Chapter 385 - 376: Secret Technique and Reform

Chapter 385: Chapter 376: Secret Technique and Reform

The next day, the Fist Technique Secret Manual for the Vajra Fist was delivered to his door.

Inside the Martial Arts Room, Lin Qi slowly opened the shoebox-sized metal box. Inside were just one or two golden secret manuals.

They were the Upper and Lower Volumes of the Vajra Fist.

He picked up the Lower Volume and began to read through it.

He scanned through the key points.

"Special Abilities can enhance a human’s combat power. With the amplification from a Special Ability, even a Low Realm Martial Artist can possess the abilities of a High Realm Martial Artist."

"For example, Power Separation, Protective Force, and Powerful Force..."

Lin Qi nodded as he read this. As his Qi and Blood Value rose, his physical constitution continuously improved. Each time he exerted himself, the Power he could generate grew more immense.

It was like a stream flowing into a waterfall, then a lake, and finally reaching the boundless ocean; his Power was gradually becoming immense.

The more Power one had, the more Source Energy they would have in their body. Power used Source Energy as a medium, just like the Inner Strength in wuxia stories.

It could leave the body to form ranged attacks or condense on the body’s surface to create a shield, effectively defending against physical attacks and damage from Special Abilities.

Power Separation was something the Fourth Realm could achieve, Protective Force was a characteristic of the Fifth Realm, and highly condensing Power into a Sword Aura, spear aura, or sword-light was a hallmark of the Sixth Realm.

But once Awakened, one could control a Special Ability to easily accomplish these things, drastically increasing their combat power.

Lin Qi could feel that he was capable of both Power Separation and creating a protective force. Once he became proficient, he could also condense his Power into an aura.

Special Abilities also directly enabled them to fight across realms.

Lin Qi continued reading. The Lower Volume was much thicker than the Upper Volume, and it contained far more cultivation content.

All sorts of cultivation key points were densely packed on the pages.

"Once the five techniques of the Lower Volume are mastered, they can be fused with the techniques from weapon secret manuals, and even with Killing Techniques, to greatly increase their might."

Reading this, Lin Qi was reminded of his fight with Yu Zhuoran the day before.

His Jin Feng Body Protection had been easily pierced by his opponent. If he mastered the "Body Protection" technique, it wouldn’t have been broken through.

Then there was the final exchange of Killing Techniques. Yu Zhuoran had been able to fuse Thunder with his Killing Technique, greatly increasing its power.

His control over Thunder was exceptionally refined.

Unlike himself, who had relied on brute force—like throwing a brick with all his might—and overwhelming power to simply crush Yu Zhuoran with his superior physical constitution.

’Once I can better control the power of [Jin Feng], maybe I’ll be able to defeat Yu Zhuoran more easily.’

He continued reading and noted a point: using a Special Ability was extremely taxing on one’s stamina.

The power of Jin Feng was fixed. Using it was also very draining, but the more refined his control, the greater the damage he could inflict and the less stamina it would consume.

This reminded him of controlling his body. The cultivation of Fist Techniques was all about controlling more muscles and not wasting a single ounce of strength.

A Special Ability was also a form of power, and it needed to be controlled just like his muscles.

He had to gain complete mastery over them, releasing them in a single, concerted exertion of force.

This process would also greatly promote his mastery over his Power and benefit the improvement of his Spear Techniques.

After all, compared to a Special Ability, which was like a wild stallion, one’s own Power was clearly easier to control.

Lin Qi thought as he read, memorizing everything he went over.

Soon, he reached the final section of the manual.

"Special Powers are all forces from the natural world. Besides enabling ranged attacks, they can also significantly increase combat power."

"This is mainly reflected in three aspects: strength, speed, and defense. Once the Fist Technique is trained to the Perfection realm, it can double your combat power in these three aspects."

Lin Qi’s heart stirred. The first time he used the power of [Jin Feng], his Fist Power had increased to at least 1.5 times its original strength.

’Does that mean if I can master it perfectly, I’ll be able to unleash twice the power?’

Such a powerful ability would allow him to completely crush an Ordinary Martial Artist.

In his Unawakened state, he would have to activate the [Second Layer: Vajra Transformation] just to have a chance at winning.

"When the Fist Technique reaches Perfection, you can also begin cultivating a Secret Technique to obtain an even greater boost to combat power."

After reading this sentence, Lin Qi exhaled, his eyes shining.

’A Secret Technique?’

’Don’t tell me a two-fold increase isn’t the limit?’

’It can make my combat power even stronger?’

He started to feel a sense of anticipation, but he had only just begun cultivating the Vajra Fist - Lower Volume.

He was still at the Beginner stage, a long way from breaking through to Perfection.

Thinking of this, he began his cultivation once more.

...

Afterward, Lin Qi returned to his normal cultivation routine, though the amount he needed to train each day had increased.

In the morning and at night, he needed to cultivate the Intermediate Source Energy Technique, the Platinum Evil Tiger Evolution Method.

The Source Energy in the Martial Arts Room was dense, and he absorbed a massive amount of it. Although his Qi and Blood Value didn’t increase, all of it was stored away within his body.

He had a hunch that once he broke through to the Fifth Realm of Refining Inner Organs, his Qi and Blood Value would experience an explosive increase.

Besides cultivating Source Energy, there was also the Refining God Tower, the Gravity Room, and the Disaster Beast Trial Tower.

On top of that, he also had to cultivate the Vajra Fist, Thousand Calamities Atlas, Mountain Shaking Spear Technique, Rainbow Transformation Spear Technique, and Thunder Shadow Instant Kill Step...

He felt as if there wasn’t enough time in the day.

But being immersed in cultivation, feeling his strength increase bit by bit every day—the sensation was truly addicting.

...

In the blink of an eye, a week flew by.

「In a large conference room at the Ten Institutes’ Red Cloud Building.」

This was the largest conference room at Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy.

Ten people were seated around a massive, circular black conference table. They were the deans and vice-deans of the ten institutes.