Chapter 5: First Battle of the Sharingan, Copying Extreme Physical Techniques, Insight!
In the cloud-shrouded Tianduan Mountains, the Body Sect was hidden within these overlapping peaks that remained obscured by mist all year round.
Lin Sheng followed closely behind Du Busi, passing through layers of restrictions, and the scene before his eyes suddenly opened up.
"This is the Body Sect."
Lin Sheng looked around, his tone tinged with a hint of surprise.
The architecture of the Body Sect exuded a rugged and vigorous aura.
Each stone hall seemed to have been chiseled directly out of the mountain, exuding an unyielding, domineering aura!
"Hahaha."
"This will be your home from now on."
Du Busi pointed to a stone house built near the edge of an abyss, situated in an extremely tranquil environment, and said.
"I have already prepared a separate room and a meditation room for your cultivation."
"Rest well for now. Later, I will take you to see the Spirit of our Sect disciples."
Du Busi knew that Lin Sheng needed time to rest.
Lin Sheng nodded slightly and pushed the door open to enter.
The furnishings in the room were extremely simple, yet there was a faint, exotic fragrance; clearly, some precious incense that helped to calm the mind had been lit.
He sat cross-legged on the stone bed and took a deep breath.
His eyes instantly transformed into scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan!
"Boom—!"
As he circulated his cultivation technique.
The massive energy within his body, originating from the thousand-year spirit ring, gradually calmed down, eventually transforming into pure spirit power that gathered in his dantian.
"Level 14..."
Lin Sheng whispered to himself.
That 1,500-year-old Three-Eyed Nether Fox spirit ring had not only greatly widened his meridians but also firmly stabilized his spirit power at Level 14!
"The stronger the spirit ring, the greater the boost it provides."
Lin Sheng said no more. He closed his eyes and began to cultivate.
Night fell, and Du Busi arrived as promised. He brought Lin Sheng to the Sect's training grounds.
Although it was night, the place was brightly lit.
In the center of the training grounds, a lithe youth of about ten years old was sweating profusely as he trained intensely.
"Bang—!"
Every punch he threw carried the faint sound of wind and thunder, causing the air to emit sharp, explosive cracks under his fist.
"His name is Long Aotian."
Du Busi looked at the youth, his eyes filled with a trace of pride.
"He is a few years older than you and is currently one of the most talented disciples in our Body Sect. His Spirit is his body."
Sensing someone's arrival, Long Aotian pulled back his fist and stood still.
A lustrous, bronze-colored sheen flowed across his skin.
He looked at Lin Sheng, noticing that he was quite young and his spirit power fluctuations were not particularly strong, so he just gave a polite nod of acknowledgment before intending to resume his training.
"Long Aotian..."
Lin Sheng stared at Long Aotian, his Sharingan flashing with an eerie red light in the darkness.
Under the effect of his insight, he could clearly see the movement of every one of Long Aotian's muscles, as well as the unique flow trajectory of his spirit power.
"Can we spar?"
Lin Sheng suddenly spoke, his voice calm and ripple-free.
Long Aotian stumbled, almost losing his breath.
He turned his head, looking at Lin Sheng in astonishment: "Spar with me? I am already at the Spirit Grandmaster realm."
Long Aotian shook his head; in his view, this was not fair.
Du Busi stood to the side with his arms crossed, remaining silent, merely watching Lin Sheng with great interest.
"I just want to confirm one thing."
Lin Sheng stepped forward, the Three-Tomoe in his pupils rotating rapidly.
"To confirm the true limits of these eyes."
Feeling the nearly tangible fighting Spirit emanating from Lin Sheng, Long Aotian put aside his contempt.
The people of the Body Sect had warlike blood flowing through their bones!
"Very well."
Long Aotian said in a deep voice.
"I accept. For the sake of fairness, I will not use my second Spirit Ability. Come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Aotian let out a low shout.
His first spirit ring suddenly lit up, and a layer of light blue luster instantly covered his skin.
His entire being seemed to transform into a metal-cast Vajra.
"First Spirit Ability, Copper Skin and Iron Bones!"
Long Aotian moved like lightning, instantly closing the distance with a simple straight punch that blocked all of Lin Sheng's retreat paths.
However, Lin Sheng did not dodge.
"Activate!"
"Hum—!"
In his field of vision, Long Aotian's movements seemed to be slowed down countless times.
The trajectories of his spirit power flow were laid bare under the analysis of the Sharingan.
"Copy... activate."
The Three-Tomoe in Lin Sheng's pupils trembled wildly.
The next moment, the spirit power within his body mimicked Long Aotian's execution path in a bizarre manner.
"Hum!"
In Du Busi's shocked gaze, a faint layer of light blue also appeared on Lin Sheng's skin.
Although it was not as strong as Long Aotian's... it was clearly the prototype of Copper Skin and Iron Bones!
"What?!"
Long Aotian was inwardly shocked, but his fist had already been thrown.
Lin Sheng leaned slightly to the side, brushing past the fist's wind at an extremely bizarre angle.
It was a perfect evasion made after instantly analyzing Long Aotian's fighting techniques.
Immediately after, Lin Sheng used his opponent's momentum against him.
He seized the opportunity to grab Long Aotian's wrist and threw him with a textbook over-the-shoulder throw.
This move was exactly the physical technique Long Aotian had been practicing just moments before!
"Not only Spirit Abilities, but he can even instantly analyze and copy physical techniques?"
Du Busi took a deep breath, his heart stirred by a massive shock.
Long Aotian flipped in the air and landed steadily; his expression had completely changed.
The Lin Sheng before him was like a magic mirror capable of reflecting all of his opponent's moves.
"Again!"
Long Aotian's fighting Spirit soared, and he no longer held back.
His spirit power erupted throughout his body, and relying on his level advantage, every strike carried the weight of a thousand jin.
He attempted to crush Lin Sheng with sheer power!
Lin Sheng fought as he retreated; his mental force was being consumed rapidly, but his pair of blood-red eyes only grew brighter.
"It is time to end this."
Just as Long Aotian gathered all his strength, preparing to launch his strongest attack, Lin Sheng's first spirit ring suddenly bloomed with a dark, eerie glow.
"First Spirit Ability, Mirror Heaven and Earth Change!"
Long Aotian felt a moment of dizziness.
The punch he had originally thrown at Lin Sheng seemed to have struck an illusory surface of water.
Immediately after, all his power, along with the oppressive force he had released, was reflected back completely by this watery surface.
Not only that, but an incredibly domineering mental shock followed his perception, slamming directly into his sea of consciousness!
"Ugh!"
A sharp pain like needle pricks struck him, and Long Aotian felt his mind go blank.
It was a reversal and attack on a mental level.
At that critical moment, he instinctively sensed a fatal threat, and his body reacted a step faster than his brain.
Driven by the instinct for survival, that second spirit ring, which he had promised to disable, instantly erupted with brilliant light!
"Boom—!"
A terrifying shockwave blasted both of them backward.
Long Aotian knelt on one knee, panting heavily, his eyes filled with lingering fear.
"Aotian, you used your second Spirit Ability."
Du Busi spoke calmly, his voice breaking the dead silence.
Long Aotian was stunned. He looked at the second spirit ring pulsating beneath his feet, his face filled with shame and bitterness.
He, a Spirit Grandmaster over Level 20... had been forced to the point of breaking his promise just to save his life when facing a junior brother who had only just awakened.
"I... I lost."
Long Aotian lowered his head, completely convinced.
The red glow in Lin Sheng's eyes slowly faded.
He looked at his own hands, feeling the miracle bestowed upon him by the Sharingan, and understood.
"So this is... insight and copy."