Endless Road: Asura's Extraordinary Journey

Chapter 33 Sickle Technique

"Gu Ling opened the pages of the book and read the introduction of the"Splitting Sickle" carefully."What a name. It does sound impressive," he admired heartily.

As his eyes wandered between the words, Gu Ling gradually became immersed in them. A few hours passed before he came back to his senses from this introduction to martial arts.

"so deep......Wait, how long have I been working on this? Gu Ling looked at the sky outside the window and exclaimed. He remembered that when he started reading, the sun had not risen yet, but now it was nightfall.

Gu Ling flipped through the pages of the book again, with various thoughts surging in his heart. This martial arts Learning gave him a feeling of being in another space, and the profound meaning contained in the words seemed to be beyond his understanding.

"These descriptions are too profound. I can only imagine what the original was like." He thought silently about what he had read, spending hours gathering his thoughts.

"This page seems to illustrate the creator's insight into the nature of the scythe. Not only that, but there are powerful combat techniques that utilize this understanding. Unfortunately, my initial guess was correct, this page is only part of a complete martial arts."

Gu Ling frowned because this martial arts was incomplete. However, even so, the depth of this martial arts far exceeded any technique he had ever seen. The body of the Immortal Asura that he had come into contact with before and esoteric techniques such as Tianlei script are all cultivation techniques, and these are real combat techniques.

"The words on the page seem to hold the key to understanding the nature of martial arts. It describes the first three steps of this martial art, each step increasing in depth. Each step seemed to map the meridians and acupuncture pathways of Qi, but its complexity made me doubt my ability to master it quickly."Just releasing the first step of Qi is beyond his current ability.

Thinking that he can't even perform the first step of this martial arts, Gu Ling is inevitably a little frustrated. However, as he thinks more deeply, his frustration Gradually replaced by excitement

"The more difficult a combat skill is to learn, the more powerful it should be. I will eventually master the first step, and then it will become a great advantage for me......At the same time, I can also learn the Wanyan Scythe Technique."

Gu Ling closed the page of the Shenshou Scythe Technique and took out the scroll of the Wanyan Sickle Technique. He studied martial arts for several hours before he regained his sanity.

"This martial art seems to consist of three stages. The first stage of attack is just right for me; the second stage may be something I can master in the middle stage of the fog-making realm; and the third stage can only be used in the late stage of the fog-making realm."

The scroll describes three different attack methods in detail, each of which requires a corresponding amount of energy to launch. Similar to the five-step movement technique, the Wanxi Sickle Technique superimposes each attack on the previous attack to form a powerful continuous Attack. This is an extremely destructive combat technique that focuses on power and destruction

"The meridian paths described in the book are quite complex, but I should be able to master the first step quickly," Gu Ling thought. He was confident in his ability to understand and did not shrink from the difficulty of the task.

Gu Ling put away the book Martial arts, practiced for a while before climbing into bed. He was about to fall asleep, his mind went blank

"I should also buy a body-building combat skill! Now I had a strong body but couldn't get the most out of it. The body-building combat skills have significantly improved my combat effectiveness."

Gu Ling thought about learning a body-building combat skill the next day, but in the end he gave up the idea.

"I have learned a lot of martial arts now and don’t even have time to practice other martial arts. After I master the martial arts I am learning now, it will not be too late to learn physical training and combat skills. Gu Ling thought before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, Gu Ling woke up and started practicing. A few hours later, his stomach began to growl in protest.

"Looks like I missed breakfast. I should go find a restaurant nearby. Gu Ling thought as he got up and left the hotel. Within a few minutes of leaving, he found a two-story restaurant. He walked in and found a seat to sit down.

"Sir, what would you like to eat today?"The waiter asked. Gu Ling looked at the menu for a while, and then decided to try the special dish of the day - meat pie. After ordering, Gu Ling looked at the scenery outside the window, thinking about how to arrange the next journey.

Just in time While he was deep in thought, he heard two men at the table next to him talking.

"Did you hear that? Someone posted a mission that required some escorts to travel through the Tianxi Forest. Should we take on this mission?" said one person enthusiastically

"do you have any requests? asked another.

"It is said that they need cultivators who are in the middle mist creation realm, but I guess they will also consider cultivators like us who are in the early mist creation realm."The first person replied

"It's better not to take risks, the requirements for those tasks are usually quite strict. If they really need practitioners in the realm of creation in the fog, then we shouldn’t ask for trouble. Let's wait for other tasks."Another person replied. The first person was silent after hearing this. When

Gu Ling heard this, he couldn't help but interject:"Excuse me, where was the mission you mentioned released?"

The two of them turned to look at Gu Ling. They were about to ignore him, but they noticed his cultivation level.

"A teenage boy actually reached the early stage of mist creation? He is definitely not an ordinary person."The first person thought

"There is a bulletin board in the center of town where anyone can post quests. Sometimes people need help from practitioners for various reasons. If you have enough strength, this is a good opportunity to make money."The first person explained patiently

"That's it, thank you for the information."Gu Ling smiled and thanked

"Maybe I can find some interesting tasks to do. Gu Ling thought. After eating, Gu Ling thanked the two people again for their information, and then went to where the bulletin board was. Fifteen minutes later, he arrived at the bulletin board and found that many people had gathered around him.

Gu Ling Ling walked through the crowd and finally came to the front of the board of directors. Many people who were pushed aside were ready to angrily criticize Gu Ling's behavior, but when they saw the badge on his robe, they immediately stood up in awe.

"What mission do we have here?......mansion guard...No. Protecting the farm from body-level beasts? No...Ah, this is it. Escort the mission to the nearby kingdom of Rael; the training requirement is to create it in the fog."Gu Ling wrote down the location and time of the gathering before leaving the area.

"The notice said we would meet in two days.......There is still plenty of time. In the meantime, I should find a place to practice the Scythe of All Destruction."Gu Ling decided to leave the city limits of the Kingdom of Fear and head to the nearby forest because he was worried that his attack would cause some damage.

An hour later, Gu Ling arrived at the forest and settled down in an open space.

"This place is nice. There's nothing to spoil and it's quite remote."Gu Ling took out his sickle. The weight of the sickle made his arm droop slightly.

"Even now, it's still very heavy. While I can control it and use it properly, I would quickly run out of strength fighting with such a heavy weapon. I'm supposed to use my greatsword in normal combat and only bring out this weapon in desperate situations." Gu Ling assumed a broad and firm posture and concentrated his attention.

After studying this martial art in depth the night before, Gu Ling was already very familiar with the basic principles of this martial art. Now he must put these principles into practice.

Gu Ling followed the meridian path described in the technique and sent out a burst of Qi from his Dantian. His Qi surged out of his body and towards his sickle. At this time, he waved the sickle with all his strength.

"puff!"

A weak sound echoed from the sickle, but nothing happened. A frustrated expression appeared on Gu Ling's face

"This martial art requires me to send chi through three different meridian paths, which reach the weapon in a certain order. Each surge strengthens and stacks with each other, resulting in a powerful attack. I must have messed up my timing somewhere."Gu Ling stood firm again and tried to perform the martial art again, but failed again.

The day quickly turned into night, because Gu Ling had been focusing on learning this martial art. After practicing until late at night, Gu Ling set up camp and began to rest.

Waking up early the next morning, Gu Ling started practicing the Wanyan Scythe again. Finally, after several hours of failure,

"Bang!"

A blast of sickle air was blown out, and several trees thirty meters in front of Gu Ling were cut in half and fell to the ground with a crash.

"Success! Gu Ling shouted, his face filled with joy and exhaustion.