Immortality begins with Swallowing the Stars.

Chapter 18 Supreme Martial Arts

The moment he saw that familiar figure enter the cave, Lu Jing wanted to return immediately, but after seeing the figure clearly, he gave up the idea of ​​returning right away.

His cheap master was a master of innate level. Even though he was seriously injured, he was still strong enough to deal with the Crimson Scale Beast, and he had the combat power of at least a strong person on the Earth Ranking!

Lu Jing gained 13,000 jin of strength from consuming the Black Fire Spirit Root. Combined with the power base inherited from his original body, his body can now unleash a force of approximately 23,000 jin.

Although this immense strength surpasses that of ordinary first-rate martial artists at the peak of the acquired realm, it is still far inferior to that of the Earth Ranking experts.

The top experts on the Earth Ranking usually have their dantian capacity expanded to near its limit due to fortuitous encounters or special cultivation techniques. Their internal strength is far superior to that of ordinary peak acquired experts, enough to unleash tens of thousands or even close to one hundred thousand jin of power.

But this master, who was high and mighty in the original owner's fragmented memories and whom he feared like a tiger, was now surrounded by a strong smell of blood, and the oppressive feeling that had made him feel faintly afraid had disappeared without a trace.

"Were your injuries aggravated when you fought the Crimson Scale Beast?"

Lu Jing's mind raced. Moreover, he had changed his clothes for no apparent reason. Could it be that he was too disheveled and was afraid that his disciples would have other ideas if they saw him, so he changed into clean clothes without bloodstains or tatters?

Thinking of this, Lu Jing's fighting spirit suddenly ignited fiercely.

Unlike Lu Jing, who was initially fearful but later suspicious, Ying Muyu, who had casually killed a hunter on the edge of the wilderness, changed his clothes, and rushed over without stopping, was now only filled with confusion.

"What about your other senior brothers? Haven't they found the Black Fire Spiritual Root?"

Lu Jing did not answer. Instead, he pushed off with his feet, stepped over the scorching lava flow, and leaped from the central island onto the land.

Ying Muyu's pupils contracted as he watched Lu Jing easily cross the lava flow.

"How..."

Ying Muyu's expression changed from confusion to doubt, then from doubt to shock, and then a raging fire broke out!

"You! You ate the Black Fire Spirit Root!! Where's the spirit fruit?"

Lu Jing smiled faintly, "They're all in my belly. Master can come and get them if he wants them."

"Hahaha...hahaha!" Ying Muyu laughed in extreme anger, "Good! Good indeed! I never thought I, Ying Muyu, would one day fall into the hands of such lowly people as you! Good!"

For the sake of this Black Fire Spirit Root, he did not hesitate to delay his healing, personally took on disciples and taught them, and even had his dantian destroyed as a result. All his pure innate true essence was wasted, and in the end, it all benefited this lowly mountain folk. All his hardships and scheming were ultimately for someone else's benefit.

"You stand before me now, thinking you can fight me after eating the Black Fire Spirit Fruit? Have you forgotten that you still have the Heavenly Marrow Poison in your body? Without my antidote, when the time comes, you will suffer excruciating pain and die a slow, agonizing death!"

No, could the power of the Black Fire Spirit Root possibly cure the Heavenly Marrow Poison?

Ying Muyu looked Lu Jing up and down, and the anger on his face gradually faded.

It wasn't that the anger disappeared, but rather that it transformed into a deeper hatred and rage.

Ying Muyu's face was as cold as ice, but the hatred and rage in his eyes bloomed like fiery lotuses: "I will slowly slice you to pieces until you bleed to death and howl in agony!"

"Ha, enough with the nonsense!" Lu Jing, already impatient, snapped, "If you want to fight, then fight!"

After saying that, he paused, leaped six or seven zhang, and arrived in front of Ying Muyu, delivering a punch straight to his chest!

"court death!"

Ying Muyu sneered, his five fingers spread wide like dragon claws reaching down and extending forward.

But when his five fingers touched Lu Jing's fist, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly changed his move.

Both figures floated backward at the same time.

It was quite obvious, however, that Ying Muyu retreated further.

"How is this possible?" Ying Muyu exclaimed in shock and anger, "How can you possess such power?"

Lu Jing smiled wryly. Ying Muyu clearly regarded him as an ordinary person who had luckily eaten the Black Fire Spirit Root, thinking that at most he would only have the strength of ten thousand jin.

After this head-on confrontation, Lu Jing roughly figured out that Ying Muyu's strength was probably around 10,000 jin.

With our superior strength, why not strike while the iron is hot and finish him off?

He immediately adopted the moves of internal martial arts and pressed forward again!

Ying Muyu dismissed all doubts and questions, drew a short sword from behind him, and moved like a dragon, arriving first despite being behind.

In an instant, the energy within the cave clashed, and a fierce wind swept through!

"This Mu Yu is definitely extraordinary. His martial arts are more exquisite than the internal martial arts moves I have obtained and the battle qi techniques of the Panlong World! If I didn't have the consciousness of an internal martial arts master, even if I were 10,000 jin stronger, I probably wouldn't be his match!" Lu Jing became more and more excited as the fight progressed, and his fighting spirit soared.

On the other side, Ying Muyu was increasingly alarmed. In fact, even though the other party's physical strength was stronger than his, he never thought that this person would be his opponent.

In "The Divine Mirror of the Heavenly Emperor", no martial art can be matched by ordinary martial arts.

But the opponent was clearly no ordinary person. At first, he was completely suppressed by him and was in danger, but he was always able to dodge his attacks by the slightest margin. His control over power was extremely precise, and he became stronger and stronger as the fight went on, as if he was using his own hands to hone and familiarize himself with combat skills!

"Damn it! If my dantian hadn't been destroyed, leaving me without a trace of true energy... no, even a trace of internal strength would have been enough to obliterate this brat!"

Ying Muyu harbored resentment in his heart. Although the Heavenly Emperor's Divine Mirror was powerful, the acquired martial arts techniques within it required internal strength to be used, while the innate martial arts techniques relied on innate true essence. This was the premise of the vast majority of martial arts in this world, as internal strength and innate true essence were the foundation of everything.

At this moment, Ying Muyu could not unleash even a trace of the power of the many martial arts techniques in the "Heavenly Emperor's Divine Mirror" by relying solely on his physical strength.

"You're dead!"

Ying Muyu became increasingly anxious as he couldn't break through Lu Jing's defenses. Suddenly, he saw Lu Jing acting as if he were courting death, not dodging his sword strikes, and he was overjoyed!

But then his expression changed drastically.

Lu Jing's eyes were resolute. Facing the venomous dragon-like blade, he neither dodged nor avoided. His right hand was like a hammer, as if a fierce tiger were devouring a man.

Internal martial arts, Dragon and Tiger Collapse!

"He wants to die with me?!" Ying Muyu exclaimed in disbelief, filled with shock and anger.

Then, amidst the splattering of brains, he sank into darkness, leaving only the lingering thought of resentment: "Why...?"

Lu Jing coughed up a mouthful of blood, gripped the broken sword stuck in his chest, pulled it out, and threw it aside.

The muscles seemed to writhe as if alive, locking in the blood and preventing it from rushing out of the wound.

"perish together?"

Lu Jing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, smiled, and shook his head.

Although the martial arts of this world have developed over thousands of years, due to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they emphasize internal strength and true essence, and do not pay much attention to the body. Of course, there is no need to spend energy developing the body. Once the realm is high, everything will be there.

Internal martial arts, on the other hand, focus on developing the physical body. The power of a master of internal martial arts is unimaginable to people in this world.

Although this body did not have all its meridians open, Lu Jing had not lost his Grandmaster consciousness. In addition, with the powerful "divine" assistance he suddenly gained after consuming the Black Fire Spirit Fruit, his control over his body was no less than that of his original body.

At the last moment, Lu Jing manipulated his internal organs to move slightly, and his heart avoided the short sword.

Therefore, although it looks terrible at this moment, it is not a serious injury. In addition, there is still some undigested power of the black fire spiritual root that is slowly being released after the injury, which accelerates the healing of the wound.

After Lu Jing controlled his injuries, he immediately began to examine the corpse.

Lu Jing tossed aside the pills, gold nuggets, and jade pendants without even glancing at them.

He can't take these physical items back with him; they're useless to him.

After searching the clothes, Lu Jing began to search the body inch by inch.

"what?"

Upon noticing the anomaly, he took his short sword and slashed at Ying Muyu's back. He then pinched the cut skin and tore off a piece of skin!

No, not the skin!

Instead, it was a piece of cloth as soft as skin!

Upon opening it, Lu Jing was overjoyed: "Indeed, this Ying Muyu is indeed a member of the Ying family of Qinwang City."

The Heavenly Emperor's Divine Mirror!

It turned out to be the "Heavenly Emperor's Divine Mirror," one of the four great secret manuals of the Nine Provinces!

A divine secret manual left behind by the supreme Qinling Heavenly Emperor, the ultimate martial art of this world.

(End of this chapter)