Chapter 465 Part 1
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Chapter 465 Part 1: Invincible in the Human World (1)
Facing the Five Immortal Gates at the same time, stood the five Soul Changing Taoist Lords.
Qiao Mu could only feel his heart pounding, as a mix of indescribable emotions surged within him.
Similar to facing Martial Saint in the Western Province.
Joining forces with the leaders of the Great Dao Sect, who possessed powerful treasures, made Qiao Mu feel a sense of danger like never before.
In that moment, conflicting feelings of survival and death erupted within him, like a battle of ice and fire, tearing him apart yet merging together. His heart pounded fiercely under the intense stimulation.
Something was taken out from the storage bag.
It was a brownish-yellow human skin drum, with a drum surface that seemed to breathe like a living creature, and intricate pale red patterns like tree roots faintly visible.
Boom, boom, boom!
The Qiao skin drum sounded three times.
This Qiao skin drum is a magical treasure made by the Blood Lotus Sect Leader using dark methods, it is not a gentle normal treasure.
The skin is filled with the determination Qiao Tu had before he died.
At this moment, as the drum vibrated, a strong sense of determination spread with the sound waves, infecting the heavy emotions intensely and dominantly.
The martial artists in the manor had just entered, even though they had many special skills and Qiao Mu was teaching them directly, it still needed time to accumulate.
They had encountered cultivators from the five major Immortal Gates too soon, and were naturally at a disadvantage.
When the Qiao skin drum was struck, a thick sense of determination instantly covered the battlefield, giving them a boost.
The restless drumbeats were like a racing heartbeat, as if their own hearts were racing too, reigniting their fighting spirit.
"Go." Qiao Mu controlled his flesh clone to heal quickly and left the small hill where he was standing.
This flesh clone is strong, with over five thousand years of power. Even though it’s not the original, it can still compete with Soul Changing cultivators.
However, this flesh clone has been struggling in the hands of the Great Dao Sect sect leader for too long, and its energy has weakened, making it unsuitable for further battles.
The Great Dao Sect sect leader saw this but just furrowed his brow.
"The Blood Lotus Sect’s alchemy technique…."
On the other side, the Long Life Gate sect leader was focused on something else.
"Qiao Shuangtu, has finally arrived."
The Long Life Gate sect leader looked at Qiao Mu boldly, examining him without reservation.
When Western Province Immortal Changqing visited the Blood Lotus Sect, his divine consciousness was attached to the treasure, Tianya Mirror, to glimpse the truth about the Blood Lotus Sect.
At the same time, he briefly crossed paths with Qiao Mu at that time.
Back then, they were worlds apart, but now they’re close at hand, sensing nature differently.
"Is this the top martial artist in the world?"
When Qiao Mu appeared, the other four Soul Changing Taoist Lords may have been wary, but the leader of the Long Life Gatesect was different. Apart from being cautious, he also felt a hint of joy in his heart.
After the great battle at Kuafu Mountain in the Western Province, the Blood Lotus Sect was destroyed, Martial Saint went missing, and the Blood Lotus Taoist Lord passed away.
The winner would now be known as the top martial artist in the world, Qiao Shuangtu.
"Let me see for myself, how capable is this generation’s top martial artist in the world?"
"Has the fruit of martial arts in this world reached full maturity as the ancestors thought, just waiting to be harvested?" The leader of the Long Life Gatesect pondered.
Among the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, the Long Life Gate was considered an exceptional sect.
Their cultivators not only practiced cultivation, but also delved into mortal martial arts…
One could say that the ordinary martial arts in Jiu Province have always been closely connected to the grand Immortal Gate of Long Life Gate in Dong Province.
The thousand-year-old cursed Xue family, practicing the Long Life Fist for generations in Heyang City’s Qiao Family…
Even the emergence of the Spiritual Refining Martial Art has been influenced by Long Life Gate.
Before Qiao Mu reached the top 3rd rank in martial arts skill, he faced a challenge with the "Pure Yang Wuji Skill" technique controlled by the Wuji Association, preventing him from advancing to the spiritual refining top 3rd rank for a long time.
During that time, he actually had some doubts about the Spiritual Refining Martial Art.
The martial arts in Jiu Province, whether it’s physical strength, internal power, or combat skills, are actually based on traditional martial arts principles.
Training physical strength strengthens the body, training internal power accumulates strength within, and training combat skills hones martial techniques… but spiritual refining stands out.
In achieving the spiritual refining top 3rd rank, a martial artist’s spiritual power gradually strengthens and by reaching the 1st rank, they can use their spirit to influence external objects, making flying knives change direction, using their gaze as a sword…
These abilities are actually similar to the methods of controlling objects in the realm of immortality…
Later on, Qiao Mu found out that the source of the "Long Life Fist Sutra" from the Qiao family was the Long Life Gate in Dong Province. Even among the Nine Heavenly Immortal Gates, there were methods to refine one’s spiritual power and condense a Pseudo Spiritual Root.
From the perspective of the Immortal Gate, martial arts is considered a prelude to the way of immortality for those without natural spiritual abilities.
These matters can often be traced back to the Long Life Gate, which studies the martial arts of ordinary people.
And now…
The leader of the Long Life Gate sect stood before Qiao Mu.
Before meeting Qiao Mu, the leader of the Long Life Gate sect had been cautious mainly due to the mysterious disappearance on the Soul Predicting Path.
However, upon seeing Qiao Mu, he felt even more joy in his heart.
Because he saw many things in Qiao Mu.
It is widely known that among the martial arts skills that the Qiao family excels in, there is the "Long Life Fist" originating from the Qiao Family in Heyang City, Nan Province.
But now, the leader of the Long Life Gatesect looked at Qiao Mu’s body with many bloodstains, he sensed a powerful force from the blood drops coming out of Qiao Mu’s wounds.
"By practicing the Xue family Blood Origin Skill, and the Long Life Fist of the Qiao family in Nan Province… he has become the best martial artist in the world."
"No wonder our ancestor valued the Qiao family member… this is clearly the martial arts achievement that our Long Life Gate has been waiting for, for hundreds of years."
The leader of the Long Life Gatesect felt his heart pounding.
The Long Life Gate believed in the prophecy of the Soul Predicting Path, and had been exploring ways to achieve immortality in an era of declining spiritual energy and eventual depletion.
By spreading their martial arts to the world, creating the Xue family and the Qiao family, it is not difficult to understand the reasons behind it.
Immortal martial arts in the mortal world will naturally emerge.
Even if the young ancestor in the Cave Heaven Small World is very skilled, it is unlikely that he can develop martial arts for immortality without any external influences.
And now, perhaps the leader of the Long Life Gatesect… is very close to achieving that.
This is the answer that even the ancestor of Cave Heaven Small World Long Life Gate would be excited about.
The five Immortal Gates joined forces, and the five leaders of the Soul Changing sect acted at the same time. This is a scene unseen since the turmoil of Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Seizing this opportunity, perhaps we should…
"Since the ‘Qiao family patriarch’ who came for revenge has arrived, what are we waiting for?"
The leader of Long Life Gate sect took the initiative and proposed enthusiastically.
This made the leader of Great Dao Sect look at him sideways, with a slight change in expression.
As the words fell.
With a flick of his sleeve, the leader of Long Life Gate sect summoned a silver humanoid puppet from the sky, which fell heavily to the ground.
The puppet was the size of an ordinary person, not very tall, with a humanoid appearance and covered in unknown metallic patterns resembling forks.
As soon as he landed, the puppet’s hand flew towards Qiao Mu’s face with a loud whistling sound.
Although it lacked inner power, it possessed terrifying speed and strength.
"Hmm?" Qiao Mu looked somewhat puzzled.
It wasn’t the puppet itself that surprised him, but its movements, which were clearly from the "Immortal Fist" technique called "Enlightened Touch".
Familiar with the Immortal Fist techniques, he quickly dodged to the side and unleashed a flurry of punches on the silver metallic puppet’s chest.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The puppet’s chest repeatedly caved in, creating small craters the size of a fist, only to slowly recover while emitting a bright white electric light that pushed Qiao Mu back.
"It seems there is a difference between the Immortal Gate and Immortal Gate." With a surge of True strength, Qiao Mu forcefully broke free from the lightning that surrounded his arms, dispersing it.
A faint smile appeared on his lips.
These very special leaders of the Immortal Sect might really have a chance to kill him.
"Silver Thunder Immortal Puppet?" The leader of Great Dao Sect gave a sideways glance to the leader of Long Life Gate Sect, and was the first to recognize this object.
"It seems that Long Life Gate has a rich heritage, still leaving behind such an immortal puppet made from Tao Achieving Stage materials."
"That’s right," nodded the leader of Long Life Gate Sect.
Most cultivators of Long Life Gate only focus on cultivating martial arts and not practicing martial skills.
Essentially, they are still cultivators of the immortal path and have lived for so long. Who can truly practice both the immortal path and martial arts?
The result of trying to do both is often being not proficient in either, so cultivators of Long Life Gate often create specialized combat immortal puppets.
Puppets are similar yet different from Taoist soldiers.
Taoist soldiers have a certain level of consciousness and can even be refined directly from living beings.
The puppet is a mindless string-controlled doll.
But in the hands of the Long Life Gate cultivator, these puppets can play a remarkable role.
They often understand martial arts without practicing it, but if they manipulate puppets from a distance, they can discard their weak physical bodies and use sturdy puppets to perform martial arts.
"Fellow daoists, no need to worry." The Long Life Gate sect leader said firmly:
"This Silver Thunder Immortal Puppet is made from materials at the Tao Achieving Stage, extremely resilient, capable of self-repair, impervious to ordinary spells."
"My Silver Thunder Immortal Puppet will restrain this person. Please join forces, fellow daoists, to kill… or capture this fiend."
Upon hearing this, the Great Dao Sect sect leader’s eyes flickered, but he said nothing, only summoning the Meteorite Fire Mark and Tianwu Mirror once again.
As the light flickered, several illusions of Silver Thunder Immortal Puppets appeared on the ground at the same time, each moving in perfect unison.
As for the Tongtian Sword Sect sect leader and the others, they each employed their own techniques.
In an instant, the flying sword swooshed through the sky, the lightning and fire’s brightness illuminated the sky, pouring down like a heavy rain, enveloping Qiao Mu and the several Silver Thunder Immortal Puppets he was restraining.
In fact, there was no need for seven immortal puppets to restrain.
Because Qiao Mu wouldn’t hide.
The Ex-human Transformation was Martial Saint’s favorite move, incredibly fast, even faster than the five-thousand-year-old Qiao Mu’s Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps, unable to match his speed.
Although Qiao Mu’s Ex-human Transformation was not perfect, when he used both the Ex-human Transformation and Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps at the same time, his flying speed surpassed the speed of sound, breaking through the air to create sonic booms, able to move freely between Jiu Province.
Even when surrounded by the five powerful Soul Changing Taoist Lords, he could still escape at an astonishing speed, saving his flesh clone Qiao Xin in the blink of an eye.
