Endless Road: Asura's Extraordinary Journey

Chapter 26 The Art of Combat

Two Weeks Later

"cut!"

A small sword light flashed through the air and hit a monster beast that was in the early stages of creating fog.

"Roar!"

The beast howled in pain, and a huge wound tore open on its side. Gu Ling took the opportunity to rush forward quickly, dodging the injured beast's attack, and then pierced the sword deeply into the beast's body. , kill it.

Gu Ling put the beast's body into the storage space and continued moving forward.

"This is the 10th monster in the early stage of fog creation that I have killed so far. These combat experiences really gave me a deeper understanding of Xuanshan Sword.

After two weeks of continuous fighting, Gu Ling's understanding of the mountain-grinding sword and the five-step movement method reached a new level. Although he was still stuck on the second step, he felt that he was close to successfully executing the third step.

In addition, he practiced the Immortal Asura Body every night and studied the Heavenly Thunder Wen Jade Piece. Every night, Gu Ling would send his soul into the palace to temper his will in front of the evil gate and strengthen his soul in front of the holy gate.

Although Gu Ling could only hold on for a few minutes in front of the evil gate, this short time was enough to gradually strengthen his willpower. His persistence in the face of pure evil not only tempered his nerves but also strengthened his resolve.

"I am making rapid progress in all aspects of my cultivation. At this rate, I should be able to reach the peak of fog creation before the competition. Gu Ling said excitedly.

After walking for a while, Gu Ling suddenly stopped and had an idea in his mind.

"Although my greatsword is still useful, it is only a body-level weapon. My only Mist Creation-level weapon is a scythe, but it doesn't have any martial arts. Gu Ling thought to himself,"I want to know if I can use the sickle to perform the mountain-shattering sword technique?""

A black sickle appeared in Gu Ling's hand, and he assumed an attack posture of crushing swordsmanship in the mountains.

"This scythe is really heavy."Gu Ling sighed. The weight of the sickle made his body sink slightly. He tensed his muscles to support the weight of the sickle.

After a long period of practice, Gu Ling has been able to skillfully inject Qi through the required meridians and into the weapon..

Gu Ling concentrated for a moment, and then sent Qi into the meridian channels according to the key points of Shattering Mountain Sword Technique. As more Qi was injected into it, his sickle began to glow slightly, and he tried his best to swing the sickle forward.

"boom!"

The ground in front of Gu Ling churned violently, and a big crater appeared. Gu Ling was violently knocked back by the force of the backlash, and his face instantly turned pale.

Gu Ling was lying on the ground, dirty and covered in blood. He was in pain. He curled up and breathed heavily. He used the remaining strength to take out a Mist of Life healing elixir and swallowed it.

Gu Ling struggled to sit up and began to guide the effect of the elixir to treat wounds throughout his body. A few times An hour later, Gu Ling finally opened his eyes. His face returned to normal.

"I almost killed myself! Fortunately, I strengthened my body here, otherwise I might have died under the impact of that force. The effects of cultivating your energy and strengthening your body are amazing."

Gu Ling calmed down and then recalled the attack that seriously injured him.

"My ki control was perfect, but when it came to pouring ki into the weapon, I felt inconsistent. Rather than channeling the chi directly into the blade, I directed it first through the handle of the scythe and then to the curved blade at the top. That's when I lost control of my martial arts. Half of the power was channeled correctly, and the other half exploded in front of me"

"I think this kind of martial arts is really only suitable for giant swords. But it has to be said that the power of this attack is amazing. Even with half the power wasted, it's still much more powerful than when I used the greatsword. Differences in weapon quality do make a difference"

"This attack can be used as a backup if there is a situation that the greatsword cannot handle. It just took a toll on myself and almost drained me of all my energy. I would only use this as a last resort."

Gu Ling focused on returning to his best condition, then got up and continued moving forward. A few hours later, Gu Ling suddenly stopped and his breathing became rapid.

"That's Shugus!"

When Gu Ling was walking through the forest, he found a tree gus sleeping on a branch. The gus was two hundred meters in front of him and had not yet noticed Gu Ling's presence.

"It is in the late stages of fogging."

Gu Ling tried not to make a sound and retreated cautiously.

"I can't fight it."

Gu Ling stepped back a few kilometers and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I think I went too deep into the forest. Let me see where we are. Gu Ling thought as he took out the map.

Based on his movement direction in the past few weeks, Gu Ling deduced that he was roughly between the Gu clan and the Kingdom of Fear.

"If I turned north, I should reach the Kingdom of Fear after a few hundred kilometers. There also seemed to be a few towns and villages along the way. I think I will choose this direction to go forward, which is my original goal."

Putting away the map, Gu Ling turned and walked north, starting to move towards the Kingdom of Fear. As night fell, Gu Ling decided to camp for the night. After setting up the outer array, Gu Ling took out the one he had killed earlier. The corpse of an early beast in the fog-making realm.

He made an incision between the animal's brows and extracted the blood essence. According to the immortal Asura's body diagram, Gu Ling guided the blood essence into the sphere. When the blood entered the sphere, Gu Ling felt The energy in the body increases slightly before it stops absorbing

"Um? It stops absorbing blood? How is this going?"

Just when Gu Ling was about to probe his consciousness into the sphere to investigate, a dull roar echoed in his body. A shocked expression appeared on Gu Ling's face

"Did I advance? Gu Ling stared at his spherical Dantian, filled with doubts,"Has my Dantian advanced to the Middle Mist Creation Realm?" Is this cultivation speed a bit exaggerated?"

When Gu Ling carefully observed his spherical Dantian and tried to extract some Qi, he was surprised to find that the nature of the Qi had changed. If before it was as thin as silk and almost imperceptible, now it is as thick as early morning The thick fog. This is obviously a sign that he has advanced to the middle stage of the Creation Mist Realm.

"I actually made the cut! Gu Ling shouted happily.

But while he was happy, Gu Ling began to think,"Wait, there should be a bottleneck, right?" My father once said that every level of improvement will have a corresponding bottleneck. Why haven't I experienced this?"Gu Ling thought about this problem, but could only speculate that due to the mysterious nature of the sphere, he did not encounter bottlenecks in the cultivation process.

"The gas gushing out of the sphere was strange enough. Maybe when I was practicing Dantian, I didn't follow the regular practice rules. However, the lack of bottlenecks means my progress will be faster. Unfortunately, I can't use the Qi in the ball's Dantian to perform a Jingqi attack. I've tried using it to attack, but for some reason, it refuses to obey my commands once I try to use it to cultivate the Asura body or use it for anything other than physical attacks. It seems I can only use it to keep fit."

Gu Ling once again focused his attention on his spherical Dantian, and focused on refining Qi from it according to the Immortal Asura body diagram and guiding it to the whole body. After a while, Gu Ling opened his eyes in surprise

"I can feel my body is stronger than before." Gu Ling had a smile on his face as he stood up. Instead of using Qi to nourish and strengthen his body, he focused on using it explosively to strengthen his body. For those who cultivate themselves, Qi has two uses method. The first method is to deliver stable and gentle nourishing Qi to the whole body. The body will slowly absorb the Qi and become stronger in the process. This is the main way for practitioners to strengthen their bodies. Each type of cultivation Physical exercises are all based on body cultivation methods and extract different qi essences. Each cultivation method has different meridian channels in the nourishing process. The second way for practitioners to use qi is to use it explosively. Powerful Attacks. By delivering powerful bursts of Chi to the body, cultivators are able to stimulate their bodies to their peak and unleash powerful physical attacks. The stronger their bodies are, the more Chi they can withstand, and the attacks become The stronger he gets.

What Gu Ling is doing now is to explosively send Qi from his spherical Dantian outward toward his fist. However, the immortal Asura body technique does not provide any martial arts guidance, so Gu Ling can only He guided his Qi to the easiest path and released it with his fist.

Gu Ling stood in front of a boulder and punched it out

"boom!"

Huge cracks appeared on the boulder, and eventually began to collapse and fall apart. Gu Ling looked at his fist and smiled with satisfaction

"Even such a simple attack is very powerful. I can only imagine how powerful it would be once I learned some physical training techniques. I need to master some physical martial arts as soon as possible."Gu Ling did not master physical training martial arts when he was in the Gu clan. One of the reasons is that the Gu clan is a clan of elite practitioners. The other reason is that Gu Ling only started to cultivate his body after leaving the clan.