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Chapter 109: The Impressive Defense of Minor Skin Refinement!
Chapter 109: The Impressive Defense of Minor Skin Refinement!
In his own courtyard, Jiang Ning clenched his fist, instantly feeling a powerful surge of energy within his body.
"So strong!"
"I feel my strength should be over a thousand and two to three hundred catties now!"
He stomped his feet again.
Boom!
The ground beneath him shook, sending dust flying, and the nearby trees swayed, rustling loudly.
"Truly powerful!"
Jiang Ning's face lit up with joy as he felt his body's resilience against the force's reaction.
The next moment, he bent down, picked up a grayish-white stone from the ground, and clenched his fist, exerting force with his fingers and palm.
The muscles on his arm bulged like tree roots.
After a brief pause, he opened his hand, revealing the stone in his palm, now reduced to a pile of shattered fragments.
As Jiang Ning opened his right hand, the stones in his palm fell to the ground.
Huff!
He blew on his palm, and the white dust on it was blown away, revealing his unharmed skin.
"Indeed, no injury!"
Jiang Ning smiled, then said, "Let's try again!"
He walked a few steps and stopped in front of a stone weighing about fifty catties.
Clenching his fingers into a fist, he said, "Break!"
Jiang Ning's fist burst forth with immense power.
His punch was swift as the wind, slamming heavily onto the stone in front of him.
Boom!
With a loud crash, the fifty-catty stone shattered, and fragments flew in all directions.
Feeling no pain in his fist, Jiang Ning turned his fist towards himself.
"Huff!"
He blew on his fist, and the dust on it was instantly blown away, revealing unharmed skin.
"Such incredible defense!"
Jiang Ning smiled again.
His flesh and blood had collided with the stone, shattering it, yet his fist and palm remained unscathed.
This undoubtedly indicated that his skin's hardness had surpassed that of the stones.
Only then could he achieve such invulnerability.
Feeling the change in his skin's resilience, Jiang Ning nodded in satisfaction.
Reaching this stage, he could truly be considered a Ninth Stage Martial Artist.
Compared to the Ox Hide Layer, the Stone Skin Layer was a transformative evolution.
Matching the Ox Hide was one thing, but equaling the hardness of stone was entirely different.
The stone was not flesh and blood.
Typically, reaching the Skin as Stone Layer in martial arts made the body akin to being covered in a layer of rock, granting exceptional defense.
The Skin Conditioning Technique he practiced was a supreme martial art of the Vajra Temple, known as the Indestructible Body.
Practicing the Indestructible Body at any layer granted three to five times the defensive power compared to ordinary martial artists of the same layer.
This was the prowess of a top-tier sect's supreme martial art.
After this simple test, Jiang Ning understood the reason for his formidable defense.
His skin had become significantly harder than ordinary rocks.
If an average person attacked him with farming tools like a sickle or an ax, they might cause superficial injuries but would struggle to inflict severe damage.
"Reaching this stage, there's a fundamental difference from ordinary people! Only by entering the ranks of the Ninth Stage Martial Artists can one truly rise above the rest!" Jiang Ning thought to himself.
Jiang Ning then walked to the side and picked up his Blackwood Longsword.
Clang!
He drew his sword, and as his words fell, his right hand tightened around the hilt, gathering and brewing power in his arm.
The next moment, he struck out.
Holding the sword, he slashed at the empty air.
Whoosh!
A sharp sound of air being split open echoed.
With this strike, due to the speed and force of the blade, Jiang Ning physically felt the air as if it were water.
The sword cut through the air, leaving a visible trail.
The blade's flash revealed the sharp longsword momentarily suspended in midair.
Jiang Ning instantly felt a powerful tearing sensation in his body, along with the double layer of force erupting in his right arm, generating immense pressure.
After maintaining the sword stance for a full breath, Jiang Ning twisted his wrist, sending the longsword in his right hand flying into his left hand.
Then, he spread the fingers of his right hand, clenched them again, and felt the changes in his arm muscles and skin.
After repeating this several times, he nodded in satisfaction, "It's truly different! The double layer of force doesn't seem to affect him much, and he can completely withstand it. My Canglang Blade Technique can continue breaking through!"
[Technique] Canglang Blade Technique (Proficiency 1/200)
According to the previous blade manual, breaking through to Minor Accomplishment in the Canglang Blade Technique allows the user to stack three layers of force, unleashing devastating destructive power.
With my current physical prowess, I can withstand the eruption of three layers of force.
Even the five layers of force after achieving Major Accomplishment in the blade technique might be survivable.
With this thought, Jiang Ning's heart was already set.
"In the coming days, I'll focus on blade training, first breaking through to Minor Accomplishment in the Canglang Blade Technique, to see if my body can withstand the eruption of three layers of force."
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"If I can, I'll further master the Canglang Blade Technique and achieve the Fivefold Power Layering!"
"If I can achieve the layering of fivefold power, I can instantly unleash a force five times greater, allowing me to fight beyond my current level."
"After all, my strength has already surpassed a thousand jin, and now it's around twelve to thirteen hundred jin."
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"As for the Divine Strength Realm of the Eighth Stage Martial Artist, the average skilled practitioner can reach around two thousand jin, and the stronger ones can reach three thousand jin."
"Although they are several times stronger than me, if I can layer the fivefold power and directly increase my strength by five times or more, combined with the boost from the thrice limit-breaking Firewood Splitting Blade Technique, I can instantly unleash a force of over twenty thousand jin."
At this thought, Jiang Ning couldn't help but gasp in awe.
To unleash a force of several thousand jin with a human body was truly astonishing.
However, this seemingly exaggerated strength was actually quite normal.
In his previous life, those top-tier practitioners could deliver a punch with a force of sixteen hundred jin.
And how much strength did they possess? At most, their single arm could generate a few hundred jin of force.
In comparison, his current strength was several times greater than theirs.
In this world, where martial arts flourished and held incredible power, various unimaginable forces were at play.
With the support of a mid-tier martial art, unleashing such strength was not excessive.
After that, Jiang Ning sheathed his blade and his gaze swept across the ground.
Instantly, he noticed a straight mark on the ground.
With a quick glance, he realized that the mark was a blade scar left by his recent slash at the air.
"Truly exaggerated!" Jiang Ning exclaimed in awe. "If this blade were to land on an armored soldier, it should be able to split them in two, right?"
He paused for a moment, then shook his head again. "Not necessarily! In a world where martial arts are so powerful, the blacksmithing techniques must also be extraordinary."
"Human strength can reach several thousand jin, or even higher. With a thousand-jin hammer in hand, one strike can unleash a force of several thousand jin, or even greater. With their refined iron, they can forge metals comparable to the special alloys of my previous life."
These thoughts made Jiang Ning shake his head again, and he chuckled.
"Forget it!"
"Why think so much?"
"Strengthening my power is the way to go!"
After that, Jiang Ning took a bath, washing off the dried skin abrasive powder and the layer of old skin.
When he finished bathing and put on his clothes again, he felt refreshed.
"Haven't been to the Martial Academy for a while!"
"Now that I've broken through to Minor Skin Refinement and achieved Stone-like Skin Layer, I can consider this matter settled. It's a good time to pay a visit to the Martial Academy."
Jiang Ning stood in the courtyard, murmuring softly.
Then, he picked up the Blackwood Longsword and headed straight out of the courtyard.
"Canglang Blade Technique!"
"Canglang Blade Technique!"
The two disciples guarding the Martial Academy saw Jiang Ning alight from the carriage and immediately saluted respectfully.
Jiang Ning smiled and greeted them before heading into the academy.
The rear courtyard of the academy, which had been quiet before, now seemed lively.
Under the shade of a tree with lush branches, there was a pavilion where four people sat and one stood.
The person standing was none other than Li Qing, the only female disciple currently in the academy.
As for the other four, they were gathered around a stone table, and one of them was Wang Jin. The other two men and the woman were unfamiliar to Jiang Ning.
These two men and the woman were not young.
The oldest among them seemed to be in his forties.
From his position opposite Wang Jin, it was evident that he held the highest status among the three.
On either side of Wang Jin and the older man sat a man and a woman, both in their early thirties.
From their uniform attire, Jiang Ning deduced that they belonged to the same faction.
At that moment, due to Jiang Ning's arrival and the commotion he caused, the group's attention was drawn to him.
"Greetings, Master!"
Jiang Ning bowed to Wang Jin.
Wang Jin, who had been calm, now wore a faint smile.
Li Qing stood behind Wang Jin, and upon seeing Jiang Ning, she waved excitedly.
"Brother Li, come here!"
"Sister Li!" Jiang Ning greeted her.
"Jiang Ning, come over here!" Wang Jin called out.
"Yes, Master!" Jiang Ning replied.
He took a step forward, and at that moment, he also heard Wang Jin laugh and say to the middle-aged man opposite him.
"Elder Liu, this is also my outstanding disciple, Jiang Ning."
Upon hearing the name Jiang Ning, Elder Liu, who was sitting opposite Wang Jin, looked at Jiang Ning in surprise.
"Jiang Ning, I've heard of this outstanding disciple of Brother Wang. I heard that Shen Congyun was punished for breaking the rules of Wanhua Tower to help him."
Wang Jin nodded. "Elder Liu, this is him!"
Hearing this, the two people on either side of Elder Liu also glanced at Jiang Ning, their gazes lingering on him for a moment before retracting.
Chapter end
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