“The Yang Extremity Art's method of compressing meridians and bones to condense True Qi wastes a lot of energy, which is truly not worth the gain. The external projection of True Qi should be considered a simulation of a Spirit Beast's martial vital energy, but since the fundamentals are different, the simulation effect is inevitably poor.”
Feeling the Yang Extremity True Qi within his body, Lin Sheng's face fell into contemplation.
He thought of the Yu Mian Ren Kong Qi he had killed back then.
His Yin Harmonization Skill had achieved some success, reaching the late Blood Transportation Realm. He had basically cultivated the Yin Harmonization Skill to its extreme, and his strength was ranked on the Black Rank, clearly making him a strong practitioner within the Blood Transportation Realm.
“But now it seems that the Yu Mian Ren Kong Qi's talent was probably much stronger than most Blood Transportation Warriors. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to achieve this with the Yin Harmonization Skill. It's just a pity that his Bloodline potential was almost non-existent. Otherwise, his achievements might not have been necessarily worse than those like Ouyang Lengshui.”
As his understanding of this Yin Harmonization grew deeper, he couldn't help but lament that Bloodline potential was indeed extremely important for Martial Artists, at least in this world.
For those who had no Bloodline potential or whose Bloodline potential was too weak, achieving success on the path of martial arts was more than a hundred times harder than for others. Countless geniuses met their downfall here.
Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but fall silent. He knew very well that his own Bloodline potential was also very weak. Without the mountain and sea scroll, it would have been basically impossible to achieve anything on the path of martial arts.
However, these random thoughts were quickly shaken off.
“The dangers I've faced to get to this point are only more, not less, than others. It's not just the mountain and sea scroll that I rely on, but also myself. It's merely an aid on my path of cultivation...”
The thoughts in his heart quickly firmed up, and he refocused his attention on the Yang Extremity Art.
As his understanding of it grew deeper, his interest in this martial art also grew.
“Compressing meridians and bones to condense Yang Extremity True Qi can be considered, to some extent, squeezing the energy within the body and converting it into Yang Extremity True Qi. What if I don't convert it into Yang Extremity True Qi, but instead compress and solidify the energy within my body to condense another form of energy?”
He thought to himself. The previous simple experiment had already proven the possibility of this method to some extent, and the large pit before him was the best proof.
But it wasn't enough...
Before, he had only gathered the Yang Extremity True Qi and released it explosively. Its high-temperature characteristic was still present, and the energy nature was not pure, still resulting in energy loss and waste.
After all, a large proportion of the high-temperature force condensed from the Yang Extremity True Qi was based on the word 'high-temperature', but this kind of high-temperature force was completely useless to him now. It was incomparable to the Blazing Star Envoy's flames.
Therefore, he had just explored another way of releasing force.
That was to refine the condensed force to an extremely pure state.
Then, store this pure force within the body and release it suddenly when needed, unleashing an attack far exceeding the usual.
And his strongest attack method now was strength, ultimate strength.
The blessings of various Spirit Beasts entering his body had already brought his strength attribute to an extremely powerful level, and coupled with the Great Strength talent, it had reached a terrifying level.
“If this hypothesis of mine can be established, then the strength advantage will definitely have a very significant improvement.”
Lin Sheng's eyes lit up.
He immediately began to attempt to condense it.
He kept the necessary parts of the Yang Extremity Art, discarded all the unnecessary parts, and then explored with his own experience.
Half a day later.
Lin Sheng sat cross-legged on a green stone by the bamboo forest stream, his eyes slightly closed.
He was completely still, looking like a stone sculpture. If one could see inside his body, they would be surprised to find that his meridians and organs were vibrating slightly at this moment.
A subtle, almost transparent energy slowly appeared within his body as his organs and meridians continuously vibrated.
Suddenly, Lin Sheng opened his eyes and raised his right hand to press down on the ground.
At the same time, the subtle energy accumulated within his body instantly surged into his right arm.
Only to see the veins on Lin Sheng's right arm slightly bulge, followed by a bang.
The ground trembled, and a deep pit three to four meters deep appeared in front of him.
Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
“As expected, after refining this energy and eliminating unnecessary waste, the destructive power is significantly improved.”
However, although this direction was confirmed to be feasible, the accumulation efficiency of this energy was a bit slow, and the power was still somewhat insufficient for him now. Even cultivating the Yang Extremity Art to the last layer would only stop at the Blood Transportation Realm.
The speed of condensing True Qi was still too slow for him.
He tapped his temple with his finger, thinking about how to increase the upper limit of this skill and speed up the condensation rate.
After a while, he seemed to have thought of something and put down his finger.
“This method of condensing True Qi energy within the body and instantly unleashing it when used is no longer within the scope of a skill. To be precise, it should be considered a secret technique, a unique explosive secret technique.”
Lin Sheng murmured softly.
“Since it's an explosive secret technique, perhaps I can refer to other explosive secret techniques, and even talents.”
The more he thought about it, the brighter the light in his eyes became, confirming the possibility of this line of thought.
He had cultivated several explosive secret techniques so far, from the initial Ape Demon Transformation to the current Azure Extreme Pulse Transformation and the Bai Xiang Zhen Yue Gong's Hundred Elephant Vajra Body, all of which belonged to the category of explosive secret techniques.
He had quite a bit of experience in researching secret techniques.
He imagined the common points of these secret methods in his mind, but quickly frowned slightly.
Although these explosive secret techniques also required the consumption of blood and qi, their main focus was still on their own Bloodline potential. There wasn't much to refer to from the Yang Extremity Art.
Since it wasn't very useful, he didn't waste time on these secret methods.
Immediately, his body expanded in the bamboo forest, and dense, steel-needle-like black hair grew wildly from his skin, his entire body standing upright like a giant human-bear, resembling both a person and a bear.
This was his appearance after the Giant Spirit Bear entered his body and he didn't suppress the change in size.
“Talent: Giant Strength (Level 3)”
With a thought, the Level 3 Giant Strength talent was activated.
In an instant, his sturdy and massive body trembled, and the muscles bulging high beneath the dense fur bulged again, his large tendons prominent and twisted, and even his original black fur subtly took on a hint of blood red.
Feeling the terrifying power that surged within his body, Lin Sheng's attention was entirely focused on the changes in his body when the talent was activated.
Speaking of which, he had various Spirit Beasts, and even Demonic Beasts, that had entered his body, but he hadn't explored the talents of these Spirit Beasts much. He basically just mastered their talent abilities and confirmed their effects, and that was enough.
This was the first time he had felt the talent of a Spirit Beast in such detail.
However, the talent activated very quickly, completing the transformation in an instant.
Lin Sheng immediately deactivated the Giant Strength talent, and then activated it again.
Deactivate... Activate... Deactivate... Activate...
In the bamboo forest, one could see a strong young man, transforming into a terrifyingly robust human-bear in the blink of an eye, only to quickly shrink back to his original appearance, and then transform again.
If someone saw such a bizarre scene, they would either be scared and turn to run, or they would think they were dreaming.
It wasn't until half an hour later that the changes in the bamboo forest finally stopped.
Lin Sheng stroked his chin and fell into thought.
“The activation of talent is also from the inside out, at least the Giant Strength talent is like this. By intensely squeezing the inside, and then attaching the force to the muscles and bones, one's own strength is amplified. However, although the strength is amplified several times, the physique is not strengthened, so it can only be used for a short time, otherwise the body will collapse.”
In half an hour, he had activated and deactivated the Giant Strength talent dozens of times.
Finally, he also discovered some clues about the Giant Strength talent.
At this moment, he had deactivated the entry of all Spirit Beasts into his body.
He sat back on the large green stone and began to try to mobilize the blood and qi, meridians and bones within his body, simulating the trajectory of the Giant Strength talent when it was activated.
As his thoughts flickered, his entire body's muscles immediately tightened, and his internal organs, meridians, and bones all began to vibrate. At first, the speed was very slow, but as time passed, the vibration frequency became faster and faster.
Crack... Crackle... Crackle...
A crisp sound of bones came from within his body, followed by a series of bone explosions that were incessant.
After a while, the sound of bones gradually subsided. Looking closely, Lin Sheng's strong physique seemed to have shrunk a little.
This was just the first step. Next, one could see the blood vessels on Lin Sheng's skin clearly bulging, three or four times larger than normal, like small green and black snakes crawling and twisting on the surface.
Suddenly, the prominent veins contracted sharply, shrinking to the size of matchsticks.
Gurgle—
A strange sound came from within his body.
The veins continued to contract, and still did not stop until they were as thick as embroidery needles.
At this moment, there was a muffled pop.
The skin and flesh on Lin Sheng's arm tore, and blood spurted out, followed by his shoulder, chest, waist, and abdomen, where blood vessels ruptured.
“Did it fail?”
Opening his eyes, Lin Sheng gently exhaled.
Giving up the idea of continuing to compress, the ruptured blood vessels quickly stopped, and the wounds gradually healed.
“Indeed, the talents of Spirit Beasts are not as easy as imagined, and cannot be easily achieved. Even relaxing a bit makes it difficult to simulate, and instead, one can be easily injured if careless.”
Although this attempt to simulate the Giant Strength talent ended in failure, Lin Sheng's face showed no sign of discouragement, but rather excitement.
Because he had a faint premonition that perhaps the talents of these Spirit Beasts could ultimately be simulated.
If this matter succeeded, its significance to him would be considerable.
It should be known that in addition to their terrifying physical quality, the talents of Spirit Beasts often seemed even more important. This was beyond doubt.
Take the simplest Giant Spirit Bear as an example. Its physical strength and other aspects are not weak, but if it didn't have the Giant Strength talent, its danger level would be greatly reduced.
It might even be unable to defeat some of the top low-level Spirit Beasts.
Those truly powerful Spirit Beasts basically possess extremely terrifying talents.
Although the simulation was not successful, Lin Sheng had obtained the answer he wanted.
Because the movement changes during the activation of the Giant Strength talent had a few similarities with the Yang Extremity Art.
Simply relying on one's own control of the body to simulate the Giant Strength talent is not only highly prone to failure, but also extremely dangerous. However, if one attempts to simulate the Blood Transportation trajectory of the Giant Strength talent using the Yang Extremity Art's compression and condensation method, there might not be a lack of success.
Thinking of this, he immediately began to experiment.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, he attempted to simulate the Giant Strength talent using the Yang Extremity Art's method of internal compression.
...
At the same time, on the other side.
Outside Clear Water City, two figures left the city. After several miles, their speed suddenly increased, turning into two phantoms heading straight for Yan County.
The figure in front was a slightly shorter, thin old man with a mess of white hair and a slightly bald forehead. A foot-long pipe hung from his waist.
“Lao Bao, I would have been enough to come alone this time. It would have been better for you to be in charge of the relocation point in the temple. Why bother making the trip?”
Huang Quan, who was walking in front, said without looking back. As his voice fell, his steps did not stop, and he had already darted dozens of meters away.
Behind him was a strong man with a simple and honest appearance, who was Jin Qianbao.
“This is a rare Genius in our Dark Star who became a Blazing Star Envoy without reaching the Divine Transformation Realm in so many years. I only heard about such things before, and now that it's happening right before my eyes, I naturally have to take a look.”
Lao Bao said in a muffled voice. He took very large strides. Although his frequency was not as high as Huang Quan's, each step covered a distance of tens of meters, and he followed closely behind, not falling behind by half a step.
“That's right. Speaking of which, I was quite surprised to learn about this. I didn't expect it to be Brother Lin. To be honest, I've watched Brother Lin grow to this point every step of the way. Every time I meet him, he brings me quite a shock. This time, he actually became a Blazing Star Envoy directly. It's truly like a dream.”
Hearing this, Huang Quan shook his head, with a black cloth package on his back, and his words were full of sighs.
When he learned that the new Blazing Star Envoy was Lin Sheng, it was completely beyond his expectation.
It should be known that even the few seeds in the Dark Star were not all qualified to receive such treatment.
“Lin Sheng, the Sect Leader of the Seven Forms Sect who repelled the Imperial Court, Tianxiang Sword Sect, and others in the Congyun Mountains back then. I was quite curious when I first heard about this. I didn't expect this child to also be one of us in the Dark Star.” Jin Qianbao followed behind, his eyes flickering, and slowly said.
“Yes, this child is valued by Lord Thousand Faces. Who would have thought he would grow to this point? And from the meaning above, Brother Lin might even have the possibility of becoming a disciple of that person this time. If he succeeds, tsk tsk tsk, it would definitely be a great thing for the Dark Star.”
Huang Quan tightened the package on his back and sighed again.
“Alas, but that person's temper is a problem. Even for a Genius like Brother Lin, there is still such a test. Even the direct disciples of the two Pavilion Masters might not dare to easily attempt this secret method.”
“That person even has the intention of taking a disciple? It seems this Lin Sheng is indeed extremely capable. I'm truly eager to meet him.”
Jin Qianbao chuckled and slowly spoke.
"Don't worry, Yan County is not far. We should be able to reach it tomorrow. I'll introduce you then..."