence was the Cambridge of this evening!
Li Long suddenly had an idea. Looking at Lin Xiao’s somewhat innocent expression, this idea grew stronger!
But he ultimately held back!
His own student, he had to hold back!
“So, Lin Xiao, you already developed Spiritual Force in the Middle Stage of Fifth-Rank, is that right?”
He forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and asked as calmly as possible.
“Uh, Senior Li, this student has already broken through to the Late Stage of Fifth-Rank, just now!”
Lin Xiao slightly leaked his aura. The moment his Eight-Nine Arcane Art reached Minor Achievement, his cultivation in his body could no longer be suppressed and he broke through incredibly naturally!
However, because he didn't deliberately show it, and Li Long wasn't paying too much attention, he overlooked it.
But, at this moment, Lin Xiao clearly felt that Senior Li opposite him seemed to be forcibly controlling something, and he looked puzzled.
“Senior Li, please continue, what is the purpose of this Spiritual Force? This student really hasn’t spent much thought on this aspect, so please, Senior Li, don’t hesitate to enlighten me!”
He couldn't take it anymore!
Li Long really couldn't bear it. He turned around and disappeared from the cabin, appearing outside.
His gaze swept around. This place was already far from the city, surrounded by dense bushes and deep forests.
In his perception, he discovered a Sixth-Rank Alien Beast!
He narrowed his eyes, said nothing, and directly vanished from the spot.
Lin Xiao, sitting in the cabin, vaguely heard a roar from outside, interspersed with some heart-wrenching pleas, extremely humble!
A moment later, Li Long reappeared.
At this moment, he looked somewhat refreshed, and his expression towards Lin Xiao was no longer the same as before.
Of course, what happened in between, perhaps only he himself knew.
“Senior Li, you just...”
“It’s nothing, a small matter occurred, and it’s been resolved. Let’s continue our conversation. Where were we?”
“You were talking about Spiritual Force...”
“Oh right, I didn’t expect you, kid, to be such a Prodigy.”
At this moment, Li Long was left with nothing but endlessFeeling. Indeed, comparing oneself to others only leads to frustration!
He remembered how much effort he had put in to break through to Spiritual Force!
“Since you already possess Spiritual Force, then you already have the ticket to become a Martial King!”
“Spiritual Force is the symbol of a Seventh-Rank Martial King expert. It has extremely powerful uses!”
“As your Spiritual Force continuously strengthens, it can form a Martial King’s might! This might has an extremely powerful suppressive effect on beings below Martial King, because it comes from a spiritual level of oppression!”
“At the same time, Spiritual Force can do many incredible things, and can even be used as an offensive method. You will need to explore this slowly.”
“Finally, Spiritual Force can block the scrutiny of those weaker than yourself! In other words, if your Spiritual Force is strong enough, no one can see through you!”
Lin Xiao listened very attentively. In this regard, he was indeed somewhat weak. Currently, this seemed to be one of his weaknesses!
As Li Long spoke, he suddenly thought of an extremely terrifying thing.
He looked at Lin Xiao.
Why is it said that no one has ever broken the curse, that no Sixth-Rank Martial Artist has ever been able to defeat a Seventh-Rank opponent by leapfrogging ranks?
Because since the era of Awakened Ones in Dragon Country, it has never been heard of anyone below Seventh-Rank possessing Spiritual Force. This is the most fundamental reason!
And once an invincible Sixth-Rank Martial Artist possesses Spiritual Force, will a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist defeating a Seventh-Rank Martial King still be an unbreakable curse?
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became; the more he thought about it, the more shocked he became!
This kid, Lin Xiao, was truly breaking his previous understanding step by step. Could he really be the legendary True Son of Heaven?
An invincible Prodigy who would push Dragon Country to its ultimate Peak?
A young man spanning an era who would finally break the curse?
“Senior Li, what about Eighth-Rank?”
Eighth-Rank!
Once a Martial Artist breaks through to Eighth-Rank, it will be another qualitative leap. Seventh-Rank is King, Eighth-Rank is Venerable, thus called Martial Venerable!
What is a Venerable?
The Supreme of a region!
Martial Venerable-level experts, their strength has already transcended the mundane. Ordinary people might not even be able to reach Martial King in their entire lives, let alone Martial Venerable above Martial King!
Martial Venerable experts are truly individuals with monstrous strength.
In Dragon Country, if a Family possesses a Martial Venerable, it can immediately become a Noble Family, towering above all others!
Martial Venerable is not only an existence that ordinary people cannot touch, but also a Realm that most Geniuses strive for their entire lives to achieve!
“Martial Venerable, ah, that level is a bit far from you. You just need to know that many Prodigies who consider themselves Prodigies might work hard their entire lives and still be unable to break through to this Realm!”
Li Long’s gaze also slightly narrowed, because this level was also his current pursuit. He was currently at the Peak of Late Stage Seventh-Rank, and he had been at the Martial King level for many years, without any opportunity for a Breakthrough.
As for Martial Saint?
That Realm, which transcends all Venerables, was no longer something someone like him could aspire to.
Martial Saints are already the beings standing at the very Peak of this world. Their every word and action will determine the fate of countless people, and their every move could bring endless calamity to this world!
Lin Xiao seemed to understand, yet not quite.
He had already seen many Martial Kings; that kingly aura was indeed extremely powerful, and that domineering gaze was truly formidable!
He had also come into contact with a Martial Saint, none other than his teacher, Lin Yaotian!
But Martial Saint was too far, too far from him now. He could only feel immense, unfathomable power, but he didn't know exactly how strong it was!
As for Martial Venerable, he had never actually encountered one... “We’ve arrived!”
The destination was reached: the Northern Battlefield!
This was one of Dragon Country’s most important border defense battlefields, because across the river lay the territory of the Alien Beast Alliance.
Responsible for this area was an ultimate expert at the Peak Martial Venerable Realm, Tuoba Mu, who was hailed by countless people in Dragon Country as the number one person below Martial Saint.
His strength could even vaguely contend with ordinary Martial Saint-level experts!
It was precisely because he was stationed here that the Northern Battlefield remained relatively stable. In times when no Martial Saint appeared, he was a stabilizing force!
“I’m back again!”
Lin Xiao looked at the boundless desert and the endlessly dark area in the distance. He could feel that it was filled with a massive number of Alien Beasts... “Patriarch, Lin Xiao has arrived at the Northern Battlefield!”
A middle-aged man bowed his head and reported to the person in front of him.
“Very good, contact our people. I want Lin Xiao to completely disappear from the Northern Battlefield!”
“Yes!”
“Lin Xiao, you dared to kill my daughter, so you shall pay with your life! After you die, I will capture everyone connected to you!”
“I want the world to know that anyone who dares to touch my Chu Jifeng’s daughter, no matter how talented a Prodigy they are, will only have one outcome!”
“And that is death!”