Chapter 994: Chapter 654: Preparation, Cutting in Line, and the Pinnacle of the Forbidden City!

It should be no challenge to restrain such Celestial Demons; this is specialization in technique.

Recently, my training time has been tight, and this technique has been put aside without much practice.

Now, it seems it’s time to set aside some time every day to pick it up and cultivate once more.

Without long-term planning, near concerns will arise; when such Celestial Demons are right in your face, it will be too late!

Idle chat over.

Underneath the endless starry sky, the two stand facing off against each other.

Yang Huan waves his hand, purple streaming light envelops his entire body.

Gathering for a few breaths, it suddenly blossoms across the world, rippling outward.

Meng Chuan is wrapped in this stream of light, his eyes instantly veil with a mysterious aura, his body seems to transform into a flowing glow, clearly sensing "reality" gradually receding.

Stream of light like gauze, the world inverted.

Meng Chuan feels his existence being "folded" then "unfolded," the coordinates of time and space before him, all manifesting as fleeting radiant threads.

When all disturbances settle, he perceives not with his eyes but with his mind an almost conceptual scene materializing before him.

Yang Huan stood in mid-air, with a massive blue halberd on his back, his voice imposing and reverberating:

"This is my [Sovereign Domain], also called the Martial Arts Domain, where the mind further interferes with reality, manifesting the Inner World into the real world, refining illusion into truth, forming the [Forbidden Summit]!

Here, everything becomes thin.

Anyone within will be suppressed by my Inner World; only the purest strength and will have the qualification to leave a mark here.

Come, strike at me!"

Today, he’s giving all he can, not just secret techniques.

"If you don’t want to learn the halberd, then I’ll teach you through combat!"

"Alright!"

Meng Chuan, familiar with this Forbidden Summit, releases his aura completely, appearing entirely unaffected by Yang Huan.

In reality, it’s not so; he can sense his overall capabilities dropping, even his perception has been restricted to an extremely narrow point.

Being in someone else’s Martial Arts Domain is like being hit by a softening palm, closing off external senses, letting him focus only on himself.

This is the key reason why Yang Huan unfolds his domain.

Besides preventing the commotion from affecting others on Lishan Mountain, it also allows him to concentrate on self-realization.

Once Meng Chuan adapts, his mind remains calm and undisturbed, quietly resisting the domain’s suppression.

Facing Yang Huan standing mid-air, like a god or demon.

Meng Chuan opens countless shadow claws around him, gathering dead energy into waves, pushing him to look directly at Yang Huan.

The next second, Meng Chuan fearlessly advances, his inner breath flows, blue thunder True Qi curls around the halberd tip.

Dark clouds behind him collide into waves, amidst the roar of the storm, suddenly gathering into full demon suppression.

Initially mysterious and unassuming, unexpectedly, as Meng Chuan swings down heavily.

Dead energy bursts, exploding with momentum.

Boom—!

"A Toss in the Ocean?!?!"

Yang Huan’s voice is drowned out by the sound of exploding tides...

Two days later.

An afternoon indistinguishable from any other, Meng Chuan leisurely returns from the horizon to his small courtyard villa.

Covering his head full of bumps...

Yang Huan is too strong.

Even with his suppression, not using True Gang, only maintaining peak Three Limits physical qualities to spar, Meng Chuan couldn’t compete.

Fought for a full two days, defeated 81 times.

To defeat Yang Huan is as difficult as a pilgrimage to the Western Paradise...

The discrepancy in halberd techniques slowly slipped away over time, yet Meng Chuan couldn’t win even once.

The critical point is Yang Huan’s third eye; it’s truly unfair...

That vertical pupil watches him constantly, no matter how unexpected his moves or sudden alterations.

Using all his strength, even his Star Annihilation strike was precisely evaded by Yang Huan while he counterattacked.

"This is the power of traits; truly worthy of the Holy Gaze Reveals Truth, incredibly strong..."

Nonetheless, Meng Chuan withheld many of his means, for he came to learn from Yang Huan, not to prove anything.

Yet he didn’t know that Yang Huan was surprised to find, with his peak Three Limits physical qualities, he couldn’t match Meng Chuan when he first entered Three Limits.

Due to horizontal training?

Yang Huan could only attribute it to this.

...

Splosh—

The water in the spring pool is tossed high, splattering with perfect fish-blasting droplets.

Meng Chuan immerses his body completely in the hot spring, shivering comfortably.

Even after two days of beating, Meng Chuan appears utterly satisfied.

This harvest definitely matches the effort expended.

For the learning and application of the halberd, the gain is tremendous, directly pointing to the core truth——

The halberd is the leader of all weapons, emphasizing leveraging force to channel power!

Using the strength of the entire body’s muscles, bones, and skin through the unique structure of the halberd to transmit, amplify, and concentrate into a singular explosion, truly achieving "force through the spear tip."

This point, under full control, Meng Chuan quickly mastered, saving years of meticulous hard work for others.

Besides, the greatest reward was naturally this secret technique.

On the interface.

The secret technique field shows a new entry, replacing the vanished [Dragon Meditation] position.

[Celestial Dragon Breaking City: First Layer (4%)]

After entering, Yang Huan explained to him:

"The secret technique has only three layers; reaching perfection at the third layer, you can comprehend the [Breaking City] essence.

Afterwards, if you want to learn deeper aspects, they are contained within the Unparalleled Celestial Dragon Fist, which holds even greater [Unparalleled] divine meanings.

Unfortunately, neither of us belongs to the Dragon Form lineage, we cannot learn them, but the Xingyi also has divine techniques no less than this secret technique, such as my master Sui Chunqiu’s Great Sun Burning Heaven, containing vast divine meanings and an endless path.

These all differ from the path of horizontal training, requiring you to achieve Gang Transformation before attempting mastery."