“That was a good fight. I initially thought that after you advanced to the Golden Core Stage, your swordsmanship fundamentals would not keep up with your current realm and intended to remind you. It seems I was overthinking.”
“It’s all thanks to Eldest Senior Sister’s excellent teaching.”
Lu Yang dared not slacken in his fundamental training. Recalling when he first started cultivating, Eldest Senior Sister had him practice his basics relentlessly, playing with tofu during the day and soaking in hot baths at night. If not for the ample supply of elixirs, whether he could have survived was uncertain.
If Eldest Senior Sister found his basics lacking and put him through that again... Lu Yang shivered at the thought.
He couldn’t go through that again!
“Little Peach, comprehending the yin-yang transformation from the Twin Stem Lotus and integrating it with your illusions is a good thing, but don’t forget you also have the Feathered Immortal Physique. Don’t neglect its development.”
“Yes, Eldest Senior Sister!”
“Alright, you two can review this battle after you return. For now, let’s watch Little Meng and Little Barbarian’s fight.”
“These two have been fighting for this long?” Peach Blossom Leaf was surprised. She and Lu Yang had fought long enough, yet Meng Jingzhou and Barbarian Bone were still at it.
“Both of them are body cultivators, making it hard to determine a winner,” Lu Yang was not surprised. Meng Jingzhou’s Golden Core was highly effective against demons and ghosts but not as much against Barbarian Bone, who was also a body cultivator.
Barbarian Bone wielded a beast leg bone, a trophy from the forest taken from a Nascent Soul Stage beast he and Peach Blossom Leaf had jointly defeated.
Barbarian Bone swung the beast leg bone, howling like a wild man, his eyes filled with madness and savagery.
Lu Yang was puzzled. He had never seen Barbarian Bone in this state, and this manner didn’t seem to match Barbarian Bone’s usual demeanor.
Barbarian Bone fought with brute strength but had never been this frenzied, like hunting beasts in the wild.
Meng Jingzhou was startled by Barbarian Bone’s appearance, losing the initiative and being suppressed from the start, spending most of his energy on defense and rarely attacking.
Despite Barbarian Bone’s wild fighting style, a closer look revealed it to be a refined combat method, both offensive and defensive, honed through countless tests and improvements.
“Hmm, this fighting style looks familiar, just like the barbarians I encountered. They wield stones and bones, swarming their enemies and smashing their brains out!” Everlasting Fairy, seeing something familiar, was quite excited.
Lu Yang was curious, “Is this the ancient barbarian fighting style? But I heard that the ancient barbarian combat techniques have been lost.”
The barbarian lineage had severe discontinuities, with few records of ancient events.
“Did you forget? Barbarian Bone’s bloodline is blessed by me. Just as beasts can pass on their innate abilities through their bloodline, so can I!”
Those memories condensed to an extreme before suddenly exploding in his mind with a thunderous roar.
Meng Jingzhou’s head shook, and he found the world clearer than ever before.
“Did I just have an enlightenment and comprehend a new set of fist techniques?”
Meng Jingzhou clenched his fists, incredulous.
He had heard that enlightenment was rare and often unattainable for most cultivators in their lifetime. Yet, he had achieved it at the Golden Core Stage?
And from the recent experience, it seemed the two single Golden Cores were helping him reach this enlightenment?
“I knew my single Golden Cores were unbeatable!”
Meng Jingzhou mentally rehearsed the newly comprehended fist technique, his expression becoming odd.
“This fist technique seems...”
“Hold on!” Meng Jingzhou extended his hand, stopping Barbarian Bone’s attack.
“I just comprehended a new fist technique. If your ancestors insist on fighting, don’t blame me for using it!”
Barbarian Bone paused, seemingly curious about what Meng Jingzhou would say next.
“The fist technique I comprehended involves the power of karma, curses, and carries the grievances of my single lineage!”
“Anyone hit by my fist will be cursed to remain single like me for life. This is a karmic curse!”
“I have named it the Single Curse Fist!”
“This should be the innate fist technique of the Twin Single Golden Cores!”
“If you’re willing to let Barbarian Bone get hit by this fist, go ahead and keep attacking me!”
The ancestors of the ancient barbarians hurriedly used Barbarian Bone’s body to jump off the arena and concede defeat.
Their instincts told them that Meng Jingzhou was telling the truth!
(End of the chapter)