Chapter 135 - 134: [Nine Yang Divine Skill]

Chapter 135: Chapter 134: [Nine Yang Divine Skill]

This version of the *Nine Yang Divine Skill*, created by the founder of some obscure sect, shared a name with the *Nine Yang Divine Skill* from Jin Yong’s novels, but in substance, they were polar opposites.

While Jin Yong’s *Nine Yang Divine Skill* was an martial art of immense power, its true purpose was to strengthen the body and unlock human potential. The martial arts techniques were merely a byproduct.

The one in He Xiaotian’s hands, however, was a divine skill of absolute ferocity, created purely for combat!

It was born for battle.

Based on its properties, it gave rise to five ultimate techniques known as the Five Ultimates of Nine Yang.

Thunderous Divine Palm, Nine Yang Divine Sword, Great Yin-Yang Shift, Fire Cloud Palm, and Fiery Sun Saber.

Once the Five Ultimates were mastered, they could be combined into a single, devastating sequence.

First, use the Fiery Sun Saber to shatter the opponent’s momentum and slice through their protective Qi Force. Then, follow up with the Fire Cloud Palm to enhance the saber’s power, burning the opponent while driving fire-aspected Qi deep into their body to damage their internal organs and strike at their vital points.

Next, using the properties of the Great Yin-Yang Shift, one would reverse both the external attack’s Inner Strength and the opponent’s own, causing their Qi and Blood to flow backward. This would be followed by the Sword Qi of the Nine Yang Divine Sword, which would penetrate the body but not exit, instead condensing within the target’s vital acupoints.

The final step was to detonate everything with the Great Nine Yang Thunderbolt—an earth-shattering explosion that left no chance of survival.

Unfortunately, the manuals the shopkeeper had found only contained the *Nine Yang Divine Skill*’s Heart Chapter and the *Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt*.

However, for He Xiaotian at his current stage, this was more than enough.

With the Thunderous Divine Palm alone, he could stand proud in present-day Shanghai for the time being.

Of course, if some max-level superhero with a full item build and maxed-out runes suddenly appeared...

Then he’d be screwed!

Right now, he was like a level-one character just starting out in straw sandals.

Reality wasn’t a game; you couldn’t just revive after dying.

If he died, he was really dead!

[Ding! Gained 500 Experience Points.]

Notifications flooded the top-left corner of his vision.

The Spiritual Energy Crystals in the black briefcase were also rapidly diminishing.

[Ding! Gained 150 Experience Points.]

"???"

Amidst the stream of notifications, He Xiaotian noticed a few unusual numbers.

And then...

[Ding! Gained 100 Experience Points.]

[Ding! Gained 50 Experience Points.]

His final Experience Point total was—120,000.

And that was on top of the 7,000 points he already had.

Of course, he had also set aside one hundred Spiritual Energy Crystals as a backup.

He never knew when he might need them.

’Something’s not right! Where did the other ten-thousand-plus Experience Points go? Don’t tell me Roger deliberately ripped me off with defective products?’

At this thought, He Xiaotian shook his head.

’Even though I don’t know Roger well, as the Deputy Director of the Shanghai Cleaners, he probably wouldn’t stoop to such a despicable tactic just to mess with me.’

’The only other explanation is that the amount of Spiritual Qi contained in each Spiritual Energy Crystal varies.’

’That would explain the difference in Experience Points.’

Having figured it out, He Xiaotian stopped dwelling on it.

’This was a windfall anyway. I should be happy I got anything at all!’

His gaze fell upon the two manuals on the table.

[Ding! Two incorrectly translated martial arts manuals have been detected. Do you wish to spend 500 Experience Points to correct them?]

’Correct them.’

’Was there even a need to hesitate? Of course, I have to correct them.’

[*Nine Yang Divine Skill - Heart Chapter* - 0/500+ (Uninitiated)]

[*Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* - 0/300+ (Uninitiated)]

He Xiaotian did not immediately click the plus sign, but instead flipped through the manuals.

After a good while, he put them down.

’Who could possibly understand this convoluted classical Chinese? And even if you could, the translation errors mean that anyone who practices from this would die. What a freaking scam.’

’No wonder modern people don’t believe in something as unscientific as Inner Strength,’ he mused.

’Ever since I started practicing martial arts, every manual I’ve found has been either incomplete or full of errors.’

’Even the brave ones who tried probably died halfway through their training.’

’Only in the hands of a cheater like me can these martial arts truly shine with their original brilliance.’

[*Nine Yang Divine Skill - Heart Chapter* - 500/500+ (Uninitiated) -> 1000/1000+ (Initiated) -> 2000/2000+ (Beginner) -> 4000/4000+ (Minor Accomplishment) -> 8000/8000+ (Adept) -> 16000/16000+ (Comprehensive Mastery) -> 32000/32000 (Perfected) -> *Nine Yang Divine Skill - Heart Chapter* - ∞ (Transcendent).]

It cost a total of 63,500 Experience Points to max it out.

He Xiaotian felt an intense heat suddenly erupt from his sternum, as if a miniature sun was about to be born within his chest.

Streams of scorching Qi Force flowed out from his Heart Spleen Acupoint, circulating through his entire body.

A pleasant warmth spread through him, feeling incredibly comfortable.

At the same time, a pocket of sinister, cold Qi hidden within his body was being driven out, retreating at every turn.

He Xiaotian then checked the divine skill’s attributes.

[*Nine Yang Divine Skill - Heart Chapter* - ∞ (Transcendent: Inner Strength +100, Strength +10, Yang Qi +10, Burn +10, Special Attribute - Fiery Sun Shakes the Heavens +1)]

The attributes were simple, with the only new one being Yang Qi.

But he had to remember, this was only one of the nine Chapters of the Heart Method.

If he could collect all nine Chapters and master them completely...

Once he achieved "Nine Yangs as One," the power of the divine skill would be absolutely world-shaking.

He Xiaotian shifted his gaze to the *Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* manual and began frantically tapping the plus sign.

His Experience Points drained away like water, and it pained him to watch.

[*Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* - 300/300+ (Uninitiated) -> 600/600+ (Initiated) -> 1200/1200+ (Beginner) -> 2400/2400+ (Minor Accomplishment) -> 4800/4800+ (Adept) -> 9200/9200+ (Comprehensive Mastery) -> 18400/18400 (Perfected) -> *Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* - ∞ (Transcendent).]

It cost a total of 36,900 Experience Points to max it out, leaving him with 19,600.

In the blink of an eye, his 120,000 Experience Points had dwindled to less than 20,000.

[*Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* - ∞ (Transcendent: Explosion +10, Shatter +10, Crush +10, Burn +10, Special Attribute - Fiery Sun’s Startling Rainbow +1)]

His eyes shifted, glancing at a certain forgotten martial art, and he opened the [Function] menu.

[Do you wish to use *Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* as the base to fuse with *Iron Sand Palm*?]

’Yes.’

’If it weren’t for that little stat boost, did you really think I would have bothered training it?’

[Do you wish to spend 10,000 Experience Points to proceed with the fusion?]

’Yes! Wait, didn’t fusion only cost 5,000 Experience Points before? Why is it 10,000 now? Is it because *Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* is too high-level, so the cost went up?’

After a moment’s thought, He Xiaotian decided to go ahead with the fusion.

[Fusing martial arts... 1%... 35%... 45%... 58%... 99%... 100%. Fusion complete. Please view the martial art’s new attributes.]

[*Lesser Nine Yang Thunderbolt* - ∞ (Transcendent: Explosion +10, Shatter +10, Crush +15, Burn +15, Special Attribute - Fiery Sun’s Startling Rainbow +1)]

The Crush and Burn attributes had each increased by 5 points.

As for the original attributes from *Iron Sand Palm*—Strength, Impact, Sharpness, Pressure, and Hardness—they had all vanished.

TSS! TSS! TSS!

Overwhelmed by the assault of the *Nine Yang Divine Skill*’s Inner Strength, the sinister cold Qi within his body could no longer hold on and was finally expelled.

The moment the gray mist emerged, it instantly coated the room in a layer of frost.

And faintly, within the mist, the shape of a man with the body of a lion could be seen.