Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

Given this level of stability, let alone ants that are over a thousand years old, it's probably not impossible for them to be over two thousand years old.

Su Yuntao was also ashamed of himself, wondering if he had been so composed when he absorbed his first spirit ring.

After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that he did indeed seem quite at ease.

The only difference is that his is a 600-year-old soul ring, while Tangshan's is over 1,000 years old.

With the breakthrough, a considerable fluctuation of soul power emanated from Tang Shan. Su Haichao, who was protecting him, twitched his eyelids. Just how many levels had his soul power increased after the breakthrough?

As Tang Shan made his breakthrough, the spirit ring that had been radiating purple light gradually dimmed and was completely absorbed.

call!

As Tang Shan slowly withdrew from his meditative state, a golden light flashed in his eyes.

Tang Shan unconsciously stretched, and amidst a series of cracking sounds, he felt as if all his joints were coated with lubricant, moving in a coordinated and comfortable manner.

He stood up, and his legs made a series of cracking sounds. With his martial soul activated, he had already reached a height of 1.83 meters.

His skin was rosy and his features were well-defined, giving him a strong, powerful, and healthy appearance.

After putting away his martial spirit, Tang Shan discovered that even without the martial spirit attached to his body, he was still 1.7 meters tall. From his appearance, he really didn't look much different from a young man.

How is the absorption?

Even though she already knew the result, Su Haichao still couldn't help but ask.

"I feel better than ever before. My body is full of vitality, and the bottleneck that was hindering my soul power has completely disappeared."

As he spoke, Tang Shan tried throwing a punch casually, his muscles and bones cracking and the air exploding.

It seems that Ming Jin is easier to unleash. This feeling may be due to an improvement in one's own martial arts aptitude, or it may be the result of the martial spirit of the body becoming more integrated with the body.

"How is the soul skill?"

Su Yuntao was somewhat curious.

Upon hearing this, Tang Shan smiled with satisfaction.

"The soul skill's effect is quite good."

As he spoke, his martial spirit manifested, his body swelled, and the only purple spirit ring beneath his feet flickered.

The next moment, Tang Shan's hands rapidly expanded, and in the blink of an eye, they were as thick as his thighs.

Dark blue veins bulged on his arms, and beneath the bulging muscles surged a powerful force.

His five fingers were thick and sturdy, resembling carrots, with bluish-black tendons extending to the tips.

Clench your fist tightly, and the air explodes in your palm, the airflow raging around your hand.

The hands were several sizes larger, and one hand could easily completely envelop a person's head.

"I'll test its power."

Tangshan walked up to a tree about the size of a bowl, opened his right hand and grabbed it.

Scratch.

The veins contracted like small snakes, and the power of the entire arm was perfectly transmitted and gathered in the palm, instantly causing cracks to appear on the tree trunk.

He withdrew his arm, found a pine tree that was as thick as a person's embrace, and punched it out.

There was no explosion of air, only a faint cracking sound. At this moment, Tang Shan's huge fist was embedded in the tree trunk, with only his wrist still exposed.

The three people who were silently watching from the sidelines couldn't help but gasp. If such a terrifying fist were to hit them, what a horrifying outcome it would be.

Especially those present had exceptional eyesight; even without experiencing it firsthand, they could vaguely discern that the fist embedded in the tree trunk was not so simple.

"Is this an enhancement to the body? What a terrifying soul skill! Such an outrageous soul skill originates from the original martial soul. Who will have the face to say that the original martial soul is a useless martial soul in the future?"

Su Yuanqing couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Su Haichao and Su Yuntao exchanged a glance but did not refute it. However, they were well aware that the plan for Tangshan's first soul skill was not an amplification soul skill at all.

Tang Shan looked at Su Yuan and nodded with a smile.

"Uncle Su, you guessed correctly. It is indeed an enhancement skill, but it is not limited to enhancing the hands; it can also enhance the entire body."

As he spoke, Tang Shan's hands returned to their original position, while the muscles around his chest and neck rapidly expanded.

"I call this amplification ability muscle amplification. It can amplify the muscles in any part of my body at will. If someone attacks my neck or heart, or other vital areas, I can amplify the nearby muscles, making them much stronger, so as to defend myself."

"Excellent! As expected of a soul skill obtained from a thousand-year soul ring, it has both offensive and defensive capabilities."

Su Yuan was stunned by the powerful effect. No wonder the master wanted to take a Soul Master with a True Body Martial Soul as his disciple. True Body Martial Souls do have unique advantages.

Tang Shan stopped activating his spirit rings and released his martial spirit from his storage ring, then took out a brand new set of clothes.

After absorbing the spirit ring, his height increased dramatically, and since he had just finished testing his spirit skills, his old clothes were already torn.

Fortunately, Tangshan had anticipated the changes that might occur after this breakthrough, and had already prepared many sets of larger-sized clothes.

After changing into new clothes, Su Haichao took out a new tent from his storage bracelet. The previous tent had been lost in the battle long ago, and it was still late at night. If he wanted to continue searching for soul beasts, he would have to wait until the next morning.

This time, to avoid attracting other spirit beasts, the four of them ate some dry rations and returned to their tent to rest.

Su Yuntao was already asleep, while Tang Shan was reflecting on the gains he had made after the breakthrough and was very satisfied.

First Soul Skill: Self-Control: Increases self-control by 20%.

The effects are described as quite ordinary, but their actual effects are outrageous.

The effect of the Soul Skill is to increase by 20% rather than to increase by 20%, which makes a big difference.

It's important to understand that if the limit of self-control is 100%, then increasing it by 20% is equivalent to directly completing one-fifth of the task. However, if it's an increase of 20%, then it's an improvement based on Tangshan's original level of self-control.

What he showed Su Yuan before was just the tip of the iceberg of the effects of his soul skill.

With only 20% body control, it barely covers both hands, but the power it unleashes is already terrifying.

At that time, his hands were equivalent to those of a martial artist in Chinese martial arts novels who could achieve divine power and indestructible strength. He was proficient in all kinds of techniques and how to exert force. Ming Jin, An Jin, and even Hua Jin were child's play for him. Unfortunately, he was not a true martial artist who could achieve divine power and did not have the full control of a martial artist who could achieve divine power. Otherwise, that punch would not have made a faint sound. Instead, the area of ​​the tree would have been directly pulverized by him.

It should be noted that a master of Dan Jin (internal energy) can turn iron into mud without making a sound, let alone the truly divine and indestructible one who is at the pinnacle of human development.

The most overpowered aspect of this soul skill isn't its use in combat, but rather in cultivation.

With this soul skill, one can gradually gain control over oneself, eventually achieving 100% control.

If I use the Soul Skill again then, will it still be effective? I've already mastered it, but can I control the rest?

Can a spirit ring be controlled? If so, can one actively cultivate after controlling it?

This remains unknown, but even if it cannot be achieved, the incredible effect of the first soul skill alone is enough to justify Tangshan's hard work over the past year.

The amplification of strength by martial spirit has also increased significantly, so it seems that my path of finding a strength-attribute spirit beast was correct.

Feeling the even more surging power within him when his martial soul possessed him before, Tang Shan had even greater expectations for his future.

I wonder if, with each additional soul ring, the strength attribute can eventually be raised to its maximum level.

PS: The protagonist has successfully broken through. After sorting out his gains, he should embark on a new journey. His first soul skill will play an even more outrageous role in the future. Finally, please add to your favorites, give monthly tickets, recommend, and comment. I'm asking for everything!

Chapter 27 The Rapid Advancement of Chinese Martial Arts, Joining Forces to Fight the Blood Wolves

One morning, the gentle sunlight shone on the dense forest, awakening the many spirit beasts from their slumber.

After a quick wash, Tangshan's martial spirit possessed him, and a thousand-year-old soul ring shone around his body, exuding a calm and imposing aura as the light flowed.

He stood on the open grass, his mind seemingly merging with heaven and earth. He casually raised his leg and threw a punch; the seemingly casual movements concealed immense power.

Whoohoo!

The legs and feet generated a fierce wind, and the fist shadows swept through the air. Every move and every stance contained a power that should not be underestimated.

I never expected that a single spirit ring would put my martial arts training on the fast track, bringing about a tremendous transformation in my strength, and my future training will definitely advance by leaps and bounds.

Tang Shan felt the exquisite control over his body during the punches and kicks, and couldn't help but marvel.

If developing martial arts techniques and cultivating internal strength was considered mastering the "technique," then using soul skills to control the body and cultivate with the power of dimensional reduction strikes is touching the realm of "method."

With a leap in control over his body, the boxing techniques he created before now seem full of errors. Even ordinary stances and horse stances contain many subtle fallacies.

These minor deviations may not seem like a big deal in the short term, but over time they can easily develop into hidden injuries and create hidden dangers.

Now, thanks to his superb control over his body, Tangshan has corrected all these hidden dangers, and his movements are becoming more and more fluid and unified.

Crackling sounds!

With a simple shake of the hands and stretch of the legs, a cracking sound rang out all over the body, and the lively blood and energy awakened from the limbs and bones, slowly circulating in the body, spreading warmth throughout the whole body.

Tang Shan did not deliberately control it, but let his blood and qi circulate on their own. As his blood and qi surged, the soul power in his dantian also fluctuated instinctively, echoing each other.

With each movement, he unleashed a full array of techniques; his fists were like heavy hammers cutting through the wind, and his palms like broadswords cleaving through the air. Every strike of his power was precisely in sync with the rhythm of his qi and blood.

As the body's Qi and blood circulate faster, the heart in the chest cavity contracts more quickly, delivering abundant energy to all parts of the body, filling the muscles and bones with vibrant vitality.

Whoosh!

A faint sound of surging blood and qi emanated from Tang Shan's body, his skin gradually turning red, and his soul power finally broke free from the dantian's restraints, operating autonomously according to his body's instincts.

The soul power first flows downwards through the large intestine, then returns upwards, passing through the diaphragm and connecting directly to the lungs; with the lungs as the core, it flows to both arms, finally converging at the tip of the thumb...

This is precisely the pathway of the Lung Meridian of Hand-Taiyin.

Feeling the new trajectory of soul power circulation, Tang Shan remained calm, neither happy nor sad.

He had long anticipated that his research on meridians would make a breakthrough after obtaining his first soul skill. However, he never expected that the results would not come from active exploration, but rather from the pathways created by the autonomous operation of his soul power.

Let things take their natural course, and things will fall into place...

Having clearly memorized the perfectly clear operating path, Tangshan abandoned the idea of ​​actively studying the meridians.

The human body is an exquisite whole. The soul power circulation circuit that it generates may not be the strongest, but it is certainly the most suitable for itself. There is no need to add anything superfluous. Forcibly interfering will only make things worse.

Streams of qi and blood circulate throughout the body, nourishing muscles, bones, and internal organs, making every inch of the body increasingly resilient.

Traditional Chinese martial arts training is divided into three levels: Yi Jin (Muscle/Tendon Strengthening), Yi Gu (Bone Strengthening), and Yi Sui (Marrow Strengthening), which correspond to the tempering of the body through the three types of internal energy: Ming (manifest), An (hidden), and Hua (transformation).

With my current control over the human body, actively training my major tendons is enough to enhance the power of Ming Jin (manifested strength). Although I haven't mastered An Jin (hidden strength) and Hua Jin (transformation strength) yet, it's not difficult to temper my bones and nourish my bone marrow in advance by leveraging the god-level body control I gain when my soul skill is activated.

From the perspective of the human body as a whole, the training required goes far beyond this. A truly complete physical training needs to encompass many aspects, including the skin, flesh, tendons, bones, internal organs, marrow, and blood...

The skin, flesh, and tendons are close to the body surface and can be polished with obvious force; the bones and internal organs are deeply embedded in the body and are extremely dangerous, requiring gentle and subtle force to nourish them; the marrow cleansing requires the whole body to resonate, and can only be achieved when obvious and subtle forces are combined and the force is perfected; the final blood exchange realm requires the unity of essence, qi, and spirit, and the sublimation of the elixir, so as to elevate the quality of qi and blood to a new level.

In this way, my body-forging system, or rather, my path of martial arts cultivation, is completely complete: with the help of soul skills, before reaching the core, the control of strength is smooth sailing; with the support of strength, I can further refine my body and tap into my potential, and there are no bottlenecks or obstacles before blood transfusion.

If this development continues, it might just trigger a second awakening of the Martial Soul, just as I suspected.