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Chapter 97: Ninth Stage Martial Dao, New Attributes
Chapter 97: Ninth Stage Martial Dao, New Attributes
In the blink of an eye, nine days had passed.
【Name】: Jiang Ning
【Source Energy】: 50.3
【Skills】:
Five Beasts Fist (Mastery: 957/1000)
Inner Alchemy Cultivation Technique (Proficiency: 255/2000)
Indestructible Body Technique (Initiation: 98/100)
Firewood Splitting Blade Technique+ (Limit-Breaking x2: 3000/3000) (Attributes: Broad Understanding, Blade Like Gale)
"It's harvest time again!"
As soon as he woke up and looked at his status panel, a pleasant smile appeared on Jiang Ning's face.
Today was his day of harvest.
His Source Energy Points had reached an astonishing fifty points, and there was a plus sign after the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique.
50 Source Energy Points were enough to unlock the third limit-break of the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique, requiring only 50 points to satisfy the experience value.
10 points, 20 points, 50 points.
This seemed to correspond to the experience values required for each previous breakthrough of the blade technique.
Therefore, it wasn't difficult to guess the amount of Source Energy Points needed for the fourth limit-break—it would be 100 points.
Moreover, the experience value for the Indestructible Body Technique had reached 98 points, just two points away from officially initiating the skill.
The moment of initiation would mark his skin refinement and his official entry into the Ninth Stage of the Martial Dao.
Seeing the various changes on his status panel, Jiang Ning no longer hesitated.
With a thought, his Source Energy Points rapidly decreased.
In an instant, he felt a stream of information flow into his mind.
Jiang Ning closed his eyes.
Countless figures appeared in his mind, each one a reflection of himself, each holding a blade and chopping firewood.
One chop after another, tireless and timeless.
Each strike was powerful and heavy, swift as thunder.
After countless chops.
Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.
The next moment,
He leaped several zhang away and landed beneath a tree.
He picked up the Blackwood Longsword that was leaning against the tree.
Clang—
He drew the sword, and the sound was crisp and clean.
Then,
He held the sword in his right hand and slashed downward.
Whoosh—
The sword sliced through the air and struck the tree beside him, twenty centimeters thick.
Crack—
After the strike, the tree slowly tilted and fell, revealing a clear and smooth cut where the blade had just passed.
Jiang Ning sheathed his sword and nodded slightly.
"Not bad! This strike increased my power by two to three percent! Not only is my explosive power stronger, but my speed has also improved!"
He clenched his fist, feeling the power within his arm.
Jiang Ning muttered to himself, "And my arm strength has slightly increased! With my current strength, if I face Hong Chengtao again, I might be able to kill him with a single strike!"
Feeling the changes within himself, Jiang Ning was extremely satisfied.
Without saying more, the mere enhancement of this strike's power made him feel that the 50 Source Energy Points were well worth it.
After all, Source Energy Points were strictly speaking, an additional reward, and he didn't need to exert any extra effort to obtain them.
As long as he continued his daily energy intake, his Source Energy Points would continue to grow.
Especially with the consumption of energy-rich substances like medicine, his daily Source Energy Point gain was even higher.
Therefore, for Jiang Ning, accumulating fifty Source Energy Points wouldn't take too long.
Just over ten or twenty days, it wasn't difficult.
Then,
Jiang Ning reopened his status panel, wanting to see what attributes he had gained with the third limit-break of his Firewood Splitting Blade Technique.
【Skills】: Firewood Splitting Blade Technique (Limit-Breaking x3: 697/4000) (Attributes: Broad Understanding, Blade Like Gale, Blade Divine Operation)
【Blade Divine Operation】: Increases affinity with blades and enhances innate talent in the path of the blade.
"A supporting effect? Not bad!" Jiang Ning nodded slightly.
Looking at these attributes on the panel, he seemed to be deep in thought.
"These three attributes seem to be on the same level, as if they belong to the same tier."
Then he glanced at another section of the panel.
【Skills】: Five Beasts Fist (Mastery: 957/1000)
"The Five Beasts Fist will probably reach perfection tomorrow. After that, I'll accumulate a thousand experience points to break the limit."
"According to the ranking, the Five Beasts Fist should be higher than the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique. I wonder if the attributes gained after breaking the limit will be stronger?"
"Logically, they should be stronger."
Jiang Ning thought to himself.
Then he closed the panel, moved to the side, and quickly removed his clothes.
He took out a box of Skin Abrasive Powder.
【Skills】: Indestructible Body Technique (Initiation: 98/100)
He was only two experience points away from refining his skin and officially entering the Ninth Stage of the Martial Dao.
At this moment, Jiang Ning couldn't wait any longer.
He endured the pain and rubbed the abrasive powder all over his body.
Until his skin turned red and blood vessels became visible.
Only then did he stop.
The next moment,
He immediately assumed the first posture of the Indestructible Body Technique.
He circulated his vital force, driving his vital energy to temper his body.
Instantly,
His vital energy surged, and his body heated up.
After this process,
Jiang Ning closed his eyes slightly, and his consciousness sank into his body.
With his mental energy-infused inner vision, Jiang Ning suddenly saw countless red silk threads beneath his skin, interconnected and forming a web around his flesh, creating a mesh of red silk.
The number of these threads continued to grow, overlapping and intertwining, gradually forming a membrane, a skin layer about to envelop his entire body.
After completing a move, Jiang Ning performed a second and then a third.
Upon finishing the three moves, a prompt appeared:
【Vajra Unshakable Body Experience +5】
The panel underwent a significant transformation, and Vajra Unshakable Body instantly advanced from the initial stage to the intermediate stage.
【Skill】: Vajra Unshakable Body (Intermediate 3/1000)
At the moment Vajra Unshakable Body reached the intermediate stage, Jiang Ning felt an intense itch and pain beneath his skin, like thousands of ants crawling and biting, causing unbearable itching and pain.
His body temperature also rose sharply.
Gritting his teeth, he focused his mental energy on his body.
With his mental energy-infused inner vision, he observed the skin layer beneath his skin rapidly expanding, spreading, and merging.
Any weak areas on the membrane were quickly reinforced, thickening the skin layer.
After just a dozen or so breaths, this dramatic change concluded.
Through his inner vision, Jiang Ning witnessed the formation of a complete skin layer beneath his skin, connecting his entire body.
One side of this layer was connected to his skin, while the other was linked to his flesh.
It enveloped his entire body.
After a moment of inner observation, Jiang Ning opened his eyes.
He clenched his fist, immediately feeling a significant increase in strength, accompanied by a powerful sense of force.
He also had the illusion that nothing could withstand his strength.
Huff...
Huff...
Jiang Ning took two deep breaths to suppress his surging confidence.
He understood that this was a mental expansion resulting from his rapid growth in a short time.
In reality, his strength was still weak compared to the world around him, not as powerful as he felt.
Calming down, Jiang Ning broke off a branch from a nearby tree.
The broken end of the branch was incredibly sharp, resembling a blade.
"Let's test the defense of my skin now!" Jiang Ning thought to himself.
He grabbed the branch and stabbed it into his arm.
His arm skin sank deeply, but no blood seeped out.
"Not bad!" Jiang Ning nodded slightly, satisfied with the resilience of his arm.
Before he had refined the skin layer, this stab would have broken his arm, causing blood to ooze out.
Now, there was only a slight tingling sensation, and the outer layer of his skin remained intact, not to mention the deeper skin layer.
This indicated a significant improvement in his ability to withstand strikes.
Then, Jiang Ning dragged the branch down his arm.
The sharp branch scraped his skin, causing a slight pain, and Jiang Ning's eyebrows furrowed.
He looked at the white mark on his arm and couldn't help but smile.
"It's truly different! Even such a sharp branch can't break through the outer layer of my skin, let alone damage the deeper skin layer!"
"I've officially entered the ranks of the Ninth Stage Martial Dao!"
Jiang Ning felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.
The Ninth Stage Martial Dao, the long-awaited Ninth Stage Martial Dao.
At this moment, he had finally achieved it.
With this, he had earned the qualifications to join the Patrol Bureau.
However, Wang Jin had previously mentioned a three-month period, and now there was only about one and a half months left.
Within this one and a half months, he could still improve his strength to some extent.
With this, passing the entrance examination to the Bureau would be almost guaranteed.
With this thought, Jiang Ning's worries dissipated, and his mood brightened, like the sun breaking through the clouds.
Then, Jiang Ning jumped into the pond.
In the cool water, he rubbed his skin, washing away the scabs.
After drying off, he applied healing ointment to his body.
Only then did he continue practicing the Five Beasts Fist in the forest.
The Five Beasts Fist was just one step away from perfection.
With his current efficiency, he could officially break through and reach perfection tomorrow.
Therefore, Jiang Ning decided to return to the city the next day.
He had been away for ten days, and the wild ginseng he had brought with him was almost gone.
Now, he had only one root left, which he had managed to preserve by controlling his consumption.
Once this root was finished, to maintain his growth rate, he would have to return to the city.
Only there could he use the more than 2,000 silver coins he had to continue taking supplements and practicing martial arts, efficiently increasing his Essence Energy points.
These necessities were impossible to obtain in the wilderness.
Moreover, after reaching the Ninth Stage Martial Dao, Jiang Ning felt his strength had reached a thousand pounds.
With his other abilities, he was confident in facing whatever choices Cao Bin might make due to the deaths of Xu Yunfeng and Hong Chengtao.
With this newfound confidence, he wasn't afraid of encountering any trouble upon returning to Luo Shui County.
(End of Chapter)
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