Chapter 400 - 279: The Continuing Nightmare
"Is this the Gang Qi mastered by the Gang Refining Realm Martial Artist?"
At the top floor of the Peace Finance Building, Li Yi calmly looked at the invisible breath swirling in his hand, which surged from within his body and was nurtured by Qi-Blood. It seemed fragile and easily extinguished by a pinch, but it was actually endlessly alive. The Gang Qi was tough, and if further tempered with a certain method, it would become as indestructible as steel.
Li Yi clenched his hand as if capturing a breeze, then raised his hand and swung it out.
A slash of invisible breath shot out like a blade, severing a decorative object ten meters away, leaving a smooth cut, its sharpness evident.
"However, my body possesses an excessively vast amount of Qi-Blood. Transforming this Qi-Blood into Gang Qi will require a long time of tempering. Furthermore, each of the four major clans has their own advantages and disadvantages in their Gang Refining Methods. The Fan Family’s Circulating Gang Qi focuses on defense, close-quarters elimination of enemies; the Zhao Family’s Hundred Refinement Gang Qi prioritizes attack, condensing Gang Qi into sword or knife energies for immediate kills; the Qi Family’s Innate Fist Gang favors pure offense, defeating enemies with punches; the Meng Family’s Ten Directions Gang Qi takes a different path, controlling Gang Qi to kill from a hundred steps away, offering the longest attack range."
Li Yi recalled the four Gang Refining Methods in his mind.
Fundamentally, they are quite similar, only differing in the direction of Gang Qi cultivation.
This is because a strong practitioner in the Gang Refining Realm has limited Qi-Blood, hence the Gang Qi one can condense is limited. In such circumstances, one has to make a choice, focusing on certain aspects means inevitably giving up on others.
If your Gang Qi excels in offensive power, the defense will be weaker; if your defense is strong, then long-range killing abilities would not match others.
"People from the Four Seas and Eight Continents have not evolved physically and are of poorer quality with insufficient Qi-Blood, which is why the Gang Refining Methods have drawbacks. But I am different; my Qi-Blood far surpasses that of an ordinary Refining Realm Martial Artist. Others practice one type of Gang Qi, but I can practice all four, complementing strengths and weaknesses. Thus, my Gang Qi will be stronger than anyone else’s."
Li Yi pondered softly: "However, this will also take more time."