Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Chapter 62: Chapter 62: Introduction to Knife Techniques, Mastering Power!

In the Martial Arts Hall.

After Jiang Ning finished practicing the blade skill, he went to the front courtyard to remove the door bolt and opened the gates of the Martial Arts Hall.

Then, he returned to his own small courtyard to continue his blade practice.

Given that he could accumulate Experience Value for the Canglang Blade Skill, a Middle Grade martial art, and it was so simple,

he was determined to achieve an initial mastery of the Canglang Blade Skill and personally experience the mysteries of Power.

Experience the mysterious essence of this Middle Grade martial art that emphasized offensive tactics.

As the sun rose higher, and the temperature climbed,

Jiang Ning practiced the Canglang Blade Skill over and over again in a torrent of sweat.

[Canglang Blade Skill Experience Value +1]

[Canglang Blade Skill Experience Value +1]

[Canglang Blade Skill Experience Value +1]

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[Skill]: Canglang Blade Skill (not mastered 9/10)

After glancing at the panel, Jiang Ning drank a big bowl of well water in one gulp and then took out the leftover wild ginseng from yesterday and chewed it in his mouth.

As the wild ginseng entered his stomach and was digested, he instantly felt the fatigue in his body dissipating continuously, and his energy gradually became abundant.

After resting under the shade of a tree for the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Jiang Ning stood up to prepare for the final push to mastery.

He wielded the blade again, and the light from the blade flickered.

One round of the blade skill was completed.

[Canglang Blade Skill Experience Value +1]

As this prompt appeared before him.

[Skill]: Canglang Blade Skill (mastered 0/100)

The Canglang Blade Skill was officially mastered.

The next moment.

Jiang Ning closed his eyes, and at this moment in his mind, countless flashes of blade light passed by.

Countless scenes of drawing the blade, swinging the blade, and retracting the blade played over and over in his mind.

Each movement, each posture, emerged in his mind from all angles.

Ephiphanies about the Canglang Blade Skill also arose one after another in his mind.

At the same time, the intangible force that had flowed within him while practicing the blade began to condense.

It transformed rapidly from almost imperceptible to tangibly substantial.

Moments later.

He opened his eyes, and in them seemed to shimmer countless blade lights.

In an instant, these blade lights merged into one and then disappeared.

Clang—

Jiang Ning drew his blade forth, holding the long blade in his hand, which trembled lightly and hummed continuously.

At this moment, he could clearly feel the Power circulating in his body, majestic and vast, as if carrying the force of a mountain’s roar and a tsunami’s surge. @@novelbin@@

The long blade in his hands also trembled continuously under the flow of his Power.

“Is this the so-called Nine Layers of Strength?”

Feeling the power contained in the Strength within his body, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but become infatuated.

“What a powerful sensation!”

Afterward, his gaze fell upon the wooden dummy in front of him.

The wooden dummy in front of him was made of hundred-year-old ironwood.

This type of wood was known for its hardness, comparable to refined iron, and when wrapped in cowhide, it made for an extremely durable humanoid wooden dummy suitable for disciples in the Martial Arts Hall to practice with.

He had also targeted the wooden dummy for his fist practice before, striking at will.

For several days, this wooden dummy had stood as if untouched, without any damage.

The next moment, Jiang Ning’s long blade in his hand swung down, his Qi-Blood ran through his right arm, and his Power suddenly exploded.

Boom!

The tendons and bones in his right arm resonated, and the Nine Layers of Strength surged along his arm into the long blade in his hand.

Swoosh!

The long blade cut through the air, parting it abruptly as if it were waves.

The moment the blade’s edge touched the wooden dummy before him.

Boom!!!

The hard wooden stake wrapped in cowhide suddenly burst open, and the cowhide covering it shattered like torn fabric, scattering in all directions.

“That strong?” Jiang Ning’s mouth was slightly agape as he looked at the half-destroyed wooden stake.

One must know that he had tested this stake many times before. Even when he punched with all his might, unleashing the explosive power of a thousand catties, the stake hadn’t sustained the slightest damage.

But now, a single slash had not only split it nearly in half.

The power unleashed had caused the stake to burst apart, with most of the cowhide wrapping falling to the ground like torn rags.

“Truly worthy of the Middle Grade martial arts, truly more powerful than Zhao Hu’s Mighty Tiger Strength—the Nine Layers of Strength!”

Immediately.

Jiang Ning’s right arm flexed, preparing to pull out the long saber.

However, just as he exerted force.

“Hiss—”

He couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Because at that moment, throbbing pain surged through his right arm.

Attracted by the sharp pain in his right arm, his gaze also fell upon it.

Suddenly seeing streams of blood seeping from his right arm, which had been tanned to the color of wheat by nearly half a month of sun exposure.

“I’ve been careless!”

Seeing this, Jiang Ning immediately realized that unleashing the Nine Layers of Strength was too much for his current physique to handle.

The muscles, skin, and blood vessels couldn’t bear the immense power under full exertion.

That was what had caused the current situation.

“It seems that for me right now, unleashing the Nine Layers of Strength is to kill a thousand enemies, but harm myself by eight hundred.”

“Nevertheless, the Nine Layers of Strength is indeed formidable, truly the power derived from Middle Grade martial arts!”

“Far stronger than the Mighty Tiger Strength Zhao Hu displayed yesterday, it can be said they’re not even on the same level!”

“Now, just the burst of the First Layer of Strength can bring forth several times my current strength; a single slash can decide the fate of the heavens and earth!”

“It does serve as a trump card!”

“Just the First Layer of Strength provides such a tremendous boost. If the Canglang Blade Skill were to break through and master the Dual Strength, I wonder how exaggerated the power would be?”

“But can my current physique withstand the outburst of Dual Strength?”

As his thoughts flowed.

Jiang Ning’s right hand loosened, and his left hand grasped the saber handle. As he applied force with his left hand, the long saber was smoothly pulled out.

After that, he looked at the blade of the dark wood long saber and saw not a single notch.

“Not bad!” He immediately nodded with satisfaction. “Truly worthy of being called ‘a hundred times forged’ fine steel, truly worthy of being a weapon valued at a hundred taels, it’s indeed durable and well-crafted!”

Sheathing his saber.

Jiang Ning massaged his right arm as the Qi-Blood circulated within his body, slowly soothing the tearing wound.

With the nourishment of the Qi-Blood, it took only a short while before he felt much of the pain dissipate.

His slightly swollen right arm also returned to normal, and the bruising was successfully dispersed.

“The power of Qi-Blood is indeed mysterious and magical!”

Feeling much of the tearing in his right arm healed and the pain significantly reduced, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but marvel.

Afterward.

He continued practicing with his saber.

Having personally experienced the power of the Nine Layers of Strength, he decided to continue practicing the saber. To him, mastering the Canglang Blade Skill was his current top priority.

Just the explosive power of the First Layer of the Nine Layers of Strength allowed him to unleash a force far beyond what his physique could bear.

If the saber skill was mastered, it would mean unleashing Dual Strength, with the power folding over once more.

Though he was aware that even the outburst of a single layer of strength was hard for his physique to endure.

For instance, just now, the first layer of the Nine Layers of Strength unleashed, and his right arm couldn’t handle such overwhelming power, causing his muscles to tear.

If Dual Strength were to erupt, the physical burden would at least double, and the consequences would be imaginable.

But he also knew that once the Canglang Blade Skill broke through to mastery.

Having the bottom card of a Dual Strength outburst in hand, the next time he encountered Xu Yunfeng, if necessary, he would have the ability to strike a deadly blow.

This was his lifesaving trump card, his real ace in the hole!

No one would expect that he, with less than a month of martial arts training, possessed such terrifying explosive power.

So in Jiang Ning’s view, given that his current crisis had not abated, it was necessary to add this trump card.

Such a card could remain unused, but it was essential to have it!

Prepare for the worst!

Moreover, gaining experience value for practicing the Canglang Blade Skill was not difficult, much simpler than the Five Animals Fist.

Therefore, he naturally set this saber skill as his current primary goal.