On a lone peak in the Jiu You Palace, Mu Chen quietly sat with his legs crossed. A golden scroll was slowly revolving between his palms, emitting rays of golden light.
Mu Chen's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened as he lowered his head to look at the golden scroll in his hand. His eyes were filled with confusion and blankness.
The golden scroll was naturally the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art that he had obtained from Liu Ming.
Mu Chen had already studied it for three days. However, what made others astonished was that he did not obtain any results during these three days. It was so much so that he did not even manage to touch the door to the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art.
Mu Chen's expression fluctuated. Shortly after, he suddenly formed seals with both of his hands. As the seals changed, boundless Spiritual Energy swept out and formed into a purple Spiritual Dragon in his palm. As the purple dragon roared, a vague draconic roar resounded.
Boom!
Mu Chen patted his palm out as the purple spiritual dragon whistled out and heavily slammed against a mountain peak. In an instant, huge cracks appeared on the mountain peak.
Staring at the cracks, Mu Chen's brows knitted even tighter. Previously, he had completely relied on the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art to refine the purple dragon. However, as expected, he had succeeded in refining it. However, the might of it was rather weak.
With Mu Chen's current strength, he could flatten the mountain peak before him with a casual palm. However, after using the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art, it had become even weaker.
This Nine Dragons and Elephants Art was filled with strangeness in every aspect.
"How is this possible?"
Mu Chen muttered to himself as his eyes were filled with confusion. Clearly, it was the first time that he had encountered such a strange Divine Art. It was no wonder why someone would bring out this Quasi-Perfect Rank Divine Art to be auctioned. This plaything was truly difficult to cultivate.
Mu Chen pondered as he tightly grasped the golden scroll in his hand. The might of the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art.
Clearly, it was not what he had displayed. If that was the case, then there must be an error in his cultivation method.
But wasn't that how all divine arts were cultivated?
Mu Chen closed his eyes. This was the cultivation method of the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art.
They flowed through his mind like flowing water, and he muttered to himself, trying to find out what he had missed.
This state of Mu Chen's continued for an entire two hours. Soon after, his expression froze. His sharp intuition caused him to pause on a training formula.
"Dragon and Elephant Qi!"
Mu Chen furrowed his brows and his black eyes flashed. Was he trying to use his spiritual power to form a dragon and an elephant?
But he had tried.
"Could it be that I've stored it in the wrong place?" Mu Chen muttered to himself, and then a thought suddenly struck him.
His consciousness had sunk into his Sovereign Sea. In the purple Sovereign Sea, boundless Spiritual Energy was constantly whistling.
Mu Chen's Spirit slowly floated up from his Sovereign Sea, then stood on the surface of the sea.
The Spirit's face was also filled with a pondering expression. After a long while, his hands suddenly formed a seal. Moreover, the speed at which he formed the seal became faster and faster. In the end, it turned into a series of afterimages that were dazzling to the eyes.
"Rise!"
A deep roar resounded.
It abruptly rang out from the mouth of Mu Chen's Spirit.
Boom!
The entire Sovereign Sea instantly exploded as countless pillars of Spiritual Energy soared into the sky. Those pillars of light converged in the sky. At the point of convergence, Spiritual Energy wreaked havoc.
Vaguely, it had formed into a massive purple dragon.
The huge dragon coiled on the horizon as a powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation swept out, as if a storm was roaring.
That purple dragon was formed from the Dragon Transformation Seal of the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art, so the might was extraordinary.
However, that huge dragon seemed to be lacking something.
It was like a Divine Artifact without a spirit.
Mu Chen's Spirit waved his hand, causing the huge purple dragon to dissipate. The boundless Spiritual Energy returned to his Sovereign Sea as he closed his eyes and fell into deep thoughts.
Another half a day passed while he was deep in thought.
Half a day later, Mu Chen abruptly opened his eyes as he lowered his head to look at the Sovereign Sea that was filled with purple intent. On the surface of the sea, there were strands of purple flames that were gently flickering.
Those were the Undying Flames.
Mu Chen abruptly stomped his feet as Spiritual Energy soared into the sky once again. Following the changes of his seals, it formed into the shape of a huge purple dragon in the sky.
But this time, when the huge purple dragon was formed, purple flames suddenly swept out from his Sovereign Sea and enveloped the huge purple dragon.
Sizzle.
As the purple flames roasted the huge purple dragon, the figure of the dragon rapidly shrunk. Furthermore, the body of the purple dragon started to turn sparkling and translucent. Looking from afar, it looked as if it was formed from purple crystals.
Furthermore, there were strands of purple flames quietly dancing in the eyes of the huge purple dragon. In that instant, it was like a finishing touch, causing this lifeless object that was formed from Spiritual Energy to possess spirituality.
Roar!
When the huge purple dragon's figure shrunk to roughly a hundred feet, its body was completely like a gem as it dazzled with light. The purple dragon roared towards the sky. The roar of a dragon instantly resounded in the Sovereign Sea, causing myriad feet of waves to rise.
The purple dragon soared in the sky as it roared, before suddenly whistling down and charged into the Sovereign Sea.
Mu Chen lowered his head and saw the purple dragon in the depths of the Sovereign Sea, as if it had fallen into a deep slumber. As it slept, there were purple flames flickering on its body, as if it was being refined.
Mu Chen looked at the purple dragon that resided in the depths of his Sovereign Sea and a trace of comprehension flashed across his eyes. So it turned out that the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art wasn't like ordinary Divine Arts, it had to be refined in his Sovereign Sea. Furthermore, it had to be stored in his Sovereign Sea, allowing his Spiritual Energy to surge and constantly be refined.
Furthermore, if he wanted to truly refine the purple dragon, he would require a special item, just like the Undying Flames. It would be the finishing touch. Only when there was such a special energy in the refining process, could the purple dragon be truly activated.
"Gathering the dragon and elephant, converging with the dragon and elephant, devouring the heavens and earth!"
Mu Chen muttered to himself as his eyes grew brighter. In the next instant, he swiftly formed seals with both of his hands as he roared, "Elephant Seal!"
Rumble!
Another boundless Spiritual Energy soared into the sky. However, this time around, it wasn't a purple dragon, but an incomparably massive purple elephant.
The elephant stood in the sky.
It was as if it could prop up the heavens and earth, it was majestic and spectacular.
Mu Chen poured the Undying Flames into the elephant once again. Instantly, flames surged in the eyes of the elephant.
In an instant, it looked as if it possessed spirituality.
"Dragon and elephant converge!"
Mu Chen raised his hand and the purple dragon that resided in the depths of the Sovereign Sea abruptly roared as it clashed with the purple elephant in the sky.
As the dragon and elephant clashed, a purple light wave wreaked havoc as a dazzling purple light sphere appeared in the sky. In the light sphere, the dragon and elephant had converged together. Poof!
Poof!
The dragon and elephant converged. But before the terrifying energy could explode, a purple light flickered. It was a light sphere that was brewing a terrifying energy.
It dimmed down with a poof as boundless Spiritual Energy spread out. The light sphere instantly turned into sparkles of Spiritual Energy as it descended from the sky.
Mu Chen was stunned at this scene as his face instantly turned a little unsightly.
He had already reached this step, so why did he still fail?
Was the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art really that bizarre?
Mu Chen stared at the sparkles of light in the sky as he clenched his teeth. If it was an ordinary person, they would probably be disheartened by the repeated failures.
But for Mu Chen, it had aroused the stubbornness in his heart.
He refused to believe that he couldn't deal with this lousy Divine Art!
Mu Chen's seals changed once again.
Thus, Spiritual Energy started to whistle in the Sovereign Sea as purple dragons and purple elephants were constantly being condensed before converging together once again.
However, the results were the same.
It still ended in failure.
Huff.
Mu Chen's Spirit panted. He had already lost count of how many times he had failed. But for some unknown reason, he would always fail at the final step.
The so-called dragon and elephant converged together. It was impossible for them to successfully fuse together and unleash an even more terrifying power.
"It's impossible." Mu Chen clenched his teeth as he muttered. In his perception, the moment the dragon and elephant came in contact, they would start to dissolve. It was like two lumps of flames clashing together, unable to bring about any changes.
He could sense that if this step was successful, then he would be able to unleash a terrifying power from the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art. But this step didn't seem simple.
Mu Chen's Spirit laid on the surface of the ocean as his gaze constantly flickered with thoughts constantly circulating in his mind.
The true power of the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art originated from this final step. Even if the two powers of the same attribute were to successfully fuse together, it would only slightly increase its power.
Could it be that he needed powers of different attributes?
Mu Chen slightly narrowed his eyes. The Spiritual Energy in his body had fused with the Undying Flames. Therefore, the dragon and elephant that he refined with his Spiritual Energy would possess the same attribute.
He needed a special power with a different attribute from the Undying Flames.
Where could he obtain that power from?
Mu Chen's face rapidly changed. In the next instant, a spiritual light flashed in his mind.
On the mountain peak, Mu Chen abruptly opened his eyes as he formed seals with both of his hands. Lightning abruptly flickered as thunder roared from his body. His body was swiftly turning into lightning.
Suddenly, thunder roared in his Sovereign Sea as black lightning abruptly descended from the sky.
With a wave of Mu Chen's Spirit's small hand, Spiritual Energy converged over, forming into a giant elephant once again. However, this time, the giant elephant raised its head towards the sky and gave a long roar, devouring the descending black lightning.
Sizzle!
The huge elephant, which was initially purple in colour, swiftly turned deep as it turned into a huge black elephant with lightning flickering on it.
Mu Chen's gaze was filled with ecstasy as he looked at the black lightning elephant. With another wave of his hand, the purple dragon that was blazing with purple flames whistled out as it hovered before the black lightning elephant.
Purple fire dragon and black lightning elephant.
Two completely different colossal beings floated in the sky. Faintly, a destructive ripple quietly rippled from them.
A dazzling lustre surged from Mu Chen's eyes.
This was the feeling!
This was the true power of the Nine Dragons and Elephants Art!
(Sorry for being a little late.)