Advanced Axe Technique

After explaining it twice with both words and gestures.

Pan Feng finally stopped and looked at Ding Ling, asking:

"Do you need me to explain it a third time? If so, I can go through it again."

His attitude was amiable.

He was completely different from the Pan Feng Ding Ling had imagined.

He was even worlds apart from the character portrayed in television dramas.

Ding Ling was deeply moved, but he said aloud:

"No need, General."

He slowly closed his eyes.

A book had already condensed into form within the Library.

Elementary Axe Technique: Max Level

Strength +0.2

Agility +0.1

Constitution +0.1

In but an instant.

The Elementary Axe Technique had reached max level.

At that moment, Ding Ling thoroughly grasped every technique and application of axe combat.

He opened his eyes.

Pan Feng immediately asked:

"How was it?"

"No problem."

"Oh?"

Pan Feng was somewhat surprised.

"If you truly learned this Elementary Axe Technique after merely hearing it explained twice, then I must admit that your talent is peerless."

He handed the axe in his hand to Ding Ling.

"Give it a try."

Ding Ling took it, and his hand immediately sank. He nearly failed to hold it steady, staggering involuntarily.

He was shocked.

This axe probably weighed over two or three hundred jin!

Taking such an axe into battle.

Anyone struck by it would be injured; anyone hit by it would die!

No wonder Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Cheng Huan held Pan Feng in such high regard. Seeing how relaxed and natural Pan Feng had looked while wielding his axe, Ding Ling knew that Pan Feng must possess Immense Strength!

He was a true fierce general!

Hua Xiong could kill the Pan Feng before him in three exchanges?! Was that a joke? There had to be some hidden reason behind it!

"My oversight."

Pan Feng immediately took the axe from Ding Ling and ordered the soldier beside him, "Go fetch a lighter axe!"

A short while later.

The soldier returned carrying an axe weighing sixty jin.

He said that it was the lightest axe in the camp.

Pan Feng looked at Ding Ling. "Can you wield it?"

He did not ask whether Ding Ling could lift it. Clearly, he had realized that Ding Ling possessed extraordinary strength; otherwise, Ding Ling could not have truly caught and raised an axe weighing several hundred jin.

"I'll give it a try."

Ding Ling took the axe and weighed it in his hand. It was indeed somewhat heavy.

But it remained within an acceptable range.

The long blade he had used before had also weighed forty or fifty jin, yet he had wielded it as lightly as if it were weightless.

Now it was only somewhat heavier, so it was not much of a problem.

Clang!

He began to wield the axe. In his hands, the enormous weapon was as light as a goose feather, chopping, cleaving, and shaving with extreme agility. At times, he was like a Spirit Crane spreading its wings and pecking furiously at an enemy; at others, he resembled a mighty man splitting mountains and cleaving earth, fierce and domineering.

In Ding Ling's hands, the huge axe seemed to have become a divine weapon!

By the end, he had spun it into what seemed like a wheel of wind. Amid sharp cracking sounds, he actually split a fissure directly into the ground.

"Good!"

Before Cheng Huan and the others could speak, Pan Feng clapped and praised him.

"Cheng Huan, Zhang He, and Gao Lan were indeed right. Ding Ling, you truly are a Peerless Genius!"

He gave Zhang He and the other two an approving look. The expression on his face said everything.

If Ding Ling truly learned the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique, Zhang He and the other two would earn Pan Feng's deep gratitude!

Zhang He and the other two understood, and all of them became excited and overjoyed.

Cheng Huan was somewhat better off.

Zhang He and Gao Lan were currently only Military Secretaries. If they received Pan Feng's support, their futures would surely be limitless! Promotion would come as easily as drinking water!

At this thought.

Zhang He and Gao Lan could not help looking toward Ding Ling, the anticipation and encouragement in their eyes nearly overflowing.

They had originally been extremely shocked by Ding Ling's talent in axe techniques.

But that surprise had now been entirely drowned out by the good news. They were even more eager than Ding Ling for him to succeed!

"Next is the Intermediate Axe Technique!"

Pan Feng demonstrated it twice, then looked at Ding Ling.

Ding Ling closed his eyes.

A book immediately condensed in the Library: "Intermediate Axe Technique"!

A moment later.

Intermediate Axe Technique: Max Level

Strength +0.3

Agility +0.2

Constitution +0.2

At that moment, every profound secret of the Intermediate Axe Technique seeped into Ding Ling's Spirit Soul and marrow, becoming an instinct of his!

His strength, constitution, and agility improved once more.

Subtle changes were taking place within his bones and internal organs.

The axe that had initially felt somewhat heavy instantly became much lighter in his hands.

Ding Ling did not hesitate and immediately began to perform the Intermediate Axe Technique.

Boom!

He wielded the axe like a mad bull plowing the earth or a Jiaolong bursting from the water, its momentum vast, heavy, and majestic to the extreme! The iron-blooded, tyrannical aura rushing toward them made Pan Feng, Zhang He, and the others turn solemn involuntarily.

After Ding Ling finished the entire set of axe techniques.

Zhang He and the others applauded and praised him, declaring it a breathtaking sight!

Pan Feng also nodded unconsciously and said:

"Very good. In all the world, perhaps I am the only one whose talent with the axe can stand shoulder to shoulder with yours."

He clicked his tongue in wonder and looked Ding Ling up and down.

"I never thought that, in my lifetime, I would truly meet a prodigy like you."

He sighed and said:

"It is only a pity that you are so slight of build. I fear it will be absolutely impossible for you to learn the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique."

"How would we know without trying?"

Zhang He spoke up in support.

"You have to understand that Ding Ling's talent is simply terrifying. If even he cannot learn it, then who else would have a chance?"

"That's true."

Pan Feng agreed with Zhang He. He then began explaining the Advanced Axe Technique to Ding Ling while demonstrating it.

"Watch closely. This is the true essence and core of the Advanced Axe Technique! Only by completely mastering the Advanced Axe Technique will you have a one-percent chance of learning the Thirty-Six Heavens Gang Axe Technique. Otherwise, everything is hopeless!"

Boom!

Pan Feng was tall and powerfully built. In his hands, the axe moved as though a Demon King had descended into the world, as though Pangu were opening heaven and earth. Ding Ling had an extremely direct feeling that if he faced Pan Feng now, he absolutely would not be able to block a single axe strike!

Was this a Super First-Rate Military General?

Or a Top First-Rate Military General?!

Ding Ling was astonished, and the look in his eyes as he watched Pan Feng grew increasingly strange.

Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Cheng Huan clearly considered themselves inferior to Pan Feng, yet they watched with great interest from the side. Once Pan Feng finished, they all praised him extravagantly.

Pan Feng waved his hand.

"Enough. Stop flattering me."

He looked at Ding Ling.

"Can you do it?"

"No problem."

Ding Ling closed his eyes.

Another book promptly condensed in the Library: "Advanced Axe Technique."

In an instant.

Advanced Axe Technique: Max Level

Strength +0.5

Agility +0.3

Constitution +0.3

Compared with spear techniques, which emphasized agility.

Axe techniques clearly placed greater emphasis on strength!

Every improvement granted more points to strength.

This time, his attributes had increased by quite a bit again.

The axe in Ding Ling's hand became increasingly obedient and effortless to wield.

He opened his eyes, then casually swung his hand and began chopping, cleaving, and shaving with the axe one-handed.

Clang!

The axe's chopping, cleaving, and shaving movements were incomparably clean and decisive. Zhang He and the others had no doubt...