Chapter 428: Vajra Bright King Technique, Skilled!

"Indeed, the effect of this Qilin Mystic Ginseng Pill is truly the same as the Devour Heaven Great Rejuvenation Pill."

Yang Ling's heart burned with excitement, and he immediately picked up the pill and swallowed it.

"Please select the Internal Technique Method to enhance"

"Vajra Bright King Technique"

"Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force"

"Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Diagram"

"Divine Ape Contemplation Diagram"

"Heavenly Will True Scripture"

Looking at these five Top-Tier Internal Techniques before him, Yang Ling felt a surge of countless emotions welling up inside.

Not enough, completely not enough.

All five Top-Tier Internal Techniques needed to be raised to Transcendent, and the Experience Points required for that were simply terrifying.

"It's better to be like Zhao Zheng and the others, they only need to focus on enhancing a single Top-Tier Internal Technique, and their costs are lower too. Unlike me, managing this household is truly exhausting."

Yang Ling selected the Vajra Bright King Technique.

Wave after wave of scorching warm currents immediately surged through his entire body.

The Vajra Bright King Technique's Experience Points began skyrocketing at lightning speed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, his Experience Points had already broken through the one hundred thousand mark!

"Congratulations, the Vajra Bright King Technique has advanced to Skilled"

[Vajra Bright King Technique]

[Skilled: Gain 40 Free Attribute Points, Strength, Agility, Spirit, each boosted by 60 points]

[Vital Qi increased by 1000]

[Vajra Indestructible Body has evolved into Vajra Bright King Body]

[Vajra Bright King Technique has been cultivated to its peak. To reach the Transcendent realm, one must seek enlightenment within a Buddhist temple]

Before Yang Ling could examine the details closely, his Vital Qi suddenly began to churn violently, like a surging, roaring river.

With every breath, it seemed as though wisps of blood mist were dispersing into the air.

This was a sign that his Vital Qi was circulating at its absolute limit!

This process lasted for about a minute.

He could feel that his Vital Qi had undergone some subtle changes, increasing somewhat, though not by much.

Yet it brought him an extremely pronounced sensation of fullness!

Yang Ling looked at his Status Panel.

His Vital Qi, which had been at 19,999 points, had now become 20,000!

"Vital Qi is at perfection!"

Yang Ling took a deep breath.

His guess had been right. The Vajra Bright King Technique could indeed enhance Vital Qi.

It had pushed his Near Perfection Vital Qi completely into the realm of Perfect Vital Qi.

With the Crimson Ghost Ginseng and Perfect Vital Qi, he now possessed the most flawless foundation for advancing to Fifth-Rank Grandmaster.

"But..."

Yang Ling calmed the Vital Qi within his body, focusing his attention on the information from just now.

"The Skilled realm of the Vajra Bright King Technique didn't increase the Strength and Agility boost, still 60 points, but it added a Spirit boost..."

"So the Vajra Bright King Technique is actually a perfectly balanced technique. The further one progresses, the more obvious this balance becomes?"

"All three attributes can be boosted, including Spirit, which is the scarcest attribute of all."

"Suppose my Spirit were the same as an ordinary Martial Artist's, as long as I advance the Vajra Bright King Technique to Skilled, then from then on, the speed at which I cultivate this technique would also increase thanks to this 60-point Spirit boost..."

Yang Ling's expression gradually turned serious.

He had previously thought that the Vajra Bright King Technique might be slightly inferior to the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Diagram among Top-Tier Internal Techniques.

But now it seemed, the Vajra Bright King Technique was likely not weaker than the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Diagram, and might even be superior to it!

"A 60-point Spirit boost is a tremendous help for my Object Control and perception."

"It's also an indirect increase in combat capability."

Thinking of this, Yang Ling turned his attention to another notification.

His Vajra Indestructible Body was gone, having evolved into the Vajra Bright King Body.

[Vajra Bright King Body: HP Lock, regardless of any attack, will retain 1 point of HP, and restore the Health Bar to full in an instant]

[Vajra Bright King Body: Defense increased by 10 times, damage from bladed and edged weapon attacks is unconditionally reflected]

He hadn't looked, but when he did, it gave Yang Ling a massive shock.

He stared blankly at the description of the Vajra Bright King Body on the panel.

He had originally thought that this exclusive skill's enhancement would at most provide some increase in defense.

He never imagined that the gap between the Vajra Bright King Body and the Vajra Indestructible Body would be this enormous!

Yang Ling gradually snapped back to reality, excitement causing the blood in his veins to boil.

"HP Lock! This is practically a divine skill! According to the description above, no matter what attack I encounter, I can lock onto 1 point of HP, then restore my Health Bar to full in an instant!"

"This is equivalent to having two lives! At critical moments, it can completely turn the tide!"

"Even if I face attacks from Fourth-Rank Grandmasters or even Third-Rank Grandmaster Supremes in the future, at the very least I'll have a sliver of a chance to survive, without dying on the spot..."

He calmed his emotions and continued looking at the second characteristic of the Vajra Bright King Body.

"Defense is unchanged from before, still boosted by ten times, but it now has unconditional reflection of bladed and edged weapon damage..."

"Is it the weapon that gets reflected back, or the damage? Since it specifically mentions damage..."

"Is this a thorns armor? If someone chops me with a blade and I lose 1,000 points of HP, would they also lose 1,000 points of HP?"

Yang Ling's heart trembled slightly. This characteristic could be compared to HP Lock.

He felt that he had severely underestimated the Vajra Bright King Technique!

Now with this skill, his combat power had absolutely received its most significant enhancement.

His overall comprehensive capabilities had most likely already undergone a Qualitative Transformation!

And this was before he had even advanced to Fifth-Rank. If he advanced to Fifth-Rank...

Yang Ling felt that even when facing a Fourth-Rank Grandmaster, he would have the right to reason with them!

He definitely couldn't win in a fight, but if the other party wanted to kill him, it would cost them considerable effort.

"It's just that reaching the Transcendent realm might really not be that easy..."

Yang Ling looked at the final notification.

"I need to seek enlightenment on my own within a Buddhist temple? The Vajra Bright King Technique doesn't actually have a true fifth level..."

A trace of doubt suddenly arose in his heart.

Perhaps this technique had extremely high variability.

If ten people cultivated it, assuming they could all reach Transcendent, each person's enlightenment of the Transcendent realm might be completely different!

"In other words... I have the opportunity to dictate what attribute boosts the Transcendent realm of the Vajra Bright King Technique provides?"

Yang Ling gasped sharply.

The Vajra Bright King Technique had brought him so many surprises this time!

If he didn't have the Great-Grade Azure Dragon Force and the Heavenly Will Hundred Battles Diagram, he might have complained a few words.

But with these Top-Tier Internal Techniques as a safety net, even if the fifth level of the Vajra Bright King Technique remained far off in the short term, he wouldn't be anxious!

Yang Ling's mind stirred, and the Vital Qi within his body immediately began to deplete. A stream of golden light flowed through his entire body, slowly coating him in a layer of "gold leaf."

Vajra Bright King Body!

Time ticked by, second after second.

Yang Ling used the time on his Status Panel to test this skill's consumption rate.

He watched as his Vital Qi began dropping at a rate of one hundred points per second.

After roughly a minute had passed, his Vital Qi was down to only fourteen thousand, having consumed a full six thousand points!

"One hundred points of Vital Qi per second, so with my current twenty thousand Vital Qi, I can sustain it for two hundred seconds."

"But once I advance to Fifth-Rank Lesser Master, my Vital Qi is guaranteed to increase dramatically!"

"At that point, the Vajra Bright King Body will be able to last even longer!"

Yang Ling looked at his Status Panel.

This enhancement of the Vajra Bright King Technique had also granted him 40 Free Attribute Points.

His current Free Attribute Points had reached: 161 points!

"My highest Strength is only 150, Agility is 149, and yet my free attribute points have accumulated to 161..."

Yang Ling's expression was somewhat strange. According to his calculations, once he advanced to Fifth-Rank, he most likely wouldn't have to worry about those bottlenecks the local natives talked about.

At the moment of breakthrough, he would be able to advance directly to Middle Fifth-Rank!

Afterwards, he glanced at his other attributes.

The Vajra Bright King Technique column now showed Skilled, and the Experience Bar had completely disappeared.

This was exactly the same as the Wind God Vajra Legs and the Ethereal Steps.

"I need to personally seek enlightenment for the fifth level of the Vajra Bright King Technique before the Experience Bar will reappear..."

Yang Ling thought for a moment, then went to the small courtyard. Simultaneously circulating his three Internal Techniques, he began tempering his Martial Arts Techniques.

The next day, he received a notification and arrived at the Four Directions Lodge almost simultaneously with Xu Qingnian.