"Heh, it seems you're also a master of body refinement. Let me spar with you!"
Seeing Zhang Fan put away his weapon and prepare for close combat, Qin Hao's eyes lit up with excitement. He too put away his weapon and stepped forward, a powerful gust of wind erupting from him, making everyone's robes flutter.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, his already burly physique grew even larger, transforming into a giant nearly eighteen feet tall. His protective battle armor also expanded, fitting him perfectly.
"It is rumored that the Shattered Star Domain's Giant Spirit Hall was built upon the corpse of a Great Spiritual Being. Every Giant Spirit disciple has undergone a bloodline baptism from a Great Spiritual Being, and each carries at least a trace of Giant Spirit bloodline, giving them a significant advantage in body refinement," Canglan Mingyue stated with a hint of solemnity in her eyes, sensing the power emanating from Qin Hao's body.
Canglan Qiuyue nodded, evidently familiar with the Giant Spirit Hall. "The ancestor of the Giant Spirit Hall, after comprehending the corpse and bloodline of a fallen Great Spiritual Being, eventually created a King Body refinement technique, naming it the Nine Zhang Giant Spirit Body. Once cultivated to perfection, it can rival peak Nascent Soul cultivators."
"Judging by Qin Hao's appearance, he is likely close to perfection."
Generally, body refinement techniques are divided into four levels: Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Perfection, and Transcendence.
Cultivating a King Body technique to the Transcendence stage is several times more difficult than ascending from Nascent Soul to Soul Transformation. In the history of the Giant Spirit Hall spanning nearly a million years, only the founder managed to achieve Transcendence with this technique, capable of battling Soul Transformation cultivators with physical strength alone.
King Body techniques are extremely rare in the Wu Shan Star Domain, likely possessed only by the top six major powers. However, even among King Body techniques, there are distinctions.
Some ordinary King Body techniques, even when cultivated to Perfection, can only match ordinary peak Nine Tribulation realm cultivators. But top-tier King Body techniques, like the Giant Spirit Hall's Nine Zhang Giant Spirit Body, can rival peak Nascent Soul cultivators who have fused soul and laws, placing their combat power on an entirely different level.
"A mere King Body technique, and you dare to show off before my Master? You're seeking death!" Lin Haotian sneered upon witnessing this. He himself cultivated a Saint Body technique, and his Master, how could he possibly regard an incomplete King Body with any seriousness?
Luo Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement, causing Xiao Yi and Shen Feichen, who stood nearby, to feel exasperated. Their Six Kings' Mansion was renowned for body refinement, yet their most potent technique was merely a King Body technique.
These two juniors, however, were each more arrogant than the other.
Of course, if they knew that Lin Haotian cultivated a Saint Body technique, and Luo Xiaoxiao possessed the innate Dark God Body, they would likely be even more flustered.
Qin Hao floated in the air, his gaze disdainful. His nearly twenty-meter height made him appear like an ancient giant, exuding a heavy pressure.
"Not bad, your blood energy is quite vigorous. You should be able to refine a decent Qi and Blood Pill!" Zhang Fan, surprisingly, seemed pleased, nodding with satisfaction.
The crowd was speechless. Facing such a near-perfected King Body, even ordinary peak Nine Tribulation realm cultivators would approach with caution. Yet, Zhang Fan spoke of refining him into a Qi and Blood Pill.
"Truly arrogant. Let's see if you have the ability!" Qin Hao strode through the air. Despite his gigantic form, he moved with surprising agility. With a single step, he was before Zhang Fan, seemingly traversing space as if shrinking the distance.
Under his towering physique, Zhang Fan's less than two-meter height appeared minuscule.
As his thick arm swung, his fist, larger than a sandbag, slammed towards Zhang Fan. The fist technique was simple, yet it seemed to contain profound principles, compressing space and creating ripples that spread towards Zhang Fan, seemingly trapping him.
"They say pure-blooded Giant Spirit tribe members are naturally attuned to spatial power, possessing terrifying talent in the domain of space. I didn't expect that Qin Hao, before even perfecting the Nine Zhang Giant Spirit Body, could already utilize spatial forces. No wonder he was chosen to be sent to the Great Luo Realm," Canglan Qiuyue murmured, regarding this disciple of the Giant Spirit Hall with newfound respect for the first time.
"The Giant Spirit Hall, in this era, has Soul Transformation True Immortals presiding over it. The disciples they train are naturally not to be underestimated. We should cast aside any lightheartedness," Canglan Mingyue agreed.
Time and space, these two great daos, are exceedingly difficult to cultivate. Many cultivators only begin to touch upon them after forming an indestructible Nascent Soul. Facing techniques related to time and space, cultivators below the Soul Transformation realm often struggle to find a solution.
However, for Zhang Fan, Qin Hao's spatial confinement technique seemed too rudimentary.
He unleashed divine light from his body, an invisible force of disintegration emanating outwards and integrating into his Sword Dao domain. Layers of spatial ripples vanished into nothingness.
The Myriad Prisons Suppressing Divine Body that Zhang Fan cultivated contained numerous spatial dao techniques, such as gravity fields, repulsion fields, and disintegration fields. Now that the divine body had achieved Minor Accomplishment, the power of the disintegration field was terrifying. When merged with his Sword Dao domain, the pressure of the field was enough to instill fear even in peak Nine Tribulation realm cultivators.
Upon revealing his Nine Zhang Giant Spirit Body, Qin Hao felt like a fish in water. Even while still within Zhang Fan's Sword Dao domain, he felt no restraint and could fully unleash his power.
The Nine Zhang Giant Spirit Body was one of his trump cards. He rarely displayed his body refinement techniques in combat, but Zhang Fan was indeed the strongest opponent he had encountered since entering the Nine Tribulation realm. He admitted inferiority in qi cultivation, but in a battle of physical prowess, he was fearless.
"How is this possible?"
He had expected to heavily injure Zhang Fan with a single punch after unleashing his spatial confinement. However, before his fist could land, he sensed his spatial confinement inexplicably dissipating, and a powerful disintegrating force was pulling at his body. Caught off guard, his stance wavered slightly, and his power became difficult to control perfectly.
As the massive fist descended, a low and resonant sound echoed, causing everyone's hearts to pound violently in unison.
The crowd looked on, utterly astonished.
They saw Zhang Fan form his palm into a shield, firmly holding Qin Hao's colossal fist. That fist, capable of splitting mountains and overturning seas, was effortlessly blocked. Zhang Fan's stance was as steady as a mountain, his expression calm and composed, clearly not exerting his full strength.