Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 753 - 747: The Tri-Level Mysterious Barrier Opens, Reuniting with an Old Friend_1

Chapter 753: Chapter 747: The Tri-Level Mysterious Barrier Opens, Reuniting with an Old Friend_1

There were numerous Profound Path Secret Techniques, with an extremely wide variety of types. Secret techniques for flesh, tendons, skin, the five viscera, eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, nose, hair, and teeth—every kind imaginable was available, dazzling those who beheld them. The Mysterious Barriers of the body had no limitations. The only requirement was that every part of the body must break its limits, and all Mysterious Barriers of the body must be broken through until they were perfect as one.

The best way to acquire a Cultivation Technique was through the Deceiving Scripture Hall, as they would not casually allow Golden Immortal Realm techniques to be disseminated. To obtain the techniques, a fight was unavoidable.

With his Cultivation Level stalled on the path of a True Immortal, Jia Ren could only focus his energy on the Profound Immortal path to enhance his strength. Once the Third Layer Pass was broken through, his combat power would be stronger than that of a Taiyi Jade Immortal, not weaker.

Now, this shortcut was right before his eyes: learn all the Profound Path Secret Techniques and push them to their limit.

"Let’s begin!"

Jia Ren took out the Flesh Divine Boundless Art and carefully studied it. This Profound Path Secret Technique not only enhanced explosive power but also allowed flesh to become soft, absorbing impact forces and their lethal effects. This was merely the effect of the first realm; subsequent realms would allow the flesh to contain immortal power and absorb the impact of that immortal power. The third realm allowed one to convert an opponent’s power for their own use, reflecting the damage. Each advancement in realm brought about a qualitative leap.

After confirming there were no issues with this Profound Path Secret Technique, Jia Ren began stimulating the corresponding locations on his body. With his powerful physical body, cultivating the Flesh Divine Boundless Art was like having divine aid; every breath generated enormous mystic flesh power. His Proficiency Level was also increasing at a staggering rate.

An unknown amount of time passed before Jia Ren gradually opened his eyes. Within the Cave, his figure was nowhere to be seen; only a mountain of flesh filled the space, seemingly a living entity with its own will. Those unaware might have thought a Meat Ganoderma Great Year was growing here, proliferating endlessly. Jia Ren was not much different from a Meat Ganoderma Great Year; his flesh grew almost boundlessly, sprouting continuously.

Moreover, the quality of this flesh was extremely high—so high that Demon Immortals of a lesser cultivation than true Immortals would be unable to withstand the power it contained upon consumption and would explode to their deaths.

"Inhale!"

A whisper-like sound arose as the huge mountain of flesh shriveled and retracted at an astonishing rate. Jia Ren sat cross-legged in the Cave, his body as it usually was, as if the previous scene of the mountain of flesh had merely been an illusion.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked towards an empty area.

"Break the limit!"

It was as if some invisible force converged, then surged tumultuously towards this place. A vast amount of blood Qi surged toward this spot, and the sound of something unknown breaking open resounded incessantly. His previously lean body was rapidly replaced by muscle, transforming him into a powerfully built man, broad of back and thick of waist. Incomparably immense strength flowed within his muscles, and his body grew taller again. Just as he was about to touch the rock ceiling above, his body returned to normal.

Under Neishi, each muscle teemed with tremendous power. The flesh Mysterious Barrier within the Third Layer Pass was broken, and his flesh seemed on the verge of manifesting marvels. However, the corresponding Body Repository did not appear.

The Third Layer Body Repository was a whole. Unlike the previous Blood Repository and Bone Repository, one had to open all Mysterious Barriers of the body to activate the corresponding Repository. The breaking of the flesh Mysterious Barrier signified that his plan was successful.

The realm that could just barely be reached by stacking a thousand secret techniques, I... achieved it with effortless ease. It’s almost unbelievable.

But soon, he understood the reason. A thousand corresponding Profound Path Secret Techniques might seem astonishing and beneficial for breakthroughs, but in reality, the powers within such a diverse system were muddled, their force unable to be focused in a single direction. They might even hinder each other due to their entanglements.

Breaching the limit with a single Profound Path Secret Technique, reaching a Technique-Nearing-Dao Level, was already the pinnacle of that technique. Combined with the power of his bloodline, he had finally broken through the limit and opened the flesh Mysterious Barrier.

This success was extraordinarily significant for Jia Ren. It signified that his plan was viable. As long as he continued along this path, it would be a broad and smooth road.

"The flesh Mysterious Barrier is broken; next, it’s time for the other Barriers!"

* * *

While Jia Ren was attempting to break through the body’s Mysterious Barriers, two others were searching everywhere for his whereabouts.

One was Lord Qianyu. His only grandson was dead. After pouring all his efforts into nurturing his grandson to become a Golden Immortal, his own complacency had led to the young man’s death. With hatred in his heart and nowhere to vent it, he was searching everywhere for Jia Ren.

The other was Shu San from the Deceiving Scripture Hall. Previously, he had confidently sworn he could find Gong Shisan. After all, Shu Jiu had managed to find the person, and with his own strength and realm far surpassing Shu Jiu’s, it should have been easier for him. But up to this point, he hadn’t even caught a glimpse of Jia Ren’s shadow. This outcome was hard to accept.

「Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed.」

To ordinary people, a thousand years represented scores of generations. For Cultivators, it was enough time for countless generations of them to perish. To Immortals, however, it was nothing substantial.

"Junior Brother, you can only blame your poor luck for discovering your Senior Sister’s secret. Now, I must send you on your way," said a gray-robed elder, riding a black immortal sword. He transformed into an Escape Light, fleeing into the distance as if something were chasing him.

Nothing could be seen behind him, but then a woman in a Red Robe appeared in front of him. The female Immortal was dignified and gorgeous, her eyes full of boundless affection. The upward-curled corners of her mouth and eyes conveyed an indescribable joy. The elder’s face showed a look of dread, as if he had seen some terrifying monster.

SWOOSH!

The female Immortal suddenly appeared before him. Her crimson robe flew out, transforming into bonds that wrapped around his limbs, binding the elder hand and foot.

"Your Senior Sister will take good care of you before you die!"

The female Immortal leaped onto the elder’s body. Her delicate face gradually withered, revealing dark, shriveled skin. Her once beautiful visage had unknowingly transformed into a feeding appendage, stabbing toward his head.

BOOM!

The elder’s body swelled, transforming into a gigantic figure ten thousand zhang tall with Three Heads and Six Arms. He presented a stark contrast to his previous decrepit appearance. A crimson wheel emerged, and a layer of fiery red flames coated his six arms. The red robe bonds shattered, and the elder regained his freedom.

Six fists rained down indiscriminately upon the female Immortal, blasting her away and smashing her deep into the earth. Cracks spread across the land, leaving deep gouges everywhere.

The female Immortal, buried beneath the earth, twisted her body, and then, it returned to its original form. Behind her, a pair of colorful and splendid butterfly wings emerged, along with six segmented, limb-like legs, making it impossible to determine what kind of monster she was.

"What a pity, Junior Brother. You lack the Power of Laws. What can you possibly do to me?"

"You were simply born at the wrong time."

"Joining the Bizarre Path is your only way to survive."

The elder didn’t respond. His six fists, glowing red, continuously pounded down like relentless hammers. His six arms seemed like bulldozers, determined to flatten the area. His fists exploded the female Immortal’s body time and again, only for her to recover, again and again, the cycle repeating endlessly. The female Immortal’s seemingly frail body appeared immortal, an unkillable existence.

"Heavenly Treasure Fragmenting Yuan Sha!"

The crimson wheel shattered into debris. Strands of Evil Qi swirled around his fists as he hammered the female Immortal deep into the earth. The dark red Evil Qi clung to her like maggots boring into bone, lingering persistently. A multitude of insects burst forth from the female Immortal’s shattered body, but under the disruption of the Evil Qi, they struggled to return to their original state for a long time.

"Not nearly enough!"

A swarm of insects exploded. Black bugs, carrying the Evil Qi, peeled off her body and fell to the ground. The female Immortal’s body gradually restored to its original form, her eyes gleaming with mockery. With a shimmer, she vanished from sight.

A gentle pat from her was all it took for Jiang Taiyuan’s towering body to fall with the force of a toppling mountain or a collapsing jade pillar, shattering hills along the way. Eventually, he was stopped by a mountaintop. The rocks on the summit crumbled, revealing a hidden Formation within.

"Huh, is there someone here?" Jiang Taiyuan looked back at the Formation, his expression peculiar.

"I’m tired of playing with you!" the female Immortal declared. "Whether or not there’s someone in the Formation, now that you’ve seen my true form, you cannot be left alive."

The female Immortal flapped her wings and landed behind Jiang Taiyuan. The feeding appendage on her face secreted a black liquid that sprayed onto the Formation. The black liquid corroded the Formation at an alarming rate; the vast light screens supported by immortal power were dimming at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Are you not going to let people cultivate in peace?!" a voice suddenly exclaimed from within the Formation as the black liquid contaminated its foundation.

Then, the light screen completely collapsed.

A crude Cave was exposed. Inside, a bare-chested man sat cross-legged on a cushion, eyes closed in meditation. His skin, pores, hair—every single part of him radiated a divine light, as if he were a being made of light. This person was none other than Jia Ren.

He was at a critical moment in his Cultivation. A dark portal was gradually forming at his chest, spewing out vital essence. By this point, all the Mysterious Barriers in his body had opened. He was in the process of opening the Body Repository, drawing upon the vital essence hidden within. Every part of his body was absorbing the power of the Body Repository, his strength soaring at an astonishing rate. With every breath, he underwent revolutionary changes.

However, he was unlucky to be disturbed at such a pivotal moment in his Cultivation.

Jiang Taiyuan looked at this person, feeling a strange sense of familiarity, but he couldn’t recall where he had seen him before.

The female Immortal sensed Jia Ren’s powerful physical body. She was stunned for a moment, then her face lit up with ecstatic joy.

"This is a powerful Golden Immortal breaking through to the Supreme Jade Immortal Realm!"

This is the best opportunity to kill him.

She darted past, her feeding appendage aiming for his body, intending to absorb his surging blood Qi, which was as vast as rivers and lakes. This was a supreme supplement for her.

Jiang Taiyuan was just about to step forward to stop her, but he was a step too late.

DING!

The sound of metal striking echoed. The feeding appendage, comparable to an Immortal Artifact, couldn’t pierce skin as tough as Immortal Jade.

"How could it be so solid?!" the Bizarre Immortal exclaimed.

Just as she was questioning her existence, the sound of surging rivers and oceans came from within the man. His tightly closed eyes slowly opened, like two slowly rising divine suns, illuminating all directions. The light was so dazzling it was impossible to look at directly, as if it were scorching one’s pupils.

"Insect Path Deceitful Immortal?!" Jia Ren’s eyes shone with a strange light; his gaze held an inexplicable divine might, capable of discerning the smallest details.

This Bizarre Immortal harbored countless deceitful insects within her body. If even one remained, they could multiply at an astounding rate. Although she was a Bizarre Immortal who relied on borrowed arts, she possessed a near-unnatural ability to cheat death.

Jia Ren raised his fist and threw a punch at the Insect Path Deceitful Immortal. With one punch, she seemed to be erased from existence, leaving no trace. If one were to observe with a Pupil Skill, they would discover that this punch did not obliterate the target. Instead, the force of the punch was divided and precisely delivered to every single location, accurately annihilating all the deceitful insects.

After throwing the punch, Jia Ren looked at the stunned elder, a long-unseen smile appearing on his face. "Long time no see, Grand Ancestor Tai Yuan."