Chapter 268: Six Arms, Four Legs, and the Power of the Divine Descendant!

Chapter 268: Six Arms, Four Legs, and the Power of the Divine Descendant!

Above the ice layer, there was nothing but an endless expanse of ice and snow, with the exception of a solitary island.

The howling wind swept across the land, and heavy snow fell from above, blanketing the sky.

As the Wind Deity Messenger approached, looking like a ghost, Jiang Ning once again released an arrow from his hand.

The arrow left the bowstring and was still in mid-air when another fine iron arrow appeared in his hand.

Without hesitation, he drew the bowstring again, infusing the arrow with Gale Lightning Energy and the storm power surrounding him, causing it to glow with electricity.

On the other side.

The Wind Deity Messenger, having witnessed the consequences of Star Guardian's carelessness, dared not underestimate the approaching arrow.

He had just seen the fate of Star Guardian, who had tried to block the arrow with his bare hands, only for it to pierce through the ice layer and sink into the water without resurfacing.

With this lesson in mind, he dared not let his guard down.

The next moment.

Facing the terrifying arrow that stirred up the wind and thunder, the Wind Deity Messenger once again extended his hands forward.

His vast inner breath transformed into an endless wave, counteracting the terrifying force of the arrow.

In an instant.

The force of the arrow weakened, and with a flick of his hands, the arrow grazed past him and pierced into the ice layer.

A loud rumble echoed as the thousand-pound ice layer was lifted by the lake water, causing a ten-zhang-high splash.

A bright blue light flashed beneath his feet.

This arrow caused him to retreat a full hundred meters.

"This arrow technique is too outrageous!" he exclaimed inwardly, once again astonished.

He had never seen such a terrifying arrow technique in his life.

Yet today, he encountered it in the hands of a young man from a small county town.

The next moment.

His mind suddenly sank.

Another arrow that stirred the wind and thunder was flying straight at him.

Wherever the arrow passed, it created a terrifying storm, occasionally flashing with electricity.

Facing such an extraordinary arrow, he had no intention of blocking it directly.

Instead, he sank his feet, focused his gaze, and locked onto the approaching arrow.

"I don't believe that you can shoot many more of these terrifying arrows!"

With a swift movement, he rushed forward, directly confronting the incoming arrow.

Meanwhile.

Jiang Ning fired one arrow after another without any pause.

Only those who could break his arrow technique were worthy of fighting him.

If they couldn't even break his arrow technique, how could they qualify to fight him?

It should be known.

The bow and arrow he was using were not ideal for his skills, and even when drawn to the fullest, they could only unleash three-tenths of his current power.

The power of an arrow shot with three-tenths strength was vastly different from one shot with ten-tenths strength.

It could be said that due to the limitations of his bow and arrow, he couldn't fully demonstrate the might of his arrow technique.

Moreover, the three-limit-breaking wind and thunder arrow technique no longer represented his strongest ability.

Under these circumstances, if they couldn't even break his arrow technique, how could they qualify to fight him?

As he fired arrow after arrow, over a dozen in succession, Jiang Ning didn't even have time to catch his breath, and the results remained unchanged.

The Wind Deity Messenger was still a kilometer away.

Each arrow that hit him didn't cause much damage.

Through the Wind Deity Messenger, Jiang Ning witnessed the power of martial arts that harnessed inner breath.

His inner breath had already reached a vast and boundless level.

However, his control over it was extremely rudimentary.

It was as if he had the inner strength of a famous martial artist from a past life's wuxia novel, but lacked the means to utilize it.

To Jiang Ning, there was a subtle similarity between inner breath and inner strength.

He was in a similar situation now.

He possessed vast inner breath but lacked a suitable cultivation technique to utilize it.

He could only rely on his fists and feet, using it in a very basic manner.

The Wind Deity Messenger was different.

He countered every arrow Jiang Ning fired by harnessing his inner breath.

The subtlety of his technique made Jiang Ning envious.

If he had a cultivation technique that utilized inner breath, his combat power would surely increase even further.

Especially in the future, as his inner breath grew and transformed, this aspect of martial arts would become even more crucial.

At the same time.

After deflecting over a dozen arrows from Jiang Ning, the Wind Deity Messenger's breathing became heavier.

Deflecting over a dozen arrows had already consumed half of his inner breath in his dantian.

"What a monster!"

"After using this powerful arrow technique over a dozen times, it still isn't his limit!"

Seeing the wind and thunder arrow approaching in mid-air, the Wind Deity Messenger's heart sank.

His inner breath was almost depleted.

However, Jiang Ning showed no signs of weakening.

Once his inner breath was exhausted, he could only rely on his physical body to withstand Jiang Ning's arrows.

The consequences of blocking the arrows with his body were evident, as he had just witnessed.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Star Guardian behind him.

After emerging from the lake, Star Guardian had retreated to his side, claiming that his right arm was injured.

Seeing this, he couldn't say anything.

After all, he was the one who received the divine command.

But Star Guardian's injury was indeed serious. His right wrist and palm were devoid of flesh, leaving only a flawless bone.

The bone had cracks that were difficult to heal.

This injury was not minor.

The next moment—

Facing the arrow before him, he once again unleashed his inner breath, firmly controlling the arrow and preventing the energy within it from erupting.

After the momentum weakened, he flicked it away, and the arrow brushed past him again, shooting straight into the lake beneath the ice.

Boom—

Hearing the commotion behind him, the ice shattered, the lake water surged, and blue electric arcs spread beneath his feet.

Wind Divine Messenger didn't turn back.

Huff—

He took another breath.

Then he saw Jiang Ning on the cliff shoot another powerful arrow.

"Trouble!"

His heart sank.

He could feel that his inner breath in the Dantian had been depleted by another tenth.

Now, the total inner breath in his Dantian was barely half.

Once the inner breath was exhausted, there wouldn't be much difference between the fifth and sixth rank Jade Bone Realm.

A moment later—

Wind Divine Messenger's breathing became increasingly rapid.

The gradual depletion of his inner breath made him keenly aware of his declining physical strength.

His condition worsened.

On the cliff, Jiang Ning maintained his initial frequency, shooting arrow after arrow.

"No!" Seeing Jiang Ning a thousand meters away, he witnessed another terrifyingly powerful arrow.

Wind Divine Messenger gritted his teeth, "I can't outlast this kid!"

At this thought—

He made a decision.

The next moment—

His body began to expand like an inflated gas, his height increasing.

Eight chi, eight and a half chi, nine chi...

Star Guardian, standing behind him, was astonished by this transformation.

"He couldn't hold on and started changing form!"

Then he muttered to himself, "If it were me, I'd definitely choose to approach from underwater! Who cares about face!"

Just then—

The arrow, creating a gust of wind and leaving a white trail in the air, landed on the transforming Wind Divine Messenger.

Boom—

A loud explosion.

Electric arcs spread in all directions.

The thick snow on the ground was blasted into the air, soaring several zhang high.

On the cliff, Jiang Ning's fully drawn longbow slowly returned to normal as he watched the distant scene.

In less than a breath—

As the electric arcs dissipated and the thick snow fell from the air, Wind Divine Messenger's current form was revealed.

He was now over twelve chi tall.

His body was as solid as black iron blocks.

Muscles and veins crisscrossed his body like worms winding through his flesh.

The fine iron arrow he had just shot was firmly lodged in his chest muscles.

The next moment—

Jiang Ning saw several flesh lumps bulging on his arm.

Two more arms stretched out from the lumps.

Then, beneath the four arms, two more flesh lumps emerged.

Soon, the lumps ruptured, and two more arms extended.

In the blink of an eye—

Two arms became four, and four became six.

Wind Divine Messenger's eyes were like bottomless abysses, pitch-black, without a trace of impurity.

He slowly lowered his head, his gaze falling on the fine iron arrow lodged in his chest.

Then, a massive hand grasped the arrow.

Puchi—

He gently pulled it out.

A piece of flesh and blood was torn from his chest, splattering out, and countless flesh buds sprouted in the wound.

These buds wriggled like maggots.

In an instant, less than a breath—

The wound disappeared without a trace, leaving no sign of its existence.

At this moment—

The six-armed Wind Divine Messenger lifted his head and looked towards Jiang Ning on the cliff.

He took a step forward.

Boom—

The heavy impact shook the ice.

As he stepped, two more iron tower-like legs grew from his lower body.

Six arms, four legs.

This was his current state.

It was also the divine descendant form of Guardian Deity.

This form was the closest to the Flesh-and-Blood Deity, with three heads, six arms, and four legs.

Behind him, Star Guardian hid behind a thousand-jin ice block, witnessing this transformation.

"He's in the divine descendant form now. Jiang Ning must have pushed him to his limits!"

"But this means Wind Divine Messenger is determined to fight to the death, a quick battle!"

Star Guardian thought to himself.

He was well aware that the longer one maintained the divine descendant form, the greater the impact on their rationality, and the closer they were to falling into the abyss.

Even the Guardian Deity, who was closer to the Flesh-and-Blood Deity, was no exception.

Wind Divine Messenger's decision to transform into the divine descendant form was clearly due to the immense pressure from Jiang Ning.

"But it's time to end this!"

"If Jiang Ning's archery is so formidable, then his close combat must be his weakness!"

At the same time—

The Wind Deity Messenger also made the same guess as Star Guardian.

In his opinion, Jiang Ning was too young, and with limited Martial Dao cultivation time, it was impossible for him to be so shockingly skilled in arrow techniques while also excelling in close-quarters combat!

So, his previous judgment was that as long as he could get close to the desolate island, he would complete the task.

But facing Jiang Ning's terrifying arrow techniques, he gradually realized that he couldn't get anywhere near the desolate island.

He was constantly forced to stay a thousand meters away by the arrows.

With his speed, a thousand-meter distance was covered in just three breaths.

However, facing Jiang Ning's arrow techniques, this mere thousand-meter distance forced him to exhaust his Inner Breath, making it difficult to advance even an inch.

So, he no longer hesitated and directly transformed into the Divine Descendant Form.

Transforming into the six-armed, four-legged Divine Descendant Form, his state was far stronger than the forms of the other sect members after their transformations.

Not only did he possess an almost immortal physical body, but his self-healing speed was also stronger than that of ordinary Divine Descendant Forms.

Furthermore, the enhancement of his physical body was also stronger than that of ordinary Divine Descendant Forms.

In the Divine Descendant Form, he would directly ignore the arrows that had previously posed a significant threat to him.

"Come again!"

The Wind Deity Messenger shouted towards Jiang Ning, who was a thousand meters away.

The roar, like that of a monster, spread through the wind and snow, clearly reaching Jiang Ning's ears.

Hearing these two words, Jiang Ning smiled.

He drew his bow once more, pulling the string to its limit.

After accumulating power for half a breath—

Burst—

The arrow tore through the air, accompanied by a gale and thunder.

A thousand meters away, the Wind Deity Messenger saw the arrow piercing through the air once more.

He grinned, revealing a cruel smile.

His figure moved.

Boom—

The ice beneath his feet suddenly shattered.

The massive surge of air from his body stirred up countless layers of snow.

In just an instant—

The arrow had already reached his front.

Seeing the arrow before him, the Wind Deity Messenger no longer had any trace of fear.

He raised one of his arms and swept it across.

A palm as big as a cushion slapped the arrow.

Boom—

The gale and thunder exploded, and arcs of electricity spread in all directions.

However, this power that had just made the Wind Deity Messenger so wary now only tickled him.

The electricity that landed on his body couldn't harm him in the slightest.

Only his palm was shot with a wound the size of a bowl, and his rapidly advancing figure slightly paused due to the momentum carried by the arrow.

That was all.

After his figure paused—

The Wind Deity Messenger's speed surged again, and the wound in his palm rapidly healed under the wriggling meat bud.

Then—

Facing the incoming arrows, the Wind Deity Messenger immediately used his other palm to sweep them away.

His figure paused again, and then his speed surged once more.

After several more arrows—

The Wind Deity Messenger, now fully transformed into the Divine Descendant Form, remained completely unharmed.

As for the wound left by the arrow that he had smashed with his palm, it had already completely healed.

"How exaggerated!"

Seeing the Wind Deity Messenger just three hundred meters away, Jiang Ning couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

Just now, in the face of the Wind Deity Messenger's gale and thunder arrows, even when he burst out his Inner Breath, he was still at a disadvantage. But now, after transforming into the Divine Descendant Form, he dealt with the attack so effortlessly.

It was clear how much stronger he was after the transformation.

"Fortunately!"

"Fortunately, I haven't been slackening off at all during this time!"

"Otherwise, facing such a powerful enemy today, I would probably have to flee for my life."

Jiang Ning put away the nearly broken longbow into his Infinite Ring.

Then, standing on the cliff, he quietly waited for the Wind Deity Messenger's arrival.

In this battle, his heart was filled with anticipation.

A Wind Deity Messenger of such strength was just right to test his own abilities.

To test the results of his hard work in cultivation during this time.

Star Guardian, seeing Jiang Ning's actions as he approached the cliff, was slightly startled.

"Not running?" he wondered.

His clear mind was instantly clouded by anger.

"Arrogant!" he shouted involuntarily.

His voice reached the ears of Star Guardian behind him.

Star Guardian shook his head silently, "As expected! Even after the Guardian Deity transforms into the Divine Descendant Form, it's difficult to maintain ordinary rationality!"

Then his gaze fell on Jiang Ning, who was standing on the cliff.

"Could this Jiang Commander have some other means to rely on?"

"Or does he have the confidence to fight a Wind Deity Messenger in this state?"

Considering this possibility, Star Guardian shook his head.

"That's impossible!"

"The Wind Deity Messenger in the Divine Descendant Form has a physical body that is almost as strong as an ordinary Fourth Rank Warrior."

"What can this Jiang Commander rely on to fight the Wind Deity Messenger in close combat?"

He shook his head again, silently affirming his thoughts.

Then—

He became even more curious.

He was very curious about what methods Jiang Ning had.

Clearly, he had seen that the Wind Deity Messenger in the Divine Descendant Form was no longer afraid of his arrow techniques, yet he still showed no signs of running away.

How could this be?!!!

(End of Chapter)

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