Chapter 91: Phoenix Bloodline, Battle, Breakthrough!
“Village Chief.”
“You’ve come. How is your training going?” The old Village Chief lay on the bed, looking at you with a chuckle.
“I have grasped the basics. With more practice afterward, I will be able to fully master it.”
“Mm. Next, go find the chicken keeper. You do not have much time left!”
Your heart stirred, and you said respectfully, “Yes.”
It seems the old Village Chief does not have long to live! You sighed inwardly. This was the first time you had seen the old Village Chief lying in bed. Though nothing seemed amiss on the surface, you felt something in your heart.
You arrived at the chicken keeper’s house and called out from the doorway, “Big Sister, I’m here!”
“Come in.” The chicken keeper pushed open the door and walked up to you.
The moment you entered, tremendous gravity bore down on your body. Though it did not press you to the ground, it made it hard to move.
After adapting for a while, you managed to walk freely in the yard.
The chicken keeper glanced at you. “Catch a chicken and let me see.”
You stared at the chicks around you. Your right hand shot out abruptly, grabbing a chick in a death grip.
“Not bad. It seems your days with them were not wasted.”
“All those chickens you ate were not for nothing either.”
You looked at the chicks running all over the ground and voiced the question in your heart. “Big Sister, are these chickens really chickens?”
The chicken keeper shot you a glance. “Could they be fake? I’m a chicken keeper. Would I feed you fake chickens?”
You smiled awkwardly. “Then these chickens are way too sturdy. They can actually run around under this kind of gravity.”
“Chickens. They are definitely real chickens. It’s just that…” The chicken keeper suddenly raised her voice and paused, looking at you.
“They have a trace of the Phoenix Bloodline in their bodies!”
“Hisss!” You drew in a sharp breath. The legendary phoenix was an existence akin to an immortal!
“Legend says the phoenix needs no cultivation. Once it reaches adulthood, it becomes an immortal! Is that true?”
The chicken keeper said with a perfectly serious face, “It’s true. That is not a rumor.”
“Alright, enough nonsense. Begin your training.”
The chicken keeper clapped her little hands. The chicks on the ground immediately changed appearance. A trace of the Phoenix Bloodline was activated, and a chicken somewhat resembling the legendary phoenix stood before you.
You looked up at the chicken, larger than yourself, and sensed the power within its body. You could not help but swallow.
A single chicken, yet it had a physical body comparable to the Spirit Transformation stage!
You felt an enormous threat from a single chicken.
“Today your task is to defeat it!” The chicken keeper pointed at the large chicken before you.
“Oh, right. You can only use physical strength. You cannot use your cultivation.”
The chicken keeper smiled playfully, leaving the yard to you, and… one chicken.
“Human brat, what are you looking at? Die!” A giant hen spread its wings and attacked you.
Hearing the chicken speak, you were somewhat stunned. A chicken could talk?
“Don’t get distracted. You ate so many of its kin, careful you don’t get beaten to death!” The chicken keeper’s voice drifted over, instantly snapping you awake.
Your eyes narrowed as you watched the chicken pounce toward you. You threw a punch!
Under the powerful gravity, your attack speed was infinitely slowed. You could not even bring out ten percent of your strength.
In contrast, the chicken with the Phoenix Bloodline had long since adapted to this gravity and could barely exert thirty percent of its battle power.
If nothing unexpected happened, you were beaten by a chicken.
At this moment, your clothes were torn, your body covered in wounds from chicken claws, utterly bedraggled.
“Can you do it or not? If you really can’t, take a rest. Don’t actually get beaten to death by a chicken!” The chicken keeper fanned the flames from the side.
You struggled to your feet and once again fought the chicken in close combat.
During the battle, you tried to use the techniques you had learned these past days, concentrating all the strength of your body into your right hand. Seizing the moment, you threw consecutive punches at the chicken as fast as possible!
You completely ignored the chicken’s attacks. Your right fist, one punch after another, slammed viciously into the chicken’s body.
Moreover, the power of your right fist grew stronger with each punch, until it broke through the chicken’s physical body and punched clean through it!
The Spirit Transformation-stage chicken let out a wail. Its organs were shattered by your blow, leaving it gravely wounded.
“Clap, clap, clap!” The chicken keeper stood up and could not help but applaud you. “Not bad. Trading wound for wound, you actually managed to beat a chicken.”
“As a reward, this chicken is yours to eat.”
You pulled your arm out of the chicken’s body. Your whole body went limp, and you fell backward, lying on the ground, gazing at the stars above, panting heavily.
Intense pain came from your body. You looked down and realized you had also been split open by the chicken!
Your internal organs were clearly visible. Your intestines had even spilled onto the ground, and blood had dyed the earth beneath you red.
“Hurry up and stuff your intestines back in. It’s disgusting.” The chicken keeper was dealing with the chicken’s corpse nearby and spoke to you offhandedly.
Your brow furrowed tightly. Enduring enormous pain, you stuffed the exposed organs back into your body one by one.
Your will, tempered through fire and blood, had become indestructible. Even with such injuries, you could still remain silent.
The Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art circulated fully. The wounds on your body began to heal. By the time the chicken stew was ready, your internal organs would no longer fall to the ground.
“How miserable. Hurry and eat some chicken to recover.” The chicken keeper brought out a basin of chicken and handed it to you.
“You rest and heal here. I’ll go bring the Village Chief some chicken to taste.”
“Thank you.” Watching the chicken keeper’s departing figure, you said in a low voice, then silently began eating the chicken.
“Tch, little brat.”
Three months later, in the small yard, you knocked all three Spirit Transformation-stage chickens to the ground.
After three months of hard training, you had finally fully mastered everything you had learned these past days!
You could not help but roar toward the sky, your heart filled with elation.
“So you beat three chickens. What are you howling about?” The chicken keeper rolled her eyes and complained, but the smile on her face could not be hidden no matter what.
You glanced at the chicken keeper and chuckled. In the next instant, a surge of energy welled up within your body, causing your physical body to undergo a full transformation!
You broke through. Your physical body successfully stepped into the early stage of Spirit Transformation!
“I broke through just like that?” You were stunned for a moment. You had not absorbed Heavenly Lightning for so long that you thought you would not break through.
“You ate so many of my chickens. How could you not break through?” The chicken keeper said, speechless.
“Alright, let’s go see the Village Chief. He should be getting impatient!”
You knew the Village Chief’s intentions were about to be revealed!