Commanding Wind and Cloud

"Ultra-kill!" Qian Jin infused his warrior power into his legs, which were then sharply cramping as if he was caught with epilepsy. However, the trembling of his legs was one hundred times quicker than an epileptic convulsion. He felt as if someone was trying to tear apart the muscles of his legs and got immediately sweat over his body. Then all of a sudden the wooden floor he was stepping on was shattered and subsided harshly!

Qian Jin disappeared in front of Qian Jin Number 2 all of a sudden and showed up on the flank of his opponent. He used his fist as an iron hammer, cutting through the air and falling down on Qian Jin Number 2’s head.

[Innumerable Shadows]! [The First Hammering Technique of the Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes]!

Enlak suddenly rose up, and flashed a look full of surprise as he saw Qian Jin Number 2 bend over horizontally from his waist to withhold Qian Jin’s chop!

Qian Jin also put on a look full of shock, since Qian Jin Number 2 had done something he himself was incapable of, that was, spinning his upper body into a 180-degree angle with the pivot of his waist! His breast and his backside formed a flat surface! His two arms were protruding high into the sky!

Bang! Bang!

The First Hammering Technique of the Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes which always drew an eccentric curve against the sky and was capable of breaking through the defense of all enemies just fell on Qian Jin Number 2’s protruding arm instead of his head. Under the attack of the huge warrior power coupled with the First Hammering Technique of the Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes, Qian Jin Number 2 was beaten down and crashed on the wooden floor, smashing several more wooden boards to pieces.

"Innumerable Shadows? Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes? An apprentice of the old blacksmith?" Enlak watched Qian Jin blankly, "You’re capable of doing that?"

Puff! Qian Jin Number 2 suddenly escaped from Qian Jin’s fist, turned into a visible airflow, flew back towards Enlak and penetrated his body all of a sudden.

"This..." Qian Jin twisted his eyebrows hard, put on a desperately sullen face and looked into Enlak, "This is the Second Warrior Body?"

"You have some knowledge of the Second Warrior Body?" Enlak clicked his tongue twice and nodded his head repeatedly, eyes filled with sheer appreciation, "It’s no wonder that the old blacksmith is willing to teach you the [Innumerable Shadows] and the [Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes]."

"Is this the Second Warrior Body?"

Qian Jin looked Enlak up and down in a different way, feeling astonished at witnessing this Second Warrior Body which he had only heard about in the diary of some strong warrior! It was said that when someone honed his warrior power to a certain level, he was able to transform such power into a human shape. And no one except a warrior at the same level as him would tell whether such a shape was the transformation of the warrior power or the real person.

However, as for the cultivation method of the Second Body as well as the medium of practicing it was nowhere to be found, even though Qian Jin had covered seas of books. No explicit interpretation could be referred to in any of the strong warriors’ diaries. Was it not for having witnessed Enlak transforming Qian Jin Number 2 into warrior power and absorbing it back to his body, Qian Jin would never have figured out that what he was fighting with was a Second Warrior Body.

"Losing to the old blacksmith..." Enlak waved his hands, "is not that humiliating! I didn’t expect that you were capable of using the [Innumerable Shadows]. Indeed even if I have figured that out I might still be defeated by you as you had performed an ultra-kill just now. I wonder...the move you just performed had gone beyond your general practice, right?"

Qian Jin lowered his head at his uncontrollably shaking legs and forced a bitter smile. If not for his trying to control his power beyond the limits, what were the odds that he could have defeated Qian Jin Number 2? And were it not for activating the warrior power to the extreme, how could he have just beaten his rival onto the ground instead of kicking him far away to embrace a rolling victory? Wasn’t it because of his lack of controlling his trembling legs?

"Kid, you have passed the test." Enlak slumped down to his seat below the [Warrior] inscription, looked at Qian Jin, and waved his hand to have him come upon, "Now you can ask your question."

Qian Jin took a deep breath, "I want to know how to make a breakthrough at my current level. Although I think that I have found the right direction, sometimes I don’t feel that way."

Enlak frowned, and a sense of helplessness appeared on his face, "I can tell you the answer, yet what I may say to you is different from your independent probing. I believe that you are clear of this."

"Yes." Qian Jin nodded his head, "But I need some hints."

"I cannot help you with this." Enlak shook his head, "If I tell you, it would only do harm to you. But there is one thing I can do for you, that is, beating you..."

Before Enlak finished his words, he rushed in front of Qian Jin, and chopped his Level 1 Demon Capturer’s fist on Qian Jin’s head following an eerie trace in the air. Qian Jin felt the overwhelming power much more appalling than what Nila had pressed on him the other day. He tried his best to withstand Enlak’s attack with his two hands, but was hit upon on his lower belly, by which his body bounced up high into the sky in the way the Tenth leader was hit by his Eighteen Blade Elevating Strikes, who seemed to have sealed Qian Jin’s fists but in fact failed to do so.

Qian Jin felt a severe cramp in his stomach, and couldn’t help lamenting that he was being beaten in the way he did to someone else several days ago...

Strong warrior power spouted out like a surging river and broke through the heavy defense of Qian Jin’s Wind and Cloud Golden Body. As such power substantially penetrated through Qian Jin’s Wind and Cloud Golden Body in the blink of an eye for the first time, Qian Jin felt that two strands of warrior power were floating and fighting in his warrior connections.

Enlak tapped his fingers on the ground then jumped up high. He then crossed his fingers of both hands, lifted them above his head and tamped on Qian Jin’s back.

Hurting! Qian Jin seemed to have heard his spinal fracture since Enlak’s attacking came upon so fast! The same attack provided a sense of irresistibility for Qian Jin.

Qian Jin crashed on the ground, smashing several wooden boards, and then bounced up slightly from the ground. For the moment being, Enlak’s feet had already kicked on Qian Jin’s lower belly, chopping it at an oblique angle like a battle blade in a diametrically cruel way!

Enlak made a series of successful beats, where he performed those moves successively on Qian Jin like the violently roaring storm.

Impregnable! Definitely impregnable! Qian Jin did his best to defend himself, lamenting on the huge gap between warriors of the same level as him. The strength Enlak exerted was the same as what Nila had performed when he was severely hurt, yet their destructive force and fighting power were totally different! If Nila was as impregnable as Enlak, Qian Jin wouldn’t have defeated him even if he utilized the Flying Knife as a trump card.

The entire fight lasted for less than one minute. Enlak came back to his seat under the [Warrior] inscription, looked at the groveling Qian Jin and said, "You can think about this carefully. And here are your trophies—the secret training scrolls of several fighting techniques. Alas, you have an opportunity to get the secret training scrolls of warrior power after you finish meditating on what happened just now."

"Why was he so mighty? Why?" Qian Jin groveled on the ground, thinking about Enlak’s fatal attacks. When Enlak was approaching, he became slow in performing his moves uncontrollably, which was a little similar to what had happened between him and Nila the other day.

While the difference was that Nila hadn’t influenced his unleashing of attacks and the reaction speed, yet Enlak made a strong impact on him.

"What is this?" Qian Jin closed his eyes and tried to recall Enlak’s attacks. All those scenes flashed repeatedly in his mind, and then Enlak’s image started becoming vague and distorted.

A giant dragon! Enlak’s image suddenly turned into a giant dragon! The strongest demon beast which appeared only in the books and was depicted by traveling poets all the time!

Enlak’s fists and feet were like the opening mouth of the giant dragon! In the face of Enlak, the majestic-looking giant dragon, Qian Jin was just like an ordinary demon beast!

"I know what I lack..." Qian Jin suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Enlak, "The ascending of warrior reservoirs depends on skills, yet warrior power doesn’t only involve skill. A skill without vigor will never exert tensile force..."

Enlak smiled faintly and nodded his head, "Continue feeling this with your body."

Qian Jin closed his eyes, and the image of Enlak kept bulging in his mind just like an infant dragon continued to grow and absorbed increasingly greater strength.

"Dragon?" Closing his eyes, Qian Jin saw himself transforming into the water! As the torrential river in the frontier kept surging, the warrior power inside his body gradually transformed, along with the incessant ascending of his warrior reservoirs from one thousand one hundred into one thousand one hundred and fifty...

Just within a blink, Qian Jin lifted his ascending skills of warrior reservoirs to one thousand five hundred. He then unleashed the warrior power and lay on the ground as it made no further use to keep practicing it. Since he had already got the right direction, what was needed was harder and harder drilling until the hardest!

"Get the fighting techniques you have won today." Enlak pointed at the secret book collection on the ground, "You made a huge harvest today, but it will become harder to win in the days following."

Land Tearing Chop, Fury Lotus Fighting Technique, and Oily-scale Snake Fighting Technique.

Qian Jin opened these secret training scrolls for fighting techniques with a wide smile. Even if he was not sure whether the Land Tearing Chop could be integrated into his [Dividing Metal Multi-Chops], it after all was a great book. Also, the way of opening up and moving of Angry Lotus Fighting Technique was quite mesmerizing, and as for the Oily-scale Snake Fighting Technique...

"Did you learn your moving skill from the loaches?" Enlak said in appreciation, "It is quite smooth! However, you haven’t formed a complete system of using it. Since you are pursuing a smooth moving skill, this set of Oily-scale Snake Fighting Technique might be useful for you."

"Tenuous Belly Fighting Technique?" Qian Jin lowered his head at his flat abdomen with eight muscles, realizing that this type of fighting technique completely unmatched with him.

"It isn’t useful to you at present." Enlak slowly rose up and walked on the scattering floor of the fighting practice field, "But it might be of use to you in the future, or maybe some of your friends could find it helpful."

"Friends? Rollin?" Qian Jin uttered a sigh, lamenting for his deceased friend. If Rollin was still alive, it was quite suitable for him.

"Here are two sets of secret training scrolls for warrior power. You can just choose one." Enlak moved his hands slightly, and two narrow pitch-dark wood boxes appeared in front of Qian Jin on the floor, "I am the only one who knows what is kept inside of them. And you have to choose one by chance."

Secret training scrolls for warrior power cultivation? Qian Jin bent over and picked up the wood box on the right side casually, "I want this one."

"Oh? You don’t think about it carefully?" Enlak looked at Qian Jin smilingly, "Here are various secret training scrolls for cultivating warrior power, and maybe the one you have chosen only contains the cultivation of twelve warrior reservoirs."

"Then it’s bad luck for me." Qian Jin shrugged his shoulder, as did it make any differences even if this secret training scroll contained the cultivation skill for one hundred and eight warrior reservoirs? Unless he abandoned the Wind and Cloud Golden Body completely, he wouldn’t be allowed to cultivate any other warrior power, and consequently how many warrior reservoirs such a collection contained made no difference at all.

"Really? Then I have to say congratulations to you as you have chosen a secret training scroll for elemental warrior power." Enlak yawned, stretched his body and came back to his seat under the [Warrior] inscription, "Well I’m feeling tired now. You can come here for a challenge next time as long as you bear one thing in mind that the prizes go to you only when you obtain victory. But next time if you are defeated, you have to pay some golden coins whose amount depends on the level your opponent. The stronger your opponent is, the higher the stake will be."

Qian Jin made a deep bow towards Enlak and left the warrior energy house. He then opened the wooden box quickly, took out the training scroll and started reading. Even if he couldn’t practice this secret training scroll for warrior power, it made no harm to have a look at it! A secret training scroll for some elemental warrior power was rarely seen in the Zence Empire, the Lucifer Demon Empire as well as the Barbarians, and all noble families would pay a large amount of money to buy it.

[Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll].

"Such a weird name." Qian Jin mumbled and turned to the first page of the book, which instantly caught his attention. The cultivating method of this [Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll] was different from most of the warrior powers in Zence Empire.

Once a warrior reached the 10th level, the training scroll of warrior power would remain constant on a certain number of warrior reservoirs. For example, the starting point of practicing Wind and Cloud Golden Body would generally be fixed on honing one hundred and eight warrior reservoirs, the only difference being the changes in some details once he reached some certain level.

[Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll] was classified into a special periodical training scroll. The starting point for a Level 10 Warrior was practicing twelve warrior reservoirs, which was deemed as a training scroll at the bottom level. But with the lifting of one’s strength, he could improve the number of warrior reservoirs into thirteen, fourteen...Twenty-four...Thirty-six...fifty...Seventy-two...Ninety-six...until one hundred eight!

All warrior reservoirs! One hundred and eight warrior reservoirs! Qian Jin’s heartbeats intensified. The book gave a very detailed introduction to the [Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll], saying that such warrior power belonged to the golden-iron element and that once it was paired with a fighting technique of golden-iron element, nothing would escape from its chopping! Nothing could break through the defense of such warrior power.

"What will happen if two cultivators of the [Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll] fight with each other, with one of them serving as the attacker and the other as the defender?" Qian Jin laughed, "Maybe the introduction to this warrior power is bragging a little, but it is an influential element warrior power after all. It’s tempting! It’s really tempting!"

Practicing the entire one hundred and eight warrior reservoirs! Qian Jin uttered a string of sighs reading the introduction to the [Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll] in the book. He felt tempted to abandon his Wind and Cloud Golden Body to start cultivating this warrior power.

Turning to another page, Qian Jin couldn’t help lamenting and nodding his head at the sight of the cultivating method of Gold Essence Warrior Power, "This is a noble type of warrior power, as someone poor will never ever made a great success on it."

The cultivating method of Gold Essence Warrior Power was both simple and complicated because it entailed not only self-practice like other warrior powers and the help of some energy stones but also a special object—metal!

At the start of your cultivation, you could absorb bronze and iron wares, but with the improvement of your power, the ordinary bronze would get rusty and turn into aerugo, at which time you had to use silver, gold, mithril...purified gold...Altecla Iron...

In a word, the more advanced metal, the better! All the advanced metal which could be used for making magic weapons, magic props, mighty warrior weapon and even super warrior weapons were priced so high that the buyers felt tempted to sell themselves for money, weren’t they? But when it came time to use it for cultivating warrior power...

"Luxurious...really luxurious..." Qian Jin kept shaking his head. The cultivating of the entire one hundred and eight warrior reservoirs not only required the warriors to possess a high aptitude, but also the support of huge amounts of wealth! If the cultivator didn’t possess an outstanding aptitude, his practice of the [Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll] would be proved nothing but throwing golden coins into the sea.

"Purer metals will bring about better outcomes to the cultivators?" Qian Jin twinkled, "Using the Level 2 Purified Iron will be better than Level 1 Purified Iron? And a piece of the Purified Iron will add better effects to the cultivation? Then what about using a warrior weapon for practice? How luxurious will it be..."

Qian Jin went on with reading the [Gold Essence Warrior Power Training Scroll]. As a consequence of drinking memory potion for a long time, his memory had become much better than before, since it only took him two hours to finish reading the extensive illustration about Gold Essence Warrior Power and bear it in mind.

"Let’s have a look at the Land Tearing Chop."

Qian Jin sat down on the staircase in front of Enlak’s Warrior Energy House door, immersed in reading Land Tearing Chop. He came to know that the little girl and the Level 9 Demon Fighter hadn’t fully exploited to the might of Land Tearing Chop and there wasn’t much difference between their proficiency of this fighting technique and his simulated [Dividing Metal Multi-Chops].

"The utilization extent of fighting technique very much depends on the user." Qian Jin said to himself while reading the book, "As they are all cutting-typed fighting techniques, there should be some similarities between them, isn’t there? Though one is an auxiliary fighting technique for bloodline warriors, and the other one is a technique for ordinary warriors. The Wind and Cloud Warrior Power has a great compatibility as it can imitate part of the competencies of Dividing Metal Multi-Chops..."

Having finished reading all the secret books he had won for cultivating fighting techniques, Qian Jin rose up and made a long exhale, "I need to take some time to practice them, and try to find out the similarities between them."

"What a clever guy." Enlak peeped at Qian Jin through the door and smiled faintly, "It may be enough to have a rough look at the cultivating method of warrior power, but the fighting techniques couldn’t be achieved once and for all, which entailed not only a rough read-through."

He then entered the warrior energy house to read all kinds of books about fighting techniques, which left him little time to leave the village. Qian Jin went to the mystic pharmacist Eulalia’s, where he suffered another mistreat and next he dropped in on Adams’s for some pharmaceutical knowledge about setting and generating bones before he was kicked out of the endless world.

"Another day has come..." Qian Jin stretched and yawned, "The frontier is in chaos now. What’s going on with Professor Rodriguez and the other students? Protected by Gloria, Gabriella shouldn’t have suffered any dangers, right? Nila’s attack was too violent, so I wonder the three bold guys still needed some time to recover from their wounds. Will they catch up with the general exam? Let me make some pharmaceutical experiments first..."

The disorderly pharmacy house was arranged clean and tidy. Grandma Medi had been sitting down there for a long time like a student, waiting for her teacher Qian Jin to show up.

Qian Jin was busy making potions for setting and generating bones as well as the medicine for recovering viscera and warrior connections in the small pharmacy house. Compared to the pain in their bones, the recovery of viscera and warrior connections was more crucial, which decided whether the three could become great warriors in the future. If they were just hurt on the bones, they would be able to go on with the trip merely after their bones were connected, without having to wait until they were fully recovered.