53: Chapter 53 Breakthrough

Pop! Pop! Pop!

Seven gunshots in a row.

Immediately after, four figures sprinted out.

"Quick, quick, quick, don't stop!!!" Kojima-kun roared urgently.

Excitement flashed in his eyes.

"As long as we get back, we will definitely be highly rewarded by the Minister. The thing we got this time is too important!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the remaining three team members, faces flushed, quickened their pace.

The four of them rushed down the mountain.

Just then, a roar echoed throughout the entire back mountain.

"Thieves, don't you dare run away!!!"

A figure rushed over rapidly. His long sword vibrated, and the sound of the sword ringing was incessant.

"You old bastard!" Kojima-kun sneered upon hearing the sound behind him.

He immediately turned around abruptly and raised his right hand.

Bang! A gunshot rang out. The bullet instantly flew towards the figure behind him.

The next moment, he continued sprinting without even looking back.

But for Daoist Taixuan, who was wielding the long sword, it was a life-and-death crisis.

He couldn't see the trajectory of the incoming bullet, but that sense of crisis felt like a cold blade, making his whole body shudder.

Especially his chest, which broke out in goosebumps the size of beans.

"Hmph!" Daoist Taixuan's eyes widened in anger. With a loud shout, the long sword in his hand suddenly lit up with a white glow.

In an instant, shadows of the sword enveloped his body, weaving a dense net of swords.

Clang! Sparks flew, and the bullet was deflected. The sword net was also broken.

Hum! The sound of the sword ringing echoed, and the entire long sword trembled uncontrollably.

Daoist Taixuan looked bitterly at the disappearing figures.

His hand holding the sword was already weak and powerless. Even if he caught up, he would have no strength to subdue those thieves.

And because of this delay, those dark shadows had already fled dozens of meters away.

"Hahaha, the old bastard didn't chase after us!" Kojima-kun looked triumphant as he turned his head to look back.

The old Daoist was looking at them with a face full of hatred.

"Haha, the old bastard doesn't dare to chase anymore. Let's go quickly!"

"It's just a pity we didn't see the glowing treasure in the main hall!"

Kojima-kun laughed loudly and led his people sprinting down the mountain with a hint of regret.

After reaching the bottom of the mountain, they dove into a pre-prepared car and changed their clothes. Then, they drove away.

They had been lurking for days and had prepared everything.

Back at the Laojun Temple, in the main hall.

At this moment, Daoist Taixu was breathing faintly.

It wasn't just him; several Elders nearby also had blood on their chests and had collapsed to the ground.

Clatter! The long sword fell to the ground.

Taixuan wept bitterly and hurried forward: "Senior Brother, you must not be in any trouble..."

He was filled with regret. He hated himself for being unable to kill the criminals with his own hands. He also hated that the long sword in his hand wasn't fast enough.

If his Breakthrough had been earlier, he could have blocked that sudden bullet; if his long sword had been faster, he could have protected these old brothers of his.

Just then, many Disciples heard the noise and rushed over.

"Master!!!" "Elder!!!" Cries of alarm filled the air.

"Call the police, call an ambulance!" Daoist Taixuan roared, and the scene went quiet.

Many Disciples then hurriedly contacted rescue services.

And in that main hall, Bai Zhu, floating in mid-air with silvery-white radiance flickering all over his body, had his eyes tightly closed, yet a teardrop slowly fell from the corner of his eye.

However, before it could hit the ground, it was evaporated by tiny electrical currents.

Arctic Circle. Greenland.

At this moment, its original appearance could no longer be seen. The world was pure white. Thick ice and snow covered the entire world.

Fire! The fire of life, the fire of hope, and also the fire of destruction. The attributes of fire are diverse. But inevitably, fire carries brutality and warmth.

The emergence of Divine Will is to take the point of will that has been comprehended as the core, condense the Mental Energy, and then turn it into a whole.

Ji Yebai was exactly like this at this moment. His Mental Energy was constantly condensing, wrapping around the point of light transformed from the fire will, ready to take shape.

The fire will point of light hung in the heart chamber, and Internal Energy and Mental Energy swarmed in, causing the entire fire point of light to emit a crimson glow. Finally, a phantom flower of fire formed in the heart.

Immediately after, he spread his Mental Energy to his kidneys. He once again stimulated the will of cold ice within the kidney water.

Cold ice is a variant of water-attribute energy. Water loses temperature and condenses into ice, and ice, made from water, is colder than water itself.

Cold ice can turn into icebergs, indestructible. Just like the North and South Poles, covered in ice and snow all year round, never melting for ten thousand years.

Cold ice can also turn into blades. Just like ice knives, just like icicles. Extremely sharp. It can be said that the power of cold ice is far higher than water.

The power of a hundred-meter tsunami cannot be compared to a hundred-meter iceberg.

However, for Ji Yebai, it was not so. He was walking the path of the Five Elements.

The path of the Five Elements is Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth; there is no cold ice.

The power of Five Elements Perfection would be far greater than cold ice. If he chose the will of cold ice, although the short-term power would be greater, it would be of no benefit to his future Breakthrough to the Innate Realm.

Therefore, Ji Yebai constantly reduced the Divine Will in the cold ice. He abandoned the will of ice, only retaining the will of water.

In the end, he only kept a faint Concept of water. That faint Concept of water was not even enough to combine with his spirit to give birth to the Divine Will of water.

But, fortunately, Ji Yebai was located in the Arctic Circle. Underneath him was the vast, boundless ocean. An immeasurable amount of seawater was surging below.

Ji Yebai had a thought. His Mental Energy instantly dissipated.

The massive Mental Energy constantly pushed that point of the Concept of water to merge into the ice layer beneath him. Boundless coldness surged over. That point of Concept almost collapsed. Ji Yebai barely managed to hold on with his massive Mental Energy. Finally, through the ice layer, he allowed the Concept to merge into the ocean.

Boom! At that moment, Ji Yebai lost consciousness again.

He felt as if he had come to the deep sea. Water is the origin of life. It is the beginning of all things. When a person is born, they carry 70% water, which shows the importance of water.

Heaven and Earth have their own laws. In fact, everything in the natural world has its own will. It's just that this kind of will is vast and boundless, extremely ethereal. Ordinary people cannot comprehend it at all. Only Martial Artists with sufficiently strong Mental Energy or those who have entered the First-class Realm can perceive it.

This is what is called comprehending the Heavenly Dao; it is nothing more than this. By using one's spirit and will to comprehend the various natural wills in Heaven and Earth, and imitating them, one gains growth.

This is also what Daoism says, "Dao follows nature." All the great Daos in the world are like this. Comprehending the Dao is comprehending the will of all things in nature. Imprinting the will of the natural world onto one's own will is to learn from nature.

Ji Yebai was immersed in it. He felt a vast, desolate will. That will was so strong, like the bright moon in the sky. Compared to it, his own was like a firefly.

It wasn't until his Mental Energy was almost exhausted that Ji Yebai broke free from the immersion.

At this moment, his point of water will had already expanded, condensing into a light the size of a grain of rice.

"Hoo!" "So dangerous!" Ji Yebai exclaimed inwardly. The vast, boundless ocean will had almost made him lose himself.

However, "Fortunately, I broke free!" Ji Yebai still felt lingering fear.

He carefully felt the phantom water waves in his kidneys.

"Is this the Divine Will of water and fire!?" Ji Yebai's heart raced. At this moment, he clearly felt his difference.

That feeling of being able to command it like an arm, that feeling of his limbs extending. That feeling of making people feel that Internal Energy had thoughts was truly amazing.

Ji Yebai could say without exaggeration that his Internal Energy... was alive!!!