CHAPTER 272: CHAPTER 253: FRIGID IMAGINATION, HUNDRED VICTORIES ABDOMEN ARMOR!

"No... Due to the stark difference between the Three Talents Posture and the Dragon and Tiger Posture, the circulation routes of the meridians are completely different.

If forcefully activated, not only is the power reduced to less than a tenth, but the meridians, which have been nourished and strengthened through the Three Talents Posture, will be damaged as well."

Pile Skill is his foundation, and sweat dripped from Meng Chuan’s forehead as he quickly grasped the essential points.

He thought that the Reverse Pattern View’s effect could help him overcome the obstacles, but apparently, this trait isn’t omnipotent.

However, Meng Chuan’s mind quickly shifted and came back to focus.

This move in the Elephant Form Fist is not completely useless.

The Elephant Form Fist also has attributes of Fist Stance differentiation.

Luo Qin’s set of Crane Form Boxing is of the Five Elements water element, and he can meticulously refine and try to strengthen his Five Elements Fist’s kidney water stance.

Once, twice, thrice...

Meng Chuan drew the essence from the punches, constantly savoring them, as the key points of the Fist Skill were activated by the trait and stored in his mind.

He didn’t think about the Elephant Form’s intention, but instead focused solely on researching how to imbue his kidney water with a chill!

While immersed in practice, Meng Chuan’s mind suddenly buzzed.

His consciousness gradually detached, and his vision seemed to traverse time, returning to the distant era of icy epochs.

At this moment, before him lay a vast icy sea, with mist spreading, and the ocean surface solidifying into a thick ice layer.

Numerous towering ice mountains pierced the low-hanging sky like swords.

Meng Chuan stood on an ice floe, the extreme coldness penetrating through his marrow, and even with his current physique, he felt his blood nearly freezing.

The coldness here was several times greater than that of the Virtual Extreme Cold Days!

He strained to view afar and saw at the peak of the tallest ice mountain a crane with feathers as white as snow silently standing.

Its wings were immaculate in the harsh cold wind, as if merged with the ice mountain.

When the crane’s gaze fell on Meng Chuan, its glassy eyes surprisingly showed a hint of human-like astonishment.

Yet Meng Chuan hadn’t the time to notice these.

His limbs were frozen to the point of numbness, every breath felt like swallowing a blade, and even his thoughts were corroded by the chill, slowing down...

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the Martial Arts Chamber.

Meng Chuan awoke as if from a dream.

Clearly, he had entered the realm of Fist Skill imagery once again.

"Not to speak of other things, Luo Qin’s Teaching Crane Soaring Cloud is far superior to Qi Jiguang’s Long Fist.

I couldn’t even survive in that world, let alone approach that crane..."

He understood how he emerged, unlike the previous River Battle with the Japanese imagery, this time the Spiritual Power remained sufficient.

However, when the soul and thoughts are frozen, representing the death of the entire person’s consciousness, then nothing matters...

Meng Chuan calmed himself to inspect his changes.

Earlier in the imagery world, the two steps he took towards the crane and the trembling of his soul freezing seemed to have enlightened him somewhat.

Next, Meng Chuan summoned a surge of kidney water qi and condensed it at his fist’s edge.

That scene of the deathly frozen imagery echoed repeatedly in his mind, actually attaching itself with some chill.

He lightly swung towards a wooden post, and it explosively shattered, with scattered debris half frozen by the chilling aura.

Numerous wood fragments hovered stationary mid-air before falling to the ground, producing a crisp sound akin to shattering glass, distinctly different from the previous kidney water Fist Stance!

Meng Chuan figured it out!

"If only I could approach that crane, grab it, and immediately refine it..."

The potency of his kidney water Fist Stance would far surpass Luo Qin’s Teaching Crane Soaring Cloud!

This was a fusion of two Fist Stances, naturally exceeding the other’s sole branch.

Simultaneously, Meng Chuan suddenly recalled something.

The reason he can see the Spiritual imagery is likely due to the Reverse Pattern View in action.

"Reverse parsing of technique essentials, so this is the method of parsing..."

The only thing he didn’t understand was why when practicing the "stolen" Fist Moves, he could only occasionally enter its imagery world, mostly practicing lifelessly unable to enter the marvelous world [Imitation Form].

"Because of spiritual visualization?"

This time entering the imagery world, he didn’t visualize anything, clearly unrelated to it.

It’s also unrelated to Comprehension, as initially, he hadn’t mastered Qi Jiguang’s Long Fist.

Even with the Morning and Evening Insight state, practicing Yaksha Sea Exploration and other moves, he never again triggered the imagery world.

Instead, it was like this time, unintentionally achieving success.

Only now did Meng Chuan truly comprehend what Senior Shen Gong meant with his words earlier today.

The vastness of Qi Blood Martial Arts is beyond measure, humans have started late and many mysteries remain unsolved!

Thinking this, Meng Chuan’s expression became increasingly excited.

Imagery world, fusion of Fist Stance, physical constraints, limits of Martial Arts...

These unknowns, he must break through them all one by one in the future!

Of course, the first step is to break through to the Martial Arts Family...

...

Having settled his mind, Meng Chuan responded to the congratulatory messages from classmates and teachers and refused Zheng Zhenzhen’s invitation to go for a drink.

Under his master’s guidance, he accessed the [Merit Armory] on his phone.

Upon clicking in, a dazzling array of Martial Arts resources appeared.

Aside from some familiar items, there were many things that Meng Chuan had never heard of which were required by members of the Martial Arts Family.

After scrolling down for a while, he suddenly couldn’t scroll any further, and saw the words [Insufficient Permissions] in large characters.

Luo Guanyun explained:

"It’s not that your temporary permissions are lacking; it’s that all newcomers to the Martial Arts Family are like this. You need to kill a [Title] Celestial Demon in the future to fully unlock the Armory."

Meng Chuan nodded, realizing that fully unlocking it was still a long way off.

Because even the weakest Title Celestial Demon has strength comparable to the elites among the Three-Limit Martial Arts Masters.

He wasn’t arrogant enough to believe that, having just achieved Martial Arts Family status, he could kill such a world-wrecking Great Demon.

Meng Chuan scrolled back to the homepage and noticed an armor-like item at the top, worth just one point of normal battle merit.

"This is one of Great Chu’s welfare measures. Click to take a look."

Following his master’s words, Meng Chuan clicked to view it.

[Hundred Victories Abdomen Armor]

[Armor Type: Half Armor]

[Rank: First Grade]

[Effect: Protects below the armpits, from the thorax to the abdominal area, significantly reducing damage from Middle Rank Celestial Demons. In the event of defeat, radiates biological signals within a 30-kilometer radius around the wreckage.]

"Victory, Great Victory, Hundred Victories! May the spark of Great Chu remain unextinguished, may you all slay demons with disdain, and may martial luck flourish!"

In his words, Luo Guanyun spoke with a hint of reminiscence, saying softly:

"This is a benefit that the country provides to you rookies; its original cost is more than ten times the sale price in battle merits.

But no material is as valuable as the life of a Martial Arts Family member; I wore it for a long time too before taking it off.

Most new Martial Arts Family members, upon entering the Demon Nest, the first thing they do is not seek out Middle Rank Celestial Demons for a death fight, but rather hunt some Lower Rank Celestial Demons.

After killing dozens and accumulating a bit of battle merit, the first thing they exchange it for is the Hundred Victories Abdomen Armor, greatly enhancing survival ability within the Demon Nest."

Meng Chuan nodded, as it signifies the spirit of martial tradition passing from generation to generation.

"As for the final biological signal, it’s actually similar to the black box after a plane crash.

Not only the Hundred Victories; all current armors are equipped with this device. Even armors nurtured from ancient times to now can be retrofitted.

Because all technological means become ineffective within the Demon Nest. The biological signal extracts a little spiritual power from the armor-wearer in their final moments, continuously emitting radiation to human companions equipped with the same signal, until comrades collect the body.

Do you remember the good deed done by that Demon Path bandit, Li Xiao? The corpse of police squad captain, Liu Jinglong, was found this way."

Meng Chuan remained silent; this might be a sentiment unique to Great Chu in the world — "Fallen leaves return to the root, heroes should not die abroad."

"Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. When you have normal battle merits in the future, buy it then and redeem the special battle merits now."

Meng Chuan nodded; he was not yet a member of the Martial Arts Family, only having a 24-hour temporary permission, the earlier he exchanged it, the more at ease he’d be.

Inside the [Special Battle Merit Area], the number of resources was far less than in the normal battle merit area.

However, every item just by hearing its name, Meng Chuan felt it could not be measured with money.

"Fake Become Real Pill..."

This was the cheapest item inside, worth ten special battle merits.

Its role is to assist Martial Arts Family practitioners in entering the top-level True Skill of Elephant Form.

Luo Guanyun guided him:

"The types of resources inside are not fixed; the inventory refreshes once a month, with scarce resources generally available.

These are truly national strategic resources, hard to find even with national effort, placed here to supply top Martial Arts Family members who stand out in competitions."

Meng Chuan nodded; the country’s action was to pour the most precious rare resources into top-tier talents.

With national efforts, through various martial arts competitions, they fairly compete to cultivate "demon-slaying blades" for human civilization.

"Azure Heart Armor... Crimson Tempered Demon True Spirit... Slashing Self Heart Mind Secret Technique..."

Without understanding why, every name sounded impressive to Meng Chuan.

A glance showed the most expensive item within was the [Dawn Divine Sword] worth 50,000 special battle merits.

"Sixth Grade True Martial... Weapon of the Celestial King?"

Meng Chuan didn’t know its might, but just watching the dynamic animation of the sword, felt it was truly awesome!

In the animation, even without being unsheathed, it triggered the celestial flow at dawn, the sword body gleamed like dewdrops at dawn, blade patterns like the inverted galaxy, when waved it unfolded a line of heavenly light, seemingly able to cut through the eternal dark night.

Which competitions need to be held at such a high level to accumulate this much special battle merit...

Confuse my Tao Heart!

Meng Chuan exited without further viewing, seeking what he truly needed.

Moments later, Meng Chuan smiled knowingly, asked his master, and directly took it.

[Little Creation Bone Pill · Treasure Pill]

"As long as the martial intent, heart, and brain of the Martial Arts Family member persist, it can resurrect dead flesh and bones, reviving life.

Or use the residual True Spirit power within the white bone demon to break through the obstruction of tendons and bones, reshaping the root bones, with specific effects varying from person to person."

It could not only improve root bones but was also a precious life-saving medicine.

However, Meng Chuan didn’t need it for life-saving; he had [Nirvana Rainbow Transformation] granting an annual [Error Tolerance Rate] revival, yet to be used.

He needed the second function which was to reshape root bones.

Worth a hundred special battle merits, this neatly consumed what he had worried about.

Luo Guanyun laughed:

"Winning the championship this time truly earned you a fortune. The punch blade True Martial your master bought for 350 million is far less precious than this medicine.

Remember the Dragon Tendon Strengthening Grass Powder you took back then? Just the auxiliary ingredient in crafting this pill."