I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature-Chapter 1997 - 1349: Choice (2)

Perhaps resistance itself is a skill.

Under the watchful gaze of the elder, Tanshia Firlo took out a piece of jade-like ’Jade’.

It seemed to be the scale of some creature. The elder glanced at the jade and made a judgment.

Tanshia Firlo rubbed her fingernails on the scale, scraped off the powder, and poured it into a disposable cup beside her: "Go make yourself a drink."

The elder, without any doubt, used the nearby water dispenser to get some water. He had already seen others use this thing before.

Though he mistakenly chose the hot water outlet, so the water in the cup was hot, in the grand scheme of things, it didn’t matter. After all, it was just hot water. The elder very straightforwardly drank the powdered water made from the scale.

There was no instant rejuvenation effect, but after drinking this cup of water, he felt a strong sense of rebirth.

Although his body was still in a nearly decaying state close to death, the hidden injuries he thought were irreparable in the past had completely vanished.

Without the burden of hidden injuries, the elder could accurately assess his own condition. Even if he exerted all his strength now, as long as his energy wasn’t completely depleted, recovery was possible.

It wasn’t like he would certainly die after two or three intense battles — the hidden injuries accumulated over hundreds of years were an immense burden on his body.

"This is just the beginning of the transformation. The things of the Tianhe people aren’t that suitable for you all. What you drank would directly rejuvenate a Tianhe person."

"That was really a waste..." Only now did the elder realize he had used something so valuable, but seeing Tanshia Firlo’s indifferent expression made him wonder.

Are such things common over there in Tianhe? No wonder the War Hundred Clans constantly think of Tianhe. Knowing how special things were in Tianhe, who wouldn’t be intrigued?

"So you all need to adapt and change those cultivation methods."

The elder’s expression remained unchanged as he promised to earnestly complete this task, then found a spot in this simple ’school’.

There was no hierarchy among the people here. Those who came were on the same standing — all were inferior compared to the Tianhe people here.

The elder looked at the book in his hand; it described a cultivation method that nurtures through battle, titled Shura Battle Technique, with part of its author’s name deliberately erased.

To the elder, the contents of this book didn’t seem very ’decent’. It wasn’t that the contents were overly dangerous, but it seemed this cultivation method originated from some evil method.

The cultivation method in the book erased the dangerous and evil parts, emphasizing the ’nurturing through battle’ aspect, making it the core of this technique.

It wasn’t truly magic power, but it wasn’t a cultivation technique of the Righteous Path either, classified as a mid-level cultivation technique. Its nature depended on the user.

Nonetheless, the book contents were quite to the elder’s liking.

An old friend nearby came over, glanced at the book in the elder’s hand, and showed a look of unsurprised with a hint of familiarity: "This is exactly the choice I’d expect you to make."

"What? Did you also choose this?"

"No, no, no, I chose something related to spells." The elder’s old friend shook his head. He wasn’t a battle-crazed maniac like the elder.

Although slightly older than the elder, others saw him as younger. Even so, both didn’t have many good years left.

"It’s been centuries; why not try something new?" The elder felt his choice was splendid. The Shura Battle Technique, the more he read, the more it suited his taste.

Darn it, life should be about fighting, fighting, fighting. Had he not aged and run out of worthy opponents, forcing him into ’cultivate character and cultivate mind’ for a long time, he might have perished in battle long ago.

But alas, there were no matters worth intervening in or necessary to take action, being forced into cultivating character and mind for so long made him seem like a good-tempered patriarch to some family members.

As for those who truly understood his temper, there weren’t many left to care for.

In his family, aside from himself, none of the descendants lived past five hundred.

"Why don’t you learn spells?" The elder’s old friend sniffed in disdain.

"Why would I learn that girlish stuff?" The elder smirked, exuding a sharp vibe.

His old friend found no surprise in this, as many of the undead here seemed to be experiencing a second spring of life, the elder included.

When he first arrived, he was more like an ordinary dying old man with no spirit. Now, his spirits were roused, giving him new hope, rejuvenating his mindset.

"Without spells, you’d have died long ago." The elder’s old friend snorted. During centuries past, he had used spells to save the elder’s life.

"So what? This time we’ll fight side by side, and I’ll still be ahead of you."

"Cut the nonsense. Just keep your focus when the time comes." The elder’s old friend countered unyieldingly, and then they both laughed, as if they saw the younger versions of each other.

According to the school here, as long as they mastered these Tianhe teachings, that scene wasn’t hard to achieve.

"Alright, stop bothering me. I need to get a grasp on this stuff first."

The elder’s old friend nodded: "Don’t be too hasty; it can be taken slowly."

"I know what’s important and urgent." The elder without raising his head said, knowing that the power system of Qingtian Continent was about to undergo a monumental transformation.

And he was one of the leaders in this transformation. With such an opportunity, of course, the elder wouldn’t do anything recklessly suicidal.

The Shura Battle Technique mainly cultivates ’battle Qi’. This battle Qi doesn’t greatly conflict with an individual’s existing strength, but the cultivation of battle Qi is not easy.

Normally, the accumulation rate in cultivation is slow. After all, this cultivation method requires ’suffering’, practiced through fighting, fighting, and more fighting, before one could achieve significant improvement.

There are not many restrictions on combat targets, as long as they can induce battle intent, releasing battle intent allows one to quickly cultivate battle Qi.

Without a target for ’combat’, self-stimulation, even through an imaginary form to release one’s battle intent, is nowhere near as effective as a real battle.

It’s like alchemy; one’s high-spirited battle intent is the primary ingredient. Swallowing the primary ingredients directly can provide enhancements but with less efficiency. However, if aided by secondary ingredients and refined into a power-enhancing potion, the effect is the opposite— achieving results with half the effort. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Of course, the Shura Battle Technique does not dwell on the primary or secondary nature of materials. If you are strong, then in battle, you are the primary ingredient, and the opponent is the secondary.

If the opponent is strong, then you become the secondary ingredient, but this ’potion’ is one you can use.

One can engage in combat with dangerous beasts, humans, or nature itself.

For the Shura Battle Technique, the elder grew more satisfied. Near Tianyun Mountain, battles were never in short supply.

However, after trying out the Shura Battle Technique for the first time, the elder realized the issue with Tianhe knowledge. While this cultivation method seemed fine, in practice, he encountered many obstacles.

The biggest problem was the ’physical incompatibility’.

When cultivating this, it was like someone with an innate insulator constitution trying to cultivate spells or magic, purely adding difficulty to life.

But these people practicing combat techniques could become nemeses to spell cultivators.

The issue, however, was that this cultivation method felt so contradictory, suited for those with insulator traits to practice combat techniques, yet the practice felt like spell cultivation.

One could vividly feel the potential of the related knowledge while being filled with contradictions that shouldn’t exist in the cultivation process.

These were the problems the old ones had to resolve.

The elder calmed himself, earnestly pondering. Practicing was a must. Even if not practiced well, it was alright. The primary task was to grasp this cultivation method first.

As for the problematic parts, sort and adjust them slowly after grasping the fundamentals. Though this process wouldn’t be pleasant, he would, no matter what, not pass up on such an opportunity.

Even if there’s a possibility of losing his life in the process.