Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1247 600: Heavenly Union Technique (High Energy Chapter)

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Previously on Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'...
Ah Yi confronted Li Banfeng, wielding a massive explosive. Li Banfeng attempted a sneak attack with his shadow, but Ah Yi's fabricated technique name distracted him. The shadow itself became confused and eventually able to speak, revealing it was Li Banfeng's shadow. This bizarre event caused Li Banfeng's sanity to completely unravel as more shadows appeared, leading him to believe they were his brothers.

Inside the Portable Residence, Miss Jiufang looked through the Fifth Room, observing the battle outside, and murmured, "This is reversing cause and effect, he is using a technique on himself."

The Projector nearby said, "This doesn't count as using a technique on himself, he's using a technique on his own shadow."

Miss Jiufang pondered for a moment and said, "The shadow is still him... I can't tell the difference, but his technique is quite effective."

The technique indeed took effect, and the originally chaotic three shadows all calmed down.

Now they are very united, with only one goal; as long as Ah Yi is killed, they can restore normal logic.

"Brothers, blow her up!" Li Banfeng commanded, leading the three shadows in a wild dash, and the four figures simultaneously vanished from Ah Yi's sight.

"Going to use the Passing Glance?" Ah Yi chuckled and detonated the explosive in her hand.

A deafening boom echoed, dense smoke billowed around, and Li Banfeng couldn't pinpoint Ah Yi's location.

Without needing to think, Li Banfeng used his most familiar tactic, rushing into the smoke, and stomped out a Trample Over Thousands of Rivers.

Ah Yi took off her top, casually swung it, like playing ball, knocking the Trample Over Thousands of Rivers aside, shattering one of Li Banfeng's shadows.

The shadow shattered into six pieces, and in the midst of the fierce battle, Li Banfeng couldn't discern whether it was his own shadow or the shadow's shadow that exploded.

The six pieces of shadow did not dissipate, continuing to hover near Ah Yi.

Ah Yi was somewhat surprised, "New friends again?"

Li Banfeng grinned viciously, "Yes, all are friends!"

The six shattered pieces of shadow began to slowly extend, soon transforming back into complete shadows, albeit slightly smaller than Li Banfeng.

The shadows had increased from three to eight, astounding Ah Yi, "Is this the Heavenly Union Technique?"

Li Banfeng did not answer, unaware of what the Heavenly Union Technique was.

The Portable Residence was equally astonished.

Lady of the Fifth Room continued displaying the battle outside on the wall, Hong Ying leaned over to watch the show, exclaiming in surprise, "It truly is the Heavenly Union Technique!"

The Projector was a bit confused, "Which Taoist Sect's technique is the Heavenly Union Technique?"

Hong Ying responded, "It's not a technique from any Taoist Sect, it's a technique some special cultivators use irrationally."

"What does 'irrationally' mean?" The Projector still didn't get it.

The Old Man spoke up, "It's a class of techniques mastered by formidable cultivators, practically impossible to counter,

like Green Flower; when you fought him, his body was cleaved in two, yet he kept fighting, even if he were chopped into finer pieces, he'd still fight,

and I recall the Ancestor of the Scholarly Cultivator having a lost ultimate skill called Ten Thousand Words; opening any book would unleash thousands of words into an army, engaging in relentless battle with enemies."

The Projector thought for a moment, "Isn't that the Searching Ink Technique?"

Miss Jiu answered, "It's different from Searching Ink Technique. The words summoned by the Wenxiu Ancestor can distinguish between friend and foe, and last a long time,

even if all the words are killed, he could simply switch to another book, transforming into an endless army, carrying several books meant infinite combat power, yet this level doesn't count as the strongest Heavenly Union Technique,

in my memory, the strongest Heavenly Union Technique belongs to Bitter Granny, who has a move called Endless Sea of Suffering; once she uses it, no matter the cuts or burns, she simply won't die,

Ah Qi's technique is slightly weaker, but pretty formidable, the more his shadows are struck, the more they multiply; without a way to utterly destroy them, defeating Ah Qi is impossible,

such extremely formidable techniques seem not of mortal creation, but crafted by the heavens, thus dubbed the Heavenly Union Technique."

The Projector reminisced past battles, "The old Family Head of the He Family, He Caiyuan, also a very formidable cultivator, he could directly manipulate words for combat; is that considered a Heavenly Union Technique?"

"Far from it!" The Portable Residence remembered He Caiyuan, "Many methods can break those aged words, and combating with words consumed him greatly, whereas Ah Qi's shadows do not consume much, he merely used the Shadow Hanging Technique,

speaking of Zhang Gunli, he might have half a Heavenly Union Technique; anyone who owes him money must suffer his suppression, and without repaying or destroying the debt slip, they cannot escape his control, so it's only considered half."

"This only counts as half?" The Projector clearly remembered Zhang Gunli's formidable aspect, "His cultivation level is already so high."

Hong Ying said, "It has nothing to do with cultivation level; only a rare few cultivators possess the Heavenly Union Technique, I don't have it, although Xiaowan supposedly does, yet even I haven't seen her use it, nor do I know where Qi Lang trained for this technique."

"Seventh Guide seemed not to have practiced," the Projector carefully watched the scene on the wall, noticing Li Banfeng's unusual state, "Seventh Guide's Heavenly Union Technique seems uncontrollable."

Hong Ying nodded, "Heavenly Union Techniques are difficult to control; if controlled perfectly, there's no match for opponents."

Li Banfeng indeed had poor control, a swarm of shadows attacking Ah Yi with no tactics, no strategies, even techniques were haphazardly used, lively yet not threatening Ah Yi much.

Ah Yi, holding the explosive, shouted at Li Banfeng's original body, "Soon I'll welcome new friends, let's first settle our score, watch my Crazy Cultivation Skill, specialized in defeating idiots!"

Li Banfeng dodged one explosive, as another appeared in Ah Yi's hand.

Li Banfeng dodged again, but stepped on another explosive.

There was one on the back of his head, near his ear, in the wild grass pile, even on tree branches and twigs.