Chapter 1160: The Origin of Yang Kongdong's Various Techniques

Luyang and Meng Jingzhou looked down at the untouched ice casket on the podium. They then simultaneously turned to look at the distraught Xue Shilou beside them.

If Xue Shilou hadn't immediately protected his own ice casket, Yang Kongtong wouldn't have mistaken it for the wrong one.

"Why are you all looking at me? It's a natural reaction to protect your own things when in danger!" Xue Shilou protested, feeling wronged.

"Sect Master Yang... still has a childlike heart," Mu Baiyi slowly remarked, surprised that Sect Master Yang went to such great lengths just to steal an ice pillar. The Ruthless Sect members truly are lunatics.

"Alright, alright, you dare to play me!" Even with Yang Kongtong's good temperament, he couldn't endure such a drastic turn of events. Enraged, he crushed the ice sword into shards and fixed his gaze on the other ice casket.

"Don't give him a chance!" Mu Baiyi sent a telepathic message to Sect Master Chi and Liu Zhen. It seemed the other ice casket was what Yang Kongtong truly desired!

"Golden Crow Scorches the Heavens!" Sect Master Chi ascended, transforming into a body of fiery crimson sun. This fiery body then split into ten, becoming ten three-legged Golden Crows. "Ten Suns Streaking Across the Sky, Golden Crow Scorches the Heavens" was a peerless spell created by the Blazing Sun Sect based on ancient legends, and only the Sect Master was qualified to learn it.

The ten Golden Crows turned into ten golden rays, charging towards Yang Kongtong with terrifying momentum and oppressive force. At that moment, the people of Muxue City actually felt a heat similar to summer, an experience they had never had before!

"Fusang Appears!" Liu Zhen formed hand seals, conjuring the image of the ancient Fusang tree. With the appearance of the Fusang tree, the Golden Crows cried out. This was a complementary technique that significantly increased the power of "Golden Crow Scorches the Heavens."

"Ice Shatter." Yang Kongtong raised his hand, and a halo of condensed ice appeared behind his head. The halo then shattered, transforming into ten ice arrows. He drew his bow and shot, piercing each Golden Crow with an ice arrow. They wailed in pain, then recombined, reverting to Sect Master Chi's original form.

"Fairy, is that an ancient technique?"

"This is the unique skill of the Ice Soul Demonic Witch from ancient times. It must be that Ice Soul passed this technique to Yang Kongtong."

"The Plum Blossom Immortal Palm that Yang Kongtong just used is one of the three ultimate techniques of the Tianshan Holy Land. Only the Holy Lord, Holy Son, and Holy Maiden are qualified to learn it."

"That generation's Tianshan Holy Maiden fell in love with Yang Kongtong and, defying ancestral rules, taught him this technique. Afterwards, she was severely punished by the Holy Lord, confined for a hundred years."

"To rescue her, Yang Kongtong forcibly entered the Tianshan Holy Land, defeated the Tianshan Holy Lord, and took the Holy Maiden. It caused quite a stir at the time."

"Look, his footwork is exquisite, almost like he's teleporting. This is the Unfettered Step, created by Leng Ningxiang based on the Kunpeng race's speed techniques combined with assassination cultivation methods. It's one of the best movement techniques in the world, so fast it's almost instant transmission."

Luyang's eye twitched. Yang Kongtong really did learn a wide variety of skills.

At this moment, Yang Kongtong treated the three Tribulation Stage cultivators from the two sects as live targets. He drew his bow and shot arrows. The Fusang tree was pierced by his arrow, and the extreme cold arrow intent melted the blazing Fusang tree. Caught off guard, Liu Zhen clutched his chest and spat blood.

Yang Kongtong continuously fired cold arrows. Liu Zhen was hit by three arrows consecutively. Although not fatal, they severely hindered his movements, rendering half of his spells unusable.

When Yang Kongtong fired the fourth arrow, Liu Zhen, seeing no escape, steeled himself and directly bit down hard on the arrow. His teeth ached, and his face twisted in agony from the cold.

Luyang and Meng Jingzhou felt a chill just watching from below.

A dark, ghostly saber struck, with spirits and demons running rampant, interrupting Yang Kongtong's fifth arrow. It was Mu Baiyi's Abyssal Saber Art.

On the other side, Sect Master Chi's hands formed a golden great sun seal, striking towards Yang Kongtong. A terrifying aura erupted like a raging flood, making the entire space tremble. Any Body Integration Stage cultivator who touched it would instantly die.

Yang Kongtong's right hand flicked, and the ice soul bow and arrow transformed into a large spear, simultaneously fending off the pincer attack from both opponents.

Liu Zhen was determined to exact revenge. Having been beaten so severely, he resolved to tear a piece of flesh from Yang Kongtong, even with his heavily injured body.

Yang Kongtong's spear techniques were inherited from the Shaohao Clan, a great human clan, and were the origin of ancient spear arts. Most spear techniques practiced today evolved from a part of Shaohao's spear techniques.

"One of his concubines is also from the Shaohao Clan. Did he learn his spear techniques from her?" Luyang asked. Yang Kongtong truly had many tricks up his sleeve.

"You're half right. Among those who admire him, there's a woman named Ji Hong, the daughter of the Shaohao Clan's patriarch. However, Ji Hong dared not violate ancestral rules and did not teach Yang Kongtong the spear techniques directly. Instead, Yang Kongtong learned them by utilizing his Harem Golden Core."

"Do you remember the function of the Harem Golden Core?"

"To fight by borrowing the power of his female confidantes?"

"Correct. Yang Kongtong frequently borrowed Ji Hong's power to fight, as if Ji Hong had possessed him. The more he used it, the more he gradually mastered the Shaohao spear techniques."

"...So, he just didn't explicitly violate the ancestral rules, right?"

"Anyway, before Ji Hong became the clan leader, the Shaohao Clan didn't know Yang Kongtong could use their spear techniques."

"Attack his left hand! His left hand isn't flexible!" Liu Zhen, as an experienced Tribulation Stage cultivator, indeed had far richer combat experience and insight than Mu Baiyi and Sect Master Chi. Through continuous clashes, he finally exposed Yang Kongtong's weakness.

Hearing Liu Zhen shout out his flaw, Yang Kongtong's expression turned cold. Indeed, he lacked the soul of his left arm, which prevented him from using it with full freedom.

"Do you think you can defeat me just by finding my weakness?!" Yang Kongtong moved with the Unfettered Step, leaving only an afterimage behind.

"Protect the ice casket!" Liu Zhen roared. Yang Kongtong must have temporarily disengaged from the battle to snatch the ice casket.

However, just as the three focused their attention on Luyang, Yang Kongtong suddenly appeared behind them. His Ice Soul Spear pierced through their hearts, freezing them instantly within blocks of ice!

"No, this is an illusion!" Mu Baiyi shouted, circulating his cultivation technique to break the illusion. While the three were busy dispelling the illusion, Yang Kongtong finally seized the opportunity to retrieve his ice casket from the martial arts hall.

"Daoist Luyang, what do we do? He's got the ice casket!" Xue Shilou said excitedly. Although he didn't know what was inside, it must be something that would enhance Yang Kongtong's combat power, otherwise Yang Kongtong wouldn't have gone to such lengths to break free.

"Well, that doesn't really matter," Luyang chuckled.

"Is it fake inside?"

"It's real."

Without hesitation, Yang Kongtong crushed the ice casket, revealing a left arm covered in frost, frozen for hundreds of thousands of years!

"My soul, finally complete!" It didn't matter if the left arm was frozen; what mattered was that the soul of the left arm was still present.

He had spent tens of thousands of years traveling the cultivation world, collecting body parts, and now he was finally about to gather them all!

Yang Kongtong severed his arm and replaced it with the newly acquired left arm.

Just then, a ghostly voice echoed in Yang Kongtong's ear.

"My Yang, you've finally come for me."

Yang Kongtong's expression drastically changed. He would never forget that voice.

It was the voice of Leng Ningxiang, the first person who, without any warning, dismembered him that day!