Chapter 296: 272 Accumulation, Part 2

The strength levels of these three people are similar, all just barely entering the Super Grade realm. Perhaps that old man with the Crescent Shovel thought bringing more people would ensure victory.

Unfortunately… he doesn’t understand, rubbish is still rubbish, no matter how much there is.

Especially with the increase in explosive power, causing Zhang Rongfang’s Limit-Breaking Skill to unleash even more terrifying instant power now.

Among the Limit-Breaking Skills mastered by Zhang Rongfang, there is a technique that converts explosive power into short-distance movement.

This Limit-Breaking Skill is called: Shrinking Earth.

Pshoosh!

In an instant, Zhang Rongfang’s figure shuddered, swiftly passing between the two combatants once again.

He thrust his arms backward, landing precisely on the spots on their backs corresponding to their hearts.

Thunk thunk!!

Their bodies stiffened, and the blood vessels that had just surfaced on their skin, achieving an Extreme State, were interrupted by this explosive ambush.

With two muffled thumps, two corpses fell to the ground, silent.

Zhang Rongfang turned around, squinting at the three corpses on the ground.

“It seems this Thousand Stone Sect is also a problem.”

At this moment, he realized that these three were all Spiritual Veins.

To be precise, one Thousand Mountain Knife Master Tang Shihong was a Ninth Grade Spirit Guard, while the other two were External Medicine Super Grade Spiritual Veins.

“Three Spiritualizations, even if they can’t die, they’re a problem. You all wait here, I’ll find a way to resolve it,” Zhang Rongfang instructed Sun Chaoyue and the others.

“Yes!”

Sun Chaoyue and the ten-odd Great Dao Teaching Daoists finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Witnessing Zhang Rongfang kill three strong invaders in just a few moves, everyone was shaken, followed by excitement and a strong sense of security.

Sun Chaoyue kept replaying the short encounter she had just witnessed in her mind, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

Upon hearing Zhang Rongfang’s instructions, she quickly nodded in agreement.

When she looked up again, the three corpses and Zhang Rongfang’s figure were gone.

In the mountain forest, Zhang Rongfang carried the three corpses, running fast and furious.

The rugged, steep terrain was as easy as walking on flat ground for him, quickly covering several miles.

Before long, he arrived at the foot of a several-hundred-meter-high cliff.

“Goodbye.” He casually tossed the bodies off one by one.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

The three were hurled dozens of meters away, falling into the mist-covered canyon.

Soon, faint popping sounds could be heard.

“Thousand Stone Sect… it seems I must quickly find a way to kill the Spirit Guards and Spiritual Veins in a short time. This constant hassle is too annoying.”

Zhang Rongfang gazed towards the direction of the sounds.

He pondered how to quickly end these troubling creatures.

“Perhaps… only tapping into the talent gained from enhanced life values… can offer hope.”

At the bottom of the distant canyon.

The three bodies, now crushed like mud, slowly regained their shapes, opened their eyes, and crawled up from the ground.

“Such speed, such power!!” Tang Shihong dusted the dirt off his hands with a pained expression, recalling the recent encounter, still filled with lingering fear.

“That person is just an ordinary warrior, we will go again! I don’t believe we can’t wear him down!!”

Lotus Hand Zheng Jun said fiercely; he’s used this technique to wear down many Super Grade warriors stronger than himself, so he wasn’t intimidated by the recent encounter.

Only the old man with the Crescent Shovel, Ink Moon Zhao Zhongyi, pondered silently for a moment.

“No… that person is not some random straggler; he is a master within the Great Dao Teaching. Just him alone can suppress the three of us; if paired with even an ordinary Spirit Guard, they could forcibly drain us…. so we can’t be careless!”

He glanced at his two companions.

“Do you think there isn’t a single Spirit Guard or Spiritual Vein within the Great Dao Teaching?”

At his words, Tang Shihong and Zheng Jun fell silent.

Indeed, the three of them couldn’t defeat that person; if he were paired with a Spirit Guard, they would be repeatedly absorbed, their Spiritual Lines consumed during their revival intervals.

It wouldn’t take many attempts before the three of them would be killed for good.

“But Celestial Extreme Cave cannot be lost. If we can find the life-extending medicine, we can surely win the Sect Leader’s favor, and perhaps gain more Spiritual Lines then…” Tang Shihong said reluctantly.

“At this point, it’s beyond our ability to decide. We must report this,” Zhao Zhongyi said gravely.

“You mean… to request the personal intervention of the Protector and the Sect Leader?” Zheng Jun and Tang Shihong’s expressions changed slightly.

If it comes to that, that person would surely have no way out.

But the merits they were supposed to earn would greatly diminish.

“There’s no other way, otherwise, if that man collects the medicines and leaves us with nothing, wouldn’t that be equally meaningless?” Zhao Zhongyi understood clearly.

After thinking for a moment, the other two had to admit he was right, although they did so begrudgingly.

“Very well! Let us go find the Protector together and request his intervention!”

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Mid-May slowly passed.

Zhang Rongfang continued to train in seclusion within the Celestial Extreme Cave.

He didn’t bother with the affairs on the Citong side, nor did he need to.

He was even less concerned with the Thousand Stone Sect, without a quick method to individually kill the Spirit Guards and Spiritual Veins, he had no way to quickly deal with those three.

Currently, the focus is entirely on accumulating attributes.

In a flash, it was already a month since the three from the Thousand Stone Sect intruded.

During this month, Zhang Rongfang gained another ten attribute points. Combined with the two points left from before, it made twelve points.

With these twelve points, he quickly replenished his life value, returning it to one hundred.

He reactivated the Dark Vision talent.

And the remaining eight attribute points, he added them all to the Thirteen Taibao Cross-Practice, pushing it to the Sixth Grade, reaching perfection, with two points left, waiting to break the limit and then advance to the Seventh Grade.

Reaching the Sixth Grade, the defense of his skin all over his body was equivalent to wearing two layers of thick leather armor, quite formidable.

Now, the limit-breaking enhancement from other martial arts for him is almost non-existent.

Only Hard Skill, on the other hand, can significantly improve the defense and protection of all parts of his body. It somewhat enhances his overall strength.

At the sixth level of the Thirteen Taibao Cross-Practice, except for the last three vulnerable points, the rest are already flawless.

These last three vulnerable points are the head, heart, and lower part.

In this past month, Zhang Rongfang also successfully perfected the set of acupoint interception techniques brought by the dark light vision, enabling it to have a standalone combat capability.

Paired with attack, defense, and evasion, along with body techniques, it quickly became a recognized peculiar martial art in the attribute panel.

Next, he named this new martial art Soul Scatter Finger.

And initially taught it to Ding Luo.

Although it requires learning the superficial Qi and blood nodes of human skin at the beginning,

However, unless one has a strong perception, it’s not easy to master this finger technique effortlessly.

While Zhang Rongfang was cultivating in the Celestial Extreme Cave.

A new development occurred in Citong.

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Afternoon of May 17th.

At the foot of Agarwood Mountain.

A group of merchant shipowners from the Hundred Merchants Association were gathered, waiting for an explanation from the Daoists of Agarwood Palace.

These merchant shipowners were all very emotional and indignant.

“You must give us an explanation!”

“Why did the people from Agarwood Palace hijack our cargo ship of medicines!?”

“Since you say someone disguised themselves, then show the evidence!? The second-largest sect of the Great Dao Teaching, since you’re involved, why is there no action to prove your innocence!?”

“Maybe it was them who robbed it? And now they’re pretending not to know? Just recently, I heard Agarwood Palace was seeking to purchase rare medicines everywhere.”

Some began to speak sarcastically.

But because the Great Dao Teaching Daoists and the guards from the military stopped them, this group of people didn’t directly charge into the Dao Palace.

They were just blocked at the mountain entrance, constantly shouting.

Chen Han, in a small pavilion halfway up the mountain, listened to the noise below, frowning slightly, feeling a bit annoyed.

“Lord, outside… more people have come again… saying our Daoists from Agarwood Palace have robbed their cargo ships of medicines. Some of these people have lost a lot, some a little, but altogether, it’s not a small number.”

The old Daoist pretending to be Zhang Rongfang was also worried at this time.

“Lord Chen, what do you think… what should we do now?

Previously, it was just the Linlang Association that was fine, but now even these merchants from the Hundred Merchants Association have been affected. And they’re suspecting us, demanding compensation from us! This is simply outrageous!” The old Daoist complained angrily again.

“I’ve already written a transfer order, requesting support. Don’t worry, it should arrive soon.” Chen Han replied in a low voice, frowning.

“You mean, endure it?” The old Daoist asked helplessly.

“Yes. Continue to endure. Regardless of who it is, don’t let anyone trespass into Agarwood Palace. For the rest, ignore them!” Chen Han stated firmly.

“Then don’t buy daily necessities? Not buy food, clothing, shelter, and transportation?” The old Daoist asked again.

“Have the government offices send them over. For the time being, everyone just stay on the mountain and don’t go out. Wait until the Daoist returns, then discuss it.”

Chen Han didn’t understand complex plans and didn’t have the authority to make decisions, so he only knew to hold the basics and wait for the Daoist’s return to address things personally.

At this time, at a distant tea stall at the foot of Agarwood Mountain.

Two figures sat eating refreshments while watching the drama unfold at Agarwood Palace.

“Quite patient, aren’t they?” The man among the two said with a smile.

“Unfortunately, that Chen Han just won’t come out, and he even increased patrols nearby. There are quite a few stationed military archers with crossbow arrows and muskets, posing a significant threat even to a Super Grade. We dare not go further in.” The woman furrowed her brows.

In the Great Spirit, these martial artists wielding firearms and crossbow arrows were the elite spirit army. If given a bit of distance, the destructive power was unimaginable.

“It’s okay if they don’t come out, it doesn’t mean nothing will happen…” The man gently shook his folding fan, smiling slightly.

“Did we get the Quanzhen Powder from the Hundred Merchants Association?” he asked casually.

“Yes, we got it. We used the uniforms of Agarwood Palace as well. But will people actually believe it?” The woman asked, puzzled.

“It doesn’t matter if they believe it or not. Either way, Agarwood Palace will need to send experts to investigate thoroughly.” The man said with a smile.

“They can’t just stand by and watch anymore, like they used to.”

In the Thousand Teachings Alliance, the Hundred-Change Organization his master had painstakingly established played a key role in this Citong operation.

“I want to see how long this Zhang Ying Daoist can endure. Still hasn’t come out to resolve the matter yet.”

The man put away his folding fan, about to leave.

Just then.

A commotion quickly came from afar.

On the street at the foot of Agarwood Palace, a squad of elite soldiers, carrying crossbow arrows, shields, and wearing leather armor and helmets, was approaching quickly.

In front of this squad, three commanders rode tall horses, fully armored, arrogantly scanning the crowd on both sides.

“What are you all gathered here for? Planning a rebellion?” Seeing the crowd in front of Agarwood Palace, the leading commander narrowed his eyes and shouted sternly.

“Disperse! Anyone disobeying will be treated as a traitor of the nation!”

He drew his sabre, pointing it at the gathering crowd.

With his command, squads of soldiers approached from both sides, pressing closer to the crowd.

“Shangguan Lianyue, so it was him behind Zhang Ying? Now this will be interesting.” The man with the folding fan at the tea stall had a glint in his eye, speaking softly.

“Young Master, do you know this person…?” The woman next to him frowned softly.

“This person is a Spirit People aristocrat. He rose through connections, competent but hot-tempered and reckless. Let’s wait and see what happens next.” The man smiled and left the tea stall, swaggering away.

The woman quickly followed after him, and from behind, they could still hear the commander’s loud shouting.

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