Chapter 440: New Enlightenment

After leaving the Eighteen Layers of Hell, Li An often recalled his fight with Shen Ji.As their battle entered its final stages,He had said, "You don't understand killing techniques at all."But that was all.Though they hadn't met much, Li An could tell Shen Ji was a ruthless and quiet character.From beginning to end, he said very little.He fought relentlessly.To the end.Li An felt a genuine sense of heart failure, as if all his strength was gone.But by then, Shen Ji was also exhausted.Li An was simply too tanky.So, in the end, Li An called it a draw.He would be caught and thrown out, and it was at that moment that Li An uttered, "What killing technique?""How come it's so weak?"And then Shen Ji, returning to his true form, slapped him, nearly killing him.But on second thought,Shen Ji's moves were indeed bizarre. He'd been pondering it for a while, but still had no clue.That killing technique must be an extremely advanced one.Without the text, and no one to teach him, Shen Ji had only practiced it once, so how could he easily grasp its essence?Luckily, Li An had his dream world.Though his dreaming talent had gradually faded, its use long since lost due to his lack of spiritual attainment,it still aided him, assisted him in his cultivation, and helped him overcome one difficulty after another.In his dream world, Li An replayed countless scenes of Shen Ji's battles with him.Now he wanted to try it with Yu Jingnian!These thoughts flashed through Li An's mind like lightning.In the real world.He and Yu Jingnian were still under a torrential downpour.Thunder rumbled in his ears.The sky was dark, with only the flashing of lightning.Yu Jingnian's gaze remained fixed on the sculpture behind Li An.Such a spacious area, open on all sides, without any walls. There was only one Li An!How could he not break through?!Impossible!Yu Jingnian gathered his hands and summoned his magical skills.Transform into rain!He used the torrential downpour to conceal his form!In Li An's eyes, Yu Jingnian quickly transformed into raindrops, disappearing into the swirling downpour.If it had been anyone else, he might have been able to deceive them.But the person standing before Yu Jingnian was Li An!Slow vision!Li An could see exactly which drop of rain his transformed water merged into!And he was so confident in himself that he didn't even step back, but unleashed a punch in the direction he was staring at!Yu Jingnian was knocked back to his original form.His face was gloomy.Transform into thunder!He leaped high into the air.But within seconds, Li An caught him again and knocked him down with a single punch!But this time, Li An didn't give the opponent time to breathe. Imitating Shen Ji's technique, he unleashed a concentrated fist aimed at Yu Jingnian's shoulder!The tip of his fist clashed with the opponent's shoulder.Yu Jingnian's eyebrows trembled, and he felt an inexplicable sting.Nine Qi Meridians?How could the human race, a race so newly emerging in martial arts and lacking in knowledge, even know such a tricky thing?Yu Jingnian took a few steps back.Li An observed carefully.The opponent's movements remained unchanged, and his expression barely changed, though he did frown briefly.It seemed that technique was effective, but it would still be weakened against those with a strong physical body!Another one!Li An rushed forward and delivered another punch.But Yu Jingnian would not tolerate his attack. He retaliated with a wave of his sleeve, unleashing a burst of lightning."Boom boom boom!"Yu Jingnian effortlessly unleashed powerful immortal techniques, the power granted to him by his immortal form.He could almost be called an encyclopedia of immortal arts. He knows everything, understands everything, and his methods are so complex they're mind-numbing.Li An, on the other hand, has only his fists and a wielding martial spirit!But that's enough!Close combat.Yu Jingnian quickly fell into a disadvantageous position, once again exploited by Li An.Li An struck the second of his nine energy channels.Yu Jingnian's face darkened. He slapped his palm against his energy source, instantly slapping the flattened energy channel back to its original shape.Seeing this, Li An thought and struck his fists.In just over ten minutes, Li An had struck all nine energy channels.Yu Jingnian's condition remained unchanged.He said calmly, "A trifle.""Given my strength, you'd need to strike all nine energy channels simultaneously within a second for it to have any effect.""This is a technique that has been abandoned by the times."Li An frowned.No wonder Shen Ji had attacked him thousands of times without sustaining a fatal injury. Could it be that the killing skills Shen Ji had been talking about were no longer considered good enough?The tide of time had washed everything away, even the techniques he had so proudly championed, now buried beneath the sea, useless as sand and gravel.Is that really the case?No.Li An's combat instincts were sharp.From the moment he began striking the opponent's nine energy channels, Yu Jingnian hadn't retaliated, only dodging and taking the blows.Yes!Li An was feeling strong now, and he continued to swing his punches!The fluid force had been activated, and his punches were lightning fast!Yu Jingnian parried and retreated, and the two men were in a stalemate for a moment.But the truth was not what was happening.Yu Jingnian was in a bad mood, as he found it difficult to fight back.Li An, however, was becoming more and more adept at fighting.He had a feeling something was coming!He was about to realize something!He simply closed his eyes and punched based on muscle memory. At that moment, he felt his arms swing with extraordinary force.It felt as if the force was about to burst out of his fists.It wasn't martial will.It was force!Li An could easily unleash a burst of martial will and cause a patch of earth to explode.But he struggled to control the force that had already left his body.Body force!The three fundamental skills of a martial artist.Body force!Shen Ji's moves brought Li An back to the feeling of his early boxing days.Perhaps in their time, the martial artist profession was even more rudimentary than it is today, and people might not even have a clear understanding of how to wield martial will.The only thing they could cultivate was body force!Yet, even today, millions of years and epochs later, body force remains the most important fundamental skill for a martial artist.This made Li An wonder if the power of martial will might have overshadowed the brilliance of body force.Martial will could be as dazzling and powerful as the elements.In fact, the destructive power of martial will might even be greater than that of body force!So everyone was intensively studying martial intent, while primordial force became a secondary benefit to physical cultivation!But now.Li An felt the allure of primordial force.Punch after punch, he struck the opponent's flesh, pounding against the slightly elastic skin.A primordial texture erupted at that moment!The next second!Li An delivered a powerful hook punch to Yu Jingnian's abdomen.The opponent, visibly hurt, flew backward, spitting blood.Li An, however, closed his eyes tightly, taking it all in.The flow of force.The convergence of force.The explosion of force.All of this had become his instinct.What else could force possibly be?Suddenly.Li An's eyes shot open.He felt it.Elasticity!Force was elastic.Martial intent was not!Martial intent was a pure release of power, like a firearm or a missile.Force was a living being.Invisible, intangible. But forces have real, lifelike properties.Inertia.Elasticity.No.It's more than that!There's something deeper, right before our eyes!Ang Lee, think about it!