Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 327 The Art of Ghosts and Gods!

Great straightness appears crooked, and great skill appears clumsy.

The Great Clumsy Hand has no set moves or styles, but once unleashed, its entire body is filled with supreme palm power, destroying everything in all directions. Its immense power makes it arguably the number one external martial art in the world.

This palm technique was comprehended by Lu Shanjun on a cliff on the coast of the East China Sea through eighteen palm prints. It is unknown who created it. Judging from the traces left by the palm prints, it is probably more than a hundred years old. Lu Shanjun speculates that it was left by a martial arts master during the Tang Dynasty.

The Great Clumsy Hand has no fixed moves, but it has a unique method of channeling energy, and it only depends on the strength of the force. It is a supreme palm technique that can produce miracles through sheer force.

This is a top-tier palm technique naturally suited for reckless men.

When Lu Shanjun unleashed the Great Clumsy Hand, its power was astonishing; a casual strike could split mountains and shatter rocks. Duncan's Great Clumsy Hand was even more exaggerated. Looking at the thirty-meter-long palm print in front of him, even the Holy Maiden of the Five Immortals Sect, who was being protected behind him, couldn't help but look horrified and subconsciously swallowed.

Great straightness appears crooked.

It means that as long as you are big and straight enough, there is no enemy you cannot hit.

It's as clever as it is clumsy.

To put it simply, it's about returning to simplicity. This palm technique seems to have no moves or styles, but after Duncan practiced it for a while, he felt like he was learning the Dugu Nine Swords, where no moves are better than moves. The moves are not important at all. As long as your strength is powerful enough to hit someone, you can still achieve miracles with great force. Just follow your instincts and you'll be fine.

The only drawback is that it consumes an exorbitant amount of internal energy, and the more it is used, the greater the consumption becomes.

"not good!"

"How did this kid suddenly become so powerful!"

The old monster of the Demonic Sect changed his expression drastically, and Fan Hu Zi, who was not far away, was also shocked. She was a plump woman who looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She had a face like jade, wore gorgeous clothes, a lotus crown on her head, and seven-star boots on her feet.

The power of this clumsy hand is such that experts below the Dao Realm will die if touched, and be injured if grazed. It can even carve a bloody path through thousands of troops.

Jingle Bell!
The Toad Taoist frantically shook his bell, unleashing several life-and-death talismans. The surrounding zombies instantly seemed to go berserk, lunging at the boy before him. Zhu Jie's corpse, which had been stomped into the ground, also suddenly went berserk, leaping out of the ground with a sudden burst of energy.

"Go back!"

The boy stood on one leg, his powerful foot stomping down, crushing the Valley Master of Evil Valley, who had caused them considerable trouble, back into the ground, even causing a slight crack to appear in his skull.

Big clumsy hands.

The boy struck out with another palm, the force of which was even more astonishing. Once the Great Clumsy Hand was used, it would become stronger and stronger with each battle, and the consumption of true energy would also gradually increase. It was like a heavy truck speeding on a highway, with inertial acceleration. The true energy circulating in the meridians became more and more unstoppable until you stopped on your own.

boom!
The zombies directly in front were instantly smashed into mincemeat. The aftershocks of the palm strike plowed the ground three feet deep, just like a bulldozer.

"This palm technique suits me quite well; I don't even need to use my brain."

It is said that there was once a master of external martial arts who used his supreme palm power to slay a dragon. There are not many palm techniques with such power in the martial arts world today. The Great Clumsy Hand is one of them. Another one is the Dragon Transformation Palm, which shattered the dragon scales of the Ink Dragon when it was born.

These two supreme palm techniques, one is fire-based and the other is metal-based.

There are also some legends about the Dragon Subduing Palm in this world, but there are only eight palms, which are extremely powerful. It is said to have been passed down by Bodhidharma.

Duncan has never been afraid of being ganged up on.

These zombies, crafted by martial arts masters, were dead one by one, and hordes of them died. The corpse of Zhu Jie, which he was stepping on, struggled wildly, and finally roared, digging into the ground with its sharp claws before bursting out of the ground from a distance of ten feet.

He almost crushed the ferocious flying zombie into a groundhog.

"it's useless!"

Zhu Jie's position was clearly visible from God's perspective. In an instant, Duncan delivered a powerful kick, creating a sonic boom that shocked the world. With a crack, Zhu Jie's right leg was broken. Then, the boy's figure reached out and grabbed the left foot of the iron-corpse monster, lifting it up with one hand in a flash.

The Hegemon Lifts the Tripod!
The corpse of the Valley Master of Evil Valley instantly became Duncan's weapon. It was like a one-legged golden man, which Duncan swung up and smashed in all directions.

Chaotic Cloak and Staff Technique!
Play whack-a-mole.

The wind howls!

The one-legged golden man was swung 180 degrees, smashing one zombie after another. Each zombie hit produced a dull thud of metal clashing. Zhu Jie's corpse was forged into an iron club. When Duncan swung it down, all the nearby zombies were smashed into the ground.

After smashing more than ten zombies into the ground, the head of the Evil Valley's skull was completely shattered, and this time it was probably impossible to stitch it back up.

"The Jade Pivot decrees, the Xun wind summons thunder."

Five thunderbolts descend swiftly, dispelling defilement and bringing light.

"Hurry, hurry, as decreed by the Jade Emperor of the Divine Firmament!"

—The Thunder Mantra.

Rumble!
A thunderclap from a clear sky.

Fan Huzi reached out and gestured towards the sky, and a divine lightning bolt descended from the heavens, striking Duncan on the head in an instant, like a divine punishment.

The Taoist thunder magic is not fast to cast, but once it is cast, it is almost impossible to dodge.

Unless you can match the speed of lightning.

Without the slightest hesitation, Duncan threw away Zhu Jie's corpse, then stepped into the ground, his palms turning into a dark gold color. He caught the lightning bolt falling from the sky and suppressed it with his true energy and malevolent aura. It was like a suspended ball of lightning, and the crackling electric light made his hair stand on end. Even his tied-up long hair transformed into a Saiyan-like shape.

The malevolent energy is running rampant!

The true essence is in flux.

Duncan tried to neutralize the power of the Divine Thunder Technique, but it was impossible to neutralize it. It even invaded his meridians, as if it wanted to electrocute him into a charred corpse.

"This lightning technique is indeed strange!"

"Is it divine power?"

I don't know if it's the Thunder God or another righteous god from the Thunder Department.

Duncan once took a similar lightning strike head-on, which was the divine punishment lightning of the Western gods, and had a similar effect.

The true essence mixed with the evil energy continuously refined the thunderous power that had invaded the body.

Duncan's hair danced wildly as he crushed the ball of lightning in his palm, as if it were plasma exploding. Since he couldn't neutralize it, he would take it head-on; this lightning wouldn't kill him.

One-tenth of my health bar dropped instantly.

When the lightning invaded his body, the true energy of the Everlasting Longevity Technique also stirred. Unbeknownst to him, faint electric arcs began to leap within his meridians, much like a static electricity field.

"What's the principle?"

Can gold conduct electricity?

Although Duncan was seriously injured, his internal energy was extremely volatile, like an electromagnetic acceleration, causing his malevolent energy to circulate rapidly. Arcs of electricity kept jumping between his palms, which greatly alarmed Fan Huzi, who was casting a spell not far away.

not good!

This person was actually able to neutralize and absorb her Divine Firmament Thunder Technique?

Could he be the reincarnation of the Thunder God?

Her lightning magic was extremely powerful, beyond the reach of ordinary people, and even Taoist masters dared not take it head-on.

Just then, a Tiger Roar sounded, and Lu Shanjun appeared first. He raised his hand and unleashed a powerful clumsy strike. Fan Hu Zi hurriedly used the Wind Control Talisman to soar into the air, and the small hill she had been standing on was smashed to pieces, leaving behind a huge palm print that was nearly ten feet long.

Big clumsy hands!
Big clumsy hands!
Lu Shanjun and Duncan attacked simultaneously, unleashing powerful palm strikes from all directions. Fan Huzi tried his best to dodge, but he had nowhere to hide.

One after another, talismans ignited in the wind.

Fan Hu Zi's figure froze in mid-air, surrounded by visible electric currents, and even the image of the Three Flowers and Five Qi was faintly gathering above his head.

Where did this woman get such high cultivation?
Could it be that she really has some connection with the Jade Emperor?
"Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin Palace, Jade Pivot Edicts Thunder Court!"

The Eastern Azure Thunder shakes Jia and Yi, and the Wood Spirit obeys, splitting mountains and hills!
The crimson thunder of the south burns the fire elements, and the fire gods break through the netherworld!
The white thunder of the west, purifying the Geng and Xin, trembles with fear wherever the golden blade passes!
Black thunder surges from the north, water officials reverse their course, and the Milky Way tilts!
Central Huanglei Town, Wuji, Earth Virtue majestically locks the demon star!
"The five vital energies gather at the crown of my head, and the Thunder God assists me!"

—The Five Thunderbolts Spell.

Electric snakes dance wildly.

The lightning bolts, both offensive and defensive, formed a static electric field around her.

Fan Hu Zi was surrounded by lightning, her long hair danced in the wind, and her whole body was surrounded by a static electric field with a range of three zhang. As the incantation was completed at an astonishing speed, lightning and thunder struck the two of them at the same time. The scene was no less than the descent of a star lord who controls thunder.

If we were to use a metaphor, Zhuge Liang unleashing his thunderous power in the arcade game Romance of the Three Kingdoms would be just like this terrifying scene.

She's going to risk everything.

If she were even half a move slower, she would be smashed into a pile of minced meat by both Duncan and Lu Shanjun.

A demonic sound transformed into a shriek.

The Jade-Faced Lady appeared out of nowhere. She played her jade flute, and with her true essence flowing into it, the demonic sound actually produced visible sound waves that caused water droplets to splash in the air. The sound gathered into a line and poured directly into Fan Huzi's mind, abruptly interrupting her next spell.

Duncan and Lu Shanjun appeared without hesitation. Facing the Taoist masters, they dared not be arrogant and chanted incantations at the same time.

"Jiazi protects my body, Jiaxu preserves my form."

The year Jia-Shen (1644) solidified my fate, the year Jia-Wu (1655) guarded

"Jia Chen (甲辰) pacified my spirit, Jia Yin (甲寅) nurtured my true self."

—The Six Ding and Six Jia Protective Mantra.

At some point, when Lu Shanjun cast this spell, the image of a tiger faintly appeared on his body.

True essence is activated.

A faint golden light, visible to the naked eye, appeared on both Lu Shanjun and Duncan, much like the golden light protective spell of later Taoist sects.

Their skin turned golden as they took the divine lightning strike head-on with their bare bodies!
Rumble!
The sky was filled with lightning and thunder, which bombarded the nearby zombies and turned them into charred remains. When the dust settled, two majestic and imposing figures slowly emerged. Lu Shanjun was like a ferocious tiger with its fur standing on end, while Duncan had jumping electric lights swirling around his hair.

"This woman's lightning magic is amazing!"

"Kill her first!"

With a roar, Lu Shanjun revealed his true form. His bones cracked and popped as he transformed into a fierce tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead, several meters long.

As his cultivation level increased, Lu Shanjun's hair gradually turned white, and his murderous aura became as heavy as a miniature Duncan.

The White Tiger governs killing and warfare.

Duncan was never stingy, and Lu Shanjun's military skills had also improved, with his entire forehead and eyes becoming increasingly white.

The boy leaped onto the tiger, which became his mount.

A furious roar. The mountains trembled.

The mountain king's power terrified everyone present. Duncan swung Zhu Jie's corpse and swept it in all directions. Wherever the afterimage went, zombies were sent flying everywhere. More than a dozen zombies were still flying in mid-air when the two of them rushed towards Fan Hu Zi in front of them.

"I'm here to help you!"

Toad Daoist knew that only by joining forces with Fan Huzi could he have a sliver of hope of survival. His lightness skill was no match for the boy's flying and escaping techniques. If Fan Huzi was killed, he would also face certain death.

The Twelve Blood Child Formation.

Heavenly Demon Remnant Soul Technique

The old monster of the demonic sect urged the other zombies to desperately intercept the two, while he himself unleashed the Blood Fiend Demon Palm. With a single palm strike, it sounded like the weeping of ghosts and gods, and the overwhelming demonic energy mixed with the Blood Fiend Corpse Poison directly invaded the bodies of all living people within range.

The demonic arts he practiced were extremely evil, and the places where he practiced were not places where ordinary people could stay.

But something unexpected happened.

Toad Daoist unleashed his full power, even employing the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique, to desperately rescue Fan Hu Zi, who was being besieged by three people. Meanwhile, she looked terrified. After narrowly dodging a clumsy attack, her figure soared through the air like a ghost, riding the wind and rising into the sky. Then, she activated the talisman in her palm, condensing a cloud of mist beneath her feet. Stepping on the mist, she escaped, instantly flying over a hundred feet away.

The art of cloud soaring.

Fan Huzi abandoned the old monster from the Demonic Sect on the spot and fled without looking back.

Despite her great strength, she is not very brave.

"you!……"

Enraged, Toad Daoist choked on a mouthful of blood, unable to escape.

At this moment, the figures of Fu Jianhan, Miss Sun, and Yu Yaonu slowly appeared. The three of them used all their strength to perform light footwork skills. Fu Jianhan unleashed a pure yang sword qi from afar, directly severing the last hope of the old monster from the demonic sect to escape.

"Heaven will kill me!"

The Toad Taoist's expression was filled with hatred. He stared at Fan Hu Zi, who had fled into the distance without looking back and had already disappeared from sight. He spat out a mouthful of black blood, and his face turned as pale as a demon.

"Do not kill me!"

"I know the location of the secret core of Baoxuan Grotto-heaven, and I can control the gateway to this blessed land!"

Looking at the murderous-looking youth and others before him, Toad Daoist immediately knelt down. He had already turned into a zombie, and his knees were a little hard to bend. He forced himself to kneel, causing his joints to crack.

Duncan's clumsy hand, which was about to strike, stopped abruptly. He frowned, looked at the others, and slowly asked, "What do you all say?"

Lu Shanjun hated this old monster from the demonic sect to the extreme, and muttered, "Kill him!"

"We'll find it ourselves!"

Big clumsy hands.

Seeing that the boy was about to strike again, Toad Daoist immediately said urgently, "You have the Blood Child Substitute Death Curse in your body. I know how to break the curse!"

"I can also teach you the Blood Child Immortal Body! The Twelve Blood Child Formation!"

"The Blood God Technique, which only elders of the Demonic Sect can practice!"

To save his own life, Toad Daoist was now resorting to any means necessary. He quickly said, "You are a Blood Child created by the Demonic Sect. As long as you reverse the cultivation method and break the substitution curse, you can directly cultivate the Blood Child's Immortal Body."

"This secret method of reverse cultivation is known only to me."

"I can also serve you as my master!"

As soon as these words came out.

The Toad Taoist's mark transformed directly into a neutral unit that was nearly pale red, and his mark also gained a negative status effect, 'Overlord's Aura'.

Using force instead of charm, they plant a spiritual imprint on their defeated opponents.

Duncan's clumsy hand ultimately failed to deliver the blow.

He gestured to Miss Sun beside him and said in a deep voice, "Copy down the Blood Child's Undying Body technique."

"Tell us immediately where the central location of this blessed land is!"

He had already stepped halfway into the Dao, but the Blood Child Substitute Curse within his body was still not completely dispelled. However, it was not so easy for others to control him. To control the Blood Child who had broken free of his restraints and gained freedom, they had to first subdue him and then inject a true qi seal from the Demonic Sect.

The Toad Taoist was quick to act, tearing off a piece of human skin from his abdomen. Upon closer inspection, he found it covered with densely packed characters and patterns.

He respectfully presented it with both hands, saying, "This contains the secret technique of the Blood Child's Immortal Body."

"All the martial arts I have learned can be offered up."

"I only ask to save my life."

"In the future, we will be able to glimpse the Great Dao."

After saying that, Toad Taoist took out an ancient book from his waist, which was inscribed with "The Curse of the Ghost Path", and respectfully handed it to Duncan, saying, "This is the secret method of the Ghost Path of the Witchcraft Cult."

"It contains twenty-one witchcraft and sorcery spells."

"It can communicate with the underworld and control ghosts and gods."

Duncan reached out and took a look, his expression turning to surprise. He exclaimed, "Huh? What's this? The Way of Peace? The Yellow Turban Warriors?"

The Toad Taoist explained, "The Celestial Masters and the Way of Great Peace were originally skilled in witchcraft and ghost arts. The above is a secret technique for refining Yellow Turban warriors, but the incantation and talisman are incomplete, so I can only transform it into a corpse refining method."

No wonder these zombies are so troublesome.

Toad Taoist is actually a scientific research talent, able to use the Yellow Turban Warriors' secret techniques on zombies.

Duncan flipped through it once and handed it to Miss Sun next to him, as she was the only one here who knew the secrets of the Taoist sect.

Miss Sun frowned and quickly glanced at it. After a moment of contemplation, she said, "It is indeed the witchcraft of the Qin and Han dynasties, which is very different from the incantations of the Taoist sect today."

During the witchcraft saga, a mysterious book was destroyed; it contained the supreme secrets of witchcraft.

After the fall of the Western Han Dynasty, during the late Eastern Han Dynasty, shamanism and Taoism further merged, and a book called "Taiping Yaoshu" appeared out of nowhere. Its contents were extremely profound, containing many secret methods and incantations of Taoism and shamanism. The secret techniques recorded in it can even be said to be the general outline of many Taoist thunder magic techniques in later generations.

The Toad Taoist only mastered a few of the secret techniques. He was filled with ghostly energy and could only cultivate Yin Thunder, so he couldn't master Thunder Magic at all.

—The Art of Ghosts (Ancient Secret Arts - God).

Miss Sun returned the scroll of secret techniques to Duncan. Then, the two exchanged glances, and she directly took out twelve silver needles and inserted them into the body of the Toad Taoist, sealing the true energy in his meridians.

Only now did Toad Daoist breathe a sigh of relief. Although his true essence was sealed, his life was saved.

Duncan flipped through the book of demonic arts in his hand, and suddenly a thought struck him, and a line of poetry came to mind.

"With my true energy, I unite with the creation of heaven and earth!"

"Thunder Lord, help me!"

Crackling.

Even though he wasn't reciting the ghostly incantation mentioned above, it still caused a sudden, violent surge of true energy within him, and a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, condensing in his palm.

When using ghost magic, what matters is not the spell, but the person's cultivation level, because the spell is just a verbal command.

Invoking the ancestral master is important, but the incantation is just a connection; the key is that you must first have the ancestral master.

Duncan can use the same ghostly spells on these, and he has activated the 'Ghostly and Divine Arts' within his cultivation attainments.

—"The art of ghosts and spirits (with some minor success)."

The Toad Taoist looked horrified and lowered his head deeply.

The others were also very shocked. Among the Taoist arts, thunder magic is the most difficult to master. Throughout history, there have been very few masters who could summon thunder at will.

Duncan probably knows why.

He had previously killed a Corpse-Dissolving Immortal, who probably also possessed some lightning magic, thus seizing the mastery of ghost and god techniques. However, he did not know ghost-path incantations before, so they had not been fully activated. Now that he had acquired ghost-path techniques, the corresponding mastery was beginning to take effect.

The Corpse-Dissolving Immortal's Five Thunder Palm is a combination of martial arts and incantations; the techniques of ghosts and gods can also be used in martial arts techniques.

The most powerful thing about the Monkey King is not his seventy-two transformations, but his Heaven-Slaying Staff Technique, which can kill a large number of demons and monsters without using magic.

Wood generates thunder.

The Corpse-Dissolving Immortal cultivated the Five Thunder Palm technique, and the lightning that Duncan had gathered in his palm had gradually merged with his true essence.

As for Fan Huzi, he probably used the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique.

Historically, thunder magic should have originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Southern Song, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties. Its founders were Wang Wenqing, Lin Lingsu, and others from the Shenxiao School. Emperor Huizong of Song greatly admired the Shenxiao School and called himself "Emperor Daojun, the Master of the Sect".

However, at this time, the Shenxiao Sect has not yet been established and is still a branch of the Celestial Masters Sect.

The three schools of talismans in Taoism were not fully recognized until the Song Dynasty. As for the Dan Ding school, external alchemy was declining while internal alchemy was rising, and the Jin Dan school was at a critical period of transformation.

The cultivation of immortality in later novels is actually an evolution of the Golden Core School.

This is very interesting.

Where did Fan Huzi learn his thunder magic?

Duncan keenly realized that there was probably a very powerful being hidden in the world, and that he was very likely a celestial being that people in later generations would be very familiar with.

Jade Emperor!

Who could have imagined that after the end of the mythological era, someone would be able to replace the Jade Emperor in the Song Dynasty!
"I think I know who's plotting against me."

"But if I kill him, and I enter some derivative mythological worlds, won't I become the number one traitor of the Heavenly Court?"

What's there to be afraid of?

If all else fails, we can just storm the Heavenly Palace.

Once he enters the mythical plane, given his authority and status, the power he displays will be far more than just a thirty-meter-long palm print.

He's about to unleash the power of the heavens and earth (a celestial being descending to earth), and no one can stop him!

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(End of this chapter)