The Seven Fierce Killing Fists: Drawing on the essence of seven ferocious beasts, it empowers a human to embody their ferocity, transforming every part of the body into a potent offensive weapon. To cultivate the essence of each beast, one must consume the corresponding beast's vital blood, experiencing its power to gain a fraction of its strength, thus unleashing superhuman might.
Simply put, I'm no longer human!
The seven fierce beasts are: the Blood Fiend Tiger, the Sky-Rending Eagle, the Mountain-Bearing Ox, the Thunder-Rushing Leopard, the Spirit-Sage Tortoise, the Ocean-Submerging Whale, and the Heart-Stabilizing Ape.
After reading the introduction, Gu Yuan took a deep breath. This martial skill was beyond his imagination, truly powerful.
According to the effects described in the book, once cultivated to perfection, one's attributes would be enhanced, with comprehensive improvements in attack, strength, defense, recovery, and combat awareness.
After reviewing the introduction, Gu Yuan turned to the sales assistant and said, "Please give me a more detailed explanation."
"Certainly. This martial skill was actually created by a great martial arts master when our Tian Xia Nation was first established. During a period of intense conflict, there was a need for a large number of martial artists who could contend with fierce beasts. For several years, he observed the most powerful existing beasts and then fused their characteristics to create this martial skill. It offers extremely rapid cultivation, requiring only the blood of the seven fierce beasts to be successfully cultivated, regardless of innate talent."
"He even formed the fearsome Seven Fierce Army, where every martial artist was a master of the 'Seven Fierce Killing Fists.' They carved out vast areas of untainted land for our human race. However, as time passed, some of the skill's drawbacks became apparent, such as the high risk of dying during cultivation or becoming a soulless killing machine. For these reasons, it gradually faded from prominence and became a skill anyone could cultivate. Yet, its inherent danger meant it could never be overly popularized," the assistant explained the martial skill's history to Gu Yuan in one breath.
Gu Yuan pondered for a moment. He was drawn to the martial skill's characteristic of rapidly achieving combat effectiveness.
Why not give it a try? Even if something went wrong, he had the Dao Luck Sky Map to monitor himself. How could he possibly die? Furthermore, the verdant aura it contained was something he had never encountered before. All things considered, it was worth buying!
Gu Yuan looked up at the sales assistant with determined eyes and declared, "Buy it!"
The sales assistant: "..."
So, all my explanation went in one ear and out the other!
Nevertheless, the customer is king. Gu Yuan happily obtained the martial skill imbued with a faint verdant aura. He had tried earlier; before he paid, he couldn't absorb the aura from the martial skill.
This puzzled Gu Yuan. Only after payment, when the martial skill officially belonged to him, could he absorb it by activating the Dao Luck Sky Map. Gu Yuan seemed to understand.
Items containing verdant or higher auras required him to possess them before he could absorb them. However, this conclusion needed further verification. Gu Yuan decided to test it again the next time he encountered something verdant.
Upon receiving it, he absorbed the verdant aura contained within. The Dao Luck Sky Map in his mind provided a notification:
[Verdant Aura Increased by Three Hundred Points!]
Holy cow!
So much.
Gu Yuan was somewhat surprised. This meant he could absorb verdant fate, and not just any mediocre verdant fate like "Spiritual Energy Affinity," but top-tier verdant fate.
This martial skill cost him a hundred thousand silver taels. He knew that when it was first released, the price had reached a million. It seemed very few people were actually buying it.
Adding to that was the set of vital blood from the seven fierce beasts, also costing a hundred thousand taels. It looked like he wouldn't be able to afford a movement technique now.
Gu Yuan bid farewell to the sales assistant and left the Martial Pavilion.
Returning to his dormitory with the martial skill and the vital blood, Gu Yuan didn't rush to cultivate. He opened the contestant information sheet for the Central Province Prefecture that Chu Ling had sent him last time.
Gu Yuan planned to select a fate. As his martial skills increased, the time spent cultivating them also grew longer. He decided it was necessary to acquire a fate that would enhance his talent for martial skill cultivation.
His finger scrolled continuously, and Gu Yuan paused the display. A contestant's information appeared before his eyes.
His eyes narrowed. "It's you, young man!"
The screen showed a youth with a sunny smile.
[Name]: [Wu Tianjiao]
[Age]: [Eighteen years old]
[Cultivation]: [Body Tempering Perfection]
[Characteristics]: [Master of no less than ten martial skills, each suspected to be mastered. Currently the heir to the Wu family of Central Province, ranked twelfth!]
The more Gu Yuan read, the more satisfied he became. This was a natural martial skill prodigy! He must possess fates related to martial skills.
He also checked his opponent's matches. He had a match tomorrow morning against Cheng Tian, who was ranked thirty-eighth!
Closing his phone, Gu Yuan smiled in satisfaction. Then, he took out the "Seven Fierce Killing Fists" and its accompanying martial skill from his storage space.
Flipping through the martial skill, the roars of savage beasts echoed in his bedroom. Gu Yuan rapidly absorbed the knowledge within. Due to the unique nature of his muscled physique, Gu Yuan had a particular talent for martial skills focused on the body.
After finishing the knowledge from the martial skill, Gu Yuan felt an exhilarating sense of satisfaction, something he hadn't experienced cultivating other martial skills. It seemed he should pay more attention to this type of martial skill in the future.
Gu Yuan slowly closed his eyes. The essence of the "Seven Fierce Killing Fists" flashed through his mind, with vivid three-dimensional images of the fierce beasts appearing.
He hesitated, unsure which beast to cultivate first. After much thought, he decided to cultivate the two that offered the highest attack power and speed. Currently, his defense was sufficient, but his attack and speed were lacking.
The beasts representing attack and speed were these two:
The Sky-Rending Eagle! The Thunder-Rushing Leopard!
The essence of these two beasts materialized in his mind, while the others receded.
The Sky-Rending Eagle, as its name suggests, cultivates its ripping intent. Manifesting in the human fingers, upon mastery, it could temporarily transform the finger bones into a shape resembling the Sky-Rending Eagle's talons. A single swipe could tear through the defenses of even the strongest beings of the same level, making it incredibly ferocious.
After comprehending the essence, Gu Yuan opened his eyes and found the bottle containing the Sky-Rending Eagle's vital blood among a pile of porcelain bottles.
He poured it onto his hands; there were only about two drops. He evenly smeared them on the surface of his hands.
An intense burning sensation began to appear on his palms. Gu Yuan gritted his teeth, enduring the discomfort, and closed his eyes, sinking into his mind. A majestic and powerful large raptor appeared in his mind's eye. Its sharp talons were like cast iron, glinting coldly under the sunlight. Suddenly, its massive form shot down like an arrow towards a colossal fierce beast on the ground.
The abundant knowledge instantly informed Gu Yuan of its name:
The Ironclad Savage Ox, one of the fiercest beasts in terms of defense at the same level!
Its iron-like hide had rendered countless humans helpless.
Yet, under the Sky-Rending Eagle's sharp talons, it was like paper. The talons tore through it effortlessly, then lifted it into the air and hurled it down, crushing it to death.
After killing the Ironclad Savage Ox, the majestic beast's form charged directly at Gu Yuan. Its sharp eagle eyes radiated boundless coldness.
Gu Yuan's soul trembled. He felt as if he had become a young Sky-Rending Eagle, growing through constant combat, honing a pair of indomitable talons, and finally becoming the overlord of the skies.
When he returned to his senses, the Sky-Rending Eagle's vital blood on his palms had been absorbed. Gu Yuan felt an unusual power contained within his palms. Following the methods in the martial skill, he began to circulate this power, refining his palms in a special way.
Ahhh!
An incredibly intense pain, as if thousands of needles were piercing from within his palms, trying to break through the skin's barrier. The pain was almost unbearable, and Gu Yuan cried out in agony, unable to move his hands, forced to passively endure the torment.
The room detected the sound exceeding a certain threshold and automatically activated its defensive formation, isolating the sound from spreading outwards.
Half an hour later, the power within his palms dissipated.
Gu Yuan was drenched in sweat, gasping for breath. Recalling the pain, his body involuntarily trembled. Then, he thought of the six other beasts whose pain awaited him, and his mood instantly soured.
However, when he looked at his palms, his mood seemed to improve.
Gu Yuan's palms had turned jet black, and their shape had also changed slightly. For instance, his fingernails became sharper and harder, and his fingers grew longer. At a glance, one could only vaguely discern that they were human hands.
He gently touched his hands together.
Clang!
"Hoho, so hard," Gu Yuan exclaimed with some surprise.
They felt no different from metal. Gu Yuan's heart hardened.
He forcefully swiped his right hand across his left.
Screech!
A grating metallic sound echoed, accompanied by a shower of sparks.
Gu Yuan's eyes began to gleam. With a thought, the blackness on his hands slowly receded, and his bones shifted, returning to their original shape.
Looking at his clean, fair palms, he thought again, and a sound of bone friction arose. His palms quickly turned black.
"Wow, not bad!"
Gu Yuan eagerly anticipated the effects of the other six beasts.