Chapter 99

When Wang Qi activated his movement technique, Geng Peng cried out in surprise.

"How is that possible! The Impermanence Step!"

The Impermanence Step is one of the martial arts of the Myriad Methods Gate, a powerful movement technique with a weight value of about five. It is part of the Impermanence Martial Arts.

The Impermanence Martial Arts were created by Wei Er, a free and easy wanderer of the Myriad Methods Gate, known for his unpredictable nature. One of Wei Er's greatest achievements in life was inventing the Impermanence Heaven-Changing Form, which cannot be judged by intuitive experience. Integrating the Impermanence Heaven-Changing Form into martial arts is what makes up the Impermanence Martial Arts.

Most disciples of the Myriad Methods Gate learn some Impermanence Martial Arts after the Foundation Establishment stage to strengthen their martial skills.

However, that's the Foundation Establishment stage! He, he, he, a disciple at the initial Qi Cultivation stage, how could he understand the Impermanence Martial Arts?

Geng Peng couldn't believe his eyes and wanted to observe more carefully, but the more elite assistants naturally wouldn't make a mistake.

"Su! Jun! Yu!" Xiang Qi angrily pounced on Su Junyu: "You actually taught him the Impermanence Step? Do you know that this is against the rules? Do you want to end up in the Immortal Alliance's prison with him?"

Su Junyu's expression was serious as he carefully examined Wang Qi. After a long while, he made his judgment: "It's not the Impermanence Step."

"Huh?"

The true disciple from Mountain River City beside Su Junyu also said: "That's clearly..."

"Seems similar but not quite." Su Junyu shook his head: "You can insist it is, but it's the version from eight hundred years ago."

The Impermanence Step has been around for hundreds of years and has been improved through countless versions. The version currently passed down by the Myriad Methods Gate is many times better than the original.

"Where did he get the version from eight hundred years ago? You don't even know it." The true disciple from Mountain River City laughed. But soon he thought of another possibility: "Could it be..."

"He figured it out himself..." Xiang Qi's voice trembled.

Su Junyu, after the initial shock, remained very calm: "He figured it out based on the Impermanence Heaven-Changing Form. He only learned how to apply calculus to the intrinsic form of magical power and hasn't yet learned to connect martial arts with analytic geometry, so his movements are only somewhat similar—frankly, I really believe this guy can break through to the Heaven-Transcending stage in half a day."

Du Bin found himself in a bizarre predicament.

He could clearly see Wang Qi, and Wang Qi's movements were minimal, but he couldn't predict Wang Qi's next move! He had no way to determine which direction Wang Qi would go next.

Du Bin was not without combat experience. From childhood, he had sparred countless times with the martial artists in his family, but he had never encountered such a situation. His experience was useless. Now he could only rely on the family's sword techniques, swinging his sword wildly.

Due to their limited perspective, none of the new disciples recognized the Impermanence Step. Those who were not directly opposing Wang Qi also couldn't see the subtlety of his steps. In their eyes, Du Bin, at the mid-Qi Cultivation stage, had the upper hand, forcing Wang Qi to flee in a panic.

Du Bin's friends began to cheer, but this support made Du Bin feel humiliated. He gritted his teeth and increased the speed of his sword.

Wang Qi, who was dodging with ease and pleasure amidst the sword strikes, couldn't help but smile with a hint of pride.

When Wang Qi learned that Wei Er of the Myriad Methods Gate was the equivalent of Weierstrass in the神州 (神州 means "神州," which is a poetic name for China, but in this context, it refers to the world of the story), he understood that he could use Weierstrass's theories openly. From then on, he began to consider which of Weierstrass's academic achievements he could apply immediately.

Weierstrass's greatest achievement, "mathematical analysis," was too broad for him to find a starting point. However, his most famous results, the "pathological function" and the "Weierstrass function," known in the神州 (world of the story) as the "Impermanence Heaven-Changing Form," could be directly applied.

A pathological function is a function that is continuous everywhere but differentiable nowhere. Humans can intuitively judge the trajectory of an object's movement without calculation because they can roughly determine the "direction" of the object's movement, which is the derivative at a point on the object's trajectory.

However, a pathological function is not differentiable! The graph of the Weierstrass function cannot be imagined through intuitive experience.

The true Impermanence Step involves the flow of magical power according to the Impermanence Heaven-Changing Form, and the steps also follow the graph of the Impermanence Heaven-Changing Form. Wang Qi could only勉强 (barely) achieve the first part. The course on using analytic geometry to analyze martial arts is taught later, in the second half of August. Wang Qi's steps were deduced from the heart method of the steps.

After dodging for a while and confirming that his steps were indeed effective, Wang Qi felt that this match was unnecessary.

He wanted to end it quickly.

Du Bin was still chasing and slashing. At this point, some of the new disciples also realized that something was wrong. Suddenly, Wang Qi changed his steps and attacked Du Bin.

Du Bin didn't react in time, and both of his sword strikes missed. He hastily withdrew his sword to defend, blocking Wang Qi's attack with one sword and thrusting at Wang Qi's shoulder with the other.

With the help of the geometry book, Du Bin's sword trajectory was completely under Wang Qi's control. Two fingers wrapped in phase waves tightly clamped the sword. The sword qi Du Bin hastily emitted was completely neutralized by the slow and uniform material waves.

The second form of the Formless Hand, the Constant Form.

The formless showboating is the most lethal. For some reason, Wang Qi suddenly remembered this phrase. At this moment, his other hand aimed straight for Du Bin's chest. His hand moved like a snake, making several quick turns, making it impossible to see the trajectory of his palm.

The Impermanence Hand!

Wang Qi's palm struck Du Bin without any resistance, and then the Heaven Entropy Formula activated, rapidly disordering the magical power in Du Bin's body.

Du Bin stopped all his movements, his eyes wide with disbelief. Then, he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

Wang Qi didn't even bother to kick this guy a few more times. This match was a complete technical rout, and it didn't even spark his interest, except for the initial verification of the Impermanence Step.

However, he was somewhat interested in what would happen next.

Wang Qi returned to his position. Sure enough, both Wu Fan and the cultivator who had mocked him were still standing there.

Wang Qi walked towards the new disciple. The man was still staring blankly at the light screen, not daring to believe that the person he had mocked was such a formidable figure. Moreover, Du Bin, whom he had supported, was so easily defeated!

Seeing Wang Qi approach, he was startled and quickly took a few steps back. Wang Qi had no interest in killing his entire family; he just smiled with a somewhat smug expression and said, "Slap, slap."

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