Night.
Flames blazed on the martial arts field, illuminating everything.
Elder Wei and Elder Zhen sat at two separate tables, their hands trembling slightly as they held lamb skewers, their mouths twitching.
The reason was simple.
These were roasted using the Scarlet Spirit Absolute Flame.
That aside, the taste was quite good—very chewy!
But that wasn’t the point!!
The point was that the Sect Master sat before the grill, alternating between releasing divine-grade flames and saint-grade flames, skillfully turning the lamb skewers.
The Saint Flame Body!
Using it to roast skewers—this operation was absolutely outrageous!
Previously, Xiao Zuiji had even used a sniper rifle to hunt animals, so this was just a regular operation.
“Sect Master!”
Liu Wanshi called out: “Add more cumin!”
“Right away!”
Jun Changxiao put aside his Sect Master airs, put aside his Nine-Rank Sword King status and his special physique, and threw a grand barbecue party for his disciples.
Why?
Happy and comfortable!
Little Dragon, restored to his original form, stood on the table, his eyes flashing with red flames, seemingly very angry as he said: “Let go.”
Little Demon Fairy in human form held a wine flask, staring with wide eyes: “No!”
Little Dragon said in a deep voice: “If I hadn’t just activated combat form during the day, believe it or not, I could beat you so badly even your mother wouldn’t recognize you?”
“Hmph!”
Little Demon Fairy said: “I haven’t settled accounts with you for what happened last time!”
Little Dragon sneered: “What? You want to fight?”
“Afraid of you?”
Little Demon Fairy’s temper flared.
The two glared at each other for a while, then Little Dragon jumped down from the table, saying proudly: “Once I recover my condition, I’ll make you understand just how weak you are!”
Helping his master ‘share’ the flame burns had left him very tired.
However.
There were also huge benefits.
Whether in strength or control over flames, he had become much stronger!
Li Qingyang and the others’ mouths twitched.
Although Little Demon Fairy wasn’t human, her appearance was very cute. Little Dragon not being a simp and being so fierce—truly manly!
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The barbecue feast continued until midnight.
The next day after the disciples woke up, they continued cultivating as usual.
Jun Changxiao, who had formed the Saint Flame Body, entered the Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate. As soon as he circulated the Five Elements Heaven-Observing Art, he discovered that his fire element absorption was several times faster than before!
Unfortunately.
His realm was stuck, and no matter how much he absorbed, the spiritual energy within his two spiritual cores showed no change.
“At least I’m stronger than before.”
Jun Changxiao was very satisfied. Rising and returning to the great hall, he thought: “Should I buy another item from the high-tier shop?”
This time, he had his eye on the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.
Now that he had the physique, he naturally needed to pair it with an impressive martial technique.
Strike while the iron is hot.
But if he could get some auxiliary equipment, it would certainly be the icing on the cake.
“No, no.”
Jun Changxiao shook his head: “Xinyao can create martial arts, and obtaining the Universe Nine Seals Palm is just a matter of time. Spending 10,000 contribution points to buy a martial technique seems a bit wasteful.”
The main issue was his tight budget.
If he had eighty or a hundred thousand contribution points on hand, he would definitely say: “More skills don’t weigh you down.”
Jun Changxiao ultimately didn’t buy the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, instead focusing his attention on the ‘Mechanical Armed Wings’ item.
What attracted him most about this item was that after wearing it, he could fly freely!
Flying.
Not just for martial cultivators—even ordinary people have fantasized about it endlessly.
Jun Changxiao said: “This item is like firearms. Even if I later break through to Martial Emperor and don’t need to borrow it, I can give it to disciples and let them transform into Iron Man.”
“Ding! Host consumed 10,000 contribution points, obtained Mechanical Armed Wings x1, delivered to spatial ring.”
“Ding! Sect contribution points: 2991/20000.”
The contribution points rewarded from Shi Wu’s mission completion were instantly spent on these two items.
No help for it.
Saving them didn’t earn interest, so better to spend them to make himself stronger.
The Mechanical Armed Wings were an item similar to gauntlets, with a strong modern aesthetic, like some kind of mechanical glove forged from high-grade ore.
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao communicated with his intent. His right hand instantly became surrounded by flowing light, as iron plates emerged one by one, then connected with clicking sounds, completely encasing his palm and half his forearm.
The Mechanical Armed Wings had three forms.
The first form was for flight, the second for combat, the third for defense.
After activation, they could be triggered individually or in combination.
“My goodness!”
Su Xiaomo passed by the great hall and saw the shiny silver glove, asking in surprise: “Sect Master, what is this?”
Jun Changxiao said: “Infinity Gauntlet.”
With that, he stepped outside and directly activated flight form.
Click click click—
In an instant, the mechanical glove flashed with firefly-like lines of light, enveloping Jun Changxiao’s entire body. Then brilliant, dazzling light appeared behind him, gradually becoming substantial.
“Swoosh!”
A pair of silver-white mechanical wings materialized.
Even Jun Changxiao’s entire body was covered by some special steel material, like a future warrior from a movie!
Cool!
Su Xiaomo was dumbfounded.
She even thought this might be some kind of special armor!
“Step!”
Jun Changxiao, wearing heavy mechanical armor, stepped onto the martial arts field. The wings behind him suddenly surrounded themselves with blazing light, and his feet gradually lifted off the ground!
“He’s floating!”
“The Sect Master is floating!”
All the disciples, seeing this, cried out in surprise.
Jun Changxiao worked hard to control his body’s balance to avoid falling.
Soon, he flew to twenty zhang high, his body gradually adapting to the floating sensation.
The Heaven and Earth Talisman had once let him traverse the void. Now achieving flight at the King level, the feeling was different.
“Let’s go!”
Whoosh—
The mechanical wings ejected energy. Jun Changxiao instantly transformed into a streak of light, speeding toward the endless sky.
Li Qingyang, Xiao Zuiji and the others watched with mouths agape.
The Sect Master’s realm and aura hadn’t reached the Martial Saint level—how did he suddenly have the power to fly through the air? Could it be due to those strange wings on his back?
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Above Tiegu Mountain, streaks of light crisscrossed.
Gradually mastering his balance, Jun Changxiao soared like a great bird, flying unrestrained through the sky.
“Combat form!”
Click click click—
While flying, Jun Changxiao’s wrists flashed with flowing light as layers of heavy iron blocks reinforced them, emanating a heavy momentum.
His strength had increased!
“Swoosh!”
His body turned in the sky, then dove toward the ground, landing with a “boom” and slamming down his right fist.
BOOM—
An explosive sound rang clearly even in the Eternal Ages Sect!
Buzz!
Buzz!
The earth shook violently. Even Qingyang City and Huyang City, hundreds of miles away, could clearly feel the tremors!
Crack crack crack—
Where Jun Changxiao’s right fist struck, the ground rapidly fractured, then spread in all directions. Wherever it passed, rocks crumbled and trees collapsed row after row.
Whoosh whoosh!
Wild winds howled, shockwaves erupted.
“Boom!”
Viewing from above, one could see the ground fracture to a certain extent, then with Jun Changxiao as the center, an area spanning dozens of miles suddenly caved in, raising dust that blocked out the sky!
This punch was incredibly terrifying!
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao controlled the wings to fly out from the dust, hovering in midair. His enhanced hands attacked wildly, surging violent energy rippling outward. Space became distorted from the disturbance, then gradually shattered!
“My goodness!”
“Did the Sect Master truly break through to Martial Emperor?!”
“I can’t feel any Emperor-level momentum erupting at all—why can he shake space!”
The Eternal Ages Sect disciples watched with震撼 hearts.
Whoosh—
After testing combat form, Jun Changxiao rapidly descended, then with a “boom,” landed extremely stylishly on the martial arts field.
The dust settled.
His body was inverted, his head buried in the dirt.
Clearly, he hadn’t controlled his descent balance well and demonstrated to the disciples what it meant to land headfirst.
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