Human-tier Martial Skill (Please Vote)

It had to be said,

Yao Ping's hostility

was born of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

He had entered the sect three years before Zhang Qingyuan, belonging to the previous Outer Sect assessment class.

Yet,

he had cultivated with great difficulty.

In order to break through,

he repeatedly challenged others,

and often went out to accept missions to hunt Demonic Beasts, hoping to break through amid slaughter and temper his Combat Power.

He had experienced more than one Life and Death Crisis.

Even so,

with only four years left before the Outer Sect's ten-year deadline, Yao Ping still did not dare to be certain whether he could enter the Inner Sect.

But,

compared to himself,

what about that Junior named Zhang Qingyuan?

In less than three short years,

he had soared all the way from the Spirit Essence Realm Third Level, surpassing him in a short time and reaching the Spirit Essence Realm Seventh Level.

That day,

under Headmaster Liu's orders, he had made way for him.

Within his heart,

a surge of humiliation rose unbidden.

Therefore,

he had targeted Zhang Qingyuan.

Yet at the time,

he had remained unconvinced.

He was nothing more than a Spirit Planter cultivator who never stepped beyond the Great Gate, who did not even dare go out to train.

And at that time,

he had also felt the bottleneck standing before the peak of the Spirit Essence Realm Mid Stage.

So,

he decided to wait.

Wait until he broke through the Spirit Essence Realm Mid Stage and stepped into the late stage.

He would fight that Junior, Zhang Qingyuan, in an upright and honorable battle,

and with a crushing battle, tell everyone

that cultivating quickly did not mean one's strength was equally powerful!

Yet,

he had guessed the beginning,

but failed to guess the ending.

He had indeed broken through the bottleneck and entered the Spirit Essence Late Stage.

But,

the battle he had thought would be Easy to Accomplish, and would let him vent his anger along the way, not only failed to end as cleanly and decisively as he had imagined—instead, he found himself completely powerless before his opponent!

The soft persimmon he had thought he could knead at will

had turned, in the blink of an eye, into a terrifying Stronger he might not defeat even if he used every method at his disposal!

"Why?!"

"Why can you so-called geniuses cultivate so easily, accomplishing in one day what takes others ten days?!"

"Why can you become so powerful without doing anything?!"

"Why can you geniuses receive Heaven's favor?!"

"Heavenly Dao is unjust!"

"I refuse to accept this!!!"

A flash of madness swept through Yao Ping's eyes.

Spirit Essence surged wildly All Over the Body,

and a fierce gale rose from the flat ground!

It was as though a terrifying tiger's roar and dragon's cry erupted. Faintly, the black Spirit Essence swirling Around the Body gathered overhead, condensing into the phantom image of a black tiger king!

At the same time,

Yao Ping changed his fists into claws, as though seizing the void.

Streams of dark Spirit Essence crazily wound around one another, gathering upon Yao Ping's hands.

They shook the air, giving off a horrifying undulation.

That icy, sinister undulation

made hearts tremble.

It was terrifying beyond measure!

"Is that the Tiger Sha God Slaying Claw?!"

Seeing the horrifying Aura condensing around Yao Ping's hands, several nearby disciples' expressions changed as they cried out in alarm.

Tiger Sha God Slaying Claw,

a Human-tier Low-grade Martial Skill.

This was a genuine Entry-tier Martial Skill!

It was unlike the Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist, Cloud Smoke Steps, Cloud Water Thirteen Sword Styles, and other Basic Martial Skills Zhang Qingyuan cultivated merely to build a foundation.

Every Entry-tier Martial Skill already involved the explosive use of Spirit Essence. They possessed immense offensive power and even carried the possibility of challenging opponents over-level!

Of course,

every Entry-tier Martial Skill was powerful,

but difficult to cultivate as well.

They were basically methods only Stronger at the True Essence Realm and above could wield proficiently

against enemies!

If the Spirit Essence Realm was compared to children, and the True Essence Realm and above to adults,

then Entry-tier Martial Skills

were like a massive hammer!

Children found it hard to swing a massive hammer, but once they did, it still possessed tremendous destructive power!

Within the entire Seventeenth Branch,

the number of people capable of mastering an Entry-tier Martial Skill definitely did not exceed Double Digits!

For this reason,

when they saw Yao Ping display this Martial Skill, everyone below cried out in alarm. Even the Fellow Sect Members ranked around the top ten wore slightly grave expressions.

Having mastered an Entry-tier Martial Skill,

he already had the qualifications to challenge them!

At the same time,

having successfully unleashed the Human-tier Low-grade Martial Skill, Tiger Sha God Slaying Claw, Yao Ping gave the crowd no time to think. His figure shot forward, turning into an afterimage.

His twin claws, gathered with immense Spirit Essence and twisting the air, tore through the air as they lunged fiercely at Zhang Qingyuan!

Like a true black Baleful Intent tiger descending,

the air surged violently, whipping up layer after layer of terrifying Qi Energy.

Wherever its sharp edge passed, it seemed even the air itself was ripped apart!

"I refuse to accept this!"

Yao Ping roared.

His bloodshot eyes

revealed utter madness.

Under the violent Spirit Essence energy, his hands had already split open, blood seeping out and dripping everywhere.

It was horrifying and terrifying,

yet he still pressed forward without hesitation!

"You refuse to accept this?"

Facing Yao Ping's terrifying Human-tier Low-grade Martial Skill, whose momentum swept through the Long Sky,

Zhang Qingyuan had originally intended to use the Light Body Technique and Cloud Smoke Steps to evade.

But,

after hearing his opponent's furious roar of refusal,

his body suddenly came to a halt.

Looking At those eyes charging at him in madness,

there was No Need to think further.

From his opponent's roar Just Now,

he had already understood what he meant.

"You refuse to accept this, but do you know?

For the past two years and more,

when you went out to fight Demonic Beasts, I was cultivating.

When you dueled Fellow Sect Members, I was cultivating.

When you called friends together for meals and gatherings, I was cultivating.

When you traveled among mountains and waters, I was cultivating.

When you slackened and slept, I was still cultivating!"

"You think I gained such strength by never stepping beyond the Great Gate?"

"You cultivate for two hours each day and find it tedious, unable to persist, but every day I cultivate for more than six hours!"

"You practice Techniques and Martial Arts one or two hundred times, then slacken and stop, but if one hundred times is not enough for me, then I do it one thousand times, ten thousand times!"

"The effort I put into cultivation is at least three or five times yours!"

"What right do you have to refuse to accept this!!!"

The Data Panel in his mind

had indeed given him a small amount of cheat-like assistance.

But,

each Bit by Bit of that power—

which part had not been earned by Zhang Qingyuan through Bit by Bit of sweat?!

Zhang Qingyuan stood in the arena,

with not the slightest intention of evading.

Against Yao Ping's attack using an Entry-tier Martial Skill,

the best response was to avoid it.

It was clear

that Yao Ping had only one strike left in him.

If he evaded this move,

his opponent would inevitably fall into a state of exhaustion, allowing him to win this battle with ease.

But,

Zhang Qingyuan suddenly did not want to evade.

There was no reason why.

He merely wanted

to defeat him upright and honorably in the very field he was best at!

Facing the fiercely charging Yao Ping,

Zhang Qingyuan spread open his hand,

slowly stirring the air like flowing water.

Splash! Splash! Splash!!!

In the air,

a surging sound like splashing water rang out.

The air within a radius of one meter

was drawn by the Spirit Essence Inside the Body,

and suddenly crashed downward like a massive hammer!

Heaviness.

Pressure!

Somewhere in the unseen, when he gave up evading this move and faced Yao Ping's strongest attack head-on, a Mysterious and Profound insight seemed to faintly arise in the depths of his heart.

What was this insight?

Zhang Qingyuan did not know.

It seemed that the instant he decided not to evade, this insight had suddenly emerged.

Indescribable,

Unexplainable.

He followed that faint flash of insight from somewhere beyond,

The incomparably vigorous fourth-layer Spirit Essence of the Water Essence Art Inside the Body began to circulate on its own. Accompanying the movements of his hands, it flowed through the air like water of utmost softness.

Naturally,

Driven by the fourth layer of the Water Essence Art,

He unleashed the most powerful—and most difficult to cultivate and execute—final move of the Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist:

Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist: Collapsing Mountain!

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