Path of Alchemy Mastery
Chapter 153 - 155: Dragon Ascending Nine Steps and Martial Spirit Pill

Chapter 153: Chapter 155: Dragon Ascending Nine Steps and Martial Spirit Pill

Slowly exhaling a breath, Mu Can slowly stood up from the ground, digesting the information that had flooded into his mind after the breakthrough.

"Martial Venerate." Feeling the powerful energy within his body, Mu Can was intoxicated.

Is this the strength of a Martial Venerate? No wonder even the strongest Martial Kings are no match for a Martial Venerate.

No matter how strong a Martial King is, they still belong to the ranks of Cultivators, but a Martial Venerate is different; a Martial Venerate has begun to comprehend their own understanding of the Dao.

Every Cultivator who can ascend to Martial Venerate has their own understanding of some aspect of the Dao.

And Mu Can’s breakthrough was an understanding of the True Dragon Dao, based on the Dragon Clan Technique.

True Dragon Dao, a kind of Dao that the True Dragon Clan must comprehend to step into Martial Venerate strength.

Mu Can obtained the Dragon Ball, tailor-made for human Cultivators, the Mystic Dragon Nine Revolutions, and naturally embarked on the journey to comprehend the True Dragon Dao, though he had been unaware of it until now.

At the very moment of the breakthrough, the Dragon Ball inside his body began to spin violently, and a white mini Giant Dragon emerged from the Dragon Ball, joining the ranks swirling around the Dragon Ball. Mu Can’s Mystic Dragon Nine Revolutions also entered the Third Revolutions, the Mystic Dragon Third Revolution.

Different from the past, this change was not in transformation, but a set of Martial Skills emerged in Mu Can’s mind.

"Dragon Ascending Nine Steps", rather than calling it a Martial Skill, it’s better to call it a movement technique.

Dragon Ascending Nine Steps contains the most profound movement techniques summarized over tens of thousands of years by the Dragon Clan, not only that, this set of techniques also had offensive properties.

Dragon Ascending Nine Steps can tread on immortals, when cultivated to the ultimate, even True Immortals from the sky can be stepped down, and the immortals referred to here are not the pseudo-immortals who ascend from the Mortal World to the Immortal World, but the True Immortals encountered by the Dragon Clan.

"Sigh." After digesting the information that flowed into his mind, Mu Can’s eyes brightened. All along, Mu Can’s combat had relied on his own powerful physical body for close combat, but this set of Dragon Ascending Nine Steps would allow Mu Can to better adapt to combat on the basis of his own Breeze Realm movement technique, and also help Mu Can quickly comprehend his own Domain.

"How is it?" Seeing Mu Can’s state, Purple Cloud’s eyes lit up; it was apparent that there had been a groundbreaking change in Mu Can after entering the Martial Venerate.

"I’ve reached Martial Venerate." The joy in Mu Can’s heart was simply too overwhelming to conceal.

Poor Tiger stared blankly at Mu Can, to him, Mu Can was an absolute genius; he had seen Cultivators breaking from Martial King Realm to Martial Venerate before, but never had he seen anyone entering the Martial Venerate Realm so effortlessly.

"Brother Mu, how old are you this year?" Poor Tiger seemed to suddenly think of something and asked.

"I should be eighteen this year." Mu Can was somewhat puzzled as to why Poor Tiger would ask about his age.

"Oh my goodness, an eighteen-year-old Martial Venerate. I, Tiger Lord, have cultivated for nearly three hundred years and have just barely entered the Martial Venerate Level. Compared to others, it’s infuriating." Poor Tiger was shocked, an eighteen-year-old Martial Venerate was absolutely unprecedented, even within the Death Maze.

Little Demon also wore a shocked expression; she knew Mu Can was young, but she had not realized he was that young.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Mu Can respectfully bowed to Little Demon, if it hadn’t been for the contract with Little Demon, Mu Can wouldn’t have been able to enter the Martial Venerate Realm and touch the threshold of the Dao so quickly.

"You deserve it." Hearing Mu Can’s words of thanks, Little Demon’s face turned red.

He indeed hadn’t been much help, and Little Demon had not expected that just a contract would directly elevate Mu Can to the Martial Venerate Level.

"Contestant number thirty-six, Mu Can, has subdued a Martial Venerate Level Demon Beast, awarded one Spiritual Martial Pill."

The announcement echoed in the ears of the remaining survivors.

"Mu Can is indeed powerful," Sword Dao Li Xuan, still in the form of a longsword, was currently engaged in fierce combat.

Endless swarms of venomous bugs attacked like a covering blanket; Li Xuan exerted all his strength, swinging and ripping groups of venomous bugs into pieces with his thousand-zhang Sword Qi.

But just as he cleared a space, even more bugs surged forward.

"Mu Can." Among the few people left, the only woman, Cai Yi, was currently attending a banquet, hosted by a group of beautiful women, all chatting merrily.

"Brother Mu is indeed strong; now with only four of us remaining, let’s see who gets eliminated last." Ning Wang pondered momentarily, then suddenly accelerated forward. Following him were a troop of skeletons waving their weapons, with a golden-glowing skeletal leader at the forefront, exuding the aura of a Martial Venerate – a Martial Venerate Level skeletal leader.

It was unclear how Ning Wang had stirred up such trouble, as thousands of skeletons were chasing him, yet being able to escape from a Martial Venerate Level skeletal leader’s hands indicated Ning Wang’s strength was not to be underestimated.

The Death Maze had countless rooms of various sizes — some as vast as a realm, others merely the size of a study.

The myriad rooms hid numerous opportunities and dangers; however, everyone’s goal was the same — find the exit as quickly as possible, and they all struggled towards this end.

"What is a Spiritual Martial Pill?" Mu Can asked number thirty-six.

"The Spiritual Martial Pill is specifically for cultivators at the Martial Venerate Level, used to consolidate cultivation," responded number thirty-six emotionlessly.

A portal seemed to open in the sky, and a small Jade Bottle slowly fell, something Mu Can had grown accustomed to; such generous gestures weren’t new.

Catching the gently falling Jade Bottle, the anomaly in the sky slowly returned to normal.

"Good stuff." Opening the Jade Bottle, out poured a round elixir emitting waves of medicinal fragrance.

Just by smelling the scent, Mu Can astonishingly felt his recently enhanced strength showing signs of slight improvement.

"Swallow it," Purple Cloud, who had started observing the moment the anomaly appeared, yet found nothing, watched as the portal appeared quickly and disappeared just as fast, unable to locate the force controlling the portal.

Mu Can swallowed the elixir without hesitation.

Once the Spiritual Martial Pill was inside his body, Mu Can felt pain all over, his internal organs seeming to twist under the immense agony, enduring the pain with a fierce expression.

"Is he alright?" Poor Tiger looked worriedly at Mu Can, fearing something might go wrong.

"It’s fine, this Spiritual Martial Pill is meant to purge impurities and consolidate cultivation; if he can’t even endure this pain, he has no right to be called strong." In Purple Cloud’s eyes, there was not a hint of sympathy, just a cold gaze watching Mu Can suffer.

"Little kid, you must hold on; the longer you endure, the more solid your foundation will be. Even I find it difficult to refine a Spiritual Martial Pill; you must persevere," Purple Cloud silently cheered for Mu Can in her heart.