Chapter 96

"Changrong Wang!"

Jiang Li's expression changed. Although he admired this person, he was deeply wary and did not want to get entangled with him. People like this might seem friendly on the surface, but they could turn on you at any moment, especially after living on Roshacha Star for over a decade, where morals had long been discarded.

"Did you kill so many Roshacha beasts last night?"

Wang Changrong had already appeared at the entrance of the stone room. Seeing the numerous Roshacha beast corpses on the ground, he glanced around and his expression changed slightly. "Have you mastered the secrets of the Wind and Thunder Fist? Each move changes from yin to yang, and back again, killing the Roshacha beasts cleanly and efficiently."

"Remarkable," Jiang Li thought, surprised that Wang Changrong could discern his martial arts realm just by looking at the Roshacha beast corpses.

"Do you know you're in deep trouble?"

Wang Changrong suddenly raised his head and shouted.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Li frowned, sensing that Wang Changrong was not trying to intimidate him.

"Yesterday, I saw you didn't return to the cave, so I knew you went to kill Roshacha beasts for their base meat." Wang Changrong smiled sardonically. "Sure enough, you had a bountiful harvest, killing so many Roshacha beasts. Unfortunately, the more Roshacha beasts you kill, the more of their aura clings to you, making you a target for their attacks. Killing hundreds at once will attract the Roshacha King. I don't know how you'll survive when it comes."

"The Roshacha King?" Jiang Li's eyes flickered.

He knew that among every ten thousand Roshacha beasts, one would become a king, with a massive body and ten times the strength. Additionally, the Roshacha King's mental power was extremely formidable, surpassing the first stage of meditation, "Little Tranquility," and reaching the "Great Tranquility" stage.

"Exactly, the Roshacha King." Wang Changrong looked around. "There was no king among the Roshacha beasts that came yesterday, but it will definitely come today. The Roshacha King's intelligence is on par with humans. Underestimating it will lead to a terrible death."

"Are you planning to team up with me to deal with the Roshacha King?" Jiang Li understood Wang Changrong's intention. The base meat from Roshacha beasts was already valuable, and the base meat from the Roshacha King would be even more so.

"I'll help you, and we'll split the base meat fifty-fifty." Wang Changrong said boldly. "Only by working together can we stand a chance against the Roshacha King."

"Aren't you afraid of the Roshacha King's mental illusions? I've read that its mental realm can reach the 'Great Tranquility' stage. If my guess is correct, you're only at the 'Little Tranquility' stage, and you won't be able to resist the 'Great Tranquility' hypnosis." Jiang Li wanted to probe Wang Changrong's true strength.

"In fact, I have already reached the 'Great Tranquility' stage in mental training." Wang Changrong shook his head. "Unfortunately, my physical abilities have degenerated, and my brain cells don't function well enough, so my mental power remains at the 'Little Tranquility' stage, and my mental realm has regressed."

"Your mental realm can regress too?" Jiang Li was taken aback. "You're not joking, right?"

"The Lotus Sutra says that even bodhisattvas can regress. Only when a bodhisattva reaches the Eighth Stage of Non-Movement will they not regress." Wang Changrong chuckled. "You should be careful too. If you encounter a major event, your meditation realm might regress, and you'll become an ordinary person."

"How can one reach the Eighth Stage of Non-Movement?" Jiang Li asked, trying to understand Wang Changrong's path.

"Hehe, it's simple. Killing one person makes you a First Stage Bodhisattva, and killing ten makes you a Second Stage Bodhisattva." Wang Changrong's eyes glinted green. "You're not ruthless enough, young man."

"Let's talk about how to deal with the Roshacha King. Will it come to this cave tonight?" Jiang Li was more concerned about this.

"Exactly. Roshacha beasts usually stay on the highest mountains during the day, basking in the starlight and absorbing energy all day. At night, they seek out caves to hide from the cold." Wang Changrong looked around again. "There were about a few thousand Roshacha beasts last night, a tribal group. Their king was likely hiding elsewhere to avoid the cold. Today, I counted and found a few hundred missing, so it will definitely be furious. I think it will attack before nightfall. Roshacha beasts are even more ferocious during the day, and you've already experienced that."

"Will it appear during the day?" Jiang Li stood up abruptly. "That's really bad."

Roshacha beasts were extremely powerful during the day, and his vitality alone couldn't tear them apart. He could only rely on hypnosis to kill them, but the Roshacha King's hypnosis was even stronger. Resisting it would be difficult, let alone killing it.

"However, since we both have reached the meditation stage, the Roshacha King can't hypnotize us immediately." Wang Changrong sat down, his eyes gleaming as he outlined his plan. "When the time comes, we'll work together. I have a combined martial art technique that I'll teach you. By working together, we can find an opportunity to kill the Roshacha King."

"What kind of combined technique?" Jiang Li was skeptical.

"Dragon and Snake Combined Attack." Wang Changrong's face showed a look of reverence. "This is our family's ancestral secret technique. I didn't want to teach it to you, but to kill the Roshacha King, we need a skilled partner. You're the only one who barely qualifies."

"I don't trust you, even if you trust me." Jiang Li was wary, raising an eyebrow. "I won't kill or eat people, and I won't kill you because it would bring no benefit and only trouble. But you're different; you would kill me."

Wang Changrong had already noticed the heavenly energy in Jiang Li's body and was very interested in his flesh and blood.

"Hmph, your flesh and blood are good, but who would eat people if they had a choice?" Wang Changrong's eyes were fierce. "Eating people are demons. Who wants to be a demon? The life of exile on Roshacha Star has forced me to do this to survive. The base meat from the Roshacha King can help me recover many of my degenerated physical functions, which your flesh and blood cannot do. Besides, if we succeed, we can kill more than one Roshacha King."

"Mr. Wang, is the Dragon and Snake Combined Attack a pure martial art? Is it a combination of the Dragon and Snake forms from Xingyi Quan, an ancient Chinese martial art, which doesn't seem very advanced?" Luo Han suddenly interjected.

"Little girl, what do you know!" Wang Changrong was somewhat displeased. "The original Dragon and Snake Combined Attack was indeed that, but with the improvements made by our ancestors, it's not just a martial art but a powerful mental attack technique! I'll show you now!"

"Dragon!"

He moved his hands, forming a seal, and a large dragon appeared behind him, roaring and shaking the entire cave. The universe seemed to be filled with the dragon's presence, and the mental illusion was so powerful that it felt like the world had changed.

A single thought can create a world.

The mind can change the world.

It is said that the entire universe is a manifestation of a great being's thought.

"Ah..."

Xue Ling and Luo Han screamed, unable to resist the intense mental illusion. They felt as if the dragon had swallowed them, plunging them into endless darkness.

"Remarkable..." Jiang Li wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Wang Changrong's mental illusion had almost caught him off guard.

"This is just one mental attack from the Dragon and Snake Combined Attack. It's weak and not yet combined with physical attacks." Wang Changrong spoke with pride. "This is the Dragon Strike. I'll teach you the Snake Strike later. When we combine the Dragon and Snake, our thoughts will merge, and our combined power will be more than doubled."

When Wang Changrong spoke about martial arts, he seemed like a grandmaster, his bloodlust fading, showing his passion for cultivation.

This dedication was something Jiang Li couldn't match.

Indeed, every expert has their unique side.

From Wang Changrong, Jiang Li learned a lot, but he was still an eighteen-year-old, his life path not yet set, and he was still in the growth phase. It was natural that he hadn't developed Wang Changrong's character.

"Can mental attacks be combined?" Jiang Li had never heard of this before.

"Why not? Physical attacks can't be combined, but mental attacks can. If your vitality is 2 and mine is 2.1, our combined vitality can't defeat a 4.1 expert, who could kill us with one move. But if our thoughts are well-coordinated and we achieve mental communication, we can generate a powerful impact, doubling our strength." Wang Changrong explained. "Real vitality can't be combined, but mental power can. Many intermediate hypnotists, after training, can combine their mental power to resist advanced hypnotists, though they need to be in large numbers."

"Since that's the case, we can team up with you."

Jiang Li had never tried mental combined attacks before. Since the Dragon and Snake Combined Attack was a family technique of the Wangs, it must have unique secrets. Although he based his cultivation on the Great Mind Seal, he needed to study all martial arts to gain deeper insights.

"Good, I'll teach you the physical movements of the Dragon and Snake Combined Attack first, then the meditation, and finally, we'll achieve mental communication and coordination. Fortunately, you've reached the meditation stage, so our mental communication will be mutually beneficial. Otherwise, with someone of a lower realm, I wouldn't know how to explain it." Wang Changrong sighed. "Even among students and vicious criminals, few have reached the meditation stage."

"Reaching the meditation stage is indeed difficult."

Jiang Li thought about his own experience. Despite his extraordinary encounters, the help and guidance of many people, and his diligent study and consumption of various elixirs, he still couldn't achieve meditation. It was only after killing Jiang Liu and Yu Muhua and breaking various restrictions that he finally reached the meditation stage.

"Enough talk, let's start! This is the Dragon Form!" Wang Changrong suddenly moved, performing various techniques. "Watch carefully. I'll use mental illusions, which are the patterns for meditation."

Jiang Li remained calm, watching as Wang Changrong performed various boxing techniques. A large dragon appeared above his head, sometimes bringing rain, sometimes swallowing the universe, sometimes majestic, and sometimes roaring. Each movement was driven by the dragon, with the spirit controlling the body.

Of course, the dragon was an illusion, not real, like a mirage. Luo Han and Xue Ling couldn't see it because Wang Changrong was targeting Jiang Li specifically. This was the essence of the martial art, and he wouldn't teach it to anyone else.