Parchment, Turtle Shell Skill, Bone Shrinking Skill

Clang.

Fresh blood splattered wildly.

Scattering in all directions.

As Zhao Kuo collapsed, the ground was soaked in a large patch.

His body shrank significantly, returning to its original size, but his eyes were filled with resentment as he stared at Su Chen.

Just like Lin Hai back then, he died with his eyes wide open.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo was beyond dead, Su Chen finally pulled the Steel Saber from his body.

"Fortunately, this guy was very confident in his black armor and didn't notice my disguise. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult to kill him with one strike."

The black armor on Zhao Kuo's body had amazing defensive power, and even the yellow-clothed woman's sword could hardly penetrate it.

Su Chen's Raging Wave Saber Technique had been practiced to the extreme. With all his strength, although he could break through the opponent's defense, he was still a bit short of killing him with one strike.

"I wonder what martial art he cultivated!"

Su Chen came to Zhao Kuo's corpse with anticipation, bent down, and reached out to search Zhao Kuo's body.

"Nothing?"

After searching for a while, Su Chen's brows gradually furrowed, feeling a little unwilling.

"Huh? There seems to be something inside this armor?"

Just as Su Chen was disappointed and ready to give up, he suddenly noticed a discordant color overflowing from Zhao Kuo's armor.

Pulling it out to take a look, Su Chen was stunned. It turned out to be a piece of parchment.

"No wonder I couldn't find it. It was hidden here!"

Opening the parchment to take a look, Su Chen's face suddenly lit up with joy. There seemed to be a cultivation technique hidden on it.

"Quick, it's right here!"

Before he had time to take a closer look, Su Chen heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming from not far away.

He put away the parchment, then picked up his saber and turned to leave.

A moment later, Zhao Kuo's two subordinates arrived and saw Zhao Kuo's corpse at a glance, immediately stunned in place.

Soon after, the entire area became lively.

White Jade Gang headquarters.

A man dressed in white looked at Zhao Kuo's cold, pale corpse, his face extremely gloomy.

He looked at Zhao Kuo's two subordinates and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me what happened."

"Gang Leader, it's like this..."

The two subordinates told the truth.

When he heard that Zhao Kuo was killed by a woman in yellow, the white-clothed man immediately cursed, "Waste!"

It's one thing to be fond of married women, but to lose your life because of it is just shameful.

Waving his hand, the white-clothed man had the body taken away, then issued an order:

"Pass down the order, notify all branches, and find out the identity of the woman in yellow. Hmph, thinking she can run after killing someone from my White Jade Gang? There's no such easy thing in the world! Once you discover her location, notify me immediately."

"Yes, Gang Leader!"

As the White Jade Gang issued orders, all areas under its jurisdiction became tense and serious.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Su Chen. After killing Zhao Kuo, he returned home.

"This piece of parchment doesn't record one cultivation method, but two!"

Su Chen took a bath, washing away the bloody smell from his body, and then took out the parchment, studying it carefully.

After some research, Su Chen was pleasantly surprised. From the parchment, he sorted out two cultivation methods.

One was the Turtle Shell Skill.

The other was the Bone Shrinking Skill.

"The Turtle Shell Skill should be the martial art that Zhao Kuo practiced. Once mastered, the body will be covered by a layer of black armor, which is usually not visible. Once activated, the black armor appears, and the defense will be greatly improved."

"However, because practicing the Turtle Shell Skill will cause certain changes in one's body shape, it needs to be supplemented by the Bone Shrinking Skill for practice. The two complement each other and enhance each other."

"According to the records on the parchment, the Turtle Shell Skill is very difficult to practice, requiring various methods to temper one's own skin. A little carelessness will injure the muscles and bones, resulting in lifelong disability."

"Moreover, even if it is mastered, it is not perfect. It also has a flaw, that is, the defense above the neck is about the same as that of a normal person."

After reading the content about the Turtle Shell Skill and the Bone Shrinking Skill on the parchment, Su Chen couldn't help but ponder.

Looking at the two secret manuals on the parchment, Su Chen's eyes flickered, and he quickly made a decision: "It's normal to have flaws. Anyway, I have the panel, what am I afraid of?"

After an incense stick's worth of time, Su Chen finished practicing the postures of the two cultivation methods, and the panel suddenly changed:

...Turtle Shell Skill (Entry Level 1%) Bone Shrinking Skill (Entry Level 1%)

Afterward, he spent another twelve taels of silver to activate Easy Mode for these two cultivation methods.

The Easy Mode for the Turtle Shell Skill was sunbathing, requiring ten minutes to reach Minor Accomplishment and twenty minutes to reach Major Accomplishment.

The Easy Mode for the Bone Shrinking Skill was squats, requiring fifty reps to reach Minor Accomplishment and one hundred reps to reach Major Accomplishment.

The practice of the two cultivation methods took a total of one hour. After completing these, the panel changed again:

...Turtle Shell Skill (Major Accomplishment 1%) Bone Shrinking Skill (Major Accomplishment 1%)

Looking at the two cultivation methods on the panel, a smile couldn't help but appear on Su Chen's face.

Then he took off his clothes and observed his body.

Somewhat different from what was recorded on the parchment, his body shape did not change in any way.

It seems that martial arts practiced through the panel can avoid some flaws.

When Su Chen activated the Turtle Shell Skill, he could feel his whole body suddenly becoming hard.

The surface of the body was like a thin layer of black armor.

Clenching his fist, he punched his body, immediately producing a crisp collision sound.

"What an amazing Turtle Shell Skill! It not only enhances my body's defense, but also the defense of my arms and legs!"

Su Chen looked at his arms. Although there was no black armor on them, the solid feeling was very real.

"Let's try the Bone Shrinking Skill!"

After some testing, Su Chen confirmed that the Turtle Shell Skill did indeed have a slight bonus to other skills.

Immediately, he set his sights on the Bone Shrinking Skill.

As Su Chen's bones crackled, Su Chen's height of one meter eighty-eight actually turned into one meter seventy-eight in an instant, with both arms and legs shortening by ten centimeters.

Although he was prepared, he was still shocked by the scene before him.

Fortunately, Su Chen quickly reacted and returned to normal.

"The Bone Shrinking Skill is indeed not as good as the Turtle Shell Skill in combat, but it is very strong in support, and its help to me is no less than that of the Turtle Shell Skill. If I disguise myself as One-Armed Yang Guo again, I'm afraid it will be more realistic and easier."

After two battle summaries, Su Chen had become accustomed to acting as One-Armed Yang Guo.

After all, who would have thought that a missing sleeve would hide a complete arm, waiting to deliver a fatal blow at a critical moment?

"It's a pity that the Iron Sand Palm consumed one hundred taels of silver, otherwise, it might have been possible to take these two skills a step further."

Su Chen, who had returned to normal, was slightly regretful.

Of course, he didn't regret practicing the Iron Sand Palm to the limit, but regretted that he had no money again.

"It's just that after the Iron Sand Palm reaches its limit, it actually requires the Iron Wire Fist, which must also be trained to the limit, to unlock Easy Mode!"

Su Chen was slightly surprised, and then turned his attention to the panel, which read:

[Iron Sand Palm (Limit)]
[Iron Sand Palm 0 times (Limit Iron Wire Fist/times)]