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Chapter 41: 【38】The Threshold of Dark Force

Chapter 41: 【38】The Threshold of Dark Force

"Damn it!"

A gust of wind blew past, causing Wang Longhu’s figure to sway. His balance was instantly broken, and he tilted sideways, falling down the cliff.

As he was about to hit the ground, he rolled down the slope, and quickly planted his feet firmly into the ground like iron spikes, stabilizing his body.

"My lower body is still not stable enough to be as unmovable as a mountain. If my balance was better, I could stand on a tightrope and remain perfectly still." Wang Longhu shook his head, brushing the dust off his legs and reflecting on this.

Looking up at the seven or eight meters high cliff top, Wang Longhu pushed off with his leg and began climbing up the mountain wall.

With a few consecutive steps upwards, his ascent began to slow. Taking advantage of the momentum, Wang Longhu grabbed onto a rock on the mountain wall, and with a violent push using one arm, he rocketed upwards and landed steadily on the cliff.

With the Lightweight Skill raised to Lv2, Wang Longhu’s agility was noticeably more nimble than before; such a fall from the cliff posed no threat to his life.

Training in such dangerous environments accelerated his skill proficiency far more than practicing safely at home.

In just over two hours, Wang Longhu’s proficiency in the Three-Body Posture increased by 30 points. Normally, this would take 6 to 7 hours of practice.

To achieve a Lightweight Skill akin to walking on snow without leaving footprints or skimming over water, a martial artist requires a solid enough foundation.

According to the Lightweight Skill summary sent by the monk, masters of Lightweight Skill can support themselves on tree branches, rocks, and the surface of water or fallen leaves, allowing them to leap and leapfrog like swallows and dragonflies, achieving an effect of being light as a swallow.

Practicing Lightweight Skill like this in the woods, common folks might mistake you for an Immortal.

Looking down at the forest below, Wang Longhu suddenly had a burst of inspiration. Although his Lightweight Skill is only Lv2, his physical condition far surpasses ordinary people. Maybe he could test if he already possesses such an effect.

As the thought crossed his mind, Wang Longhu leaped off the cliff edge like a wild goose, propelling himself with one foot, jumping out as fiercely as a tiger leaping across a mountain stream.

At that moment, feeling suspended in the air, nothing underfoot, sky above and earth below, Wang Longhu felt extraordinarily exhilarated, more thrilling than any roller coaster he had ever ridden.

However, ultimately, he was subject to Earth’s gravity. After jumping three or four meters, he began to uncontrollably fall downwards but soon fixated his eyes on the nearest tree.

Precisely landing on the treetop, his legs bent with new force, and using the branches like a springboard, he soared towards the distant.

One tree, two trees, three trees...

Initially somewhat awkward and hasty, he soon got accustomed and began moving with dexterity, indeed traveling through the woods as if leaping through the air.

"Woo!!" Experiencing this unprecedented thrill made Wang Longhu shout out in excitement, leaping towards the next trunk.

An unexpected incident occurred when the chosen branch, seemingly as thick as a baby’s fist, snapped right at the moment Wang Longhu exerted force.

He lost footing immediately, balance breaking, and his body quickly plunged backward landing on his back.

A Martial Artist must avoid being fully suspended, as this state leaves no points of leverage, exposing vulnerabilities, making it easy for opponents to exploit.

Though not fighting an enemy now, Wang Longhu was in a precarious situation. Unable to grab any nearby branches, the ground below covered in weeds might hide rocks, making hasty rolling to absorb force risky and potentially causing injury.

As he drew closer to the ground, panic coursed through him. Instinctively, his inner strength surged into his limbs and back. The moment his back hit the ground, his body rebounded like a spring, violently shaking against the ground, and then launching towards an adjacent tree.

Bang!

Wang Longhu’s hands gripped the tree, instantly cracking the surface, the bark peeled away revealing cobweb-like fissures, exposing the inner yellow-white wood.

And two distinct one-centimeter-deep handprints.

"That was close." Hugging the trunk, Wang Longhu couldn’t help but exhale with relief.

This was his first time using the Lightweight Skill, lacking experience, disregarding the necessity of stable point leverage.

Like a rock climber installing anchor bolts on a climbing wall; if the bolt loosens, regardless of the climber’s experience, it could pose fatal risks.

Luckily, this mishap occurred in a low-height forest. Had it been in a cityscape with skyscrapers, a single misstep could mean a premature death.

"Hmm!"

As Wang Longhu prepared to jump off the tree, he noticed the two handprints left on the tree trunk.

Since mastering Ming Jin, Wang Longhu had tested his palm strength on wood, always breaking it in halves, no matter how thick the wood always had cracks.

Yet the tree before him was different.

Apart from the two handprints, the trunk remained intact without a scratch, with four or five needle-like holes faintly visible in the palm imprints.

"What is this?" Wang Longhu touched the handprints, puzzled.

Due to the emergency earlier, he didn’t remember how he struck those two palms, but the result showed that all his strength was concentrated into one, with not a single hint of scattered energy.

Thus, allowing only handprints without any cracks.

"It seems I managed to precisely diffuse my inner energy throughout my body, something I never achieved before." Wang Longhu leapt to the ground, looking at where he had fallen on his back.

Unexpectedly, a depression had formed on the ground, with a flattened green snake amidst it, notable also were needle-like holes across its body, even more numerous.

"I recall the monk saying, Ming Jin relies on explosion, Dark Force on shock, concentrated strength forms Ming Jin, striking like an explosion, channeling Ming Jin at acupoints becomes Dark Force, piercing like needles, capable of reaching internal organs invisibly. Could this be what that means?"

Wang Longhu looked at the snake’s corpse, frowning deeply in thought.

He had never seen a master of Dark Force, constantly unable to conceptualize its manifestation. Though the monk spoke of Dark Force, verbal descriptions fell short; Wang Longhu could only explore it himself, trying to recall the feeling of full-body inner energy dispersion.

If practicing the Three-Body Posture was like scooping ’sea water’ of energy from the ’ocean’ of the spine, then the Guanyuan Acupoint three inches below the navel was a ’lake’ storing inner energy.

During combat, Internal Boxing Martial Artists draw inner energy from the Guanyuan Acupoint into the arms to unleash power as Ming Jin.

But this is just an entry-level inner energy application, often stressing body pores with prolonged internal energy pressure without release.

Should a Martial Artist lapse and release energy during a fight, they will instantly weaken, drenched in sweat, with significantly reduced capabilities.

This describes Wang Longhu’s current situation.

To overcome this, further advancement is needed, to diffuse inner energy through the meridians, flowing throughout the body’s channels in cycles.

Achieving this state, and skillfully releasing inner energy from acupoints, is the reputed Dark Force among the Three Energization Techniques including Bright, Dark, and Transforming Force.

Previously, Wang Longhu couldn’t grasp the concept of Dark Force, yet today, this accidental fall unknowingly introduced him to Dark Force’s threshold; understanding it fully could see him becoming a Grandmaster of Xingyi Boxing.

[Name: Wang Longhu]

[Strength: 1.26]

[Physique: 1.82]

[Spirit: 0.95]

[Skills: Basic Fitness Lv3 (3/300), Three-Body Posture Lv3 (30/300), Xingyi Boxing Lv2 (150/200), Lightweight Skill Lv2 (20/200)]

[Potential Points: 0]

"Truly, practicing martial arts in perilous environments enhances skill proficiency much faster. Just moments here increased my Lightweight Skill proficiency by 20 points, far more effective than running on mountain paths." Wang Longhu remarked joyfully at his status screen.

Leaping back and forth within the mountains mirrors the concept of peak skill in the Lightweight Skill summary, focusing on a person’s leaping ability. After Wang Longhu practices for a bit longer and sheds his 90-pound weight

He could indeed move freely between the mountains like an Immortal.

Without wasting time, he took a slight breath, ran to a treetop, and continued his jumping practice.

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