Cultivation: Start From Simplifying Martial Arts Techniques - Chapter 800: Peerless Reaping

Near the Ethereal Lake, the mountains and seas were converging, while Chen Fei and his group had stepped directly into the Black Divine Barrier.

Standing on the purification array in the safe zone, Chen Fei lowered his head in slight confusion, sensing an unusual atmosphere in today’s formation.

But when it came to pinpointing what exactly felt strange, even Chen Fei couldn’t quite put it into words at the moment.

On the other hand, Zhao Ruizheng and his companions felt nothing unusual; they were simply wondering where Chen Fei would take them next.

Since their last joint extermination of monsters, Zhao Ruizheng and his companions had placed complete trust in Chen Fei.

Sometimes, this world could be very pragmatic—when your strength was formidable enough, people naturally trusted you, unless you personally destroyed that trust.

Leading Zhao Ruizheng and the others, Chen Fei stopped about twenty miles outside the Stone Forest Canyon, exactly where he had tested yesterday.

It wasn’t necessary to be here, but if Chen Fei wanted to find a new node, he would have to spend some time confirming the details of the node.

There were countless nodes within the barrier, but just as there were no identical leaves in the world, nodes differed greatly from one another in certain aspects.

“Brother Chen, where are we?”

Zhao Ruizheng looked around with a puzzled expression. He had expected Chen Fei to take them to a place with monsters but relatively safe. However, this place didn’t fit that requirement at all.

” In the Black Divine Barrier, there are certain areas where monsters are relatively easy to defeat.” Chen Fei’s brow emitted a faint light, enveloping the ground beneath him. The conditions of the nodes differed slightly from yesterday, but the impact was negligible.

“Is this one of those special areas?” Zhao Tianyue’s eyes brightened slightly.

In the Mountain Sea Realm near the Ethereal Lake, almost anyone who had been here for some time had heard of such locations.

As long as one’s strength was sufficient, holding onto such a place meant an increase in contribution points.

However, these places were now all under the control of powerful teams. Even if other teams were the first to discover them, they would eventually change hands.

It was regrettable yet realistic.

The Middle Continent was currently threatened by the Black Divine. Ideally, everyone should unite, set aside past prejudices, and work together to resist the Black Divine.

But human nature being what it is, everyone had their own calculations.

If everyone’s thoughts could truly align in the face of danger, this world would have long been peaceful.

Ultimately, sentient beings naturally leaned towards their own interests. Of course, there were a very few who embodied great compassion.

Upon hearing Chen Fei’s words, Zhao Ruizheng and Tang Shouchang also felt a stir in their hearts and looked around.

However, they quickly realized that this location was no different from any other place nearby.

Zhao Tianyue also noticed this, and for a moment, all three looked towards Chen Fei.

“This isn’t one of those special spots; I just want to make it into one.”

Chen Fei said after checking the node conditions, smiling as he looked up at Zhao Ruizheng and the others.

“Make it into one?”

Zhao Ruizheng and his companions exchanged glances. If they hadn’t known Chen Fei for a few days already, Zhao Ruizheng might have been angered.

That kind of special area, a loophole in the Black Divine Barrier, naturally formed—how could you think of creating one yourself?

“This will be the place where you ‘ll need help later. Whether we can succeed, we’ll find out when we try.”

Chen Fei explained, tossing three jade slips to Zhao Ruizheng and his companions, who caught them.

The contents of the jade slips were straightforward: stand in designated positions and use elemental power to assist Chen Fei when needed.

“Alright!” Zhao Ruizheng lifted his gaze from the jade slip.

Without questioning or unnecessary words, they knew actions spoke louder than words in such matters.

Zhao Tianyue and Tang Shouchang also nodded. Since the day when Chen Fei single-handedly defeated a Fourth-Tier Mid-Stage monster, they had been impressed. Perhaps Chen Fei really could create a special area?

Even the Scared Land Prodigies struggled to accomplish such feats.

Seeing Zhao Ruizheng and his companions trust him wholeheartedly, Chen Fei’s smile broadened. Once the three were in position, the Qianyuan Sword transformed into thunder, appearing in Chen Fei’s palm with a majestic aura surging from within him.

The overwhelming momentum surged suddenly from Chen Fei’s body.

To cause anomalies in the nodes required formidable power, and Chen Fei showcased his strength without reservation.

Sensing the aura of Chen Fei’s Mid-Stage Mountain Sea Realm, Zhao Ruizheng and his companions couldn’t help but widen their eyes. In just five days, Chen Fei had quietly broken through?

Recalling the slight anomaly they sensed from Chen Fei when they first met him outside, they now understood its origin.

Watching Chen Fei’s rising momentum, Zhao Ruizheng noted his solid foundation, devoid of the ephemeral sensation typical of someone newly breaking through.

Back when Zhao Ruizheng broke through to the Mid – Stage of the Mountain Sea Realm, it took him three years to stabilize his realm—such speed was already considered rapid.

Zhao Tianyue looked at Chen Fei with some envy. She, now a practitioner of three Divine Palaces, had long anticipated reaching the Mid-Stage of the Mountain Sea Realm.

However, she knew that her mastery of primary techniques was still insufficient, and rushing into a breakthrough might lead to failure.

This time at Ethereal Lake, Zhao Tianyue’s intention was to exchange for a piece of Heavenly Rain Flower, using its power to forcefully break through to the Mid-Stage of the Mountain Sea Realm.

Tang Shouchang looked at Chen Fei, feeling much more complex emotions than Zhao Ruizheng and the others, because Tang Shouchang knew exactly how long Chen Fei had been practicing.

From initially reaching the pinnacle of the Combined Aperture Tempering realm to now the Mid-Stage of the Mountain Sea Realm—was just ten years?

A Sacred Land Prodigy?

In Tang Shouchang’s eyes, even the prodigies of the Sacred Lands couldn’t compare to Chen Fei.

Observing Chen Fei’s current cultivation, Tang Shouchang had an inexplicable feeling that perhaps Chen Fei could achieve something earth-shattering in the future.

Not because of anything else, but because of his unprecedented cultivation speed, anyone who saw it would be in awe.

Chen Fei held the Qianyuan Sword in both hands. In the next moment, the sword pierced directly into the ground.

“Hum!”

Ripples spread across the ground, followed by a slow rise of black radiance.

“Activate!”

Chen Fei uttered a low shout, and Zhao Ruizheng and his companions acted without hesitation, each throwing out a strand of elemental rope to pull out the black radiance.

This black radiance was indeed a barrier node, which Chen Fei had extracted using a special method.

The black orb trembled violently. Zhao Ruizheng and his companions stood in their designated positions, firmly holding onto the node, preventing it from returning to the barrier.

Chen Fei wielded the Qianyuan Sword, sweeping it beneath the node.

In the black-and-white vision of his Heavenly Eye, Chen Fei’s sword severed the numerous connections of the node one by one, intensifying the tremors of the black orb.

If Chen Fei were alone, it would have been impossible to simultaneously achieve all this. Fortunately, he had Zhao Ruizheng and his companions with him.

The expressions on Zhao Ruizheng and his companions were solemn at this moment. The black orb struggled intensely, and if they were not careful, their elemental ropes might snap.

Initially, when they were contemplating whether Chen Fei could create a special area, they were merely assisting him in experimenting. They harbored doubts about the success of such a venture.

However, now that they sensed the aura of this black radiance, unmistakably a barrier node, and saw Chen Fei’s ability to separate it from the barrier, their doubts diminished significantly.

As the node stubbornly refused to return to its original position, the surrounding black mist trembled and surged towards them. Simultaneously, essences of dark mist continuously emerged from the ground.

The barrier was automatically repairing the node. If the node had truly shattered, a new one would have been generated directly.

However, since the node was neither shattered nor moved too far, the barrier attempted to pull the original node back to its place.

This pulling continued for several moments. The dark mist pouring from the ground fissure became denser. In the next instant, a Fourth-Tier Early-Stage monster abruptly appeared beside the black orb.

Failing to retrieve the node, the barrier resorted to an alternative solution­summoning a monster from elsewhere to fill the node.

In the Black Divine Barrier, issues were addressed directly. If there were no problems, monsters were summoned to fill the nodes directly with their bodies.

Compared to the elusive laws of the Boundless Sea, the operation of the Black Divine Barrier borrowed to some extent from those laws, but seemed less sensitive, perhaps due to imperfect imitation or other reasons.

However, within the Black Divine Barrier, an anomaly in one node was, on a grand scale, hardly more than a minor irritation—utterly inconsequential.

Therefore, the barrier contained several special areas where even Chen Fei’s creation of a new one did not significantly disturb the barrier.

Seeing Chen Fei and his group, a monster about to roar rushed towards Chen Fei, but the Qianyuan Sword had already slashed through its body preemptively.

The Qianyuan Sword, unstoppable, began from the monster’s head and cleaved straight down, splitting its body into two halves.

The violent force swept over the remnants of the monster’s body, and with a dull thud, the entire creature turned into powder and vanished.

A radiant glow appeared, which then split into four parts and floated into the appraisal jade scales held by Chen Fei and his companions.

Chen Fei claimed seventy percent, while the remaining thirty percent was divided among Zhao Ruizheng and his companions.

From the appearance of the monster to its swift demise, everything happened in an instant.

Almost in the blink of an eye, contribution points were credited. Zhao Ruizheng and his companions’ expressions appeared somewhat peculiar.

They had actually managed to create a special monster area.

As for the instantaneous slaying of a Fourth-Tier Early-Stage monster, it wasn’t particularly surprising. Chen Fei’s combat prowess had been astonishing even in the early stages of the Mountain Sea Realm, and with his recent breakthrough, he was naturally even stronger.

They didn’t concern themselves with the division of contribution points.

Simply pulling on the elemental ropes yielded contribution points—what more could they ask for?

The contribution points at Green Acorn Lake might be higher, but they came at a significant cost.

Upon reflection, Zhao Ruizheng and his companions’ expressions suddenly became more animated.

While they were still processing this, black mist continued to surge from the ground. In a matter of moments, another Fourth-Tier Early-Stage monster appeared.

Compared to other special areas, the speed at which monsters were generated from Chen Fei’s self-created nodes far surpassed those locations.

An hour passed, during which they collectively slew thirteen Fourth-Tier Early-Stage monsters.