Free Web NovelChapter 47: Chapter 47: Broken Wave Technique
Wang Li stepped forward, his short blade cutting through the air in a straight thrust. Liang Cheng didn’t dodge or evade. Instead, he stomped his left foot hard on the ground, drew his right fist to his waist, and his muscles instantly tensed like steel cables!
Iron Armor Realm, Minor Success, activated at full power!
CLANG!!!
Wang Li’s short blade struck Liang Cheng’s chest, producing the explosive sound of clashing metal. The blade’s tip only sank a fraction of an inch into his flesh, unable to advance any further.
Wang Li’s pupils constricted. "What?!"
’His Hard Skills are even stronger than Liu Meng’s were in the ring!’
Liang Cheng grinned, revealing a row of stark white teeth. He completely ignored the short blade in his chest as the right fist he had drawn to his waist shot out like a cannonball.
Fierce Bull Force·Mountain-Breaking Strike!
Before the fist even arrived, the force of the punch was already making Wang Li’s face sting with pain. He tried to pull his blade free and retreat, but discovered it was clamped tight by Liang Cheng’s pectoral muscles, impossible to pull out in that instant.
In his haste, Wang Li could only abandon the blade and cross his arms to block.
BANG!!!
Fist met arm. Wang Li let out a pained cry and was sent flying backward, his arms hanging limply at his sides, clearly broken.
He crashed through two small trees before hitting the ground, blood spraying from his mouth and nose. But Liang Cheng, having gained the upper hand, was relentless!
He yanked the short blade from his chest and tossed it aside. He didn’t even glance at the wound as it began to ooze blood. Pushing off with his feet, his figure charged forward like a savage bull.
Wang Li struggled to get up, but Liang Cheng was already upon him, his left fist raised high and crashing down like a heavy hammer.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Li rolled aside to dodge. Liang Cheng’s fist smashed a small crater into the spot where he had been. Wang Li slapped the ground with one hand to vault himself up and, fighting through the pain, drew three Bone Penetration Nails from his waist and shot them straight at Liang Cheng’s face.
Liang Cheng drew his long saber and blocked directly without dodging. With three clangs, all three Bone Penetration Nails were knocked away. He then advanced another step.
Wang Li was horrified, but just then, a deafening roar came from the side. The Iron-Backed Bear finally lunged, swiping a paw at Liang Cheng’s back!
Without turning, Liang Cheng twisted sharply at the waist and swung his saber in a horizontal slash. The full Power of his Fierce Bull Force erupted, channeling through the blade, which shattered instantly upon impact with the Iron-Backed Bear.
BOOM!!!
The Iron-Backed Bear was riddled with countless wounds from the flying shards. Seizing this opportunity, a vicious glint flashed in Wang Li’s eyes as he pulled a crimson Elixir from his robes and swallowed it.
The flesh and blood of his broken arms began to squirm, and his aura briefly surged back to its peak.
"Blood Burning Pill! Liang Cheng, die!"
He balled his one good arm into a fist, which began to glow with a bloody light. He was staking his life on this attack. Liang Cheng turned to face the crazed, lunging Wang Li, his own eyes betraying no emotion.
He took a deep breath. The Fierce Bull Force surged wildly within him. His Qi Blood burned like a furnace, and the gray, iron-like luster under his skin grew brighter, even faintly tinged with dark red.
It was a sign that his Qi Blood was circulating at its absolute limit.
Minor Success in the Iron Armor Realm, stacked with Perfection in the Fierce Bull Force!
Facing Wang Li’s desperate, all-or-nothing punch, Liang Cheng advanced instead of retreating, meeting it with a punch of his own!
No flair, no technique.
Only the purest collision of power!
BOOM!!!
The momentum of Wang Li’s punch faltered and was then utterly crushed. The bones in his right fist shattered one by one, and his entire arm twisted out of shape. Before he could even scream, Liang Cheng’s Fist Force flooded into his body like a torrent!
PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!
A bloody mist erupted from every pore on Wang Li’s body. He was sent flying backward again like a kite with a snapped string, slamming into an ancient tree so thick it would take two people to encircle it. He slowly slid down, the life rapidly fading from his wide-open eyes.
Even in death, he couldn’t understand how someone who hadn’t even practiced an Inner Cultivation Method could possess such savage strength.
Liang Cheng withdrew his fist, exhaling a puff of scorching white air.
The skin on his right fist was also split open and bleeding profusely, but his bones were unharmed. In a life-or-death battle, Wang Li was more than a notch stronger than Liu Meng had been.
He wiped the blood from his fist, picked up Wang Li’s short blade from the ground, and turned toward the Iron-Backed Bear, which lay injured by the saber fragments.
This time, he stabbed the short blade directly into one of the bear’s existing wounds, his movements so fast they left afterimages.
ROAR!
The Iron-Backed Bear howled in pain and reflexively swiped a paw at Liang Cheng’s head. Liang Cheng dodged to the side, then viciously twisted the short blade in his right hand inside the bear’s body before pulling it out, unleashing a spray of hot blood.
He repeated this motion, striking again and again. Blood gushed from all the wounds on its chest and abdomen. Ten breaths later, the Iron-Backed Bear’s pained cries ceased, and its breathing faded to nothing.
The dead silence returned to the forest.
Liang Cheng stood between two human corpses and one bear carcass, drenched in blood. After catching his breath for a moment, he finally noticed a sharp pain beneath his ribs.
He had broken a rib when he took that punch from Wang Li. The Iron Armor Realm was indeed powerful, but it still couldn’t completely negate an attack.
’But in the end, I was the one who won.’
Liang Cheng grinned and began to clean up the scene.
First, he dragged the bodies of Wang Li and Sun Yan together and took out their Identity Jade Tokens.
Wang Li: 3,100 points.
Sun Yan: 850 points.
Liang Cheng’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat. ’Murder and arson are the quickest paths to riches. The ancients truly weren’t lying.’
He pressed the three Jade Tokens together. After a faint glimmer of light, the other two tokens reset to zero, and the number on his own token jumped to: 4,050 points.
Rich in a day.
Liang Cheng suppressed his joy and quickly looted the bodies. He stuffed all the silver banknotes and Elixirs into his robes, then stripped the two of their clothes and piled them together with their weapons and other miscellaneous items.
He took out the Corpse-Dissolving Water he had redeemed from the Martial Arts Academy for disposing of Demon Beast carcasses and poured it over the pile. Amid a SIZZLING sound, all traces of them melted away into nothing.
The sun had already begun to set in the west.
Wasting no more time, Liang Cheng deftly cut off the bear’s paws, carved out the Bear Gall Demon Core, and after getting his bearings, quickly left the Black Wind Forest.
...
At dusk, Liang Cheng returned to the Martial Arts Academy and headed straight for the Alchemy Room.
Elder Huang glanced at the oilcloth-wrapped bundle in his hand. "Bear paws?"
"A pair."
Elder Huang inspected them and nodded. "Good condition, complete. 200 points."
The number on Liang Cheng’s Jade Token changed to: 4,250 points.
’That’s enough to exchange for an Inner Cultivation Method.’
He didn’t hesitate, heading straight for the Martial Arts Storage Tower.
The old man at the front desk was still dozing. Liang Cheng tapped on the counter. "Disciple wishes to exchange for an Inner Cultivation Method."
The old man squinted at Liang Cheng. A thought stirred in his mind, but his expression remained unchanged. "First floor, east side, third row of shelves. Go look at the catalog yourself."
Liang Cheng walked to the designated area and carefully examined the descriptions on the Jade Slips.
Fiery Sun Skill: Fiery True Qi, fierce and explosive. First layer, 3,200 points.
Cold Ice Technique: Cold Ice True Qi, excels at control and lockdown. First layer, 3,100 points.
Thick Earth Scripture: True Qi is long-lasting and heavy, strong defense. First layer, 3,000 points.
...
He continued to browse, and his gaze finally landed on a water-blue Jade Slip.
Broken Wave Technique: Water Element True Qi, long-lasting and enduring, Power like the tides. First layer, 4,000 points.
A thought stirred in Liang Cheng’s mind. He recalled Liu Meng’s Broken Wave Slash. ’If I use my Perfect Qi Blood to execute it, stacking the power layer by layer, the might would be even more astonishing.’
’This is the one.’
Liang Cheng took down the Broken Wave Technique Jade Slip and returned to the front desk.
The old man inspected the Jade Token, deducted 4,000 points, and retrieved a blue-covered ancient text from a hidden room. On the cover, the three words for Broken Wave Technique seemed to ripple like waves.
"The first layer of the Cultivation Technique will allow you to cultivate to the True Qi Realm," the old man said, offering a rare piece of extra information. "Once you break through to the True Qi Realm, the Martial Arts Academy will provide you with the complete technique."
"Thank you for the guidance, Senior."
Liang Cheng accepted the Cultivation Technique. Jade Token balance: 250 points.
Back to being poor overnight.
