Chapter 2305 — A New Martial Art
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
From the moment Tagan Long entered the library and made his first move, everything surfaced in Wei Zhao's mind. The circumstances then had been pressing, however, and his attention had not initially been fixed on Tagan Long's martial art, so the earliest moments were somewhat incomplete. But Tagan Long's later movements—especially those twin palms flickering with an eerie light—remained fresh in Wei Zhao's memory!
Wei Zhao frowned and unconsciously extended his own palm, imitating Tagan Long's posture and replaying it back and forth from memory. Yet Wei Zhao could only recall the way Tagan Long had channeled this martial art; the mental cultivation formula and oral incantation he cultivated, Wei Zhao did not know.
So Wei Zhao could only draw a gourd and paint a ladle, mimicking Tagan Long's method of channeling, the way he struck with his palms, and his movements!
As for the mental formula and oral incantation used to channel the martial art, Wei Zhao could only make up for it with the Xuanyuan Dragon Riding Formula, then use the Frenzied Fire Fist's method of channeling to convert his true qi into the fire-attribute true qi of the Frenzied Fire Fist, and pour it into his palms!
"Hah—" Wei Zhao gave a furious shout and thrust out both palms. To avoid disturbing Sun Jingyan, he used only the fire-attribute true qi of the Frenzied Fire Fist's first stance!
"Boom!" "Boom!"
Two tremendous roars, as though shattering the void, rang out in the air—the might produced in the air after Wei Zhao's palms struck out!
Though Wei Zhao's "Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm" looked somewhat motley, like a hybrid of Tagan Long's "Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm" and Wei Zhao's own "Frenzied Fire Fist," its power exceeded Wei Zhao's imagination!
This stance, channeled using only the oral incantation of the Frenzied Fire Fist's first stance together with Wei Zhao's own imitation and inference of Tagan Long's "Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm" method, produced a "Fire Dragon Eight Trigrams Palm" that possessed power even greater than the "Frenzied Fire Fist"!
It could not compare with Tagan Long's authentic Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm, but it was far greater in power than Wei Zhao's former Frenzied Fire Fist—this first stance of his was at least equal to the might of the second stance!
Even so, Wei Zhao's heart brimmed with wild joy and pride. He did not know whether the second stance of the Fire Dragon Eight Trigrams Palm, released by pairing the oral incantation of the Frenzied Fire Fist's second stance with the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm's method, would have the power of the fourth stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist, but one thing was certain: it would be far more formidable than an ordinary second stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist!
He himself had actually created a martial art? In Wei Zhao's understanding, only the founding patriarchs of the various ancient sects or martial grandmasters could create martial arts—and yet Wei Zhao had created one himself?
True, its power could not rival the original Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm, but for a martial art that Wei Zhao had dismantled, recombined, and rewritten to be successfully channeled at all was a miracle—how could one ask for more?
One must remember that not every founding patriarch of the many ancient sects had been able to create martial arts. The arts they cultivated were likewise handed down from ancient times, tempered a thousand times over by generations of martial predecessors!
Even in ancient times, only a very few cultivators of extraordinary talent could summarize and create a unique martial art of their own; even modifying and perfecting an existing martial art was no easy matter.
To say nothing of Wei Zhao, who had casually, in but a short time, fused two martial arts into one! (To be continued)