Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 206 - 152: Inference and Refinement, Molten Fire Golden Body!

"It seems that one of the gifts I obtained from breaking through to Dragon-and-Phoenix Level is Inference."

The surging Deep Dragon within Su Mu's brow grew stronger, and this Five Animals Qigong, which had long reached Perfection, faintly brought new enlightenment, touching upon an invisible bottleneck.

But further Inference is not such a simple task.

"Trying to refine the technique created by Divine Doctor Hua Tuo is indeed not easy and will require considerable effort. This matter is not urgent for now."

Su Mu's thoughts shifted, his gaze swept over the twenty Martial Arts he now possessed. Most of these Martial Arts had already attained Great Success or even Perfection.

Yet, quite a few of them are Ninth-Grade Martial Arts. In fact, if not for new Martial Arts constantly improving Comprehension, now even Eighth-Grade Martial Arts only contribute a minor increase to Su Mu's strength. Only Martial Arts of Seventh Grade or higher can give him a meaningful boost.

Su Mu's deep and penetrating eyes gleamed. At present, his panel only lists twenty Martial Arts, but counting assorted miscellaneous techniques it's close to thirty. In the future, he will only grow stronger and this panel will become ever more cumbersome.

He suddenly feels these Martial Arts are somewhat bloated, and a thought arises to blend the Martial Arts he's mastered, at least to streamline them somewhat.

"Some Martial Arts like Rock Shattering Fist and Gale Fist can clearly be fused. Fist Techniques with Fist Techniques, Body Technique with Body Technique, Cross-Training with Cross-Training—naturally, those can, too."

This perfectly matches Su Mu's Martial Dao: to integrate all schools of Martial Arts and forge his own path.

The young man's eyes flickered; he glanced down at the Cold Heron Saber at his waist, and also recalled the Cold Needle forged from Cold Iron Essence in Wei Ming's hand, and Xie Li's Fire Pattern Battle Armor.

In the days to come, his enemies will surely become ever stronger. In Lightweight Skill, Su Mu is still confident; after Wei Ming and Xie Li ascended to the Five Extremes Realm, their Body Technique also improved greatly.

But compared to advances in Body Technique, the enhancement of Attribute Power and the killing power of Grade-Entering Treasure Artifacts made Su Mu sense peril.

Even with Cross-Training Martial Arts, he's unwilling to pit his flesh lightly against such weapons.

"With Fist Techniques and weapons I already have Seventh-Grade Martial Arts, that leaves Cross-Training Martial Arts and Body Technique. Let's start with Cross-Training Martial Arts."

Having made up his mind, Su Mu immediately began his Inference.

"Vajra Body, originating from the top Eighth-Grade Cross-Training Martial Arts of Vajra Temple, takes the upright Buddhist path, an advancement from Golden Bell Shield: 'Train externally the muscles and bones; the body is like Vajra.'"

"Iron Cloth Shirt condenses Power and covers the whole body, as if wearing Unbreakable Iron Armor—invulnerable to water, fire, blades, or spears."

"Iron Arm Skill focuses especially on tempering both arms; the arms become harder than iron, able to split mountains, break iron, shatter gold."

"Red Fire Technique, at the start, uses high temperatures of fire to temper the body, refining high-temperature Power—body like a furnace, able to release waves of heat against the enemy."

These four are all Eighth-Grade Cross-Training Martial Arts. In addition, there are Iron Sand Palm and Iron Whip Leg, two Ninth-Grade Cross-Training Martial Arts.

Moreover, Su Mu also plans to blend the Melting Gold Technique—a signature technique of the Forging Workshop—into his Cross-Training Martial Arts. This Martial Art shows some commonality with Red Fire Technique.

Now, Su Mu's Comprehension has transformed, having reached Dragon-and-Phoenix Level. Soon, a rough outline took shape in his mind.

All six Cross-Training Martial Arts have their unique strengths, but also share similarities. Su Mu intends to use Vajra Body as the foundation and blend the strengths of all six to forge them into one single art.

The difficulty here far exceeds that of merging two Martial Arts, like Thunder Shock Fist or Flaming Tornado.

"First, I'll return to the city and find a place to settle down."

Returning to his senses, Su Mu stood up and felt ravenous. Martial Artists have abundant Qi Blood and appetites far stronger than ordinary people—especially freaks like Su Mu, whose flesh far exceeds those of the same realm.

At once, he returned to the city and found an inn, ordered several big tables laden with meat and vegetables, and after eating his fill, dove again into Martial Arts Inference.

Su Mu focused first on Iron Cloth Shirt, Iron Arm Skill, and Red Fire Technique—the three Martial Arts not yet at Perfection. Martial Arts Inference took a toll on mind and spirit; so for now, Su Mu could only work on them one at a time.

On the night of the first day, a thought stirred in Su Mu, his nondescript grey robe billowed, and beneath the robe, inch by inch of skin became taut and smooth, as though a dim silvery metallic sheen was flowing beneath the surface.

Iron Cloth Shirt (Great Success 1%)

On the second day at noon, the grey robe on both arms suddenly burst apart, his arms swelled in size almost double that of normal, then slowly contracted again within a single breath. Every inch of his flesh and blood had gained immense defense and terrifying strength.

Iron Arm Skill (Great Success 1%)

Early on the third morning, the temperature in the room rose sharply. Centered on the youth sitting cross-legged, waves of heat rolled out, and the extinguished candle on the table suddenly flared. A semi-transparent red aura encircled Su Mu's body.

Red Fire Technique (Great Success 1%)

Comprehension: 86 (Dragon-and-Phoenix Level)

With his full commitment, the terrifying Comprehension of Dragon-and-Phoenix Level began to unleash its power; the three Cross-Training Martial Arts, each near Great Success, all broke through within three days. In three days and two nights, three breakthroughs to Great Success!

At this point, Su Mu now had three more Martial Arts Powers within him. The Power in his body had increased from fourteen to a terrifying seventeen.

"Vajra Body and Iron Cloth Shirt are comprehensive, combining to train muscles, bones, and skin externally; both are foundational for Cross-Training, and the connecting hub among seven Martial Arts…"

"Combining Iron Arm Skill, Iron Sand Palm, and Iron Whip Leg will further strengthen the limbs for combat."

"Red Fire Technique and Melting Gold Technique's high-temperature Power can be fused into one, running throughout the body during Power manipulation—both for tempering the physique, and forming a unity of offense and defense, serving as an internal breath…"