ALL NOVEL Advance Level Martial Arts
Brax's boxing training has taken a drastic turn as he realizes that by just using punches, he is severely limiting the martial arts from what it could be.
So he started incorporating other movements from other martial arts as well, kicks from taekwondo, and karate. Elbows, keens, and forearm strikes from Muay Thai.
He also incorporated some unconventional moves from some lost martial arts along with their dirty tricks, like eye pokes, throat grabs and rips, ball busing and twisting, and many more.
Time flies by as Brax keeps a mental count in his subconscious, but he doesn't want to stop until he completely assimilates all the martial arts.
With time, his efficiency increases, his control over his Qi becomes even better, and he feels that he is about to make another breakthrough in his cultivation.
By putting his body under such tremendous pressure, he has increased his Qi intake, fast-forwarding his breakthrough.
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Brax is shirtless in his room, dripping with sweat. His chest heaves in and out and Qi energy is swirling around him like a rapid river flood.
His previous skinny figure has taken a very drastic turn as his body is filled with compact, powerful muscles. To build such a body in his previous world, Brax would have had to work his ass off in the gym and would have had to maintain a very strict diet for years.
But now he has achieved it within a few days.
He performs a combo that combines a left jab and right body uppercut from boxing and then a knee strike from Muay Thai.
As he completes this move set, something clicks inside Brax and he stops with a smile. He has completed it.
An advanced level martial arts technique.
He thought it would just be at the intermediate level, but his element-controlling method and its versatility seem to have promoted it to a level higher than it should be.
The best thing about this martial arts technique is that it can be used with any element, including fire. Making it one of the best Advanced level martial arts techniques at the peak rank.
Unlike basic martial arts techniques, techniques of the higher levels are divided into ranks: them being - low rank, common rank, high rank, and peak rank.
With a low-rank advanced-level martial arts in his grasp, his fighting prowess has become higher than ever.
As he takes in his success, he experiences a surge of energy entering his body and breaks through to the 6th stage of the Qi condensing realm.
Brax lets out a satisfied sigh as he lets his body lose. He then uses his Qi energy to remove all the sweat from his body, making him feel fresh and clean once again.
"259336 seconds," He says as he puts a stop on his mind clock. It took him three days to completely master all the martial arts of his previous world, assimilate them, and combine them all into his new body.
He is very eager to test his new technique, but for that, he needs to find an opponent.
He gives it some thought and comes up with two possible solutions to test his new martial arts.
The first one is to head to the dual arena and duel against another disciple of the sect. This is a very common practice, as disciples always duel with each other to get a better understanding of their martial arts. As they say, practice makes perfect.
But Brax is hesitant about doing this. He is certain that the martial arts he created will garner the attention of sect elders, leading to an inquiry about where he got it from and how he came across it because he is just an outer sect disciple with access to an advanced-level martial technique, who just joined the sect a year ago and has no influential background.
Brax's other option is to accept a quest and test himself outside the sect. The disadvantage of this is his life will be at risk. The safety of the sect is not guaranteed outside of its walls.
He gives it some thought and decides to make a decision after checking out the quest board at the quest hall. He needs to analyze all possibilities before he takes action.
So with a goal in mind, Brax steps out of his adobe and starts making his way towards the quest hall.
On his way, he starts hearing conversations between disciples regarding something related to him.
The heaven's acknowledgment.
Looks like even after three days, people are still excited about it. Brax wants to know more, so he decides to approach an outer sect disciple who is hanging out by himself.
"Hey there, junior brother," Brax calls out to an outer sect disciple. This outer sect disciple looks like someone in his 30s but his cultivation is just of the 5th stage Qi condensing realm.
The middle-aged looking cultivator turns to look at Brax and feels the power gap between them. He starts feeling nervous. And why wouldn't he?
This is a dog-eat-dog world, and he is a nobody. So when some young-looking cultivator who has a higher level of cultivation than him comes looking for him, he starts feeling nervous, hoping that he doesn't get bullied.
"Ye... yes senior brother?" he asks nervously.
"What is happening? Why is everyone so excited?" Brax asks. Hearing Brax's question, the outer sect disciple is surprised because by now everyone knows what is going on.
"Didn't you notice the heaven's acknowledgment?" he asks with a surprise tone. "I know about it, but it was three days ago. Why are people still bothered about it?" he asks.
Brax knows human nature, if something big happens, everybody will be excited but after one day many people would stop giving a crap about it if it doesn't concern them.
Heaven's acknowledgment might be a very big deal, but 99 percent of the world shouldn't be concerned with it, so why is everyone still bothering about it?
"Oh, that! Didn't you hear? Emperor Grandeval has asked every resident of the country to search for the perfect level item. So everyone is trying to find it to earn a favor from the emperor," the outer sect disciple explained.
Brax took in the information and left, leaving the outer sect disciple in confusion. He thought there would be more, but to his surprise, it ended just like that.
He let out a sigh of relief, realizing that he wouldn't get bullied today.
"Oh, look it's the ugly loser," suddenly the color in his face drained as he heard the voices of his regular bullies cackling behind him. He couldn't do anything but pray, hoping that they would go easy on him today.
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Brax is not interested in what is happening in the empire right now and it doesn't concern him because he is going to keep staying hidden. He is not going to announce to the world that he has the thing everyone is looking for.
Soon, he arrives at the quest hall. "It's very crowded," he murmurs as he sees many outer sect disciples entering and exiting the quest hall.
Unlike other halls, quest halls are small and can be found on every mountain as each hall can have different types of quests related to that particular mountain's spaciality.
But most quests are regular ones that any disciple can partake in.
Brax joins the fray and enters the quest hall and starts looking through the quest boards.