Starting as a Divine Ability from Acupoints
Chapter 49

The First Blade Dao Divine Ability, Water-Severing!

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[Leg Dao Divine Ability evolving (20/10000)...]

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[Blade Dao Divine Ability evolving (14/100)...]

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Lu Ming was a little uncertain. After a few attempts, he successfully practiced the Formless Divine Art again.

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This time, when the Divine Ability Panel displayed another message, he was finally sure he hadn't misread it.

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"I can actually evolve two divine abilities at the same time!"

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A rush of delight surged through Lu Ming, mingled with lingering astonishment.

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The Formless Divine Art could imitate all the martial arts under heaven through formless forms.

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Its most important quality was that it allowed him to switch between techniques at any moment.

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For instance, he could appear to throw a punch, then, just as his fist was about to hit its target, instantly turn it into a palm strike. Formless and shapeless, it could change with a single thought—an extremely fearsome ability.

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It had the same quality when he practiced it, too.

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By using two martial arts as its foundation, once he mastered the Formless Divine Art, he could switch between them at will.

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The two martial arts Lu Ming had chosen were the Cloud-Stepping Technique and the Six Harmonies Blade Technique.

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He had chosen them because they could be performed at the same time, making them easier to use as the introductory martial arts for the Formless Divine Art.

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Besides, he planned to evolve a third Leg Dao Divine Ability next, and it was a good opportunity to practice the Six Harmonies Blade Technique he had obtained some time ago and evolve his first Blade Dao Divine Ability.

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"This Formless Divine Art was practically made for me!"

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Lu Ming's thoughts churned like a surging river, and he couldn't calm down for a long while.

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He had been worried that, since he possessed the Divine Ability Panel, he would have to practice as many different martial arts as possible to evolve more divine abilities and maximize his gains.

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But his time was limited. For now, he could still manage the small number of martial arts he was practicing.

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Once he reached seven or eight, or even more than a dozen, he wouldn't be able to keep up with them all.

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He hadn't expected the Formless Divine Art to suit him so perfectly.

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As long as he practiced it, it would be like practicing several martial arts at once and gaining experience in multiple martial paths!

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"I have to learn the Formless Divine Art! I might even make it my core cultivation art!"

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Lu Ming made up his mind.

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This peerless art was extremely important to him. He had to obtain its subsequent techniques.

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The Formless Divine Art he had obtained was only a simplified version. It could combine at most three martial arts, and there was no further cultivation method beyond that.

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Furthermore, it used qi and blood as its foundation. He could barely practice it that way, but it wasn't the true art for cultivating true qi.

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His heart burned with excitement. If he could later use the Formless Divine Art to refine true qi and enter the Bone Forging Realm, making it his cultivation art from then on, the speed at which he evolved divine abilities would increase dramatically.

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In the foreseeable future, becoming the Divine Lord of Myriad Daos and standing atop the clouds would no longer be a dream.

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For a long while, Lu Ming remained swept up in excitement.

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After another long while, he couldn't help laughing aloud. Then he realized he was getting carried away and quickly took out the Snow-Treading Trace technique he had just traded for with Qin Zhonghai, reading it carefully.

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Gradually, he calmed down and grasped the introductory section of the Snow-Treading Trace.

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"Light as a feather, leaving no trace upon landing..."

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He continued practicing. This time, he replaced the Cloud-Stepping Technique with the Snow-Treading Trace lightness skill, paired it with the Six Harmonies Blade Technique, and practiced the Formless Divine Art in the courtyard.

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That morning, when he had held four Red Tokens in his hand, many people had treated him warmly and even given him gifts.

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The steel blade in his hand, forged from hundred-refined steel, was one such gift. He didn't know who it had originally been meant for, but in the end, they had given it to him instead.

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Lu Ming hadn't felt right refusing, so he had accepted it. Now it was perfect for practicing the Six Harmonies Blade Technique.

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The Formless Divine Art was highly deceptive when practiced, because on the surface, it looked as if he were practicing some other martial art.

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For instance, right now, he appeared to be practicing the Snow-Treading Trace and the Six Harmonies Blade Technique.

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In truth, while it looked as though he were practicing those two martial arts, the mental methods he used and the circulation of his various forces were all centered on the Formless Divine Art.

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[Leg Dao Divine Ability evolving (32/10000)...]

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[Blade Dao Divine Ability evolving (21/100)...]

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One practice session, two sets of experience gained!

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After practicing again and seeing the results, Lu Ming felt a trace of satisfaction.

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Thinking of the later Bone Forging Realm, when practicing the true Formless Divine Art could earn him experience in several or even more than a dozen martial arts in a single session, he grew even more excited.

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Moreover, Lu Ming's gaze flickered as he looked at the information on the Divine Ability Panel.

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The Formless Divine Art could not only let him practice several martial arts at once, but, since it was itself a peerless art, it also provided an additional bonus!

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So far, he had practiced only the Six Harmonies Blade Technique, a second-rate martial art.

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Normally, a single practice session should have added only 2 points of experience.

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But in fact, after practicing the Six Harmonies Blade Technique three times through the Formless Divine Art, he had gained a full 21 points of experience—7 points each time!

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When using the Cloud-Stepping Technique, the Leg Dao Divine Ability experience should have increased by 4 points.

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But through the Formless Divine Art, each practice session added 9 points. After he switched to the new first-rate lightness skill, the Snow-Treading Trace, he gained an additional 3 points, for a total of 12 each time.

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In other words, compared to the 3-point experience bonus from a first-rate cultivation art, the peerless art went even further, granting a full 5-point bonus!

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As excitement surged through him, Lu Ming suddenly took out a blackish pill that gave off a medicinal fragrance.

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The Enlightenment Pill!

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He hadn't taken it yet today.

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After taking the Enlightenment Pill, he entered a state of sudden insight, doubling the experience he gained in martial arts!

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He also took out a pound of Demon Meat and swallowed it. The four portions of Demon Meat weighed a full two hundred pounds and had a natural preservative effect, so they would last him a long time.

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At that moment, his mind was crystal clear, and the qi and blood in his body roiled.

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The terrifying bonuses took effect. As Lu Ming practiced, his martial arts experience soared, and his qi and blood power seemed to rise before his very eyes!

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The more he practiced, the more fired up he became, his spirits soaring.

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"So satisfying!"

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[Leg Dao Divine Ability evolving (56/10000)...]

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[Blade Dao Divine Ability evolving (21/100)...]

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[Leg Dao Divine Ability evolving (32/10000)...]

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[Blade Dao Divine Ability evolving (35/100)...]

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[Leg Dao Divine Ability evolving (152/10000)...]

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[Blade Dao Divine Ability evolving (105/100)...]

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[Evolution complete!]

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[Obtained Blade Dao Divine Ability: Water-Severing.]

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[Water-Severing]: Draw your blade to sever the flowing water, though your strength may fail you. What you see as water is not water; by severing what is not water, you can sever water.

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[Blade Dao Divine Ability]: Water-Severing (Initial Completion).

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His Blade Dao Divine Ability had finished evolving!

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Lu Ming completed his practice and stood up, delighted.

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From the moment he had started practicing the Snow-Treading Trace until now, when his Blade Dao Divine Ability had finished evolving, only two hours had passed. He had already evolved his first divine ability.

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Thinking back to how it had taken him several days to evolve his first Acupoint Divine Ability, Lu Ming could clearly feel how much he had grown.

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Besides, he had only just started practicing the Formless Divine Art and was still unfamiliar with it. Sometimes it took several tries before he succeeded once.

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Once he could succeed every time he practiced the Formless Divine Art, the speed at which he evolved divine abilities would increase even more!

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Lu Ming's gaze flickered. He suppressed his many thoughts and carefully sensed the first Blade Dao Divine Ability.

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"Hm? This divine ability..." Lu Ming felt out the marvels of Water-Severing, and a trace of surprise appeared in his eyes.

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