Five Elements Stance Training Breaks the Limit, Fierce Tiger Intent

Time flew like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed just like that.

In a secluded corner of an old residential complex in Fengle City's eastern district, Lu Chuan stepped through the Dipper Stance, like a swimming dragon emerging from the sea, a tiger roaring through the forest.

He trained in the Five Elements Stance Training over and over again.

Notifications continuously refreshed on the Attribute Panel within his Sea of Consciousness.

[Five Elements Stance Training +10]

[Five Elements Stance Training +12]

Finally.

A little over an hour later.

Lu Chuan's entire body suddenly shuddered, and a sharp aura burst forth from within him.

Rumble... Crackle...

At that instant, the sinews and bones throughout his body seemed to pound at once, like tigers and leopards roaring, like thunder rumbling.

"Ha..."

With a low roar, Lu Chuan opened his eyes. He shot forward in a sudden burst, his body like a Spirit Deer as he crossed a full ten meters, then slammed a fist into a tree as thick as a sea bowl before him.

As that punch flew out, the faint sound of a tiger's roar seemed to explode. Lu Chuan himself appeared to transform into a Fierce Tiger descending the mountain.

Boom... Bang...

With that single punch, the sea-bowl-thick trunk exploded with a boom. The entire tree crashed down, kicking up dust across the ground.

"Fuck!"

Lu Chuan immediately came back to his senses and instinctively swept his gaze around.

When he found no one nearby, he let out a long breath, then dashed off several times before returning home.

Damn it, that caused way too much of a commotion. Better get out of here fast!

Otherwise, if those aunties and uncles in the neighborhood surround me, I'd probably have to kowtow twice before they'd let me leave.

"Big Brother, what happened to you?"

The moment he entered, his Younger Sister, Lu Wangshu, who had been reading in the living room, saw him rushing back in and asked with a puzzled expression, "What happened?"

"Nothing. Keep reading your Book of Divine Radiance. Don't worry about me."

Lu Chuan smiled and shook his head. After casually replying, he headed into his room.

He then glanced at the Attribute Panel in his Sea of Consciousness.

[Name: Lu Chuan]

[Martial Dao: Ninth Rank Skin Refining Realm (Mid Stage)]

[Spirit: Mortal Grade High Rank]

[Martial Skills: Five Elements Stance Training (Limit Breaking—Fierce Tiger Intent), Basic Archery (Perfection, 918/1000)]

Sure enough, the Attribute Panel had changed.

His Martial Dao cultivation had improved, rising from the Ninth Rank Early Stage to the Mid Stage. More importantly, the Five Elements Stance Training had undergone a tremendous change.

After grinding its proficiency in the Perfection Realm to the limit, it had actually advanced once more.

It was called Limit Breaking.

"Still, what exactly does this Limit Breaking represent? Could it be connected to this Fierce Tiger Intent displayed afterward?"

Lu Chuan's face was full of confusion as he muttered, "Fierce Tiger Intent... what is this? Does it have something to do with that final punch I threw?"

Lu Chuan knew very well that when he threw that final punch, he seemed to enter a mysterious state. His body was like a Fierce Tiger's, and when his fist struck out, it carried the might of a tiger descending the mountain.

The power of that punch far exceeded normal.

It had increased by at least twice, if not more.

"This kind of method is simply unfathomable. Could this be the effect brought by Limit Breaking?"

Lu Chuan thought to himself, Going by this, could every Martial Skill break its limit after reaching Perfection?

And could every Limit Breaking grant such an astonishing method?

Fierce Tiger Intent...

His gaze narrowed slightly as countless thoughts flashed through his mind. He had no idea what the Fierce Tiger Intent truly was right now; he only felt that it was an exceptionally strange state.

In that state, his overall strength would soar dramatically, perhaps even more than doubling.

"My cultivation has now risen to the Ninth Rank Mid Stage. Given my foundation, a single punch can erupt with five thousand jin of force—far stronger than an ordinary Ninth Rank Mid Stage Martial Artist.

"If I also erupt with this Fierce Tiger Intent, I'm afraid I could unleash ten thousand jin of immense force."

Lu Chuan silently calculated, and his heart was instantly filled with shock.

Ten thousand jin of force—this was the limit of an Initial-Stage Martial Artist!

As far as he knew, ten thousand jin was the limit of the Ninth Rank Skin Refining Realm. Chen Qingfeng had told him this back when he was at Wanchun Hall.

Chen Qingfeng's exact words at the time had been:

By cultivating a High-grade Skin Refining Method and achieving Bronze Skin, a Martial Artist could erupt with ten thousand jin of immense force in a single punch.

When Lu Chuan heard those words, he had even envied those from the Great Factions of the Inner City. They could cultivate High-grade Skin Refining Methods and strike with ten thousand jin of force.

Yet now, only a few days had passed.

It seemed that he could do the same, even though his cultivation realm was actually only at the Ninth Rank Mid Stage.

He had not even formally begun cultivating a Skin Refining Method.

"No, this Fierce Tiger Intent can't be counted as my own strength. It can only be some kind of technique for erupting power, much like the Martial Skills cultivated by Martial Artists."

Lu Chuan suddenly shook his head and muttered, "I have the Fierce Tiger Intent, but Martial Artists from other Great Factions can cultivate all kinds of Martial Skills too. They may likewise be able to erupt with several times their strength.

"So my true physical strength right now is, at most, equivalent to a Ninth Rank Perfection Martial Artist who cultivates a Low-grade Skin Refining Method..."

Lu Chuan quickly understood everything. Martial Artists also had differences in strength.

Even among those at Ninth Rank Perfection, there were divisions of high and low.

Different Cultivation Methods and Martial Skills meant vastly different strength, as far apart as heaven and earth, impossible to mention in the same breath.

Fortunately, he had the Attribute Panel, and his own foundation seemed exceptionally deep.

It could make up for such differences.

Still, it likewise required time to temper.

Lu Chuan silently considered this, then shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about it. In Martial Dao Cultivation, one should focus more on oneself and not care too much about others.

He took a deep breath and shifted his attention away from the matter.

Then he turned around, took a thread-bound book from his backpack, and began reading it closely.

This was the Low-grade limit Skin Refining Method he had bought from Chen Qingfeng for five hundred thousand.

[ Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method ]

"Take the body as an elephant, imitate the form of a savage elephant, temper the skin and flesh..."

In truth, this was not Lu Chuan's first time reading this Cultivation Method. He had already committed the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method to memory on the first day he returned, but over the past few days, he had still habitually taken it out to read every day.

He familiarized himself with its key points of Cultivation.

"Now that my Five Elements Stance Training has broken its limit and can no longer increase in proficiency, it's time to cultivate the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method."

Ten minutes later, Lu Chuan closed the Cultivation Method manual.

He gently shut his eyes, and numerous methods for cultivating the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method immediately surfaced in his mind.

So-called Savage Elephant Skin Refining was, in essence, the imitation of savage elephants. Through certain specific movements, one mobilized the Internal Strength throughout the body to temper one's skin and flesh, thereby achieving a body-refining effect.

Strictly speaking, it shared the same wondrous principle as the Five Elements Stance Training.

It was simply much more powerful than the Five Elements Stance Training.

After all, the Five Elements Stance Training was merely a basic body-refining method. It did not even qualify as a Skin Refining Method, and it lagged far behind the Savage Elephant Skin Refining Method.

Yet in essence, they were actually the same.

Both used special movements to temper the physique, skin, and flesh.

According to the manual, this Cultivation Method contained twenty-one forms in total. Mastering the first seven forms counted as Beginner, corresponding to the Ninth Rank Early Stage.

The first twelve forms constituted Minor Accomplishment, corresponding to the Ninth Rank Mid Stage.

Mastering nineteen forms meant Great Accomplishment, allowing one's cultivation to reach the Ninth Rank Late Stage.

If one mastered the final two forms and completed all twenty-one forms, it would be the Perfection Realm. One's Martial Dao cultivation would likewise reach Ninth Rank Perfection, and one could achieve Stone Skin.

The skin membrane across one's body would be like rock, impervious to blades and spears.

One's physical strength could reach six thousand jin.

From this alone, one could see just how enormous the gap was between Low-grade and High-grade Skin Refining Methods.