Chapter 93: Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art
Chapter 93: Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art
The deep blue BMW M760Li pulled over steadily beside Jingyuan Residential Area.
Gao Jing pressed the auto-hold button with one hand while asking, “Sure you don’t want to grab dinner together?”
“No way.”
Ji Yu unbuckled her seatbelt with a coy pout, “I’ve gained three whole pounds, and it’s all your fault!”
Gao Jing chuckled softly.
The pair had just returned to Yuncheng from Huhai.
During their time in Magic City, Gao Jing had taken Senior Ji Yu to taste every delicacy along the Huhai waterfront.
They visited all twenty top-ranked eateries on the food recommendation lists.
Gao Jing had a Transcendent Body; no matter how much he ate, it digested completely, leaving him without any extra fat or flab.
Ji Yu, however, fared poorly.
Even though she tried and tried to control herself, facing all kinds of culinary temptations, she still couldn’t resist her cravings.
Senior Ji blaming Gao Jing made sense.
Because watching Gao Jing eat so greedily each time they dined out made her cave in too.
“Then I’ll be heading home now.”
Ji Yu said irritably, “No need to get out; I can grab my suitcase myself.”
“Wait.”
Gao Jing pulled out a prepared bank card and handed it to her. “Take this. The PIN is six eights.”
Ji Yu froze for a second.
She didn’t take it. A flicker of hurt and resentment showed in her eyes as she looked at him. “What is this supposed to mean?”
“Please don’t overthink it.”
Gao Jing met her gaze gently. “Senior, I’ve been really happy spending time with you. Soon, I’ll likely have many things needing your help.”
“But I can’t ask you to work for nothing, right? I’m not some black-hearted capitalist.”
“This is simply the payment you deserve! It means nothing else!”
Gao Jing’s sincerity quickly melted the bitter sadness rising inside Ji Yu.
It let her taste sweetness again.
“Hmph!”
Senior Ji snatched the bank card from his hand, tilting her delicate chin up proudly. “I almost forgot you’re our big rich tycoon, slow with people but quick with cash! Then this young lady won’t hold back!”
Thinking of all the money Gao Jing poured into Bilibili, and then remembering her own hard work and effort,
She felt justified accepting it.
Gao Jing clasped his palms together. “Senior, please, don’t be polite with me!”
Ji Yu giggled. “Fine, it’s yours then.”
She leaned closer and planted a light kiss on his lips.
“Spending time with you has made me very happy too.”
Right after the kiss, she was off like the wind! “Goodbye, dear junior!”
Gao Jing smiled quietly, savoring the faint, sweet fragrance of her tinted lip balm.
After seeing off his senior, he drove back to Minglan Grand View.
Parking at his villa, Gao Jing first went to the kitchen. He retrieved beast meat, bones, and medicinal herbs stored in his Storage Space. Adding purified water in precise ratios, he started boiling them in a large clay pot.
Then he went up to the third-floor study.
His collaboration project with Bilibili was now complete.
The results exceeded Gao Jing’s expectations.
Even surpassed them.
His follower count on Bilibili had now reached over 47 million. All the million annual memberships and ten-million-yuan gifts were sent out, bringing in a vast amount of Power of Faith.
The upgraded Bronze Anchor’s connection to his Spiritual Soul grew even tighter.
With just a single thought, both the Storage Space within the Bronze Anchor’s outer layer and the inner Space of Faith crystal-clearly manifested within his mind!
Sitting in the chair at his desk, he felt a profound, indescribable satisfaction.
At this moment, inside the Bronze Anchor, the Power of Faith had pooled into a vast lake. Though still far from its third upgrade,
For a long time ahead, Gao Jing wouldn’t need to worry about its depletion.
The timely upgrade of the Storage Space to 1000 cubic meters solved the most crucial issue.
Though the peak harvesting period had passed, tiny droplets of Power of Faith continued trickling in.
Every little counts, every drop adds up; Gao Jing welcomed it all without complaint!
After browsing the internet for two hours, he returned to the kitchen downstairs.
The herbal concoction in the clay pot was perfectly brewed.
Gao Jing poured the stewed beast meat and concentrated medicinal broth into a large sea bowl. Without pause, he devoured it all.
The formula for his current medicinal blend differed significantly from the mixtures he consumed during his Body Tempering and Bone Refining stages.
The beast meat now came from apex predators among Wild Beasts:
Coarse, tough flesh even pressure cookers struggled to soften.
Gao Jing had to rely on his teeth to rip, crush, and chew this meat into paste. It went down his throat aided by an herbal brew far stronger than before.
After finishing over ten pounds of this substance,
A fine sheen of sweat glistened on Gao Jing’s forehead. His gut glowed fiercely, radiating intense heat!
He immediately went down to the basement.
First, he removed the Bronze Anchor, placing it inside its charging box.
Then he stripped to his underwear, leaving only his high-elastic briefs.
Gao Jing began practicing the Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art!
The first step was ingestion: consuming the fat, muscle, bone marrow, and blood of fierce beasts, amplified by potent herbs, to amass abundant nourishing energy.
Now came the tempering stage.
Tempering every limb and bone, every internal organ, converting this ingested nourishment into Totemic Power!
The method used to temper his physique?
The Twelve Forms of the Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art recorded within the Primer of Totems!
This combat art stemmed directly from its predecessor – the Thirty-Six Combat Forms of the Records of the Great Wilderness Combat – clearly sharing its lineage.
But the Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art was far more potent and considerably harder to master.
If categorized broadly:
Records of the Great Wilderness Combat belonged to Combat Techniques for ordinary warriors.
Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art constituted the foundational Combat Method for Totem Warriors!
It not only excelled at forging Transcendent physiques with incredible effectiveness, but could also be applied in Transcendent-level combat.
An essential skill every Junior Totem Warrior must master!
Although Gao Jing hadn’t received direct instruction from others, his high understanding and solid foundation in the Records of the Great Wilderness Combat’s Thirty-Six Combat Forms allowed him to learn the Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art directly from the Primer of Totems.
In his practice of this combat method, Gao Jing had already found his initial foothold.
Standing solemn and still, calming his mind for a moment, he abruptly clenched his fist and struck out!
Muscles along his arm instantly swelled. His fierce punch tore through the air with a sharp whistle, unleashing a wave of formidable pressure!
Dark, unseen currents surged within the villa’s basement.
As Gao Jing began moving through the Twelve Forms of the Ten Thousand Beasts Combat Art, the maximum amount of tempering opportunity was afforded to every tendon, muscle fiber, and strip of sinew throughout his body.
His blood flow accelerated. His heart pounded with more powerful strokes. His stomach and intestines continuously contracted, breaking down the medicinal brew.
Sizzling-hot currents, infused with potent medicinal energy, rapidly seeped into his internal organs and lungs.
Spreading vigorously to every nook and cranny of his being!
By the time all medicinal substance within his guts was digested fully, Gao Jing’s entire frame seemed to have expanded considerably.
His skin turned fiery red.
Upon his back, the navy blue Titan Totem revealed itself beneath the skin, soon shifting to a deep purple hue.
The towering elephant at the totem’s center reared its head, trunk lifted high – as if roaring silently!
Once Gao Jing had completed all Twelve Forms, he exhaled deeply, a stream of murky breath bursting from his lungs. His eyes shone with sharp, clear radiance.
He sat cross-legged on the bare concrete floor, closing his eyes and following the method described in the Primer of Totems.
He began to absorb, little by little, the newly forged power coursing through his body – this potent Tempemic Power – channeling it into the Crimson Python Rune.
Condensation: compressing and concentrating that Totemic Power towards the foundational symbol at its heart!
This symbol carved directly upon his heart began to pulse with vivid, crimson light –
Beating rhythmically alongside Gao Jing’s own heartbeat!
Gao Jing lost himself entirely, oblivious to the passage of time.
Inside the large safe in front of him, nestled within its charging case, the seventh band of scale remained illuminated upon the Bronze Anchor – flickering brightness refusing to fade away.