Chapter Forty-Three: The Falling Star
The position of the ninety-nine stone pillars is fixed, but there are thousands of people who come here. As a result, it is inevitable that there will be fights in order to seize the position above the stone pillar. But here, the competition is not about your strength, but about your comprehension of combat skills.
The combat technique is said to be a combat technique created by the Three Emperors for the Terrans, and later through the efforts of the Twelve Ancient Ancestors and many Terran powers. Today's Terran combat skills are all-encompassing, ranging from the simplest combat methods to powerful combat skills that can rival supernatural powers.
This place is the place where the Houtu tribe assesses the genius of the human race, and the combat skills that can appear here are naturally extraordinary. These ninety-nine stone pillars are engraved with the top combat skills of the Houtu tribe.
These ninety-nine stone pillars are arranged in order from the outside to the inside, all of which are created by the supreme power of the human race, among which the outermost stone pillar is engraved with the weakest combat skills, the closer to the center, the stronger the combat skills, and the most dazzling of them is undoubtedly the middle stone pillar.
This stone pillar is much taller than the others, and it is engraved with a combat skill called "Nine Demon Styles". The Terran geniuses surrounding this stone pillar are also the most, and these people naturally want to comprehend this combat technique of the Terran geniuses, because this combat technique was created by the ancient ancestors of Houtu, and it is said to have supreme power.
It is extremely difficult to comprehend combat skills, although there are now some people who have initially comprehended combat skills and can climb the stone pillar to cultivate, but these people have basically comprehended the combat skills on the peripheral stone pillars, although these combat skills are also created by the powerful people of the human race, but they are relatively simple to comprehend.
Entering the second level of Xuanshi Mountain, being able to comprehend one combat skill is already the limit, and it will not give you time to comprehend other combat skills at all. It's that people are ambitious, and if they can comprehend the combat skills of the Houtu Ancient Ancestor, no one will choose to comprehend other combat skills at all.
Only after trying, and feeling that it is impossible to comprehend the combat skills of Houtu Ancient Ancestor, will they retreat to the next best thing and choose to comprehend other combat skills. Lu Yi is the same, the first choice is naturally the combat skills of the Houtu Ancient Ancestor, if it doesn't work, he will choose to comprehend other combat skills.
Sitting near this stone pillar, Lu Yi looked at this stone pillar intently. On this stone pillar, there is a scene of a female god of war and the demon clan fighting, a total of nine carvings, each carving depicts a scene, corresponding to a type of combat skills, together is the "Nine Styles of Demon Swinging" created by the ancient ancestor of Houtu.
The nine carvings of "Nine Styles of Wandering Demons" are respectively the falling stars, the demon seal, the eight directions of the demon step, the earth to destroy the demons, the ten directions are destroyed, the nine ghostly demons, the rejuvenation of all things, the loss of heaven and earth, and the earth of the emperor and the queen of heaven.
At this time, Lu Yi was watching the first carving of "Nine Styles of Demons", "Falling Star", at first glance, Lu Yi couldn't understand what this carving was talking about. This carving is very simple, telling the picture of the female god of war transformed by the ancient ancestor of Houtu killing the demon clan.
However, the carved picture is static, and there is neither a description of the moves, nor an explanation of the combat skills. If you want to comprehend this type of combat skill, you don't know where to start. Lu Yi even condensed his thoughts on this carving, and this carving did not react at all.
Whether it is the power of condensing the earth, or the power of blood, or even the great principles of the earth that Lu Yi comprehends, Lu Yi has tried it again and again, but it doesn't work. In the end, Lu Yi could only calm down and carefully observe the carving itself.
Slowly, Lu Yi's attention focused on the hands of the female god of war in the carving. In this carving, the goddess of war holds a ball on her left hand and throws it at the demon clan, which is in a state of fragmentation.
"Since this formula is called Meteorite Fall, then this formula will eventually fall on the word Meteorite!" After carefully observing for a long time, Lu Yi's spirit gradually hit the ball in the hands of the female god of war.
Under careful observation, Lu Yi gradually discovered the abnormality. It turned out that on the ball, there was actually a strong condensation of the power of the earth, but this power of the earth was extremely complex, and it contained quite a profound truth.
"It turns out that this type of meteorite fall is to condense the power of the earth in an extremely mysterious way, and finally form a meteorite to fall from the sky, destroying the opponent with the power of Mount Tai!" Under the gradual comprehension, Lu Yi gradually gained something.
It's just that Lu Yi's current comprehension is only the surface of this style, and the key to truly cultivating this style is that kind of mysterious method. Only by mastering that kind of mysterious method can the power of the earth be condensed to form a meteorite.
This kind of mystical method is not only very complicated, but also requires the cultivator to have a sufficient understanding of the power of the earth. Lu Yi is not afraid of this, because of the first level, Lu Yi's comprehension of the power of the earth has risen to a new level, and he has even come into contact with more advanced and profound principles of the earth.
Gradually, Lu Yi seemed to see a picture scroll of its mystery, what Lu Yi needed to do was to use the power of the earth to copy this picture scroll, if it was successful, then it would not be difficult to initially master the style of falling stars.
"I didn't expect it to be so complicated!" After another failure, Lu Yi's forehead was already covered with sweat.
At this time, a long time has passed, and there are already about 2,000 people in this square. However, it has been a long time since other human geniuses have arrived, and it is not surprising that there are only so many people who have broken through to the second level of Xuanshi Mountain this time.
There are still many people next to the stone pillar of "Nine Demon Styles", but so far, no one has comprehended the first form of "Nine Demon Styles" - Falling Starfall, which shows how difficult it is to comprehend this type of combat skill.
To comprehend this type of combat technique, a cultivator needs to condense the power of his earth into an esoteric pattern. This requires the cultivator to first comprehend the mysterious pattern, and also have enough control over his own earth power in order to truly condense his own earth power into a meteorite.
Regarding the control of his own earth power, Lu Yi didn't have much problem asking himself. But the pattern is extremely mysterious and complicated, Lu Yi tried several times, but always failed in a millimeter, and still failed to succeed.
"However, there are many similarities between cultivating this type of combat skill and cultivating martial arts, and I may be able to use this as a breakthrough point!" After several failures, Lu Yi is also constantly reflecting.
In Lu Yi's view, there is no essential difference between combat skills and martial arts, they are both skills that use their own strength. It's just that "Nine Styles of Demon Swinging" uses the power of the earth, while martial arts uses innate true qi.
Houtu Ancient Ancestor was naturally a martial artist far beyond the innate realm in the realm, but after all, the barbarian human race had only been born for 100,000 years, and his combat skills were far from reaching the point of maturity. If you treat "Nine Styles of Demon Swinging" as a martial art to practice, there are many commonalities.
For example, the first form of "Nine Styles of Demon Swinging" needs to comprehend the mysterious pattern, and then condense the power of the earth into the shape of that pattern, which can form a meteorite, so as to practice the meteorite fall. The same is true for martial arts cultivation, which is to first memorize the route of the exercises, and then form moves with internal strength.
The more Lu Yi thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, so he began to use the experience of cultivating martial arts to practice the "Nine Styles of Wandering Demons". Although he still failed during the period, gradually, Lu Yi seemed to have found a pattern, and after each failure, he could make progress in the next attempt.
In the bronze palace, the scene of the second level of Xuanshi Mountain appeared in the bronze treasure mirror, and at this time, a human race powerhouse said: "This time, more than 2,000 people actually broke into the second level of Xuanshi Mountain, I don't know what combat skills these little guys can comprehend this time?" ”
"There are a total of ninety-nine combat skills, and there are also combat skills created by us, if someone can comprehend them, they will naturally become our disciples!" Another Terran mighty spoke.
"Our cultivation is still too weak, and the combat skills we create are far inferior to those of several human kings, let alone on a par with the ancient ancestors of Houtu!" A Terran mighty spoke.
"The battle skills created by several human kings and Houtu Ancient Ancestors are all mysterious, and we didn't understand them back then. Although there are many geniuses this time, I'm afraid no one will be able to comprehend them! A Terran mighty man sighed.
At this time, Lu Yi was still trying to condense the mysterious pattern. Although he has failed countless times, Lu Yi's comprehension of the pattern has become deeper and deeper, and he is getting closer and closer to success.
"I didn't expect that cultivating this type of combat skill would be of great help to comprehend the power of the earth!" After another failure, Lu Yi was resting and recovering his spirits, while he was also thinking quietly.
Because he has to carefully condense the power of the earth every time, Lu Yi now not only has a stronger control over the power of the earth, but also has a better understanding of the power of the earth. And in this attempt, Lu Yi felt that he was very close to success.
After his spirit was fully recovered, Lu Yi began to try to condense the mysterious pattern again. The previous part Lu Yi has mastered after so many attempts, and soon Lu Yi has condensed most of the mysterious patterns.
At this time, Lu Yi was extremely cautious, because the further back he went, the more complicated the condensation pattern became, and if he was a little bit wrong, Lu Yi was likely to lose his efforts. Gradually, the power of the earth slowly formed a mysterious pattern under Lu Yi's control.
"It's finally done!" It wasn't until this moment that Lu Yi's connection appeared with a meaningful smile, and the tense nerves finally relaxed.
At this time, above Lu Yi's left hand, a meteorite condensed by the power of the earth was spinning. Although this meteorite is small, there is a palpitating force coming from it. And with the condensation of this meteorite, Lu Yi finally preliminarily practiced the first form of "Nine Styles of Demon Swinging".
"Boom" A burst of vibrations came, and all the geniuses of the human race who were cultivating their combat skills in the square opened their eyes at this time, and in the incredible eyes of everyone, Lu Yi's body rose from the ground and landed on the stone pillar representing the battle skills of Houtu Guzu's "Nine Demon Styles".