Unmatched Divine General Pan Feng

You should know that, apart from General Pan Feng himself, no one to date has been able to learn his Peerless Axe Art!

General Pan Feng was troubled by this to the extreme.

He had once declared that whoever could find someone suited to his aptitude and requirements would surely earn his deep friendship!

Just for General Pan Feng's friendship.

It was worth a try.

Besides, Ding Ling now had some degree of "teacher-student camaraderie" with all three of them and could be considered someone they had jointly discovered. If the three of them went together and gained Pan Feng's friendship together, that wouldn't be too much to ask, right?

With this thought in mind,

the three of them tacitly told Ding Ling about it together.

Ding Ling naturally said there was no problem.

The three were delighted and felt they had not misjudged him. They found Ding Ling increasingly pleasing to the eye.

Yet in the eyes of the other players, their behavior was extremely abnormal.

The new players who knew Ding Ling was a player were even more excited!

"That guy actually won the favor of Famous Generals Zhang He and Gao Lan at the same time! What right does he have?!"

"More importantly, this guy actually managed to win over Zhang He and Gao Lan in just half a day! This is too unbelievable!"

"Impossible to imagine!"

The players were shaken to the core. As they looked at Ding Ling, their eyes held confusion, bewilderment, incomprehension, envy, and jealousy...

Their emotions were complicated to the extreme.

It was like two students in the same school: one had ranked first nationwide and earned praise and trust from all kinds of high-ranking officials, while the other had come in last in his class!

That sense of disparity was enough to be fatal!

Fortunately, the one thing that comforted these players was that there was only one such incredible person! Everyone else was still standing in place practicing stance training!

"That guy is definitely a veteran player. I just don't know whether he's on the rankings. I'll definitely check carefully after I get back!"

"What was his name again?"

"Ding Ling. I remember it very clearly!"

The news that Ding Ling was a player spread from one person to ten, then from ten to a hundred.

Soon, it resounded throughout the entire camp.

Everyone was stunned by it!

In particular, the new players in Zhang He and Gao Lan's camps were shaken to the core!

Because at that moment, they thought of Ding Ling's performance.

That saber technique, those moves, that aura—it was simply invincible! How could he possibly be a player?!

They could hardly believe it. Only after asking around and verifying it several times were they forced to confirm and accept the fact.

"I never imagined Ding Ling really was a player! That's terrifying. That guy's saber technique is no ordinary strong! I never thought he would be a player!"

"I guess he's either a veteran player, or he also practiced with a saber in the real world. Otherwise, how could he be absurdly powerful? The gap between him and us is far too great!"

Ding Ling had no idea that the discussions about him among the new players of the Ji Province Camp had already reached a fever pitch.

By now, he had arrived at the Central Army Camp and met the "legendary" General Pan Feng.

At their first meeting,

Ding Ling was truly stunned.

It wasn't fear or nervousness.

It was the first time he had personally seen a man so tall, burly, and muscular.

He was probably over two meters tall!

Broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, even "tiger-backed and bear-waisted" was not enough to describe him.

His arms were so thick they could probably "run horses" on them.

What a brawny man!

The ax he held was even more exaggerated and intimidating.

An ordinary soldier could not lift it at all. Two people had to carry it together.

Boom!

Pan Feng single-handedly took the ax from the soldier's shoulder and slammed it onto the ground with a boom, shaking the earth as if it had trembled three times.

"So this is the Peerless Genius Ding Ling you mentioned?"

Pan Feng studied Ding Ling with interest for a while before saying, rather disappointedly,

"Too skinny and small!"

"..."

Ding Ling was speechless.

After repeatedly growing, developing, and evolving, his height and build were already no worse than Zhang He's and Gao Lan's.

Of course, compared with Pan Feng, he really did look like a skinny bamboo stalk.

"Compared with you, General Pan Feng, I naturally fall short."

Zhang He could not hold back any longer:

"But under heaven, it would probably be impossible to find anyone whose build could rival General Pan Feng's!"

He spoke with complete certainty.

Pan Feng, however, said,

"Rumor has it that Lü Bu of Jiuyuan is known as the Flying General, and that his height and build are no inferior to mine. I wonder if that's true."

"A rumor is only a rumor. It cannot be trusted!"

Gao Lan also said,

"Besides, in the eyes of ordinary people, once someone reaches General Pan Feng's height or Lü Bu's height, it is very difficult for them to distinguish the subtle difference between the two."

"That's true."

Pan Feng stopped dwelling on height and build and instead stared at Ding Ling.

"Zhang He and Gao Lan are the bravest people in my army apart from me! You managed to subdue both of them and even earned the furious praise of General Cheng Huan. Clearly, your talent is extraordinary. How about this?"

Pan Feng did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point:

"I will personally teach you Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Axe Techniques! If you truly comprehend and grasp them in an extremely short time, as Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Cheng Huan said, then I will teach you the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique!"

The Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique?

Why did that name sound so familiar?

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed through Ding Ling's mind.

Ding Ling remembered.

It seemed that in The Romance of Sui and Tang, Cheng Yaojin's Three-Move Axe originated from the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique!

Because the axe technique was too difficult, Cheng Yaojin had only comprehended the first three moves: Cleave the Head, Ghost Picks the Teeth, and Dig the Ears!

As for whether this axe technique was truly something Cheng Yaojin knew, he would naturally find out when he watched Pan Feng teach it later.

"As expected, it's the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique."

Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Cheng Huan exchanged glances, clearly understanding each other's expressions and eyes. One after another, they thought,

Apart from General Pan Feng, no one can learn this axe technique in its entirety! Its killing moves are too fierce and sharp, and the techniques required to use them are extraordinarily complex and variable. Without General Pan Feng's terrifying build and bearing, it is absolutely impossible to learn the entire technique. Take us, for example. At most, we can learn the first few moves. In that case, we might as well not learn it at all.

Zhang He and Gao Lan had naturally also had opportunities to learn the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique.

Pan Feng had never thought of concealing anything from beginning to end. Instead, he sincerely hoped that someone could inherit the technique and did not want it to become lost forever.

Unfortunately, Zhang He and Gao Lan could not learn it either. They might as well specialize in their family-secret techniques!

They understood the principle that biting off more than one could chew!

In particular, the prerequisites for this axe technique were terrifying. Even with their exceptional comprehension, they would probably never be able to grow to General Pan Feng's height and build in this lifetime. Naturally, they had given up practicing it.

They had brought Ding Ling here to see whether he could truly learn the Tiangang Axe Technique in its entirety. If he really could,

that would be utterly heaven-defying!

"Watch closely."

Pan Feng did not waste time. After a few polite words, he went straight into the core principles, essence, and profundities of using the Elementary Axe Technique.

Zhang He and the others listened attentively as well, occasionally looking thoughtful.