Chapter 199: Two New Martial Arts

Shen Changqing went directly to his courtyard.

First thing, he checked his status panel.

With over fifty slaughter points, he could upgrade his martial arts.

"Fifty-six slaughter points. I can first raise the Invincible Golden Body to the nineteenth level, then see if I can fuse it with the Tathagata Golden Body."

Having made his decision, Shen Changqing wasted no time.

He took out all his Satiety Pills, the last of his stock.

Once everything was prepared, Shen Changqing calmed his mind and focused on improving his martial arts.

Sixteen slaughter points consumed –

Invincible Golden Body, eighteenth level!

Sixteen slaughter points consumed –

Invincible Golden Body, nineteenth level!

Almost half a day passed.

Shen Changqing successfully raised the Invincible Golden Body to the nineteenth level.

Within his physical body, Qi and blood surged like a long-dormant beast about to awaken completely.

Calming his mind for introspection, he could see with his own eyes that the blood in his body had, imperceptibly, begun to take on a faint golden hue.

It was very subtle.

But in the state of introspection, it was remarkably distinct.

"The color of the blood is different from before. It might be a sign that my physical body and Qi and blood are about to undergo a transformation."

Shen Changqing wasn’t sure what caused the crimson blood to take on a golden tinge.

But he knew it was definitely a good thing.

He was now stronger than before the breakthrough.

When he threw a punch, without using any true Qi, just a simple outburst of Qi and blood power, the sound of Tiger Roar Leopard Thunder echoed, and the fist wind directly shattered the air. The resulting air wave swept outwards, cracking an artificial mountain ten feet away.

Rumble!

The artificial mountain crumbled, with a large number of stones falling.

Retracting his fist, Shen Changqing had a slight smile on his face.

"With the nineteenth level of the Invincible Golden Body, I’m probably at the peak stage of Tiger Roar Leopard Thunder. Even if I’m not at the peak, I’m definitely at the middle or late stage.

That punch just now, even without using any true Qi, could directly kill a martial artist in the Innate Realm.

If I used true Qi, even the Innate Limit would probably be dealt with in one punch."

Only through practice could he truly understand how strong he was.

Then, Shen Changqing focused his attention back on the status panel.

Upgrading the Invincible Golden Body had consumed thirty-two slaughter points, leaving him with twenty-four.

However, the remaining slaughter points weren’t enough to upgrade the Invincible Golden Body any further.

The leap from the nineteenth to the twentieth level was a huge hurdle.

To upgrade, the slaughter points consumed would increase exponentially.

"Either I upgrade the Great Sun Scripture, or I fuse martial arts. I could gain two more methods of attack, and two more martial arts to sell!"

In the room, Shen Changqing’s eyes flickered.

If circumstances allowed, he would have liked to fuse the Invincible Golden Body with the Tathagata Golden Body.

But –

The remaining twenty-four slaughter points weren’t enough to fuse the two external martial arts. This meant that the consumption for fusing two external martial arts was not low at all.

So, Shen Changqing could only start from other aspects.

"The Celestial Luo Stepping Gait has almost broken through to the sixth level, but I haven’t been able to succeed. Footwork is also quite useful to me. Also, although the Iron Sand Palm is Perfected, understanding its true intent is very difficult.

If I fuse them once, there’s a high probability that I can fuse them into a martial art that directly points to True Intent."

Although upgrading the Great Sun Scripture was also good, one level wouldn’t make much of a difference.

In that case, it would be better to fuse other martial arts. He could then sell them and exchange them for some demons.

This was a sure profit.

The slaughter points he would get later would be far more than what he had now.

Immediately, Shen Changqing calmed his mind.

His thoughts fell on the Iron Sand Palm.

"Discovery: ‘Iron Sand Palm’ and ‘Mountain Opening Palm Technique’ have the same attribute. Fusion consumes ten slaughter points!"

"Fuse!"

He said silently in his heart.

Immediately after, he saw the slaughter points being consumed. The Iron Sand Palm and the Mountain Opening Palm Technique disappeared at the same time, and a new martial art appeared on the status panel.

Crimson Sun Palm!

A vast memory rushed at him.

Unlike last time, after entering the Mental System, Shen Changqing’s will had grown a lot stronger. No matter how the memory impacted him, he stood firm and didn’t lose ground at all.

Slowly.

The memory impact subsided.

Everything about the Crimson Sun Palm was completely consumed by him.

Like the Hundred Battle Saber Technique, the Crimson Sun Palm was also a martial art that pointed directly to Martial Arts True Intent.

This martial art had a total of five levels. The first four levels were moves, and the last level was the True Intent comprehended after mastering them.

"The Iron Sand Palm and the Mountain Opening Palm Technique fused, but I only memorized the Mountain Opening Palm Technique. I didn’t really start cultivating it. It’s always been in an uninitiated state, while the Iron Sand Palm has reached Perfection.

The Crimson Sun Palm deduced from the two martial arts is also based on the Iron Sand Palm.

The difference is that the fire toxin of the original Iron Sand Palm has now evolved into another, more powerful fire toxin!"

Shen Changqing flipped through the memories in his mind and gained a greater understanding of the Crimson Sun Palm.

The most powerful aspect of this martial art, apart from the Martial Arts True Intent involved, was that in the process of cultivation, one could condense a fire toxin called Crimson Flame.

Compared to the fire toxin of the Iron Sand Palm, Crimson Flame was even more overbearing.

Once it hit the human body, it wouldn’t take long for it to burn the internal organs and cause direct death.

Clearly.

The Crimson Sun Palm was more than one level stronger than the Iron Sand Palm. Even without pointing directly to Martial Arts True Intent, its rank was much higher than the Iron Sand Palm.

In particular, the attached Crimson Flame attribute was even more useful.

Moreover, because of the Perfection of the Iron Sand Palm, the Crimson Sun Palm was directly at the peak of the second level after fusion.

He even suspected that if the Mountain Opening Palm Technique had also been cultivated to Perfection before fusion, then was it possible that the fused Crimson Sun Palm would be at the peak of the fourth level?

That way, the difficulty of comprehending the True Intent would be much smaller.

"Crimson Flame combined with the Great Sun Scripture can probably deal 200% damage. Not to mention martial artists, it’s definitely a powerful restraint against demons!"

Shen Changqing was quite satisfied with this.

All his imaginary enemies were not Jianghu martial artists, but more powerful demons.

What were martial artists?

His current realm and strength were almost the top among martial artists.

Apart from being unable to defeat the experts at the peak of the system, there might not be many under the peak of the system who were his opponents.

If he just wanted to dominate Jianghu, there wouldn’t be so much trouble at all.

Unfortunately.

No matter how strong Jianghu martial artists were, they had their limits.

Grandmasters seemed glamorous in front of people, but they were no different from ants in front of demons.

"Peak of the system, limit of martial artists!"

"No, not enough –"

"If I want to truly dominate my own destiny, I must break the limit. Either break the limit, or become a Town Guardian. I must choose one of the two. Grandmasters are too weak after all.

Although I haven’t really fought with demons yet, I can also understand the power of demons from the books in the Demon Suppression Division and from other people.

The difference between a Grandmaster and an ordinary martial artist in front of a demon may just be that they are more chewy."

Shen Changqing shook his head.

If he really faced a demon now, he would probably just be giving the other party a richer dinner.

This was not what he wanted.

After fusing the Crimson Sun Palm, Shen Changqing began to fuse the Celestial Luo Stepping Gait with the Willow Floss Movement Technique.

"Discovery: ‘Celestial Luo Stepping Gait’ and ‘Willow Floss Movement Technique’ have the same attribute. Fusion consumes ten slaughter points!"

"Fuse!"

As his thoughts fell, the two martial arts began to fuse.

Finally.

A martial art appeared on the panel.

Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait!

The same memory surged, Shen Changqing was prepared, letting the memory waves bombard him. His Sea of Consciousness did not shake at all.

When the memory impact subsided, he also officially digested the memory.

Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait!

Like the Crimson Sun Palm, the foundation of this martial art’s fusion was the Celestial Luo Stepping Gait, so the direction of fusion was also towards the evolution of the Heavenly Dipper.

The Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait was divided into five levels.

The first four levels were moves, and the fifth level involved the True Intent level.

"Compared to the Celestial Luo Stepping Gait, the Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait has fewer changes in body movement, but it has improved a lot in lightness skill traveling.

If I cultivate the fourth level to Great Accomplishment, I can even reach the point of Void Walking."

Void Walking.

That was a real transcendence of the limits of the original lightness skill movement.

Don’t look at him being able to soar into the air at this realm, but Shen Changqing was very clear that it was just a temporary soaring done by borrowing the powerful impact force.

Compared with the real Void Walking, the two were several levels apart.

To put it simply.

The Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait after Great Accomplishment could achieve Void Walking. As long as the true Qi was sufficient, it could always maintain its position without falling.

On the contrary.

The soaring that he could do now was at most staying in the air for a few breaths, and then he would have to fall down again.

"If I really cultivate to the level of Void Walking, then it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it’s a divine means!"

Shen Changqing was a little excited.

He was very satisfied with the results of the two fusions.

Whether it was the Crimson Sun Palm or the Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait, they were both very powerful martial arts.

At the very least.

For him, they could play a great role, and the increase in strength was not small.

However.

The more powerful the martial arts, the greater the difficulty of cultivation.

Because the Celestial Luo Stepping Gait was not Perfected, the fused Seven Stars Sky Stepping Gait was only at the peak of the first level and had not yet been able to enter the second level. Compared with the Crimson Sun Palm, it was one level lower.

But even so, Shen Changqing was satisfied.

"In five days, I will immediately enter the secret room for seclusion after getting the merit points. After the Mental System enters the True Intent Manifestation stage, I will make other plans. Also, I have to find time to cultivate these two martial arts!"

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