Chapter 26 The Limits of Light

At the start of the final match, the expectations of friends and family, even the hopes of the entire Xia country, and his own longing for the Martial Arts Tournament since childhood… all made Xu Jingming eager to take the world's number one spot! But as the battle progressed to this point, Xu Jingming no longer cared about winning first place.

He was extremely satisfied with this duel. He had gained a lot from it, gaining inspiration from Tiano's secret techniques and achieving mastery of the Transformation Light stance!

Tiano was an even more super genius who could suppress him.

Fighting against such a super genius, he could simply enjoy the battle!

"Boom~~~"

Tiano slammed down with his staff, and Xu Jingming dodged to the side to block, instantly flying backward, smashing into countless rubble and some intact city walls, causing them to collapse further under the impact.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Tiano chased after him again and again. Each time, Xu Jingming had no escape, either being blasted away, retreating dozens of meters, or staggering a few steps…

"Hmm?"

After using the forbidden technique, Tiano continued to pursue with more than ten strikes, but found that Xu Jingming was retreating less and less as he blocked.

"Water is formless. One should follow the enemy's momentum, seek the enemy's weakness, and overcome them." Xu Jingming's spearmanship became even more unpredictable. At this moment, he felt endless joy. He finally understood the true core of the 'Water Stance' of the Five Great Styles.

"The flow of water is towards the place with the greatest attraction and the least resistance."

"The changes in spearmanship should also be like this. There is no fixed form! As long as you grasp the core of 'following the enemy's momentum and seeking the enemy's weakness,' the spearmanship has a foundation. I've watched it countless times in the inheritance, but it's not as good as understanding it in actual combat." Xu Jingming became even more excited. As the ancient saying goes, 'If I hear the Dao in the morning, I can die content in the evening.'

The joy of enlightenment far surpassed the victory of a competition.

Under Tiano's terrifying pressure, Xu Jingming continuously blocked and deflected, and his understanding of the 'Water Stance' became deeper and deeper. Among the Five Great Styles, the Transformation Light Stance had the highest achievement, and the Water Stance was second only to it. Xu Jingming also had a high talent in the Water Stance, and had already completely integrated the essence of the 'Water Stance' into ordinary spear moves.

Because of the previous deep accumulation, he had already reached the bottleneck before 'Great Accomplishment,' and now he finally understood.

Tiano's staff techniques were fierce and violent, with terrifying power and incredible speed! But Xu Jingming's spearmanship followed the momentum, seeking its weaknesses from the opponent's staff momentum. Then, the spear and the staff shadow touched, deflecting and guiding the force, only needing to retreat two or three steps each time to dissipate the impact.

"The Water Stance is not only a spearmanship move, but also a spearmanship philosophy," Xu Jingming understood. "The transformation of spearmanship philosophy is a transformation of the level of thinking."

Some top experts can easily abuse some younger generations' ultimate moves with some very ordinary and simple moves.

Why?

It is the difference in the level of thinking.

When should you use what move? When to retreat, when to advance? Which way should you deflect the force? Where should you attack?

"The five ultimate moves of the upper篇of *Huan Guang*, the Water Stance contains the philosophy of spearmanship. Until today, I finally understand and attain the Dao!" Xu Jingming was extremely happy. His spearmanship looked like the same moves, but Tiano's terrifying power and speed always felt like hitting cotton.

"What's going on?" Tiano couldn't believe it.

He vaguely felt that Xu Jingming was like flowing water, constantly changing! Always turning into the most 'restrained' way to deal with him.

…

"This Xu Jingming?" Countless people around the world were watching, including some cosmic lifeforms, but only Pang Ze understood Xu Jingming's state at this moment.

"His spearmanship is no longer just spearmanship," Pang Ze watched. "It has a soul, an inner core, and should be called—the Spear Dao! He has attained the Dao!"

There was a strange gleam in Pang Ze's eyes.

Any gorgeous move, no matter how powerful, is only within the scope of technique.

Only by understanding the philosophy of spearmanship can there be a qualitative change. Even ordinary moves can turn decay into magic!

"He has comprehended his own Spear Dao, and soon he should be able to master 'Transcendence' level moves." Pang Ze looked forward to it.

Comprehending the Spear Dao, using ordinary moves, can turn decay into magic. It does not mean that they only know ordinary moves. They may even have a deeper understanding of moves and comprehend more terrifying moves. This kind of move is called a 'Transcendence Level' move.

What is a Transcendence Level? It means 'exceeding the normal limit,' a level that normal planetary lifeform geniuses cannot reach.

"Is Blue Star about to produce a Transcendence Level genius?" Pang Ze thought.

…

Xu Jingming and Tiano fought, and no matter how much stronger, faster, and more agile Tiano was, Xu Jingming was slightly at a disadvantage, but he had obviously stabilized the situation.

"What the hell?"

Xu Jingming was enjoying the battle, but Tiano couldn't accept it. "I used the forbidden technique, and he still blocked it?"

"Die!" Tiano's staff technique changed, and in an instant, it was like huge pythons slashing across the sky, enveloping Xu Jingming.

It was the Sky Python Sequence of the Three Great Secret Techniques!

Using secret techniques while in a forbidden state! Tiano felt that he was shameless, bullying this new civilization's number one genius too much. But he felt that losing was even more shameful! He couldn't care about anything else at this moment.

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming moved his spear. He had blocked the Three Great Secret Techniques before, and he had a good idea of them in his mind.

Seeing the 'Sky Python Sequence' move, Xu Jingming naturally turned his spear and pointed it at the staff shadow.

He was clearly using the 'Transformation Light Stance,' but it was as gentle as water.

Pfft! Bang! Boom!

Every time it was a spear thrust! But sometimes it was as gentle as water, sometimes it was fiery, sometimes it was fierce, sometimes it was as swift as a poisonous snake… Different spear techniques had the same spearmanship philosophy. After Xu Jingming's 'flow of water' philosophy was integrated into the Transformation Light Stance, the Transformation Light Stance completely transformed.

The other four stances can be very appropriately integrated into the Transformation Light Stance.

When should you use what spearmanship? Everything exists in one's heart.

The Transformation Light Stance's borrowing and accumulating power became even more handy.

"What?" Tiano had encountered the Transformation Light Thirty-Six Strikes before, but this time, after the 'flow of water' spearmanship philosophy was integrated into the Transformation Light Stance, the feeling was completely different. The interval between each spear no longer pursued being as short as possible, but was sometimes extremely short, sometimes slower, depending on Tiano's moves following the momentum.

In this way, borrowing power from the moves also became smoother.

One move after another, like a monstrous wave! The power became more and more terrifying.

The thirty-sixth spear! It was already more terrifying than before. Tiano maintained the forbidden technique state and used the Sky Python Sequence, but he could still block it.

But the thirty-seventh, thirty-eighth, and thirty-ninth spears!

The subsequent three spears became more and more terrifying.

The final thirty-ninth spear, the momentum of the explosion, also carried the charm of the Fire Stance. At this moment, Xu Jingming understood that it was the final explosive momentum. All the power of borrowing and accumulating power completely erupted at this moment. One spear was like fire! The air exploded!

The fire had already pierced through Tiano's chest.

A huge hole appeared in Tiano's chest, and his body began to turn into illusion.

He looked at Xu Jingming, his eyes complex, with a ghostly look: "Transcendence Level? I encountered a Transcendence Level?"

"Thank you." Xu Jingming looked at the gradually illusory Tiano and thanked him.

Yes.

Transcendence Level!

The *Huan Guang* upper篇inheritance also had 'Transcendence Level' records.

The Transformation Light Thirty-Six Strikes is the normal limit for planetary lifeforms, so reaching this step is almost invincible at the same level. Breaking this limit is ten or a hundred times more difficult! You must have your own martial arts philosophy and implement it before you can hope to break this limit. The moves you use are also called 'Transcendence Level' moves.

Such geniuses are also called Transcendence Level geniuses in the numerous civilizations of the universe!

He was able to break through and had to thank Tiano! Tiano's Three Great Secret Techniques had given him a lot of gains, and the extreme pressure brought by Tiano had allowed him to comprehend the Spear Dao philosophy and use Transcendence Level moves!

At this moment—

Xu Jingming heard the virtual world's prompt in his ear—

"Xu Jingming, your Rainbow Spear Technique has broken through the fifth level 50%, and you have automatically obtained the evolutionary method for the cosmic life stage."