Chapter 42

This time, Ding Qi did not close his eyes again but stood up from his meditation, stretching his body.

As he moved, a series of loud, strange cracking sounds came from all parts of his body, as if something was awakening with the circulation of the Great Strength Technique within him.

Then, Ding Qi frowned, feeling the Great Strength Technique circulating inside him, muttering to himself, "This situation is...!"

He looked at his hands and then clenched his fists.

Ding Qi now seemed extremely unfamiliar with his own body, as if he needed to readapt to it. After a long while, it seemed that Ding Qi had finally adapted to his current body and he let out a relieved sigh.

In the following time, he curiously examined the room, as if he were trying to rediscover the world.

Ding Qi's various actions were all peculiar.

After walking around the room several times, Ding Qi stopped at the wall, his face showing hesitation.

"Let's give it a try! Otherwise, there's no way to know the result." Ding Qi clenched his fists again, thinking to himself.

Then, he glanced at the wall beside him.

Feeling the circulation of the Great Strength Technique, Ding Qi lightly punched the wall.

"Boom!"

Seeing the several-foot-wide hole that appeared on the wall from his casual punch, Ding Qi's face showed astonishment.

With just a casual swing, the wall was shattered as if it had been hit by a massive force, becoming as fragile as paper.

"Indeed, it wasn't my illusion."

Staring at the hole in the wall for a moment, Ding Qi took a deep breath, suppressing his surprise: "This Great Strength Technique actually... has such power."

That punch, Ding Qi hadn't even used a fraction of his strength.

Even so, the wall was shattered.

Ding Qi couldn't estimate what kind of power he would have if he had used the full strength of the Great Strength Technique.

For the first time, he realized the terrifying power of the Great Strength Technique. Looking at the room, which now seemed as fragile as paper, Ding Qi finally understood the true power of the Great Strength Technique.

As the Great Strength Technique circulated within him, Ding Qi felt the immense strength continuously surging from his body. He was finally convinced that this was not an illusion.

As if to vent the strength within him, Ding Qi threw several punches into the air, causing the surrounding air to vibrate slightly.

This strength had emerged when Ding Qi successfully cultivated the Great Strength Technique and began to circulate it half an hour ago. At first, the strength brought by the Great Strength Technique was so overwhelming that it almost burst his body.

At first, Ding Qi felt very uncomfortable, worrying whether his body would really be burst by this sudden surge of strength.

However, a strange sense of comfort soon spread throughout his body, making Ding Qi instinctively realize that the immense strength generated within him should not harm him in any way.

With this realization, Ding Qi relaxed. However, out of natural caution, he still carefully circulated the Great Strength Technique, allowing the strength to increase slowly, to avoid any unexpected accidents caused by the sudden surge of immense strength.

In this way, the strength that had emerged in Ding Qi's body finally reached its limit and stopped growing.

Now, with the circulation of the Great Strength Technique, Ding Qi felt that even if there were a wild bull or a tiger in front of him, he could just point at them and they would die. The originally solid house now seemed as fragile as paper, giving him a strange feeling that he could manipulate it at will.

"It's like I've changed into a new body!" Ding Qi thought, feeling the strength within him.

Before cultivating the Great Strength Technique, Ding Qi had always been troubled by the inability of his innate technique to increase his strength. Now, with the Great Strength Technique, this was clearly no longer a problem.

Ding Qi had never expected that the Great Strength Technique would bring him such terrifying 'great strength' as its name suggested.

After a while, Ding Qi finally stopped the circulation of the true energy.

Almost immediately after he stopped the Great Strength Technique, the immense strength instantly disappeared from his body, and the feeling that the entire room was as fragile as paper also vanished. This time, when he punched the wall, nothing happened. The wall remained intact.

Ding Qi frowned and then started the Great Strength Technique again.

Instantly, the feeling of immense strength continuously surging from his body returned.

"Indeed, it's like this!" Ding Qi thought, understanding clearly.

Ding Qi now understood that as long as he circulated the Great Strength Technique, it would give him immense strength. When he stopped the circulation of the Great Strength Technique, his body would return to its normal state.

At this point, Ding Qi had basically figured out the characteristics of the Great Strength Technique.

"This Great Strength Technique is so remarkable; I wonder what effects the remaining two techniques will have." Stopping the circulation of the Great Strength Technique again, Ding Qi thought expectantly.

Having understood the characteristics of the Great Strength Technique, he planned to start cultivating the remaining two techniques.

Ding Qi was very eager to know what surprises the remaining Golden Body Technique and Wind Control Technique would bring him.

After spending the entire afternoon, he finally cultivated the Golden Body Technique and the Wind Control Technique. Next, he began to test the effects of these two techniques.

First, Ding Qi circulated the Golden Body Technique.

Then, a mysterious metallic color suddenly covered his body.

Seeing the unusual change on his body, Ding Qi's face showed a rather strange expression.

Even with the experience of the Great Strength Technique, knowing that these three techniques had magical effects, Ding Qi was still taken aback by the unusual change on his body.

"Could it be...?" With the experience of the Great Strength Technique, after a moment of contemplation, a thought flashed through Ding Qi's mind.

Then, Ding Qi took out his only weapon, the short sword he had bought in Liangcheng, and lightly poked his left hand, which was covered in the metallic color.

"Clang"

The sound of metal clashing reached Ding Qi's ears.

Hearing this sound, Ding Qi slightly narrowed his eyes. Then, he increased the pressure on the sharp edge of the sword, continuously pressing it against his arm.

However, even when Ding Qi had used six-tenths of his strength, the extremely sharp short sword did not leave any mark on his hand, let alone a wound.

Seeing this, Ding Qi's face showed a thoughtful expression.

Then, he no longer controlled the strength in his hand. In the end, Ding Qi used all his strength and slashed his left hand with the short sword, which only left a shallow white mark on his arm.

Apart from that, Ding Qi was completely unharmed.

At this point, Ding Qi had already understood the effect of the Golden Body Technique.

When he first circulated the Golden Body Technique and saw the metallic color covering his body, Ding Qi had already had a guess. Now, this guess was confirmed.

If the effect of the Great Strength Technique was to enhance the user's strength, then the effect of the Golden Body Technique was to enhance the cultivator's physical strength.

Under the enhancement of the Great Strength Technique, Ding Qi's body had become as hard as steel.

And even more so.