On careful reflection, there had indeed been clues.
When Yang Yu had evolved the Xingyi Five Elements Fist into a Blade Technique, traces of Thunder Intent had appeared, whether deliberately or not.
Being able to evolve a Blade Technique with thunder attributes from a Fist Technique representing the Five Elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth had seemed somewhat strange to Yang Yu at the time.
Now that he looked at it, there really had been a reason.
The attribute of Mental Force was most likely the Origin Law a Martial Artist was naturally attuned to.
Having figured this out, Yang Yu now had a rough plan for his future development.
The Xingyi Five Elements Fist had already reached the Master Realm, yet it had remained unable to break through to grandmaster.
Perhaps that was also because Yang Yu was not attuned to the Five Elements.
Now that he had found the Origin Law he was most compatible with, he should use it as his entry point, absorb the essence of the Five Element Fist, and integrate it into the Thunder Blade Technique.
Then, in turn, use the Thunder Blade Technique to drive the Five Element Fist into the grandmaster realm!
That was the realm of Unity of Heaven and Man.
Only upon reaching that step would it be possible to come into contact with a domain and, in turn, comprehend an Origin Law.
Of course, he could also directly use the Thunder Blade Technique to comprehend a domain or even an Origin Law.
But Yang Yu currently had neither a legacy nor the necessary realm.
The best method was to use the connection between the Thunder Blade Technique and the Five Element Fist, using the Five Element Fist and his profound Martial Way Insight as stepping stones to first reach the Martial Way grandmaster realm. Then, step by step, he could comprehend a domain before planning how to comprehend laws.
After all, no matter how high one's cultivation talent was, one could not create something from nothing. There had to be a process.
As a result, the Martial Way Foundation Yang Yu had painstakingly built in his early days was beginning to show its value.
Sure enough, as long as one put in the effort, there would be rewards.
And one never knew when or how fate would repay them.
All one could do was work twice as hard and never give up any opportunity.
Having understood the direction ahead, Yang Yu was in high spirits.
His physical fitness alone had now reached the Intermediate War General level, while his Spiritual Force could unleash the strength of a Junior War God.
Most importantly, his Spiritual Force was also in the highest-grade Solid Form.
That meant Yang Yu would encounter no bottlenecks in cultivating either his physical fitness or Mental Force all the way to the War God Limit!
This entire period would be a stage of rapidly increasing his strength.
"Hong and Thor took less than a year to reach the War God Limit, then around three more years to break through to the Planetary Level. How long would I take?"
Yang Yu rose and opened the window.
The night was nearly over, and the starlight had faded from sight.
Yet the morning sun had not appeared.
Chilly air streamed in through the window.
He took a deep breath of fresh air.
Yang Yu's gaze was sharp as lightning.
He quietly looked out at the distant Steel Forest.
"Now everything is ready. All that remains is for the Grand Nirvana to arrive!"
Once the rising sun had thoroughly dispersed the boundless darkness,
Yang Yu washed up briefly before heading to the park to begin his morning training with Wang Lin, who had already been waiting there.
It was still the San Ti Shi.
Still Xingyiquan.
Although Yang Yu's strength had increased by more than tenfold overnight,
he still could not set aside these most basic foundations of Xingyiquan.
The more he practiced the San Ti Shi and Xingyiquan,
the more Yang Yu marveled at the wisdom of the ancients from his previous life.
These crystallizations of Martial Way wisdom, containing the efforts of countless geniuses, gave him different insights every time he practiced them.
"Xingyiquan truly has unique effects on health and one's state of mind," Yang Yu said sincerely after completing his morning practice.
The expansion of physical strength could easily cause a Martial Artist to become arrogant and conceited.
If one's state of mind failed to keep pace, it was actually quite dangerous.
After all, no matter how strong one was, there would always be someone stronger.
If one blindly inflated one's own ego, then destruction would not be far away.
This was also a hidden advantage of being an Earthling. The Earth modified by Zuoshanke made every soul born here special.
Their state of mind improved more easily, and their comprehension would also become stronger in the later stages.
Yang Yu, who had fused with a native soul, had inherited this advantage as well.
After bidding Wang Lin farewell, Yang Yu no longer planned to visit the martial arts hall from today onward. Instead, he would focus on understanding the use of Mental Force and improving his Fist Technique and Blade Technique.
Wang Lin was not surprised. The gap between them in the Martial Way was simply too great, so it was only natural that their training methods differed.
Arriving at the weapon shop from before, Yang Yu ordered a Steel Shield that could be fitted over his left arm, as well as specially made Metal Inner Armor.
Now that his Mental Force had awakened,
Yang Yu could easily use the shield and Metal Inner Armor to fly!
This was the strongest means of survival after the Grand Nirvana arrived.
After clearly explaining his requirements to the weapon shop, Yang Yu turned and ran toward Nanshan.
After arriving at Nanshan,
Yang Yu returned to the place where he had practiced before. Since it was fairly secluded, he could safely test his Spiritual Force here even during the day.
He took out the Nine Flying Daggers and attached his powerful Mental Force to them.
Yang Yu now felt as though his limbs had extended onto those nine flying daggers.
With a thought,
the nine flying daggers immediately began dancing through the air in every direction at speeds far beyond Yang Yu's limit of movement speed.
Their flight was so fast that, after exceeding the Speed of Sound, they even produced Sonic Booms!
Yang Yu's physical fitness was now at the Intermediate War General level, and the Spiritual Force he could wield was at the Junior War God level.
The minimum movement speed of a Junior War God was 340 meters per second—the Speed of Sound. Anyone slightly stronger could exceed that speed, and merely moving at full speed could trigger a sonic boom!
As Spiritual Weapons far faster than a Martial Artist's body, the flying daggers Yang Yu controlled had long since exceeded the Speed of Sound.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
After testing it for a while, Yang Yu discovered that when he wrapped the flying daggers with Mental Force in a special manner, they could avoid causing Sonic Booms even while flying far beyond the Speed of Sound.
Watching the nine flying daggers turn into afterimages,
Yang Yu controlled one of them and sent it hurtling toward a massive boulder over three meters tall nearby.
Hiss—
The seemingly solid boulder was as fragile as a block of tofu before the Flying Dagger forged from refined steel.
Yang Yu effortlessly controlled the dagger to pierce through the boulder, then continued directing it to stab back and forth.
After several hundred strikes,
Boom—
The boulder exploded into fragments, becoming tiny stones that rolled down the cliffside.
Yet the Flying Dagger had only curled slightly.
Looking at the Flying Dagger, which was even more powerful than the Barrett Sniper Rifle from his previous life,
Yang Yu smiled in satisfaction.
Next, Yang Yu controlled the remaining eight flying daggers and swept them toward the surrounding boulders and shrubs.
In merely a few dozen seconds,
the Flying Dagger net formed by the nine daggers had thoroughly cleared the small flat area at mid-mountain, which had originally been overgrown with weeds and littered with rubble.
He controlled the flying daggers back to his side, where they slowly revolved around his body.
After only a preliminary test, Yang Yu had already deeply fallen in love with the feeling of controlling blades from afar.
Of course, Yang Yu still could not use the Multi-tasking Technique. The nine flying daggers could only move together; he could not divide his attention nine ways and make each Flying Dagger act according to its own intent.
But Yang Yu was not in a hurry.
He could slowly train the more advanced techniques.
There were still three months until the Grand Nirvana arrived, more than enough time for Yang Yu to master the basic art of using flying daggers against enemies.
Controlling blades to kill enemies was merely the simplest long-range attack method of a Spirit Reader.
Spirit Readers also possessed one advantage that placed them above ordinary Martial Artists—Object Flight!
Putting away the flying daggers, Yang Yu used his Mental Force to make a stone slab float. He leaped onto it, and with a thought,
his entire body began flying at extreme speed along with the stone slab!
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