Chapter 169 (1/2)

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Chapter 169

Independence

After a.n.a.lysing his own strengths, Chengfeng began to think of his weaknesses.

First off, he had a minimal number of skills on his hands. Once he had shown all of his skills to the enemy, he could be easily targeted. With just fire spells alone, his abilities would immediately plummet.

Second of all, he was heavily reliant towards his surroundings and environment. Once he left the type of battle environment that was in his favour, his potential strength would start to plummet as well. Not to mention, if he were to fight with someone who possessed pyro-centric powers like Grand Senior Sister, the plants surrounding them would be burnt to a crisp if his opponent were to use any large scale fire spells. This would lead Chengfeng to become powerless, with only his Immortal Qi and bone spear left to fight.

Thirdly, Chengfeng's unique way of cultivating, in theory, gave him unlimited power during a battle. His body did not need to store any power, the power that he used was not his own. Not only that, with Chengfeng's continuous use of this technique, the stronger it became. Based on his theory, he could continuously use this spell indefinitely, and with every use, his power could grow infinitely.

However, this seemingly insane and undefeated skill had a very critical weakness. It could not allow the cultivator's body to grow stronger in a short period.

In other words, even if a truly powerful cultivator was not using their spells, they still possessed a powerful body. This was because their inner body contained terrifyingly strong energy. Under these circ.u.mstances, it would be hard to orchestrate a sneak attack against a powerful cultivator. Even if they were to be ambushed, with the strong cultivator's powerful attacks they had cultivated, it would still be dangerous.

But this was not the case for Chengfeng. Though he could control a considerable amount of power, his body was weak. To change this, he needed to use this skill for a long time, where his body would slowly but surely grow to eventually achieve infinite power and alter his body's composition. But until then, he could not deny that his body was still a weak vessel in its current state.

If Chengfeng was ambushed, and his body was heavily injured during the scuffle, this would mean that Chengfeng would lose the entire battle.

Fourthly, Chengfeng did not possess a magical weapon of his own.

This would be the same as a soldier without a weapon in battle. With just their fists to fight an opponent, how could there possibly be a chance of victory?

As Chengfeng was done drawing a diagram of his strengths and weaknesses on the ground, he quickly dragged a foot over the dirt to cover it up. He let out a sigh as he glanced at the bone spear in his hand.

“Sigh. Grim Stork, why couldn't you grow your bones a bit longer?” Chengfeng sighed. “If you were two meters long, I could at least use you as an actual make-s.h.i.+ft actual spear. But… with this one-meter length… it's neither long nor short. What should I do with you?”

Chengfeng shook his head and kept his bone spear before he walked home.

When he left the forest, Chengfeng could see Blockhead in the distance, carrying a large log towards their tattered house. Tianjun, on the other hand, was standing on their rooftop performing quick mudras. Using his small skills, he quickly dried the newly moulded wet cement pieces into st.u.r.dy and robust roof tiles.

Su You was standing by the side of the house, he was wielding his magical sword as he swiftly carved the large logs in front of him into pieces of wooden planks.

Chengfeng was rather shocked as he walked nearer, his eyes fixated on Su You's magical sword as it danced in the air, its blade reflecting bright light while it danced about. The logs that it sliced through made wooden planks that were all equal in size and thickness.

Chengfeng picked up the wooden planks with curiosity, and to his surprise, even the tree bark has been sliced off neatly! What laid before him was a wooden plank with its wood grains shown clearly, the pattern resembled waves that seemed to be moving within the planks. It was a beautiful piece to be admired.

“This is amazing!” Chengfeng couldn't help but exclaim in praise while he gave Su You a thumbs up.

Feeling delighted, Su You laughed, “Oh, this is nothing.”

As they were speaking, He Zhu threw the large tree log in front of Su You and proceeded to approach the nearest tree from where he stood.  He Zhu picked up his heavy sword and severed the tree from its base in one swing. The severed tree slowly sled from its base and fell onto the ground.

Su You smiled, “I apologise for cutting down the trees near your entrance, but… I remember there were no trees here the last time I came! Where did these trees come from? Did you summon them with your spells?”

Chengfeng smiled, he did not agree nor deny his Senior Brother's questions as he asked, “Senior Brother Su, is there any other way to obtain a magical weapon that could recognise its master?”