Chapter 105: Comprehending the Spirit-Piercing Finger — Zheng Huo Seems Injured
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The Spirit-Piercing Finger — channeling spiritual energy into a single finger — upon release, it strikes like lightning and thunder, leaving even ghosts and gods unable to evade!
Reading the technique and its cultivation method, it didn’t seem too difficult.
By using a special circulation path, one gathers a vast amount of spiritual energy into a single finger. With a thrust, that energy bursts forth and condenses into a single point, resulting in immense destructive power.
If used in combat, even the slightest misstep by an enemy could lead to a pierced brow or heart — instant death. Even if it hits another body part, it would mean serious injury, if not death.
However, with such an intense concentration of energy into one finger, the pressure borne by that finger is unimaginable.
Hence, the physical foundation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is the minimum requirement for practicing this spell.
Otherwise, if a Qi Condensation cultivator attempts it, their finger might explode from the strain!
Yu Xian frowned slightly as he read.
Foundation Establishment physique?
Oh? I am one of those, aren’t I?
Though my cultivation realm is still only at the peak of Qi Condensation, my physical body… has long surpassed that realm.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator, having been tempered by the laws of heaven and earth, has a physical body three to five times stronger than an ordinary Qi Condensation peak.
So the biggest challenge of the Spirit-Piercing Finger is that Qi Condensation cultivators lack the necessary physical durability to train it.
But Yu Xian… does not.
In fact, his physique far exceeds that of most Foundation Establishment cultivators!
His eyes flickered as he continued reading the circulation method and incantation.
Silently reciting the chant, he circulated his spiritual energy.
Yu Xian slowly raised his hand.
His left index finger began to glow faintly!
Streams of spiritual energy were being forcefully compressed into it — compress, compress, compress again!
The person who created this spell… must have been a madman!
At this point, Yu Xian’s finger resembled white jade, glowing with a radiant luster!
If his body weren’t this strong, that finger would’ve long exploded by now!
This spell — in theory — had no upper limit!
If a Foundation Establishment poured in their spiritual energy, the power would match that realm.
If a Golden Core cultivator did the same — then that would be Golden Core-level might.
Same for Nascent Soul!
As long as the body could withstand it, the stronger the cultivator, the stronger the Spirit-Piercing Finger would be!
And if one’s physical body became even more powerful, compressing even a third… or half… or two-thirds of all spiritual power in the body into this one finger before firing it off — the result would be unimaginable.
Light erupted in Yu Xian’s eyes!
He now understood the core concept: the more energy stored in the finger, the greater the power.
This was a spell with no upper limit!
His left index finger had already completely turned jade-like — even the veins, meridians, and bones within were visible!
He had no idea how much spiritual energy had gathered inside.
Yu Xian frowned, eyes calm, but deep inside, a resolute determination gleamed.
Keep going!
He wanted to find his finger’s true limit!
Bit by bit more spiritual energy was funneled in. His eyes grew ever deeper.
At last, when his finger was so saturated it was on the verge of exploding—
Yu Xian suddenly raised his hand and pointed forward!
“Spirit-Piercing Finger!”
A blinding white beam erupted from his fingertip!
Boom!
Boom boom boom boom!
A thunderous roar followed by successive explosions echoed, eventually fading into silence.
A giant tree directly ahead of Yu Xian was blown apart.
Along the path behind it, all trees in a straight line were pierced — each had a hole the size of a fist. Over a dozen trees had been penetrated!
“What’s going on!?”
A startled cry rang out.
Zheng Huo woke up in alarm, his face pale. As he leapt to his feet, a faint phantom fire dragon coiled around him, ready for combat.
But he quickly realized — there were no enemy cultivators nearby.
Only Yu Xian, a hundred meters away, stood pale-faced, staring ahead.
“…This…”
Zheng Huo followed Yu Xian’s gaze and naturally saw the shattered tree, and the dozen trees with holes through them.
Clearly, the explosion that woke him was Yu Xian’s doing.
But that kind of piercing power… was terrifying!
What spell was this?
Such penetrative might — if that beam had hit him, even he might not have survived!
Was this really a technique performed by someone only at the peak of Qi Condensation?
Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn’t achieve this!
Zheng Huo’s eyes flickered with suspicion, but he said nothing. He wouldn’t ask.
The stronger Yu Xian’s spells, the more reassured he felt!
He simply walked over, showing no signs of blame for the noisy disturbance, even though it had nearly caused his energy to destabilize and injure him.
Instead, he showed concern. “Brother, are you alright? Was there backlash from the technique?”
Yu Xian shook his head, exhaled slowly, and clenched his trembling index finger into a fist.
That one strike had left his finger almost numb.
If not for the sheer strength of his core-condensed physique, his entire finger might’ve exploded!
But now he had gauged its upper limit — as long as he stopped at 10% less than that, it would be fine.
Moreover, as his body continued to grow stronger, so too would the limit of this Spirit-Piercing Finger.
“I’m fine, sorry to disturb you, Brother Zheng. Here, take a look at this technique.”
Yu Xian handed over the scroll containing the Spirit-Piercing Finger as he spoke.
Zheng Huo was slightly surprised. He accepted it and started reading.
In just a moment, his expression changed, his eyes filling with disbelief.
“This… this… this technique has no upper limit? Brother, where did you get this spell from? This technique… it’s… it’s not something that can even be ranked! It can be used across realms!”
Yu Xian simply shook his head. “I stumbled upon it by chance. I agree — it’s excellent. Try practicing it, Brother Zheng, but be careful. Don’t chase power too greedily. If your finger is injured, or explodes, you’ll regret it.”
“Is that so?” Zheng Huo’s eyes gleamed with joy. “Then, I won’t refuse your kindness. You keep training, I’ll go comprehend this somewhere else!”
Such a technique was incredibly rare. Without Yu Xian, Zheng Huo likely would never have encountered something like this in his life.
Thrilled, he took the scroll and hurried off — this time putting about 100 meters between them to avoid disturbing Yu Xian, and likewise not being disturbed himself.
Yu Xian exhaled deeply and raised his left hand.
His index finger… was already bleeding.
The skin had cracked open — muscle, tendons, and bones beneath were all wounded.
It still trembled uncontrollably.
“Excellent power… easily my strongest spell so far.”
He popped some healing pills and applied salves while muttering to himself.
The Spirit-Piercing Finger had impressive power, but the spiritual energy injection process took too long.
From channeling to compressing to releasing — it took at least ten breaths.
That was far too long in actual battle.
A sharp opponent would immediately recognize he was charging a powerful move and either retreat, defend, or — if ruthless — go on the offensive while he was still channeling.
Having to both gather energy and block enemy attacks? One mistake, and he could be killed.
In short — this spell’s pros and cons were both extreme. It all depended on how it was used.
One injured finger was fine.
Yu Xian had nine more.
Once recovered and spiritual energy replenished, Yu Xian began again.
This time it was his right index finger.
With prior experience, he perfectly gauged the energy limit his finger could handle without injury. Then, he pointed forward!
Bang!
A beam of light blasted out and pierced another tree, continuing forward and piercing through eight more before vanishing.
Nine trees in total, each with a fist-sized hole!
Though not as powerful as the previous one, it was more stable!
Clearly, the more refined and compressed the spiritual energy — the more concentrated the beam — the more lethal the spell.
If one could compress it to the width of a needle, or even a hair-thin strand of light, the killing power would be unimaginable.
That would be a true Spirit-Piercing Finger.
To pierce, to penetrate — to be Spirit-Piercing.
Boom!
Suddenly, a muffled explosion echoed from afar, followed by a cry of pain.
Yu Xian’s face changed instantly.
Activating Windwalking and Earthfire Arts, he shot toward the source of the noise.
