The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade

Inside the martial arts hall on the second floor of the villa.

Yun He opened the cases containing his equipment one by one, ignoring the rest to grab the Sharp Edge 3-Series A6 Longsword directly.

The entire sword's hilt and scabbard were pitch black. As he gently drew the blade, a flash of silver light cut through the air.

The Ruifeng A6 had a blade length of 98 centimeters and a width of about two and a half fingers. It was slender overall, with a hilt of about 19 centimeters. The entire sword weighed around 120 kilograms including the scabbard.

The spine of the sword was slightly thick, while the edges on both sides were as thin as cicada wings and incomparably sharp. Just staring at it made one feel as if their eyes were about to be cut.

A fine sword!

Swish, swish...

Griping the Ruifeng sword, Yun He casually swung it, spinning a few sword flowers. The longsword sliced through the air, producing a ringing sound.

In a sudden burst of enthusiasm, Yun He began practicing his swordsmanship right there in the martial arts hall of over one hundred square meters.

With his own weapon, he could practice in the martial arts hall of his own villa from now on without needing to run over to the pavilion every day.

After practicing for quite a while, Yun He stopped, still feeling somewhat unfulfilled.

What a truly fine sword!

Yun He secretly praised it in his heart, fondling the longsword in his hands and unable to put it down.

This sword was absolute enough to cut through iron like mud! One had to know that the defense of advanced beast general monsters could not even be pierced by armor-piercing bullets, yet the A6 Ruifeng in Yun He's hand could break through their defense-one could imagine its sharpness.

Returning the longsword to its scabbard and setting it aside, the main event came next.

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade!

He opened the first page of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manual.

Fast!

The most conspicuous large character on the title page was simply: Fast!

It made Yun He feel as if he were seeing blade light rushing right at him, causing his entire body to tremble inside. This was merely a photocopied version of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, not the original manual.

Even just a single "fast" character in this photocopied script could make someone's heart tremble.

One could imagine just how formidable the strength of Thunder God, the creator of this manual, truly was.

Yun He continued reading downward.

Of all martial arts in the world, nothing is unbreakable, only speed cannot be beaten!

When your blade becomes faster and faster, reaching the limit, then you are invincible!

The Thunder Blade I created grants me the fastest speed in the entire world, and also grants me the strongest speed and physique in the entire world!

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade contains a complete set of movement techniques: Flowing Light, a guidance technique: Ninefold Hunyuan, as well as a complete set of blade techniques: Thunder Blade.

The guidance technique is the foundation.

Only by relying on the guidance technique can one possess a powerful physique.

Physical fitness is the foundation!

Blade techniques and movement techniques are merely skills...

Yun He read earnestly, word by word, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

His mind operated at high speed to understand, comprehend, and synthesize.

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade seemed to open a door for him, leading him into an entirely different world.

When he finished reading the very last word, Yun He slowly closed his eyes, opening them only after a long while with a look of admiration on his face: "He truly deserves to be Thunder God. He certainly has some incredible skills!"

Through the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade today, he felt his horizons broaden all at once.

It was as if a layer of obscuring mist had been parted for him.

The wonderful force application methods described within it gave him an enlightening feeling, leaving him utterly amazed.

One could imagine just how brilliant and stunning Thunder God must have been to create such a manual entirely from scratch!

"Let's test it."

Yun He stood up and grabbed the longsword from the side.

Clang!

The longsword left its scabbard.

Swish!

Swish!

Yun He stood in the martial arts hall, the Ruifeng sword in his hand thrusting out time and again, carrying the sound of sharp whistling.

The core of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade lay in its force application method.

Under normal circumstances, a full-strength strike delivered ten parts of force.

By learning the force application technique of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, however, only seven parts of force were used on the initial strike. After launching the first strike, a second layer of force burst forth from within the body, also equal to seven parts; when the two overlapped, it equaled fourteen parts of force!

The first layer could release an additional burst of dark force, overlapping to total fourteen parts of force.

The second layer could release two additional bursts of dark force, overlapping to total twenty-one parts of force.

The third layer reached twenty-eight parts of force.

All the way up to the ninth layer, which could release nine additional bursts of dark force, totaling seventy layers of power!

In other words, a single strike could unleash seven times the normal amount of power!

This was truly terrifying.

Coupled with the matching guidance technique: Ninefold Hunyuan.

The guidance technique allowed a martial artist's body to increase the amount of cosmic energy it absorbed every day.

Originally able to eat one bowl of rice a day, after practicing Ninefold Hunyuan, one could eat two bowls, or even three bowls.

This set of manuals was definitely worth the purchase.

Starting from this day onward, Yun He entered a state of frantic cultivation once again.

He practiced the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade over and over again, striving to comprehend its force application technique.

Whenever he grew tired, he practiced the genetic origin energy Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method. Once his body reached saturation, he would then practice the Ninefold Hunyuan guidance technique to increase his cells' appetite.

The results were extremely obvious. Compared to the previous two months, the speed at which Yun He's physical strength increased was conspicuously faster by a large margin.

Waking up every morning, he could feel that his personal strength was clearly stronger than the day before.

Through practicing the force application technique, his control over muscle strength also became much more precise than in the past.

When evening arrived, Yun He would carve out some time to browse the Limit Home forums, learning various knowledge about the wilderness.

His days passed in a fulfilling manner.

He felt that he was making progress every single day.

At the same time, his rapidly surging physical strength was also slowly being adapted to and eventually mastered to perfection.

During this period, Luo Feng was assigned into the Fire Hammer Squad.

When Wu Tong inquired with Yun He, Yun He directly refused to join any martial artist squad. He stated that he wanted to work solo and did not like being restrained, preferring to go to the Wilderness Zone whenever he pleased.

After Wu Tong tried persuading him twice with no result, he let the matter drop.

Director Zhuge Tao did not say anything about this either.

After all, the path was chosen by oneself.

Furthermore, in their minds, Yun He's talent was far inferior to Luo Feng's, so as long as nothing went wrong on Luo Feng's end, it would suffice.

As for Yun He, they simply adopted a laissez-faire attitude toward him.

Having resolved these issues, Yun He had no more worries and focused heart and soul on his cultivation.

Finally, on the tenth day of practicing the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, he successfully mastered the force application technique of the first layer of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.

A single strike could unleash fourteen parts of power.

On the twenty-fifth day of practicing the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, he successfully mastered the second layer.

A single strike could unleash twenty-one parts of power.

Reaching this step, Yun He had no choice but to halt his cultivation.

Because he needed to go out and make money to purchase the follow-up portions of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.

Just thinking about the price of the complete nine-layer manual of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade gave him a massive headache.

All nine layers of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade cost a full price of 100 billion Huaxia Currency, while the half-price option required 50 billion alongside the requirement of four-star contribution points.

Just thinking about it made his balls ache.

August 28th.

This day was the date when Luo Feng followed the Fire Hammer Squad to depart from the base city and enter the Wilderness Zone to hunt monsters.

In the morning, Yun He also carved out some time to see him off.

"Brother Yun, when are you planning to go to the Wilderness Zone?" Luo Feng asked curiously.

"I'll go in a few days," Yun He said with a smile.

"You're going to the Wilderness Zone all by yourself, so you must be careful." Luo Feng quickly urged.

"Rest assured, I know what I'm doing. I'll start by heading into small county towns to specifically seek out those H-class, G-class, and F-class small monsters to practice on. Only when I feel confident in myself will I head into a city."

"Mm." Luo Feng nodded, setting his mind at ease.

After turning around to bid farewell to his family, Luo Feng went to rendezvous with his teammates.

Yun He and the others watched Luo Feng's receding figure, looking on silently.

"The Wilderness Zone..."

Blood was going to be seen again!

The second drop of blood...