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Chapter 871: Chapter 370: Inborn Extreme Boundary

At midnight, Lu Yuan finished meditating and recovered the True Pneuma he had spent in today’s battle before stepping out of the room.

During the daytime battle, he had not exerted much effort before he successfully killed Marquis Wuyang Li Dao of Ningguo and shattered the will of the Ning Army to resist, swiftly concluding the fight in an extremely satisfying manner.

However, behind this immense satisfaction lay the vast expenditure of Lu Yuan’s True Pneuma.

In order to gain suppression over Li Dao’s external body and create an opportunity to cast his spells, Lu Yuan had nearly expended all his True Pneuma in just a few breaths.

Enveloped by the Divine Fire of the Red Sun, transformed from his immense True Pneuma, it was only then that he achieved absolute suppression over the Raging Sun External Body. He obscured Li Dao’s external senses with endless scorching flames, gaining the opportunity for a fatal blow with his Talisman Sword Technique.

In reality, such a method would normally never be used by an Inborn Grandmaster.

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Although Lu Yuan had suppressed Li Dao, the Fierce Sun that resonated so closely with his Divine Fire was indeed, as Li Dao had originally thought.

It could only suppress but was incapable of breaking through directly.

He had spent vast amounts of True Pneuma and seemed to have gained the advantage, yet this advantage could not last.

If, within the short moments while the advantage persisted, he couldn’t find an opening and quickly breach Li Dao’s defenses,

then once his True Pneuma was exhausted, he would completely lose the ability to continue fighting.

If he did not wish to die at that point, he could only flee in a dishevelled panic.

Therefore, for a normal Inborn Grandmaster, even if they had the advantage of being in a higher realm, like the second realm against the first, achieving victory would require cautious exchanges—utilizing their robust True Pneuma and experience to gradually build up small advantages into an overwhelming victory, finally striking down the opponent in one fell swoop.

Even then, for an Inborn Grandmaster of the second realm to leave behind a first realm Grandmaster, it would be very difficult.

Unless one had support or the first realm Grandmaster was in terrible condition, the thought of killing the opponent was no more than a dream.

Given the Inborn Grandmasters’ abilities to preserve their lives, within the same realm, unless they reached the third realm as a great Grandmaster, experiencing a fundamental change, the gap between them was not so significant.

The abilities of a second realm Grandmaster compared to a first realm Grandmaster essentially boiled down to having a more bountiful True Pneuma and a more perfected external body; there was no fundamental difference, just a matter of experience.

The notion of, like Lu Yuan, determining life and death with another Inborn Grandmaster within a few breaths, was utterly impossible.

What allowed him to do so was his unmatched, fierce, and decisive Talisman Sword Technique, in addition to his True Pneuma external body.

Immortal Techniques were the means that could deliver fatal blows and have a decisive impact.

The martial arts external body was merely a tool for concealing methods and creating the conditions for their application.

In the end, Li Dao was still too young.

Though he came from one of the Aristocratic families and was also Inborn, and had even gained some understanding of Immortal Cultivation Techniques through the cooperation between Ning Country and Ziyun Dao,

his understanding was rather superficial and fanciful.

As for the true power of Immortal Techniques and how to guard against them, due to environmental reasons, the Cultivators of the Purple Cloud Dao could not possibly waste their precious Magic Power displaying these techniques just for his practice.

So his understanding was limited, his knowledge too scant, lacking any experience at all. Ultimately, without being prepared, he fell straight into Lu Yuan’s trap and had his life taken easily.

Nevertheless, despite the ease of his victory, Lu Yuan had completely expended all his True Pneuma in today’s battle.

Additionally, he had paid some of his Magic Power, so the cost was not insignificant.

The depletion of Magic Power, which decreases with each use, needs no further mention.

With Lu Yuan’s current foundation in Martial Arts, recovering the robust True Pneuma within his body would take a considerable amount of Time.

After a thoroughly gratifying Great War, it took him over two hours to finally recover all his True Pneuma, which was exceedingly slow.

This was because he had a foundation in the Immortal Method and the earth-form pneuma residing within him, which allowed him to recover quicker than most people.

If it were any other ordinary Inborn Grandmaster, thinking of restoring completely drained True Pneuma in less than three to four hours would be pure fantasy.

A few minutes of duel and half a day of recovery—such is the extreme consumption in the pinnacle of Inborn Grandmasters’ Confrontation Through Spells.

It is precisely because of this reason,

that unless absolutely necessary, or safety is assured, very few Inborn Grandmasters engage in full-strength combat with others.

Even when forced, they always reserve a portion of True Pneuma within, prepared to withdraw and flee at any moment.

Just like Li Dao, when he engaged with Lu Yuan today, he always retained three to four layers of True Pneuma within his body, ready to flee.

He just didn’t anticipate that Lu Yuan’s lethal move would come so swiftly and forcefully; he was unable to act and was promptly killed.

He became another restless soul under Lu Yuan’s hands.

“However, today’s method can indeed be developed and utilized frequently,”

Lu Yuan thought as he reviewed today’s combat experience, quite satisfied with the battle strategy he created, which relied on consuming True Pneuma and surprise attacks with spells.

Currently, Magic Power is precious; the more it’s used, the less remains, and it cannot be expended recklessly.

But True Pneuma, as long as one’s vitality can keep up, can be replenished at any moment.

The only drawback is the need for a considerable amount of Ingredients to replenish vitality after its consumption, potentially costing a great deal of silver tales.

Yet for Lu Yuan, who is wealthy as the sea, this is truly no concern at all.

If he wishes, within the Nine Provinces, countless delicacies and heavenly treasures are at his disposal.

Restoring a bit of vitality is nothing but an effortless matter.

Trading True Pneuma for Magic Power is, for Lu Yuan, indeed the most cost-effective deal.