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Chapter 248 - 109: Soldier Refinement Special Abilities (3/3)

Chapter 248: Chapter 109: Soldier Refinement Special Abilities (3/3)

"It seems I really do need Princess Mingjing to select a Blessed Land for me in Embracing the Void—only then can I actually utilize the Earth Pulse Qi for cultivation!"

Upon completing the Fifth Ban, An Jing experienced a lack of extraordinary phenomena around him, which was within his expectations.

But now, he indeed felt that as the Fifth Ban was fully condensed, his bones began to grow increasingly sturdy, and his vitality became more vigorous; the hematopoietic ability of his bone marrow had notably enhanced.

The surging Essence Qi, interwoven with strands of Taibai Fiend Qi, circulated around An Jing’s body like the Earth Pulse refining Divine Weapons, constantly stimulating his bone marrow, strengthening his hematopoietic function, and thereby spreading vitality throughout his whole body.

As the foundation of the human body, with the bones being strengthened, An Jing’s subsequent condensation of flesh and blood, great tendons, and skin would receive a boon—but had he not laid a good foundation earlier, he wouldn’t have had such a substantial reserve of Essence Qi to condense the Bone Ban all at once.

The Fifth Ban, serving as a bridge between the past and future, was just perfect.

Having succeeded in his breakthrough and sensing the more powerful vitality within, An Jing’s heart was naturally filled with joy—he now understood why the life force of the Qi Refinement cultivators in the Tianyuan Realm was so strong that they could withstand a direct hit from a Sword Box and not die, comparable to colossal beasts.

If he were to cultivate the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban to the Nine Prohibitions, his vitality would be even more robust than theirs!

"Given this, the warehouse built on the Earth Vein in Chonggang Town is even more valuable to me—Kanming City is of Yang Earth, which can only generate metal to assist me, whereas the Golden Flame Earth of Chonggang Town offers me greater aid!"

An Jing continued to maintain resonance with the Divine Weapon, gently leveraging its power, and at the cost of consuming half a piece of Jade Cutting Steel, he once again solidified the realm of his previous Four Bans.

At this moment, the amount of Taibai Fiend Qi An Jing possessed had reached an astonishing seventy streams—each Ban comprising twelve strands of Spirit Qi, this was considered among the very best in the manuals of Divine Skills, whereas the weakest methods in the early stages would be feared to yield only two or three strands of Spirit Qi.

The additional five streams were the ’Essential Essence Qi’ derived from fortifying his foundation, with each Ban doubling from one strand to two, signifying that his trump card when fighting desperately also had doubled, as well as the speed of Essence Qi recovery.

One thing led to another, and in less than a month, An Jing’s strength had nearly doubled compared to when he raided Chongyi Building... At this point, he was confident that without relying on any Sword Box or Long Mace, he could dismantle both Lu Jin and the Heavenly Demon with his bare hands!

But if asked whether An Jing would still use them... he certainly would.

Sparing some effort where possible—after all, isn’t that what martial arts are all about?

"Martial Arts, Immortal Path, the two seem not so clearly demarcated after all."

With the circulation of Essence Qi and Spirit Qi in his body entering a regular pattern, An Jing’s thoughts transmitted: "Based on my observations these days, I find that the way of Martial Arts is somewhat like paths developed by Cultivators who couldn’t use Spirit Roots; they resorted to an array of methods such as Formation, Talisman, Earth Vein, and others."

"Whereas Fate Patterns appear to be a later addition, compensating for the spontaneous refinement of nature’s spiritual energy. And in the beginning, when the path transitioned from the Immortal Path to Martial Arts, surely Talisman, Formation, Elixirs, and even the Art of Refinement played a significant role!"

"Indeed," Subdue Evil too fell into contemplation: "The Taibai Luminous Godly Ban, in some sense, is a type of Inner Cultivation Body Refinement Dharma Gate derived from the Art of Refinement; therefore, it’s not surprising at all that it can be transformed into a practice for Martial Arts."

"And now, An Jing, as you cultivate the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban using the method of the Earth Pulse Divine Weapons, this is actually a kind of simple improvement... The fusion of Martial Arts and Immortal Path into one, you are truly a genius capable of creating the Injury-Sword Finger on your own!"

"I am your Sword Bearer, after all."

To this, An Jing was not modest, though aided by his Heavenly Mandate, this was undeniably due to his agility of mind and exceptional talent.

However, An Jing was also keenly aware of the downside of this cultivation method: "Using the Earth Pulse Qi for tempering the body will also slowly bind me to one place, just like Divine Weapons."

"Such a method of tempering is fine for breakthroughs at critical moments, but if I always rely on the Earth Pulse, I’m afraid I might eventually turn myself into an Earthbound Spirit!"

"Indeed," Subdue Evil nodded slightly: "There should be ways to avoid this, but the ’Earth Fate Star’ among your Life Stars has not yet awakened, so you can’t use Star Force for purification... Don’t be in a hurry, use it if you need it for now."

"Then I’ll look forward to it."

An Jing, with a sword in hand, smiled in his Divine Sea.

Besides mastering the Body Refinement technique that leveraged the Earth Vein to hasten the Divine Prohibition, An Jing also noticed some hints of his "Taibai Supernatural Ability" emerging while continually self-forging, tempering his flesh and bones.

Before Divine Skill comes Special Abilities.

As the Taibai Star Fate trembled slightly, An Jing’s expression remained calm. He gently raised his left hand, and the Mysterious Iron long saber, which hung at his waist, unsheathed itself and came to his hand.

Without any circulation of Spirit Qi, An Jing’s mind moved, and the extremely solid Mysterious Iron long saber, which had not even seen its edge rolled in the previous battle at Chongyi Building, began to dissolve slowly, kneading like play-dough.

It first transformed into a sword, then once more changed, becoming a spear, and then again into a mace.

"Not bad, quite handy."

An Jing weighed it in his hands, finding that this Mysterious Iron long mace suited his preferences more than the sword or saber, "But is it just the shaping of metal? It feels like there is more potential..."

Although the Divine Skill had not yet awakened, An Jing could confirm that the Divine Skill he would awaken was related to his own use of Earth Vein’s power to forge his body.

Just as "Coalescing Qi into Soldiers" was An Jing’s desire to possess destructive Martial Force to break apart enemies, thus the Divine Skill awakening provided him with weapons. When An Jing tried to awaken his Divine Skill, he wanted to "create something that fits my requirements," whether it was his own body or weapons.

Metal shaping, although it met the requirements and was quite good for a Supernatural Ability, still fell short compared to a Divine Skill.

"Hmm?"

A sudden spark of insight struck, and An Jing used "Coalescing Qi into Soldiers" on the newly shaped long mace—he was fated with the Seven Fiend Heavenly Mandate, so there should be a connection between the Divine Skills.

And with this attachment, immediate results were evident.

As the attachment blessed the long mace, An Jing’s fused Spirit Soldier also gradually transformed into the long mace, raising his eyebrows and drawing a smile from him, "It seems I now have an arsenal that can change a thousand times over."

This was exceptionally good. An Jing was also thinking that the identity of Jing Xuan could use "Coalescing Qi into Soldiers," but if both identities used swords and spears, would that not be a flaw?

Now, the flaw had been addressed.

An Jing retracted the Spirit Soldier’s enhancement, which had turned into a long mace, and noticed that the essence of the Spirit Soldier had become a bit more solid, and he could also revert the transformation of the Spirit Soldier, allowing it to return to its sword and spear form.

But there was no need. An Jing turned his attention to the Mysterious Iron long mace in his hand.

The formerly solid long mace now had many holes and gaps; while the overall material was still relatively hard, it was only at the level of ordinary mortal iron.

As An Jing activated both his Divine Skill and Supernatural Ability simultaneously, the essence of the weapon was taken by the Spirit Soldier for its own refinement.

Just as the Earth Vein Divine Weapon continuously absorbed Earth Pulse Qi, refining and enhancing itself by devouring it.

"This... is ’Soldier Refinement,’ forging into the weapon!"

Seeing this, An Jing seemed to have an epiphany, "Is this the essence of my future Divine Skill and Metal Supernatural Ability... the forging of both myself and the weapon?"