Chapter 22: The Ultimate Showdown

  That night, Ling Tianyu was healing his wounds, and by the next day, he had recovered. Ling Tianyu exclaimed: "Indeed, it's a high-quality Treasure Pill, its effect is really good!" In fact, although the Return to Origin Pill was good, it wasn't as effective as Ling Tianyu had imagined, most of the credit should go to his own mysterious cultivation method. After these two days of battle, Ling Tianyu felt that his mental state was about to break through to the Pre-Heavenly stage.

  Ling Tianyu felt as if he had understood something, like a window had been opened, and all he needed to do was pierce through that layer of paper to glimpse the secrets within. Ling Tianyu kept recalling his father's words: "To break through to the Innate Realm, you must understand what cultivation is. From the Mortal Realm to the Innate Realm, it means transforming from an ordinary person to a superhuman, no longer ordinary. Therefore, the two realms are completely different. As long as you grasp this feeling, your mental state can break through and reach the Innate Realm."

  Now Ling Tianyu seems to have found something, and the Innate is now within his reach. However, Ling Tianyu can't seem to break through this barrier. But it's also possible that he might make a breakthrough at any moment, as he continues to gain insight and stimulate his mind. Yet every time he's about to succeed, he retreats again, leaving him feeling extremely frustrated. Ling Tianyu thinks to himself, "It seems my battles are still insufficient; I hope that by fighting against Lu Yun, my mental state can advance to the Innate realm."

  Ling Tianyu knew that continuing to cultivate now would not make any progress, so he ran out and wandered around. As soon as Ling Tianyu left the door, he met Ling Tianxuan and Ling Tianyang, two brothers. Ling Tianyu curiously asked: "Why did you come here?"

  Ling Tianyang explained, "Tianyu, my brother and I have come to bid you farewell." "Farewell? Where are you going? The final is the day after tomorrow, aren't you going to watch?" Ling Tianyu asked curiously.

  Ling Tian Xuan replied, "After watching your match, I gained a lot of insight. I feel that I'm about to break through soon. My father doesn't want me to break through at the Lu family's place, he doesn't want me to draw everyone's attention, so I'll be leaving soon. Tian Yu, you must work hard and win first place, I believe in you!"

  Ling Tianyu felt the sincerity in Ling Tianxuan's eyes and patted his chest, saying: "Don't worry, I won't let you down. You guys be careful on your way back, I'll bring back news of victory for you." Ling Tianxuan and Ling Tianyang nodded and said: "Yeah, we believe you won't let us down! We're leaving." After that, the two brothers left with some members of the Ling family, not knowing that their next meeting would be eight years later...

  Ling Tianyu felt bored and wandered around the Lu's house alone, unknowingly walking to Wang Li's room door. Ling Tianyu thought: "Since I'm already here, why not go in and chat with him?" Ling Tianyu knocked on the door, and as soon as it opened, Wang Li saw that it was Ling Tianyu and enthusiastically exclaimed: "Little brother Tianyu, what brings you here? Is everything okay?"

  "A person is so anxious that they come to chat with you, right?" Ling Tianyu explained. Wang Li smiled strangely at this time and said: "Haha, I'm afraid it's not just that, saying whether or not you want to ask me about Lu Yun's situation."

  Ling Tianyu scratched his head, his face red as he replied: "You've already seen through all this, there is indeed such a reason, I really don't know if your silly appearance is real or fake..."

  Wang Li came up and slapped Ling Tianyu's head with a loud slap. "You stinky brat, how dare you talk like that? What do you mean by 'stupid'? I'm fourteen years older than you, you should call me Big Brother, but instead you say I'm stupid?"

  "Haha, alright Wang Li big brother, don't mind so much, just tell me about the situation when you fought against Lu Yun that day!" Ling Tianyu humbly asked.

  As soon as Lu Yun was mentioned, Wang Li's smile disappeared and his face turned serious. "Lu Yun is extremely formidable. In fact, when he fought me that day, he still had a hidden move that he didn't use, which is the secret technique of the Lu family. I just don't believe that someone as talented as Lu Yun wouldn't be taught this by the Lu family."

  "What is the Lu family's secret method?" Ling Tianyu asked curiously. Wang Li explained seriously: "In a certain sense, among the five families' secret methods, the Lu family's secret method is the most formidable. The Lu family's secret method is called 'Indestructible'." "Indestructible? What effect does it have?" Ling Tianyu asked curiously.

  "Invincibility is just like the name of this secret technique, although it only lasts for a short three seconds, but it achieves an invincible effect. As long as you cast Invincibility, you can make yourself unbeatable for three seconds. Think about it, what does being unbeatable mean? When you're fighting against someone and you use your strongest attack on them, they completely ignore your attack and counter with a fatal blow of their own... the outcome is predictable..."

  After listening to Wang Li's explanation, Ling Tianyu couldn't help but take a deep breath and say: "Ah, then my chances of winning are very small......" Ling Tianyu's confidence seemed to have been greatly shaken.

  Then Wang Li's words gave Ling Tianyu a glimmer of hope: "Isn't that no chance of winning at all?" Ling Tianyu immediately perked up and asked, "Is there any other way?" Wang Li replied, "It's very simple, it's the Ling family's secret method of storing energy."

  "Storing energy?" Ling Tianyu asked curiously. "Yes, that's right, storing energy. It seems you don't know about it yet. The secret method of the Ling family, storing energy, not only can increase attack power several times, but also extend the attack time of a move. For example, your new move, Whirlwind Drill, originally has an attack state of two seconds, but after using storing energy, you can extend the attack state to four seconds. As long as the effect of the secret method doesn't expire, your attacks will have a huge impact. However, this method is based on exchanging injuries for injuries. The final outcome depends on who can endure it."

  Ling Tianyu's eyes had reignited with hope at this moment. Wang Li struck again: "You shouldn't be too happy yet, don't forget that you still can't cultivate Qi, and your current cultivation is far inferior to Lu Yun's, what makes you think you can defeat Lu Yun?"

  Ling Tianyu said confidently: "I'm sure I can successfully cultivate it within two days!" Wang Li replied: "You think the secret method is a piece of cake, anyone can easily succeed. When I cultivated our Wang family's secret method, it was already the fastest, and it took me a whole month. Even if you succeed in cultivating it, the gap in your cultivation level will still be too great."

  Ling Tianyu's eyes were firm as he replied, "I will definitely succeed in cultivating my Qi. As for my cultivation level, I feel that I am about to break through soon. Let the pressure from Lu Yun be even stronger then! The greater the pressure, the more it can help me break through my own limits. I believe that once I break through to the Post-Heaven realm, my strength will increase exponentially. At that time, I will definitely emerge victorious!"

  "Alright, you go ahead and work hard, remember not to overexert yourself, after all, you're still young at just eight years old. Next time at the Tian Feng Conference, the championship will definitely be yours." Wang Li still didn't have much confidence in Ling Tianyu. Because Wang Li thought that even if he broke through to the Later Heaven stage, the gap wouldn't narrow by much. But he didn't know about Ling Tianyu's mysterious cultivation method, which would cause his entire body's true energy to transform into a pale red color once he broke through to the Later Heaven stage, increasing his strength several fold and allowing him to completely contend with mid-stage Innate experts.

  Ling Tianyu said, "I understand, Wang Li big brother, you want me to have confidence, right?" Wang Li looked at Ling Tianyu's confident appearance and couldn't bear to strike him down anymore, so he could only nod silently. The two continued chatting about some unimportant things to pass the time. When Ling Tianyu saw that the sky was approaching dusk, he bid farewell to Wang Li and returned to the Ling family residence.

  Ling Tianyu hastily ran into Ling Feng's room. Ling Feng asked, "What's wrong, Tianyu? You look like you're in a hurry. Has your injury healed?"

  Ling Tianyu replied, "Thank you for your concern, Father. My injuries have already healed. I've come to ask you to teach me the Ling family's secret technique of cultivating internal energy." Ling Feng sighed and replied, "I had planned to teach it to you after this gathering is over, but since you want to learn now, I'll teach it to you!"

  After finishing, Ling Feng picked up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write down the cultivation method of Qi storage. Then he said to Ling Tianyu: "Take it away, kid, remember, after you memorize the secret method, burn it, never let it fall into the hands of outsiders, do you understand?"

  Ling Tianyu replied, "Mmm, I know, Father! Whether I can learn it or not, I will try my best to give it a shot. After all, no one can predict what will happen in the future. I'll take my leave first." After finishing speaking, Ling Tianyu hastily ran back. Ling Feng looked at Ling Tianyu's figure and muttered to himself, "What a stubborn child, hope he succeeds!"

  Ling's residence, inside Ling Tianyu's room, Ling Tianyu was cultivating "Breath Control". According to the secret method described, the cultivator must continuously rotate and compress their true energy throughout their body, then reverse it. After reversing for a certain period of time, they must align their breathing with the rotation. With his natural talent, Ling Tianyu was getting closer and closer to mastering the secret method step by step. If Ling Feng saw this, he would definitely be extremely surprised.

  Two days passed, and Ling Tianyu had been cultivating in his room the entire time, not once leaving the door. He was now only one step away from successfully cultivating.

  At this moment, the Lu family's arena was already packed with people. A thrilling showdown was about to unfold. However, Ling Feng, Ling Tianxuan, and the rest of the Ling family had anxious expressions on their faces...

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