Chapter 1917: Chapter 1917: Comprehending the Divine Ability ’Black Tortoise Body Protection
As everyone knows, the path of cultivation becomes increasingly difficult as one progresses.
If Wyatt Barnes in the past were held back by his talent’s spiritual root and cultivation environment, it would have taken him at least eight to ten years to advance from the ’Human Saint Realm Early Stage’ to the ’Human Saint Realm Mid Stage’.
But now, with further transformation of his talent’s spiritual root and an excellent cultivation environment, it would take him only two years to cultivate from the ’Human Saint Realm Early Stage’ to the ’Human Saint Realm Mid Stage’!
"If my talent’s spiritual root were a ’green root’, my cultivation speed would be even faster... If my talent’s spiritual root were a ’blue root’, in this cultivation environment, it would only take a few months for my cultivation to break through from the ’Human Saint Realm Early Stage’ to the ’Human Saint Realm Mid Stage’!"
At this thought, Wyatt Barnes’s breathing became rapid.
He wished he could find a genius prodigy with a ’blue spiritual root’ and devour their blue root!
"A genius prodigy with a ’blue spiritual root’ is rare, even throughout the entire Fire Worship Sect. I don’t know if there is a genius with a ’purple spiritual root’ in this Fire Worship Sect. If there is, and I can devour them... even if I lost half of it, my talent’s spiritual root should directly transform into ’deep blue’!"
Deep blue is equivalent to the extreme talent of the blue root!
Thinking of this, Wyatt Barnes found it difficult to calm down, losing the desire to cultivate.
Now, he genuinely wished he could grab a few people and devour their talent’s spiritual root to amplify his own.
Of course, Wyatt Barnes was merely imagining these thoughts.
He wasn’t a cold-blooded animal; if others did not provoke him, he couldn’t devour others’ talent roots for no reason.
"Since I can’t calm down... I’ll take a walk to the altar. Familiarize myself with the palaces around the altar that serve different functions, and then try to comprehend the advanced defensive Divine Ability, Black Tortoise Protection!"
Muttering to himself, Wyatt Barnes left the fourth floor of the Jewel Tower in a flash of thought.
After putting away the Jewel Tower, Wyatt Barnes left the Beta House.
Once out of the Beta House, Wyatt Barnes found the crowd outside had dispersed, with only a few Black Tortoise altar disciples gathered in small groups, seemingly discussing something.
However, their attention was not on this side, and since Wyatt Barnes left quietly, he didn’t disturb anyone.
"I wonder how long it will take to comprehend the Fire Worship Sect’s number one defensive Divine Ability, ’Black Tortoise Protection’, with my heart tempered through Supreme Heart Sword... It shouldn’t take longer than it did to comprehend the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’, right?"
On the road, Wyatt Barnes’s thoughts drifted entirely to the advanced defensive Divine Ability ’Black Tortoise Protection’ at the Black Tortoise altar.
Although Wyatt Barnes was already somewhat famous at the Black Tortoise altar, the short time there meant that even if many disciples had heard of him, they couldn’t recognize him upon seeing him in person.
"Hey! Have you heard? There’s a ’troublemaker’ at our Black Tortoise altar this time."
"Are you talking about Wyatt Barnes?"
"You’ve heard too?"
"In our Black Tortoise altar, apart from those who are out or in seclusion, I fear few haven’t heard of him now."
"I have been at the Black Tortoise altar for six years, and it’s my first time hearing of a disciple there daring to oppose ’Elder Maximus Lee’... Elder Maximus Lee is our Black Tortoise altar’s number one Elder Silver Flame! Normally, even the other four Elders Silver Flame wouldn’t provoke him lightly."
"Indeed. Elder Maximus Lee is someone ’only second to one person, above thousands’ in our Black Tortoise altar! Wyatt Barnes daring to oppose him surely has no good outcome!"
"Unless his talent’s spiritual root is ’blue root’ or ’azure root’... But I heard his talent’s spiritual root is only ’yellow root’!"
"Yellow root? A person with only a yellow root dares openly challenge Elder Maximus Lee? It’s simply courting death!"
...
Wyatt Barnes heard similar remarks continuously along the way.
Moreover, news of him having thrashed Maximus Lee’s new personal disciple ’Arlo Drake’ also spread at the right time, becoming a hot topic among many Black Tortoise altar disciples.
Soon, nearly all Black Tortoise altar disciples felt:
Wyatt Barnes offending Maximus Lee like this would be skinned alive, if not killed!
Hearing these comments, Wyatt Barnes merely shook his head with a calm expression, not bothered at all.
Yesterday, when Warren Yorke, the son of the Fifth Elder from North Qi Sect, provoked him, the Black Tortoise altar’s Elder Silver Flame, Charles Thorn, handled it impartially... If the matter ended like that, it would have been satisfying for all!
However, at that moment, Maximus Lee appeared, indiscriminately attacking him under the guise of ’a clap can’t be made by one hand’, claiming he was at fault too.
If Charles Thorn hadn’t intervened in time, and without his own strong body, Maximus Lee’s attack would have killed him!
Thus, from that moment, he regarded Maximus Lee as a ’life-and-death enemy’!
Because of this, later when Warren Yorke was barely clinging to life under his hand, even facing Maximus Lee’s threat, he was unfazed...
He even went as far as to decisively kill Warren Yorke in front of everyone, at the cost of turning completely against Maximus Lee!
Since there was no reconciliation between him and Maximus Lee, offending Maximus Lee further didn’t matter.
"The Black Tortoise Altar!"
Soon, an altar on a vast square came into Wyatt Barnes’s view, with the enormous lifelike Black Tortoise statue atop it capturing his full attention.
"The advanced defensive Divine Ability ’Black Tortoise Protection’ is recorded within this Black Tortoise statue?"
Upon this thought, Wyatt Barnes flew to the vicinity of the Black Tortoise statue.
At the same time, there were still many people around the Black Tortoise statue comprehending the Advanced Defense Technique recorded inside, known as the ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’... They were either standing or sitting in mid-air.
Some had their eyes tightly closed, seemingly deep in thought.
Others were staring intently at the Black Tortoise statue with a look of fascination.
"Let’s first examine the Divine Ability documented inside the Black Tortoise statue, the ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’..."
Thinking of the Supreme Heart Sword and its thorough tempering of his heart, Wyatt Barnes felt a surge of confidence.
"I can first memorize the information about the Advanced Defense Technique ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’ in my mind... and then slowly comprehend it when I return to Beta House and enter the fourth level of the Jewel Tower."
"That would save a lot of time! After all, the time flow on the fourth level of the Jewel Tower is slower."
Wyatt’s gaze fell upon the Black Tortoise statue.
As his Divine Sense extended outward and merged with the Black Tortoise statue, vast and complex information began to gradually flood into his mind.
This information was precisely about the Advanced Defense Technique ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’.
At the same time, Wyatt could clearly sense:
The moment his Divine Sense merged into the Black Tortoise statue, a majestic and heavy aura swept out from inside the Black Tortoise statue.
This aura enveloped him, exerting immense pressure, while also making him instinctively defend himself, with solar Holy Power covering his body.
It was completely a subconscious reaction!
"Their situation is quite similar."
Previously, Wyatt hadn’t noticed, but with some attention now, he could observe that:
A group of Black Tortoise Altar disciples surrounding the Black Tortoise altar mostly had a layer of Holy Power glowing around them, forming layers of defense.
"If I’m not mistaken... this aura should assist in comprehending the Divine Ability ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’. No wonder so many of them remain here instead of returning to their quarters after mastering the relevant information for further insight..."
"However, so far, this aura hasn’t given me any special feeling..."
Floating near the Black Tortoise statue for a period, Wyatt discovered that the continuous aura emanating from the statue was of no substantial use to him.
For now, having fully received information about the ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’, Wyatt intended to leave.
"I’ll slowly comprehend when I get back... As long as I comprehend ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’ successfully, I can immediately leave Black Tortoise Altar and enter the Holy Land of the Fire Worship Sect!"
Upon this thought, Wyatt lost any desire to wander around the Black Tortoise altar and directly turned to leave.
His wife and daughter were still imprisoned in the Holy Land of the Fire Worship Sect, engulfed in dire straits!
Returning to Beta House, Wyatt re-entered the fourth level of Jewel Tower to start comprehending ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’.
It must be said, as the treasure of Black Tortoise Altar and the foremost defense technique of the Fire Worship Sect, it truly wasn’t easy to comprehend.
At least, after spending a full six months comprehending in the fourth level of Jewel Tower, Wyatt had only grasped the basics of the Divine Ability ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’.
There was still some distance from mastering Black Tortoise Bodyguard completely.
"It’s unexpectedly more difficult to comprehend than the ’Minor Devouring Technique’?"
At some point, Wyatt opened his eyes, revealing a startled expression.
Initially, this fact had left Wyatt quite confused.
However, it wasn’t long before he realized the problem:
"Back then, in the relic documenting the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’, I saw someone perform it and personally experienced it myself... Hence, the reason I could comprehend the Minor Devouring Technique quickly was not only due to the contribution of the Supreme Heart Sword but also because of this."
"Regardless of whether it’s the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’ or ’Immortal Swoop from Beyond’, I’ve seen others perform them firsthand... Therefore, I had certain advantages when comprehending these two advanced divine abilities!"
Thinking of this, Wyatt sighed.
"Half a year... Outside, roughly eighteen days have passed."
After a moment, Wyatt closed his eyes again, continuing to comprehend the Divine Ability ’Black Tortoise Bodyguard’.
At the same time.
In another ’Beta House’, Arlo Drake, having finally healed his wounds, was also planning to begin cultivating.
"Wyatt Barnes, once I break through to the mid-Earth Saint Realm... I will surely make you regret everything you did to me!"
Driven by the desire for revenge, Arlo Drake emanated a killing intent as he enthusiastically began his cultivation.
Only, as he tried to sense and absorb the Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth, his face suddenly changed dramatically, "This... What’s going on?! I... I can’t sense the Spiritual Energy from heaven and earth anymore!!"