deltrittennovels #152 - Footsteps
#152 - Footsteps
On the information panel, the refreshed information for today had already appeared:
【Daily Completed Sect Missions: 2】
【Available Information Quantity: 2】
【Information 1: Sima Nian, a Shadow Gate Constable from the Six扇 Gate, has already infiltrated the new disciple ship of the Dragon Transformation Sect and will arrive at Dragon Transformation Island tomorrow to gather information about the Dragon Transformation Sect.】
【Information 2: The sardine migration has begun its annual event. The first batch of sardines will enter the East Sea in three days.】
The first piece of information seemed to have some value.
But Liang Jin really couldn't help but complain about the second piece of information.
What did the migration of fish schools have to do with him?
He wasn't a fisherman!
Nor did he need to go out to sea to fish!
The Dragon Transformation Sect naturally didn't lack fish either.
Over these days, most of the information he obtained was inexplicable and unimportant.
There was information about people, information about the ocean, information about plant growth, and now there was information about fish.
Refreshing useful information wasn't a high-probability event.
As for the number of completed sect missions, Liang Jin had become accustomed to it.
Over these days, it was basically always 2.
Liang Jin could easily guess what missions he had completed.
The first was the daily practice mission assigned by the Sect Leader.
The second was the daily task of organizing undercover agent information at the School Affairs Hall.
Both of these missions were very easy, especially the second one.
There was basically very little undercover agent information to organize.
If an undercover agent had information to transmit to Dragon Transformation Island, Liang Jin only needed to hand the information over to Hall Master Wu Hou of the School Affairs Hall for processing.
And even if Liang Jin didn't go to work, the system still counted him as completing sect missions every day.
This feeling of obtaining information effortlessly was really great.
But there were also troubles.
Liang Jin's gaze turned to the rewards on the system panel that he hadn't yet claimed.
【Congratulations, Host, for successfully completing ten sect missions. You can obtain a special reward: You can upgrade one martial art to the Earth-grade.】
【Please select the relevant martial art to upgrade.】
Liang Jin had already completed this mission the day before yesterday, and the reward could have been claimed the day before yesterday.
But Liang Jin had not yet chosen to claim this reward.
Because he hadn't yet considered which martial art to upgrade.
Liang Jin knew too many martial arts now, and he hadn't been able to properly study which one was truly suitable for him.
In addition, he had been relatively busy during this period, which led to Liang Jin not having time.
Speaking of Earth-grade martial arts, Liang Jin now had 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》 and 《Hundred Evils Body Art》.
《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》 increased attack power and reduced defense power.
《Hundred Evils Body Art》 greatly increased body strength and slightly increased power. It could be said that it was a martial art built for a well-rounded warrior, focusing on both offense and defense.
The types of Earth-grade martial arts that Liang Jin lacked were actually quite numerous, such as weapons, fist and foot techniques, defense, and lightness techniques.
Among weapons, Liang Jin already had a max-level spear technique, 《Northern Overlord Six Harmonies Spear》, and a seventh-level 《Coiling Dragon Staff Technique》.
Among fist and foot techniques, Liang Jin had a max-level 《Great Demon Subduing Fist》, an eighth-level 《Imperial Guard Long Fist》, a fifth-level 《Taiyin Palm》, and a fifth-level 《Bone Melting Palm》.
Among defenses, Liang Jin had a second-level 《Iron Cauldron Golden Body Skill》.
Among lightness techniques, Liang Jin had a seventh-level 《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》 and a third-level 《Hasty Success from Clumsiness》.
If calculated this way, what Liang Jin lacked was defensive martial arts.
But this would face a problem.
Many defensive martial arts required relying on internal energy to enhance defense, which conflicted with 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》.
Only 《Hundred Evils Body Art》 enhanced the physique and did not require internal energy to improve defense, which could perfectly cooperate with 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》.
Before Liang Jin could determine whether the upgraded defensive technique relied on internal energy or enhanced the body, Liang Jin couldn't easily upgrade.
After all, 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》 was too useful!
Liang Jin's max-level spear technique or max-level fist technique, combined with 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》, was simply too terrifying.
Although Liang Jin was still in the middle stage of the fifth rank, with these powerful martial arts combined, he had not encountered an opponent among the fifth rank.
This also made it difficult for Liang Jin to abandon 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》.
Calculated this way, what Liang Jin actually lacked was — lightness techniques!
《Hasty Success from Clumsiness》 could crudely and directly increase movement speed, but in practice, the effect was average.
It was suitable for barbaric charges in military formations, but it lacked changes in duels among martial artists.
On the contrary, the Yellow-grade martial art 《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》 produced by the system was not weak at all compared to 《Hasty Success from Clumsiness》.
But 《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》 was, after all, a Yellow-grade martial art.
If he could obtain an Earth-grade lightness technique produced by the system, coupled with the system's characteristic of producing only high-quality products.
Then, after Liang Jin's lightness technique was completed, he would probably rank in the first echelon in this world.
With no Heaven-grade martial arts appearing, no one could compete with him!
Even an Earth-grade martial art produced by the system would probably be qualified to compete with Heaven-grade martial arts.
Especially since lightness technique martial arts were extremely scarce in this world, the benefits of improving lightness techniques would inevitably be greater than other martial arts.
So today, after thinking it over, Liang Jin finally decided to improve his lightness technique.
According to Liang Jin's experience, after his last martial art upgrade, the upgraded martial art would retain the proficiency of the selected martial art.
《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》 had already been practiced to the seventh level, so Liang Jin chose to upgrade 《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》.
【Selection successful!】
【Congratulations, Host, 《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》 (seventh level) has been automatically upgraded to 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》 (seventh level)!】
The next moment, a complete set of martial arts techniques appeared in Liang Jin's mind.
This set of martial arts seemed to be completely imprinted into his bones and muscle memory, and he could skillfully display it at any time.
The next moment, Liang Jin's eyes suddenly opened.
His eyes were filled with ecstasy.
“This lightness technique is too powerful!”
According to the general introduction of 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》, it said that it was based on 《Nie Family Footwork》, 《Sudden Turn Footwork》, and 《Wind God Leg》's body technique 《Catching Wind and Grasping Shadows》, integrating the strengths of three peerless lightness techniques.
After becoming accomplished, the steps were like wind, the feet were like shadows, and the steps were as fast as wind and shadow.
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Especially since, in addition to extreme speed and lightness, it also had another rare characteristic.
That was that it could make sharp turns at any time during high-speed movement.
It was as if it could completely ignore inertia!
This kind of body technique unaffected by inertia could undoubtedly achieve unpredictability and agility.
At least Liang Jin had never heard of any lightness technique with such characteristics.
“Since I've learned it, shouldn't I test the effect?”
Liang Jin's gaze turned to the window.
He saw that the setting sun had already fallen below the sea level.
Night was gradually enveloping the world.
“While it's getting dark, it's a good time to wander around and test the power of this Earth-grade lightness technique.”
Liang Jin had been so focused on practicing these days that he hadn't had a good look around Dragon Transformation Island.
When Liang Jin walked out of the practice room, it was already completely dark.
Taking advantage of the night as cover, Liang Jin immediately used the lightness technique 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》.
As Liang Jin fully activated his power, a gust of wind suddenly arose.
“Whoosh—!”
The wind howled, and the surrounding vegetation swayed.
Liang Jin's clothes also fluttered in the wind.
“Why does this come with a gale effect?”
Liang Jin could feel that this gust of wind was brought about by 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》.
Logically speaking, the amount of internal energy required to generate such a strong wind by relying on internal energy was ridiculously exaggerated.
But at this time, Liang Jin only felt that he had used a little bit of power to make the surrounding wind blow wildly.
《Step Wind Shadow Foot》 seemed to be able to completely integrate with the airflow. With just a little bit of skill, it could move a thousand pounds with four ounces, bringing up a gale.
And when Liang Jin's figure moved.
He only felt that his whole person seemed to move with the gale, as if he had become part of the gale.
He not only couldn't feel any air resistance, but even felt that he was being lifted and floated by the wind.
“The internal energy consumed by this lightness technique is so little?”
“In this way, it will be difficult to affect the use of 《Overlord's Armor Removal Skill》.”
Liang Jin was originally worried that the internal energy consumption of the Earth-grade lightness technique would be too great, making it difficult to sustain it, and even affecting his other martial arts.
But he didn't expect that this 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》 was so ingenious, relying on only a tiny bit of internal energy to use the wind to increase speed.
This was simply against common sense!
“So fast!”
“This speed is really fast! So good!”
“Is this the feeling of flying?”
Liang Jin floated up with the gale and moved forward rapidly.
He had never had this experience of high-speed movement before, and for a moment he only felt refreshed all over.
Especially since at this time his feet didn't need to land at all, and his whole person was moving forward in the air with the gale.
He was really flying!
When Liang Jin's speed reached its limit.
His figure suddenly moved, and he flew in the opposite direction.
Throughout the whole process, Liang Jin only felt a slight stiffness, and he was still affected by a little inertia.
“It seems that I have to practice 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》 to the full level as soon as possible, so that I can completely ignore inertia.”
“Perhaps practicing to the ninth level is not enough.”
“《Step Wind Shadow Foot》 is, after all, an Earth-grade secret manual. If I want to fully exert its power, relying solely on my fifth-rank realm is probably far from enough.”
Liang Jin still deeply felt the gap in realm.
Liang Jin could be sure that this 《Step Wind Shadow Foot》 was definitely one of the top lightness techniques in this world.
But until now, he could only fly three feet above the ground, riding the wind.
On the contrary, Dragon Transformation Sect Leader Yu Linglong could actually fly ten feet in the air!
Even those elders of the Dragon Transformation Sect could fly six feet in the air, but they still needed to occasionally step lightly on the crowns of trees to borrow strength.
Liang Jin was confident that his lightness technique grade wouldn't be worse than Yu Linglong's. The difference between the two was the martial arts realm.
If Liang Jin could one day reach Yu Linglong's second-rank realm.
Then his lightness technique would definitely surpass Yu Linglong!