Modern World's Martial Dao Human Immortal

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Life Force Field.

Similar to the stellar magnetic field involved in the Ninth Layers of Divine Demon Body Refining, yet fundamentally different from the stellar magnetic field.

Such a force field is more inclined towards the fusion of a cultivator's essence, energy, and spirit.

It can only affect oneself.

At most, it affects the surface of the body.

It is nothing like the stellar magnetic field, which causes dramatic changes in the weather and the vastness of the heavens and earth when in motion.

After deeply perceiving the mystery of the Life Force Field, Alkaid stood up and activated his Life Force Field.

Instantly, he felt an indescribable connection between himself and the outside world.

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This connection was different from the Heaven and Earth Furnace forged by Unity of Heaven and Man and was not the Heaven and Earth Realm derived from it, it was similar at most.

The difference lies in the fact that the power of the Heaven and Earth Furnace and Heaven and Earth Realm fundamentally comes from heaven and earth, with martial artists using their Divine Intent to invoke the power of heaven and earth to form various phenomena.

But the core of the Life Force Field comes from the cultivator themselves.

One is external to external, interfering with heaven and earth.

The other is internal to oneself, sustaining oneself.

As he quietly contemplated the mysteries of the Life Force Field, he also step by step arrived at the Dragon Roaming Creek in front of him and stepped into it.

The Dragon Roaming Creek is not large.

But still, the water where Alkaid stood was one meter deep.

Yet at this moment, a meter of water depth was like flat ground before him, holding up his body so that he stood on the water's surface without the slightest sign of sinking.

Ripples spread out from where his feet touched the water's surface.

This was the Life Force Field, formed from the invisible substance of fused essence, energy, and spirit, countering the gravitational potential energy of the planet itself.

Or rather, using one's own Life Force Field to counteract the planet's force field.

"Life Force Field."

Alkaid muttered this term.

At the moment, his Life Force Field was very weak, so weak that it barely allowed him to float on the surface of the creek by relying on the surface tension of the water.

But he knew in his heart that as his Life Force Field continued to strengthen...

One day, he would be able to "lift" himself with the Life Force Field and thus master the first basic skill on the pathway to becoming a Human Immortal—flying!

"Not just flying. As a martial artist grows stronger, the destruction caused in fights also increases. Sooner or later, there will come a time when even the Battle Garment cannot withstand the aftermath of battles. But with the Life Force Field, by covering the whole body with it, one can at least avoid the embarrassment of clothes shattering and ending up running naked during a fight."

Alkaid chuckled softly.

His weak Life Force Field didn't seem very effective at that time.

But this secret technique...

Or to say, this talent, had potential many times higher than other secret techniques.

It was a secret technique that could serve him for a lifetime.

"It's not that it can't produce any effect at all; my Life Force Field is weak, but the opponents I am currently facing are not high-rank cultivators at the Seventh or Eighth Layers of Divine Demon Body Refining.

The Life Force Field, spreading from within, can safeguard my internal organs and be unfazed by Vigor piercing through the body; on the outside, it can add another layer of defense, enhancing my resistance to blows."

Alkaid stepped forward, crossing the creek step by step, and then let himself immerse in the power of the mountains and rivers.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

While immersed in the power of the mountains and rivers, he thought to apply the Life Force Field to himself.

Immediately, the refining power of the mountains and rivers for his body, guided through the Life Force Field, penetrated his body without obstruction.

It was as if...

He was bypassing the flesh itself and directly tempering his essence, energy, and spirit.

Without the intermediary process, the improvement in effect was immediately apparent.

"It turns out…"

A hint of joy appeared in Alkaid's eyes.

It was somewhat unexpected, yet within the bounds of reason.

The Dao Fruits produced by the branches of his Martial Path were of the same origin and naturally possessed certain synergies.

Just like Heavenly Demon Disintegration, Earth Furnace, and now the Life Force Field.

Even because the Life Force Field was forged from the essence, energy, and spirt of the entire body, it enabled him to exert deeper control and understanding over secret techniques like Divine Demon Disintegration, Divine Descent, Great Sun Suppressing God Diagram, and Starlight Point, which involved his own essence, energy, and spirit, thereby reducing the strain and damage these techniques caused to himself.

"This Life Force Field may seem unremarkable, but it's essentially a passive state that boosts in all directions... Basically, it's equivalent to an overall arrangement of the Divine Demon Body Refining Realm. In theory, this kind of secret technique should appear when one reaches Perfection at the Ninth Rank of Divine Demon Body Refining."

Alkaid pondered.

But considering that it was almost impossible for anyone else in the world to use an ancient tree as a search engine to obtain information about all Eighth Rank Martial Path matters like he did, it was within reason that he derived this secret technique while still in the Eighth Rank.

When it comes time to derive a secret technique at the Ninth Rank, it will presumably no longer be oriented towards cultivation and passivity, but will be related to breaking through boundaries and defeating higher-level enemies.

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Alkaid concentrated on his cultivation atop Emperor Yu's Mountain.

However, the World Association was rattled by the shocking information provided by the clues he offered.

Ji Pingtian looked incredulously at the news brought by the intelligence operatives below.

"No news has come through!?"

"Correct! The recent batches of Martial Saints have all disappeared without any news, and our undercover agents have risked going inside Red Star, coming to an astonishing conclusion: the light inside Red Star's Stellar Sect is dim and nothing like it has been recently activated."

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The intelligence officer spoke in a heavy tone.

"Confirmed!?"

"The operation of the Stellar Gate is in Red Star's hands, and no one else has such authority. We can only come to this conclusion based on the records in the ancient texts, and we can't be one hundred percent certain that this information is true,"

the intelligence officer said.

"What on earth are the Red Star people doing..."

Ji Pingtian took a deep breath.

Immediately after, he instructed his subordinates, "Contact Hong Chuan and Zhao Xuanbing, the two presidents, open a secret channel, and have an online conference in half an hour!"

As he spoke, he operated the device and sent the information to the private numbers of the two presidents.

"Check again, I too want to know the real whereabouts of those Martial Saints,"

Ji Pingtian ordered the intelligence officer.

"Yes."

The intelligence officer quickly withdrew.

Ji Pingtian also stood up and entered a completely sealed conference room with no light penetrating.

He instructed his subordinates to watch the door, entered the conference room, and personally started up the equipment, logging into the system.

Soon, the room lit up and the system booted, projecting a virtual conference room.

However, at the moment, Ji Pingtian was the only one in the conference room.

But he didn't have to wait too long.

Due to the alarming nature of the news, in less than twenty minutes, the other two presidents of the World Association, Hong Chuan, and Zhao Xuanbing, had come online one after the other.

Upon seeing Ji Pingtian, they immediately asked, "Is the news real?"

"I can't be certain, but pieces of information from all sides corroborate each other and form a complete chain of conjecture that suggests there indeed is a problem with Red Star and the Stellar Gate. In the recent decades, no Martial Saints have sent any news back, right?"

Ji Pingtian said.

"You mean... Red Star and Artifact Sect have lost connection?"

Hong Chuan asked.

"Not only Red Star, I suspect the same with Snow Dragon, but our intelligence strength on their side is somewhat weaker. It might take some time to get concrete news,"

Ji Pingtian explained.

Their words caused both Hong Chuan and Zhao Xuanbing to frown simultaneously.

The World Association was established with the purpose of competing against the Martial Saints of Red Star's World Association in martial contests to acquire quotas to the Sacred Land of Artifact Sect, which would represent a leap forward like a fish jumping over the dragon gate, earning the qualification to pursue higher realms. But if Red Star and Artifact Sect were out of contact...

Then what was the point in fighting over the so-called quotas?

"The reason I investigated this matter is because I received a piece of informal news..."

Ji Pingtian sent the message to the two presidents.

After looking at it for a moment, they both frowned.

"Ridiculous,"

Hong Chuan said outright.

"It doesn't make sense. If Red Star has indeed used the 'fish jumping over the dragon gate' quotas to deceive Martial Saints from other countries into going somewhere, and then secretly eliminated them, why in the recent decades, the quotas to go to 'Artifact Sect' were all taken by Red Star's own Martial Saints?

They can't possibly eliminate their own Martial Saints, sending them to their deaths for no reason,"

Zhao Xuanbing also spoke, "This speculation, it's too obviously a conspiracy theory. Besides... wouldn't we know if the matter of the Artifact Sect's quota is real? Where does this informal news come from?"

"It's Su Alkaid,"

Ji Pingtian said, adding, "He must have heard it from somewhere else."

"Su Alkaid."

Hong Chuan and Zhao Xuanbing exchanged a glance.

In recent times, they had heard this name more than once.

Especially since the news brought by Ji Pingtian confirmed Alkaid's excellence, they held high hopes for him.

His mention of this matter...

Made them take it even more seriously.

"I'll have someone go to Snow Dragon and verify whether they have also cut off contact with Artifact Sect, and what exactly Red Star is up to,"

Zhao Xuanbing said.

Hong Chuan nodded.

Then, as if something occurred to him, he said, "About Su Alkaid's situation... There won't be any problem, right? They've caused such a big stir in Dayu Country, it must have caught Red Star's attention, and now, they're about to face pressure from Red Star, right?"

"They're facing it already. Based on the latest news I received, the commanding officer of Red Star's overseas base in Dayu Country, Shangguan Xiong, has guessed that there's an agreement between Alkaid and our World Association. He's already gathered many of the remnants from the Liao Family and is quickly contacting neighboring countries, marshaling troops.

I estimate that he'll soon make a move against Alkaid under the pretext of restoring the Liao Family to power,"

Ji Pingtian spoke, pausing momentarily, "But although they take Alkaid very seriously, it's clear that they haven't taken it to the extreme. At most, they can only get five or six Martial Saints to take action. With such a lineup, they may not necessarily be able to handle him."

"You seem to forget how much others fear Red Star. Shangguan Xiong is a direct member of the noble Shangguan Family of Red Star. If he makes a move, no Martial Saint from either the Lu Family or the Jiang Family dares to confront him, and the same goes for Zhang Jian. They simply do not have the courage to oppose the people from Red Star.

In other words, Su Alkaid will have to face the siege of five or six Martial Saints alone,"

Zhao Xuanbing reminded him.

"I haven't forgotten, I've never considered that those Martial Saints from the Lu Family or the Jiang Family would take action,"

Ji Pingtian said calmly, "Alkaid alone is enough."