The latter three Meridians in his Physical Body were covered by an invisible barrier formed by the power of the Heavenly Dao, preventing any force from approaching them in the slightest. Yet, Jiang Yun's finger had now touched the Impurities within the Meridians, and combined with the cracking sound that had just occurred, all of this was enough to prove that he had successfully broken through this barrier!
“Physical Body strength!”
Upon seeing this scene, the exact same four words were almost simultaneously uttered by Dao Tianyou and the other three.
Although Jiang Yun's actions of cutting open his chest with a sword and tearing open his flesh with his hand had left them quite bewildered, by now, how could they not see that the power Jiang Yun used to break the barrier and open the tenth Meridian was the strength of his Physical Body!
“But…” Dao Tianyou frowned again, muttering, “Humans eat grains to strengthen their Physical Body. By that logic, Physical Body strength should also belong to the Mountain and Sea World. Reasonably speaking, it shouldn't be able to break the Heavenly Dao barrier!”
“Indeed, it can't be broken!” Gu Bu Lao nodded and said, “Although this child's actions just now seemed shocking, throughout history, countless Cultivators have strived to break the Heavenly Dao barrier. Among them, there were many exceptionally talented individuals, so there must have been Cultivators who tried using Physical Body strength. But clearly, they didn't succeed, otherwise, this method would have been passed down long ago.”
This made Dao Tianyou even more confused. He looked at Jiang Yun and asked, “Then why was he able to break the barrier with Physical Body strength?”
Gu Bu Lao pondered, saying, “Unless his Physical Body strength does not originate from this Mountain and Sea World!”
Dao Tianyou's frown deepened. Clearly, he couldn't grasp the meaning of this sentence for a moment. But just as he was about to ask further— “Boom!”
A thunderous sound suddenly exploded. The sky, which had been clear and sunny moments before, suddenly became turbulent with wind and clouds. Enormous dark clouds rapidly materialized from the Void Realm, covering the sky and obscuring the sun.
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Even more astonishingly, within the continuous dark clouds that seemed to stretch endlessly across the sky, an ancient face clearly emerged. Although blurry, one could vaguely discern the anger filling the face.
This ancient face did not appear only above Hidden Peak, but also above Wen Dao Sect, above Nanshan Prefecture, above Five Mountain Island, and even across the entire sky of the Mountain and Sea World, so much so that all living beings could clearly see it!
With the appearance of the ancient face, a tremendous majesty and a terrifying power that made all living beings tremble to their bones permeated between heaven and earth.
At this moment, most living beings dared not even look up at this ancient face; instead, they all automatically knelt on the ground.
Even the plants bowed down, the mountains shook violently, and the great rivers ceased flowing.
Looking out, the entire Mountain and Sea World, all beings submitted!
“What is happening?”
“Whose face is this? Why is it so terrifying?”
“Is the end of the world coming?”
Countless anxious voices rose from all directions of the Mountain and Sea World. Some brave Cultivators directly appeared in the Void Realm, wanting to get a closer look at this face. But before they could even stand firm, the pressure emanating from the ancient face formed by the dark clouds immediately knocked them down from the sky, each of them bleeding from their seven orifices and filled with horror.
At Reincarnation Sect in West Mountain State, a dwarf man less than three feet tall appeared on a tightly closed stone gate, ten thousand zhang high. He gazed at the ancient face in the sky and murmured, “This is the Heavenly Visage, the Visage of the Heavenly Dao! The Heavenly Dao is enraged; there must be something that has offended the Heavenly Dao! But what could possibly provoke the Heavenly Dao to such anger? Even when Wuji stepped into Tongmai Realm Tenth Level back then, the Heavenly Dao only sent down a few Heavenly Tribulation Lightning. Compared to the Heavenly Visage before us, it's simply insignificant!”
Within East Mountain State, in a vast, continuous jungle, there was an area permeated with endless black mist. At this moment, as the black mist surged, it also condensed into a blurry ghostly face, which looked at the ancient face in the sky and sneered, “You're still not behaving yourself even when asleep. It's just a mere Heavenly Visage, what's there to be arrogant about? Sooner or later, I will replace you!”
Similar situations appeared in various parts of the Mountain and Sea. Although these people knew what the appearance of the Heavenly Visage meant, they could not know what event or what person had caused the Heavenly Visage to appear.
Only the people on Hidden Peak knew clearly that the appearance of the Heavenly Visage was indeed because Jiang Yun had broken the Heavenly Dao barrier and crossed the limit set by the Heavenly Dao!
And this kind of behavior was absolutely not allowed by the Heavenly Dao, so it had to appear to stop Jiang Yun, and even completely obliterate Jiang Yun!
However, Gu Bu Lao glanced at Jiang Yun, a look of confusion on his face, and said, “Did this kid do something truly heinous in his previous life? How could merely breaking the barrier provoke the appearance of the Heavenly Visage? If he truly opened all twelve Meridians and stepped into the Blessed Land Realm with the power of Tongmai Realm Great Perfection, wouldn't that completely awaken the Heavenly Dao? No, I must find a way!”
After their initial shock, Dongfang Bo and the other two immediately regained their composure. They all flashed their figures and arrived beside Jiang Yun, standing in a 'pin' formation, just as they had when facing Wei Zhengyang, shielding Jiang Yun in the middle.
As for Jiang Yun, he naturally also saw that ancient face, and he felt the anger and intense death crisis contained beneath the ancient face more clearly than any other living being.
This crisis was so strong that Jiang Yun felt as if he would fall into eternal damnation if his finger dared to extend even a tiny bit further.
But Jiang Yun did not fear. Especially when he saw the three figures beside him, like three great mountains, firmly protecting him, a smile appeared on his face instead.
With the appearance of the smile, Jiang Yun's finger, imbued with all the strength of his Physical Body and covered in dripping blood, fiercely pointed at the Impurities within his tenth Meridian.
“Crack!”
A crisp cracking sound rang out. The solidified Impurities were actually cracked by the force of Jiang Yun's single finger.
“Boom!”
Thunder roared again, and the entire sky became completely black, as if a layer of thick ink had been poured over it, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of their face. And that ancient face suddenly opened its mouth, seemingly uttering a single word.
As the word left its mouth, it transformed into a black lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, descending from the sky and fiercely striking towards Jiang Yun!
The power of this lightning bolt did not seem great, but as it fell, it created an endless black hole of the same thickness in its wake.
From a distance, it looked like an endlessly long black waterfall had appeared between heaven and earth!