[Name: Su Qing'an] [Gender: Male] [Strength: 14.5] [Agility: 15.7] [Constitution: 16.8] [Soul Essence: 39.07] [Honkai Energy Resistance: 16 (Low)] [Skill: Taixuan Style] [Evaluation: Your combat ability far surpasses that of an ordinary human. Your Honkai Energy resistance is above the normal average for human males. Aside from the special nature of your Soul Essence, you already possess the possibility of facing the Honkai environment.] [Message: Your soul possesses something special. After enduring death twice, it has automatically sublimated to four times that of an ordinary person. Make use of this one and only trump card to survive in the apocalypse of Honkai.]
From November 9 to November 23, Su Qing'an had already crossed the endpoint an ordinary person could reach in a lifetime.
Based on his current martial arts mastery and Still Water state of mind, he estimated that the three physical attributes of an untrained ordinary person were generally between 7 and 10.
As for martial artists who diligently tempered themselves, the limit they could reach should lie between 10 and 25.
He believed Chen Junxuan's three physical attributes were likely infinitely close to 25, or even higher. In terms of combat power, ordinary humans and this old man were no longer the same species. The difference was like that between a lion and a house cat.
Even if Su Qing'an were to fight Chen Junxuan to the death now, his odds of victory would only be one in ten.
Of course, that was under the premise that he did not manipulate Honkai Energy.
As for Kiana's physical abilities, he guessed they were slightly higher than his current level, though not by much. If she underwent systematic training, she should have tremendous room for improvement.
The Kaslana bloodline stood on an entirely different level from ordinary people from the very beginning, and this was merely the added value of its extremely high Honkai Energy resistance.
If Kiana were willing to temper her body, she could easily surpass the limit Chen Junxuan could not even touch. However, the effort and time required might not offer as much value as the technological upgrades to Valkyrie armor.
Ultimately, the ordinary human limit Su Qing'an had deduced could not restrain the limit of the Kaslana bloodline. Its innate genetic factors and bone structure were different from those of ordinary people, so the endpoint it could reach was naturally different as well.
Su Qing'an still could not determine the limit to which the modified Void Sword Qi could enhance physical abilities. If it could only stop within the range of 25, then without his Sword Heart entering the Dustless state, he could probably only face a single-digit number of sickle-wielding Zombies at once. Su Qing'an had not yet tried using the Honkai Energy he could currently command. This was to avoid attracting the attention of any forces that might exist, so he had not included his combat power while commanding Honkai Energy.
For normal social activities, he no longer faced any risk to his survival. Within ten steps, a single-digit number of ordinary humans, even if they used pistols and launched no surprise attack, would find it difficult to injure him, because they practically had no time to fire.
After sorting through the various analyses in his mind, he felt that all he could do now was earnestly use the Sword Heart Technique to increase his Honkai Energy resistance. Aside from that, he had almost no room to act.
"Master Chen, is it possible to cultivate the Sword Heart Technique? Although it's difficult, it can at least count as a hope." The Void Sword Qi was, in essence, a martial art with an extremely profound underlying conception. It was fundamentally different from the force-generation techniques pursued by ordinary martial arts. It was like a stepping stone that set a person on the path of evolution.
The normal human body could not adapt to Honkai Energy. If the Void Sword Qi allowed one to advance toward adapting to Honkai Energy, could it be called a book of evolution?
In theory, such martial arts could allow ordinary people to reach the level of contending with Herrschers.
Yes. In theory alone.
That was why the Void Sword Qi was so difficult—truly difficult. Aside from a special case like Su Qing'an, even a martial artist like Chen Junxuan, who could achieve a state akin to Still Water through his own ability, would need to rely on his individual comprehension to understand the Sword Heart Technique and form a circulation channel for Honkai Energy inside and outside the body.
Using the orthodox Void Sword Qi from Shenzhou Sword Breaking Records in the original story—which Su Qing'an was unfamiliar with—as an analogy:
During the Tang dynasty, the Tome of Cangxuan suggested that Hua take on disciples. This gave her the idea of accepting disciples, but it was not until seven hundred years later that she truly took on seven disciples.
As civilization advanced and Honkai grew stronger, Hua was forced to seek some helpers. Even so, she accepted only those seven disciples. From this, one could only conclude that the Void Sword Qi placed truly immense demands on talent and comprehension.
The requirements were so high that even though Hua deliberately searched for candidates, she could find only seven disciples talented enough to learn the Void Sword Qi.
If the difficulty of the modified Void Sword Qi in Su Qing'an's possession was roughly the same as that of the orthodox version, then the chances of anyone cultivating it successfully were truly minuscule.
Su Qing'an had given Chen Junxuan only the Sword Heart portion. He clearly understood the possible risks posed by the modified Void Sword Qi.
But he understood even more clearly what a martial arts grandmaster like Chen Junxuan would decide upon realizing that he was certain to die merely by facing the Honkai environment.
There were very few truly safe places left in this world.
When Honkai truly descended, no one could remain uninvolved.
He would treat this Sword Heart Technique as a parting gift to the old man.
This old man, who had first allowed Su Qing'an to understand what martial arts were, was someone he could never bring himself to let die such a death.
Even if a martial artist could not live out his natural lifespan in peace, he should still die spectacularly in battle.
And dying in a Honkai environment was a tragedy for any martial artist who challenged himself and tempered his own body.
Even if Chen Junxuan died after being beaten to death blow by blow, or even died beneath guns and cannons, that would still be better than this ridiculous way of dying.
Su Qing'an and Chen Junxuan both sincerely believed this. The so-called risk had long since ceased to be a consideration for either of them.
Because before life and death stood dignity, honor, and disgrace.
Sooner or later, he would deduce martial arts to an even higher level, surpassing the limits recognized by everyone in the world and breaking through the shackles innate to ordinary people.
And in the very end, he would personally sever these chains of sorrow.
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