Chapter 270: Validating Martial Arts, the Advantage of Offense and Defense!

Chapter 270: Validating Martial Arts, the Advantage of Offense and Defense!



On a desolate island.

Jiang Ning continuously fought with the Wind God Messenger, who had transformed into a Six-Armed Divine Descendant.

Wherever the two went, rocks shattered and flew, and large trees toppled.

The snow they stirred up rose several zhang high.

A Fifth Stage strong cultivator was truly a formidable opponent, capable of taking on ten thousand enemies.

Before his Inner Breath was exhausted, he could fearlessly face the Human Sea Tactics.

At this moment, the Wind God Messenger, transformed into a Six-Armed Divine Descendant, was much stronger than an ordinary Fifth Stage cultivator, even those who had condensed their Inner Breath into a tangible force.

His robust physical body made him no weaker than when his Inner Breath was at its peak.

With an immortal body, he was unafraid of any attacks that weren't lethal.

The combination of these two factors made the Wind God Messenger, in his Six-Armed Divine Descendant form, the strongest cultivator below the Fifth Stage Apex.

Yet, Jiang Ning could keep up with him.

It wasn't just the reflection of his fist technique in the Wind God Messenger's mind that intimidated him, shaking his spirit.

This caused the Wind God Messenger, in his Six-Armed Divine Descendant form, to lose three-tenths of his strength before he even struck.

More importantly, Jiang Ning possessed the power of regeneration, quickly healing any injuries to his physical body.

Each time he clashed with the Wind God Messenger in his Six-Armed Divine Descendant form, the powerful impact shook his five viscera and six bowels, causing a slight displacement.

Under this terrifying impact, his entire body felt like it was falling apart.

Normally, just one such powerful collision would leave him with significant injuries.

These injuries, though not visible on the surface, were severe internally.

In this state, facing the next attack from the Wind God Messenger in his Six-Armed Divine Descendant form, he would be unable to defend himself.

At most, he could withstand three moves before being completely overwhelmed and defeated.

This was the gap between their strengths.

But Jiang Ning was different now.

With the regenerative power of his flesh and blood, his injuries healed instantly, and his physical body, tempered by the forging of the Mysterious Bone Realm, became even stronger.

After each clash, as his injuries healed, he felt his physical strength noticeably increase.

This made him stronger with each encounter.

During these continuous battles, he was also constantly validating his recent martial arts insights.

The five fist techniques, initially awkward and stiff in his hands, were now becoming fluid and effortless.

Sometimes like a tiger, sometimes like a bear, and sometimes like an ape, the five fist techniques transformed at his will.

This made facing the Six-Armed Divine Descendant's attacks increasingly effortless.

Meanwhile, the Wind God Messenger's heart hardened, and he silently gritted his teeth.

"I want to see how many of my punches you can take!"

"I don't believe you're truly unkillable like a cockroach!"

The next moment, the Wind God Messenger's attacks became even more ferocious and swift.

His four legs moved incessantly, pressing towards Jiang Ning.

Boom, boom, boom—

With each step, the ground shook, leaving deep footprints and spiderweb-like cracks spreading outward.

Even the rocks on distant cliffs and the snow on tree branches trembled visibly.

Some rocks tumbled down from the cliffs.

Snow on the trees rustled as it fell.

Jiang Ning, under the pressure of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, retreated continuously.

Even with the fist technique reflecting in the Wind God Messenger's spirit world, suppressing three-tenths of his strength, the powerful impact of each collision was beyond what Jiang Ning could withstand at this time.

Even when he unleashed the Bear Fist, borrowing the power of the earth, he still wasn't a match for the Wind God Messenger in his Six-Armed Divine Descendant form in a test of brute strength.

However, even so, Jiang Ning's heart was filled only with excitement.

Under the tempering of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, like a whetstone sharpening a blade, the five fist techniques became completely integrated and mastered.

Now, in just an instant, Jiang Ning could effortlessly transition from one fist technique to another.

The transformation of his physical body, hammered by the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, was nearing its conclusion.

After a while, the two continued their battle, clashing repeatedly as they fought their way to the center of the desolate island.

Along the way, the ground was littered with debris and fallen trees.

Countless broken rocks and fallen trees lay scattered.

The ground was covered with pits and indentations of various sizes, along with footprints over a foot deep left by the Six-Armed Divine Descendant.

In the distance, more than a kilometer away.

The Star Guardian also stood atop the pile of ice, observing the battle on the desolate island from a distance.

"This Jiang Commander truly is a master of the highest caliber!" The Star Guardian exclaimed softly.

Having observed for so long, he naturally understood that Jiang Ning was using the Six-Armed Divine Descendant state of the Wind Divine Messenger as a whetstone.

And this whetstone had indeed sharpened his edge.

It was evident that Jiang Ning was now significantly stronger than when he first engaged the Wind Divine Messenger in the Six-Armed Divine Descendant state.

Not only had his martial prowess improved, but his physical strength had also advanced.

The intense clashes made it clear that the Wind Divine Messenger in the Six-Armed Divine Descendant state was enduring increasingly powerful impacts.

Boom!

Another collision occurred.

Facing the impact of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant's punch, Jiang Ning was once again sent flying.

He crashed into a tree as thick as a hug, and the tree snapped with a loud crack.

Jiang Ning's movement came to a halt.

"That felt good!" He clenched his fist.

He felt the power rising from within, and his heart was filled with satisfaction.

With the casting of the Mysterious Bone, the transformation of his physical body was complete.

He could clearly sense this change.

His physical strength had increased by about twenty percent.

Twenty percent might not seem like much, but in reality, it was a significant boost.

With a twenty percent increase, he could easily overpower his previous self, leaving his former self completely breathless.

Just like an ordinary person, a twenty percent difference in strength would make the outcome of a physical contest obvious.

He could effortlessly knock down his opponent.

Moreover, his improvement wasn't just in power but also in physical strength.

It is common knowledge that the stronger one's physical body, the greater the impact it can withstand.

And strength is not solely about one's own power but also includes the impact from inertia.

It's similar to the difference in impact between a high-speed car and one that's just starting; they are vastly different.

With this in mind, Jiang Ning sensed his Dantian within his body.

He had thirty percent of his Inner Breath remaining.

In his previous attacks, he had not held back at all.

Every move and technique was infused with his Inner Breath.

Although this was the most basic application, it still provided him with a noticeable boost.

The next moment, a dark shadow loomed overhead.

The Six-Armed Divine Descendant, towering at a height of several meters, had leaped onto Jiang Ning's head, carrying the weight of a mountain as he stomped down with his four legs.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning moved.

In that instant, the air resistance against him significantly decreased, and his body flickered with fine and dense electric arcs.

With a flash, he turned into an afterimage and disappeared from the Six-Armed Divine Descendant's attack range as it descended from above.

When Jiang Ning's movement stopped, he had already moved several meters away.

[Wind and Thunder Breath]: Moving like the wind and striking like thunder, one can sense the existence of wind and thunder in the world.

Moving like the wind and striking like thunder.

This is the profound mystery of the Wind and Thunder Breath characteristic.

When Jiang Ning entered this state, his body seemed to merge with the wind.

The air resistance against him was greatly reduced.

Anyone with basic physics knowledge understands the importance of wind resistance.

With the reduced wind resistance, his speed became frighteningly fast.

It had increased by a full hundred percent.

This movement startled the Wind Divine Messenger in the Six-Armed Divine Descendant state.

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The four great Guardian Revered Guardians of the Idolatry Sect were Wind, Fire, Mountain, and Forest.

He began with Wind because his agility was exceptional, and his speed was unparalleled among martial artists of the same level.

So, when he saw Jiang Ning's current speed, he was utterly shocked.

This speed was even faster than when he circulated his Inner Breath and moved at full speed, by a full fifty percent.

This fifty percent difference was enough to make him feel hopeless.

After transforming into the Divine Descendant state, his physical strength had increased significantly, and his explosive power had also improved.

However, his speed had decreased instead of increasing.

The reason for this was his massive physique.

Standing several meters tall with a body thicker than a water vat, the air resistance he faced when moving was tremendous.

He understood in his heart that if Jiang Ning wanted to escape, with a speed nearly twice his own, he would have no chance of catching up.

This meant that Jiang Ning now had an innate advantage in an unavoidable defeat.

He could fight if he wanted to fight and flee if he wanted to flee.

On the other side, a thousand meters away on the ice.

The Star Guardian witnessed this scene and couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"This speed!!!"

"Is this his reliance?!!!"

"No wonder he showed no fear when the Wind Divine Messenger approached him before!!!"

At this moment, the Star Guardian finally understood the source of Jiang Ning's previous composure.

This innate speed advantage was the ultimate confidence.

On the desolate island, Jiang Ning looked at the slightly stunned Six-Armed Divine Descendant Wind Divine Messenger.

His body moved, and electric arcs flashed across his muscles, his speed becoming so fast that he turned into an afterimage.

With this speed, he could reach a thousand meters away in less than two breaths.

Normally, such terrifying speed would create powerful air currents with a human body, capable of blowing away the surrounding snow and dry branches and leaves on the ground.

But Jiang Ning's movement was so subtle that only the accumulated snow on the dead branches above his head, about a few dozen centimeters, fell off with a rustling sound, causing the branches to sway back and forth.

Facing Jiang Ning's head-on charge, the Six-Armed Divine Descendant immediately raised his hand to block.

Boom!

This collision was like a cannonball hitting a city wall.

A visible ring of energy waves spread out in all directions, sweeping away the accumulated snow on the ground.

The surrounding dead branches snapped and were carried away by the energy waves.

After this collision, the Wind Divine Messenger, in the form of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, kept retreating.

Stomp!

Stomp!

Stomp!

Four legs, each landing with force.

With every step, they shattered the solid ground, and their feet sank into the stone layer.

This desolate island was covered in hard rocks everywhere.

As their feet sank into the stone layer, the cracking rocks spread out with dense spider web-like fissures.

The surrounding trees also shook continuously.

Countless snowflakes fell from the bare tree trunks, floating in the air.

Jiang Ning, however, quickly withdrew his touch, preventing the six arms from capturing him.

"What a sturdy physique!"

Feeling the counterforce within his body and the resulting internal injuries, Jiang Ning inwardly clicked his tongue.

This strike, with the powerful momentum and the force granted by the Dragon Sinew Layer, unleashed a terrifying impact.

Consequently, he also endured the counterforce of this impact.

His internal organs shifted, and internal injuries erupted.

His muscles and bones seemed to fall apart, making it difficult to mobilize his entire body's strength.

But as his arms endured this terrifying impact, the bones inside his body did not deform or break.

"As expected, with the casting of the Mysterious Bone, my body's bones can withstand this force!"

"If it were before the Fifth Stage, ordinary bones enduring this counterforce would be enough to break my arm bones, even shattering them!"

Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

After experiencing the hardness of the Mysterious Bone, he no longer had any worries.

Subsequently, the minor injuries inside his body and various discomforts vanished instantly as his flesh healed.

He once again regained his peak state.

Then, he moved again.

Boom!

Without any reservation, he struck with the posture of a pouncing tiger, heavily slamming into the fist of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, who hastily swung his punch.

This collision forced the Wind Divine Messenger, in the form of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, to retreat repeatedly.

The earth rumbled.

Jiang Ning's figure retreated, moving back over ten zhang, and at this moment, it seemed as if inertia didn't exist for him.

Instantly, he transformed into a blur, rushing towards the Six-Armed Divine Descendant like a cannonball.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

With each strike, the offensive and defensive positions had already changed.

The terrifying speed left the Wind Divine Messenger, in the form of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, struggling to cope, not giving him any time to counterattack.

A kilometer away.

The Star Guardian slightly opened his mouth and slowly closed it.

He licked his lips, only then realizing that in the cold wind, his mouth had dried up completely due to being open for too long.

His lips were also marked with distinct crevices.

"Defeated!"

He shook his head.

At this moment, he began to consider his retreat.

Jiang Ning's speed was already unbeatable.

His various methods were too divine, causing him to be extremely wary.

The most obvious point was that Jiang Ning's speed at this moment was unscientific.

He also noticed that the disturbance Jiang Ning caused only created minimal waves.

This was unreasonable, too unreasonable!

On the other side.

On the desolate island.

After over ten collisions.

It was like punching a sandbag, thoroughly satisfying Jiang Ning.

He understood that if such an offensive were to land on an ordinary Fifth Stage martial artist, it would have killed them long ago.

However, against the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, who possessed an immortal body, it was like tickling.

The impact from this explosive force could, at most, cause injuries to the Six-Armed Divine Descendant similar to the ones Jiang Ning had just inflicted, with internal organ displacement and bone dislocation.

But for the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, whose self-healing ability far surpassed Jiang Ning's, even accumulating millions of such injuries would not genuinely harm him.

"It's time to try the Water and Fire True Energy!"

Jiang Ning glanced at the Wind Divine Messenger, who was in the form of the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, and silently started circulating the Water and Fire True Energy within his body.

He prepared to test his martial arts on the Six-Armed Divine Descendant, who served as an excellent sandbag.

Jiang Ning also had high expectations for the Water and Fire True Energy.

After all, the Water and Fire True Energy was the only superior martial art he currently possessed, and it was a superior martial art that had broken through limits three times.

In terms of martial arts grading, there wasn't a single martial art in his repertoire that could compare to the Water and Fire True Energy, which had broken through limits three times.

The only regret he had was that after breaking through limits three times, the Water and Fire True Energy didn't grant him a characteristic that enhanced his offensive power.

Currently, the power he could unleash was merely the inherent power of this technique.

But even the inherent power was not to be underestimated.

After all, it was a superior martial art.

Moreover, it originated from a superior martial art found in an ancient immortal manual.

(End of Chapter)

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