"First, let"s start with the fist art, Nine Fists Shattering Meteor! We will just execute one fist for the purpose of this demonstration. Watch carefully how this skill actually looks like from the order of their mastery!" said the princ.i.p.al as he turned his body towards another direction, his expression solemn.Huuuu!
His left leg stepped forward slightly, about a quarter of a step as he punched out with his right fist.
Bam!
An invisible exploding sound could be heard in front of the fist as well as some slight tremors unfolding out from it.
"That is novice mastery, next is the adept mastery.." the princ.i.p.al then adjusted his posture slightly as he punched out once more.
Bam!
This time, the impact sounded much more crisp and the air was compressed slightly as the reverberations caused winds to blow over.
The princ.i.p.al then continued to punch out two more times, each carrying an even more impactful result than the other.
Bam!
Bam!
"Those are the minor and major mastery. After this will be the real deal, the consummation mastery!"
Huuu!
BAM!
The pressure from that punch alone had compressed the air so much that when it exploded out, sonic booms could be heard from it as gales of fierce winds a.s.saulted the surrounding.
"These are the five tiers of mastery for this fist art! It took me just three months to master them to the consummation level back when I was at the Qi condensation realm! Now, show me this fist art and I will help you reach the consummation level!" said the principle with a proud smile as he reminisce the good old times.
Back then, he was hailed as a true genius! Mastering any one of the skill arts into consummation from the Nine Legends edition within three months, was no easy feat at all and therefore, he had gained recognition from the academy because of that.
"Mmm.. okay.." Duan Li just nodded as he himself wasn"t sure what mastery he had achieved in the Nine Fists Shattering Meteor fist art, but he was sure that the effects from his fists before when he tried it out during practice had reached a similar phenomena like the consummation level the princ.i.p.al had just showed.
Adjusting his posture and stance, he drove his spiritual Qi from his three dantians to the numerous pathways as he stimulate the different acupoints. Without any sort of stances, he then just casually punched out.
BAMM!
The s.p.a.ce in front of Duan Li"s fist reverberated chaotically, that the resulting compressed air was creating vacuum holes that sucked in air from the surrounding before exploding outwards creating a series of tsunami-like shockwaves!
The impact from Duan Li"s punch was so great that it caused the trio including Xiahou Yu to step back two steps.
Gulp!
Holy cow!
If any Qi condensation realm students were to be hit by that, they would definitely be blown to the sky while spurting blood like rainbows!
Cough cough!
The princ.i.p.al choked on himself as he witnessed this scene. To think that he was so proud of his fist art before, even to the extent of bragging out a bit that it took him 3 months to master it to the consummation level.
Yet here is Duan Li, the brat whom had just practiced it within but a single cow day, had just performed a consummation mastery of the fist art that has an even greater impact compared to the punch that he executed before!
His face right now was flushed red as if he was being slapped by the other party!
"Y-you.. nevermind.. you pa.s.sed!" sighed the princ.i.p.al as he shook his head.
Just as he tried to move on to the next skill art, Duan Li began to speak;
"I don"t believe that the punch I had just performed was the consummation level at all!" said Duan Li, his expression looking dejected.
What? Not the consummation level?
They were surprised when Duan Li made such a statement, and the princ.i.p.al couldn"t help but to ask;
"Not yet the consummation? What do you mean?" his brows creased together as he contemplated the words that Duan Li had just spoken.
"En! I feel that its not worthy to be called as the consummation level! In fact.. it would be even more accurate to call it as.. the novice mastery instead!" said Duan Li as he nodded with confidence in his explanation.
Pu!
You call that devastating punch you performed just now as a novice mastery?
Then, what about the punch that I had executed before? A noob"s mastery?
Novice your head!
Let me punch that head of yours so that you can speak properly!
The princ.i.p.al was fumed by Duan Li"s words. Just as he was about to say something to reprimand the other party to not be too c.o.c.ky, the latter suddenly put up a stance while holding his right fist close to the abdomen.
Duan Li then unsealed his cultivation states as his aura rose sharply!
Level 2 Qi Condensation realm!
Level 3 Qi Condensation realm!
Boom!
"This is my limit for now! I can"t hold out long in this state so I will immediately execute the fist art!" exclaimed Duan Li as his countenance began to turned pale and his breathing grew heavy.
The air infront of his fists was folding layers upon layers to the point that it heats up the surrounding air current creating a vivid vaporization effect with a sizzling sound.
Szzttt!
Then, with a powerful momentum that shook the ground, Duan Li stepped forward half a step with his left leg as he punched out the fist!
BOOMM!!
The air was split as it teared apart like a hot knife through a b.u.t.ter, creating a huge vacuum that exploded out the s.p.a.ce in front of Duan Li. Streams of heated air that combined together combusted spontaneously due to the intense friction between them shooting out sparks of flames forward.
A reminiscent image of a meteor shooting forward with an unstoppable force could be make out from Duan Li"s punch!
...
Hisssss!
The four of them sucked in cold breath as they witnessed this incredible scene! They had even just realized that their body was pushed backwards ten steps away from their original position!
"Sigh.. I guess.. this should be the adept level of mastery.. "said Duan Li with a depressed expression.
Pu!
The four of them were shocked to the point that they almost farted out putrid gases from their bottom when they heard what Duan Li had just said.
A punch so powerful, so catastrophic and outrageous like that and you called it adept mastery?
You must be trying to pull our leg!
"D-Duan Li.. is what you said true? T-that fist is only at the.. adept mastery?" asked w.a.n.g Guozhi at the sides as he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"En! In fact, If I had tempered my physical body to at least suit the level 9 of the Qi condensation realm, perhaps I would be able to perform the minor mastery of it!" replied Duan Li with a positive nod.
The minor mastery..!
The Adept mastery was already so powerful, what would be the minor mastery be like.. or the consummation?
Their hairs stood on end as they thought about it.
In fact, if they were to re-evaluate back the fist art, just from the battle prowess of its adept mastery alone, would be enough to push the rank of the skill to the pinnacle level of the foundation establishment realm, perhaps rivalling even skill arts from the early stage of the core formation realm!
If that was the case, following the logic, minor mastery would push it between the core formation and golden core realm, while major mastery would push it to the nascent soul realm!
Then..
Consummation mastery would be at the immortal ascension realm!
Hissss!
The four of them sucked in cold breath again. They had never thought that a fist art that was discovered within an ancient ruin evaluated to be on the pinnacle level of the Qi condensation realm by the research and development department of the academy would have a probability to reach the immortal ascension realm!
Would the academy really made such a big error in its judgement? That has never happened before!
Curious, the princ.i.p.al turned to ask Duan Li;
"Duan Li, how did you manage to increase its battle prowess?" he asked.
"Mmm well, when I read through the manual book, I found that somehow.. in its complete state.. there was also incompleteness within it.." replied Duan Li in a rhetoric manner as he cupped his chin.
Huh?
The four of them were confounded, unable to comprehend what Duan Li had just said.
"Its actually like this.."
Duan Li began to explain that his punches were stronger because he made use of his three dantians to execute the fist art. When the princ.i.p.al heard this, his heart was uplifted once more as he could finally knew the reason why he had lost in the dominance between their fist art exchange before.
But this had sparked a certain thought within his mind.
Could it be?
"Duan Li, do you mean to say that this fist art was actually made by someone.. with three dantians?" the princ.i.p.al asked with wide eyes, trying to affirm his conjecture.
"En! That was why I said that it is complete but incomplete! Complete in the sense that, the might of the fist art stop there for a person with one dantian. Thus, that was really the consummation level of it!" explained Duan Li as he continued further;
"But, for a person with three dantians.. that fist art is still far from reaching the consummation level!"
"T-this.." the four of them couldn"t help but to be astonished.
All these while, they thought that Duan Li was the only sicko..
Who would have thought that there was another lunatic in the past?
Hais..
"Execute the fist art to exhaustion so I can have a gauge of how much spiritual Qi a person with three dantians has!" said the princ.i.p.al.
Punch to exhaustion?
Err..
"Umm.. okay.. " replied Duan Li as he too hadn"t yet tried how much fists he could punch out before he got tired.
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
...
After a while..
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
"Okay stop! Enough!" shouted the princ.i.p.al out loud as he clenched his chest.
Normally, even a pinnacle stage Qi condensation realm student could probably only execute the fist art 3 times. With Duan Li"s triple dantian, he conjectured that Duan Li should at least be able to execute the fist art 9 times and at most 15 times, give or take.
After all, that fist is part of the Nine Legends edition which is extremely demanding on spiritual Qi consumption.
But no, all of his expectations has erred like the laws of nature has gone senile! He had just witnessed how Duan Li was throwing out punches after punches without any breaks in between!
h.e.l.l, as if that wasn"t enough to get the person in question exhausted, before long, the other party began to punch out rapidly with both fists!
If he had counted correctly from the very beginning, the total amount of punches Duan Li had thrown out was more than a hundred already!
Just what the h.e.l.l happened here?
Has the heavens gone blind?
Huuuu!
Duan Li finally adjusted his stance back to the neutral position as he cooled down. His expression devoid of fatigue as he wiped off the non-existing sweat from his forehead as he exhaled out.
"Haa.. that was a good exercise!"
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