Chapter 202: Consolidation of the Hammer Spirit--The Neutralizing Change (1/2)
Chapter 202: Consolidation of the Hammer Spirit--The Neutralizing Change
Translator: TransnEditor: Transn
”Good! It's incredibly powerful!”
Junior Leopard sank into a strange state the moment he swung his metal hammer. The 81 movements of Wild Hammering Skill, the Flipping Sky Hammering Skill, the Thirteen Punches of Desolation, and the Tai Chi Fist flowed like a stream across his mind, gradually merging together. His Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Internal Qi gushed out of his body and formed a glowing, golden red screen that enveloped him. When he breathed out, two red snake-like stripes of light appeared from his nostrils. The light fed into the glowing screen, forming an endless cycle.
Without realizing it, his Black Sun Fist Intent was released. It surged explosively from the black winds like a volcano eruption. The three Fire dragons intertwining the black winds let out a blinding glow and merged to form an enormous stripe before suddenly diving into the raging winds.
”Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!”
The sound of the raging winds traveled across the entire River Heart Island. It was no longer the desolate island overrun with water bandits anymore. It was now a crucial location where goods were gathered. The people who thronged the ports, docks, goods yards, drill grounds, new inns, along with merchants and workers made up more than 10,000 people. Alarmed by the eccentric winds, they gathered and moved toward Junior Leopard's year.
Wang Cheng had been staring at the black raging winds in front of him with a shocked expression on his face. Realization suddenly dawned on him. He turned and ordered Zhu Ba and Jiang Xiao in a severe tone, ”Quick! Tell all your subordinates to clear the scene. No one is to approach within 1,000 feet of the courtyard. If anyone ignores this command, execute them immediately!”
”Yes!” Zhu Ba and Jiang Xiao came to their senses. Glancing at the winds within the yard, they turned and left without a second look. They soon led a huge crowd of soldiers and formed a barrier that surrounded the courtyard 10,000 feet away.
”His Excellency is practicing. No one is to enter within 10,000 feet! Anyone who disturbs his cultivation will be executed immediately!”
Zhu Ba swung the large saber in his hands, loudly giving orders with a severe expression. The scar on his face twisted like a centipede as his face contorted and a violent spirit decorated his expression.
...
”So Zhou Bao is back! No wonder there's such a commotion!”
”Really? I heard Zhou Bao is only a Level Four expert. No way he created such commotion!”
”Look, Zhao Bao isn't just an ordinary Level Four expert. He once killed a Level Seven expert in a one-on-one fight! I was there and I saw it clearly!”
When the person who spoke recalled what happened that day, he could not help the fearful expression on his face. Looking at the black raging winds and remembering the power Junior Leopard displayed when he struck down Dragon Nanny, he said, ”Oh God, this is even worse than the time he killed a Level Seven expert!”
”Well, of course! He's the Commander after all!”
The person who spoke was a soldier preventing the crowd from getting past him. His face was so full of pride. It was as if he was the one who caused the current situation.
”You guys have really gotten lucky this time, getting such a powerful person as your Commander!” A soldier of the Garrison Mansion was also within the crowd, looking enviously at the soldiers forming the barricade and maintaining order. For an ordinary soldier concerned with earning their keep like him, it was a blessing to have a leader like Junior Leopard. He was not only powerful but also forthright with his subordinates.
The crowd kept a 10,000-feet distance away shuffled noisily as if they were watching an entertaining performance. Within the yard, Junior Leopard was oblivious to all this. He was doing his best to control his Black Sun Fist Intent.
When the three Fire Dragons merged and swooped into the raging winds, a subtle change happened to his Black Sun Fist Intent.
The Fire Dragon dived into the fist intent and the Black Sun Fist Intent abruptly exploded with full force. Tall flames of fire instantly enveloped the raging winds. The raging winds, originally hundreds of feet tall, became intertwined with the Black Sun Fist Intent. Its speed declined and, amid all this, a peculiar gravity emerged.
Within the winds, Junior Leopard held the metal hammer in his hands. He gathered the few types of hammering and punching skills he knew and integrated them. When he used a move similar to one from Tai Chi Fist, the fist intent and the winds interacted. The movement of the black hammer within his hands slowed the same way a slow-motion scene in a video did. A strange but wonderful spirit emerged from his hands and from within the hammer.
”Ooooh!”
A silent wind blew across. The surging Black Sun Fist Intent became calm and reserved after the explosion. The hammer in his hands traveled in a strange trajectory and Junior Leopard felt a sudden jolt in his mind. As if time had come to a stop, he sank into a strangely abstruse state. The fierce Qi Power, previously strongly affected by the Black Sun Fist Intent, became calm as well. The aura transitioned into an eccentric phase and seemed to continue infinitely.
”Hammer Spirit?!”
When time seemed to have disappeared completely, Junior Leopard felt himself being completely one with the black hammer in his hands. The Qi Power surrounding him also merged with the hammer, including the Black Sun Fist Intent.
This was the Hammer Spirit!
The fist had a Fist Intent of its own, the sword its Sword Intent. The hammer, too, had its Hammer Spirit!
He apprehended the feeling he had when he first gained insight of the hammering skill and comprehended the Hammer Spirit!
Or perhaps he should say, he had expanded the function of the fist intent a little further beyond what he had comprehended the last time!
Technically, his Black Sun Fist Intent and his newly comprehended Hammer Spirit could not be considered independent intents. They were merely evolved from his primitive fist intent, the imitation universe.
The imitation universe started to release large amounts of energy, bringing him unparalleled benefits.
With his current abilities, or in other words, even if he exhausted his entire life, it was almost impossible for him to utilize entirely the Fist Intent of his imitation universe. But as time went by, he gained power continuously, so he became able to make use of more and more parts of the imitation universe. First, the Black Sun Fist Intent, followed by the Black Hole Fist Intent, and lastly the Hammer Spirit he comprehended that day. All of these intents merely made up a tiny part of the imitation universe.
The black sun rotated slowly, releasing endless amounts of light and heat. Apart from the black sun, a black metal sphere revolved around the black sun with a fixed frequency.
This was a galaxy!
A planetary system with only a star and galaxy.
This was the simplest kind of system within the universe.
The Fist Intent he had comprehended was a galaxy.
Of course, within this simple system, the interactions between the star and the planet were not only things that existed. In fact, what was really operating was the huge gravity covering the entire planet.
The fist intent that Junior Leopard had comprehended this time was different from the previous two. It not only integrated with his Internal Qi but his Divine Awareness and weapon as well.
The black planet in orbit was formed by the trajectory of his metal hammer in motion. Within the huge gravity within the galaxy, it contained the very essence of the Tai Chi Fist.
The metal hammer in his hands was put into motion again. This time around, he did not use the Wild Hammering Skill nor the Thirteen Punches of Desolation or the Tai Chi Fist. The hammer moved along with the gravity of the galaxy, slowly adapting to the feeling. Within the Hammer Spirit, the trajectory of the planet was changing slightly as well. Both his hammering skill and Hammer Spirit were probing each other, adapting to each other, and slowly moving toward the single final trajectory!
”Hong!”
The metal hammer looked as it was moving slowly, but was vibrating at high speed in actuality. The barely perceptible vibration caused the hammer to fall into its final and perfect trajectory. The foundation of the Fist Intent was thus strengthened.
”The time is now!” Junior Leopard felt his Fist Intent solidify entirely and let out a long and deep breath. The Fist Intent had completely exceeded his expectations this time. He had only wanted to test out the hammer. He did not expect to comprehend his own Hammer Spirit out of the blue.
With the completion of his Hammer Spirit, he was now in complete control of it!
With such a thought, Junior Leopard made the Hammer Spirit disappear in the blink of an eye. When everything returned to normal, Junior Leopard could not help baring his teeth and cursing under his breath.
His courtyard had been annihilated and the land he was standing on was completely flattened without a single rock intact. Everything had been reduced to dust by the raging wind, the dust on the ground forming a peculiar image surrounding him. Junior Leopard could tell the image was that of the galaxy formed by his Fist Intent, obviously formed due to the gravity from within it.
Without thinking, Junior Leopard lifted his foot and brought it down hard. A wave of energy traveled in all directions and erased the image on the ground.
He tried to hang the hammer on his belt behind his back but found that he could not. The hammer was no longer the pair of silver hammers he had previously. Smiling wryly, he carried the hammer in his hand and walked slowly out of the courtyard.
He was pretty exhausted after such vigorous movements.
”Your Excellency, you have come out!” Seeing Junior Leopard, Zhu Ba hurriedly rushed to his side. The courtyard was already destroyed, so technically there was nothing to go into or come out of. Zhu Ba only said this out of habit.
Glancing at Zhu Ba, and then at the crowd a thousand feet away, Junior Leopard said, ”What are all those people doing there? Watching a circus? Disperse them! Make them all leave!”
”Yes, yes, yes…!” Zhu Ba immediately ran, waving his arms at the crowd. ”Everyone, please leave! Go back to whatever you were doing. Haven't you seen an expert before? Please leave now!”
The crowd rapidly dispersed, with most people could not help glancing at Junior Leopard a few times as they left. It was as if they wanted to see what kind of a fearsome monster the Navy Commander of Jiang City was.
...
”I'm not some fearsome monster. I have only comprehended something when I received this hammer today!” Junior Leopard patted the handle of the hammer, his face turning an odd shade. The power of this hammer was great, but it was too heavy. The weight was not a problem; the problem was finding a place to store the hammer. If he put it on a table, well, there were not many tables that could support its thousand kilogram weight. If he put it on the ground, it would most likely create a large pit on the ground. There was already a shallow pit beside his chair.