Chapter 294 – Grandmaster Meditation Battle, Platinum Thunder, Like a Divine Descent!

Only three skills?

Lu Yuan was slightly stunned.

He knew that during the advancement of his [martial artist] profession, most of the skills on his [martial artist] panel had almost been completely broken down and integrated into his very being, becoming his instinct.

Those active and passive, ordinary, killer move, and super killer move skills no longer needed to be activated-they could be performed effortlessly and at will.

The only thing Lu Yuan regretted was the three major [martial artist] professional core skills.

[Ultimate Exertion] was not an issue; Lu Yuan had already mastered muscle high-frequency vibration techniques that were even more advanced than [Ultimate Exertion].

The main ones were [imaginary enemy] and [Undefeated Instinct], the two core skills.

One was a divine skill for assisting in Cultivation, and the other was a divine skill for assisting in battle.

Without the panel’s solidified effects, Lu Yuan wasn’t sure if he could still perform them.

As Lu Yuan was contemplating this, he suddenly noticed a line of small text at the bottom of the [martial arts grandmaster] panel-[View Advanced Skills].

He clicked it open.

And found a folded page.

On the folded page were three new skills that felt both familiar and strange to Lu Yuan-

lv1 [Grandmaster Exertion]

lv1 [Grandmaster Meditation Battle]

lv1 [Grandmaster Instinct]

It was exactly the advanced versions of the three major [martial artist] professional core skills he had longed for.

“Just right for testing the new skills one by one…”

Lu Yuan pondered for a moment and did not actively activate the skills. Instead, he closed his eyes, trying to autonomously enter the Consciousness Space he had entered countless times when activating [imaginary enemy].

The process was quite smooth.

Before long, Lu Yuan appeared in a gray, murky world.

In front of him stood a man with an aura like an icy mountain.

Four Wings Flying Bear, SSS-level new martial arts expert-Han Xun.

He was thus far the most suitable benchmark for gauging combat power.

“Actually, Lord of Heaven Wu Chao is also fairly suitable…”

Lu Yuan thought inadvertently.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the void in front of him, and the gentle Lord of Heaven Wu Chao quietly emerged.

“Uh…”

Lu Yuan was taken aback.

“Can I now set multiple imaginary enemies at the same time? Is this the [Grandmaster Meditation Battle] Effect after upgrading [imaginary enemy]?”

Lu Yuan tried it, and in the next second, the lazy figure of Yuwen Tong also appeared in the Consciousness Space.

Lu Yuan roughly understood.

His intelligence had undergone a second limit break, and his mental power had greatly increased, somewhat akin to upgrading a computer CPU, enabling it to process more complex data.

Previously, he could only simulate a battle with a single opponent, but now he could simultaneously simulate multiple opponents.

“The upper limit of imaginary enemy simulations in Meditation Battle is related to my intelligence… It seems that every time I try to implant my consciousness into Yuwen Tong’s body, it’s not because she’s so strong that she can directly dissolve my consciousness. Rather, her inner Strength is so vast that my brain can’t fully simulate it…”

Lu Yuan thought while stroking his chin.

However, the strength that [imaginary enemy] couldn’t simulate would likely cause Lu Yuan to dissolve anyway, so there wasn’t much difference between the two.

“I wonder if I can simulate it now?”

Lu Yuan kept staring at Yuwen Tong, probably thanks to his increased intelligence points and improved [Meditation Battle] Effect.

The opponents he simulated now carried more of their original personality traits, no longer looking as cold and mechanical as before.

After staring for a while, the simulated Yuwen Tong even glared at him angrily.

Lu Yuan quickly averted his eyes.

Lu Yuan thought about it and decided to try implanting his consciousness into Lord of Heaven Wu Chao’s body first.

As soon as he did, he felt an overwhelming sense of fatigue and decay.

Wu Chao’s body wasn’t actually aged. It was stronger than any Grandmaster-level martial artist Lu Yuan had ever seen, by at least ten times.

But like a machine that’s been running for a long time, despite being well-maintained, it still gave a feeling of sluggishness.

“It seems that longevity resources can only extend life but can’t make someone young again. This might be why Wu Chao is eager to find a new upward path…”

Lu Yuan entered Wu Chao’s body mainly to see if there was a Grandmaster blood sphere within him.

Apparently, there wasn’t.

However, Wu Chao’s physical attributes far exceeded Lu Yuan’s current state in every aspect.

Lu Yuan estimated that Wu Chao’s four basic attributes had likely all reached 29, nearing the height of a second limit break.

Without the ability to allocate points to attributes, it was hard to imagine achieving this through pure cultivation alone.

Indeed, living for over two hundred years had not been in vain.

Lu Yuan exited Wu Chao’s body and then entered Han Xun’s.

“Han Xun’s mental power is about the same as mine. It looks like after my intelligence points underwent a second limit break, my mental power has also reached the level comparable to a second stage of mental light…”

From this, it could be inferred that Lu Yuan’s current standard combat power was probably at the SSS level.

Of course, whether it was truly SSS would still need to be tested in actual combat.

Lu Yuan’s consciousness returned to his own body, and he glanced at Han Xun and Lord of Heaven Wu Chao.

“You two… come at me together.”

He spoke calmly.

Yuwen Tong, standing by, cast a probing glance at him, which he deliberately ignored.

Neither Han Xun nor Wu Chao wasted any words and approached Lu Yuan slowly from either side.

Two imposing auras silently rose: one as sharp and cold as an ancient glacier, the other as grand and majestic as a celestial palace.

Lu Yuan’s expression remained unchanged as he silently chanted “Grandmaster Instinct” in his mind.

He didn’t deliberately activate it.

But he clearly felt the combat instincts dormant in his bones and blood begin to awaken. His brain automatically started to predict all possible attacks from Han Xun and Wu Chao.

In terms of level, it was even higher than lv3 [Undefeated Instinct].

He had already started to turn passive defense into proactive offense.

“Interesting.”

Lu Yuan’s eyes remained clear, but a faint golden light flickered in their depths.

In terms of visual effects, [Grandmaster Instinct] indeed seemed more advanced than [Undefeated Instinct].

“Hiss-“

Lu Yuan took a light breath, and white light blossomed from his Five Viscera, causing his bones and flesh to resonate. A muffled thunder erupted from his chest cavity.

The blood sphere in his chest began to rotate faster, with his blood flowing like surging tides.

“Buzz-“

His highly vibrating muscles were like countless tensioned bowstrings suddenly released, unleashing an indescribable force from his legs.

[Grandmaster Exertion]!

“Boom!”

Lu Yuan’s body left a blurred afterimage in place.

The explosive sound only erupted abruptly after he had vanished.

His instantaneous burst speed had evidently surpassed the speed of sound, something he’d never been able to achieve before, no matter what.

“Boom!”

A seemingly simple punch landed on Han Xun’s chest.

Every detail of the process was crystal clear to Lu Yuan.

It was as if the timeline had stretched.

He could clearly see how his punch created dense, explosion-ready transparent ripples in Han Xun’s energy field, easily breaking through before landing heavily on Han Xun, who had a look of shock and unpreparedness.

“Thunderous boom!”

The sound was like a thunderclap.

Han Xun was blasted away like a cannonball.

“Whoosh-“

Lu Yuan exhaled a visible breath of white air and vanished again, leaving behind only an afterimage.

In the next instant, the Lord of Heaven Wu Chao, who had just adopted a defensive stance, was also sent flying by another of Lu Yuan’s punches.

“Satisfying!”

Lu Yuan’s arms naturally hung by his sides, his eyes gleaming with vitality and spirit.

He had just shattered Han Xun’s level SSS [cold hell battle body] energy field with a bare-handed punch. Who could ever say that a pure martial artist is weak now?

The instantaneous boxing power of that punch must have easily exceeded a thousand tons.

In the past, the sheer explosive force and backlash from such a punch would have been enough to make his body explode.

But now, his “True Grandmaster Body,” which combined the five legendary level Talents from the Ancient Martial Arts world, easily neutralized the backlash. It was simply divine!

Watching Han Xun struggle to his feet after being blasted away, his entire body emitting rolling waves of cold air and murderously charging at him, Lu Yuan’s lips curved into a smile. He uttered softly, “Domain!”

[Grandmaster’s Domain]!

A fake Grandmaster aura is called a Grandmaster Field.

A real Grandmaster aura… is named Grandmaster’s Domain!

The moment the skill was activated.

Lu Yuan immediately felt a profuse golden light burst in his mind, followed by liquid mental power, covered in golden light, cascading down like water, merging with the blood sphere in his chest.

Then…

“Boom!”

A terrifying, indescribable energy wave erupted from Lu Yuan’s body.

In an instant, the area within a several dozen meters radius around Lu Yuan seemed to freeze in time.

The air around him became exceptionally viscous.

The atmosphere was extremely distorted, making his entire body appear blurred when viewed from the outside.

Han Xun’s movements slowed noticeably within the domain, while the Lord of Heaven Wu Chao, who had just begun to get up, found his actions becoming increasingly strenuous.

Lu Yuan slowly started to retract his domain.

The distortion around him grew even more intense.

In the end, heavy illusions appeared around him, as if countless invisible figures were madly howling in his proximity.

“Whoosh-“

Feeling the immense power, Lu Yuan felt as if everything was under his control. His eyes glowed vibrantly as he murmured softly, “Is this… the power of a domain?”

It was more than a hundred times stronger than the so-called Grandmaster Field!

“Even if I don’t enter [Elephant Deity. Ming King Stance (extraordinary)], just relying on the power of a highly compressed domain should allow me to resist a nuclear bomb impact to some extent…”

“Swish-“

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of dazzling icy blue light.

Looking up, he saw Han Xun, engulfed in blue light and white vapor, brandishing an icy blue long blade. Han Xun was fiercely tearing through the layers of air resistance in the domain, rapidly charging towards him.

“Good.”

Lu Yuan smiled faintly.

In the next second, a dense white light burst from his body.

[Grandmaster’s Qi]!

Unlike regular Grandmaster’s Qi.

His Qi had a tinge of golden, more akin to a platinum color.

The platinum-colored Qi emanated from his body, swirling around him and manifesting like Thunder.

His entire body was wrapped in platinum lightning, even his hair tips faintly glowed platinum.

He took a step.

Ascended into the air.

He resembled a divine being descending!

He threw a punch!

“Boom!”

A platinum-colored meteorite descended from the sky, clashing violently with the icy blue blade below.

The terrifying energy shockwave lifted layers of earth and stone, forming a modest-sized mushroom cloud that slowly ascended.

As the dust cleared, the scene revealed the center of the battle group. A platinum thunder-wreathed fist clashed with a blue ice blade, generating countless golden and blue sparks.

“Boom!”

A massive hand, bearing the majestic weight of a heavenly palace, struck from behind, aiming directly at Lu Yuan’s back.

Yet, it was stopped a few centimeters away, blocked by the platinum Thunder, unable to advance.

Wu Chao’s face showed astonishment at his failed full-force sneak attack.

Before he could react further, Lu Yuan slightly turned his head.

“Lord of Heaven, your era has passed… The place for you now is the spectator seats.”

With that, he threw a backhand punch. Interwoven platinum Thunder directly shattered the looming heavenly palace illusion in the void.

Wu Chao flew backward like a kite with a broken string, completely out of the battlefield.

In front of him, Han Xun, who had just stepped back and sheathed his blade, now had a more serious expression on his face.

With both hands gripping his blade, massive waves of cold energy converged onto the icy blue long blade, causing his whole body to emit a glistening blue light. A terrifying energy was brewing in his hands.

“Hiss-“

Lu Yuan’s eyes showed no ripples; he merely took a deep breath.

He began to activate the last skill on his [extraordinary martial arts Grandmaster] panel-

[Grandmaster… Dharma Form]!

Before attaining the Grandmaster level, he would often jokingly refer to his extraordinary True Intent as his Dharma Form.

Now, having truly stepped into the realm of the Grandmaster, the genuine Dharma Form skill had emerged…

What kind of surprises would it bring him?

Lu Yuan was eagerly anticipating it.