Inner and External Martial Arts

What kind of feeling did Ying Yingying's body give Xu Yanwu?

Weak...

Very weak.

Ying Yingying's physical condition was not particularly strong. Among Valkyries... she could even be said to rank nowhere near the top.

Moreover, the injuries all over her body had clearly accumulated over many years.

She really was the number one in Shenzhou?

The strongest Valkyrie in Shenzhou?

That... had been Xu Yanwu's first reaction.

But his subsequent examination... changed his impression somewhat.

Although there was no Honkai Energy in Ying Yingying's body right now, Xu Yanwu could still sense the... amount of Honkai Energy her body had once stored.

An astonishing amount.

It was several times greater than the amount of Honkai Energy in other people's bodies.

Yet with such an amount, what was even more astounding was that Ying Yingying's body showed barely any signs of Honkai Energy corrosion... the damage was not even as severe as the hidden injuries already within her body.

This was...

Internal Energy Cultivation?

Xu Yanwu had heard Fu Hua mention it before...

And while he had been at St. Freya, Xu Yanwu had also learned a little about Shenzhou's Internal Energy Cultivation.

If Europe regarded Honkai Energy as a demon, a monster that stole lives, then Shenzhou... was somewhat different.

The records at St. Freya contained a passage like this.

Under the guidance of a certain guardian, the people of Shenzhou learned how to turn Honkai Energy to their own use.

They called it True Qi, or Internal Energy Cultivation.

Furthermore, based on this, all sorts of methods had branched out. After thousands of years of evolution, Shenzhou had formed a unique system.

And it was on this foundation that Shenzhou gave rise to...

The martial world.

The people of Shenzhou gathered together of their own accord within this