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Chapter 649 - 24 Feather Transformation Dao and Vehicle Killer (Monthly Ticket Additional Release)

Chapter 649: Chapter 24 Feather Transformation Dao and Vehicle Killer (Monthly Ticket Additional Release)

North Pass Marsh area.

This land is surrounded by two mountains, and behind the pass is a plain area close to the wetlands. The Spirit Vein is relatively stable and gentle here. It was once a breeding and resting place for a large number of aquatic Monsters and Demon Monsters that inhabited the mountains.

Since the pioneering war forty-two years ago, a large number of dangerous large-scale aquatic Monsters in the wetlands have been eradicated. However, an attempt to conquer the mountain Demons was met with a surrounding encirclement by Monster communities and failed, resulting in the complete destruction of the habitats around the wetlands. The fortresses in the mountains have also become lairs for the newly bred Demon Monsters.

Decades have passed, and while the number of aquatic Monsters is still not high, they have begun to recover. In contrast, around the area near the pass, a large number of dangerous elements from the Wilderness have emerged. They have gradually seized some of the local land from the hands of the Monsters. Although it is extremely dangerous, it’s not much more difficult than trying to survive while being wanted by the Sky Surveillance Bureau and other Wilderness powers.

Steel Skeleton is currently on the watchtower of the temporary camp, observing the situation of the deserted Fortress Area to the northeast with a telescope.

Steel Skeleton himself is an undercover agent of the Guiyi Army, but his mercenaries are not. This task for the investigation and detection team was passed down to him through multiple intermediates by the Guiyi Army, with the only difference being that this mission needs to be done with utmost diligence.

Steel Skeleton commands high prestige among his subordinates. After all, it is rare for mercenaries to encounter a leader who is both capable of fighting and responsible, and who also distributes money fairly.

Not to mention, Steel Skeleton is also a ’Corpse Disintegration Cultivator’ with a transformation rate of over ninety percent, or in other words, a [Feather Transformation Dao Cultivator].

The so-called Corpse Disintegration, or Feather Transformation, is one of the primitive paths of the Immortal Dao, which means ’dissolution and vanishing of form’. It originally referred to the soul of the Cultivator transcending the body, thereby ’escaping tribulation and ascending’, achieving the Yin God and Yang Shen. It describes a state when the Cultivation of the Cultivator’s spirit surpasses the lifespan of the body, and the spirit persists even after the body perishes.

In ancient times, Corpse Disintegration often involved the use of bamboo or staffs to replace one’s decaying flesh and blood, and there were also methods that involved swords, weapons, water, fire, and Thunder Light for disintegration. Essentially, it was about using transcendental objects to molt one’s mundane flesh and transform the tangible into the intangible. Then, through the intangible, one could derive the divine ability of Creation, the spirits of all things. This was the early stage of the [Ghost Immortal Dao], one of the [Five Immortals Righteous Path].

After the emergence of Ghost Immortal Dao, Feather Transformation and Corpse Disintegration were completely replaced, becoming a legacy in history. However, because Ghost Immortals had no tangible form and could hardly resist the corrosion of Demonic Qi, they were not as effective as the ancient Feather Transformation Dao in later eras of tribulation. Hence, this series of techniques was picked up again.

Now, the Feather Transformation Dao no longer requires the use of bamboo sticks, swords, or the forces of water, fire, and thunder to dissolve one’s flesh and blood. They can gradually replace their flesh with Heavenly Mechanism, and wholly condense and transfer their spirit and will onto their Immortal Foundation, achieving the state of ’Feather Transformation into emptiness’.

By achieving Foundation Establishment with this method, even if the physical body is destroyed and the form completely disintegrated, one would still not die. As long as the Immortal Foundation remains, one can continue to drive the body of Wonderous Machine for Cultivation.

Being formless yet able to take form, they can transform at will. Aside from the need to constantly maintain and upgrade their bodies as artifact cultivators and maintain their Immortal Foundation and soul as Formation Cultivators, consuming a great deal of resources and energy, and requiring a smart person to truly understand it, there are no other drawbacks.

Simply put, it is a superior inheritance that only a true genius can fully comprehend.

Yet this does not mean that ordinary people cannot touch it at all.

On the contrary, as long as one doesn’t care about fully understanding it, the practice of Feather Transformation Dao is the simplest for ordinary people.

If one lacks the talent to simultaneously practice Qi, Formation, and Artifact, it doesn’t matter. As long as Feather Transformation Dao Cultivators take refuge in a Group Company and let the company be responsible for maintaining their bodies or Immortal Foundations, they can focus solely on practicing the Magic Dao, entrusting all maintenance and upgrades to the ’wisdom of the masses’.

A person’s Cultivation in the realm of Formation and Artifact Refining, no matter how fast, will definitely not compare to that of an entire group company. With the most impeccable body and soul, Feather Transformation Cultivators are almost immune to Demonic Qi, allowing them to fight against the strongest Monsters in the most dangerous regions without fear of Demonic Degeneration.

Feather Transformation Cultivators and the company complement each other, with powerful Feather Transformation Cultivators becoming senior executives of the company, while weaker ones become servants whose bodies and souls are controlled by the company.

Just like the Fengdu Guards, like the core Magic Guards and Heavenly Soldiers of the four large group companies.

And among the common people, the Feather Transformation Dao is gradually spreading.

This technology first appeared within the companies, and then spread due to the Guiyi Army. Now, any Cultivator who has been seriously injured and lost their way will try to choose the path of Feather Transformation to continue their Cultivation.

Steel Skeleton is such a Cultivator; his combat strength is extremely strong, he isn’t afraid of getting injured, and he has decent talent. He himself is an artifact cultivator, and his Formation skills are barely enough for personal use, which allows him to maintain the Magic Artifacts of all his brothers and subordinates in the team.

A leader like that, no one would disrespect, and he would certainly have immense authority.

[Strange, it’s too peaceful.]

At this moment, Steel Skeleton put down the telescope in his hand, his tone heavy: [A fake detection squad has just passed through the pass without encountering any attacks... Could it be that those people have already noticed something is amiss?]

A mercenary remarked, "It’s been many days now. Besides us, there must be other teams hired to investigate. Boss, we haven’t alarmed anyone, but the others may not be the same."

[Continue observing. If there’s no reaction after an hour, launch the rockets directly.]

Steel Skeleton tapped the guardrails of the watchtower with his finger and decisively said, [Anyway, our employer doesn’t care about catching the mastermind behind the scenes. Just bomb them first, there will definitely be a reaction.]

"Still, the boss is the most resolute—blast the hell out of them!" The mercenaries laughed loudly, not thinking Steel Skeleton was being extreme at all.

Meanwhile, the sound of a flying shuttle breaking through the air came from afar. Steel Skeleton and his group glanced to find an old-fashioned flying shuttle. It was probably from the nearby safe zone or a power in the wilderness: [Which side is this? This really stirs up trouble...]

Unexpectedly, while this old flying shuttle seemed to be about to deploy drones and was flying at high speed, suddenly, within the fortress area, bright lines of fire shot up.

Accompanied by sharp spiraling explosions of spirit qi and roaring sounds, three missiles hit the flying shuttle, directly blasting it into pieces in midair!

[Damn it!]

Steel Skeleton’s mechanical eye contracted and then dilated, adjusting its focus. Even though there’s not much flesh and blood on his body, he couldn’t help but gasp in shock and cuss: [Ground-to-air missiles?]

[How could they have this kind of weaponry?!]

But before Steel Skeleton could figure out why a group of wilderness Tribulation Cultivators who only attacked reconnaissance teams could get their hands on ground-to-air missiles—weapons that even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator-led mercenary corps like theirs would have difficulty obtaining—

Another sound of something tearing through the air arrived from afar.

Another flying shuttle was rapidly approaching.

However, this flying shuttle was clearly not of the same class as the previous one. It not only had a fiendish qi shield but also detected the explosion in front. Despite not being able to make a sharp turn due to the high speed, the pilot still managed to turn the shuttle thirty degrees and rapidly increased altitude, trying to break into the clouds of fiendish qi.

But it was too late.

Several more lines of fire lit up, with missiles speeding out and striking the shuttle.

The flying shuttle rocked violently. Its shield and structure, along with the enhancements from the cultivators inside, produced a layer of shallow yellow luster, which helped it withstand the first wave of attacks.

But it lost all its speed, and the entire flying shuttle wobbled, turning into a sitting duck in the sky.

Less than twenty seconds later, another volley of missiles launched and hit the flying shuttle.

It exploded.

Fortunately, just before the explosion, several figures jumped down from the emergency hatch.

"Ha."

The first to react after the intense explosion, An Jing laughed heartily as he leaped from the shuttle first: "What a grand opening ceremony."

Hearing the anxious shouts of his companions and mentors behind him, and the sounds of others jumping down one after the other, watching the ground rushing towards him, and feeling the intense wind flow during the fall, An Jing not only felt not a bit of tension but even had a sense of smug anticipation.

Amid the violent explosion and flames of the flying shuttle above him, he smiled, with specks of red light sparkling in his eyes, staring at the site where the missiles had risen: "Come on."

In his hands appeared a huge sword box, with the spirit qi furnace roaring and pressurizing.

——Let’s see what you’ve got!