On the desolate island, Jiang Ning continued his battle against the transformed six-armed divine envoy.
Wherever the two passed, shattered stones flew, towering trees collapsed, and snow was lifted high into the air.
A warrior at the Fifth Rank was truly a one-man army.
As long as their internal energy had not been depleted, they could fearlessly face waves of enemies.
At this moment, the six-armed divine envoy, having assumed his transformed state, was far stronger than an ordinary Fifth Rank warrior who had refined their internal energy to the point of manifesting it.
His powerful physique granted him strength rivaling that of someone unleashing their full internal energy.
His near-immortal vitality allowed him to disregard any non-fatal attacks.
With these two advantages combined, the six-armed divine envoy could be considered the strongest below the peak of the Fifth Rank.
Yet, Jiang Ning was still able to hold his ground.
His success was not merely due to his overwhelming momentum, which reflected in the divine envoy's mind and rattled his spirit weakening his attacks by thirty percent before they even landed.
More importantly, Jiang Ning possessed an innate authority that rapidly healed any injuries he sustained.
Each time he clashed with the six-armed divine envoy, the sheer force of impact shook his internal organs, slightly shifting them.
His bones and muscles felt as if they had been dislocated.
Under normal circumstances, a single head-on collision would have left him severely wounded.
Though external wounds might not be apparent, internal injuries would be significant.
With his body riddled with internal damage, he would not have been able to keep up with the divine envoy's relentless assault.
At most, he would have been able to withstand three moves before being completely overwhelmed or even killed.
This was the vast gap in their strength.
But Jiang Ning was different.
Thanks to the regenerative power of his authority, all injuries internal and external healed instantly.
Moreover, this process accelerated his bodily transformation, triggered by the forging of his Mystic Bone.
Each time he engaged in combat, his strength increased noticeably.
With every healed injury, his physical resilience improved.
With each clash, he grew stronger.
Throughout the battle, he continuously tested and validated his recent martial insights.
His mastery over the five different fist techniques gradually shifted from initial stiffness and unfamiliarity to fluid and instinctive execution.
Sometimes he was the tiger, sometimes the ape, sometimes the bear.
He could now shift seamlessly between the five different martial forms at will.
This gradually eased the pressure of facing the six-armed divine envoy's attacks.
Meanwhile, the divine envoy grew increasingly frustrated as his strikes repeatedly failed to take down Jiang Ning.
His fury burned hotter, and his rationality began to wane.
He could feel himself gradually losing control, his mind succumbing to rage.
Jiang Ning, on the other hand, was becoming increasingly agile, slipping away from his grasp time and time again.
The crushing momentum of Jiang Ning's martial aura loomed over his consciousness, continuously disrupting his focus.
As a result, he was never able to exert his full strength.
Every attack he launched was inherently weakened by thirty percent.
At this moment, a thought of retreat surfaced in his mind.
But he immediately dismissed it.
"No! This is a divine decree!"
"I must see it through!"
"If I retreat today, given this boy's rate of growth..."
"With each passing day, his strength will increase even further!"
"The longer we wait, the greater the threat he will become!"
"Today is the weakest he will ever be!"
Having reached this realization, the divine envoy steeled his resolve, gritting his teeth.
"Let's see just how many of my punches you can endure!"
"I refuse to believe you're truly an unkillable cockroach!"
In the next instant, his attacks became even more ferocious and relentless.
His four legs pounded the ground as he charged at Jiang Ning.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each step shook the earth, leaving deep footprints and spiderweb-like cracks spreading outward.
Distant mountain rocks trembled, and accumulated snow on tree branches tumbled down.
Jiang Ning, under the relentless assault of the six-armed divine envoy, continuously retreated.
Even though his martial aura suppressed the divine envoy's strength by thirty percent, the sheer impact of each clash was still beyond what he could withstand at his current level.
Even when he assumed the stance of the Barbaric Bear, borrowing power from the earth, he was still unable to truly match the divine envoy in confrontation.
Yet, despite the overwhelming pressure, Jiang Ning felt nothing but exhilaration.
Under the grinding force of the six-armed divine envoy, his five martial forms had fused into a seamless whole.
Now, in just a split second, he could transition effortlessly between the five different styles.
His physical transformation, accelerated by the divine envoy's relentless strikes, had finally reached its peak.
Moments later, their battle had carried them to the center of the desolate island.
The land behind them was a scene of utter devastation.
Broken stones and fallen trees were strewn across the battlefield.
The ground was pockmarked with craters and deep footprints left by the six-armed divine envoy.
Far away, nearly a kilometer in the distance, the Star Guardian stood atop a pile of ice, silently observing the battle.
He let out a sigh.
"That Commander Jiang… he truly is as fearless as they say."
He had been observing for a long time and naturally realized that Jiang Ning was using the Six-Armed Divine Scion state of the Wind God Envoy as a whetstone.
And indeed, this whetstone was honing his edge.
It was evident that Jiang Ning was significantly stronger now compared to when he first started fighting the Wind God Envoy in his Six-Armed Divine Scion state.
Not only had his mastery of fist techniques improved, but his physical strength had also increased.
The repeated high-intensity clashes clearly showed that the Wind God Envoy in his Six-Armed Divine Scion state was enduring increasingly greater impacts.
Boom
Another collision.
Struck by the force of the Six-Armed Divine Scion's punch, Jiang Ning was once again sent flying.
He crashed into a tree as thick as a man's embrace, and with a crack, the tree snapped in half.
Jiang Ning's body finally came to a stop.
"Now that's refreshing!" He clenched his fists.
Feeling the power surging from within, he felt a deep sense of satisfaction.
The tempering of his Mystic Bones had been completed, and his body had fully transformed.
He could distinctly feel that his physical strength had increased by approximately twenty percent.
Twenty percent might not sound like much, but in reality, it was a massive improvement.
A twenty percent boost was enough for his current self to completely overpower his former self.
Just like in ordinary combat if one person had twenty percent more strength than another, the outcome would be one-sided.
The weaker opponent would be effortlessly overwhelmed.
Moreover, his increase wasn't just in raw strength it also included physical durability.
As everyone knows:
The tougher the body, the greater the force it can withstand.
And strength isn't just about muscle power it also includes the impact force from inertia.
Much like a speeding car versus a car just starting up the impact they deliver is vastly different.
With this thought, Jiang Ning focused on his dantian.
His internal energy was down to thirty percent.
During the previous exchanges, he had made no effort to conserve it.
Every punch and every move had been infused with internal energy.
This was the most basic way to use it
But the boost it provided was undeniable.
The next moment
A black shadow came crashing down.
The towering Six-Armed Divine Scion had leaped into the air, executing a skull-crushing stomp with all four legs.
It was an unstoppable force, plummeting toward him like a falling mountain.
Seeing this
Jiang Ning moved.
At that instant, the air resistance around him dramatically decreased.
Tiny arcs of electricity flickered across his skin.
With a flash
His figure turned into a blur, disappearing from the Six-Armed Divine Scion's attack range.
When he finally stopped, he had already appeared several yards away.
[Breath of Wind and Thunder]: Move like the wind, strike like thunder. It allows one to sense the presence of wind and thunder within the world.
Move like the wind, strike like thunder.
This was the true mystery of the Breath of Wind and Thunder ability.
Once Jiang Ning entered this state, it was as if his body had merged with the wind itself.
Air resistance was greatly reduced.
And anyone with even the slightest knowledge of physics understands how important air resistance is.
With significantly less air resistance, his speed skyrocketed
It doubled in an instant.
This sudden movement shocked the Wind God Envoy in his Six-Armed Divine Scion state.
Among the Four Great Guardian Deities of the Divine Worship Sect Wind, Fire, Mountain, and Forest
He had been given the title of "Wind" because of his unparalleled speed, unmatched among warriors of the same level.
So when he saw Jiang Ning's explosive burst of speed, his heart was filled with incomprehensible shock.
This speed
Was a full fifty percent faster than his top speed when using internal energy.
A fifty percent gap in speed was enough to be despair-inducing.
In his Divine Scion state, his physical strength and explosive power had increased immensely.
But his speed had decreased.
The reason was simple his body was too massive.
At over ten feet tall, with a torso thicker than a water barrel
Once he moved, the air resistance became a massive hindrance.
He knew that if Jiang Ning wanted to escape
With nearly twice his speed, he would never be able to catch him.
This meant that at this moment Jiang Ning was now in a position of absolute dominance.
He could attack whenever he wanted and retreat whenever he pleased.
Meanwhile
A thousand meters away, on the frozen surface of the sea.
Star Guardian witnessed this scene and gasped in shock.
"That speed!!!"
"So this is his trump card?!!"
"No wonder he remained fearless despite the Wind God Envoy's relentless pressure!!!"
At this moment, Star Guardian finally understood completely.
He now realized where Jiang Ning's confidence had come from all along.
This kind of innate, undefeatable speed was his greatest advantage.
On the deserted island, Jiang Ning looked at the slightly stunned Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy.
His figure flickered, electric arcs flashing across his muscles, moving so fast that he left only an afterimage behind.
At such a speed, he could cover a thousand meters in less than two breaths.
Normally, at such terrifying speeds, a human body would generate a violent gust of wind, sweeping up the surrounding snow, dried leaves, and branches from the ground.
But when Jiang Ning moved, there was barely any disturbance only a light snowfall from a branch several dozen centimeters above him, and the branch swayed slightly back and forth.
Seeing Jiang Ning charging straight at him, the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy instinctively raised his arms to block.
Boom
The impact was like a cannonball slamming into a city wall.
A shockwave rippled out in all directions, sending snow flying everywhere.
Nearby branches snapped one after another, swept away by the blast.
The immense force sent the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy stumbling backward.
Step
Step
Step
Each of his four legs landed heavily, smashing into the solid ground, his feet sinking into the stone.
The entire island was covered in hard rock, but under the pressure of his feet, cracks spread out like a spiderweb, shattering the surface.
The surrounding trees trembled violently from the impact, dislodging a cascade of snow from their bare trunks, swirling through the air.
Meanwhile, Jiang Ning swiftly withdrew before the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy's six arms could seize him.
"What an incredibly tough body!"
Feeling the internal injuries caused by the recoil force, Jiang Ning couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
This strike driven by explosive power and the force granted by his dragon-tendon-strengthened physique had generated a terrifying impact.
But as a result, he had also borne the full recoil of that force.
His internal organs had shifted, causing internal injuries.
His muscles and bones felt as if they had been torn apart, making it difficult to exert strength across his entire body.
Yet despite absorbing such an immense impact, his bones showed no signs of deformation or fractures.
"As expected, after forging my Mystic Bones, my skeletal structure can now withstand this level of force!"
"If I were still below the Sixth Rank, ordinary bones would have shattered under this recoil my arms would have been broken, if not completely pulverized!"
Jiang Ning muttered to himself.
After witnessing firsthand the toughness of his Mystic Bones, all his previous concerns disappeared.
Within moments, the minor injuries inside his body and all the discomfort faded away as his physique rapidly regenerated.
He was once again in peak condition.
Then
He moved again.
Boom
This time, he held nothing back, launching himself like a fierce tiger pouncing on its prey, slamming into the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy's hastily raised fists.
The sheer force of the collision sent the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy stumbling backward once more.
The earth trembled.
Jiang Ning retreated a dozen meters away, and yet, it seemed as though inertia did not exist for him.
In the very next instant, he transformed into a blur, hurtling toward the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy like a cannonball.
Boom
Boom
Boom
One strike after another.
The tides of battle had completely shifted.
Jiang Ning's terrifying speed left the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy struggling to keep up, forcing him entirely onto the defensive, giving him no chance to counterattack.
A kilometer away, Star Guardian slowly closed his slightly open mouth.
Licking his lips, he suddenly realized how dry they had become after being exposed to the cold wind for too long.
His lips were now covered in deep, chapped lines.
"He's lost."
Shaking his head, he muttered to himself.
At this moment, he began considering his escape.
Jiang Ning's speed had rendered him virtually unbeatable.
His techniques were far too mysterious, filling Star Guardian with deep apprehension.
The most alarming thing was that Jiang Ning's speed simply defied all logic.
Star Guardian had noticed how Jiang Ning moved with almost no wind disturbance.
It was unnatural far too unnatural!
Meanwhile
On the island.
After over a dozen powerful strikes, Jiang Ning felt completely exhilarated, as if he were pummeling a sandbag with all his might.
He knew full well that if these attacks had landed on an ordinary Fifth Rank martial artist, they would have long since perished.
But against a Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy with an undying body, it was no different from scratching an itch.
The sheer impact force might have inflicted injuries similar to what he had suffered earlier internal organ damage and muscle dislocation.
But given the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy's superior regenerative abilities, even a million such injuries wouldn't leave lasting damage.
"Time to test the Water-Fire True Force."
Jiang Ning glanced at the Six-Armed Divine Wind Envoy and quietly activated his Water-Fire True Force.
It was time to validate his martial art on this excellent punching bag.
He felt some anticipation.
After all, the Water-Fire True Force was the only high-tier martial art he had mastered, and it had undergone three Limit Breakthroughs.
In terms of martial rankings, none of his other techniques could compare to this three-times-limit-broken Water-Fire True Force.
The only thing that disappointed him was that, despite its breakthroughs, none of its acquired traits had enhanced its offensive power.
For now, he could only utilize the technique's natural might.
Yet even at its base level, it was formidable.
After all, this was a high-tier martial art.
And more than that it originated from an ancient celestial scripture.
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