The force within Jiang Yi's body surged and boiled, adding another thousand catties of strength.
Another current of energy slowly seeped forth!
At times it seemed light and graceful, then it turned fierce and murderous, heavy as stone.
The artistic conceptions of his techniques could be switched between freely!
Once unleashed, there were only three words—
Fast, precise, ruthless!
It was as though a timid, weak flying swan had suddenly unleashed its divine might, shedding its outer appearance to reveal the true face of the sky's overlord—the goshawk.
"Continue!"
"Consume... ten years of lifespan to simulate the martial art—Mountain Splitting Palm."
Following his breakthrough in realm, as well as his complete mastery of Cauldron Origin Art.
From such a lofty vantage point!
These martial arts no longer required him to spend excessive time deducing and simulating them.
Ten years was enough!
[Year 1, you began practicing Mountain Splitting Palm.] [Year 2, you had glimpsed the gateway, and your palm techniques had reached beginner level.] [Year 4, Mountain Splitting Palm achieved minor success.] [Year 7, Mountain Splitting Palm achieved major success, adding six hundred catties of force.] [Year 9, because Mountain Splitting Intent and Rock Steadiness Intent shared certain common ground, you comprehended Mountain Splitting Intent and entered perfection in one stroke.] [Your force increased by another six hundred catties, reaching five thousand two hundred catties.] [Year 10, you combined Mountain Splitting Palm with your other various martial arts, attempting to fuse their artistic conceptions.] [In the final days, you had already reached the point of switching between them freely!]
"Consume 10 years of lifespan to simulate the martial art—Tiger Roar Fist."
[Year 1, you practiced Tiger Roar Fist.] [Year 2, Tiger Roar Fist had achieved modest success.] [Year 5, your fist techniques had reached major success, adding five hundred catties of force.] [Year 8, you comprehended Tiger Roar Intent.] [Year 10, Tiger Roar Fist reached complete perfection, adding another eight hundred catties.] [With every gesture, you could unleash a full six thousand five hundred catties of force.] [That same year, you also attempted to integrate Tiger Roar Fist into your other studies.]
"Consume 10 years of lifespan to simulate the martial art—Wrathful Blade Art."
This was a "strange" blade technique!
It used "wrath" to stir the blood and qi within the body, then continuously practiced blade forms to temper the sinews, bones, and flesh, increasing one's strength.
One had to first comprehend the "intent," then wield the "blade"!
[Year 1, you attempted to comprehend the artistic conception of this martial art.] [You tried practicing its blade moves midway through, but the results were poor.] [Year 4, you grew increasingly adept at the various blade forms of Wrathful Blade Art.] [Year 5, after three or four years of water-wearing-stone effort, you forcefully entered the minor success stage of the martial art.] [But you could sense that you remained only at the surface and had yet to grasp the true essence of the martial art.] [Year 6, you began to grow irritable.] [Year 7, in a state of agitation and furious rage, you seemed to comprehend something.] [That same year, you comprehended a wisp of Wrathful Blade Intent!] [Year 8, Wrathful Blade Art achieved major success.] [Year 9, the martial art reached complete perfection. Your physique was strengthened, and your force reached seven thousand five hundred catties.] [Year 10, you had nothing to do and lay flat for an entire year.]
Jiang Yi's force increased by another thousand catties!
At this moment, his physique was already incomparably powerful, his entire body brimming with a vast strength ready to burst forth.
It was as though dragons and tigers lay concealed within him!
He could split mountains and sever peaks, overturn rivers and seas!
"Interesting!"
As Jiang Yi gradually digested every bit of the perfected cultivation experience of Wrathful Blade Art.
A glint flashed through his eyes!
Although this blade technique only added a thousand catties of force, allowing an ordinary martial artist to reach the most basic Muscle-refining realm.
In another respect—explosive power—it was rather astonishing!
Especially its final move!
Known as "Wrathful Blade Slash," when unleashed at full strength, it could actually bring out two hundred percent of one's power.
For him!
How terrifying was that? Once used, it meant fifteen thousand catties of force.
Equivalent to the combined strength of fifteen ordinary Muscle-refining realm martial artists!
This was no longer as simple as one plus one!
It could serve as one of his great trump cards.
Of course, all of this rested upon his having completely comprehended "Wrathful Blade Intent."
When a common man grew enraged, blood splashed five paces away!
But what if a martial artist grew enraged?!
With a thought from Jiang Yi!
A scorching, frenzied blade intent slowly emerged from his body.
His hair seemed to rise in fury beneath his crown, as though he would cleave apart everything before him!
Kill God if God blocks, kill the Buddha if the Buddha stands in the way!
His entire body was like a living volcano that had lain dormant, suddenly roaring back to life.
If it did not move, so be it; once it moved, heaven and earth would turn upside down!
Only after quite some time did that terrifying aura of Wrathful Blade Intent fully sink back into dormancy.
[Life Master: Jiang Yi] [Cultivation: Muscle-refining realm] [Physique: None] [Cultivation Scripture: Nameless Scripture (Incomplete), Rock Steadiness Fist (Perfect), Eagle Claw Technique (Perfect), Cauldron Origin Art (Perfect), Mountain Splitting Palm (Perfect), Tiger Roar Fist (Perfect), Soaring Cloud Leap (Perfect), Wrathful Blade Art (Perfect)] [Lifespan: 3]
"All Yellow-grade low-tier martial arts have now reached perfection!"
"With the support of five martial arts, I wonder whether I can fight across a realm?"
"Realm does not equal strength!"
"With my strength, I have already far surpassed the range defined by this realm!"
Without a doubt!
Within this small town, his ability to protect himself had greatly improved once more.
Then!
Jiang Yi turned his gaze toward the Cultivation Scripture at the very top—Nameless Scripture (Incomplete).
"Return to the origin; creation's beginning; yin and yang revolve; the Great Dao is whole..."
There were only sixteen short characters!
There was no cultivation method, nor were there any moves, yet it was still a Cultivation Scripture.
Clearly!
This was absolutely no ordinary martial art!
Or rather!
It could not even be called a martial art. It should belong to the "Great Dao True Words" of myth and legend.
It seemed more like something from the upper realms, belonging to immortals and gods!
But why had it ended up in his hands?
Jiang Yi seemed to have a vague impression that someone had passed it on to him.
Falling into water? A graceful figure in white?
It was her, not him?
A chance encounter?
Who was she?
Why had she passed it on to him?
Jiang Yi could not understand it. Perhaps one day, when he met that person again, everything would become clear.
"Leave it for now!"
As for consuming lifespan to simulate it, Jiang Yi considered it and decided to forget it.
This thing was far too profound!
Throwing seven or eight years of lifespan into it would be like tossing a single pebble into the sea.
It probably would not even raise a ripple!
Without saving up a hundred or eighty years, there was absolutely no point even thinking about it.
Jiang Yi shook his head!
He might as well think about how to obtain martial arts techniques superior to Yellow-grade low-tier ones!
It had not even been a full day!
And then he would tell the fishing guild that he had already mastered everything and broken through to the Muscle-refining realm.
Would that not be far too exaggerated?!
Genius was no longer enough to describe him!
The only fitting descriptions would be a monstrous freak or the reincarnation of an immortal god!
"Wait a few more days!"
Jiang Yi sighed!
There was nothing to be done about it. This was the trouble brought about by strength increasing too quickly!
"Ah, what a worry!"
"Still, breaking through to the next minor realm does not seem too difficult for me."
The next minor realm—
Was known as the Tendon-refining realm!
Martial artists of this realm nourished the sinews throughout their bodies. Once their tendons became like bowstrings, their entire body's force could transform into profound power and course through their limbs and bones!
It was like turning it into a single current, twisting it into one "rope," then projecting it outward.
Once this was achieved, one had reached this minor realm.
Now, Jiang Yi had cultivated those five martial arts to perfection.
His force had reached seven thousand catties, his physique was robust, and his sinews were tough!
He was not inferior to Tendon-refining martial artists in the slightest!
As his body moved, a mighty force arose!
As though something stirred within him!
Jiang Yi raised his hand. Intent swirled around it as he fiercely struck out with his palm, force gathering through his hundred meridians and reaching his palm!
Power burst forth, his energy overbearing and absolute, heavy and dense!
Bang!
The air gave a muffled boom!
"This is—Cauldron Origin Mountain Splitting Force!"
At that moment, the cultivation displayed on the panel slowly changed!
[Cultivation: Tendon-refining realm.]
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