Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Divine Shifting Secret Art

When Yi Tian landed on the ground, the entire Skull Mountain had become a world of ice and snow.

Yi Ke and the other high-ranking warriors of the tribe were all sealed in ice, as were Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and the other five members of the Reincarnation Squad. Even the ghost spirit who cast the Mystic Ice Talisman was caught in the aftermath.

Yi Tian alone remained unfrozen, his body coursing with pure yang energy, constantly repelling the cold.

Crack, crack, crack...

At that moment, the solid ice encasing Yi Ke and the other high-ranking warriors, as well as Yi Feng, Yi Shan, Yi Li, Yi Kuang, and Yi Hong, shattered and fell away piece by piece, revealing their disheveled, pale, and frozen forms.

Yi Tian approached the ghost spirit imprisoned in ice.

To his surprise, the ghost spirit was already dead. When he activated the Mystic Ice Talisman, he drained all the vital energy within him. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Yi Tian shattered the Mystic Ice Palm, unleashing the power of the ice essence across the mountaintop. Even the ghost spirit could not escape, and was frozen by the ice energy.

For warriors without vital energy, their life force was not strong; thus, he died, frozen alive.

"So cold!" Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and Yi Kuang shivered uncontrollably.

Yi Li, Yi Hong, and Yi Ke, along with other tribal warriors, sat cross-legged on the ground, circulating their techniques to expel the cold from their bodies.

If they hadn’t been high-ranking warriors, with energy flowing within them and resisting the invasion of the Mystic Ice's essence even while frozen, preserving their life force, their fate would have been no different from that of the ghost spirit.

"This Mystic Ice power is truly tyrannical!" Yi Tian couldn’t help but marvel at the terrifying strength of the talisman’s power. Even his pure yang energy could only barely withstand it.

It must be known that the technique sealed in the talisman was the essence of a Human-level expert, and compared to vital energy, true essence is dozens, even hundreds of times stronger.

Yi Tian walked in front of Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and the others.

In the next moment, Yi Tian activated the Great Sun Technique; like a furnace, he radiated endless heat.

Immediately, the tribal warriors felt the temperature rising. The nearby ice melted, turning into running water that soaked the earth, creating a muddy mess.

The five members of the Reincarnation Squad, along with Yi Ke and the other tribal warriors, quickly recovered.

"This battle was perilous, but we succeeded in exterminating the Dark Skull Group!" Yi Ke, the chief, sighed with relief.

He never imagined that an insignificant Dark Skull Group could be so deeply hidden. The ghost spirit possessed a low-grade talisman, and their high-ranking warriors nearly suffered annihilation.

There were still some remnants left to eradicate. Yi Ke led the high-ranking warriors down the mountain to continue the purge.

Yi Tian approached the ghost spirit.

He summoned pure yang energy in his palm, like holding a ball of light, and pressed it against the ghost spirit.

The ice covering the ghost spirit melted swiftly.

Yi Tian searched the ghost spirit’s body and found a storage pouch, then incinerated the corpse with a burst of flame.

After refining the pouch with his vital energy, Yi Tian was immediately aware of its contents.

Inside, fewer than ten thousand low-grade elemental stones were piled in a small heap, along with some clothes, food, and miscellaneous items. After careful searching, Yi Tian finally discovered something of interest: a manual and a jade box.

He took out the manual and glanced through it.

"Divine Shift Technique!"

He skimmed it and became intrigued—it was a top-tier Human-level secret technique.

Moreover, this secret technique was even more exquisite than martial skills. The practitioner’s strength was almost irrelevant; even the weak could cultivate it, though its power would be greatly diminished.

With this Divine Shift Technique, Yi Tian would be like a tiger with wings.

After setting aside the manual, Yi Tian examined the jade box. Inside was a talisman radiating spiritual light.

"Who would have thought he possessed another talisman? Just what is this fellow’s background? This is something millions of low-grade elemental stones couldn’t buy—it’s priceless."

At that moment, Yi Li approached.

He gazed at the talisman in Yi Tian’s hand, filled with envy.

Yi Feng, Yi Shan, and the others came over as well, each scrutinizing the legendary talisman.

They had just experienced its terrifying power firsthand; once released, the talisman’s energy was irresistible.

Of course, Yi Tian and the others never suspected that the ghost spirit was actually the servant of a Human-level expert. He had schemed for years, and when his master was distracted, stole the secret technique and three talismans, then fled to settle in the remote corner of Black Dragon City.

Over the years, the ghost spirit used one talisman, leaving two. He never dared use them—until today. He employed one but failed to kill Yi Tian and the others, dying himself instead, and these treasures fell into Yi Tian’s hands.

Yi Tian examined the talisman in his hand.

This low-grade talisman was soft as silk, smooth with a metallic sheen, light and beautiful, captivating to the eye.

On its surface was a sword-mark pattern, surrounded by intricate lines like runes.

Yi Tian could sense a trace of razor-sharp golden sword energy from the talisman.

When Yi Tian and his companions descended from the mountaintop, the Dark Skull Group had become history. Several thousand members, guilty of countless blood debts, were all slain; the tribe’s casualties were minimal.

They found sixty thousand low-grade elemental stones and nearly three hundred thousand gold coins in the Dark Skull Group’s treasury.

Chief Yi Ke could not be sure if this was the entirety of the Dark Skull Group’s resources; perhaps they had hidden caches. But the tribe had neither the time nor the interest to focus on their treasure.

For the Yi Tribe, which possessed a large elemental vein mine, the Dark Skull Group’s hoard held little allure.

Yi Ke and his men returned triumphant. The whole tribe rejoiced, finally avenging their fallen warriors.

After returning home, Yi Tian began studying the Divine Shift Technique.

Though not as profound as Earth-level arts, this top-tier Human-level technique was still extremely intricate; even written down it was complex and obscure.

It took him an entire day to grasp the basics.

The Divine Shift Technique contained a trace of spatial power—once activated, one could use it to traverse space, a single thought enabling instant movement.

Like Yi Tian’s practice of the Fiery Art, Pure Yang Art, Great Sun Technique, all of which contained various elemental powers, the Divine Shift Technique was especially rare due to its connection to spatial forces, likely more precious than even high-grade Earth-level arts.

After mostly mastering the technique, Yi Tian used his avatar to cultivate it.

He was audacious; with an avatar, he did not need to be as cautious as others, who would spend dozens of days thoroughly comprehending the Divine Shift Technique to avoid mistakes and ambiguities.

Because Yi Tian used his avatar for practice, after repeated attempts, it took just over half a day for the avatar to master the technique.

Yet when he activated it, a mysterious force propelled him, and in an instant he appeared several yards away, crashing into a wall and shaking the entire room.

The commotion attracted the attention of his mother, Xiao Long, and Xiao Ting.

Yi Tian explained he was cultivating a new technique, then left home for the rear mountain—otherwise, he might have destroyed his house.

Through repeated practice, Yi Tian found the Divine Shift Technique exceedingly difficult to control; even the basic direction was hard to master.

After hundreds of attempts, Yi Tian could roughly control the direction of teleportation, but gauging the distance was much harder.

He became absorbed in the arduous cultivation of the Divine Shift Technique.

During this period, Yi Tian submitted the technique to the tribe, greatly enhancing their strength.

Yi Feng, Yi Shan, Yi Li, and the five members of the Reincarnation Squad also trained together in the rear mountain, repeatedly battered and bruised, unable to control the sudden spatial power.

In the days that followed, the warriors of the tribe were often seen with black eyes and swollen faces—a side effect of practicing the Divine Shift Technique. At first, the women and children were astonished, but soon grew accustomed to the spectacle.