Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 207 - 152: Inference and Refinement, Molten Fire Golden Body!

"This way, I can refine all seven Martial Arts from the inside out, simultaneously strengthening my muscles, bones, skin, and Power!"

Taking advantage of the surge of Spiritual Light that came with his breakthrough in three Martial Arts to Great Success, Su Mu struck while the iron was hot and kept inferring. Late at night, he suddenly had an epiphany, and at that moment his mind cleared, as if the clouds parted and he saw the blue sky!

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Comprehension: 89 (Dragon-and-Phoenix Level)

Blessed with inspiration, Su Mu seized the epiphany in his mind and made it manifest. Instantly, a new unnamed Martial Art appeared on his attribute panel. Su Mu took advantage of this warm current of insight to temper his arteries and veins.

Moments later, Su Mu in the room opened his eyes again. After consecutive Martial Arts breakthroughs these past few days, he felt he was not far from the Third-Time Yijin—he was likely to break through within a month.

"Just Entry-level and I gained three points of Comprehension?!"

Su Mu glanced over the change in his Comprehension, heart ablaze. For both Thunder Shock Fist and Flaming Tornado, they only added three points of Comprehension upon creation and Small Success.

This self-created Martial Art, forged by melting together seven full Cross-Training Martial Arts, gave him three Comprehension points at Entry-level—the potential definitely surpasses Thunder Shock Fist!

Flaming Tornado isn't really a Martial Art, but rather a technique that blends saber and sword, which at best can be called a Secret Technique.

Thunder Shock Fist is now one of only two Seventh-Grade Martial Arts Su Mu possesses. Above Thunder Shock Fist is Sixth-Grade!

"Could it be that by melting seven Martial Arts… the new Martial Art I created is very likely a Sixth-Grade Martial Art?"

Su Mu's eyes shone, excitement surging inside. His original aim was merely to fix his current weakness, forging a Seventh-Grade Cross-Training Martial Art on par with Fist Technique and Spear Technique. Who would have thought that after breaking through to Dragon-and-Phoenix Level, he'd directly create a prototype of Sixth-Grade Martial Art?

This far exceeded Su Mu's expectations!

"The higher the starting point, the harder future inference will be. Its difficulty will surely exceed that of inferring Thunder Shock Fist… but all beginnings are hard. The first step is taken, so why fear perfection?"

Su Mu took a deep breath, then donned a mask. A breeze swept through the room, and under cover of night Su Mu quietly left Changfeng County Town, heading to the Qifeng Mountain Range outside the city.

"Let's test its power."

Su Mu could hardly suppress the joy in his heart. Activating his self-created Martial Art, he took a deep breath, and his aura changed—radiating authority and dominance, like a mass of heavenly fire.

In both eyes, two points of blazing fire rose. Instantly, on his limbs, chest, abdomen, waist and back, every inch of skin erupted with half an inch of crimson flame, enveloping his body like Flaming Battle Armor.

In a flash, Su Mu became a man of fire, his whole body emitting a terrifying heat, distorting the air in a ten-foot radius into waves that surged relentlessly.

The ground and rocks beneath his feet couldn't withstand the pressure, burned black under the terrifying heat, cracking inch by inch and spreading outward.

Whoosh!

A mountain breeze blew by, and a bush ten feet away suddenly ignited, its flames soaring fiercely.

Su Mu's eyes glinted with sharp light—if Chen Yuntian and the three other masters, plus Uncle Wu, saw this scene, they'd be dumbstruck, regarding Su Mu as a complete freak, a true monster.

Such terrifying heat erupting from mere flesh and blood—simply inconceivable!

Exhale!

Su Mu breathed out and deactivated the Martial Art. His hand fell to his saber's hilt. Cold light flashed; before the burning bush could topple, the Cold Heron Saber's icy power quelled the flames—if left unchecked, it might cause a forest fire.

"The power of this Martial Art really is immense… but it consumes Power at an astonishing rate."

In just a single breath, Su Mu's Power diminished notably, leaving him feeling as if someone had taken a bite out of his Strength Golden Core.

"My Power is still too weak."

"As for this Martial Art… with Melting Gold Technique as its core, Vajra Body as the foundation, from now on let's call it Molten Fire Golden Body."

Thoughts turning swiftly, the attribute panel's unknown Martial Art trembled, and the words 'Molten Fire Golden Body' appeared. Simultaneously, all seven Martial Arts, including Melting Gold Technique, vanished from the panel, instantly making it much cleaner.

Those seven Martial Arts aren't truly gone. Whenever Su Mu's eyes focus on Molten Fire Golden Body, he can see the seven once again.

At this moment, as Su Mu felt satisfied, he also realized a deficiency during its operation. That massive consumption was only because his Power wasn't vigorous enough; besides, power and consumption are naturally related. The real flaw was that Molten Fire Golden Body was still incomplete.

"Iron Arm Skill, Iron Sand Palm, Iron Arm Skill, Iron Whip Leg strengthen the limbs, Vajra Body and Iron Cloth Shirt cover the rest of the body, but Molten Fire Golden Body gets stuck when operating in the head, and the protection there is weak."

Su Mu thought darkly, knowing he must perfect it, and to further infer Molten Fire Golden Body, he'd have to make up for this shortcoming. In the future, he needed to find a Cross-Training Martial Art specializing in the head.

To push inference this far in just a few days already left Su Mu satisfied; he wasn't anxious about it, for such things can't be accomplished in a day, and it must be done step by step.

"Tomorrow I'll go to Hongmen Martial Arts Hall to collect Demon Blood, then it'll be time to pay a visit to the Demon Slayer Bureau in Changfeng County."

Su Mu returned to Changfeng County. The continuous inference on Martial Arts these days was mentally exhausting; once back in the inn he almost collapsed into sleep.

Early next morning, Su Mu once again visited Hongmen Martial Arts Hall as Li Feiyu. This day, outside the hall, stood Zhang Jin, Li Jiang, Shangguan Qing, and Zhang Feng.