Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill
Chapter 210 - 127: Four Symbols Realm
Chen Cheng’s enlightenment continued.
He watched as the Dragon Eagle he had become seemed so minuscule before the mountains and rivers, the earth and sky. It was like a drop in the ocean, crushed by an immense pressure that made even breathing difficult.
A strange hostility suddenly surged within Chen Cheng’s heart. He felt an urge to muster all his strength, to bare his fangs and claws and tear everything apart.
The Dragon Eagle he embodied did just that, subconsciously executing the Powerful Eagle Claw Skill.
Its wings beat rapidly, its figure flashing like lightning. In an instant, it had flown tens of thousands of miles, darting back and forth.
As its sharp claws tore through the air, heavy ripples vibrated outwards. Everywhere it passed, the air was ripped asunder, setting off a series of thunderous booms.
"ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!"
Pushing the Powerful Eagle Claw Skill to its absolute limit, the Dragon Eagle that was Chen Cheng roared incessantly, unleashing a series of draconic cries. Its every move was a Powerful Claw Stance that stirred the winds and clouds, shattered mountains and rivers, and sent monumental shockwaves through the air.
[Powerful Eagle Claw Skill deduction progress has increased.]
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An unknown amount of time passed. Chen Cheng felt the Dragon Eagle he had become continuously executing the Powerful Claw Stance, but the mountains and rivers, the earth and sky, all remained unshakably firm.
Meanwhile, the Dragon Eagle he embodied seemed to grow ever smaller. The more it struggled, the deeper its sense of powerlessness became, and the more its form shrank.
’This is wrong! This isn’t what the Dragon Eagle Realm should be like!!!’
Chen Cheng roared in fury. Then, in a flash of inspiration, the Iron Armor Skill he cultivated flooded his mind. He fought against this feeling of insignificance, striving to become immense and powerful, to stand as tall as heaven and earth, proud and dominant in this world.
’Why are the mountains so massive?
Why are the rivers so vast?
The earth should not be this profound!
The sky must have a limit!
Change for me!!!’
Following his roars of fury, the body of the Dragon Eagle Chen Cheng had become suddenly expanded. Layers upon layers of scales shattered, and its draconic head instantly dissipated, only to reappear even larger, covered in new, overlapping scales.
Its feathered wings also shattered and dissipated before re-forming into an even wider pair.
Its body and claws underwent the same process of dissipation and manifestation, matching its new form.
In an instant, Chen Cheng had transformed into a colossal Dragon Eagle dozens of zhang tall, like a veritable mountain peak.
As it moved, it unleashed the Powerful Claw Stance again and again with earth-shattering might. Yet, the pressure upon it grew even stronger, and Chen Cheng still felt small and powerless!
[Powerful Eagle Claw Skill deduction progress has increased.]
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’Still not enough! This is still not what the Dragon Eagle Realm should be! Change again!!!’
The Dragon Eagle’s form violently dissipated. When it manifested again, it was a gigantic Dragon Eagle that was tens of millions of zhang tall. This time, the mountains and rivers, the earth and sky of this world were finally shaken by its transformation.
The mountains shattered, the rivers flowed backward, the earth collapsed, and the sky became riddled with holes. Streams of seemingly tangible energy surged from the mountains and rivers, the earth and sky, flowing into the Dragon Eagle’s body.
Replenished, the Dragon Eagle’s body grew larger and larger. From the energy flowing out of the landscape, Chen Cheng could feel faint traces of the True Great Strength, and his own power grew ever stronger.
He had a feeling, deep down, that if he could absorb all this energy for himself, the Dragon Eagle Realm would be achieved!
’So that’s how it is!’
[Powerful Eagle Claw Skill deduction progress has increased.]
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He continuously unleashed the Powerful Claw Stance. The energy flowing from the mountains and rivers, the earth and sky, quickened its pace. The Dragon Eagle Chen Cheng had become was like a bottomless abyss, accepting all the energy that came its way.
Just then, the once-unmoving mountains and rivers, earth and sky, seemed to sense a life-and-death crisis. They suddenly roared in fury and transformed, becoming four ferocious beasts no smaller than the Dragon Eagle. They unleashed their might in unison, countering the Dragon Eagle’s Powerful Claw Stance.
The Dragon Eagle felt the pressure once more. It let out a series of roars, but no matter what, it could no longer absorb the energy from these four beasts.
The four beasts fought back fiercely, trying to crush and annihilate the Dragon Eagle, but it managed to hold them off with its Powerful Claw Stance!
The situation immediately fell into a stalemate...
「In the study」 Chen Cheng’s eyes suddenly cleared. When he looked again, the Powerful Eagle Claw Skill Fundamental Diagram was right before him.
But now, the image in the diagram looked completely different to him. The Dragon Eagle was faintly using some profound Realm to resist the pressure of the world around it, with both sides locked in a stalemate.
[Powerful Eagle Claw Skill deduction progress has increased.]
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After studying it carefully for another ten minutes, Chen Cheng felt he wasn’t making any more progress. He put away the Fundamental Diagram and called up his panel to check it.
[Skills: Powerful Eagle Claw Skill (Perfection, Powerful Claw Stance) (Cultivation Technique deduction in progress, current progress: 99/100). Once deduction reaches Perfection, the Cultivation Technique can be advanced to a Superior Technique.]
"Whoa!" Chen Cheng let out an involuntary gasp, which was immediately followed by sheer ecstasy!
’The Fundamental Diagram really lives up to its name. Just one viewing session increased the deduction progress by so much.’
’As long as the deduction progress reaches Perfection and I get the Superior Powerful Eagle Claw Skill technique, achieving the Realm will just be a matter of filling a progress bar. The future is bright!’
Amid his joy, Chen Cheng became thoughtful.
’Comprehending a Realm primarily depends on one’s comprehension ability, and secondly on the Fundamental Diagram itself. The Secret Manual states it clearly: this Fundamental Diagram is merely a third-generation copy.’
’Even for those peerless geniuses with extraordinarily high comprehension, trying to grasp a Realm from this Fundamental Diagram would be incredibly difficult.’
’I almost managed to deduce the Realm just by viewing a third-generation Fundamental Diagram once. It seems my comprehension isn’t bad at all. I might even be one of those people with heaven-defying comprehension.’
’Perhaps even without the panel, I might have been able to comprehend the Powerful Eagle Claw Skill’s Realm relying on my comprehension alone.’