Xiao Heng sat cross-legged in the sky, his eyes closed as he steadied his mind. As his strength rose, the enemies he encountered grew ever more terrifying, and he gradually came to realize the shortcomings of his own methods.
Fighting skills comparable to the Heavenly Rank were certainly formidable, but there was always still a gap between them and true Heavenly Rank Combat Skills. Though he could temporarily and completely fuse the four attributes to unleash a sword strike at the level of a Heavenly Rank Combat Skill, that strike was like Xiao Yan's Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus—it could not be used whenever he wished.
Thus, cultivating a Heavenly Rank Combat Skill was necessary. He possessed quite a few Heavenly Rank Combat Skills now, but he could not possibly master all of them in a short time. Choosing one to cultivate first had therefore become essential.
Several spheres of light floated within Xiao Heng's Sea of Consciousness, and every one of them contained a Heavenly Rank Combat Skill.
Xiao Heng reached out and gently touched one of them. In an instant, the sphere of light burst apart like a bubble, and its contents surged into his body.
It was not merely information, but also an extremely special kind of energy...!
Yellow-tier Fighting Skills generally could not be unleashed apart from the physical body. Xuan Rank Dou Techniques could leave the body, but still used the practitioner as their source. Earth Grade Combat Skills, however, could draw upon the energy of heaven and earth, vastly increasing the might of the fighting skill.
As for Heavenly Rank Combat Skills, fighting skills of this level no longer merely drew upon the energy of heaven and earth—they directly made that energy their own. The two might sound similar, but the difference was immense, like