“Five hundred years.” The Black Bear Demon also slowly rose, picked up his staff from beside him, and introduced himself.
“I rebuilt Guanyin Zen Temple. It's bigger than before.”
“Those monks who perished in the flames, turned into wandering spirits, roaming the Black Wind Mountain.”
“It was me! I personally sent them to the afterlife.”
“I even restored all those tattered scriptures, piece by piece.”
At this time, Zhong Yuan stepped forward, seemingly without changing his pace. But with the Black Bear Demon's voice, it seemed as if, in a blink of an eye, he had already stepped into the cave.
The Black Bear Demon held his staff horizontally, laughing loudly, “Hahaha, but I knew that one day, you would come knocking!”
The Black Bear Demon leaped forward, taking the initiative to attack.
Zhong Yuan swung his Vermillion Fire Copper Staff, blocking the attack precisely. His strength was no less than the Black Bear Demon's.
Without hesitation, golden light erupted from the copper staff, transforming in a flash into a real Golden Cudgel, lengthening and expanding. Zhong Yuan swung this copper column as thick as a house beam, sweeping across the six directions, immediately causing wind and clouds to gather around him.
He was like a whirlwind, rolling towards the Black Bear Demon.
The Black Bear Demon used his staff to slightly deflect the blow, his expression slightly changing. In an instant, he transformed into a ball of black smoke.
Zhong Yuan's golden cudgel plunged into the smoke, but ultimately struck empty air.
The black smoke formed by the Black Bear Demon swept up fallen leaves from the ground, and swirled back towards the stopped Zhong Yuan.
“You dare to strike my immortal cave without knowing the art of invisibility!”
Zhong Yuan held his golden cudgel upright, using it as a shield directly in front of him. The black wind struck it, making a 'ding-ding' sound.
The black wind turned, suddenly expanding, “You ruined my beautiful Zen Temple!”
Zhong Yuan was unhurried, he raised his golden cudgel and slammed it down onto the ground, instantly creating a golden wind around him, completely intertwining with the black wind.
The black wind was blocked, and retreated back, reforming into a body on the side, still with an angry expression, "You have some skills, it seems."
“But I am the guardian deity of Mount Guanyin, how dare you act so recklessly!”
As soon as the Black Bear Demon finished speaking, a lightning whip suddenly struck out from the side, flashing down onto the Black Bear Demon.
“Black Bear, have you forgotten about your brother Ma?”
The lightning whip extended, stretching out several times its original length, directly trapping the Black Bear Demon.
The Black Bear Demon groaned in pain, trying to break free with all his might, but couldn't.
The Black Bear Demon roared in anger, “Insolence!”
“Boom!” At this time, Zhong Yuan no longer held back. He reappeared from within the golden wind, instantly injecting all his magical power, both Golden Core magical power and personal magical power, without a drop remaining, into his Vermillion Fire Copper Staff.
He also gathered all his physical strength.
“Die!”
The golden cudgel flared with fire, carrying a powerful wind pressure, and smashed down forcefully onto the Black Bear Demon's head.
“Roar!” The Black Bear Demon roared in rage, directly transforming back into a giant black bear several zhang tall, forcefully breaking free from the whip's restraint.
But the next moment, Zhong Yuan's blow landed squarely on the Black Bear Demon.
The ground shook, the Black Bear Demon's massive body was directly smashed into the ground, leaving only a large hole in the cave.
The floor of the cave was also cracked inch by inch.
The power of this blow was terrifying, capable of shattering mountains.
The Black Bear Demon, under the rubble, transformed back into his human form, but felt a sharp pain in his chest, his head was dizzy and throbbing. His heart was filled with both surprise and anger.
He had been somewhat careless with that blow, but it had still injured him quite badly.
Luckily, he had pills up on the mountain.
And there was that thing on the mountain as well.
He looked up, snorted, "You have some skills."
“Come up to the summit if you have the guts!” He turned into a black wind and flew straight out of the cave, leaving only a final threat.
He was gone before he finished speaking.
“This Black Wind Demon, he’s quite fast!” Ma Ba Tian spat, then went over to ask, “Brother Monkey, are you alright?”
Zhong Yuan shook his head, “Naturally, I am fine. Thanks for your help, Brother Ma.”
His blow had completely drained his Grand Yin Purple Golden Pill magical power, and after restoring it with earth vein spiritual energy, his magical power had recovered smoothly.
But he wasn't without gain. The Grand Yin Purple Golden Pill had strengthened his meridians, and his magical power had increased quite a bit after recovering.
His cultivation had directly advanced to the next level.
Unfortunately, he still hadn't completely grasped this cultivation technique. To fully understand the Nine Revolutions Profound Skill, he probably needed to rely on Sun Wukong's legacy.
“His escape technique is the real problem.”
“Cough cough.” Beside the shattered deep hole in the ground, the Earth God emerged, took a glance at the large hole, and was even more amazed in his heart.
This Heaven's Chosen One really did have some of the spirit of the Great Sage back then.
The Earth God straightened his expression and continued, “His skill of gathering form and dispersing energy, looks flashy but is actually not difficult to master.”
“This Black Wind Demon is unskilled.”
“He didn't make any progress after his trip to the South China Sea. His transformations just now left a lot of Yuan Qi behind.”
“Just right for this old man to collect and use!”
Zhong Yuan was confused.
The Earth God rolled his wooden staff, swirling up a ball of spiritual light around him, then with a flick of his hand, injected it directly into Zhong Yuan's body.
Zhong Yuan didn't expect the Earth God to suddenly attack, and he couldn't react in time. He felt a ball of Yuan Qi instantly invade his body, and his body had that feeling of transformation again.
Only this time, it was scattering and becoming a ball of energy.
Zhong Yuan stumbled, the transformation ended in an instant, and he returned to his original form, landing on the ground.
That force had completely vanished from his body.
But the feeling was clearly imprinted in his mind.
“Gathering form and dispersing energy, leaving no trace, there's a lot of depth to it. Figure it out yourself,” the Earth God was pleased with his teachings, and retreated into the earth again.
【You have received guidance, you have learned the art of gathering form and dispersing energy. Gathering creates form, dispersing becomes energy, transforming into white smoke, hiding and escaping, finding an opportunity to strike from concealment.】
Zhong Yuan had a sudden realization.
This gathering form and dispersing energy was actually an escape technique, with no offensive ability, but it could be combined with other techniques.
The Black Bear Demon must have cultivated the Black Wind Divine Ability separately, merging himself with the black wind, which allowed him to disappear leaving only the black wind raging.
“But this technique, while seemingly powerful, actually reveals the otherwise invisible traces, making it counterproductive.”
Zhong Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and he too turned into a white wisp of smoke and disappeared from the ground.
It looked very similar to how the Earth God left.
Ma Ba Tian looked around unconsciously, but couldn't find any trace of Zhong Yuan.
【You have learned to gather form and disperse energy, combining it with earth vein perception, you have mastered earth escape.】
【You have comprehended the changes in body movements, observed the Earth God's power, you have learned the art of earth escape body substitution.】
Earth Escape Body Substitution: When standing on the ground, if you suffer a fatal injury, you can leave behind a hair, and escape underground.
A single hair can pay homage to the Earth God, borrowing earth vein spiritual power to restore magical power and stamina, gathering to form a shape, can also be transformed into a body substitute.】
【You have combined fire burning technique, you have learned fire escape.】
【You have contemplated the power of wind and fire, you have learned wind escape.】
A whirlwind suddenly rose in the cave, Zhong Yuan reappeared in the wind, looking radiant.