Chương 162: War God — Chapter 162 - Secret Skill, Flying Star Piercing the Void

After the Stellar Bones were first formed, Wang Xian didn't immediately start cultivating Star Trace Step. The reason was simple. The foot Stellar Bones were complete, but they were in a state of rejection with the rest of his body. Unadapted. The strength gap between the Stellar Bones and his regular skeleton, especially the lower leg bones, was massive. Which meant when he applied even a little force with his foot, only the foot responded. Everything else, even his brain, might not react in time.

At this stage, trying to cultivate martial arts, especially movement techniques, was basically impossible. Even if his brain understood the forms, without proper coordination with his feet, he couldn't execute them. After forming the foot Stellar Bones, he needed an adaptation period. He also had to endure the process of his life force strengthening now that the first section of Stellar Bones was complete. Wang Xian had experience with this, but he still needed time to adjust.

This process would take at least one or two months, no matter how you looked at it. He'd shattered his bones and rapidly formed the Stellar Bones, after all. The normal cultivation method involved spending 6 months to a year slowly nurturing the foot bones, gradually transforming them into Stellar Bones. That was considered fast. Taking 2 or 3 years was perfectly normal for slower cultivators.

That way, because the change happened gradually day by day, there'd be no rejection, and no adaptation period after completion. It just took longer. There was another method: forming all the Stellar Bones at once. But gathering the materials alone would be impossible. Even if you somehow gathered them, each bone had completely different formation difficulty and time requirements, especially the skull. Completing them all in one go was basically impossible.

"If only there were some gentle heavenly treasure, some primal liquid spring or deep pool to soak in..."

"Marrow cleansing and body tempering. The adaptation might finish in just a few days..." Wang Xian shook his head. He knew of a few such places. With his current strength, though, he couldn't reach any of them. During his rest period, Wang Xian took out the Thousand Tribulations Dragon Spine remnant blade. The material was extremely special. It contained martial arts inheritance from old senior Yang Tianchan, along with a Secret Skill he'd left behind.

The martial arts inheritance was naturally the Supreme Void Spirit Wandering Spear. At Dragon Head Cliff, Wang Xian had gained insight into it. This spear technique was incredibly difficult to cultivate. In terms of grade alone, it was a true superior spear technique. As for the Secret Skill... it was called Flying Star Piercing the Void. A Secret Skill related to spear arts and space.

Limited by the era, Secret Skills from Yang Tianchan's time hadn't yet formed the modern systematic cultivation method using Memory Crystals. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. They relied purely on personal insight and tempering. So to be precise, this Secret Skill was Yang Tianchan's unique creation, something like an auxiliary cultivation art. Wang Xian stroked the spear blade.

Without Memory Crystals to aid cultivation, modern martial artists who wanted to truly learn a Secret Skill had to judge their own progress, and cultivation was prone to going wrong. Memory Crystals broke down all the cultivation content and poured it directly into your brain and body, after all. You just had to train hard. But this kind of Secret Skill from the previous era, passed down through individual inheritance, had much higher overall cultivation difficulty. Still, it was undeniably powerful.

Flying Star Piercing the Void: Use the spear blade to pierce space, generating spatial fluctuations that allow spear martial arts to cause a certain degree of defense-ignoring damage at the micro-spatial level. In short: ignore defense. Different from the demon blade's White Tiger Soldier Spirit breaking defense. This Secret Skill let spear arts ignore defense to a certain extent. No matter how thick your armor, it could penetrate through and attack your physical body directly.

The cultivation method was extremely difficult. First, you needed martial talent related to space. Then, by killing space-related alien beasts, your spear blade would absorb the spatial power within them during the kill. But you couldn't kill them outright. You had to fully absorb the spatial power within the beast's body before delivering the killing blow. It required precisely piercing every key part of the beast's body without causing death.

As for how many to kill: without a Memory Crystal, it relied purely on personal insight. If you lacked space-related talent, there was another method. Complete special thrust training. The thrust was a fundamental spear technique. You needed to complete tens of millions of standard thrusts, triggering shared memory between muscle and weapon, gaining insight into muscle-memory-style spatial resonance. That way, you could also master this Secret Skill. The difficulty was even higher, though.

And it placed extreme emphasis on comprehension. The higher your comprehension, the fewer repetitions you needed.

"I can't train martial arts right now, but I can practice this Secret Skill..."

"Space-type alien beasts are too rare... but I can still practice thrusting." Wang Xian shook his head. As for Star Trace Step, he'd comprehended about 70 to 80 percent of it. Once the foot Stellar Bones finished adapting, he could master it quickly.

"Star Trace Step, Flying Star Piercing the Void. Combining the Secret Skill with the movement technique, once my Stellar Bones are fully cultivated and I reach around the fifth realm, I should be able to cultivate superior martial arts."

"And that superior martial art, combined with Star Trace Step and Flying Star Piercing the Void, would be no inferior to... a true Nation-Guarding martial art!" In that era before Nation-Guarding martial arts existed, whether it was Martial God Zhao Gang or Spear God Yang Tianchan, both tried every means to push their martial arts to higher realms. That was precisely what led to the formation of various Nation-Guarding martial art schools in later generations. Thinking of this, Wang Xian's eyes flickered.

One had to admit: the martial arts talent of these Martial Gods from the previous era was terrifyingly high. Using superior martial arts to forcefully match Nation-Guarding level. Wang Xian picked up the long spear and practiced thrusting for a while during his cultivation session, gaining a bit of minor insight into this Secret Skill.

"If I could simulate spatial targets similar to space-type alien beasts and train thrusting against them, with my comprehension, I should master this Secret Skill very quickly." But the conditions were scarce. Space-type materials were extremely rare. Simply making them into targets was even harder. Even Sky Capital University might not have them.

"After returning to Sky Capital University, I'll give this spear blade to the university for research..."

"Have them organize and integrate the inheritance and Secret Skill within it."

"Especially this Secret Skill. If it can be made into a Memory Crystal, at least the cultivation difficulty would drop somewhat..." Wang Xian only planned to donate the spear blade after fully comprehending it. Otherwise, relying solely on those spear marks at Dragon Head Cliff for modern martial artists to observe and comprehend the Supreme Void Spirit Wandering Spear would be far too difficult. Who knew how long it would take. Moreover, this Secret Skill was highly valuable.

For all martial artists cultivating spear techniques, it could greatly increase combat power. Once Sky Capital University researched it, it could benefit martial artists across the entire Dragon Nation. After finishing cultivation, Wang Xian headed to his Third Uncle's martial arts school to say hello. Over the past 6 months, Third Uncle's school had opened in the city center. The venue was much larger than before. They'd even hired some second and third realm martial artist coaches.

When Wang Xian arrived, he saw two or three youths in martial uniforms, faces flushed deep red, half-kneeling on the platform. They kowtowed once to Third Uncle, then turned and left. Third Uncle sighed a few times, waved his hand, and said nothing. Wang Xian walked over, curious.

"Third Uncle, what's going on?" Third Uncle startled, then smiled.

"You brat, back without saying a word? Ah, it's nothing... just..."

"They couldn't afford tuition. Dad taught them for free for 3 months. Does he think the martial arts school is a charity? They got kicked out." A woman walked out from behind, fine features, military uniform, posture ramrod straight. She smiled.

"Xiao Xian, your big sister hasn't seen you in ages. I heard from Dad you were last year's Martial Exam top scorer? You went to Sky Capital University. How are your studies going?" Wang Xian looked at the woman, slightly stunned. Then he smiled and called out, "Big Sister!" ➤ Next: Qiongwu Trial, Qiongyun Island