Chapter 745: The [Form] Above [Force]
The dragonman youngster took Cang Xu’s opinion seriously, and Zi Di next to him nodded.
After the three investigated, they finally bought Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s equipment at a high price, stating that they knew he was short on money and would use this method to indirectly help him build his magician tower. At the same time, they secretly expressed they were willing to apply leverage in the Alchemy Guild. But they also asked for him not to have excessive expectations, after all, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps were outsiders and just integrated themselves into the Alchemy Guild.
The Jing Xiang Clan, the Li Jian Clan, Shuang Lian (Bu Quan), and Snow Bird Harbor City Lord all issued their respective responses.
Overall, none of the help was substantial.
Finally, it was Long Meng’s turn, who the dragonman youngster personally asked for advice.
Long Meng first suggested he buy a set of the magic construct armament [Cold Pudding]. Then when he saw the dragonman youngster’s expression, he laughed, “I know how you think, you want to use your fists and your own strength to defeat Bao Li Gen?”
“Too naïve, too stupid!”
“A magician’s wealth is strength; a fighter’s equipment is also part of their strength.”
“However, I understand your feelings and identify with you.”
“Haha, because that is a fighter’s romance.”
“Since that is the case, then I will teach you [Form].”
“Do you know of [Form]?”
The dragonman youngster stared blankly, “I have briefly heard of it, it seems to be a martial study philosophy from the eastern part of the empire.”
“[Form] seems to be greater than [Force]. People who can use [Form] are rare.”
“At the least, I’ve seen fighters that can use [Force], but I have never seen one that can use [Form].”
Long Meng replied, “It is not just in the Eastern Sheng Ming Empire, [Form] appeared even earlier in the Wilderness Continent’s Pandaman Dynasty.”
“Our battle qi, through some special training movements, can be produced in certain parts of our bodies.”
“Battle qi techniques are different, training moves are different, and the parts that produce battle qi are also different.”
“And battle skills are just one mature way of using battle qi. When using battle skills, battle qi will be circulated within our bodies based on a fixed locus. If one’s battle qi attains the gold level, the battle qi can be circulated outside of the body, no longer limited to inside of it.”
“What is referred to as [Force] sounds mythical, but it is essentially us using our minds and willpower to affect our battle qi and battle skills, causing some changes to occur.”
“For example, during your battle with Shi Liu, you used Vibration Force with Demolition Fist to increase the explosion’s spreading power to no longer be limited to a spheroid range, this kind of attack is very effective on elemental lifeforms.”
“And [Form] refers to a fusion of some battle skills and some [Forces].”
…
As Long Meng continued to explain, the dragonman youngster’s eyes grew brighter.
This was truly an unexpected gain!
He actually never thought he would gain something so substantial.
But Long Meng never disappointed him, instead he gave him an enormously pleasant surprise!
[Form]!
This technique within a technique was capable of producing a qualitative change that could help the dragonman youngster surmount a Bao Li Gen equipped with [Cold Pudding].
Long Meng didn’t hide anything, and after he gave his explanation, he began to teach the dragonman youngster [Form].
“I know three types of [Form]. They are the internal form [Frog Croak], the external form [War General]. And the external form [White Dragon].”
The dragonman youngster was startled.
Long Meng’s foundation still surpassed his imagination.
Long Meng did not just know one [Form], but three of them.
The dragonman youngster asked, “What is internal and external form?”
Long Meng gave him an explanation, “[Form] is battle qi, a fusion of battle skills and [Force], in practice establishing a battle qi cycle.”
“What is referred to as internal form is the battle qi cycle within a fighter. And external form is having a part, or even all of one’s battle qi circulating outside of a fighter’s body.”
“The advantage of internal form is that even iron and bronze levels can use them. While external form needs to at least be a gold level, because only at the gold level can battle qi condense and form outside the body.”
The dragonman youngster nodded.
Long Meng continued, “The internal form [Frog Croak] regulates the body, it has an enormous impact on nourishment and healing. It affects our internal organs and can increase their performance. It affects our brains and can increase our ability to remember and make our minds more vigorous. It lets our body recover faster, and to us, two to three hours of sleep is as restful as an ordinary person sleeping eight hours.”
Long Meng’s internal form helped him cultivate, while the two external forms were used for combat.
“The external form [White Dragon] is too complicated for you. You won’t be able to cultivate it within a short time.”
“But the other form [War General] can be done through concerted efforts based on your talents. However, you might not necessarily be able to do it.”
The dragonman youngster was astonished.
Long Meng knew about his fighting talents and didn’t expect that he’d still issue that kind of assessment. The dragonman youngster couldn’t help but be a bit competitive.
“Then I’ll do as you ask, please teach me the form [War General] first!”
…
As expected, Bao Li Gen’s next duel received the most nationwide attention.
In a moment, with the magic construct armament [Cold Pudding], Bao Li Gen had jumped up and pushed down Long Fu to become the greatest center of attention.
Very quickly, in the biggest Ice Sculpture Capital dueling arena, under the eyes of several thousand and with a hundred thousand watching the broadcast, Bao Li Gen turned his second duel into a crushing trouncing.
His opponent was a gold level like him, and also a snow elf magician of no small repute.
But against [Cold Pudding], the snow elf magician was unanimously suppressed, and despite using their full strength, they were still utterly defeated.
[Cold Pudding’s] performance was exceptional, its constant throwing of ice spears and sharp long, close combat long spear forced the snow elf magician to avoid them.
The magic construct armament could also fly, allowing Bao Li Gen to chase after the flying magician.
All kinds of magical counterattacks had no effect on the ice shield and spherical light cover.
Bao Li Gen frequently used concentrated attacks, and the magician was unable to form an effective offensive tempo. Because with the external energy core, Bao Li Gen looked more like a magician than his opponent, while also being able to bombard them with battle skills indiscriminately.
After all, the magic construct armament’s energy fueled his defense, decreasing the burden on his battle qi and making it possible for him to put it all into attacks.
The constantly conscientious military supervisor laughed, and after the battle ended, they excitedly clapped Bao Li Gen’s shoulder.
Bao Li Gen’s face was cold, this kind of duel did not thrill him at all, “Next, can I challenge Long Fu?”
“Of course, of course!” The military supervisor nodded repeatedly, then added, “As long as the data analysis outcome is good, we’ll arrange it.”
Seeing Bao Li Gen coldly looking towards him, he promptly supplemented with, “Don’t worry, based on what I observed, the result is unlikely to be wrong!
…
After this duel, the Warm Snow Cup exhibition hall instantly welcomed a series of purchasers.
The first to pay the price was Chao Xin.
She was an ocean elf magician from the Green Ocean Kingdom, and a wealthy woman.
“I will also buy one.” The second purchaser was Tie Diao Zha; he was a dwarf master craftsman and also had lots of assets.
Like how Zi Di analyzed, the magic construct armament usually attracted large powers. They had many gold levels, were rich and overbearing, and could equip small teams with these weapons.
The barbarian fighter from the Lei Yun Clan, Lei Kuang, returned to his encampment depressed.
According to common sense, [Cold Pudding] was well suited to the Frost Continent’s environment. Compared to the other powers, Lei Kuang was the most suitable buyer.
However, his Lei Yun Clan wasn’t in good circumstances.
During Lei Kuang’s diplomatic mission, he almost died in an ambush on the way here. Apart from seeing the Ice Sculpture National Ceremony, he also wanted to ask the Ice Sculpture Kingdom for help, and to bring back military reinforcements.
“Alas, even the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s seaboard is chaotic and full of rampant pirates.”
“The magic construct armament [Cold Pudding] is amazing, and while other powers buy it, we cannot, we’ll become weaker!”
“What should I do?”
Lei Kuang and his group lost most of their supplies in the ambush. But even with them, he didn’t have enough money to purchase a set of [Cold Pudding].
Even a heroic man can be baffled by a lack of cents.
This brave and expert barbarian fighter sat down and sighed in despair.
Until an attendant reminded him, “My Lord, why don’t you ask Lord Xun Liang? He was a barbarian great fighter, and someone as formidable as him can definitely help us cross over this crisis.”
Lei Kuang’s eyes lit up, he slapped his head, animatedly standing up and walking off.
He left his house and came to the prayer room on the left.
As he reached the prayer room door, his footsteps couldn’t help but slow down.