Eight Extremities Collapse Minor Success, Body Tempering Sixth Layer

Eight Extremities Collapse: A Profound-grade high-tier Dou Technique, a close-quarters combat skill renowned for its formidable offensive power. When cultivated to the Great Circle, each strike contains eight layers of hidden force. With all eight layers stacked, its power rivals that of an Earth-grade low-tier Dou Technique!

Upon hearing Yao Lao speak the name "Eight Extremities Collapse," Lin Yan immediately recalled information regarding the technique from his memories.

His gaze inevitably grew excited; after all, Eight Extremities Collapse was a Profound-grade high-tier Dou Technique, and since the power ceiling of the Martial Movement World was nearly identical to that of the Battle Through the Heavens World, it could be inferred that the Ancestor Realm was roughly equivalent to the Emperor Realm.

It followed that the same conversion could be applied to martial arts and Dou Techniques.

Martial arts in the Martial Universe world were divided into nine grades, and beyond the ninth grade lay the even more powerful Creation Martial Arts.

The description of Creation Martial Arts in the original work was: "The might of such martial arts is truly enough to shake the heavens and move the earth!"

This description was similar to how Earth-grade Dou Techniques were described in Battle Through the Heavens.

Thus, Lin Yan could roughly conclude that Creation Martial Arts were equivalent to Earth-grade low-to-mid-tier Dou Techniques. Consequently, a Profound-grade high-tier Dou Technique was essentially equivalent to a top-tier ninth-grade martial art.

This was why Lin Yan was so excited at this moment. After all, he had just been practicing the Back-Through Fist, a mere first-grade martial art, and now Yao Lao intended to teach him a ninth-grade technique—one that could even rival a Creation Martial Art if cultivated to the Great Circle. How could he not be excited by such sudden good fortune?

"In that case, this junior thanks Senior Yao Lao in advance."

Lin Yan agreed without a second thought, even cupping his hands to thank Yao Lao in advance, fearing he might change his mind.

Yao Lao could not help but laugh despite himself at this sight. He chuckled softly before saying to Lin Yan, "Since that is the case, let us begin."

"I will first impart the essentials of Eight Extremities Collapse to you."

"However, just memorize them for now; there is no rush to practice."

"Although Eight Extremities Collapse does not have high requirements for Yuan Power—if you are only looking to enter the threshold, you barely need any at all—it has very high requirements for physical strength. Although you have reached the fourth layer of Body Tempering, your body still needs to be polished. Otherwise, using Eight Extremities Collapse rashly will only end up hurting you."

Yao Lao was as good as his word, imparting the essentials of Eight Extremities Collapse to Lin Yan and explaining the underlying principles.

Lin Yan naturally took Yao Lao's advice to heart, and he felt quite fortunate; it was a good thing that entering the threshold of Eight Extremities Collapse required almost no Yuan Power, otherwise, with his current strength at the fourth layer of Body Tempering, he truly wouldn't have been able to practice it.

"Next, it is time to train your physical strength," Yao Lao said to Lin Yan with a smile.

Seeing the smile on Yao Lao's face, Lin Yan suddenly had a bad premonition and asked, "How shall I train?"

"By getting beaten! The heavier the beating, the better! Once your body is battered and bruised, we will use medicinal liquid to recuperate," Yao Lao answered with a grin.

Lin Yan's mouth twitched, but for the sake of becoming stronger, he gritted his teeth and agreed, saying to Yao Lao, "Then I will have to trouble you, Senior Yao Lao!"

In the courtyard, Lin Yan began his physical training, his feet planted firmly on the ground like tree stumps.

Behind him, Yao Lao, in his soul state, floated in mid-air. Watching Lin Yan standing resolutely ahead, Yao Lao flicked his finger.

Snap!

Following the flick of Yao Lao's finger, the air rippled slightly, and a whip constructed of Yuan Power lashed fiercely against Lin Yan's back, instantly leaving a long, bruised welt on his skin.

Lin Yan's mouth twitched in pain, but he knew the benefits this training could bring were immense. Gritting his teeth against the agony, he shouted to Yao Lao behind him, "Again!"

"Good!" A smile of approval appeared on Yao Lao's face. Despite the intense pain, the boy showed no fear, becoming only more valiant with each strike. In Yao Lao's eyes, Lin Yan truly possessed the heart of a powerhouse; given time, he would surely achieve great things. It was a pity the boy's identity was special, otherwise, Yao Lao might have even considered taking him as a disciple.

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap!

Yao Lao continued to channel his Yuan Power to launch attacks at Lin Yan. His strikes were perfectly measured, each one landing exactly at the critical threshold of what Lin Yan's body could withstand. While these attacks caused Lin Yan excruciating pain, they did not inflict internal injuries, and as long as he recuperated properly afterward, the benefits would be immense.

Lin Yan continued to grit his teeth and endure.

As time went on, even Yao Lao, who was personally delivering the strikes, felt a sense of surprise.

Was this boy's willpower truly this formidable?

Finally, the sun set.

Seeing that it was late, Yao Lao had no intention of continuing the training. He looked at Lin Yan, who was covered in wounds from the day's exertion, and said, "Let us stop here for today."

"On the path of cultivation, three parts depend on training, and seven parts depend on nourishment. After training, you must replenish your energy and properly recuperate your body to ensure no hidden injuries remain."

"I happened to discover a demonic beast in the back mountain while training during the day, so I knocked it unconscious on my way back. It will serve perfectly as dinner."

Lin Yan nodded at Yao Lao and was about to get up to cook, but Yao Lao pressed him back down.

"I will handle it!"

After eating and resting for a while, Lin Yan returned to the room to soak his body in the medicinal liquid.

Originally, he still had quite a bit of medicinal power remaining in his body from his previous soak, but after today's brutal training, that power had long since been completely exhausted. Thus, this was the perfect time for Lin Yan to recuperate with the medicinal liquid.

"Haa..."

Lin Yan leaned limply against the wooden tub, the comfortable sensation causing him to groan aloud.

Lin Yan closed his eyes to rest, but due to his extreme exhaustion, he fell into a deep sleep before long.

Over the next few days, Lin Yan continued this frantic pace of training.

Under the influence of such intense cultivation, Lin Yan's strength also steadily improved.

The most direct improvement was in his cultivation realm.

Originally, Lin Yan only had the cultivation of the fourth layer of Body Tempering.

But after these few days of frantic training, he was essentially leveling up every few days.

Thus, by now, Lin Yan had successfully broken through to the sixth layer of Body Tempering, and a seed of Yuan Power had successfully formed within his body, allowing him to begin using Yuan Power.

Lin Yan had also made a breakthrough in the Eight Extremities Collapse. Through these past few days of cultivation, he had finally successfully mastered the basics of the technique.

His strength had undergone a heaven-shaking transformation. Now, Lin Yan was confident enough to guarantee that among the younger generation of the Lin Clan, there was absolutely no one who could be his match.

However, Lin Yan did not continue his cultivation today.

This was mainly because his recent frantic training had already exhausted his supply of medicinal liquid.

Therefore, Lin Yan intended to head to the back mountain of the Lin Clan once more to see if he could find some medicinal herbs to concoct another batch of liquid for his cultivation.

He searched the back mountain for the better part of the day, yet he still could not find the herbs he needed.

Just as Lin Yan was feeling quite troubled by this, he discovered a group of Lin Clan juniors surrounding a girl right in front of him.

"Yo, isn't this a Red Sun Herb? Qing Tan, how could you pick the spiritual herbs we left in the back mountain?"

Lin Shan crossed his arms and said to Qing Tan with a wretched grin.