Blade Light, Above Transforming Energy

"Although Master Song has been immersed in the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique for over a decade, he has only reached the Great Success stage and has yet to attain the realm of Perfection!"

Hong Lei shook his head slightly before continuing, "According to Master, if one can cultivate the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique to Perfection, one can even touch upon a sliver of the state where man and blade become one. Not only does this make the blade faster, but it also triggers an inconceivable phenomenon!"

"Touch upon a sliver of the state where man and blade become one, and trigger an inconceivable phenomenon?"

Hong Lei's words seemed to have reached the limits of everyone's understanding; they truly could not imagine what kind of inconceivable phenomenon he was referring to.

"This inconceivable phenomenon is the Blade Glow!"

Hong Lei pondered for a moment and continued, "Master says that once one can trigger the Blade Glow, the blade technique can unleash destructive power beyond imagination. It can not only easily pierce through three layers of armor but can also truly injure a Ranked Martial Artist!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stood frozen in place, their eyes filled with shock.

One must know that an ordinary blade struggles to pierce even a single layer of armor.

Even when wielding a so-called precious blade, one could likely only pierce through one or two layers of armor at most.

Yet, if one could trigger this Blade Glow, it could actually pierce through three layers of armor with ease!

What made it even more incredible to everyone was that the Blade Glow could actually injure a Ranked Martial Artist.

During their previous chats, they had already heard Hong Lei mention that those above the Transformation Force stage were Ranked Martial Artists.

In other words, whether it was External Force, Internal Force, or Transformation Force, they were all unranked martial artists.

As for how strong a Ranked Martial Artist was, although Hong Lei had only said one sentence at the time, it had completely stunned everyone.

Skin and flesh like iron, tendons and bones like copper, impervious to blades and swords!

A mere sentence of twelve characters, yet every word made one feel the terror of a Ranked Martial Artist!

However, if one could cultivate the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique to Perfection, one could actually trigger a Blade Glow capable of injuring such a being.

At this moment, almost everyone felt a surge of longing and hope for the Perfection stage of the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique.

They even disregarded their exhausted bodies and immediately began to practice with renewed effort.

"Cultivating the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique to Perfection—easier said than done!"

Seeing this, Hong Lei smiled and shook his head.

Even Master, who had painstakingly practiced the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique for over a decade, had only reached Great Success.

Even for someone like him with excellent natural talent, without sufficient comprehension and aptitude, it would still be very difficult to cultivate this technique to absolute Perfection.

Whether it is Master or you, Hong Lei, you actually don't know that I, Fang Chang, not only have excellent natural talent, but my aptitude for blade techniques far exceeds yours. Not only can I reach Minor Success in the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique within two months, but within a year at most, I will reach Great Success, and even Perfection—I will definitely achieve it within three years!

A look of arrogance flashed through Fang Chang's eyes.

He was even confident that in three years, not only would he reach Perfection in the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique, but he would also break through beyond the Transformation Force stage to become a true Ranked Martial Artist. By then, no one would be able to block his path.

Perhaps for others, wanting to cultivate this Wind-Breaking Blade Technique to Perfection requires a massive amount of time and energy, and without enough talent, they might not achieve it in their entire lives. But for me, I only need to keep grinding my proficiency!

At this moment, Lu Yuan did not waste time and followed the others in continuing to practice the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique.

[Wind-Breaking Blade Technique: Entry (3/200)]

Sure enough, after practicing it just once, Lu Yuan successfully brought the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique to the Entry stage.

Reaching Entry in a single day could be called rapid progress.

Moreover, it wasn't just the change in proficiency on the ancient scroll; his mind was filled with a great deal of understanding and insight regarding the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique, as if he had truly practiced this technique hundreds or thousands of times. Every move and stance was deeply engraved in his memory.

Next, he only needed to continue practicing like this to gain more and more proficiency. If nothing went wrong, he estimated that in ten days or half a month at most, he would be able to reach absolute Perfection.

"Ah Yuan, if there is anything you don't understand, you can come directly to me!"

Seeing Lu Yuan standing there after finishing his practice, Fang Chang walked over and smiled.

"Alright!"

Lu Yuan nodded with a smile.

Looking across the entire Song Academy, apart from Master Song, there was likely no one who understood the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique better than him.

The reason he didn't continue practicing the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique was not only because he had exhausted a significant amount of blood-qi, but also because he intended to use the remaining time and energy to practice the Five Animals Fist, striving to successfully bring it to absolute Perfection before returning.

[Five Animals Fist: Great Success (3762/10000)]

More than half an hour later, Lu Yuan had practiced the Five Animals Fist in its entirety, and his proficiency had increased by nearly six hundred.

At this rate of growth, even with one practice session per day, ten days would be enough for him to reach Perfection.

Feeling quite exhausted, he leaned against the cargo to rest.

After finishing this session of the Five Animals Fist, although it replenished the blood-qi consumed by practicing the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique, it didn't increase my overall blood-qi further. It seems that after practicing techniques, nourishing blood-qi becomes much slower.

Lu Yuan pondered to himself while gnawing on a meat bun he had taken from his pack.

The more he practiced the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique, the more blood-qi it naturally consumed. Although practicing the Five Animals Fist could restore it, the net gain was minimal, which would greatly affect his progress in nourishing blood-qi to attempt the second blood-qi tempering.

However, even so, he would continue to practice the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique.

It wouldn't be too late to focus on nourishing his blood-qi once he reached Perfection in the Wind-Breaking Blade Technique.

It was a pity that he was still too poor; otherwise, if he had medicinal soups that could rapidly restore blood-qi, or even better blood-qi pills to assist him, there wouldn't be any problems at all.

The next day, as the horizon just began to pale with the first light of dawn, the caravan continued its journey.

After a night of rest and the replenishment of two meat-heavy meals, Lu Yuan's condition had basically recovered.

Sitting in the carriage and leaning against the cargo, he raised his eyes to gaze into the distance.

Although it had not snowed for the past few days, the sky remained gray and overcast, as if it were about to collapse entirely.

The cold wind blew from the north, seemingly hiding countless tiny steel needles that burrowed relentlessly into his clothes and even into the gaps of his bones.

As the caravan pressed forward, piles or clusters of moving refugees began to appear along the roadside.

In fact, they could hardly be called human anymore; not only were they all gaunt and skeletal, but their eyes were hollow, and they shuffled slowly across the wilderness like walking corpses.

When they saw the caravan appear, they seemed to come back to life, rushing toward it like madmen.

Yet, before they could run more than a few steps, many of them collapsed onto the ground.

"Quick... speed up, charge through!"

Seeing this scene, the guards did not dare to hesitate in the slightest, swinging their whips with all their might.

The speed of the caravan was pushed to the limit, and soon they left those refugees far behind.

"This world..."

Someone could not help but let out a sigh, filled with sorrow and helplessness.