Combination Skill

Name: Zhang Qingyuan

Realm: Spirit Essence Realm Seventh Level Early Stage Peak

Cultivation Method:

Water Essence Art: (fourth layer: 213/10000 (+185))

Techniques:

Spring Breeze Fine Rain Technique: (Third Layer: 897/1000 (+10))

Light Body Technique: (Third Layer: 17/1000 (+6))

Growth Induction Technique: (second layer: 94/100 (+3))

Spring Return Technique: (second layer: 54/100 (+5))

Manifestation Tracing Technique: (second layer: 5/100 (+2))

Martial Skills:

Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist: (Great Accomplishment: 979/1000 (+147))

Cloud Smoke Steps: (Minor accomplishment: 11/100 (+7))

Cloud Water Thirteen Sword Styles (Great Accomplishment: 36/1000 (+23))

Combination Skill:

Collapsing Mountain Modified: (???/???)

Inside the quiet chamber of his residence,

Zhang Qingyuan stared blankly at the panel in his mind.

Headmaster Liu's personal guidance,

combined with five days of consolidating and comprehending it after returning, had increased every proficiency on Zhang Qingyuan's panel. The Cloud Water Art and Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist in particular had seen tremendous growth.

This kind of progress

was almost comparable to the fruits of two or three months of Zhang Qingyuan's diligent cultivation!

If only I could improve this quickly every day!

Unbidden,

such a thought flashed through his mind.

Of course,

Zhang Qingyuan also knew

that this was nothing but wishful thinking.

Leaving aside the fact that Headmaster Liu could not possibly give him personal guidance every day, even if he did, cultivation ultimately depended on oneself. It was absolutely impossible to improve through the guidance of an expert alone.

This harvest

was merely the result of two years of unrelenting cultivation, accumulated until it finally burst forth in full force!

Steadying his emotions,

Zhang Qingyuan looked once more at the proficiency data on the panel, and his heart relaxed as well.

Whenever he saw the numbers on the panel increase,

a sense of fulfillment would naturally rise within him.

It was precisely this sense of fulfillment

that allowed Zhang Qingyuan to regain his motivation time and again whenever he felt like slacking off in cultivation.

"But what exactly is this Combination Skill?"

The sudden new line on the panel

left Zhang Qingyuan somewhat puzzled.

In fact,

Zhang Qingyuan had noticed the newly appeared Combination Skill line long ago.

It was simply that he had been receiving Headmaster Liu's guidance at the time, so he had merely glanced over it without giving it much thought. Only now did he have the time to stop and think deeply about it.

"Collapsing Mountain Modified? Was that the move from that day?"

Thinking back to that day,

he had wielded Spirit Essence with the Water Essence Art fourth layer and unleashed the final stance of the Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist, forcibly smashing head-on through the Human-tier Low-grade Martial Skill Yao Ping had used.

The power of that move

was likely no weaker than an Entry-tier Martial Skill.

Recalling the sensation from that day,

Zhang Qingyuan extended his hand.

Spirit Essence circulated within his body.

Crash!

Inside the room,

the sound of rushing water instantly rang out. Visible to the naked eye, ripples spread through the surrounding air.

Using the spiritual power of the Water Essence Art fourth layer

to drive the final stance of the Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist—

Rumble!!!

Tyrannical power

erupted through the space in an instant, like rivers and mountains crashing downward. The surrounding air seemed to turn into incomparably heavy currents, blasting apart in all directions!

Not good!

If that vast Spirit Essence completely erupted, this secret chamber in the residence would probably be destroyed!

At the critical moment,

Zhang Qingyuan drew back the vast Spirit Essence within his body!

Yet that terrifying power

still whipped up a violent hurricane inside the room, surging everywhere like a mountain flood bursting through a dam.

The tightly shut door of the chamber

under that savage impact,

shook violently,

almost breaking apart as it swayed on the verge of collapse!

"So strong!"

Even though Zhang Qingyuan had expected it, unconcealable shock still appeared on his face when he witnessed this scene.

This move

was already completely comparable to an Entry-tier Martial Skill in power!

"This power is practically my strongest offensive method, so that must be why it was listed separately as a unique skill!"

Zhang Qingyuan's heart trembled,

his eyes full of delight.

Moreover,

this Combination Skill possessed an advantage that Entry-tier Martial Skills could not compare to at all.

That was its difficulty of use and consumption.

Entry-tier Martial Skills,

to Spirit Essence Realm cultivators,

were like a child swinging a massive hammer. They were exceedingly difficult to unleash, and even if they could be unleashed, forcefully erupting with power beyond one's control would inflict considerable harm upon oneself.

Take Yao Ping, for instance.

That day, he had forcibly used the Tiger Sha God Slaying Claw on the arena.

Afterward, it was said that his meridians had been battered by Killing Intent and Spirit Essence, and he would have to lie in bed for at least a month!

But Zhang Qingyuan's Combination Skill was different.

Whether it was the Water Essence Art fourth layer

or the Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist at Great Accomplishment, both were powers he had mastered with exceptional familiarity. He had merely experienced an epiphany through a fortunate coincidence, allowing him to fuse them together into one.

In other words,

Collapsing Mountain Modified,

this Combination Skill,

could be unleashed by him with almost no excessive cost.

It possessed the destructive force of an Entry-tier Martial Skill,

yet lacked the cost of using one.

With this move,

Zhang Qingyuan's overall strength had increased by at least more than double!

"Come to think of it, this is more like a combination technique accidentally unleashed through a fortunate coincidence, with the Water Essence Art fourth layer and Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist working in tandem. It is not a true Entry-tier Martial Skill. Perhaps that is why the proficiency behind this Combination Skill is marked with question marks."

Vaguely,

Zhang Qingyuan had already gained some understanding in his heart.

At the same time,

he suddenly thought:

"Since the Water Essence Art fourth layer can fuse with the final move of the Nine Refinements Bone Forging Fist to produce an effect comparable to an Entry-tier Martial Skill, can this Water Essence Art fourth layer also be combined with other Martial Skills to enhance their power?"

Within the shadows,

Zhang Qingyuan's eyes became brighter than ever before.

He acted as soon as the thought came to him!

Thus,

Zhang Qingyuan threw himself into experimentation, filled with excitement.

Three days later,

a dejected Zhang Qingyuan opened the great door of his residence.

He had thought things far too simply.

The Cloud Water Sect had stood upon this land for over a thousand years.

That meant the Water Essence Art had been passed down for over a thousand years as well.

Over those thousand years,

how many people had cultivated this Cultivation Method?

Too many to count!

Among them, although it was difficult to break through with the Water Essence Art fourth layer, there had always been quite a few disciples among the vast numbers who had reached the Water Essence Art fourth layer.

But why had no one else thought of this?

Could it be that those disciples who had cultivated the Water Essence Art beyond the fourth layer were fools?

That was simply impossible!

There could only be one reason:

to fuse techniques into a Combination Skill whose power rose by multiples

was extraordinarily difficult!

Three days ago,

with the shining example of Collapsing Mountain Modified before him, Zhang Qingyuan had been brimming with confidence.

But after three days of attempts,

he had completely shut himself off from the world.

"It seems that being able to form this unique skill in that battle really was an accident!"

A bitter smile appeared on Zhang Qingyuan's face.

In this world,

there truly was no such good fortune as reaching the heavens in a single step.

After three days of failure, Zhang Qingyuan had also gained some ideas as to why he had experienced that epiphany and naturally unleashed this unique skill that day.

Probably,

his state of mind at the time had happened to gain some insight, which resonated with the characteristics of his Water Essence Art fourth layer.

On the arena that day,

he had abandoned evasion

and chosen to face his enemy head-on.

In the unseen currents of fate, the insight in his state of mind had allowed him to unleash Collapsing Mountain as naturally as a boat drifting with the current.

It underwent a mysterious fusion compared to before,

and only then was this Combination Skill, with power comparable to an Entry-tier Martial Skill, born!

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