The reincarnation experience ended. To Xiang Weisha, those nearly hundred years of turbulent struggle seemed like a long dream.
All the power gained from cultivating in the illusion and fed back to him was insignificant to his current self.
What seemed like decades of grueling cultivation actually provided less of an increase in his body-tempering attributes than eating a single level 3 spirit plant in Monster World.
But the essentials were the new insights into his state of mind and the refinement of his combat techniques.
His former fighting style centered on close combat, emphasizing absolute hardness and ferocity, overwhelming every technique with strength.
He fought with fists, elbows, knees, and legs as his weapons, every strike broad and forceful as he used his body to clash head-on with powerful enemies.
The Jiaodi Technique he had spent decades mastering in the illusion was entirely different from that fierce, courageous style of combat.
The way of Jiaodi originated from the beast-wrestling arts used by the illusion world's ancient ancestors in sacrifices to heaven. It emphasized "rooting yourself to draw on the earth, entangling and adhering to lock down the enemy's attacks, borrowing force to overcome immense strength, and controlling momentum to decide the outcome." Beyond contests of strength, it also included combat techniques that used softness to govern hardness and skill to defeat strength.
Rather than relying on punches and kicks, Jiaodi placed more emphasis on generating force through the waist and hips, rooting the feet, using the shoulders and back as shields, and only then using elbows and knees as weapons.
Even against an opponent far stronger than himself, he could borrow their momentum, deflect their attacks, lock their joints, and deliver a lethal blow with minimal expenditure.
At the supernatural level, these techniques could even change how he used