Chapter 344 The Crow Takes an Airplane

Every strike from the chain of leg shadows was as heavy as a mountain, kicking the Mad Laughing Monk until he could no longer laugh.

Then, spinning into the air, Yan Chu used the technique of Thousand Mountains Sinking, landing on his back with a heavy thud on the stone steps.

Bang! Boom!

The moment he smashed down, a visible airwave surged in all directions, as if a thousand great mountains had crashed down simultaneously.

This time, the entire heavenly ladder truly felt the vibration.

Although the magnitude wasn't too large, it still terrified everyone. Those at the very bottom who had just stepped onto the ladder nearly lost their footing due to their low strength and almost tumbled down.

The Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder was a trial within the heart of Heavenly Pillar Mountain, capable of directly sealing the Primordial Spirit and Qi Sea of those who entered. Now, it was actually shaken by an impact?

"Wuaaaaah!!!"

Although the Corpse-Driving Ancestor had refined his body into something like a zombie, he could still feel pain. This impact nearly made him vomit up his New Year's Eve dinner, and his internal organs were jolted out of place.

He hadn't felt this kind of pain in hundreds of years.

But this was only the beginning. Immediately after, Yan Chu delivered a backward elbow strike. With a series of crisp cracks, several ribs—which were as hard as divine metal—snapped. The Ancestor could no longer restrain Yan Chu, and greenish-black blood sprayed from his mouth.

Yan Chu leaped up, breaking free from his restraint.

"Elephant Kick!"

Yan Chu gave a loud shout, using the previous move again. In a daze, the Corpse-Driving Ancestor seemed to see a leg shadow as massive as a mountain range.

This was an anomaly caused by the overwhelming majesty of his physical blood and Qi.

"No!!"

Bang!

He tried to move sideways to dodge, but Yan Chu was too fast. The pressure from the leg locked onto him, and the foot stomped down with immense force, caving in his chest. Blood poured uncontrollably from his mouth and nose.

This was only possible because of his physique; if it had been the Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu, this kick might have stomped him into an explosion of gore.

"Right, the Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu..."

Yan Chu remembered something and quickly looked around.

The figure of the Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu had long since vanished, along with all the Gu insects he had released. Only a puddle of golden blood remained as proof of the power of that previous punch.

Yan Chu's expression instantly darkened.

On the other side, the Mad Laughing Monk was filled with terror, turning into an afterimage as he fled down the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder.

If they were in the outside world, he would have already run over a hundred miles.

But this was the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder. Under the heavy pressure, his speed was only comparable to a Grandmaster in the outside world. He wished his parents had given him two extra legs.

"Amitabha my ass! I'm finished!"

He hadn't seen Yan Chu fight from the beginning. In his eyes, he thought the boy was just a minor character. Who could have known his Physical Body would be so powerful?

If I had known, I wouldn't have listened to the Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu!

It was also his own greed; he thought that by dual cultivating with this kid, his strength would increase significantly. Who knew he would fail so miserably?

How could Yan Chu let him escape as well?

"Crow Takes Flight!!"

He immediately grabbed the Corpse-Driving Ancestor, who was like a dead dog, gave a loud shout, and leaped into the air. In an instant, he crossed a hundred steps, falling straight toward the Mad Laughing Monk.

"Spare me! Benefactor, let's talk this out!!!"

The Mad Laughing Monk had just screamed in terror when Yan Chu's feet landed on his shoulders.

Crack crack crack—

His Physical Body could not compare to the Corpse-Driving Ancestor's. Instantly, every bone from top to bottom was crushed under this move.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

A shrill scream echoed throughout the ladder.

These three were all old monsters who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years in the outside world. They hadn't walked among mortals for a long time and had forgotten what it felt like to be crushed by someone.

The Mad Laughing Monk had, after all, cultivated Innate Fetal Respiration. Although it was only a few strands, it gave him incredibly vigorous vitality.

He could survive even if only his head remained.

But the intense pain of his entire skeleton shattering still caused him agony, and even more painful were Yan Chu's cold-blooded methods.

Before this opponent, he couldn't even run away.

"Benefactor Yan! Spare me!! This old monk is willing to be your slave and servant! Spare me!!"

Bang!

Yan Chu stomped down, and the Mad Laughing Monk's head shattered like a watermelon. Red and white matter splashed everywhere, and blood flowed down the stone steps like a brilliant red stream.

[Slew an Early Stage Yuantai Realm, extremely satisfying, Origin +0.1]

"What terrifying strength!"

The onlookers above and below couldn't help but marvel.

At this moment, almost everyone developed a deep sense of awe and wariness toward Yan Chu. Their gazes were full of solemnity.

As for Zhu Fengtong and others who had just shown malice, they had long since vanished from Yan Chu's sight.

At the very top, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and the Buddhist faction had already disappeared from the ladder, entering the next stage.

The rest of the crowd discussed fervently.

"Yan Chu's Physical Body is simply too powerful. Are his cultivation and Primordial Spirit power also this strong?"

"Was that some kind of divine skill he used just now?"

"Elephant Kick! Crow Takes Flight! What terrifying physical martial arts. It seems he created these specifically for his physical strength!"

Everyone marveled repeatedly, making up their minds never to become Yan Chu's enemy within the blessed land.

In any case, they hadn't expected to be able to enter the Heavenly Gate when they came in.

There were so many peerless experts here, all old monsters who had been dormant for a thousand years. They certainly couldn't compete with them.

It was better to go in and search for some resources to increase the Foundation of their own cultivation.

"Great Hero Yan, spare me! Spare me! Please spare me, I can tell you a secret!"

The Corpse-Driving Ancestor, held in Yan Chu's hand, had completely lost the ability to resist. He pleaded for mercy with a faint breath.

"Oh? What secret?"

Yan Chu asked lazily.

Looking around the ladder, the place where he stood seemed to have become an isolated zone. The people above had already left after watching the excitement, and the people below didn't dare to come up.

The Corpse-Driving Ancestor forced a flattering smile onto his withered face:

"If I tell you, can Great Hero Yan really spare my life?"

"No!"

"You— Bang!"

The Corpse-Driving Ancestor's face changed, but before he could finish his sentence, Yan Chu's palm had already slammed heavily onto his head.

Bang!

With one palm strike, his head sank several inches, deeply into his neck.

But he actually wasn't dead yet. Only many cracks appeared on his head, with greenish-black blood leaking out. His screams were still full of energy:

"Aaaaaah!! Spare me! Great Hero Yan, spare me!!"

"Holy crap! Still not dead?"

Yan Chu looked surprised. This old monster was hiding quite a lot; he was significantly tougher than the Ironclad Zombie he had controlled.

Compared to him, the Mad Laughing Monk was nothing.

"Great Axe Fells the Tree!!"

Yan Chu gave his customary shout, pressed his palms together, leaped into the air, and chopped down fiercely at the already cracked head.

Rip!

This strike didn't use the Tear Divine Ability, yet it was like a true divine axe, splitting his head in two. The residual force followed the wound downward, splitting his entire upper body. Flesh sprayed everywhere, but no corpse Qi spread.

Thanks to the environment of the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder, all of the Corpse-Driving Ancestor's corpse Qi was sealed within his flesh.

[Slew Corpse-Driving Ancestor, extremely satisfying, Origin +0.1, Green Zombie Blood +1]

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The Corpse-Driving Ancestor was split in two by the palm, meeting the same fate as the Ironclad Zombie earlier.

The onlookers were speechless.

"Great Khan!"

At this time, only Meng Ao stepped forward, his attitude becoming increasingly respectful.

He had only been forced back by the Old Man of Ten Thousand Gu's insects. Before he could make a move, the battle was already over.

Of the three old monsters, two were dead and one had fled with heavy injuries. Yan Chu had dealt with them all with casual ease.

All of this seemed long, but it actually happened in just a brief moment.

Yan Chu nodded without saying anything. With a wave of his hand, he put the corpses of the Corpse-Driving Ancestor and the Mad Laughing Monk into his inventory and resumed his pace toward the top of the ladder.

The higher one went on the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder, the heavier the pressure.

But as long as your physical Foundation was thick enough, the corresponding pressure would only multiply according to the climber's physical strength.

How could anyone who had cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm be weak? They were all individuals of extraordinary talent.

The vast majority could climb this ladder; it was just a matter of time.

Yan Chu climbed upward. Since these nine hundred-plus steps couldn't even stop the Buddhist group, how could they stop him?

Finally, he reached the summit and appeared on a platform.

The wind howled on the platform, and no one was there. Only a towering hall stood directly ahead. The entire hall exuded an ancient Aura, and a huge plaque above bore three large characters: Ancient Martial Hall.

Seeing no one else around, Yan Chu didn't linger and stepped directly into the ancient hall.

As soon as he stepped inside, Yan Chu couldn't help but frown.

The entire hall was empty, except for a strange, faceless stone statue in the middle. There was nothing else.

He didn't know where the people who had come before him had gone.

Of course, that wasn't why he was frowning.

Rather, he was curious: was this Heavenly Pillar Mountain blessed land really created by the Last Emperor of the Great Zhou thousands of years ago?

Whether it was the Sea of Ten Thousand Illusory Mists or the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder, although they didn't stump many challengers, they still had their miraculous aspects. As far as he knew, there was no Artifact Refiner or Formation Master in this world capable of creating such sights.

Swish!

Just as he was pondering this, the stone statue in front of him suddenly moved.

On its bare face, facial features suddenly grew, and it took on a lively expression, forming a familiar face.

And that face was none other than Yan Chu's own.

"What's the meaning of this?"

Yan Chu's eyebrows quirked slightly.

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, the stone statue in front of him leaped up and rapidly closed in on him. Its palms produced countless palm shadows, striking out in layers like a landslide or a tsunami.

"Oh?"

Yan Chu understood what this Ancient Martial Hall was about. Was it supposed to make him fight the stone statue to verify his own martial arts level?

"Sorry! I have no interest in that!"

Yan Chu pointed out a single index finger, passing through the dense palm shadows to explode the stone statue's head with one tap.

Clatter clatter!

Broken stones scattered across the floor.

As the stone statue shattered, there was no movement in the hall.

Yan Chu frowned and struck a palm toward the back of the hall. Clouds surged in his palm, combining hardness and softness, continuous like ocean waves. It was precisely the Cloud Sea Billows from the Cloud Dispelling Palm.

Using this palm strike at his current martial arts level, it was not inferior to Divine-Grade martial arts like the Hun Tian Four Absolutes. Within Heavenly Pillar Mountain, it was suppressed by the local will, but in the outside world, it could overturn a great lake or topple a mountain.

Even here, however, this palm strike still reduced the entire hall to ruins with a rumble.

Suddenly, the entire platform became empty.

Only the churning sea of clouds remained in the distance.

Just as Yan Chu was about to investigate further, suddenly, another Ancient Martial Hall appeared directly in front of him.

Yan Chu walked in, and it was the same as before, with the same faceless stone statue.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, the stone statue rose, its face squirming to take on his appearance.

Boom!

It rapidly approached again, palm shadows flying. This time, clouds surged in its palms—it was exactly the Cloud Sea Billows palm strike that Yan Chu had just used.

"What kind of nonsense is this?"

Yan Chu's face darkened, and he struck out with the same Cloud Sea Billows, turning the stone statue into a pile of dust.

Before he could do anything else, the stone dust drifted and gathered again into the statue. This time it didn't stop, charging straight at him. The palm strike now carried a sharp Aura, several degrees more refined than the previous strike.

Yan Chu was expressionless as he struck out a palm, making the ground shake three times.

This hall was once again reduced to ruins.

"What Ancient Martial Hall? It turns out it just wants to steal martial arts!"

Yan Chu never hesitated to assume the worst of others. In his eyes, this so-called Ancient Martial Hall was clearly designed for the stone man to steal techniques from the challengers.

When the Ancient Martial Hall restored itself again, Yan Chu didn't go in at all. He simply struck out a palm from a distance, blowing the hall to pieces.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

For the next period of time, Yan Chu just stood there without any other movement, expressionlessly striking out palm after palm.

One loud explosion after another echoed here.

The dust that was kicked up didn't spread outward; it swirled in place and vanished with each reappearance of the martial hall.

No one appeared from behind. It seemed that after walking the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder, everyone arrived at a different martial hall.

Yan Chu wasn't in a hurry.

In any case, he could afford to wait.

And so, palm after palm, he didn't even know how many he had struck. It could have been eighty, or a hundred. In short, his Qi Sea was like an ocean and would not run dry.

Finally, after the last palm strike, the Ancient Martial Hall no longer appeared. Only the platform stood there, surrounded by the vast sea of clouds.

And the Bone-Severing Heavenly Ladder he had climbed up earlier was nowhere to be seen.

Standing at the edge of the platform and looking down at the sea of clouds, it was bottomless.

Yan Chu pondered for a moment, sat down on the ground, and called up his status panel.

[host: Yan Chu]

[Cultivation: Early Stage Yuantai Realm]

[Cultivation Technique: Heaven-Changing Earth-Striking Great Art (Shattering Vajra 400,001/40,000,000), Ten Suns Sacred Fire (Purple Flame 1,834,621/50,000,000), Indestructible Demonic Body (Major Achievement 3,263,250/4,000,000)]

[Martial Skill: Seven Limits of Heaven-Swallowing and Earth-Destroying (Major Achievement 1,403,170/5,000,000)]

[Divine Ability: Tear]

[Items: Green Zombie Essence Blood ×2]

[Experience Points: 0]

[Origin: 0.3]

Focusing his gaze on 'Origin,' Yan Chu understood what it actually was.

After martial cultivation reached the Yuantai Realm, the power of roots and Origins would be born.

For example, if someone formed a Pure Yang Primordial Embryo, they would give birth to Pure Yang Origin. If they formed a Wind Breath Primordial Embryo, they would give birth to Wind Breath Origin.

Normally, after a Yuantai Realm expert died, their Origin would automatically dissipate.

But the System extracted this Origin and turned it into pure Origin power, which could be used like experience points to directly increase cultivation.

In fact, for Yan Chu, it was essentially the same as experience.

However, according to the System's response, the Origin he currently possessed was still in a sealed state and could not yet be used for leveling up.

It was somewhat useless for now.