Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 310 Dragon God Bloodline, Duel of Two Dragons
Inside his personal space, Zhou Ming changed out of his black clothes, turned on the projector, and watched the battle between Yin Zhong and Tong Bo in the dense forest.

"Sure enough, a fight broke out."

Zhou Ming's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out peanuts, melon seeds, wine, and watermelon, and began to read the Blood Bodhi tea with great relish.

The Imperial Sword Manor has a profound history and is said to have six great martial arts, which are further divided into three skills and three swords.

The Three Skills refer to the Ruyi Heart Sword Scripture, the Heart Sword Technique, and the Heavenly Curtain Sword Qi.

The Three Swords refer to the Ruyi Sword Technique, the Meteor Sword Art, and the Sword Qi Finger.

Among them, the Ruyi Heart Sword Scripture and the Ruyi Sword Technique are unique skills that only the master and his successor can learn in the Imperial Sword Manor. Others are absolutely forbidden from touching them.

The Heart Sword Technique is an internal skill that only others can practice and is the favorite of the Lord of the Imperial Sword Manor.

The Heavenly Curtain Sword Qi is a unique internal skill, specifically designed to cultivate internal energy.

As for Meteor Sword Technique and Sword Qi Finger, they are simply two of the most powerful techniques among all the unique skills of the Imperial Sword Manor, and therefore they were singled out and ranked alongside other unique skills.

Of course, besides these six unique skills, there are actually other types of unique skills in the Imperial Sword Manor's heritage, but none of them are as famous as these six.

Among them, the innate parts of Meteor Sword Technique and Sword Qi Finger have been passed down in the martial arts world through different means.

The Grandmaster level remains firmly in the hands of the Imperial Sword Manor. Only a very few outsiders can gain the Imperial Sword Manor's recognition and thus be taught their unique skills.

Meteor Sword Technique requires a matching weapon, while Sword Qi Finger Technique is performed unarmed.

Therefore, at this moment, Yin Zhong was using sword qi finger as the main means to deal with Tong Bo, only occasionally displaying some other martial arts.

After all, the power of this martial art is truly immense.

In Yin Zhong's hands, sword energy seemed to conjure up various forms, sometimes overwhelming the sky, sometimes solitary, and at other times as faint as a spider's thread, silently unleashing killing intent.

Centuries of cultivation and countless combat experience—it's truly impressive.

His fighting style can be perfectly described as fluid and effortless.

No matter how Tong Bo responded or countered, Yin Zhong's sword energy never stopped, and the transitions between moves were never awkward, not even in the slightest.

Many newcomers to the martial arts world, born into prestigious families, diligently practice at home and become highly skilled, believing they can roam freely. However, when they actually encounter an enemy, they are often defeated in just a few moves.

Those who defeated them were likely just amateurs from the martial arts world, whose skills were not systematic and whose skill levels were even lower than theirs.

This is the real issue of performance during battle.

Being born into a prestigious family signifies that their lineage is powerful and well-ordered, allowing their techniques to complement each other.

However, people are not machines, and during the battle, there may be problems with smooth coordination, which could lead to a breakdown.

Those self-taught martial artists, even if their skills are acquired from various sources and lack a systematic approach with unconnected moves, are still highly experienced, allowing them to execute their moves with fluidity and grace, thus enabling them to defeat their enemies.

Even some seasoned martial arts masters can sometimes be defeated due to flaws in their techniques caused by certain circumstances.

It is clear that the word "flaw" is the biggest obstacle in actual combat.

Yin Zhong's fluid and seamless moves, seemingly unremarkable, are in fact the result of countless combat experiences.

In contrast, Tong Bo was in a much worse state.

The martial arts he used were actually quite extraordinary. Although he did not display the Dragon God Skill, they were all martial arts inherited from the Tong clan.

Most of the martial arts traditions originated from the ancient Chi You tribe.

Chi You is known as the Lord of War and the God of War. It is said that he created martial arts, so some people also call him the Martial Ancestor.

The martial arts created by such powerful individuals are of extremely high ideals, transcending time and still considered relevant even in this era.

Some of these are quite powerful; in prestigious sects, they would be considered top-tier techniques.

After years of organization and cultivation by the Tong clan, it has actually formed a system.

However, his combat experience was too poor. Even though those techniques were a system, they would always be disjointed and create openings when Yin Zhong attacked him.

After all, Yin Zhong knew almost all of the martial arts he practiced.

If it weren't for the fact that fewer and fewer people with the aptitude for magic cultivation appeared during these five hundred years, and that the Tong clan in Shuiyue Cave Heaven generally practiced martial arts, thus improving these martial arts traditions in many ways, so that although Yin Zhong understood them, he couldn't be considered to fully understand them, which allowed Tong Bo to use one unexpected move after another. He would have been defeated long ago by Yin Zhong seizing his weaknesses.

But Tong Bo is no ordinary person; he possesses the pure bloodline of the Long clan.

The Long clan places great importance on the purity of their bloodline because their ancestral Dragon God Technique is a path of divine and demonic blood.

In the past, when the Long clan was a large and prosperous clan, they only practiced intermarriage within their own clan.

But their good days didn't last long. After Yin Zhong was resurrected and established the Imperial Sword Manor, he often traveled all over the Nine Provinces and Four Seas, partly to search for a cure and partly to take revenge on the Long Clan.

The Long clan was actually quite powerful at the time, but unfortunately, they were facing an immortal being who was proficient in magic and also had a deep understanding of the Dragon God Technique.

The Long clan suffered heavy losses due to centuries of relentless targeting.

The strong grow old, and the new generation has not yet fully grown up before being killed by Yin Zhong.

Fortunately, if Yin Zhong were away from Yujian Manor for too long, his injuries would gradually worsen. Therefore, after being away for decades, he would often need to return to Yujian Manor to heal for several more decades.

That's why the Long clan got a chance to breathe.

Decades ago, Yin Zhong left Yujian Manor again, not only going to Zhongzhou but also gaining power under the Zhou royal family. He then secretly targeted the Long clan.

The Long clan was already extremely weak in the previous generation, with only a dozen or so grandmasters. They were no match for Yin Zhong and were quickly wiped out.

Tong Bo's parents escaped with Tong Bo and their closest maid, but they were also pursued by Yin Zhong.

The two handed Tong Bo over to their maidservant, instructing her to go to Shuiyue Cave and entrust Tong Bo to the Tong clan, while they stayed behind to cover their retreat.

With their combined efforts, they managed to defeat Yin Zhong with great difficulty, but they themselves were also seriously injured.

Despite their severe injuries, the couple arrived near the Imperial Sword Manor, but ultimately succumbed to their wounds and died.

It can be said that Tong Bo is the last pure bloodline of the Dragon God in the world.

His next generation will also be of mixed race.

The pure bloodline of the Dragon God flows within Tong Bo, giving him a sharpness far beyond that of ordinary people in battle, and enabling him to quickly recover from mistakes.

This is one of the reasons why he was able to hold on even after revealing numerous flaws.

He possesses incredible combat wisdom, and when faced with Yin Zhong's attacks, he can always think of the most appropriate way to deal with them immediately.

Finally, his progress was also extremely rapid.

Despite having very little combat experience at the beginning, he was already fighting quite well in just over a dozen moves.

The flow of his moves subtly evoked a sense of Yin Zhong.

Yet, it was in this battle that she rapidly learned from Yin Zhong's combat experience.

These kinds of behaviors are truly unbelievable; ordinary people would never even dream of them.

"There was a reason why the path of divine and demonic bloodlines flourished in ancient times..."

Zhou Ming sighed.

The blessing that divine and demonic bloodlines bestow upon their descendants is not limited to the methods of inheritance, but also includes many other benefits.

Unfortunately, as strong as he was, he had too many demands. Deep in the forest, Yin Zhong also noticed something was wrong; why was this opponent becoming increasingly difficult to deal with?
With his experience, he immediately realized something was wrong and decided to use a deadly move to forcefully kill his opponent.

He paused, and a surge of powerful true energy burst forth from his body, instantly transforming into a blood-red dragon that hurtled towards Tong Bo.

Although Tong Bo had expected this, he was still somewhat shocked to see this scene.

Yin Zhong modified the Dragon God Technique himself, mainly altering the last three levels. He didn't make any changes to the first six levels of the Dragon God Technique.

Therefore, in terms of power, it is by no means weak.

At this moment, he transformed into a dragon, and the surging true energy fluctuations directly reached the level of a Second Flower Grandmaster, or even higher.

Tong Bo, with his mere perfect innate ability, had no chance against this move.

No matter how powerful your combat strategy is, it's useless in the face of such a real difference in strength.

Tong Bo acted decisively, immediately transforming into a white, semi-transparent dragon that soared into the sky and collided with the blood-red dragon in mid-air, instantly creating a storm.

In the dense forest, a strange sight suddenly appeared.

Two legendary dragons are actually clashing and fighting here. Although they are both semi-transparent and look somewhat illusory, their very form is enough to inspire a lot of imagination.

Fortunately, it was nighttime and the location was near the Imperial Sword Manor, so apart from Zhou Ming, no one else could witness this scene.

The act of transforming into a dragon may seem majestic and powerful, but it actually consumes a significant amount of true energy.

The two dragons fought for only a dozen breaths before both felt their true energy being rapidly depleted.

Ultimately, it was Tong Bo, the young man, who couldn't hold on any longer. His true energy was depleted first, and he suddenly transformed back into human form and fell to the ground.

Even so, Tong Bo was not stupid; he secretly retained a very small amount of true energy within his body.

As soon as he landed, he used his light footwork to escape.

Yin Zhong immediately reached out with his claws, but Tong Bo, who was extremely familiar with the Dragon God Skill, hastily dodged it.

A gust of wind, sharp as a knife, swept by and scraped off Tong Bo's mask.

Yin Zhong was about to attack again when suddenly a sharp pain erupted within him.

He instantly transformed into human form, fell to the ground, his face pale and his forehead covered in sweat.

Fortunately, Tong Bo was busy escaping and didn't notice this scene.

Yin Zhong pulled open his clothes and saw countless crisscrossing wounds on his chest, like a pile of rotten flesh forcibly pieced together, extremely ugly and disgusting.

He used his internal energy to suppress his injuries.

The scars on his chest gradually faded, leaving only a few, but there were still seven or eight scars.

He couldn't care less about Tong Bo at the moment, so he quickly turned around and returned to the Imperial Sword Manor. He entered the underground city, lay down in the mercury pool, and gradually suppressed his injuries.

Yin Zhong didn't open his eyes until it was fully light outside.

The scar on his chest had completely disappeared, not a trace of it remained.

He touched the blood python's head, then suddenly sensed something was wrong: "Where's that kid?!"

It turned out that several hours had passed since he returned to the underground city, but he had not seen Tong Xin at all.

I was so busy healing my injuries that I didn't have time for all this.

I only realized this now.

The blood python lowered its head, looking extremely dejected.

Yin Zhong's face was gloomy, but he had already figured everything out.

Clearly, he had been chasing the man in black and left in such a hurry that he didn't have time to activate the mechanism and seal the secret passage.

In addition, the Blood Python was also chasing after him at the time.

For a time, no one cared about Tong Xin.

Tong Xin probably woke up at that moment and left the underground city.

Without a doubt, this is another piece of extremely bad news.

The method of blood control was interrupted midway and was not completed. He dared not say what the final result would be.

Several days of effort were ruined in an instant, and even the childlike innocence was lost.

The key point is that with his escape, the number of people who know the secrets of the underground city has increased to two!

These two people are like ticking time bombs to him, as they could expose his secrets at any moment!

Lately, I've been feeling like everything is going wrong. Not only is the helper I'm trying to cultivate progressing too fast, but he's also been absorbed by another powerful force.

They finally found the Water Moon Cave, but couldn't get in at all.

Now, her biggest secret has been discovered by two people.

With so many things tangled together, even with Yin Zhong's wisdom and experience, he didn't know how to handle this mess for a while.

While he was troubled, Zhou Ming on the other side was very happy.

"As expected, knowledge gained from books is ultimately superficial. No matter how detailed the Dragon God Technique is described in writing, it's not as good as experiencing it firsthand. Besides, the Dragon God Technique recorded in that ancient scroll isn't very detailed either..."

At this moment, Zhou Ming was not practicing the Dragon God Technique.

He was mainly busy with other matters.

During the battle between Yin Zhong and Tong Bo, he personally experienced what it felt like to transform into a dragon through the marks left on their bodies.

One word... awesome!

It's not just about the personal psychological pleasure, but also about the increase in strength and the resulting sensory changes when transforming into a dragon.

Dragons, as creatures existing in myths and legends, were very few in number even in ancient times.

Compared to humans, dragons possess far superior abilities in various aspects.

The dragon created by the Dragon God Technique is naturally incomparable to a real dragon, but it is still superior to humans.

The boost brought about by the transformation into a dragon is comprehensive.

The increase in strength is only one part of it.

"With these feelings as my starting point, I think my Dragon God Technique will progress very quickly at the beginning. Besides, the first three levels of the Dragon God Technique are for building a foundation, and with my current strength and level, I should be able to cultivate to the fourth level very soon..."

Zhou Ming thought.

However, even this rate of progress is far inferior to the progress made under the transcendent state provided by the perfect aura.

Unfortunately, there's simply no room for perfection right now.

Let's wait until the first batch of seeds in Perfect Land are fully mature...

(End of this chapter)