Chapter 161: Third-Grade Breath-Wind
Breeze-wind is composed of countless wind particles, divided into lower, middle, and upper grades, distinguished by numbers.
A breeze-wind formed by the combination of thirty-six wind particles is considered of the lower grade.
Seventy-two wind particles combine to form the middle grade.
One hundred and eight wind particles combine to form the upper grade.
Wind particles are forged from thirty-six kinds of wind-attribute celestial and earthly spirits. By absorbing the mysteries of heaven and earth and refining them through incantation adjustments, they are finally brought into being.
Once formed, because these wind particles possess thirty-six profound mysteries of the wind attribute from heaven and earth, and simultaneously absorb the various outward manifestations they represent—such as the wildness of a gale, the fury of a tempest, the purity of a fresh breeze, the gentleness of a zephyr...
And all sorts of other external manifestations of the wind attribute, after being adjusted through incantation, it is akin to a scientist taking various otherwise harmless components and combining them to create an atomic bomb—truly a qualitative transformation.
After such wind particles are formed, just a single particle unleashed, requiring no excessive magic power other than meeting the most basic usage requirements, can instantly snap a thousand-meter-tall mountain right at its waist.
Such is the power of a single wind particle.
Lower-grade breeze-wind is composed of thirty-six wind particles. Once formed, its power is not as simple as one plus one equals two. Much like the formation process of the wind particles themselves, various elements undergo chemical reactions, ultimately multiplying their power exponentially!
Similarly, during the combination process of the breeze-wind formed by wind particles, these thirty-six wind particles undergo a second chemical reaction according to the profound mysteries of the breeze-wind gathered within the incantation, doubling their power yet again!
If the basic power of a single wind particle can snap a thousand-meter hill in half, then lower-grade breeze-wind, composed of thirty-six wind particles and driven by magic power, can reduce that same hill to dust.
Breaking a mountain and turning a mountain to powder naturally represent entirely different levels of difficulty. The vast gap in strength represented by the two can easily be imagined!
This is the power of the lower-grade breeze-wind, formed merely from thirty-six wind particles!
Above it lies the middle-grade breeze-wind, composed of seventy-two wind particles!
And the upper-grade breeze-wind, composed of one hundred and eight wind particles!
Although the gap between the three grades of breeze-wind is not as vast as the gap between individual wind particles and breeze-wind itself, that is defined from the perspective of generalized multiplicative power growth!
From wind particles to breeze-wind, power multiplies exponentially. If the transition from wind particles to breeze-wind increases power tenfold, then the changes from lower-grade to middle-grade breeze-wind, and from middle-grade to upper-grade breeze-wind, might only double the power. However, this does not mean the absolute quantity of power gained is low!
Can ten times one be the same as one time ten?
Therefore, although the multiplicative power increase between the three grades of breeze-wind is smaller than that between wind particles and breeze-wind, the actual difference in magnitude is in fact even greater!
The lizard—what he has cultivated is none other than the upper-grade breeze-wind, an upper-grade breeze-wind composed of one hundred and eight wind particles!
If he were to use all his might to exhale this breath of breeze-wind, even a ten-thousand-meter-tall mountain before him could be instantly blown into powder!
This is also why he was willing to endure bondage and act as a guard beast here, paying the price of his freedom. Because, in his view, it was entirely worth it!
Once upon a time, the lizard took deep pride in this and had countless times daydreamed about how, once his guarding term was up and he finally left, he would roam the world unrestrained!
With a single breath of breeze-wind, he would be invincible!
Yet now, these are merely thoughts of the past. Even possessing the upper-grade breeze-wind, the lizard now did not dare to harbor the slightest trace of defiance in his heart. The man before him had effortlessly—or rather, with absolute ease—destroyed his upper-grade breeze-wind without breaking a sweat!
This fact delivered a crushing blow to the lizard’s self-confidence, shattering his pride into dust and leaving not a shred of arrogance behind.
Even now, as Song Hai walked right past him toward the place he had guarded for countless years, he did not dare to utter a single word, nor did he even dare to entertain the slightest thought of resistance.
The lizard stopped moving, making no attempt to chase after Song Hai toward the Savage Valley. The thoughts in his mind gradually faded away. Standing in place for a moment, he simply flopped down onto the ground, curled his body up, closed his eyes tightly, and awaited the onset of the curse!
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Song Hai cared not at all about the lizard’s psychological activities and facial expressions behind him, nor did he wish to care. He walked on leisurely, heading straight toward the place that piqued his interest!
Although the lizard’s strength was considerable, and even formidable compared to his own past self, before his present self, it was no longer worth mentioning!
The primary reason for this transformation was the advent of the Myriad Laws Mountain Art!
Song Hai’s talent was unquestionable. Following the appearance of the Myriad Laws Mountain Art, his cultivation progressed smoothly, successfully breaking through the pseudo-core realm. Just like Zhou Yi, because his foundation was overwhelmingly profound, he summoned a colossal river of energy. In terms of sheer energy volume, it was by no means smaller than the river of energy Zhou Yi had summoned through shortcut methods!
However, unlike Zhou Yi, who had walked a tightrope between life and death and staked everything on a desperate gamble to finally resolve the issue, Song Hai faced the equally massive river of energy and solved all problems with utmost ease!
Step by step, everything fell into place naturally. His realm soared all the way—from the first stage of the pseudo-core realm, the second stage, the third stage, the fourth stage, and right up to the current fifth stage. It felt just like taking an elevator, arriving at the destination in a momentary daze!
There was not the slightest difficulty!
The one hundred and twenty-nine thousand and six hundred units of magic power required to cultivate the Myriad Laws Mountain Art, when faced with an existence possessing a colossal river of energy, coupled with Song Hai’s heaven-defying talent, was as simple as stepping across a tiny stream... no, a mere line!
Logically and smoothly, Song Hai’s strength surged at rocket-like speed after acquiring the Myriad Laws Mountain Art!
The lizard’s upper-grade breeze-wind was indeed formidable, but before the present Song Hai, it was utterly negligible!
The Myriad Laws Mountain Art contains the technique of the Light Mountain and the Heavy Mountain. While Zhou Yi chose the Heavy Mountain Art, Song Hai chose the Light Mountain Art. Although their choices differed, one aspect remained identical!
Immunity to all laws!
The hallmark of successfully cultivating the Myriad Laws Mountain Art is the manifestation of a force field that is immune to all laws. Whether one cultivates the Heavy Mountain or the Light Mountain, as long as either is mastered, a force field of absolute law immunity naturally condenses!
All bizarre, wondrous, and unpredictable abilities—those that catch opponents off guard and allow for leap-in-rank combat—cease to be problems before the law-immune force field!
It can be said that the Myriad Laws Mountain Art is the natural nemesis of all such strange and mysterious abilities. To deal with the two of them, aside from frontal assault using overwhelming force to break all laws with sheer power, there is simply no other way!
Unfortunately for the lizard, formidable though he was, compared to Song Hai, he truly lacked such brute force!