Chapter 139: Violent Breakthrough

At Tianxuan Gate, on Blackfall Cliff.

“Hehe, hehe…”

A young man wearing shorts sat with his knees hugged on a large rock in the black pond, giggling foolishly. This behavior had persisted for quite some time.

Honestly, Xu Xiaoshou no longer knew how strong he currently was.

It had been difficult enough to kill Zhao Shu and establish his strength among the newly ascended thirty-three, but breaking through to the Xiantian stage had confused him even more.

“Zhang Xinxiong?”

“…What kind of being is that?”

Xu Xiaoshou no longer even paid him any mind. Perhaps if he had an elder brother named Zhang Jiulong or something, and that person was at the Grandmaster level, then he might barely be worth a fight!

A Grandmaster’s body…

Xu Xiaoshou truly didn’t want to be conceited, but he felt he was already underestimating himself as much as possible.

The Grandmaster-level “Endless Life” ability hadn’t been factored in yet, nor had the awakening effect of “Raging Giant” been triggered.

Oh, right, there’s also the Grandmaster “Agility”!

Could he finally be ready to leave his master?

Xu Xiaoshou instantly shivered… Stop, he couldn’t think like that, it was life-threatening!

According to Elder Sang’s stories, that old geezer’s talent was probably even higher than his own; he was already a Grandmaster in his youth, and now…

Unfathomable!

“But that’s not right, I only broke through to Xiantian, so why do I feel like I can look down on the whole world? Could it just be an illusion…?”

“What if, when it comes to a fight, I’m just a paper tiger?”

Xu Xiaoshou fell into deep self-doubt; this surge in power did seem a bit terrifying…

“Never mind, just go with the flow.”

Having settled his mind, Xu Xiaoshou checked again. He still had 38,000 passive points left, which was enough to keep as a trump card.

If anyone angered him, he could instantly upgrade “Sword Mastery” by five levels. As long as his own head didn’t explode, his enemy’s head definitely would!

“Huh?”

Upon checking, Xu Xiaoshou surprisingly found a “fish that slipped through the net”!

“Cooking Mastery (Houtian Lv. 6).”

How could there still be a Houtian-level passive ability at this point!

“A mere five thousand passive points.” Xu Xiaoshou maxed it out on the spot.

“Cooking Mastery (Xiantian Lv. 1).”

A massive amount of knowledge flooded his mind. Xu Xiaoshou felt as if he instantly recognized all Houtian-level medicinal ingredients, meat ingredients…

He had a sense of complete understanding regarding various medicinal properties, combinations, and even the results after mixing them.

Even more astonishingly, he instantly knew which meat texture paired with which spiritual herb would unleash which extraordinary effect, as if guided by an immortal.

“Uh, am I going down the path of meat elixirs…?” Xu Xiaoshou’s expression was strange; this was getting off track!

Perhaps because his Origin Court had opened, this influx of knowledge only made him briefly daze before he completely assimilated it all.

“Never mind, I’ll ignore it for now.”

Entering Tianxuan Gate wasn’t the time to research alchemy. This matter was time-consuming and labor-intensive; he’d ponder it slowly after he left!

“I’ve finally spent most of the 280,000.”

Xu Xiaoshou sighed with emotion. Although this system upgrade had consumed his dual Xiantian attribute power, overall, it wasn’t a loss.

Of course, what he was primarily grateful for was this Blackfall Waterfall.

He could only say one thing… “It’s truly awesome!”

Stepping back into the waterfall, the weight of the Blackfall water was now completely negligible, barely making any impact.

As for the white sword energy, it couldn’t even break his skin and flesh; it was simply bounced away on contact.

Xu Xiaoshou looked upwards, recalling his previous speculation.

Blackfall Cliff couldn’t possibly possess such spiritual energy. While it wasn’t impossible for the mountain itself to be sentient, he was more inclined to believe there was some highly spiritual entity at the cliff’s peak.

Otherwise, how could this Blackfall Waterfall have white sword energy for no reason?

That’s not logical!

Moreover…

“‘Blackfall Cliff,’ this was clearly a name someone standing at the cliff’s peak, looking down, would choose.”

Looking up from his current position, Xu Xiaoshou felt this place could at best be called “Blackfall Chasm.”

“Hehe, someone must have left behind an opportunity up there, perhaps a sword path treasure. How does that saying go…”

“Treasures are obtained by the fated!”

Xu Xiaoshou considered himself that fated person. He ascended with incredible speed, soaring upwards. Even the extraordinarily heavy Blackfall Waterfall could not hinder him.

Since this place could no longer provide passive points, he would completely empty it out and then move on to the next location.

He had ample time. The two objectives for entering Tianxuan Gate were complete. His next minor goal was to make a huge profit.

If there was one Blackfall Cliff, who’s to say there wouldn’t be a Whitefall Cliff, or even a Purplefall Cliff?

“Charge!”

Xu Xiaoshou had already ascended hundreds of feet. This was a height he would never have dared to reach when riding his sword, but now that he could even fly, there was naturally nothing to fear.

Hmm, as long as he didn’t look down…

At a thousand feet, Xu Xiaoshou’s legs were already weak, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.

“Why is it so high? Haven’t I reached the limit yet?”

The Blackfall Waterfall continued to thunder above, seemingly without end. But Xu Xiaoshou didn’t believe it; how could a waterfall truly have no end?

Did they think it was “the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven”?

Thump—

His rapidly ascending figure seemed to hit an invisible barrier. Xu Xiaoshou was flung back by the recoil, stopping abruptly in mid-air.

“It’s here?” Instead of being startled, he was delighted.

He looked up; the waterfall was still there.

But further above, a clear ripple spread out. Evidently, his Grandmaster body’s impact had directly revealed the invisible barrier.

Xu Xiaoshou swiftly approached, reached out to touch it, and felt a soft, sticky sensation.

Turning his palm into a fist, he threw a punch!

Xu Xiaoshou was sent flying again, but his “Perception” allowed him to see the barrier wall violently trembling, swaying up and down, rocking as if unable to bear the weight.

“Not bad, it can even withstand thirty percent of a Grandmaster body’s force. Impressive!”

Just as he was about to raise his fist to strike again, he saw four large characters appear in the void after the barrier wall swayed:

“No Entry!”

Crystalline light points exploded, and Xu Xiaoshou passed through the broken barrier hole, continuing his ascent.

“Was there something just now? My eyes must be playing tricks on me; I can’t see anything!”

After passing through the barrier, it was still the Blackfall Waterfall, truly appearing endless.

Yet Xu Xiaoshou showed no signs of stopping. He was determined to conquer it today; even if it was the end of the sky, he would find it!

At roughly two thousand feet from the ground, Xu Xiaoshou already sensed something was wrong; another barrier wall appeared in the void.

“Again!”

This time, before he could even strike, the four characters “No Entry!” had already appeared above. However, Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes were closed…

Seventy percent force, one hundred percent force… finally shattered!

Xu Xiaoshou continued upwards, already greatly astonished. What kind of thing possessed such formidable defenses?

He remembered that Grandmasters weren’t supposed to be able to enter Tianxuan Gate, but with this level of defense, even ordinary Grandmaster powerhouses probably wouldn’t be able to get in.

Over three thousand feet up, nearly ten thousand meters from the ground, the imagined difficulty in breathing didn’t occur. But the third barrier wall arrived as expected.

Xu Xiaoshou took a deep breath, his speed not diminishing in the slightest.

“Let’s try it!”

A punch with twelve-tenths of his force, carrying an upward momentum, directly tore through the wind’s roar and violently struck the barrier wall.

“Pfft!”

Xu Xiaoshou recoiled with a mouthful of blood, his body flung a hundred meters away.

He stopped his attack, his eyes glowing green.

“There must be a treasure! Such defensive strength suggests it’s a supreme treasure!”

Giving up was not an option. Even that punch, with twelve-tenths of his force, was just an ordinary punch.

Did Xu Xiaoshou rely on *that* for fighting? What a joke!

If an ordinary punch failed, then he’d just use “ordinary mental power”!

He moved closer, touching the barrier wall again. Xu Xiaoshou chose not to attack with sword energy.

With this level of defense, the broader the attack’s force, the greater the rebound.

But if focused on a single point…

“Ten-Segment Sword Finger!”

He brought two fingers together, lightly thrusting them forward. With a soft pierce, the barrier wall was instantly punctured.

He pushed the opening apart with both hands and leaped directly inside.

The cliff peak!

His pupils constricted, Xu Xiaoshou suddenly turned his head to look.

“This is…”