106: Chapter 106 Warm-up End

Secret Techniques are classified secrets within martial arts families, often accessible only to core disciples.

They usually come with various restrictions, making it difficult for outsiders to learn them.

The [Overlords Heavy Body] is a powerful Secret Technique that no one can practice except for disciples possessing the Xiang Family direct Bloodline.

After activating [Overlords Heavy Body], Xiang Tian's strength increases exponentially.

However, the side effects of using this Secret Technique are equally immense.

Given Xiang Tian's current level of mastery over the Secret Technique, he can condense two phantom images simultaneously, erupting with nearly three times his original strength.

But it can only be maintained for ten seconds.

Once those ten seconds pass, the surging True Qi within his Meridians will be like a suddenly frozen river, falling into a stagnation period lasting up to ten minutes.

During these ten minutes, he is no different from a Martial Artist who cannot use True Qi at all, capable only of fighting with his physical body.

Precisely because of this, when encountering the Snow Shadow Tiger, Xiang Tian did not use the Secret Technique immediately.

Even if he successfully killed the Snow Shadow Tiger using the Secret Technique, during the ten minutes of True Qi stagnation, he would be no different from waiting for death when facing other exotic beasts.

And during the siege of the beast tide, the continuous consumption had already exhausted his True Qi; even if he wanted to use the Secret Technique, he lacked the strength to do so.

After the brief exchange just now, he understood.

Chen Moxuan's seemingly casual dodging and counterattacks contained an extremely profound understanding of the Dao.

Chen Moxuan is definitely not an opponent he can defeat with ordinary means.

Ask yourself, throughout history, which martial arts powerhouse did not show their sharp edge and sweep through their peers in their youth?

As someone whose lifelong pursuit is to reach the Peak of the Dao, he absolutely cannot tolerate a peer looming over him like a dark cloud.

He must bet everything he has within these ten seconds!

"Hah!"

The long halberd tore through the sky like a red fireball, slashing down with an Aura capable of shattering mountains.

Electric light suddenly exploded around Chen Moxuan; the moment [Swift Thunder Body] was activated, he transformed into an afterimage flickering with electric arcs.

Just as Chen Moxuan was about to narrowly dodge this swift blow, the two phantom images behind Xiang Tian exerted force simultaneously, violently twisting the trajectory of the long halberd.

The originally vertical halberd blade suddenly slashed horizontally.

Chen Moxuan's expression tightened, his golden True Qi surging and gathering like liquid metal, and his right hand's five fingers instantly transformed into golden claws.

The moment his fingertips touched the halberd blade, the air emitted an unbearable sonic boom.

The immense force coming from Xiang Tian's long halberd was like a surging tide, but Chen Moxuan did not retreat; instead, he advanced, leaping up by utilizing this momentum.

He leaped, his right leg suddenly wrapped in solidified True Qi, carving a perfect arc in the air.

Like a golden guillotine, it slashed fiercely towards Xiang Tian's face amidst the whistling wind.

"I'll knock you back!"

Xiang Tian roared like thunder, the veins on his neck bulging.

The two red phantom images behind him roared simultaneously, extending their giant arms and colliding violently with Chen Moxuan's attack.

Amidst the surging air waves, Chen Moxuan was actually pushed straight towards the sky by this brute force.

His figure flew backward like a kite with a broken string, stepping repeatedly in the Void Realm in an attempt to stop the impact.

"Nine seconds left..."

Xiang Tian's eyes turned fierce, his True Qi circulating wildly, and he pursued with the momentum of thunder, stepping through the Void Realm.

The main body and the two Overlord phantom images exerted force simultaneously, the long halberd carving a crimson arc in the air as it slashed towards Chen Moxuan's waist.

However, the moment the halberd touched him, Chen Moxuan dissipated like a reflection in a mirror or the moon in the water into a mist of water.

"Water-attribute True Qi? After the lightning-attribute True Qi and metal-attribute True Qi, you can actually use a third type!?"

Xiang Tian's pupils contracted sharply, but before he could think carefully, a chill crept up his spine to the back of his neck.

He turned his head abruptly, only to see a heavy punch imbued with heavy earth-attribute, crashing down like a meteorite hitting the ground.

Xiang Tian hurriedly threw a punch; the two phantom images behind him erupted simultaneously, their muscular phantom giant arms perfectly overlapping with his fist.

The moment the two forces collided, the space rippled like water, and the roar shook the very clouds.

Although it was a hasty blow, after activating the Secret Technique, Xiang Tian's frontal strength far surpassed Chen Moxuan's.

After this collision, he stepped back sharply in the air, dissipating the impact.

In contrast, Chen Moxuan, who had initiated the attack, retreated repeatedly in the Void Realm.

"I can win!" Fighting spirit ignited in Xiang Tian's heart; in this Secret Technique state, he had a chance of victory.

"Eight seconds left!"

Xiang Tian charged forward again, entangled in battle with Chen Moxuan in the air, completely suppressing him.

But as the seconds ticked by, Xiang Tian suddenly realized something.

Although he had the advantage in speed and explosive power.

His offensives were consistently neutralized by Chen Moxuan's endless array of methods.

Even though the opponent was clearly neutralizing his pursuit dangerously every time, it gave him the illusion that the other party had been handling it with ease all along.

"Five seconds left..."

Looking at the True Qi surging like magma in his Meridians but constantly draining away, anxiety welled up in Xiang Tian's heart.

He was about to gather all his strength to launch a final blow, but he saw Chen Moxuan's figure suddenly disappear from his field of vision.

Subsequently, a whisper reached his ears.

"I've just about adapted; the warm-up is over."

Before the voice had dissipated, a harsh, crisp sound tore through the air.

A tearing, excruciating pain suddenly came from Xiang Tian's back.

He turned back abruptly, shocked to see that the two Overlord phantom images had been shattered by a single punch from Chen Moxuan, with red True Qi fragments splattering like a rain of blood.

He instinctively retreated ten zhang, his long halberd sweeping out to create a biting gale, attempting to recall the dissipated power.

Even if the Overlord phantom images were shattered, they could be re-condensed by borrowing the scattered True Qi fragments, so it did not hinder him in the slightest.

But at this moment, he sensed that his connection to the Secret Technique had suddenly vanished.

"How is that possible..."

Xiang Tian looked at the fragments in disbelief, only to find that those crimson fragments were being creepily devoured rapidly by some golden runes.

Just as his mind went blank, an even more horrifying scene made his hair stand on end.

"So that's how it is."

Chen Moxuan murmured, his True Qi surging, and a phantom image slowly emerged behind him.

Although the outline of that phantom image was slightly blurry, it clearly possessed the iconic muscular lines and unique patterns of the Overlord phantom image.

Xiang Tian would absolutely not mistake it.

Although there were still some differences he couldn't quite put his finger on, this was clearly their Xiang Family's Secret Technique.

The [Overlords Heavy Body] that no outsider could possibly learn!