Chapter 986: Icy Snow Dao Pattern
The Heaven Devil Sect’s elder had investigated Jiang Yi, but they obviously couldn’t find anything. There was nothing wrong with Mo Xing himself. He was born and raised in the Heaven Devil Race, his grandfather and his father were also of the Heaven Devil Race, and they had all died gloriously in battle. However, they didn’t know that this Mo Xing was no longer the previous Mo Xing and had been subst.i.tuted by Jiang Yi.
The Dwarf Race didn’t attack anymore, and Mo Tian had handed over the ice beasts and ice imps, obtaining a huge sum of battle merits instantly. Not only did they complete their task, but they were also even qualified to reside in the eleventh level.
Mo Tian brought all the members of their lineage to the eleventh level and had obtained three large cave dwellings. Jiang Yi stayed in one of the cave dwellings by himself, Mo Tian and his family stayed in one, and their Third Uncle’s family stayed in one. Jiang Yi had used the excuse of recuperating from the injuries in battle and didn’t even interact with Mo Tian’s younger brothers and sisters, secluding himself.
Mo Tian had obtained enough battle merit for them to reside in the eleventh level for one year. They would only have to hand over more ice imps and beasts after this year, or they would be demoted to the tenth level. Jiang Yi had a discussion with Mo Tian and decided not to venture out for now and to cultivate in the eleventh level first.
The heaven and earth essence force here was very concentrated and had reached 50 times. Jiang Yi was able to cultivate at the speed of 500 times in this place, and although it was two times slower than the Tang Clan’s Heaven Fate s.h.i.+p’s cultivation room, it was still considered not bad.
Most importantly, if they ventured out now, they might be ambushed by the dwarfs. Jiang Yi was preparing to wait for half a year to get a clearer understanding of the Heaven Devil Race’s situation and cultivate at the same time. After the limelight had dissipated, he would then think of other methods to rake up battle merits and ultimately become an elder of the Heaven Devil Race to obtain the Heaven Hidden Sect’s information from the Heaven Devil Sect Patriarch’s mouth.
There was another problem!
Jiang Yi didn’t know how to use the Heaven Devil Race’s attack methods. There wouldn’t be any problems if he was fighting by himself. However, if he was in a similar situation like the battle with the dwarfs and if he was to release the astral wind attacks, people would immediately notice and be suspicious. Once they conducted an investigation, Jiang Yi would ultimately be exposed.
Thus, he was preparing to study the Heaven Devil Race’s attack methods or to comprehend a snow region’s attack ability which wouldn’t attract any suspicions.
He entered the Union of Heaven and Man state to cultivate his essence force and studied on the Heaven Devil Race’s attack method. After studying for a few days, he noticed that it was impossible for him to imitate the Heaven Devil Race’s attack.
The Heaven Devil Race was a special race, and their claws were the same as Jiang Xiaonu’s after her transformation and were abnormally sharp. Jiang Yi was about to form claws, but they wouldn’t be razor-sharp and wouldn’t be able to dig the soil—let alone kill.
The Heaven Devil Race had another powerful ability which was their soul spirit attack. The soul spirit attacks that they shot out were black energy while Jiang Yi only had his soul swords which were fiery red, golden, or dark gold in color. There was no way to transform those soul swords as they were energy from the soul spirit.
There were only a few individuals who knew about his soul swords, and it could be explained by saying that his soul spirit attack had transformed. However, if he was to rely on his soul swords, he surely wouldn’t be able to obtain as much battle merits; and the soul swords would also be easily destroyed.
Of course, the Heaven Devil Race’s members also knew dao pattern attacks, but it was a pity that Jiang Yi’s strongest dao pattern was the Fury of Thunder. It was his signature move. If there was an East Imperial Continent’s spy in the snow region, who sent his information to the snow region, he would be immediately exposed. As for the rest of his dao pattern attacks, they were pitifully weak and didn’t have much power.
“Icy snow dao pattern!”
Jiang Yi finally made a decision to comprehend the Dwarf Race’s mystical icy snow dao pattern. It didn’t matter if it was a dao pattern or not. As long as Jiang Yi could comprehend it, it would be an absolutely powerful attack method. If he was to complement it with the soul swords, it would be extremely beneficial for killing other races, ice beasts, and ice imps.
After making this decision, Jiang Yi immediately placed his full concentration to comprehend the icy snow dao pattern. This snow region was extremely cold, and there would constantly be huge snowfall. It should be easier to comprehend the icy snow dao pattern in such an environment.
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Time flew quickly and in the blink of an eye, half a year had pa.s.sed.
After the Heaven Devil Sect Patriarch sent his message, the Dwarf Race didn’t dare to come and look for trouble anymore. However, the Dwarf Race and the Heaven Devil Race didn’t have several tens of times more small scale battles on the outside. As long as the two races met, there would surely be a battle; and it would be a battle to the death. In just a short six months, at least thousands of members from both races had perished in battle.
The Ice Sea had become the largest battlefield. Every time the two races sent martial artists to the Ice Sea, they would bring at least hundreds of people. If anyone had gone there alone, they would never return.
Jiang Yi and Mo Tian didn’t bother and quietly cultivated in the Heaven Devil Mountain. In half a year, Mo Tian had increased his cultivation from the sixth stage to the seventh stage of Heaven Monarch Realm, officially becoming a high-stage Heaven Monarch.
Jiang Yi was having a hard time as his cultivation realm was still stuck at the third stage of Heaven Monarch. However, he was about to break through to the fourth stage of Heaven Monarch. After comprehending for half a year, he still didn’t make any progress with the icy snow dao pattern.
Dao patterns were too mystical, and diligence didn’t mean success. It was up to fate and would require some instances and some trace of opportunity. Otherwise, one wouldn’t be able to reach the entry stage for their even life.
“When my essence force reaches the fourth stage of Heaven Monarch and if I still don’t have any trace of comprehension, I will exit seclusion and venture outside to search for opportunities!”
Jiang Yi made his decision and continued to cultivate his essence force and comprehend the dao pattern with resolution. This time, after comprehending for slightly more than a month, his essence force realm had finally reached the fourth stage of Heaven Monarch, but his dao pattern still didn’t make any progress.
“Time to exit seclusion!”
Jiang Yi always did things swiftly and decisively. He immediately exited seclusion and walked towards the cave dwelling at the side as he wanted to go hunt ice beasts with Mo Tian.
“Eh?”
He noticed that the cave dwelling only had Mo Tian’s younger brother, sister, and mother. When he didn’t see Mo Tian, he asked curiously, “Where is Elder brother Mo Tian?”
Mo Tian’s younger sister explained with a concerned expression: “Elder brother Mo Xing. Big Brother had gone to the Ice Sea with some of the race members. Big Brother had just broken through to the high stages of Heaven Monarch Realm and wanted to go hunt some ice beasts and ice imps. He had gone out for over a month and had yet to return.”
“Oh, oh!”
Jiang Yi was a little disappointed. His eyes flickered, and he said, “All of you are to stay in the cave and don’t move around. I will go out and take a look.”
“No way!”
Mo Tian’s mother spoke firmly, “Mo Xing, you cannot go. When Mo Tian left, he had instructed for you to stay at home and wait for him.”
“Hehe.”
Jiang Yi let out a faint laugh and didn’t give any regards and said, “Don’t worry, I will act appropriately.”
Swis.h.!.+
Jiang Yi immediately flew out, quickly descended the sacred mountain, and dug into the ground. Mo Tian’s younger sister looked at Jiang Yi’s leaving rearview and spoke to her mother, “Mother, why do I feel that elder brother Mo Xing has become an entirely different person after he returned? I feel so unfamiliar, and he doesn’t seem to be that elder brother that we used to have.”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Mo Tian’s younger brother nodded and agreed.
“Silly child.”
Mo Tian’s mother shook her head and smiled, “Your elder brother Mo Xing has now matured and become a true man. Didn’t your big brother say that his soul spirit was injured? Don’t think too much! Mo Xing is now more collected, and it is a good thing. Mother has a kind of feeling that your elder brother Mo Xing will have a great future and would have great achievements in the future.”
“A true man!”
Mo Tian’s younger sister’s eyes flashed with radiance and tilted her head while saying, “It is true. Elder brother Mo Xing might have become unfamiliar, but he has a very special atmosphere and is very manly and charming. I like the current elder brother Mo Xing better.”