Cultivation, Departure

Cultivation, Departure

"Major Qin Ming, please confirm that the manuals and weapons are all accounted for. If there are no issues, please sign here." The delivery man was also a Military Martial Warrior, and even a major.

Behind him stood a huge crate.

There were many items inside. Aside from Army Breaker Halberd and Spiritual Force User Basics, there were also four Grade 9 and thirty Grade 7 Flying Knives.

The Grade 6 Army Breaker Halberd gifted by the Military, a full set of combat uniforms, backpack, Communication Watch, and other equipment, as well as the reissued major's uniform, the Heaven Sword Special Operations Brigade uniform, and even some everyday clothes, had all been delivered together.

Within the Military, all kinds of benefits were the most comprehensive.

Holding the checklist, Qin Ming verified everything one by one. Once he confirmed there were no mistakes, he signed for the delivery.

He had no choice but to be careful. After all, the items inside, including the combat uniform, were worth more than a billion.

"Major Qin Ming, you understand the restrictions after purchasing manuals, right?"

The delivery Martial Warrior looked at Qin Ming and smiled. "According to the rules, I have to remind you... the copyright of a manual belongs to its creator. The copyright holder of the Army Breaker Halberd manual is Liu Shan, while the copyright holder of Spiritual Force User Basics is the Military!

"The purchaser only has the right to learn it, not the right to pass it on.

"You must not copy, privately sell, or teach the manuals.

"Anyone who violates this rule will be jointly hunted down by the Military, Thunderbolt Martial Arts, the Underground Alliance, and the Limit Martial Arts School!"

Qin Ming nodded. Every Martial Warrior knew this rule.

After the inspection, the major who had delivered the goods left.

"The manuals are here? Qin Ming, hurry up and cultivate. We'll be leaving on the 28th to clear out the surrounding Monsters. You don't have much time."

Captain Lu Haochuan looked at Qin Ming with a smile and reminded him.

"Don't worry, Captain. I guarantee I won't hold everyone back!"

Back in his room, Qin Ming immediately opened the Army Breaker Halberd manual.

He began studying it carefully.

"Momentum!"

The most eye-catching word on the title page made Qin Ming feel as though Mount Tai were pressing down on him. His heart trembled.

Who was this Liu Shan?

The Secret Art he had created was actually so terrifying?

This was only a copy, yet Qin Ming's mind was already intimidated by it.

With curiosity, Qin Ming continued reading.

"Use strength to suppress mountains and rivers; use momentum to break ten thousand techniques."

Qin Ming was quickly drawn into the manual and completely immersed himself in it.

Unlike the Ninefold Thunderblade and World Destruction, which pursued extreme speed, the Army Breaker Halberd emphasized dominion over strength and momentum, stacking power and maximizing destructive range. Its combat style swept through armies, using momentum to overwhelm opponents.

If the Ninefold Thunderblade valued speed, then the Army Breaker Halberd valued strength!

This was what it meant for overwhelming strength to defeat ten thousand techniques.

The halberd art of the Army Breaker Halberd centered on "Three-Disk Resonance" (feet grinding into the ground → waist and hips twisting → shoulders and arms bursting with force), allowing one to unleash attacks far beyond one's own strength.

The Tang Dynasty's Li Weigong's Questions and Answers said, "The halberd is the courage of all weapons; without momentum, it cannot stand."

Essentials of the Military Classics stated, "The weight of the halberd begins at the heels, runs through the spine, and bursts at the blade."

It undoubtedly described the essence of halberd arts.

The Army Breaker Halberd was not an extreme strength-oriented school, but a union of strength and technique.

"The halberd is the balance of heaven and earth. Only by balancing strength and speed, breaking techniques and defense, can one see the true essence of martial arts."

Qin Ming was deeply shaken. It coincided perfectly with the thoughts buried deep in his heart.

In his view, taking an extreme path was not advisable.

"Who is Liu Shan? Why have I never heard of him? Such a powerful expert shouldn't have remained unknown." Qin Ming carefully searched through his memories, but he could not recall such a person.

He immediately turned on his computer and searched.

After a while, Qin Ming sighed with emotion. This expert named Liu Shan had actually been a Military powerhouse from the Great Nirvana era, a contemporary of Hong and Thunder God.

At the beginning of the Great Nirvana, he had fallen shortly after Kyoto Base City was established.

At that time, humanity had yet to develop the Ultra-High-Frequency Laser Cannon. It had been the most frenzied era of slaughter between humans, land Monsters, and sea Monsters.

When a beast tide struck, Liu Shan, who already possessed Peak War God strength, led a team in holding out for nine days and nine nights amid a World Destruction-level beast tide. In the end, he perished together with the King Level Monster, the "Azure Sea Dragon," in battle.

After the battle, the beast tide retreated.

"Ah! If Senior Liu Shan had not fallen, he definitely could have broken through to Planet Level. He might even have stood shoulder to shoulder with Hong and Thunder God." Too many powerful Military experts had fallen during the early years of the war.

There were too many examples like this. Dong Nanbiao, Liu Shan—they were merely the epitome of countless soldiers.

When facing Monsters, perhaps others could retreat.

But Military Martial Warriors would never retreat!

It was precisely because of this that the Military had suffered the greatest number of fallen Martial Warriors.

With a somewhat heavy heart, Qin Ming adjusted his state of mind and continued his research.

As an SS-grade Secret Art, the Army Breaker Halberd contained a complete Body Technique called "Four Symbols," a complete Guidance Technique called "Ten Thousand Jun," and a complete halberd art called "Army Breaker."

Among Secret Arts, the Guidance Technique was the foundation.

It worked with the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Method to absorb Genetic Yuan Energy and strengthen the body.

The Body Technique and halberd art were combat techniques.

These Secret Arts were all divided into six layers. The version in his hands only contained the first four layers that he had purchased.

The more Qin Ming read, the more delighted he became. The Army Breaker Halberd suited him perfectly, and he became utterly absorbed in it.

He wished he could practice it on the spot.

However, when he looked at the Army Breaker Halberd delivered alongside the manual, Qin Ming temporarily gave up on that idea.

There was no other reason. As a long weapon, the Army Breaker Halberd was a full eight meters long.

There was simply no room to wield it in his room.

With a hint of regret, Qin Ming closed the Secret Art.

The Army Breaker Halberd was immensely powerful. When unleashed, it could stack strength through a unique method.

At the First Layer, one could unleash one additional Hidden Force and exert eighteen-tenths of one's strength!

At the Second Layer, one could unleash two additional Hidden Forces and exert twenty-seven-tenths of one's strength!

At the Third Layer, one could unleash three additional Hidden Forces and exert thirty-six-tenths of one's strength!

And so on. In theory, at the Fifth Layer, one could unleash five Hidden Forces and exert forty percent of one's strength.

A full four times the power.

It was only slightly inferior to World Destruction and Ninefold Thunderblade.

In theory, the Army Breaker Halberd actually had a Sixth Layer.

But unfortunately, Senior Liu Shan had not completed its final layer before he fell.

In truth, this was nothing unusual. How long had humanity even been on the path of cultivation?

Many extraordinarily talented geniuses had died young, so their Secret Arts were naturally incomplete.

Without rushing into cultivation, Qin Ming began studying another Secret Art, Spiritual Force User Basics.

Spiritual Force User Basics was not a book-like manual, but a USB Drive. Through it, one could log into an internal Military Network within the base.

Its confidentiality level was even higher than that of the Army Breaker Halberd.

After operating the computer for a while and logging into the site, Qin Ming began studying it.

Aside from some introductions to Spiritual Force Users, Spiritual Force User Basics mainly described three methods of killing enemies.

The first was using Telekinetic Object Control to kill. The second was infiltrating the enemy's Sea of Consciousness to attack. The third was taming beasts.

Qin Ming had little interest in beast taming, because it was not forced control, but a method of spiritual communication.

Thus, he focused most of his attention on object control and Spiritual Attack.

"For mental force to enter another person's Sea of Consciousness and directly destroy them head-on, the intensity of one's spiritual force must be at least three layers higher than the opponent's!

"For ordinary Spiritual Force Users, achieving this is extremely difficult. But for me, with the Myriad Souls Banner, this may be my strongest means of attack."

A sharp light flashed in Qin Ming's eyes.

His Myriad Souls Banner controlled thousands of Monster souls, including more than a dozen Beast General Level souls.

If they swarmed forward and directly attacked an opponent's spiritual will, even a War God expert might die.

Of course, that was only Qin Ming's speculation.

The specifics would still require actual combat.

Ordinary Martial Warriors merely could not project their spiritual power outward, but powerful Martial Warriors often possessed strong willpower and spirits. Whether they could be overwhelmed to death remained unknown.

Spiritual Force User Basics did not contain much, only eighteen attack methods.

Qin Ming had purchased the first two layers, so they only included "Dream Maze," "Illusion Demon Eye," and "Spiritual Spike."

They were said to be three methods, but their effects were more or less the same. They all used Secret Arts to distract the opponent, then used Telekinetic Object Control to kill them!

"The Secret Arts are already in hand. Next, it's time to cultivate with everything I have."

Picking up the Army Breaker Halberd and bringing his Flying Knives, Qin Ming headed straight for the Martial Training Hall.

There were only a little over ten days until October 28. He had to seize the time to improve his strength.

Time passed, and more than ten days went by in the blink of an eye.

During those days, Qin Ming spent most of his time practicing the Army Breaker Halberd and Flying Knife control. With guidance from his captain, he also sparred with the others on the team from time to time. His halberd art, Body Technique, and object control had all improved significantly.

Every day, he also set aside some time to visit the Monster corpse processing center and dissect and cut up Monsters.

Going there with his current status was naturally different.

Especially after the captain found out, he specifically put in a word for Qin Ming, allowing him to process some Beast General Level corpses.

Even though those Monsters were dead, their imposing aura remained.

While dissecting them, he could also learn their weaknesses. There were many benefits, and quite a few Martial Warriors had done the same.

The Monster corpse processing center at 003 War Base was never short of corpses. Sea Monster attacks occurred every few days, while Military patrols also frequently swept the area around the base.

After the Myriad Souls Banner devoured enough souls and Blood Essence, Qin Ming's strength continued improving at an extremely rapid pace.

"It's time to carry out the mission!"