Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World novel Chapter 99

Chapter 99: Chapter 90: Promotion to Jade Skin! Predicting the Enemy’s Next Move!_2

"The Jade Skin Realm martial artist can anticipate the enemy’s moves—so that’s what it means."

Gu Sheng finally understood. With this realization, Jade Skin Realm martial artists are naturally invincible against Iron Skin and Stone Skin martial artists.

"If that’s the case, my archery techniques are less effective against Jade Skin Realm martial artists. Although my first-level penetration arrow techniques have enough power, it’s difficult to hit critical points unless the speed is fast enough so that even if the opponent perceives the arrow, they can’t react in time."

"Nowadays, my close combat ability has surpassed my archery skills, unless I can learn martial arts techniques for archery in the future."

The initial joy of the breakthrough gradually subsided.

Becoming a Jade Skin Realm expert was certainly exciting, but it was only the first step of a long journey. Moving forward, Gu Sheng knew he had to keep working hard—at the very least, he would need to reach the Blood Refining Realm to gain some sense of security.

Gu Sheng started planning his next steps for cultivation.

"After breaking through to the Jade Skin Realm, the training of the skin membrane is almost perfected. The next phase is nurturing qi and blood, allowing power to refine qi and blood to generate Qi Blood Power—and for that, I must use Blood Nourishing Powder!"

"The black market—I’ll have to make a trip there!"

There are subtle differences between the Blood Refining Realm and Skin Refining Realm.

Skin Refining consists of three sub-realms.

The Blood Refining Realm, however, includes four sub-realms: entry-level, small success, great success, and perfect.

Each has distinct characteristics.

Entry-level Blood Refining corresponds with the generation of Qi Blood Power. Qi Blood Power greatly enhances the martial artist’s destructive force—combined with an already formidable physique, it becomes easy to rip apart tigers and leopards. Every movement exudes incredible might.

Small Success in Blood Refining sees Qi Blood forming a faint veil around the body.

Great Success evolves Qi Blood into rising wolf smoke.

Reaching perfect realm means the unification of Qi Blood—flawless and complete, with a complete transformation of flesh and blood!

These are common martial arts principles: easy to know, but difficult to achieve. Even though the path is clearly laid out, truly breaking through is as challenging as reaching the heavens.

Fortunately for Gu Sheng, these goals felt within reach—so long as he went step by step and worked diligently.

He opened his status panel.

[Name]: Gu Sheng

[Age]: 16

[Realm]: Skin Refining Realm (Jade Skin)

[Martial Arts]: Chopping Wood (First-level Tear), Archery (First-level Penetration), Iron Stone Fist (Perfect 52%), Shapeshifting (Great Success 88%)

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Looking at the panel now, compared to its simplistic state when he first started, it appeared much richer.

Four martial arts disciplines, each at least at the Great Success realm—were it known by others, they would surely be dumbfounded. For ordinary people, possessing one martial art at the Small Success level would already make them stand out, let alone achieving Great Success or even Perfect realm!