CHAPTER 400: CHAPTER 282: MIXED ELEMENT FINGER POWER! THE 4TH ULTIMATE! [VOTE FOR MONTHLY PASS!]_2

Ignore Exotic Treasures!

Focus on Martial Arts!

This is the foundation.

Of course, Ying Jifeng isn’t without exotic treasures, he just doesn’t use them, rather he restrains himself from using them to temper his mind and martial will.

However, when it comes to life-and-death struggles or significant interests, one should use them when necessary, not rigidly.

In short, using or not using entirely depends on one’s heart, it’s very subtle.

Many grandmasters discussed Ying Jifeng.

Some were also watching Peng Fannian, like Tian Jing—

"What a Peng Fannian."

Tian Jing saw Peng Fannian fighting one against five, struggling but still holding on, and was surprised: "To withstand the full assault of the Third Prince and others, he must at least have top five strength on the ’Hidden Dragon’ list!"

This is a ’Hidden Dragon List’ dark horse.

Peng Fannian did not show his talents in the Ke State competition because his peers in Ke State were too weak. Coming to the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, with stronger opponents, Peng Fannian shone brightly like a needle sharply piercing through a sack, impossible to hide.

"Qi follows the intention, and force arises from the heart!"

"Lead qi with intention, move power with qi, a punch like an arrow leaving the bow, a grab like an eagle grasping its prey, power from the heart, strength mixed in elemental force."

Peng Fannian’s mastery of the ’Twelve Skills of Acupuncture’ is profound and exquisite, focusing on one path while saving effort on countless others.

Tian Jing, standing high, saw through it thoroughly.

But being an Innate Grandmaster, he stood high on the building, and as the ’Traveler Department’ Director, he was well-informed and could see through Peng Fannian, which isn’t surprising.

What’s surprising is—

"Yan Chuan!"

"He actually can see through as well?!"

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"Without revealing form externally, issuing invisible strength, focusing on luck, movements are flexible, this is ’Yin Power!’"

"Flexible and long, power is deep yet unshown, strength is agile and rich in change, anytime ready to convert to Gang energy for explosive strikes, this is ’Soft Force!’"

"Suddenly contracting muscles, issuing a short, clever, crisp explosive force, fast and distinguished, this is ’Inch Force!’"

"Crisp and clear, fast exertion, strong but not violent, this is ’Cui Energy!’"

"Yin, Soft, Inch, Cui!"

"This is the essence of ’Mixed Element Finger Power,’ and also the essence of the ’Twelve Skills of Acupuncture,’ Peng Fannian’s ’Mixed Element Finger Power’ has reached the Transformation Realm, worthy of being called an Absolute!"

Yan Chuan was amazed.

Peng Fannian grew stronger when meeting stronger opponents!

Under the attack of Ying Jifeng and others, Peng Fannian finally displayed the full exquisiteness of the ’Twelve Skills of Acupuncture,’ the ’Mixed Element Finger Power’ was exhibited to the extreme, differing from before and when fighting Zhou Family Sisters, at this moment he was lawless and unstoppable.

"Remember, four taels can defeat a thousand pounds, grappling muscles, holding veins, striking acupoints, using the soft to control the hard, subtlety in techniques, force not in vain."

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"Time’s up!"

"Peng Fannian, successfully defended the arena!"

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Peng Fannian and Ying Jifeng had a prolonged battle, exceptionally wonderful.

Ying Jifeng became the best ’test stone’—

His battle with Ban Xianfu verified the worth of Ban Xianfu’s ’Knife Technique Called Absolute.’

Now battling Peng Fannian, though after an intense fight for two hours the victory was still undecided, Peng Fannian’s strength was beyond doubt, fully verified, even if slightly inferior to Ban Xianfu, he is undoubtedly a ’Called Absolute’ character.

Ding Xiang!

Ban Xianfu!

Wei Lingshan!

Following these three, Peng Fannian’s strength was publicly acknowledged as the ’Fourth Extreme’ emerging from this Sword Discussion!

"Ding Xiang’s movement technique!"

"Ban Xianfu’s saber!"

"Wei Lingshan’s defense!"

"Peng Fannian’s ’Mixed Element Finger Power!’"

Yan Chuan was greatly enlightened.

But what surprised him even more was—

[Your ’One Yang Finger’ has improved, proficiency +5.]

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[One Yang Finger: Fifth Realm of Mastery (94/100)]

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proficiency!

Nearing one hundred!

"One Yang Finger" is about to become the fourth Sixth Realm Geng Martial that Yan Chuan masters, after "Wave Riding Micro Steps," "Ladder Cloud Jump," and "Shadowy Charm!"

Within reach!

Tangible!

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The Sword Discussion was in full swing.

The attack and defense didn’t pause for a moment.

By just the second day, Chess Stone Peak already had people gaining fame.

Like the righteous ’Yashan Three Monsters.’

Like the Qinggong extraordinaire Hu Fenglan.

Like Peng Fannian, called absolute.

These people were previously not on the ’Human List,’ little known, but this time they all shone brightly, soon to make their names known in the Fifteen States.

And those who were already known, like Gai Songlin, Jing Bao, and Liu Xin, they were originally figures on the ’Hidden Dragon’ and ’Chufeng’ lists, just with unsatisfactory rankings. But this time, Gai Songlin was the first to ascend, Jing Bao exhibited extraordinary combat power, and Liu Xin was the first to successfully defend the arena.

After this battle, the three will also gain great fame.

Moreover, Ding Xiang, Ban Xianfu, Wei Lingshan, and Peng Fannian, their strength shown in the arena’s attack and defense clearly surpassed others, surpassing the top figures on the ’Hidden Dragon’ and ’Chufeng’ lists, they showed the earliest signs of matching the unrivaled ’two lists’ strength, they were already famous, ranked high, now they are vaguely categorized into a newer, higher bracket.

Originally seen as same-tier, like the ’Magic Child’ Tan Dou, like ’Barefoot Immortal’ Luo Qi, and even the ’Chufeng’ first ’Flying Bodhisattva’ Situ Fei, all became a notch lower, unconsciously categorized into the second tier.

These may not be inferior to the ’Four Extremes’ in strength, but they urgently need a high-quality battle to prove themselves.

As of now, they are still somewhat lacking.

But soon, the ’Fifth Extreme’ appeared, but it wasn’t Situ Fei, wasn’t Lu Yuru, wasn’t Luo Qi, wasn’t Tan Dou, but rather—

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"Jing Bao!"

"Alternating fast and slow, combining Yin and Yang, fast but orderly, slow but continuous, strong but not stiff, soft but not weak!"

"What a ’Guan Sha Guan Mai’!"

"This Crescent Moon Spade wielded is truly pleasing to the eye."

"Jing Bao hails from the ’Shunshi Sect,’ which emphasizes ’following the qi, following the situation, going with the flow,’ martial arts and boxing with ’Shun’ as the core, emphasizing sequential momentum, qi, and force."

"Jing Bao clearly has mastered its three mysteries."

"Momentum is the foundation of exertion, qi is the source of exertion!"

"With ’Shun’ as the core, ’Blocking’ as auxiliary, setting force with momentum, pushing force with flight, turning block into attack, catching opponents off guard!"

"’Shunshi Sect’ primarily uses Plum Blossom Fist as its main boxing, Bounce leg, Soft Leg as its basic entry, boxing includes Ban Lan Hand, Yue Family Eight Forms Hammer, Mother and Son Fist, Mother-child Fist, Progressive Defense Fist, Black Tiger Fist, etc. Hand techniques have Eight Forms Palm, pigua Palm, Chuan Lin Palm, Swallow Through Forest, Eight Fast Palms, Soft Palm, Eight Directions Palm, etc. Weapons include Seven Stars Saber, Plum Blossom Spear, Chunyang Sword, Mother and Son Stick, Mother-child Stick, Five Tigers and Sheep Stick, double daggers, Plum Blossom Double Hooks, Single Scythe, etc."

"As far as I know, ’Shunshi Sect’ has no Crescent Moon Spade in their arsenal, it must be Jing Bao’s original creation."

"Moreover."

"’Shunshi Sect,’ like the widely spread boxing techniques in various academies, is only ordinary secret martial arts, decent for foundation, but to stand out, one needs to deeply study more advanced and exquisite martial arts."

"But Jing Bao is different!"

"I originally thought she practiced different martial arts to climb the ’Chufeng List.’"

"But now I see, start to finish, it’s been using ’Shunshi Sect’ as a base, core, even touching upon other martial arts, combining strengths and using them in ’Shunshi Sect,’ turning them for personal use."

"Integrating hundreds of schools!"

"Turn into one!"

"Combined with the Crescent Moon Spade, Jing Bao’s current ’Shunshi Sect’ is vastly different, the foundation remains, but in terms of comprehensiveness and subtlety, it doesn’t lose to divine skills and absolute techniques from various sects!"

"Compared to Jing Bao’s martial prowess, rarer yet, is her martial arts realm!"

"Innovative improvement!"

"Shedding the mortal body!"

"Truly extraordinary!"

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Yan Chuan’s voice resounded across Chess Stone Peak, many were watching the battle on the Mao Character arena, a little Jing Bao wielding a mighty Crescent Moon Spade, initially comical, but watching closely, only smoothness is seen.

At this time, it was the sixth hour of the second day of the Sword Discussion.

Jing Bao’s opponent was ’Chufeng’ twelfth ’Red Robe Gold Saber’ Sun Gui Fen.

After being defeated in the battle for the Zi Character arena, Sun Gui Fen recuperated for more than half a day to regain energy, then made a comeback, turned to attack the Mao Character arena, aiming to seize a master position first, before addressing old grievances.

But this fight, she encountered tough resistance again—

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