Top-Class Comprehension: Start with Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 228 - 122: Silent for 1 Year, Blade 12 Appears!_2

Chapter 228: Chapter 122: Silent for 1 Year, Blade 12 Appears!_2

Seventh Gate of the Dragon, Lu Changsheng clearly wouldn’t be satisfied.

With this leap, he directly charged toward the Seventh Gate.

The Seventh Gate was conquered smoothly.

However, breaching the Eighth Gate would obviously be no easy feat.

Yet Lu Changsheng remained unfazed.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar of waves erupted.

In the next instant, Lu Changsheng seemed to be swept forward by a vast torrent of waves, hurtling straight toward the Eighth Gate.

However, no matter how mighty the waves, their power would eventually exhaust.

The Ninth Gate still seemed far out of reach.

At that moment, the surroundings subtly warped.

It was as if he had suddenly entered a vast starry expanse.

Amid the pitch-black void of the starry sky, a gigantic waterfall loomed faintly, plunging downward in a torrential rush, stretching three thousand zhang to the depths below.

When this three-thousand-zhang waterfall crashed down upon the "Dragon Fish,"

The "Dragon Fish" instantly felt renewed strength and surged upward once more with unyielding vigor.

"Bang!"

At this moment, there were no more surprises.

The Ninth Gate of the Dragon was breached in one leap by Lu Changsheng.

Instantly, Lu Changsheng’s body underwent the equivalent of four marrow exchanges and blood enhancements, strengthening his physique by an additional forty ding, bringing him exactly to seven hundred ding!

"The Ninefold Leap Over the Dragon Gate has reached its pinnacle, and comprehension increased by 16 points."

A line of text floated before Lu Changsheng’s eyes.

The Ninefold Leap Over the Dragon Gate was complete.

In truth, the 16-point increase in comprehension was a trivial matter, insignificant in comparison.

Yet the 16 points symbolized that the Ninefold Leap Over the Dragon Gate was a high-grade Divine Power Realm technique.

This was martial arts!

Now, this high-grade technique had reached completion.

This meant that Lu Changsheng had truly ascended to the pinnacle of the Divine Power Realm!

Many martial artists, in fact, never achieve the Thousand Cauldron Realm within the Divine Power Realm.

But with martial arts refined to its pinnacle, one’s physique can still improve.

Lu Changsheng was still three hundred ding short of the Thousand Cauldron Realm.

That equated to merely three Divine Power Realm elixirs.

"Twelve years of forging swords, one whole year of preparation—it’s time to make my move!"

Lu Changsheng murmured softly to himself.

In the next moment, he rose and pushed open the door.

Lu Changsheng strolled through the streets of Beiling City.

Beiling City was livelier than before, but the atmosphere felt off.

There was a palpable sense of defeatism hanging in the air.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the martial arts practice building.

He noticed the massive stone tablet standing outside.

This stone tablet was none other than the famed Shen Power Ranking!

The Shen Power Ranking still bore one hundred names, representing one hundred Divine Power Realm martial artists.

But with just one glance at the list, Lu Changsheng could easily discern:

The majority of names on the Shen Power Ranking belonged to the Northern Barbarians.

They accounted for at least seventy percent!

While only about thirty percent were martial artists of the Great Fish Dynasty.

Upon seeing this, Lu Changsheng roughly understood the reason behind Beiling City’s grim atmosphere.

The Shen Power Ranking told the tale—Northern Barbarians were completely suppressing the Great Fish Dynasty.

Even Song Wuqing had failed to stabilize the Great Fish Dynasty, failed to secure the North Region battlefield.

"Alas, if this continues, the armies of the Northern Barbarians will march south, leaving countless souls impoverished and enslaved under their rule."

"But what can we do? Song Wuqing has contended with Saint Origin One for so long, with mixed outcomes. Beyond Song Wuqing, who else could turn the tide against the Northern Barbarians? We cannot hold them back!"

"If only the Krupp Slayer Team were still here... Or if Sword12 hadn’t disappeared..."

"Sword12? Who is that?"

Some people still remembered Sword12 and the Krupp Slayer Team.

However, many newcomers to the North Region battlefield were completely unfamiliar with Sword12 and the Krupp Slayer Team.

After all, Sword12 hadn’t taken action in over a year, and his name had gradually been replaced by others among the newcomers.

Few still spoke of Sword12.

Lu Changsheng glanced at the Shen Power Ranking once again before turning away indifferently, leaving the martial arts practice building.

Still, there were those who recognized Sword12.

They spotted his figure.

"Look quickly—is that Sword12?"

"It’s been a year, and finally Sword12 has reappeared."

"The Krupp Slayer Team is gone, though. What difference does it make if Sword12 reappears?"

"Exactly. Didn’t Heaven Heart aim to eliminate Sword12 back then? It was only thanks to the desperate sacrifices of the Krupp Slayer Team that Heaven Heart was stopped. If Sword12 heads to the North Region battlefield, Heaven Heart surely won’t let him live."

"Sword12’s strength isn’t even that outstanding. He can’t change anything."

Countless gazes fixated on Sword12.

Yet Sword12 merely ignored them, striding forward with resolute determination toward the gates of Beiling City, toward the North Region battlefield.

Along the way, many martial artists watched in surprise.

"It really is Sword12. Could he be heading to the North Region battlefield?"

The news spread quickly throughout Beiling City.

After a year of absence, Sword12 had reemerged and was heading toward the North Region battlefield.

Could it be that Sword12 no longer feared Heaven Heart?

After all, the rumors surrounding their prior confrontation claimed that Heaven Heart had shattered Sword12’s confidence completely.

Even his very soul had been crushed.

This was why Sword12 hadn’t shown himself for a year.

Some even speculated that Sword12 had succumbed to psychological scars, abandoned the North Region battlefield, and left Beiling City entirely.

But now Sword12 was here once more.

Silencing so many past rumors.

Lu Changsheng took one step after another, arriving at the city gates.

He gazed beyond the gates at the boundless grasslands stretching endlessly before him.

The North Region battlefield—he had returned.

"Sword12, are you heading to the North Region battlefield to die?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice called out from behind him.

Lu Changsheng didn’t need to turn around to know who it was.

Song Wuqing.

At this moment, Song Wuqing was walking slowly toward Lu Changsheng from behind.