A Drastic Change in Attitude

"Oh my God! How did Yi Chen do that?"

"How is that possible? That was just an iron sword—an iron sword with terrible toughness and strength, at that."

"How could an iron sword cut a half-meter-deep wound into the Golden Python's body?"

"To put it bluntly, the difference between the iron sword's toughness and strength and the Golden Python's scales was like the difference between paper and steel."

"How could paper cut through steel? Could it be that when the Flame Mountain Tribe forged the iron sword, they accidentally mixed in some other spirit mine, causing the sword's strength to increase tens of thousands of times?"

"Impossible. Even the sharpest alloy sword could at most leave a sword mark on the Golden Python's scales." ❈

Before their screens, every viewer found it impossible to believe what they had just witnessed.

They had all guessed that the New Cultivation Method Yi Chen had created would be quite powerful.

It might even be several times stronger than the Flying Knife Art.

After all, this was a cultivation method Yi Chen had created during the Spirit Release Realm.

But no one had expected the New Cultivation Method Yi Chen created to allow him to use an extremely weak iron sword to slice through the scales of a Level 20 Golden Python.

"No, no. It has nothing to do with the iron sword."

At last, someone discovered the reason.

"Go back and replay the earlier footage at one-tenth speed."

"Yi Chen never got completely close to the Golden Python. He attacked when he was still three or four meters away from it."

"That iron sword never touched the Golden Python at all. According to the Scanner, what truly wounded the Golden Python was blade-like energy formed after the iron sword slashed out. It directly cut through the Golden Python's scales."

"Really?"

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone pulled up the earlier footage and replayed it.

The result left everyone gasping in amazement.

"It really was like that! Yi Chen's cultivation method is too miraculous, isn't it?"

"This blade-like energy is way too outrageous! According to the Scanner, the energy itself isn't even that strong!"

"The blade-like energy truly isn't very powerful, but both its durability and sharpness exceed those of an iron sword by more than ten thousand times."

"That was precisely why even the Golden Python's defenses crumbled at the first blow before this slash."

"This is an entirely different path, a newly created attack-type cultivation method. It simply cannot be classified as a cold-weapon cultivation method. Its power has absolutely nothing to do with the sword's material—even the best alloy sword cannot compare."

"You can't say it has nothing to do with the sword itself. According to the Scanner, when Yi Chen's Spiritual Power traveled through the iron sword, the sword's material caused considerable loss."

"If it were a poorer-quality wooden sword, it might not be able to withstand that Spiritual Power and would explode on the spot."

"Conversely, if he used the best alloy sword, not only could the Spiritual Power pass through without obstruction, it could also accelerate the Spiritual Power's speed within it."

"Such a miraculous cultivation method could only be created by a godlike man like Yi Chen!"

"Suddenly, I really want to learn this New Cultivation Method!"

Everyone's attitudes took a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

No one had imagined that Yi Chen's New Cultivation Method, despite being undeniably thought to have taken a wrong turn, would actually produce such a miracle.

With one slash, he had easily carved a half-meter-deep wound into the Golden Python's body.

No matter how many more times the Flying Knife Art was improved, it would be difficult for it to achieve such lethality and visual impact.

The viewers who had originally held no interest whatsoever in the New Cultivation Method could not help but feel a desire deep in their hearts to learn it.

Within the canyon.

After succeeding with one slash, Yi Chen did not press his advantage.

Relying on the speed advantage of the Cloud Stepping Art, he temporarily withdrew from the battlefield.

His mind rapidly considered whether there was anything in that last slash that needed to be remedied or improved.

"First, the coordination between the Cloud Stepping Art and the sword technique still isn't smooth enough."

"Next, the Sword Qi from that strike seemed to have only reached around four meters. By rights, with my current Qi Condensation Realm Sixth Level, the maximum range of Sword Qi should at least reach six meters."

"Finally, my use of the sword technique isn't proficient enough. That slash had more than enough sharpness and piercing power, but it lacked agility. Against an opponent with quick reactions and speed, it would be easy to evade..."

After first summarizing his shortcomings.

Yi Chen accelerated once more, using the Golden Python as a sparring partner as he tried to improve the flaws he had just identified.

The Golden Python that dominated the entire Great Canyon began to suffer one terrifying sword wound after another.

By the time the Golden Python breathed its last in desolation, its twenty-five-meter-long body was already covered in wounds.

Half a month ago, it had been an existence Yi Chen could not defeat.

Half a month later, he dealt with it with ease.

He had even had the time and energy during the kill to assess the New Cultivation Method's strengths and weaknesses.

"My god, this cultivation method is already this strong, and it still has room for improvement?"

"Wait, did you all hear Yi Chen's earlier summary clearly? He said that at Qi Condensation Realm Sixth Level, the maximum range of his Sword Qi could reach six meters?"

"Doesn't that mean that as his realm rises, the Sword Qi's range can rise with it?"

"The greatest weakness of this cultivation method is that it requires getting close to the enemy. Unlike firearms, it cannot make Ranged Attacks."

"If the Sword Qi's range rises along with his realm, then one day, couldn't it also become like the Flying Knife Art? Wherever his eyes could see, he could attack any enemy?"

"It's over. It was already absurdly powerful, and now this New Cultivation Method can even be used for Ranged Attacks."

"We still haven't learned the complete Cloud Stepping Art, and now another powerful cultivation method has appeared."

"Don't panic. If nothing unexpected happens, once the Flame Mountain Tribe members' average strength approaches the Spirit Release Realm First Level, or reaches the Spirit Release Realm First Level, Yi Chen will definitely teach the complete Cloud Stepping Art to raise the tribe members' average strength."

"This New Cultivation Method is likewise a Spirit Release Realm-level cultivation method. It can also greatly increase the tribe members' strength, so there is a high chance it will be taught alongside it."

"By my estimate, it could be around one month at the earliest. At the slowest, only around a month and a half. Everyone, wait patiently."

"That's good, then. In that case, I should go buy a sword. An alloy sword will definitely be far more powerful than an iron sword."

The Live Stream Room viewers turned from worry to joy.

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All major news outlets immediately replaced their front-page headlines as well.

Human society as a whole was once again thrown into turmoil by the emergence of the New Cultivation Method.

Yet no one knew that the birth of the New Cultivation Method meant far more than that.

Marshal Tie Xue immediately convened an emergency meeting.

The Surrounding Races of the Milky Way were also discussing and studying what impact the emergence of the New Cultivation Method would have on the Human Race.