When the "Grandmaster" turned around, Chu Feng found it was the Dragon Daoist, walking toward him while clapping, a look of appreciation on his face.
The Dragon Daoist's entire body radiated brilliant light, completely different from his usual spiritual sense. It was as though he were truly alive, hiding within him an incomparably terrifying power.
"Extraordinary. This Dragon Swimming Nine Heavens is a martial technique I created based on Heaven Force as its foundation. In theory, only those in the Heaven Martial Realm can master it."
"I had theorized that if one's Mental Power was extremely strong and could concentrate and control Profound Force with exceptional precision, it might be possible to execute it. But I never imagined that you, still only in the Yuan Wu Realm, with only Yuan Force coursing through your body, could already reach this level." The Dragon Daoist's face was filled with admiration.
"Grandmaster, is there truly no way for me to master the Dragon Swimming Nine Heavens? I can tell it's an incredibly powerful movement technique. I really want to learn it." Chu Feng said.
"Ha, of course it's an incredibly powerful movement technique. I evolved it from a Secret Technique — its original form is a Secret Technique."
The Dragon Daoist smiled faintly, then his body drifted rapidly upward. Beneath his illusory feet, vast cyan energy began to condense, growing increasingly turbulent until it finally took the shape of an enormous dragon.
The dragon stretched over a dozen meters long. Though formed from pure energy and with hollow, lightless eyes, it radiated a powerful vitality from within, as though it possessed a soul of its own — one swipe of its claw could shatter a mountain peak, one roar could shake ten thousand beasts.
But that wasn't even the most impressive part. The Dragon Daoist stood atop the dragon's head, hands clasped behind his back, his Daoist robes billowing, as though he were the dragon's true master. Suddenly, he pointed into the distance and shouted: "Go!"
"ROAR—" The dragon let out a furious roar. Its massive claw slashed through the void, dragon might whipping into a gale as it transformed into a streak of light and vanished in the blink of an eye.
"Heavens, what incredible speed." Even Chu Feng was stunned.
In that instant, he had completely lost the Dragon Daoist's aura, yet from deep within the Emperor's Burial, Chu Feng could still hear the dragon's roar. This meant the Dragon Daoist's speed had reached the absolute extreme — so fast that even Chu Feng's eyes couldn't track it.
"RAAAWR"
Another furious roar. A violent gale erupted, so powerful that even Chu Feng couldn't keep his footing and was forced to stumble backward. And in that same moment, the dragon had reappeared before him. The Dragon Daoist still stood atop its head, gazing down at Chu Feng with a smile.
"Hum—"
The Dragon Daoist waved his sleeve, and the dragon dissolved into a cloud of energy that merged back into his body. He shook his head with a touch of helplessness and sighed: "Alas, with my true body no longer here, I simply cannot unleash the full power of this technique. It doesn't even amount to a tenth of what it was in life."
"A tenth? That overwhelming display of power is less than a tenth of what you had while alive? Then just how powerful must you have been, Grandmaster?"
Chu Feng's jaw dropped wide open, and he swallowed hard. He had truly been awed by the Dragon Daoist's formidable abilities. Now this was a real expert — truly worthy of being the greatest figure the Nine Provinces Continent had ever known.
"Chu Feng, what I just demonstrated for you was the Dragon Swimming Nine Heavens. What do you think?" the Dragon Daoist asked with a smile.
"Incredible, simply incredible. It's the most profound martial technique I've ever seen." Chu Feng's face was filled with envy — envy of the Dragon Daoist's power, and envy of the effortless mastery with which he wielded the Dragon Swimming Nine Heavens.
"Ha, I told you, this is merely a copy of the Secret Technique. If I were still alive and could show you the actual Secret Technique, then you'd understand what true power really looks like."