area51novel Chapter 466: Illusionary Blade Flowing Swordsmanship Full Level
Chapter 466: Illusionary Blade Flowing Swordsmanship Full Level
The number of secret manuals was considerable.
There were quite a few second and third-class martial arts secret manuals, and also many first-class martial arts.
Most were obtained when Kublai led his great army to annihilate some of the major sects in the Northern Lands.
Or sometimes, instead of annihilating, he would directly lead his army to threaten and intimidate the disciples of these major sects, forcing them to hand over their secret manuals for self-preservation.
In this way,
it can be said that Kublai’s army was not lacking in secret manuals, especially with the addition of ascenders like Yuwen Chengdu and players, providing Kublai with military strategies and talents for southern and northern expeditions.
The number of schemed secret manuals continued to increase.
Kublai merely needed to pull out some copied secret manuals, which was not difficult.
Of course.
Ding Ling knew all this thanks to Hoduo’s information.
Rustle!
Ding Ling flipped through the secret manuals quickly.
Before long.
He finished reading all the second and third-class manuals to full level. Although there was no increase in the four-dimensional attribute points, the depth of his foundation was increasingly reflected in the Martial Arts Melting Furnace within Ding Ling’s sea of consciousness.
Moreover, Ding Ling’s mastery over the fusion of Qi was continuously enhancing.
Becoming more and more natural and seamless.
After finishing the second and third-class martial arts secret manuals.
Ding Ling started on the first-class secret manuals.
He quickly finished the first one.
[Frost Flow Blade Technique Full Level]
[Strength +0.2]
[Defense +0.1]
This was a saber technique secret manual from a major sect in the Northern Lands.
Rumored to be connected with Japan.
Its authenticity unknown, but this saber technique was indeed extraordinary. Once executed, the frost Qi flowed rampantly, transforming into a brilliant saber light that sliced down, leaving ordinary people helpless.
[Illusionary Blade Flowing Swordsmanship Full Level]
[Strength +0.2]
[Defense +0.1]
Similarly, this was a saber technique purportedly from Japan.
Once executed, the sword light shimmered, seemingly able to manifest countless sword lights in an instant, making it impossible to discern the true sword, then taking the chance to strike down, vanquishing the opponent in an instant.
Next.
Various first-class sword skills, saber techniques, and spear skills followed.
Ding Ling gained full mastery of them all.
After reaching full level.
Ding Ling would habitually practice them a couple of times, to become familiar with these martial arts, making it easier to switch among various martial skills during future executions.
Hoduo watched clearly from the side, utterly shocked and filled with reverence again towards Ding Ling!
In his eyes, he always considered himself a genius, but compared to Ding Ling?
There was simply no comparison.
Not to mention him,
Golden Wheel Dharma King, Darma, and others felt similarly, only left to be crushed by Ding Ling.
’The commander planning to eliminate Ding Ling was the greatest miscalculation.’
Hoduo’s heart surged turbulently, unable to calm:
"Seems like I need to plan ahead, as going down with the commander is out of the question."
Hoduo had long seen through, Ding Ling was someone who would never be manipulated.
And with Kublai being so authoritative, if Ding Ling accepted arrangements it would be fine, but if he resisted or offended, or followed instructions without commitment, the existing tensions would surely reignite, leading to a stalemate again.
And now that Ding Ling prematurely triggered these tensions, it was bound to surprise Kublai, perhaps even catching him off guard!
No one would have imagined.
Despite the generous hospitality, Ding Ling would still refuse!
Little did they know that Ding Ling’s goal was to achieve immortality with Little Dragon Girl, Diao Chan, and others; the mere position of National Preceptor couldn’t sway him?
More so, observing Hoduo’s subtle expressions, he already knew something was definitely amiss, how could he fall for it?
Although he couldn’t see through Kublai’s plans,
seeing through Hoduo up close was sufficient!
As long as he understood the enemy’s basic plan,
he wouldn’t take the bait,
nor succumb to enticement,
what recourse could Kublai possibly have?
[Strength 60]
After consecutively practicing three first-class supreme techniques,
strength reached the upper limit in this world.
Ding Ling proceeded to practice eight more first-class supreme techniques.
[Defense +0.9]
At the end, the defense was:
[53.5]
Not far from breaking through to 60.
As his strength reached a new stage,
Ding Ling could distinctly sense his power once again breaking a shackle, entering a new realm.
If he combined this strength with fusion Qi, it would be absolutely astounding. Not even a Martial Arts Grandmaster could withstand it.
"I wonder how much True Water a Martial Arts Grandmaster has?"
Ding Ling felt that he wasn’t far off from reaching the realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster either.
Otherwise, how could he possibly kill Five Extremes level experts with such ease?
Besides the five-fold, ten-fold multiplication from fusion Qi, along with his enormous strength and cultivation technique being the Nine Yang Divine Skill and other top divine skills,
it also had to do with Ding Ling himself nearing Innate Perfection.
Ding Ling picked up the Great Medicine and began to consume.
Crunch, crunch!
Ding Ling bypassed the 200-year, 300-year Great Medicine, and directly ate the 400-year ones first.
Once consumed, it was refined by the Five Great Breathing Techniques.
[Defense +0.2]
Strength, agility, and physique had reached their limit and couldn’t be increased, so all energy went into defense, adding 0.2 to defense directly.
Ding Ling nodded secretly.
Quite nice indeed.
As he continuously consumed the Great Medicine, the resistance to the Great Medicine in this world was also steadily increasing.
The enhancement in physical attributes from consuming the Great Medicine was waning with the 200-year types.
The 300-year ones’ effectiveness gradually diminishing.
The 400-year ones were pretty effective.
Ding Ling went directly for the 400-year ones.
He consumed fifteen or sixteen of them in this manner.
[Defense +2.1]
As he ate more, the efficacy decreased.
Ding Ling then ate the 500-year ones, which were of superb quality and numbered around two hundred, surpassing the batch from Xiangyang.
Clearly, Kublai went to great lengths to lure him and hook him in.
But now, they all benefited Ding Ling instead.
Ding Ling ate a 500-year one, boosting his defense by 0.3 directly.
The effect was very potent.
But as he continued eating, the effects waned. Even so, after consuming more than twenty, his defense increased by 3.9 directly.
[Defense: 60]
Now defense had also reached its maximum value.
Ding Ling could distinctly feel his skin becoming increasingly resilient, to the point where ordinary blade and axe strikes wouldn’t injure him!
Comparable to wearing six layers of leather armor!
The defense level was evident.
Not to mention the Nine Yang Divine Skill’s Gang Qi protective membrane was constantly operating.
"Excellent."
Ding Ling was very satisfied.
With just about forty Great Medicine consumed, he fully maximized his defense.
Ding Ling glanced at the remaining more than a hundred Great Medicines.
He immediately began consuming them.
Starting from the 200-year ones.
[Inner Power Value +1]
[Inner Power Value +1]
...
There were as many as a hundred and twenty 200-year ones.
He consumed them all.
[Inner Power Value +60]
Although the efficacy lessened over time,
they still provided a significant enhancement.
Subsequently, Ding Ling consumed over thirty of the 300-year ones.
After eating,
[Inner Power Value +30]
The final few remaining ones were the 600-year types, with the strongest potency.