Chapter 1051: Self-Created Holy Martial Saint Technique of the Five Finger Print Type

An explosion reverberated through the Yuan Mansion world as Xu Xiaoshou excitedly held a newly developed elixir in his hand. He named it the Numbness Elixir, a fifth-grade Grandmaster-tier elixir for treating sensitive skin. Though called an elixir, it was actually a poison. Its primary function was to anesthetize the body, eliminating sensitivity, and it could only be used in conjunction with a specific breathing technique. If others were to take it, they might die instantly.

Xu Xiaoshou meticulously examined the Numbness Elixir. After some thought, he summoned Greedy God. By trading a first-grade spiritual herb, he easily transformed the "little white cat" into a "little white mouse." Poor Greedy God, unaware of what was happening, was bribed with a single spiritual herb. It eagerly consumed the elixir, then foamed at the mouth and collapsed. Xu Xiaoshou watched the chubby cat, which hadn't used its devouring ability and was now paralyzed and half-crippled on the ground, and fell into contemplation.

It was indeed quite poisonous, he mused. But if it neutralized with his own body, surely it could eliminate his sensitivity, right? After all this time, the side effects of his condition hadn't worn off, and Xu Xiaoshou was still weak. In this state, he no longer hesitated. Observing Greedy God's lethargic condition, he gritted his teeth, pulled out another Numbness Elixir, and took it himself. If he left the Yuan Mansion with such a sensitive body, let alone encountering a Void Attendant, even bumping into someone or being brushed by the wind would be problematic. If he slightly forgot to control his clothing, Xu Xiaoshou felt he'd be incapacitated for half a second. Half a second! That was an eternity! At that point, he probably wouldn't even know how he died.

The moment the fifth-grade Numbness Elixir entered his mouth, it instantly transformed into a toxic gas, invading his entire body. Xu Xiaoshou felt a reaction was about to begin. The next second, "Conversion" detected the intrusion of abnormal energy and directly transformed this poisonous energy into attribute-less spiritual essence, injecting it into his Sea of Qi. Xu Xiaoshou was baffled.

"Damn it!" he thought. "I painstakingly developed this poisonous elixir, and you just converted it all away?" He tried another one and found that any energy abnormal to his body would trigger the "Conversion" passive skill. And the reason "Conversion" was a passive skill was that Xu Xiaoshou currently couldn't control its activation or deactivation. "How frustrating!" Xu Xiaoshou gritted his teeth. A peerless elixir, just created, was rendered useless? He had to admit, this news was utterly terrible.

The only benefit he could deduce from the Numbness Elixir was that as long as "Conversion" was active, he wouldn't have to fear most poisonous elixirs or toxic energy attacks in the future. "Oh well, so be it," he sighed. Resistance was futile. Xu Xiaoshou had no choice but to let his sensitive body remain sensitive.

He ceased his fruitless attempts and continued to examine his Sea of Qi. After breaking through to the Star Worship realm, holy power was born, solidifying his title as "The Foremost Grandmaster Below a Demigod." However, holy power was merely a natural byproduct of consuming the Holy Relic Fruit's core. Xu Xiaoshou hadn't forgotten that most of the Holy Relic Fruit's other powers hadn't accumulated in his cultivation; they must have been stolen by some "thieves" within his Sea of Qi.

Who could have stolen it? His thoughts settled, focusing first on the formidable Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed. Back in the White Cave, Xu Xiaoshou had relied on the power of the Embarrassed Saint to suppress this treasure. After the Alchemy Competition ended, upon receiving the champion's reward, the Pinghu Little Cyan Flower, known as "Little Heavenly Fire," Xu Xiaoshou discovered that its power could actually contend with the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed. The Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed was almost equivalent to the Three-Day Frozen Tribulation, and thus to the power of true Heavenly Fire. As Heavenly Fire was a fruit of the Firmament Tree, one of the Nine Ancestral Trees, it should theoretically be a treasure no less than Saint-grade. How could it be on par with the Pinghu Little Cyan Flower?

Previously, Xu Xiaoshou could only unleash the Path-Severing power of the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed and Three-Day Frozen Tribulation. Their greatest use was leveraging the tiny bit of tribulation power from them as a springboard for fighting above his rank. Only after having the Pinghu Little Cyan Flower for comparison did Xu Xiaoshou realize that the true powers of the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed, Three-Day Frozen Tribulation, and similar treasures were likely in a sealed state. It was like how Demigods in the Holy Divine Continent remained in seclusion, rarely seen by ordinary people in their entire lives. Or like how Throne-grade treasures could be frequently observed, but Holy Martial Arts and Holy Artifacts were generally very rare. It was also like the Twenty-One Famous Swords, which theoretically could all achieve Heavenly Unsealing. Yet, to this day, Xu Xiaoshou had never seen anyone unleash the true power of a Famous Sword through Heavenly Unsealing, or erupt with the Saint-grade combat power they supposedly possessed.

Do treasures conceal their true power? With this understanding, Xu Xiaoshou observed the state of the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed in his Sea of Qi and was astonished to discover something. What was going on? To his spiritual perception, the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed was no longer emitting scattered bits of tribulation power. Instead, the tribulation aura of Path Severing was incredibly dense! And that seemed to be just the beginning. From the core of the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed, which resembled a compressed sun, he could feel a transcendent power no less than the holy power accompanying the Holy Relic Fruit. Saint-grade power! Xu Xiaoshou's eyes widened. For a moment, he couldn't believe it.

So, the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed secretly consumed the Holy Relic Fruit's medicinal power, unlocking its inherent power-concealing trait, and radiating its true brilliance as a Saint-grade treasure? Or perhaps... Upon careful recollection, Xu Xiaoshou thought of another possibility. Was it because when he fought the Twin Idiots, he unleashed the full power of the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed, thus breaking its seal and revealing its full might?

Above his Sea of Qi, the holy power accompanying the Holy Relic Fruit, the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed, and the Three-Day Frozen Tribulation now formed a tripartite balance. Faintly, with the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed and Three-Day Frozen Tribulation as the dominant forces, even the holy power from the Holy Relic Fruit seemed slightly weaker. Below them were the sword intent from the Uncle, Xu Xiaoshou's own cultivated sword intent, and the white luminous bead that never competed, which might contain the will of the Embarrassed Saint, also known as Ancestor Jhin-Shining.

It definitely consumed the medicinal power to break its seal! Seeing this scene, Xu Xiaoshou immediately dismissed his second conclusion. If only the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed had revealed such sharpness, he might have attributed it to his full power outburst against the Twin Idiots. But so had the Three-Day Frozen Tribulation! This true Heavenly Fire was now radiating its real power. Above his Sea of Qi, it occupied over a third of the space, dyeing it completely ice-blue.

He barely used the Three-Day Frozen Tribulation. Against the Twin Idiots, it was just used in conjunction with Ah Bing to enhance its burst, so it wouldn't have broken its seal just from one fight. Therefore, like the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed, it acted as a "thief," consuming most of the Holy Relic Fruit's medicinal power, preventing his cultivation from directly breaking through to the peak of the Star Worship realm. Yet, in the end, it fed back to him, with the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed and Three-Day Frozen Tribulation completely unleashing the power of Saint-grade treasures?

Xu Xiaoshou manifested the power of the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed on his index finger; it was a holy power fluctuation. Then he manifested the power of the Three-Day Frozen Tribulation on his middle finger; this too was a holy power fluctuation. And finally, he manifested the holy power accompanying the Holy Relic Fruit on his ring finger; it was still a holy power fluctuation! A total of three Saint-grade powers! If these were compressed and detonated... Xu Xiaoshou was ecstatic! This deal was incredibly worthwhile!

The Holy Relic Fruit's medicinal power? Eat it! Eat freely! Eat as much as he wanted! He still had an entire medicinal garden full of holy medicines! Yet, after consuming just a little, the powers of these two great Saint-grade treasures were completely unleashed. This truly was a pleasant surprise. Before this, the only things on Xu Xiaoshou related to "Saint" were the Holy Effigy and Holy Blood given by Old Man Sang. Now, with just one Holy Relic Fruit, he had three additional Saint-grade powers! Awesome!

He gazed at the three compressed, transcendent holy seeds on the three fingers of his right hand. Xu Xiaoshou thought of a self-created spiritual technique that had accompanied him for a time but was later phased out due to his rapid progress: the "Five-Finger Imprint Technique!" Now, three fingers held three Saint-grade powers, with two more remaining.

Pop. His ring finger twitched. The Sword Intent, which could reach the pinnacle of second-generation Thorough-God Thought, could crush Saint-grade power. Though currently, due to insufficient cultivation time, it couldn't quite match Saint-grade power yet, it could sever anything and anyone below a Demigod. This sword intent transformed into a sword intent seed and leaped from his fingertip.

Pop. His thumb twitched again. The Pinghu Little Cyan Flower, known as "Little Heavenly Fire" and only slightly weaker than Saint-grade power, transformed into another fire seed and popped out.

Bang, bang, bang... At the tips of his five fingers, as soon as the five compressed power seeds appeared, the surrounding air crackled with explosive sounds, and even the space around his fingers faintly showed black spatial cracks. "How terrifying!" Xu Xiaoshou's eyelids twitched wildly as he watched. He had only just turned his concept into reality, merely condensing the five power seeds without excessive compression, friction, or fusion. Yet, the explosive force contained within them already felt far greater than any explosion he had ever created before!

But on second thought, it made sense. Holy Blood could only forcefully bestow one Saint-grade power upon its user. On his own body, the holy power from the Holy Relic Fruit was no less than that. Now, he had added two more Saint-grade powers from the Jhin-Shining Primeval Seed and Three-Day Frozen Tribulation, comparable to peak Holy Blood, plus the pseudo-Saint-grade powers of Sword Intent and Pinghu Little Cyan Flower.

"Calling it the 'Saint-grade Five-Finger Imprint Technique' shouldn't be an exaggeration, right?" Xu Xiaoshou's face was filled with fervor, like an artist beholding the most exquisite art. He felt that striking any Grand-Void expert with this technique would be equivalent to simultaneously exhausting five different drops of Holy Blood and then unleashing their combined power in a single, devastating blow. Who could withstand this? Xu Xiaoshou felt even his own body couldn't withstand it, let alone others. Even if the Saint-grade Five-Finger Imprint Technique wasn't fully unleashed, he could sense that when it was, his own body would likely be shattered by the recoil of the power. It was like when he had used the power of the Holy Effigy to forcefully receive Teng Shanhai's Divine Spear of Sorrow in Eastern Heaven King City.

Sizzle... The residual power emanating from the five transcendent energy seeds rubbed against each other, generating electricity in the void and sparking. Xu Xiaoshou could feel his fingertips constantly cycling through cracking and healing, an endless cycle. "Something's still missing..." Clicking his tongue, Xu Xiaoshou was still not satisfied. Thinking of Teng Shanhai, he considered that unleashing this move might shatter his own body first. Naturally, he also recalled the "Sleeveless Scorched Hand" he subconsciously used when forcefully receiving the Divine Spear of Sorrow back then.

This renowned ultimate technique, from Old Sang, had been taught to him by the old man in the Eight Palaces. Later, it was so profound that he initially thought he'd need to level up "Culinary Mastery" a few more times before he could master it. Unexpectedly, when fighting Teng Shanhai, as the "Nine Dragon Burning Ancestor" Holy Effigy activated, that momentary contact with the Holy Path enlightened Xu Xiaoshou like a divine revelation, allowing him to instantly unleash the Sleeveless Scorched Hand. And the Sleeveless Scorched Hand, which could only be released by compressing all the power of the Spiritual Refinement path, was practically the hardest technique in the world, bar none! It was so hard that when Xu Xiaoshou forcefully took Teng Shanhai's Divine Spear of Sorrow, his entire body shattered, yet a charred arm remained, firmly gripping the Divine Spear of Sorrow and pulling it close. Afterward, he used the power of the Holy Effigy to instantly repair his body completely.

Therefore, using Sleeveless Scorched Hand to execute the Saint-grade Five-Finger Imprint Technique was the optimal combination, allowing him to unleash the most devastating single-point explosion in history! Upon this thought, the Sleeveless Scorched Hand, which had settled deep in his memory and hadn't been used for a long time, was now drawn forth by a mere thought.

Sizzle... Beneath the Dragon Apricot, as the wind blew, the clothing on Xu Xiaoshou's right arm withered and burned away piece by piece. Then his entire arm seemed to be dehydrated by the strongest sun, instantly becoming charred and cracked, yet incredibly hard! Whoosh... The vast power in his Sea of Qi instantly bottomed out. Yet, a wild glint flashed in Xu Xiaoshou's eyes; he wanted to test just how powerful this strike was!

The moment Sleeveless Scorched Hand finally took shape, the powers of the Saint-grade Five-Finger Imprint Technique began to touch, rub, and then compress, aiming to coalesce from five separate seeds into one absolute holy seed.

Boom! At that instant, the Shennong Medicinal Garden suddenly exploded. Numerous holy medicines and first/second-grade spiritual herbs flew into the sky, and even the Dragon Apricot tree swayed violently. Xu Xiaoshou's face twitched. He quickly reined in some of his power, used the Yuan Mansion world's spatial energy to replant the spiritual herbs and holy medicines, and then soared into the sky. He certainly didn't want to blow up the entire Shennong Medicinal Garden just by experimenting with his self-created spiritual technique.

"This is too insane!" he thought. "This move is even more terrifying than a forbidden art, comparable to a Holy Martial Art! A self-created Holy Martial Art at that!" Xu Xiaoshou, soaring into the air, had his clothes fluttering around him, and his charred right arm was now emitting dense gray aura of destruction.

Within the Broken Tower, Tear-Xi'er had originally decided not to contact Xu Xiaoshou for a while. At this moment, her right eyelid suddenly twitched wildly, sensing a terrifying power fluctuation, as if a Void Attendant had forcibly broken into the Yuan Mansion world. She immediately flashed outside. Then she looked up and saw Xu Xiaoshou high in the sky, with a crazed expression, his charred right arm raised as if he were about to blow up the Yuan Mansion world. Tear-Xi'er was stunned.

"Xu Xiaoshou! Are you crazy?" Her beautiful eyes widened, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "What are you doing! Are you trying to kill everyone here?" Tear-Xi'er could hardly believe her eyes. Xu Xiaoshou, hovering high in the air, was now emitting a thick gray aura. This was the aura of destruction! An absolute destructive force that could only be generated when extreme opposing powers erupted simultaneously.

During her time as Mu Zixi, because she was always in the Yuan Mansion world and found it too boring, she often asked Xu Xiaoshou to share scenes from outside the Yuan Mansion with her. Thus, Tear-Xi'er had witnessed this aura of destruction before! But that was in the White Cave, where a super explosion occurred after the Ice-Sealed Snow Mountain and the underground White Magma in Lingrong Marsh were both unsealed by that idiot Xu Xiaoshou, giving birth to this aura of destruction! At that time, the aura of destruction caused area damage, and the explosion had a delay, with limited single-target power, allowing Xu Xiaoshou to quickly flash into the Yuan Mansion and escape.

But now... Xu Xiaoshou's charred right arm, with the five original power seeds at its fingertips, was practically a compressed version of the Lingrong Marsh explosion! Even stronger than that! In terms of single-point destructive power, even a Grand-Void expert would probably be instantly killed by one strike, right?

The more Tear-Xi'er thought, the crazier it seemed. Xu Xiaoshou had only just had a minor breakthrough as a Grandmaster, not even reaching the Throne stage. How could he conjure up something like this? How did this guy manage to always come up with another terrifying explosive power after being out of sight for a while? Did he really want to be surnamed "Xu"? His surname should be "Explosion"! Most importantly... why research such a thing and even try to blow up the Yuan Mansion? Was Xu Xiaoshou in a bad mood? Just because she suddenly ignored him? All the plants, Ah Bing, Ah Huo, Greedy God, and other living and non-living things in the Yuan Mansion world were innocent!

Hey, where was Greedy God? Tear-Xi'er keenly noticed something was amiss. With such destructive power unleashed, Greedy God should have come to pull her away and mediate. Where had it gone? But the situation was urgent, and Tear-Xi'er couldn't think any further. She soared up and flew in front of Xu Xiaoshou.

"Xu Xiaoshou, stop!" she pleaded. "I'll agree, won't I? I won't leave for now... Quickly stop whatever demonic move you're performing! The Yuan Mansion world is innocent!"