An Earth Element Net Shield technique and a Wave Saber Technique.
They perfectly matched the attributes of the Earth Tortoise Shield and Cold Heavy Saber.
When martial techniques were paired with suitable magical artifacts, the two complemented each other, and the power they unleashed would multiply dramatically!
Both of these martial techniques were also top-grade Postnatal techniques! They were somewhat more powerful than the Nine Step Movement Technique, Bone Piercing Finger, and Stacked Force Palm!
The Nine Step Movement Technique and those other two martial techniques were supporting techniques for the Bronze Iron Body cultivation method. Judging by grade alone, all three surpassed the Postnatal high-grade level. However, because they matched the cultivation method, in the hands of someone cultivating Bronze Iron Body, the power they unleashed was no weaker than that of top-grade Postnatal techniques.
But judging by grade alone, they were still a tier below the Earth Element Net Shield and Wave Saber Technique.
Using the Five Elements Detailed Explanation as his foundation, Zhang Wan had spent a total of five hundred experience points deducing these two martial techniques.
The Earth Element Net Shield had used two hundred experience points, while the Wave Saber Technique had used three hundred!
The consumption of experience points was considerable.
This was not deducing them from nothing. They had been deduced based on the complete version of the Postnatal Five Elements Detailed Explanation. Even so, they had required so many experience points, showing just how great the deduction function's consumption was.
But it was not without benefits.
The martial techniques deduced through experience points were techniques Zhang Wan understood completely from the start.
Unless it was a martial technique like Bone Piercing Finger, which still required separately tempering the ten fingers, any martial technique deduced this way could be completely mastered after he used it twice.
He opened the panel.
Host: Zhang Wan (fourteen years old) Realm: Third Level Postnatal (11/120) Realm Bottleneck: None Cultivation Methods and Martial Techniques: Bronze Iron Body Sixth Level Postnatal cultivation method (48/114, Third Level Postnatal formula understood), Stacked Force Palm (62/155), Bone Piercing Finger (103/103, 20/46), Nine Step Movement Technique (60/127), Earth Element Net Shield (Mastered), Wave Saber Technique (Mastered) Cultivation Skills: Incomplete version of Vitality Catalysis Technique (89/89, 11/11)+, incomplete version of Extreme Growth Technique (83/83, 10/10)+, spiritual plant knowledge (20/97), complete version of Postnatal Five Elements Detailed Explanation (321/321), incomplete version of Fire Talisman inheritance (891/891) Available Experience Points: 9723
The martial techniques and skills on the panel were displayed separately. This was a change the panel had made according to Zhang Wan's will.
Seeing them all piled together had made Zhang Wan's eyes swim. Displaying them separately made everything clearer and more orderly.
As for the experience points he had accumulated, after this period of expenditure, they had once again fallen below ten thousand. This thing took time to accumulate, but when used, it truly flowed away like water. If he was not careful, it would all be used up in an instant.
"But when cultivation methods and martial techniques are deduced through the deduction function, does understanding them directly mean they'll display 'Mastered' afterward?"
"It is rather apt."
Zhang Wan closed the panel and took out the Earth Tortoise Shield and Cold Heavy Saber.
During this period, Zhang Wan had continuously refined these two magical artifacts and the storage pouch. He had already branded them with his divine sense and could now use them.
Although his cultivation prevented him from fully unleashing the power of the two artifacts, they still greatly increased Zhang Wan's combat strength.
At that moment, Zhang Wan infused the Earth Tortoise Shield with magical power. The earthen-yellow tortoise shield rose into the air. Looking at the Earth Tortoise Shield before him, Zhang Wan struck it with several palms in succession, then gathered magical power at his fingertips and thrust out with Bone Piercing Finger at full force, stabbing more than a dozen times.
The Earth Tortoise Shield remained completely unharmed.
"As expected of a Postnatal high-grade defensive magical artifact. Without even urging it with full force, it already has such astonishing defensive power."
As Zhang Wan praised it, he increased the flow of magical power. At once, a faint halo appeared over the Earth Tortoise Shield.
At the same time, the magical power within Zhang Wan's body rapidly drained away.
"Fully activating the Earth Tortoise Shield and bringing out its earthen-yellow halo is still somewhat beyond me right now." Zhang Wan ignored his rapidly depleting magical power and began casting the Earth Element Net Shield.
In an instant, the earthen-yellow halo took the Earth Tortoise Shield as its core and enveloped Zhang Wan completely, protecting him.
"Although the Earth Tortoise Shield has astonishing defensive power, and activating its earthen-yellow halo raises that defense by another level, the halo's protective range is limited to a single side."
"But with the Earth Tortoise Shield combined with the Earth Element Net Shield, I can form an all-around, blind-spot-free earth-element barrier that envelops me completely!"
"However, with my current magical power, it is difficult to use this technique as I please."
"Or I could lower its power. That way, its demand for magical power would not be so high."
After maintaining the Earth Element Net Shield for only a moment, Zhang Wan felt that eight or nine-tenths of the magical power in his body had vanished.
After stopping the activation of the Earth Tortoise Shield, almost no magical power remained within Zhang Wan.
It took Zhang Wan half a day to recover his magical power.
This time, he took out the Cold Heavy Saber.
Just as the Earth Tortoise Shield could release an earthen-yellow halo, the Cold Heavy Saber also possessed a unique ability: it could release extreme freezing energy.
However, Zhang Wan did not activate the Cold Heavy Saber's ability immediately. Instead, he held the Cold Heavy Saber and first practiced the Wave Saber Technique several times.
In Zhang Wan's hands, the Cold Heavy Saber was like surging waves. At times, it was a tiny wave slowly welling up; at times, it was a raging sea of torrential storms; at others, it was wave after wave, rising and falling without end.
Astonishing, bone-chilling saber light filled the entire small courtyard. Yet no one saw this shocking scene, nor could anyone detect it. The small barrier shrouding the residence concealed everything.
After practicing several times, Zhang Wan stopped with satisfaction.
The saber technique had not disappointed him. Just by practicing it, he could already feel its power.
His three hundred experience points had not been wasted.
Although his cultivation prevented him from fully unleashing the technique's power, his combat strength had still increased by a large margin because of it.
His gaze sharpened. Zhang Wan activated the Cold Heavy Saber's extreme freezing energy and began practicing the Wave Saber Technique again.
This time, the waves carried extreme cold. The bone-chilling energy slashed in all directions along with the waves, and the saber technique's power surged!
But the consumption of magical power also rose by another level.
Before he could even finish one complete cycle, Zhang Wan's magical power was nearly exhausted, forcing him to stop.
"Even though I deliberately lowered the saber technique's power to reduce its consumption of magical power, activating the extreme freezing energy still consumes an astonishing amount."
"With my current magical power, I cannot activate the Cold Heavy Saber's extreme freezing energy for a long time."
Zhang Wan was not surprised.
After all, it was a mid-grade Postnatal magical artifact. With his Third Level Postnatal cultivation, wanting to use it as freely as he pleased was asking too much.
He would have to wait until his cultivation reached the Fourth Level Postnatal before the problem of insufficient magical power could be eased somewhat.
But now that he had mastered two magical artifacts and possessed two matching martial techniques, Zhang Wan had two more trump cards in hand.
Combined with the Fire Talismans he had accumulated,
he was confident he could fight a Sixth Level Postnatal martial artist face-to-face!
Even in a life-and-death battle against a Sixth Level Postnatal martial artist, he was fifty percent confident he could kill the opponent and survive in the end!
The mid-grade Postnatal Fire Talismans, the two magical artifacts, and the two matching martial techniques gave Zhang Wan ample confidence.
Of course, he still had no confidence when facing a Seventh Level Postnatal martial artist.
But if he encountered one, he could escape—and the other side could forget about keeping him there!
The outside world was in turmoil, while Zhang Wan shut himself away to cultivate. Time slipped quietly by, and before long, the middle of the month arrived.
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