I long to return home!

The battle lasted for four or five days. Due to his injuries, Gu Changgeng had to go into seclusion and postpone his participation in the test for the first-star supervisor.

Huai Zhen roughly figured something out about this; judging from the apocalyptic celestial phenomena a week ago, it was closely related to this matter.

Since then, he no longer faces ridicule and sarcasm from others when he walks in the courtyard. People even leave when they see him, not daring to utter a word.

Seeing all this, Huai Zhen didn't care much. If the time was delayed a little, he would have plenty of time to cultivate the techniques and supernatural abilities in his storage bag.

On this day, Huai Zhen came to a valley about a hundred miles outside the Star Watching Academy to cultivate. The reason for coming here was that most of the cultivation techniques he practiced were offensive, and it would be difficult to see their true effects without a test subject.

The Spiritual Finger technique gathers spiritual power at the fingertips, unleashing an incredibly sharp strike; even those at a minor level can pierce through rocks.

The Barbarian King's Strength is a mid-level martial art from the northern grassland tribes. It allows practitioners to experience a surge in physical strength in a short period of time. Once unleashed, practitioners become incredibly savage, charging recklessly and extremely prone to anger.

Time was of the essence, so Huai Zhen selected a few cultivation books that would be helpful for physical cultivation. He would have to be more careful in choosing other cultivation methods. The Old Man of Rotten Wood mainly cultivated poison techniques, and the cultivator needed to be proficient in the way of poison. One of the basic cultivation methods involved using oneself as a Gu (poisonous insect) to cultivate by having poisonous creatures enter the body.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. Huai Zhen arrived at a small hill. His gaze sharpened, and a spiritual light emanated from his fingertips. He then flicked his finger, and with a bang, a small part of the hillside shattered, leaving a bottomless hole in the center.

Huai Zhen was still somewhat dissatisfied with this scene. He had already reached the Pseudo-Core stage, and if he used the Blood Sword with all his might, he could cut the small mountain in half. However, apart from having stronger penetrating power, the Spirit Rhinoceros Finger was too useless.

Before long, Huai Zhen looked at another small mountain, took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and after exhaling, suddenly opened his eyes. However, his eyes had a bit more fierceness, and a hint of mad anger. It was the Barbarian King's Force.

He looked at the mountain wall, stomped his foot to make it crack, channeled his spiritual power to his fingertips, and unleashed another Spirit Rhinoceros Finger. The amplified Spirit Rhinoceros Finger was indeed extraordinary, with much greater destructive power than before.

"boom"

Part of the hill was shattered, and the small hole created by the Spirit Rhinoceros Finger pierced through the entire stone wall, demonstrating its astonishing power.

Huai Zhen wiped away his sweat and looked at his masterpiece with admiration: "The combined power of the two techniques is truly remarkable. If this were a cultivator below the Golden Core stage, they would probably be blasted to pieces. Even the physical body of a Golden Core cultivator would probably find it difficult to withstand this attack."

He took a breath and looked at his slightly trembling right palm. "The Spirit Finger is still good and can be used more often, but the Barbarian King's Strength has too many drawbacks. The physical strength has increased by two times, but it is not as good as the Blood Transformation Divine Art. It has already caused such great damage after only a few breaths. It is better not to use it casually unless necessary."

After saying this, Huaizhen sat cross-legged to rest and recuperate, and was fully recovered after an hour. But Huaizhen did not stop there. He found another small mountain, which was a little bigger than the previous one.

This time, his blood surged, his eyes seemed to be stained with blood, his aura surged and his physical strength increased by several times, and his spiritual power gathered at his fingertips gave people a sense of mental intimidation.

He roared and shot out a finger.

"boom!"

A deafening roar echoed through the valley, sending rocks flying. Looking around, not only were the rocks pierced through, but most of the mountain was also shattered, as if it had been hollowed out.

Although Huai Zhen was still panting after using this method, it was not as strenuous as using the Barbarian King's Strength, and the Blood Transformation Divine Skill's restorative power was still exceptional.

Judging from the power of this attack, Huai Zhen was certain that any ordinary cultivator below the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, without a defensive magic weapon, would be instantly killed by this move.

He coughed a few times, and an idea suddenly came to mind. However, his spiritual energy was somewhat depleted and he could not achieve the desired effect. Without saying a word, he even sat cross-legged and began to breathe in the air with some excitement.

half a month later.

Huai Zhen adjusted his body to its best state, his body full of spiritual energy. After searching for a while, he finally arrived at the foot of a mountain that was a hundred feet tall.

Looking at the towering mountain, Huai Zhen was very curious about the power of his full-force attack. He pondered for a moment and then retreated ten feet away from the mountain.

He took a deep breath and moved his hands. This time, he was going to use all the supernatural powers and secret techniques he had learned in cultivation. One of them was the Tai Chi technique he was now using to harmonize Yin and Yang and bring all the techniques and supernatural powers to a state of perfect harmony.

Secondly, there is the Wuji Nourishing Life Method learned in the Xiaoyao Sect. Although it doesn't have many uses, it can slightly prevent the body from being injured by too much power.

Thirdly, the Blood Transformation Divine Skill, once activated, increases power tenfold, transferring all qi and blood to the right arm, allowing it to reach its maximum potential in a short period of time.

Its fourth, the Barbarian King's Force, doubled in power, made its aura even stronger, like adrenaline surging to its peak.

With a flash of his eyes, Huai Zhen unleashed his Five Spiritual Finger, converging all the spiritual power in his body into his right finger. He looked sharply at the hundred-foot-tall mountain, let out a fierce shout, and struck out with all his might!

Suddenly, a whooshing sound rang out, but not long after, an even bigger explosion occurred.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar and a surge of air, even though Huai Zhen's physical strength had reached its limit, he involuntarily took half a step back, his eyes blinded by the shock.

After a while, the shockwave subsided, and Huai Zhen slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he felt was that his spiritual energy was depleted, and his body couldn't take it, so he knelt down. When he looked down, he saw that the ground was covered with broken stones.

After a moment of contemplation, he slowly raised his head. As soon as he looked up, his pupils contracted sharply, and he froze on the spot. Wherever he looked, there was no longer the hundred-foot-tall mountain, but only rubble scattered on the ground, the largest of which was no bigger than a palm, as if the mountain had never existed.

Not only that, but looking around, all the cliffs and rock walls behind it were completely pierced through! In total, it seemed to have directly pierced through three mountains, each hundreds of feet high!

Even Golden Core cultivators rarely possess such power. This move alone represents Huai Zhen's all-out attack to protect himself when facing mortal danger.

Before he could even feel relieved, his body was completely drained, and he collapsed to the ground. A month later, Huai Zhen, who was recuperating in the valley, was suddenly startled. He opened his eyes and saw a beautiful woman standing in front of him.

This person was none other than Xiao Meng, the Fifth Elder of the Star Watching Academy.

After a moment of surprise, Huai Zhen quickly stood up, bowed, and said, "Disciple Huai Zhen greets Fifth Elder."

The woman raised her beautiful eyes and carefully examined the red-robed Taoist priest in front of her, wanting to know what kind of disciple could make Gu Changgeng fight so fiercely.

She had noticed the pierced mountain rocks and the scattered rubble on the way here, and was still somewhat shocked. However, since the Star Watching Academy mainly cultivated the Heavenly Evolution Technique, even the strongest physical strength was of little use.

The woman coughed lightly a few times, looked at Huai Zhen and said calmly, "As Dean Gu wishes, I'm taking Huai Zhen, a disciple of the academy, to pass the assessment for a one-star Star Supervisor. Let's go."