Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Bajiquan Breakthrough! (Request for Followers, Request for Yue Tickets, Request for Recommendation Tickets!)
Wang Sheng had basically mastered all the skills that were beneficial to him.
Although the levels weren’t high, with time, none of these were a problem.
After the progress bar for the Six Harmonies Spear had appeared, he gained two more skills.
“Rice Planting: 4 (35%)” and “Iron Wood Planting: 1 (1%)”
Qingshan Village was located in the south, where the main food crop was rice, so the level of Rice Planting was not too low after it appeared.
Iron Wood Planting, like the Six Harmonies Spear, was something neither the current Wang Sheng nor his original self had ever touched, so naturally, the level was the lowest.
Wang Sheng had also discovered a hidden feature of the progress bar.
That was, the more you understood a skill, the faster you could improve it.
Take the example of planting various herbs from before; due to the existence of “Herb Recognition,” he was very familiar with the habits of various herbs, and thus the progress of planting them increased rapidly.
Previously, either he didn’t understand the skills at all, or he understood them to a similar degree, or they were improved on their own, so he hadn’t noticed.
It wasn’t until this time, when he was simultaneously planting rice and Iron Wood, that he noticed this with the comparison.
And the substantial increase in his progress bar when he asked the villagers, who had decades of rice planting experience, for planting tips further proved this point.
“What a pity I have nobody to consult for my Foundation Method!”
The path of Inner Core Skill was forcibly carved out, with no way to consult others, only able to accumulate slowly, practicing every day.
In such days, time always slipped away unnoticed, and over ten days had passed again.
Because Wang Sheng had many skills, normally over ten days wouldn’t bring any significant changes like before.
But this time was different.
Because his Invisible Fist had reached its peak.
Previously, the Invisible Fist had reached level 9, and he was practically proficient in all routines and moves.
However, the progress before was “Invisible Fist: 9 (20%).” Over ten days, as Wang Sheng had reached level 9 in Invisible Fist, he allocated a bit more time to practicing it.
Until today, the progress had reached “Invisible Fist: 9 (99.95%)”
This meant the first breakthrough in Invisible Fist would happen today.
When it came time to practice Invisible Fist, Wang Sheng didn’t hesitate and began to execute the moves.
As he practiced, the progress bar continued to increase.
Roughly half an hour later, his progress had grown to 99.99%, and he hadn’t completed his final set yet.
“Ha!”
As Wang Sheng landed his final punch, the progress changed.
“Invisible Fist: Breakthrough+1 (1%)”
Invisible Fist had broken through its limit.
Just then, after the breakthrough, Wang Sheng subconsciously threw a fist.
Explosive Punch!
With this punch, the Qi Blood Power, which he wasn’t even sure how much had enhanced, surged wildly as the punch’s power burst forth with Invisible Fist.
Whoosh!
This punch produced a fierce gust, lifting all the surrounding rocks and hurling them toward the distance.
Blinding gravel!
When all the dust settled, before Wang Sheng was a ditch nearly a meter deep and nearly two meters wide, stretching out almost ten meters and smashing the courtyard’s fence.
What was once a tidy yard was now in complete disarray after just one punch, with almost nothing left in its original place.
Wang Sheng saw this scene and fixedly looked at his fist.
Before, he had been able to combine the strength of his body and the amplification of Qi Blood Power to create a sonic boom, unleashing an Invisible Fist Mark of considerable power.
But like now, he had never thrown a punch with this kind of power.
He thought of a characteristic of the Eight Extremes Fist.
The Eight Extremes Fist generates power from the heels, passes through the waist, and explodes through the fingertips, producing a huge burst of force, allowing the user to unleash explosive Fist Wind within a very small space, and is famous for its explosive Fist Wind.
It seemed that after this Breakthrough, the effects of this Fist Wind had been magnified countless times.
What now carried the Fist Wind of the Eight Extremes Fist was not merely pure strength, but also the effectiveness of Qi Blood Power.
Having broken through once with the Eight Extremes Fist, Qi Blood Power could be used not only for reducing the disease and enhancing strength but also for explosive release.
This was yet another trump card.
Having a means of long-range attack, and not a low-power one at that, was definitely a good thing.
“Not bad!”
Although it wasn’t a particularly huge transformation, it was just the first Breakthrough, and to have such a transformation was already quite good.
It was estimated that after the third transformation, there would be an even more formidable transformation.
Looking at the messy courtyard, Wang Sheng did not immediately clean up; instead, he wanted to test out the Eight Extremes Fist after the Breakthrough, to experiment with different uses.
With a push of his feet, he instantly created a hole in the ground, the saying “With a swing, the torso crashes the skies; with a stomp, the foot shakes the nine provinces” about the Eight Extremes Fist was not just talk.
After the Breakthrough, this momentum had become even more apparent.
As he pushed off with his feet, the water in the tank behind him also started to splash, showing the power of this kick.
With such a strong build-up, the resulting punch was naturally not weak.
This time, Wang Sheng deliberately threw a punch.
The airflow was not as violent as before but was more concentrated, which didn’t mean the power was any less.
This punch fully demonstrated the principle “Body like a bow, fist like an arrow,” even the airflow from the punch was like an arrow, like the breath of a deity. With one punch, the arrow traveled dozens of meters, hitting a section of bamboo outside the courtyard.
Penetrating several bamboo stems, it left a perfectly round hole, the cut as if it had been made by some machine, smooth and even.
With one hit, aside from not having the range of an arrow, the power and effect of the punch were by no means inferior, even possibly stronger.
“Indeed, it’s strong enough!”
With such powerful force at such a distance, Wang Sheng could imagine how strong it would be in close combat.
However, he didn’t stop testing.
This time, he didn’t enhance it with Qi Blood Power.
As expected, this time the Eight Extremes Fist still generated Fist Wind and a sonic boom, but the power was much less than before.
The first Breakthrough with the Eight Extremes Fist, rather than saying it enhanced his Fist Wind, it would be more accurate to say it allowed him to mobilize Qi Blood Power, making the application of Qi Blood Power more versatile.
In addition to reducing the disease and enhancing strength, he now had an effect similar to an outward release.
Qi Blood Power truly deserved to be the foundational force, indispensable to everything; Wang Sheng’s understanding of this deepened.
Perhaps in the future, Qi Blood Power could be used to the extent of shooting the Void Bow.
At that time, by relying solely on Qi Blood Power, he would be able to gather a bow and shoot the force out, killing enemies thousands of miles away.
Of course, for him now, that was still too early.
After all, even using the techniques of the Eight Extremes Fist, he could only shoot the Fist Wind a few dozen meters.
It was still far from what he had imagined!
But this Breakthrough with the Eight Extremes Fist had already given him hope that in the future, it might indeed be achievable!