13 Genetic Martial Arts (1/2)
Arhat in the human world, a copper man!
After exchanging greetings, Feng Lin surveyed the other party meticulously.
Shaolin temple!
As a human of two lifetimes, he was not unfamiliar with this name.
All the martial arts in this world originated from Shaolin.
This had been a great martial sect in the Ancient Earth Era. However, Its name silently faded away after the Interstellar Era started. Yet, with the discovery of mythological genes, this ancient martial art, which had the strengthening effect, flourished once more.
Shaolin temple had a thick cultural background. After successfully merging with the theory of mythological genes, they turned the seventy-two absolute skills of Shaolin into genetic martial arts. Since then, they became popular again.
This monk was wearing a cassock, but he had technological equipment on his body. He was obviously an Interstellar human. Thus, this meant that he knew about genetic martial arts.
He had to be careful about this!
Then, reality turned out as he had expected.
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Vajra Subduing Devil Fist!
Sweeping his huge sleeves backward, the monk dashed like a fierce tiger running downhill, with a golden light radiating from all over his body.
His palm technique stirred up a wind, and his forceful fist broke through the air.
His palm had yet to reach, but his force arrived first!
Feng Lin could not avoid it. He was hit by the powerful air strike and took several steps back.
This was the wonder of Illusory Martial Pagoda. It was a condensation of virtual energy, but it exerted actual effects.
”Eight Trigrams Palm!” Feng Lin stabilized his stance. He applied his new skill which he learned from the Level 6 pagoda. Stepping on the Eight Trigrams, he manipulated the agile trait of Eight Trigrams Palm. He moved around the opponent swiftly.
Palm clashing against palm.
Feng Lin's figure shook, but the monk was forced back ten consecutive steps before he halted.
Although he was the head Arhat in the Shaolin temple, he was obviously restricted by his vitality stats of only 1.
The difference in vitality made it hard for him to face Feng Lin in a head-on fight.
Yet, it was tough for Feng Lin too. His hand hurt badly; it felt like being struck by a huge hammer.
”Is this the power of genetic martial arts?” Feng Lin was secretly surprised.
There were two types of martial arts. One was the ancient martial arts, and another was the genetic martial arts.
The ancient martial arts strengthened the body and focused on the technique of force exertion. It was a pure art of attack and defense. It was also known as kungfu, wushu, wrestle… and so on in the Ancient Earth Era. Every country had a different name for it.
However, genetic martial arts were different. The martial arts theory was incorporated into the genes, allowing the genes to unleash their greatest abilities. They were truly transcendent martial arts.
This Vajra Subduing Devil Fist was a type of genetic martial arts. It was capable of awakening the Vajra Gene and enabling one to form the Vajra body which was invulnerable to ordinary attacks.
The monk continued to launch attacks. His body seemed to be made of copper, his palm technique was violent, and his momentum was able to strike the target from afar. He could even leave traces of his palm strike on the hard walls. How painful would it be if his palm strikes landed on a human body?
”Monkey Staring at the Moon!” Feng Lin used the Monkey Fist, and in tandem, the Monkey Gene maximized the agility and fierceness of the martial skill.
A greyish stone-like luster appeared on his skin. As his hand came in contact with the monk's, a loud and clear sound of metal and stone clashing was heard.
The Stonebirth Gene and Vajra Gene were both genes which strengthened the body.
Though the opponent was using genetic martial arts, Feng Lin's vitality stat was 0.6 higher than his. Thus, Feng Lin was not inferior at all.
In terms of speed and strength, Feng Lin was stronger.
Finally, he found a flaw and defeated the opponent with the ”Sword Dance of the White Ape”.
Genetic potential +36%.
This time, the genetic potential increased tremendously. Clearly, it was more beneficial for one's cultivation comprehensiveness and mastery to fight against a genetic martial master.
Vajra Subduing Devil Fist!
Feng Lin saw the technique's walkthrough again.
The genetic cultivation arts could be classified into different grades, and there were different tiers as well. They could be classified into low-tier martial arts, mid-tier martial arts, high-tier martial arts, and supreme-tier martial arts. Each of the different tiers can be further classified into initial-grade, mid-grade and high-grade.
The Vajra Subduing Devil Fist was only an initial-grade low-tier martial art. It could only control one kind of genetic power, the Vajra Gene.
Although Feng Lin did not have this gene, the Stonebirth Gene was quite similar to the Vajra Gene in the aspect that it was also a body-strengthening type gene. The genetic effect would not completely be the same when he trained in this technique, but it was 50 to 60% applicable.