deltrittennovels #146 - You wanna kick the door, right?
#146 - You wanna kick the door, right?
Besides the joy, Liang Jin also felt a burst of distress.
With so many martial arts techniques, he was overwhelmed with choices.
To master all these techniques would take an unknown number of years.
It seemed that for now, he could only select those suitable for himself to practice.
Especially now that he already had two Earth-grade manuals, the need for Profound-grade techniques wasn't as great.
Following that, he glanced at the system panel.
【Host: Liang Jin】
【Cultivation: Martial Artist, Fifth Rank】
【Martial Arts: 《Imperial Guard Long Fist》 (Eighth Level), 《Coiling Dragon Staff Technique》 (Seventh Level), 《Taiyin Palm》 (Fifth Level), 《Great Subduing Demon Fist》 (Ninth Level), 《Northern Overlord Six Harmony Spear》 (Ninth Level), 《Bone-Melting Cotton Palm》 (Fifth Level), 《Divine Travel Hundred Transformations》 (Seventh Level), 《Wind-Chasing Saber Technique》 (Not Initiated), 《Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training》 (Not Initiated), 《Military Affairs: Clumsiness Before Speed》 (Third Level), 《Iron Cauldron Golden Body Skill》 (Second Level), 《Overlord Unloading Armor Skill》 (Ninth Level), 《Five Step Fist》 (First Level), 《Hundred Evils Body Great Art》 (Second Level), 《Beauty Fist Technique》 (Not Initiated), 《Hu Family Saber Technique》 (Not Initiated), 《Prairie Fire Spear Technique》 (Not Initiated), 《Golden Man Spear Technique》 (Not Initiated), 《Blood Saber Scripture》 (Not Initiated), 《Full Sky of Scattered Flowers》 (Not Initiated), 《Golden Snake Sword Technique》 (Not Initiated), 《Dragon Has Regrets》 (Not Initiated), 《Great Sumeru Sword Style》 (Not Initiated)】
【Traits: Talisman Water Healing, Thousand Mile Tracking, Hundred Poisons Immunity, Daily Intelligence】
【Number of Avatars: 3】
【Items: Tiger Subduing Pill × 11, Longevity Paste × 2, Bone Strengthening Medicine × 15, Battle Puppet (Desolate Walker), Gold × 11000, Qi-Boosting Paste × 28, Cold Jade Bed, Vermillion-Eyed Ice Toad × 1, Cold Jade Ice Toad Paste × 99, Intermediate Battle Puppet (Iron Mad Butcher), Golden Silk Gloves, Cold Moon Treasure Saber, Twelve-Foot Red Spear, One-Legged Bronze Man, Blood Saber, Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, Golden Snake Sword, Dragon Subduing Mace, Wandering Dragon Sword】
Over these days, his Fifth Rank realm had completely stabilized, successfully entering the mid-stage of the Fifth Rank.
"Too many weapons to use."
"It seems I should reward those who are loyal and meritorious with those that aren't suitable for me."
Liang Jin made up his mind.
He couldn't stop increasing his own strength, and he couldn't stop increasing the strength of his subordinates either.
Especially now that the number of 【Qi-Boosting Paste】 was sufficient, it was time to improve the strength of the Seven Souls.
As for what weapons each of the Seven Souls was specifically suited for, that would require testing to find out.
So Liang Jin returned to the Meng Manor.
He immediately arranged for someone to go to the weapon factory and ask the weapon-forging masters there to forge one of each type of weapon from this weapon gift package.
In order to pursue speed, Liang Jin didn't demand excellent quality for these weapons, only requiring a rough shape; even if the quality was rough, it didn't matter at all.
This led to these weapons being forged very quickly, completed in just one day.
Afterwards, Liang Jin handed these crudely made weapons over to the Seven Souls, letting them practice with these weapons to find the ones that were most suitable and comfortable for themselves.
At the same time, over these two days, Liang Jin also used a large amount of 【Qi-Boosting Paste】 on the Seven Souls, constantly improving their strength.
Two days later, when Liang Jin's 【Qi-Boosting Paste】 was used up, the cultivation of the Seven Souls had actually all been raised to the Seventh Rank.
This was equivalent to Liang Jin suddenly having seven Seventh Rank martial artists as subordinates.
Liang Jin was quite satisfied with this:
"The number of Seventh Rank martial artists of this avatar is even more than that of the Giant Ox Village avatar."
"The only shortcoming is the scarcity of Sixth Rank martial artists."
The Giant Ox Village avatar at least had one Sixth Rank subordinate.
But Liang Jin didn't care too much about this.
This avatar of his was for constantly killing people, and more importantly, for raising the average strength of his subordinates.
However, such a result shocked outsiders.
When Liu Yuan came to find Liang Jin and saw that the Seven Souls had all become Seventh Rank martial artists, her beautiful eyes widened:
"How... haven't seen them for two days, and they've all become Seventh Rank?"
"My cultivation progress was clearly catching up to them, and I would soon be able to surpass them."
"But how did they improve so quickly all of a sudden?"
This made Liu Yuan lose confidence.
She had always been full of confidence in her speed of martial arts practice.
As for the Seven Souls, she only thought that most of their talents were mediocre, with only two who could barely be considered good.
But now, after comparing, Liu Yuan even began to doubt herself.
But Liu Yuan was very clever after all, and her gaze quickly settled on Liang Jin:
"It's all your doing, isn't it?"
"How many secrets do you still have?"
Liang Jin smiled:
"What, aren't you afraid of being silenced by me now?"
"You dared to mention the matter of me maxing out the 《Overlord Unloading Armor Skill》, and now you dare to mention this matter too."
Liu Yuan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this.
She didn't know why she had become more and more trusting of Liang Jin.
In the past, when she discovered Liang Jin's secret of being able to turn ordinary people into martial artists, she was worried all day long, fearing that she would be silenced by Liang Jin.
But now, she gradually dared to tell Liang Jin the new secrets she had discovered, but instead, she no longer had that worry.
Just when Liu Yuan herself couldn't figure it out.
Liang Jin stretched out his hand and pointed to the Seven Souls practicing martial arts in the courtyard, saying:
"Miss Liu, you have a discerning eye, please help me see what weapons they are each suited for?"
Immediately, Liang Jin had the Seven Souls demonstrate the use of those strange weapons one by one.
After observing for a while, Liu Yuan roughly understood which of the Seven Souls were best suited for which weapons.
After arranging the weapons, she said to Liang Jin:
“I don’t understand why you arranged them this way.”
“I saw some peculiar weapons, but without the corresponding secret manuals, I’m afraid they’ll be difficult to use effectively.”
“For example, that snake-like sword, without a special secret manual, it would be better to just use a straight sword.”
“And that one-legged bronze man, this kind of weapon is very unpopular. Not only does it require great strength, but it also requires exquisite skill in striking acupuncture points. Not many people can use this kind of weapon well.”
“I do know some secret manuals that might be suitable. Are you interested?”
Liu Yuan naturally wouldn't give away secret manuals for free.
Liang Jin replied:
“I won’t trouble Miss Liu. I have my own methods.”
He had the matching secret manuals for these unique weapons, which were more suitable than Liu Yuan's.
Hearing this, curiosity reappeared in Liu Yuan's eyes.
She was just about to ask a question when suddenly, a furious roar came from outside the Meng residence:
“You thieving bastard! Are you home, you scoundrel?”
“My 'Treasure Vase Qi Cultivation Method' is complete! I’m here to continue our fight. Today, I will beat the shit out of you!”
Along with the roar, the main gate of the Meng residence was kicked open.
Then, Xionxiang strode in, carrying a large saber.
Seeing this, Liu Yuan was about to reprimand him.
But Liang Jin stopped her:
“You don’t need to interfere.”
“I’ve been putting up with this evil monk for a long time. I won’t feel comfortable if I don’t beat him up today.”
It was one thing for this Xionxiang to speak rudely.
Now, he even kicked down Liang Jin's door. How could Liang Jin tolerate this?
Immediately, he grabbed his iron spear and walked towards Xionxiang:
“Today, I’m going to teach you what manners are!”
Liu Yuan immediately told the Seven Souls to stay away.
The battle of a Fifth-Rank martial artist could have a very large impact.
Especially since both Liang Jin and Xionxiang were strong among Fifth-Rank martial artists, their fight would easily cause damage to the surroundings.
Seeing this, Xionxiang exclaimed excitedly:
“I can finally have a good fight!”
“You evil bastard, today I’ll show you what Vajra Saber Technique is!”
With that, Xionxiang raised his large saber with both hands and charged towards Liang Jin step by step.
He didn't use too many powerful moves at the beginning, but wanted to test the waters first.
However, Liang Jin was too lazy to test him slowly.
He quickly activated the 'Overlord Armor Removal Skill', and clenched the iron spear with both arms.
The next moment.
Liang Jin activated the 'Military Affairs: Clumsiness Before Speed' again, moved his feet, and charged fiercely towards Xionxiang.
Below the Fifth-Rank, internal force cannot be released externally.
At this time, the spear technique is mainly based on stabbing.
Any moves that swing, rotate, or even jump with the spear are flashy and useless moves, far inferior to a single stab.
But above the Fifth-Rank, it is different.
Once the internal force is released externally, the spear technique seems to become more and more fancy.
But that's not the case.
It is precisely because the internal force is released externally that the attack methods become diverse.
Especially after the lightness skill is improved, the attack direction also becomes more three-dimensional.
As a carrier and extension of the external release of internal force, weapons will become more and more dazzling at this time.
It is said that when martial arts reach a certain level, the moves will become simple and unadorned again.
This realm is called "Returning to Simplicity."
But Liang Jin is far from reaching this state. He doesn't care whether the moves are fancy or simple, he only cares about the effect.
With the movement of 'Military Affairs: Clumsiness Before Speed'.
Liang Jin almost instantly rushed to Xionxiang.
Before he even arrived, his figure had already spun rapidly, and the spear in his hand swept towards Xionxiang like a wheel.
It was a move from the 'Northern Overlord Six Harmonies Spear'—Mad Dragon Wagging its Tail Three Times!
When the spear moved, the internal force it brought up was like a tornado.
The edge of the tornado was the most powerful part!
Xionxiang shouted:
“You evil bastard! Well done!!!”
“Eat my saber!”
Immediately, Xionxiang didn't dare to continue testing, but began to use his true strength.
He stomped his feet fiercely, shattering the ground and sinking into it, making his whole body as immovable as a steel stake.
At the same time, he borrowed strength from the ground, clenched the large saber with both arms, and slashed fiercely towards the terrifying tornado of internal force.
“Rakshasa Saber!”
When he slashed down, the violent power brought up a gust of wind, like the wailing of a Rakshasa evil ghost.
The next second.
Xionxiang's large saber had already slashed on the tornado of internal force produced by Liang Jin's spear.
“Clang!!!”
With a loud noise.
Xionxiang only felt a burst of numbness in his arms, and the tiger's mouth was actually cracked, gushing out blood.
This shocked him:
“How can this evil bastard's internal force suddenly be so strong?”
But Liang Jin's spear had already swept over again.
Mad Dragon Wagging its Tail Three Times is to sweep three spears in a row!
Xionxiang didn't dare to be distracted, and hurriedly gritted his teeth and slashed the saber down again.
“Clang!!!”
The weapons collided, and there was another loud noise.
Although Xionxiang's feet were inserted into the ground, the ground along the position where his feet were inserted was instantly shaken and produced a large area of spider web-like cracks.
This was because the attack Xionxiang suffered was too fierce, so that Xionxiang felt that he was about to be knocked out of the ground.
And this sweep also completely shattered Xionxiang's saber momentum.
It even made him almost lose his grip on the large saber in his hand.
“Whoosh!”
Along with a whooshing sound, Liang Jin's third sweep had already arrived!
“Not good!”
Xionxiang's heart trembled.