Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 1352: Chapter 1351: Learning Ancient Martial Arts Stealthily

At the moment, Lin Dong’s eyes were tightly fixed on the Hall of Dark King’s host, observing how he executed the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky”.

Observing how he condensed the Inner Qi Giant Axe.

Observing how he used Inner Qi, how he exerted force, how he circulated his Meridians, how he controlled the gigantic axe, how he split with that axe...

A seemingly simple axe strike actually contained the profundity of Great Ways!

This is where the power of Ancient Martial Arts lies.

National arts, such as Tai Chi, Baji, and so on, can be created once you reach the Grandmaster Realm.

We are most familiar with Zhang Zhenren, the founder of Tai Chi, who belonged to the Martial artists of the Grandmaster Realm. He not only created the national art of ’Tai Chi’ but also founded Wudang by starting his own sect.

But Ancient Martial Arts are a level above national arts!

Only those who have reached the Heavenly Realm can create a form of Ancient Martial Arts!

Ancient Martial Arts are exceedingly rare and also very mystical.

They often seem very simple, but even Martial Way prodigies find them hard to learn.

Lin Dong, when learning national art, Yin-Yang Technique, Witchcraft, and even Ancient Witchcraft, could remember everything after a single look and quickly learn them, but when observing and trying to learn this Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky”, he watched it twice and still hadn’t grasped the essence!

”This seemingly casual strike actually varies as much as the Three Thousand Great Ways and even I can’t remember everything at a glance,” Lin Dong secretly said in his heart.

He failed to learn during this second observation.

He quickly condensed more Inner Qi, channeling it into his Immortal Golden Body.

This time, the host of the Hall of Dark King used six layers of strength.

Two more layers than the previous four, so naturally, Lin Dong dared not be careless.

”Boom!!!”

At this moment, the host of the Hall of Dark King, wielding the giant axe, delivered a second strike with the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky”.

This martial technique, reportedly, was created by the ancestors of their Gu Family!

Inherited from the Chaos Era of the cosmos creation.

Of course, with the passage of time, the power of this inherited Ancient Martial Arts cannot compare with the original creator’s might.

But it was still terrifying!

Although not to the extent of the creator, to split open the Heavens and Earth, to cleave through Chaos.

But to split Mountain Hua, to sever rivers and mountains were things it could still easily do!

”Boom~~”

With a thunderous roar, the axe once again fell upon Lin Dong.

A streak of golden light, like the Milky Way, slashed down towards Lin Dong, who condensed his Immortal Golden Body to block it.

The golden radiance struck Lin Dong’s Golden Body, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

At the same time, the entire canyon was split open by this axe strike, creating a crack along the line where Lin Dong stood.

A crack more than a meter wide appeared, shaking the mountain canyons, and turning all vegetation to Powder.

All nearby creatures were obliterated!

Even some hard stones were turned to Powder.

The earth turned into a patch of black scorched earth!

With Lin Dong standing in the middle, a gigantic black fissure of about five kilometers long and over a meter wide appeared.

Within this crack, apart from Lin Dong suspended above it, no other life existed.

”Eh, using six layers of strength, I still can’t injure you,” uttered the host of the Hall of Dark King in surprise and doubt, watching Lin Dong who once again came out unscathed, effectively blocking his second strike of the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky”.

”It seems I need to use more strength. I have to use eight layers of strength!”

Having said that, he began to gather his strength once more.

At that moment, Lin Dong, once again activated his X-Ray Ability.

He observed the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky” even more carefully.

This was the third observation.

Lin Dong’s eyes became even clearer this time, seeing through the execution of the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky” even more thoroughly.

He saw that when the host of the Hall of Dark King was condensing the axe, he mobilized more than three hundred Meridians throughout his body, seeing through the pathways and speed of the inner circulation in his Meridians.

”So it requires energizing the inner qi like this, to condense the giant axe!” Lin Dong whispered to himself.

Then, he continued to watch.

At the moment, his eyes seemed to transform into the Heavenly Eye that could see through everything.

He kept observing how the host of the Hall of Dark King energized the giant axe, unleashing the terrifying Heaven Parting Axe!

The host of the Hall of Dark King, in just three seconds, made three thousand variations that contained the essence of Three Thousand Great Ways.

After going through three thousand variations, he swung the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky” for the third time!

”Unfortunately, the three thousand variations were too rapid; this time, I only saw through two thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight of them.”

”If I could watch one more time, I would certainly remember all three thousand variations, able to strike with this axe that embodies the Three Thousand Great Ways...”

Lin Dong secretly sighed with regret in his heart.

Yes, on his third attempt to watch, Lin Dong still failed!

He had not succeeded in learning by stealth!

However, this time, he obviously made much more progress than the first two times.

He was just one step away!

”Boom!!!”

At this moment, the host of the Hall of Dark King swung the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky” for the third time.

And this time, he exerted eight layers of his power.

The reason he layered his power over time, rather than using his full strength immediately, was because he feared that doing so would turn Lin Dong into powder right away.

In that case, he would only kill Lin Dong and would not lay hands on Lin Dong’s Nine Dragon Godly Body along with everything on him.

So, he added power layer by layer to test the maximum power Lin Dong could withstand.

He just wanted to beat him into severe injury, to leave him utterly powerless to resist!

”You should feel proud that you’ve compelled me to use the power of the Ancient Martial Arts ’Axe Splitting the Sky’ to its eighth layer as a Seventh Stage Grandmaster,” the host of the Hall of Dark King said.

In his eyes, this time, Lin Dong wouldn’t be able to stand it.

He was bound to be severely injured!

At the moment, Lin Dong did not dare to be complacent.

He quickly took control of the Buddha and Demon Dharma Body and first used it to block a part of the power of the ”Axe Splitting the Sky.”

Then, he condensed even stronger inner qi, channeling it into the Immortal Golden Body!

”Boom!!!”

Another golden light like the Milky Way struck Lin Dong’s Immortal Golden Body.

This time, the terrifying power made Lin Dong stagger back dozens of steps.

On the Immortal Golden Body, black smoke was even emitted from the strike.

But fortunately, Lin Dong still held up.

The Immortal Golden Body was still unbroken!

Seeing this scene, the host of the Hall of Dark King revealed an incredulous expression.

”How is this possible? You actually blocked the power of my eight-layered Ancient Martial Arts ’Axe Splitting the Sky’!”

The host of the Hall of Dark King’s face turned incredibly ugly; this was completely beyond his expectations.

He had already rated Lin Dong quite highly!

He, a peak level-eight Grandmaster, had started by directly using Ancient Martial Arts in the battle with him.

This was enough to show respect for Lin Dong!

Yet still, he found that he had underestimated the other’s strength.

”It looks like I need to use my full strength!”

The host of the Hall of Dark King, staring at Lin Dong, enunciated these words one by one.

”The only ones who could make me use my full strength to execute the Ancient Martial Arts ’Axe Splitting the Sky’ are Ninth Level Grandmasters! I did not expect that I’d be pushed to such lengths this time facing you, a Seventh Stage Grandmaster.”

”Master Lin ah, Master Lin, you truly are an extraordinary monster from the epochs...”

Having said this, he started using all his might to unleash the Ancient Martial Arts ”Axe Splitting the Sky”!