Chapter 87 - Force Grade Class Five
Chapter 87 Force Grade Class Five
Although Ou Yangming had grasped appraisal art through self-learning, he did not need to appraise his equipment since he had the Military Fire. However, the Appraisal Light had already been released, so he had no choice but to direct it to his body.
Next, Ou Yangming’s face changed as he finally saw his own properties.
[Race: Human)
(Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Human, Force Grade, Class Four)
[Power: 4)
[Agility: 4]
[Physique: 8 (4+4)]
[Mental Power: 20]
[Skills: Military fist art, military blade technique, Military Fire Smithing Art, appraisal art, Precious Stone Embedding Art, Blood Flight]
(State: Integration of Heaven and man]
If it was not for appraisal art, Ou Yangming would never believe the things that he was seeing
‘Power: 4?
‘What does that mean? I actually have only 4 points of Power? That’s too low. Besides, what does the integration of Heaven and man mean?’
Ou Yangming frowned and pondered for a while before he finally drew a conclusion. Perhaps the so-called Power, Agility, and Physique points were closely related to his cultivation’s equivalent rank. An ordinary human in Force Grade Class Five would have a fixed amount of 5 points each.
That said, the points only applied in normal situations. If Ou Yangming used essential Qi during a fight or performed some skills, the specific points would change accordingly. It was not a casual guess, but a deduction made according to the change shown in brackets.
Needless to say, the data would probably become magnificent once he put on his armor.
‘But what’s the integration of Heaven and man?’ Ou Yangming vaguely felt that this was perhaps the biggest reason he was out of the ordinary.
He was elated to find that he had 20 points of mental power, which was likely the benefit he gained from absorbing the half-spirit beast’s flesh and blood.
A thought suddenly crossed Ou Yangming’s mind. He put the data away, and shifted his focus to the waist sash’s special skill — Blood Flight.
‘What’s this?”
On the day when Ou Yangming chose this waist sash in the basement, Ni Yinghong and Zheng Ziwen, the appraisers, had inspected it. Nonetheless, they did not use appraisal art, hence they did not notice the hidden strange skill.
Upon thinking about the mysterious skill, Ou Yangming felt like his heart was being scratched by a cat — unbearably itchy.
Ou Yangming stomped his foot, then rummaged through boxes and cases to pack up the pieces of equipment that he had smithed for himself. When he was done, he realized that the bag of equipment was no longer heavy.
Though he was not wearing his arm guards at the moment, his power was already different from before.
Ou Yangming headed swiftly to the dense forest after he left the military camp. Once he was far enough, he put on all his equipment then rubbed his hands again to perform appraisal art.
[Race: Human]
(Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Human, Force Grade, Class Four)
[Power: 15 (4+11)]
[Agility: 8 (4+4)]
[Physique: 8 (4+4)]
[Mental Power: 20]
(Skills: Military fist art, military blade technique, Military Fire Smithing Art, appraisal art, Precious Stone Embedding Art, Blood Flight]
(State: Integration of Heaven and man]
Ou Yangming was slightly satisfied after seeing the data, but he focused on the Blood Flight again.
He immediately channeled his essential Qi into the waist sash, then a peculiar and exceptionally dark aura was released. It instantly permeated into his body and caused him to shudder. Following that, he realized something frightening, his Qi and blood were flowing into the waist sash at an unimaginable speed.
In a split second, or perhaps in less than a split second, half of Ou Yangming’s Qi and blood were consumed.
Almost at the same time, his body transformed into a blood light that zoomed far away in the blink of an eye.
Everything happened so quickly that Ou Yangming, who was involved, could not even react to the situation.
Nevertheless, it was then that his 20 points of mental power unleashed an unexpected magical effect.
Even though Ou Yangming’s body was unable to react, his consciousness burst out in a flash. Through its mighty conception, time around him seemed to have slowed down, and he could see that his body had transformed into a red blood light that was zooming toward the dense forest at an unbelievable speed.
Ou Yangming had never imagined such a high speed would exist in the world. If he could perform appraisal art on his body at the moment, he would definitely see that his Agility point was ridiculously high.
While it was short-lived, it was enough to stun him.
A question suddenly arose in his head. ‘What happens if there’s an obstacle in my path?’
Once Ou Yangming had the thought, he did his best to control his flight path. However, no matter what he did, he could not do so.
Instead, when he tried to control the Blood Flight, the blood color suddenly disintegrated, causing him to be detached from the state.
“Thud — ” Ou Yangming fell butt first to the ground.
He had practiced the martial-art squat, his fist art, and his blade technique every day, so his body was tempered to be rock solid. However, Ou Yangming actually lost control of his body and fell.
Despite that, as soon as his body touched the ground, he supported himself with his hand and stood up.
He was shocked when he looked sharply at his surroundings. In just a short span of time, he had flown more than 10 kilometers away. He could already somewhat see the forest.
Ou Yangming knew that he had likely been detached from the state of flying because he attempted to take control of the Blood Flight. If Ou Yangming had let himself be controlled, he would probably still be flying.
When he thought about the problem, his face turned green.
If he had actually landed in a ferocious beast’s lair, the events that would take place would be even more interesting.
All of a sudden, Ou Yangming staggered. He was in shock when he realized that he had lost a substantial amount of Qi and blood.
If his original Qi and blood were enough to fill up a bottle such that it would overflow if the bottle was shaken, he currently only had half of the original amount left.
Ou Yangming finally understood the meaning of Blood Flight.
Without abundant Qi and blood, he probably could not have activated the skill, but even if they were sufficient, an enormous amount would be consumed when the skill was activated. Once the skill disappeared, he would then end up in a dispirited state, like he was at the moment.
Nonetheless, although the Blood Flight had many shortcomings, it could play a magical role in an escape during a critical moment.
Ou Yangming halted his thoughts. As he glanced at the dense forest that was not far away, he headed over, his military saber burning with his Military Fire. Subsequently he darted into the forest.
Due to the Vision attribute, he was able to notice the changes around him in advance. On top of that, his strength had greatly improved from before. While Ou Yangming had lost Qi and blood, and his limbs were weak, as long as he had the power to lift his military saber, hunting some small animals was still a piece of cake for him.
He slaughtered a pheasant with a slash.
Its flesh and blood instantly transformed into energy that gushed into Ou Yangming’s body, and the extreme weakness that he was feeling quickly disappeared. Nevertheless, a pheasant’s flesh and blood could not compensate for his loss. Therefore, Ou Yangming moved quicker than before, and slaughtered every small animal mercilessly with saber-lights.
Before long, his body was rich in Qi and blood again.
Throughout the process, he clearly sensed that he had improved.
During his first visit to the dense forest, he could replenish his Qi and blood easily by killing a few small animals. Now, he had to kill more than ten of them to achieve the same result.
It was evident that his body could now store twice the amount of Qi and blood than he could before.
Ou Yangming suddenly laughed out loud. There was an upsurge of saber-lights from his saber again as he began wielding it at the dense forest’s periphery.
He was performing the most basic blade technique in the military, but the technique was diverse when he executed it. The saber-lights that circulated were like billowing waves in a big river, or like quicksilver that spilled over the ground.
Eventually, Ou Yangming’s essential Qi gushed toward all the acupoints in his body.
It had been more than ten days since the slaughter of the half-spirit beast. Back when he absorbed the beast’s blood and flesh, the enormous gush of Qi and blood had not only helped him advance to Force Grade Class Four, but it had also pushed him to the peak.
After being almost depleted of Qi and blood, when they were replenished so much that they were about to overflow, Ou Yangming sensed an opportunity. It was a message from his body that had called out to him instinctively.
Hence, instead of stopping, he worked harder, and the saber-lights in his hands shone brighter.
“Kill —”
Ou Yangming roared on the spur of the moment. All of his essential Qi, his power, and even his mental power, had integrated with the saber as he slashed a big tree.
He slashed the big tree easily as though he was cutting some beancurd, then moved as fast as lightning to kick it in mid-air, and flew backward like a swimming dragon.
When Ou Yangming finally gained a foothold while holding his military saber, he towered like a mountain and bore a mighty aura.
Force Grade Class Five!
The instant he slashed the tree earlier, his spirit seemed to have become one with the entire force. It was at that moment that the integration of Heaven and man was vividly shown from his body.
The slash that he made did not only come from his own power, it also contained a mighty force gathered from nature, allowing all his essential Qi to be released in an instant.
When Ou Yangming recollected his essential Qi, he naturally advanced to Class Five.