Book 8, The Ten Thousand Kilometer Journey – Chapter 2, The Howling Worldwolf
The most basic underpinnings of training with the heavy sword lay in combining battle-qi along with physical strength in utilizing it.
Right after the adamantine heavy sword had been forged in the city of Hess, when Linley had used the adamantine heavy sword to attack the violet-robed Special Executors, he was not capable of combining his strength and his battle-qi to use the heavy sword in a meaningful way.
The heavy sword was not meant to be used with pure brute force.
It lay in conserving every little bit of strength to allow the heavy sword to reach its maximum possible velocity, while at the same time combining physical strength and battle-qi to reach the most optimal level possible.
After spending more than a year, Linley had finally become able to wield the adamantine heavy sword as easily as though it were his hands, without wasting any strength at all. Despite a limited amount of strength and battle-qi, he was able to raise the power of the adamantine heavy sword to an extremely high level.
But this was still just the basics.
Above this basic level was the second level, a different realm of possibilities. This was something Linley had suddenly awoken to when he saw the crashing waterfalls within the mountain grotto.
To wield something heavy as though it were light was easy to say, but hard to do.
In truth, it required one to be able to perfectly control one’s battle-qi and physical strength. And then, one could suddenly unleash all of one’s power, like the unending, cascading waters of the waterfall. The power that erupted from a blow such as this was extremely great.
This was the principle underneath Linley’s ‘Thunderbolt’ technique.
But this was easier said than done. It required an extremely solid grasp of the basics. If one didn’t have enough control over one’s strength and battle-qi, even after one understood the principles of this technique, one still wouldn’t be able to utilize it.
“As powerful as that? Boss, is this the most powerful way to use the heavy sword?” Bebe said in surprise.
Laughing, Linley shook his head. “Not even close. Based on the information contained within my clan’s records, the way of using heavy weapons can be described as having three levels. The first is to master and perfect the basics. The second is to be able to wield something heavy as though it were light. And the third is known as ‘impose’.”
“‘Impose’?” Bebe was a bit confused. “What is that?”
“I don’t know either.” Linley shook his head. “After all, my clan’s records, aside from the Secret Dragonblood Manual, primarily consists of general descriptions of the history of my clan and some stories of my ancestors. With regards to that ancestor who was able to ‘wield something heavy as though it were light’, there were only a few lines describing his power. That record also mentioned that the third level was ‘impose’, but what exactly ‘impose’ is, it didn’t describe in detail, so I don’t know either.”
Linley didn’t understand.
Could ‘impose’ be referring to an imposing manner?
But when wielding the adamantine heavy sword, how much could an imposing manner possibly add to attack power?
“I haven’t had that moment of enlightenment yet. No way to understand it.” Linley shook his head.
Linley knew very well that he had not yet in fact mastered this level of ‘using something heavy as though it were light’. Because the most important part of the ‘Thunderbolt’ technique was to suddenly release all of the power available at the last moment.
How would one further increase the power of this technique?
Right now, Linley was suddenly releasing all of his strength and battle-qi in a brute force manner, but Linley knew that this was a stupid, crude method.
“Pity that there’s no signposts on the path of training.” Linley chuckled, then ceased his idle speculations.
…..
Deep autumn. The prime, virgin forests of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts were covered with yellowing leaves.
This was the late autumn of year 10001 of the Yulan calendar. Linley had already entered the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts for more than a year and a half, but he had only travelled five or six thousand kilometers thus far.
He spent most of every day in training, progressing only a few dozen kilometers at most in his journey.
Late at night, not a sound could be heard. Within the central areas of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, beneath a giant tree which would take five or six men linking hands to embrace the trunks of, Linley was quietly sitting cross-legged in the meditative trance.
Slowly…
The skies began to brighten. Linley opened his eyes, a hint of a smile on his face.
The light, pure dawn wind was blowing. Several leaves slowly spun about and fell down. Watching these leaves fall, Linley was silent.
“Boss?” Bebe casually opened his eyes. Questioningly, he said, “You woke up? Why didn’t you wake me?”
Actually, every day, when Linley woke up, Bebe would wake up as well. But every day, Bebe would wait for Linley to wake him up before he would be willing to open his eyes. Today, though, Linley hadn’t called him.
“Bebe, I seem to have made a breakthrough.” Linley suddenly said mentally to Bebe.
“A breakthrough?” Bebe immediately jumped to his feet. He asked with excitement, “What sort of breakthrough have you had?”
Linley laughed. “My spiritual energy has finally reached the level of a magus of the eighth rank.”
“A magus of the eighth rank?!” Bebe immediately yelped in surprise.
That winter, when he was sixteen years old, Linley had crafted the sculpture ‘Awakening From the Dream’, and the rapid improvement he had gained over those ten days and ten nights had resulted in Linley’s spiritual energy strengthening tenfold, arriving at the level of spiritual power possessed by a late-stage magus of the seventh rank.
He was sixteen years old that winter, and already at the late-stage seventh rank!
From then until now, three years had passed.
While he had been at Fenlai City, Linley’s spiritual energy hadn’t improved that fast, and based on that rate of improvement, Linley probably would’ve needed five or six years to advance from the late-stage of the seventh rank to the eighth rank. But this year in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, Linley had totally submerged himself into nature, and each time he had engaged in stonesculpting, he had been so natural and unrestrained.
His rate of improvement in spiritual energy was quite noticeable.
Right now…
Linley’s spiritual energy finally reached the eighth rank as a magus.
“Boss, how powerful are spells of the eighth rank?” Bebe said curiously.
“You’ll find out if you are willing to give it a try.” A hint of a smile was on Linley’s face. Bebe stared at him, then said proudly, “Come. I, Bebe, am not afraid of magical beasts of the eighth rank, much less a spell of the eighth rank.”
Linley immediately begin to chant the words to a spell.
Shortly afterwards, a large amount of earth elemental essence began to rapidly solidify and condense near Linley. The mageforce in Linley’s body, as well, was beginning to rouse.
“Whoosh.” A wind suddenly arose in front of Linley, catching and tossing up all the fallen leaves around him. An angry howl could suddenly be heard, as an earth-colored, three-meter tall wolf suddenly appeared in front of Linley. This massive wolf was three meters tall and ten meters long. All the muscles on its body seemed as tough and gnarled as steel, and its four limbs were filled with power.
Earth-style spell of the eighth rank – the Howling Worldwolf!
“Hooooooowl!”
The Howling Worldwolf let out an enraged snarl, then charged at Bebe, but Bebe only playfully stood there with confidence, staring at the Howling Worldwolf.
“Swish!” Suddenly, an Earthen Spear Array erupted from the ground beneath Bebe.
“Whoah!” Bebe let out a cry of surprise, leaping into the air.
The Earthen Spear Array hadn’t managed to hurt Bebe in the slightest, but at this time, the Howling Worldwolf had arrived next to him. Bebe immediately let out a shrill screech, and his body suddenly enlarged.
“Hoooooooowl!”
Fangs bared and maw bloody, the Howling Worldwolf bit down at Bebe, while Bebe also bit angrily at the Howling Worldwolf. With a ‘crunch’ sound, Bebe ripped apart the throat of the Howling Worldwolf.
But the Howling Worldwolf didn’t seem to be hurt at all as it slashed at Bebe with his fierce claws.
“Whap!”
Bebe was knocked flying, smashing against the ground, creating a minor crater. Bebe immediately crawled out, staring angrily at the Howling Worldwolf. Just then, the Howling Worldwolf had carried a tremendous amount of power in its claws.
“Bebe, this Howling Worldwolf isn’t a magical beast. It’s an earth-element construct, totally composed of mageforce and elemental essence. It has no vital weak points.” Linley’s voice rang out playfully.
Bebe instantly understood.
To a construct created solely from mageforce and elemental essence, whether you bit it on the tail or at the throat, there really was no difference in terms of damage done.
“Shkreeeee!”
จอง 8 การเดินทางหมื่นกิโลเมตร – บทที่ 2, Howling WorldwolfUnderpinnings พื้นฐานของการฝึกอบรมด้วยดาบหนักวางรวมชี่ต่อสู้กับแรงกายในการใช้ประโยชน์จากมันขวาหลังจากที่มีการปลอมดาบหนัก adamantine ของ Hess, Linley ได้ใช้ดาบหนัก adamantine โจมตีที่ robed ม่วงพิเศษ Executors เขาไม่สามารถรวมกำลังของเขาและเขาฉีรบจะใช้ดาบหนักในความหมายดาบหนักไม่ได้หมายถึงการใช้กำลังดุร้ายบริสุทธิ์มันวางในอนุรักษ์ทุกบิตน้อยของความแข็งแรงให้ดาบหนักถึงความสูงสุดได้เร็ว ในเวลาเดียวกันรวมแรงกายและคีต่อสู้ถึงสุดระดับที่เหมาะสมหลังจากการใช้จ่ายเกินกว่าหนึ่งปี Linley ได้ในที่สุดกลายเป็นต้องควงดาบหนัก adamantine เป็นง่ายเหมือนมันถูกมือของเขา โดยไม่ต้องเสียแรงใด ๆ เลย แม้ มีจำนวนจำกัดของความแข็งแรงและต่อสู้ชี่ เขาก็สามารถที่จะเพิ่มพลังของดาบหนัก adamantine ที่ระดับสูงมากแต่นี้ก็ยังเพียงพื้นฐานนี้ระดับพื้นฐานคือระดับสอง ขอบเขตที่แตกต่างกันประการ นี้เป็นสิ่งที่ Linley ได้ทันที awoken ไปเมื่อเขาเห็น crashing น้ำตกภายในถ้ำภูเขาจะควงอย่างหนักว่านั้นแสงจะพูด แต่ยากที่จะทำในความจริง มันต้องแก่การออกรบฉีและความแข็งแรงทางกายภาพของ แล้ว หนึ่งสามารถก็ปลดปล่อยของพลังงาน เช่นบริษัทฯ น้ำตกน้ำของน้ำตกทั้งหมด ไฟที่ได้ระเบิดจากระเบิดนี้ได้ดีมากนี้เป็นหลักภายใต้เทคนิคของ Linley 'สายฟ้า'แต่นี่ไม่พูดง่ายกว่า ทำ ยังต้องตระหนักถึงพื้นฐานแข็งแกร่งมาก ถ้าหนึ่งไม่มีพอควบคุมความแข็งแรงและต่อสู้ชี่หนึ่ง แม้หลังจากหนึ่งเข้าใจหลักการของเทคนิคนี้ หนึ่งยังไม่สามารถใช้มัน"เป็นพลังเป็นที่ เจ้านาย เป็นวิธีมีประสิทธิภาพที่สุดในการใช้ดาบหนัก" แจ็คกี้กล่าวว่า ในความประหลาดใจหัวเราะ Linley จับศีรษะของเขา "ไม่ได้ปิด ตามข้อมูลที่อยู่ในตระกูลของฉันคอร์ด วิธีการใช้อาวุธหนักสามารถอธิบายมี 3 ระดับ ครั้งแรกเป็นหลัก และพื้นฐานสมบูรณ์แบบ ที่สองจะต้องควงอย่างหนักเหมือนจะถูกไฟ และที่สามเป็นที่รู้จักกันเป็น 'กำหนด' ""'กำหนด'" แจ็คกี้บิตสับสนได้ "นั่นคืออะไร"“I don’t know either.” Linley shook his head. “After all, my clan’s records, aside from the Secret Dragonblood Manual, primarily consists of general descriptions of the history of my clan and some stories of my ancestors. With regards to that ancestor who was able to ‘wield something heavy as though it were light’, there were only a few lines describing his power. That record also mentioned that the third level was ‘impose’, but what exactly ‘impose’ is, it didn’t describe in detail, so I don’t know either.”Linley didn’t understand.Could ‘impose’ be referring to an imposing manner?But when wielding the adamantine heavy sword, how much could an imposing manner possibly add to attack power?“I haven’t had that moment of enlightenment yet. No way to understand it.” Linley shook his head.Linley knew very well that he had not yet in fact mastered this level of ‘using something heavy as though it were light’. Because the most important part of the ‘Thunderbolt’ technique was to suddenly release all of the power available at the last moment.How would one further increase the power of this technique?Right now, Linley was suddenly releasing all of his strength and battle-qi in a brute force manner, but Linley knew that this was a stupid, crude method.“Pity that there’s no signposts on the path of training.” Linley chuckled, then ceased his idle speculations.…..Deep autumn. The prime, virgin forests of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts were covered with yellowing leaves.This was the late autumn of year 10001 of the Yulan calendar. Linley had already entered the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts for more than a year and a half, but he had only travelled five or six thousand kilometers thus far.He spent most of every day in training, progressing only a few dozen kilometers at most in his journey.Late at night, not a sound could be heard. Within the central areas of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, beneath a giant tree which would take five or six men linking hands to embrace the trunks of, Linley was quietly sitting cross-legged in the meditative trance.Slowly…The skies began to brighten. Linley opened his eyes, a hint of a smile on his face.The light, pure dawn wind was blowing. Several leaves slowly spun about and fell down. Watching these leaves fall, Linley was silent.“Boss?” Bebe casually opened his eyes. Questioningly, he said, “You woke up? Why didn’t you wake me?”Actually, every day, when Linley woke up, Bebe would wake up as well. But every day, Bebe would wait for Linley to wake him up before he would be willing to open his eyes. Today, though, Linley hadn’t called him.“Bebe, I seem to have made a breakthrough.” Linley suddenly said mentally to Bebe.“A breakthrough?” Bebe immediately jumped to his feet. He asked with excitement, “What sort of breakthrough have you had?”Linley laughed. “My spiritual energy has finally reached the level of a magus of the eighth rank.”“A magus of the eighth rank?!” Bebe immediately yelped in surprise.That winter, when he was sixteen years old, Linley had crafted the sculpture ‘Awakening From the Dream’, and the rapid improvement he had gained over those ten days and ten nights had resulted in Linley’s spiritual energy strengthening tenfold, arriving at the level of spiritual power possessed by a late-stage magus of the seventh rank.He was sixteen years old that winter, and already at the late-stage seventh rank!From then until now, three years had passed.While he had been at Fenlai City, Linley’s spiritual energy hadn’t improved that fast, and based on that rate of improvement, Linley probably would’ve needed five or six years to advance from the late-stage of the seventh rank to the eighth rank. But this year in the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, Linley had totally submerged himself into nature, and each time he had engaged in stonesculpting, he had been so natural and unrestrained.His rate of improvement in spiritual energy was quite noticeable.Right now…Linley’s spiritual energy finally reached the eighth rank as a magus.“Boss, how powerful are spells of the eighth rank?” Bebe said curiously.“You’ll find out if you are willing to give it a try.” A hint of a smile was on Linley’s face. Bebe stared at him, then said proudly, “Come. I, Bebe, am not afraid of magical beasts of the eighth rank, much less a spell of the eighth rank.”Linley immediately begin to chant the words to a spell.Shortly afterwards, a large amount of earth elemental essence began to rapidly solidify and condense near Linley. The mageforce in Linley’s body, as well, was beginning to rouse.“Whoosh.” A wind suddenly arose in front of Linley, catching and tossing up all the fallen leaves around him. An angry howl could suddenly be heard, as an earth-colored, three-meter tall wolf suddenly appeared in front of Linley. This massive wolf was three meters tall and ten meters long. All the muscles on its body seemed as tough and gnarled as steel, and its four limbs were filled with power.Earth-style spell of the eighth rank – the Howling Worldwolf!“Hooooooowl!”The Howling Worldwolf let out an enraged snarl, then charged at Bebe, but Bebe only playfully stood there with confidence, staring at the Howling Worldwolf.“Swish!” Suddenly, an Earthen Spear Array erupted from the ground beneath Bebe.“Whoah!” Bebe let out a cry of surprise, leaping into the air.The Earthen Spear Array hadn’t managed to hurt Bebe in the slightest, but at this time, the Howling Worldwolf had arrived next to him. Bebe immediately let out a shrill screech, and his body suddenly enlarged.“Hoooooooowl!”Fangs bared and maw bloody, the Howling Worldwolf bit down at Bebe, while Bebe also bit angrily at the Howling Worldwolf. With a ‘crunch’ sound, Bebe ripped apart the throat of the Howling Worldwolf.
But the Howling Worldwolf didn’t seem to be hurt at all as it slashed at Bebe with his fierce claws.
“Whap!”
Bebe was knocked flying, smashing against the ground, creating a minor crater. Bebe immediately crawled out, staring angrily at the Howling Worldwolf. Just then, the Howling Worldwolf had carried a tremendous amount of power in its claws.
“Bebe, this Howling Worldwolf isn’t a magical beast. It’s an earth-element construct, totally composed of mageforce and elemental essence. It has no vital weak points.” Linley’s voice rang out playfully.
Bebe instantly understood.
To a construct created solely from mageforce and elemental essence, whether you bit it on the tail or at the throat, there really was no difference in terms of damage done.
“Shkreeeee!”
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