Chapter 261: Chapter 260: Ten Thousand Ton Punching Force? (Please Subscribe)
Chen Fan’s gaze fell on the newly emerged trait.
[Rejuvenation: Active Skill, once activated, it continuously consumes 100 points of True Qi per second to continuously heal internal injuries for oneself or others. The consumption and healing effects double with each level of skill advancement.]
"It’s indeed a healing skill."
Chen Fan thought to himself.
The so-called injuries probably refer to the internal injuries of a martial artist.
Such as damaged organs, ruptured blood and qi meridians, or blocked qi meridians.
If internal injuries are not treated promptly, they can easily become hidden issues. At best, one’s cultivation gets harmed; at worst, inner strength becomes unusable.
This trait is strong because it can heal not only oneself but also others.
"I just wonder what the actual effect will be. Judging by the consumption rate, it shouldn’t be high, but perhaps the more severe the internal injury, the longer the recovery time."
Thinking this, Chen Fan quickly shook his head.
If possible, he didn’t want to experience such an ordeal.
His gaze turned to the skill bar, where the [Golden Bell Shield] had reached the 9th Floor, unlocking the [Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill].
"Should I continue to upgrade?"
Chen Fan hesitated.
Upgrading to the 10th Floor requires 80,000 points of experience.
And he had only about 110,000 points of experience left.
If he chooses to continue upgrading, he’ll be left with just over 30,000 points of experience.
Whether he can unlock the [Dragon Elephant Wisdom Skill] is uncertain.
Not to mention mastering [Windward Slash] or studying some other heart methods.
After thinking for a while, he decided to wait.
After all, the protective True Qi of Level 9 compared to Level 10 only lacks fifty percent of the base increment.
With an increase in True Qi by twenty percent, it can break through ten thousand points.
But the cost-effectiveness is too low.
Some basic heart methods costing one or two hundred points only slightly increase True Qi by one percent, yet require much less experience.
Eighty thousand points of experience might be enough to max out seven or eight basic heart methods.
Additional True Qi enhancement would be at least three or four times.
In this way, he can also trigger the full effects of the martial art [Burst], increasing not only physical defense by several times but also dramatically enhancing strength and speed.
This improvement far exceeds the 10th Floor of the Golden Bell Shield.
Having made up his mind, Chen Fan chose to finish off the [Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill].
It would take a week.
"This works."
Chen Fan nodded slightly.
By the end of this period, he’ll likely have broken through to the True Essence Realm.
It will be timely to replace the [Golden Bell Shield] with the higher-level [Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill].
"Next, I should finish off the Dragon Elephant Wisdom Skill."
Chen Fan’s gaze fell on the two prerequisite martial arts.
[Thousand Forms Divine Skill],
[Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill].
"Let’s start with the Thousand Forms Divine Skill."
Chen Fan’s mind moved as he added a point of experience to it, increasing skill level by one-fortieth.
"Forty points, not too much."
Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief because the skill level of the [Thousand Forms Divine Skill], like the [Golden Bell Shield], is computed in floors.
There are ten floors in total. If the first floor already consumes too much experience, the higher floors will be painfully expensive.
As soon as he added the remaining experience points, a sense of power surged within him.
This feeling was significantly more pronounced than the improvement brought by practicing archery before.
[Thousand Forms Divine Skill: First Floor (0%), Trait: Power of One Elephant Level 1]
[Power of One Elephant: With each level increase, strength attribute permanently increases by 1250 points]
"Directly increased by one-tenth of the strength attribute."
Chen Fan sighed.
His strength attribute soared from 10,300 to 11,500 points.
The Thousand Forms Divine Skill has ten floors, so upgrading to the 10th Floor will increase the strength attribute by 12,500 points.
Strength attribute doubled!
Chen Fan immediately invested eighty experience points.
His body felt a warm current again, the feeling was very clear.
[Thousand Forms Divine Skill: Second Floor (0%), Trait: Power of One Elephant Level 2]
Third Floor,
Fourth Floor,
Fifth Floor...
Chen Fan’s brow gradually furrowed.
A suspicion crossed his mind: could it be that this martial art has only one trait?
This time, the experience consumption reached 1280 points.
[Thousand Forms Divine Skill: Sixth Floor (0%), Trait: Power of One Elephant Level 6]
"..."
Chen Fan was speechless.
After consuming 20,480 points of experience, the Thousand Forms Divine Skill finally reached the 10th Floor.
[Thousand Forms Divine Skill: 10th Floor (Cannot be upgraded), Trait: Power of One Elephant Level 10]
As he suspected, only one trait was unlocked from beginning to end.
His eyes glanced at the strength attribute, which had now reached 22,800 points.
Chen Fan nodded satisfactorily.
This strength attribute is a basic attribute.
If he deploys [Burst], the strength attribute will increase by 6.5 times, reaching 150,000 points.
One punch, 1.5 million pounds!
This is a pure physical strength.
What if this punch is enhanced by True Qi?
What kind of power would that achieve?
Chen Fan’s gaze fell on [Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill].
He had practiced many fist and kick martial arts, but this was his first Qi-infused fist and kick martial art.
As a prerequisite for the top-level martial art [Dragon Elephant Wisdom Skill], it must be a first-class martial art itself.
Learning this wouldn’t be a loss.
His mind moved as he added a point of experience to it.
Skill level increased by one-eighth.
Chen Fan smiled.
Palm technique martial arts benefit from reduced experience point consumption thanks to basic palm techniques.
Maxing out this martial art will require significantly fewer experience points than the Thousand Forms Divine Skill.
As he added the remaining experience points, a faint warm flow passed through his body.
[Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill: Initial Glimpse (0%), Traits: Steel Bones Level 1, Strength of One Ox Level 1]
[Steel Bones: With each skill level increase, the Constitution Attribute increases by 100 points]
The Constitution and strength attributes both increased by 100 points.
Yet, Chen Fan frowned.
Increasing the Constitution attribute by 100 points was good.
But the strength attribute, only increasing by 100 points per level?
Not that it was low. The three previous archery skills had a similar strength attribute increment, indicating a normal enhancement.
However, compared to the Thousand Forms Divine Skill, it paled in comparison.
A perfected Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill only increases strength by 500 points; the Thousand Forms Divine Skill boosts it by 25 times more.
With such a vast difference, how can the Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill rival the Thousand Forms Divine Skill?
A shrewd glint flashed in Chen Fan’s eyes.
It’s True Qi!
That’s the only explanation.
With True Qi enhancement, this palm technique’s power can rival the Thousand Forms Divine Skill.
Thus intrigued, Chen Fan spent 160 experience points.
A strange feeling arose within him.
[Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill: Slight Achievement (0%), Traits: Steel Bones Level 2, Strength of One Ox Level 2, Mountain-Pressing Palm Level 1]
[Mountain-Pressing Palm: Active skill, consumes 1000 points of True Qi, condenses palm seals over a meter high, causing damage equivalent to up to triple the practitioner’s strength. The farther the distance, the lesser the damage. With each skill level increase, True Qi consumption doubles, and damage increases by an extra triple.]
"Mountain-Pressing Palm, quite a domineering name."
Chen Fan murmured.
No wonder, the Ten Thousand Palm Divine Skill is a notably fierce palm technique, and its successor [Dragon Elephant Wisdom Skill] is even more formidable and robust.
"Level 1 Mountain-Pressing Palm can deal damage up to triple the strength."
Chen Fan looked at his palm.
Meaning he can use this palm on the opponent.
With an original strength of 20,000 points, the strength transforms into 60,000 points!
If he first boosts the strength attribute to 150,000 points,
then uses True Qi to deliver this palm,
the force bursts to 450,000 points!
Thinking about it, Chen Fan inhaled sharply.
This is just Level 1 Mountain-Pressing Palm.
A perfected Level 4 Mountain-Pressing Palm gives damage worth twelve times the strength!
With 150,000 points of strength escalating to 1.8 million points!
pounds punch force equals 10 strength points.
1.8 million points of strength equals 18 million pounds!
9,000 tons!
One punch can penetrate heavy tank armor!
What’s the concept?
Heavy tank composite armor offers protection equivalent to 500-600mm of homogenous steel plate!
Without anti-tank weapons, even simultaneous fire from 150mm firearms can’t do much.
The defensive capability of elite-level fierce beasts’ bodies is about the same.
"This is too exaggerated."
Chen Fan felt unreal.
Can he really punch through elite-level fierce beasts barehanded?
It felt like a dream.
But this is what combining Body Refinement and Qi Cultivation achieves.
Both paths can be pursued individually to gain unimaginable power.
Although the difficulty varies.
But if someone walks both paths simultaneously, the challenge multiplies geometrically, consuming immense time and effort.
Many thus only dabble briefly.
But if persisted and succeeded, the resulting enhancement is beyond imagining for those who walk only one path.
Chen Fan took a deep breath; in the Martial Arts Association, perhaps he was the only one walking this path.
If one solely cultivates Qi, perfecting this martial art, one palm strike still yields damage equivalent to twelve times strength, which is significant.
An average Meridian Refining Martial Artist has at least one or two thousand strength points, and can burst forth one or two tens of thousands in strength, comparable to the Thousand Forms Divine Skill.
That might be why these two martial arts can be equally matched.
Is this all there is?
Chen Fan was skeptical.
Because the [Thousand Forms Divine Skill] is purely a Body Refining martial art, not a fist and kick martial art.
A Thousand Forms Divine Skill practitioner may have less True Qi than others but certainly not none.
If the practitioner uses other fist and kick martial arts with the power of Thousand Forms Divine Skill?
The power would probably multiply.
How can Mountain-Pressing Palm compete?
"It must have more powerful palm technique secret skills!"
Chen Fan asserted.