Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 134 - 93: Gambling Dog Battle Technique? The Divine Might Army Arrives, Zhao Xing’s Shock!

Chapter 134: Chapter 93: Gambling Dog Battle Technique? The Divine Might Army Arrives, Zhao Xing’s Shock!

Ten Thousand Skill Cloud Painting is the finest among all Preaching Paintings, for it embodies a very comprehensive understanding of cloud techniques, and it possesses a unique feature: it can present insights corresponding to the viewer’s heart’s desire.

For example, Zhao Xing’s Earth Palace Illusion painting, there also exists a supreme painting called Ten Thousand Skill Palace. Whatever effect of the Earth Palace Skill Zhao Xing wished to comprehend, he was most likely to receive just that type.

Which is why Lu Qian wrote, "May your heart’s wishes come true."

The Ten Thousand Skill Cloud Painting can truly grant the comprehenders’ wishes.

Before attempting to comprehend the painting, Zhao Xing also conducted a selection process in his mind:

"Among the middle-grade cloud techniques that are renowned, there’s the Flowing Cloud Skill. The clouds surge ceaselessly, and when the clouds are propped up, their momentum is like that of great rivers, and their speed is likewise fast."

"The Soldier Cloud Skill has the strongest offensive power, the cloud layers can transform into various Divine Weapons, and when vying against each other in spell combat, the lethality is the highest."

"The Blood Cloud Skill is the most unpredictable, able to backlash against the caster through the cloud qi. Once entangled by the blood cloud, one cannot break free in a short time, and both blood qi and cloud qi will be greatly depleted, scoring victory in the cloud conflict and inflicting the most damage on the enemy."

"The Thunder Cloud Skill can boost the power of thunder spells."

"Then there’s the more obscure Frozen Cloud Skill..."

"However, among all the Cloud Methods, the most overbearing, in my opinion, is the Swallowing Cloud Skill! This is a spell skill I was quite familiar with in my past life."

"It can cut and devour the enemy’s cloud qi, turning it to one’s own use, and even briefly attain the effects of other cloud techniques."

"Its main feature is its overbearing nature, and in widespread chaotic battle, it grows stronger with each fight."

"My Initial Cloud Skill, in fact, already faintly carries the semblance of the Swallowing Cloud Skill, but it’s still not perfect, and is merely the result of my manual operation and experience."

After reflecting, Zhao Xing confirmed what was in his heart, and then opened his eyes to look at the scroll.

The scene of the Dojo depicted in the painting was a sea of clouds.

Within this sea of clouds were layers of various shapes, some resembling mountain peaks, which are the more common cloud techniques.

Zhao Xing quickly skimmed past these.

Some took the shape of weapons; these represented the Soldier Cloud Skill, which Zhao Xing likewise skipped past.

Some cloud layers were multi-colored, and with a thought from Zhao Xing, these clouds too drifted past him.

He kept one thought in mind. That was to obtain the Swallowing Cloud Skill!

"Why haven’t I found it yet, wasn’t it said that the Ten Thousand Skill Cloud Painting would grant my wish?"

"Could it be a fake?"

Zhao Xing felt that his determination was solid enough, and by all accounts, he should easily find the Swallowing Cloud Skill.

But as many types of clouds passed before his eyes, he did not find the one he desired.

"Swallowing Cloud Skill, I want the Swallowing Cloud Skill!"

Zhao Xing shouted in his mind.

Suddenly—

The clouds before his eyes cleared, all cloud qi drifted past, revealing a stretch of blue sky.

"Could it be over? Is it really a fake? That’s impossible... Hm?"

As Zhao Xing pondered, he suddenly turned his gaze in one direction.

All the clouds he had seen before were drifting in that direction.

At the far edge of the sky, a dark cloud vortex appeared, sucking in all the clouds.

Each time a cloud was absorbed, the vortex flashed once, then grew by a fraction.

Under this terrifyingly rapid absorption, the black clouds swiftly expanded, filling Zhao Xing’s entire field of view in the blink of an eye.

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing too was absorbed into the black cloud vortex.

At the heart of the cloud vortex.

Specks of black light entered Zhao Xing’s body.

Zhao Xing’s body flickered with bursts of black light, which seemed exceedingly sinister.

After flashing seven times, the black gradually calmed.

The next moment.

In the real world, Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

Above his head, four meters in the sky, appeared a swath of pitch-black clouds, with a huge vortex at the center.

"The Swallowing Cloud Skill! This is the Swallowing Cloud Skill!"

Zhao Xing looked up, feeling a rush of joy.

"Phew~"

The Preaching Painting suddenly combusted, quickly turning to ashes.

Unlike other Preaching Paintings, the supreme Ten Thousand Skill series offers only one chance to comprehend.

But the effect of the Ten Thousand Skill Cloud Painting was even more potent!

In the process of comprehension, Zhao Xing’s body flickered with black light seven times, indicating that he had comprehended this spell skill to the Seventh Transition Level!

To reach the Seventh Transition in one go showed the sheer intensity of the effect.

"Under the influence of a supreme Preaching Painting, unless one’s talent is too poor, leading to only achieving one or two transition levels after comprehending a spell, normally, a single chance yields levels between the third and sixth transitions."

"The Seventh Transition is the limit of the Fourth-rank Middle Grade Cloud Painting’s preaching."

Though not as exceptional as the ’Ten Thousand Skill Spiritual Beauty’ found in the great Spirit Mountains, the effect was still very impressive.

After all, how rare is Ten Thousand Skill Spiritual Beauty? It mostly appears only in big sect events like mountain sealing or mountain opening ceremonies.

Preaching Paintings can be mass-produced; by comparison, they are much more accessible.

"With the Swallowing Cloud Skill, I barely qualify as mastering the Four Earthly Benefits of the middle stage," Zhao Xing felt at ease.

Having all Four Heavenly Time Skills, the combination of spells becomes more powerful.

Of course, the [Yin Wind] that Zhao Xing learned cannot be considered a standard middle-grade wind technique, and pairing it with the Swallowing Cloud Skill doesn’t boost it much.

But the other techniques, like combining Swallowing Cloud Skill with summoning thunder, yield much stronger effects than before, and the same goes for rain techniques.

The Four Heavenly Time Skills are so named because they are interconnected and can enhance each other.

Similarly, the Four Earthly Benefits techniques—Xuantu, Ksitigarbha, Earth Split, and Earth Palace—are also linked to one another.

"The final painting."

"The Fourth-rank Middle Grade Preaching Painting [Earth Split]."

After taking a short rest, Zhao Xing opened the final box and pulled out the scroll.