Chapter 7: Dragon Tiger Elephant Power

  Jiang Xue greeted Tie Zhu with a bow, and Tie Zhu's face turned bright red. He still looked a bit dazed and didn't know what to do. Jiang Nan took the bamboo basket from his hand, took out the food and placed it on the stone table, and said with a smile: "Sister, you come and have lunch too."

  Jiang Xue nodded and sat down at the stone table, Jiang Nan brought over another pair of bowls and chopsticks, letting Tie Zhuang sit down as well. Jiang Xue's taste was light, she only ate a few bites of vegetarian dishes and rice before putting down her bowl and chopsticks. Jiang Nan and Tie Zhuang, on the other hand, were big eaters, the two of them swept away the remaining food in one go.

  Jiang Xue took the bowl and chopsticks to wash, Tie Zhu finally felt relieved, let out a breath, and curiously asked: "Zi Chuan, your sister is so beautiful, even more lovely than Princess Wang... by the way, is your sister married?"

  "What do you want to do?"

  Jiang Nan suddenly became alert, coughed and said in a low voice: "Zhu Zi, she is my cousin, not my sister. We were engaged when we were young, nominally as siblings, but actually as husband and wife."

  "You stinky brat, a rabbit doesn't even eat the grass beside its own nest, and you're eating everything in sight..."

  Tie Zhu muttered to himself, then smiled and said: "Now that I see you're unharmed, I can rest easy. It's really a shame you didn't go to the Qi Wang Fu today. This morning, the Qi King personally came to the martial arts arena for an inspection, and even personally took part in the training, displaying his impressive skills!"

  "King Qi personally instructs the young masters of the Wang family?"

  Jiangnan couldn't help but feel envious, as the King of Qi was a martial arts master in the Divine Wheel realm, with extremely powerful cultivation. Not being able to see someone like that take action was truly regrettable. However, compared to watching the King of Qi practice his martial skills, he still felt that his own gains were even more substantial. The events of this morning had already changed his life, allowing him to reap boundless benefits for a lifetime!

  Is there anything more illusory than what he experienced last night? Can anything be more thrilling and stirring than what he experienced last night?

  "The Prince of Qi has used a set of ultimate skills, which is the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power Technique among the four great ultimate skills of the Wang Fu!"

  "As soon as he mentioned martial arts, his eyebrows danced and his eyes sparkled with excitement. He laughed and said: 'I was hiding in a dark place at the time, learning two moves secretly, it's really amazing! The Dragon-Tiger-Elephant Fist has three main keys, Dragon Walks Hundred Changes, Tiger Escapes Prison, Elephant Carries Mountain, not only must you get its shape, but also its spirit! Only when both spirit and form are present is it the highest level of martial arts!"

  These words were obviously not something that Tie Zhu, a rough man, could say, but rather he was repeating the original words of the King of Qi. Jiang Nan had also heard the servants of the King of Qi's mansion talk about this extraordinary skill, saying that the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Force Technique was created by the first generation King of Qi, who had encountered a real dragon and a divine elephant, seen a tiger demon with strength capable of moving mountains, and only after barely escaping death did he create this technique.

  The Dragon-Tiger-Elephant Fist was praised by the founding emperor as the most overbearing mental method in the world, and even because of this mental method, Jianwu Country assessed martial artists by dividing their levels into Tiger Strength, Elephant Strength, and Dragon Strength.

  Tiger strength is one thousand catties, can pull open an eight-stone strong bow; elephant strength is ten thousand catties, while dragon strength has one hundred thousand catties!

  An ordinary cultivator of Bone Forging already possesses the strength of a tiger. After cultivating to the stage of Qi Refining, one can possess the strength of an elephant. Upon successfully forming the External Cauldron, one will have reached the unimaginable strength of a dragon.

  "I have now cultivated to the Bone Refining Realm, I can lift a 2,000 jin boulder, and at most possess the strength of two tigers." Jiang Nan thought to himself.

  Tie Zhu said excitedly, pulling Jiang Nan to walk quickly out of the city, into a secluded and deserted mountain forest. Suddenly, he jumped onto a spacious ground, Iron Horse Hard Bridge, and used the Dragon Tiger Elephant Fist technique that he had secretly learned once.

  What he learned was superficial and incomplete. Many moves only had a fraction of the power, and after using half of them, there was nothing to follow up with. The exquisite part of the move also didn't come out.

  Moreover, his fists and feet did not contain any true energy, but were simply powerful, and could not bring out the full force of the moves.

  Even so, being able to glance at it once and remember so much is already remarkable, and it can be said that both talent and comprehension are not bad.

  These moves are far from the exquisite Jiangyue Broken Wave Fist, but they give people a very majestic feeling, as if there is the power of dragons and elephants, and the momentum of rushing tigers!

  "Huh?"

  Jiang Nan let out a soft cry, these intermittent moves caused the true energy within him to resonate, stirring restlessly with the iron pillar's movements!

  His eyes were no longer seeing the iron pillar's moves, but seemed to really see dragons and tigers fighting. The subtle changes that the iron pillars had not learned naturally appeared in his mind, as if he had long been familiar with the dragon and tiger fist!

  The iron pillar had only learned a few moves, and they were incomplete, nor did he grasp the essence of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist. However, the magic clock inside Jiangnan was now constantly shaking and ringing, with various strange patterns appearing on its surface, as if dragons were soaring and tigers leaping, with all phenomena rushing forth.

  The true energy of the Xuan Tai Jing in his body traveled along a strange trajectory, driving the increasingly surging power within him, allowing him to grasp the essence of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist with unparalleled clarity!

  Dragon's mighty transformation!

  A cornered tiger will fight!

  Shenxiangtuo Mountain!

  Everything in the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist comes from these twelve characters. The more Jiangnan ponders the profound meaning hidden within these twelve characters, the deeper his understanding of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist becomes. He can even reconstruct its moves and deduce its mental discipline!

  This is the effect of the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture. The fantasy of this technique is really too high, and although Jiang Nan has only cultivated for a few hours, his vision and understanding have already changed beyond recognition.

  He is equivalent to lying on the shoulders of a giant, although he is lying down, but also can look down at ordinary people under the feet of the giant.

  Although the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power Technique is far superior to the Blood Transformation Divine Method and other heart methods, in front of the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture, even the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power Technique is just a shallow ordinary martial art, unable to transcend the category of the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus!

  The profound secrets of this ultimate knowledge will naturally be deduced by his Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture and appear on the surface of the Demon Clock, supporting the operation of true energy!

  "Zi Chuan, the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist is in the hands of Qi Wang, its power is many times greater than when it was in my hands. There's even a tiger-elephant-dragon shape, one punch strikes out, dragon roars and tiger howls!"

  Tie Zhu smiled and said, "I heard from the King of Qi that if this divine art is cultivated to transcend martial arts and become a realm of divine power, it will possess the strength of dragons, tigers, and elephants, with the power of one dragon and ten elephants, and no one can match it!"

  Jiang Nan did not make a sound, he was still immersed in the subtleties of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, every move and style of which was under his control.

  This feeling is really wonderful!

  He had also tried to deduce the fourth layer of heart method from the first three layers of Jiangyue Broken Wave, but now he can deduce the entire heart method by just looking at some fragments of moves, the difficulty has undoubtedly increased countless times compared to before, but it gives him an extremely easy and comfortable feeling!

  "This is what Jiang Xue sister said about insight and perspective!"

  In the south, the mind is surging, and in secret, he says: "I cultivate the Devil's Womb Scripture, which is equivalent to standing from the perspective of the Devil's Womb Scripture to look down on the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist Technique. It's only natural that it would be clear at a glance! No wonder Jiang Xue said that she was able to deduce the 18th layer of the Jiang Yue Broken Wave Technique, not because of her intelligence or cleverness, but because of her broad vision and insight!"

  Due to the limitations of his cultivation, he could only deduce the first five layers of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power's mental technique. However, what differences and gaps this technique had with the true Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power incantation, he also didn't have any idea about.

  "Zhu zi, I... uh, my ancestors also passed down a set of skills that are quite similar to the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, take a look!"

  Jiang Nan suddenly rose to his feet and stepped into the open space, his true energy circulating, his body moved, a fierce and wild aura burst out from within him, like a ferocious dragon rushing out of the depths, scaring the iron pillar, completely unexpected that Jiang Nan's small frame could produce such a brutal aura!

  "The dragon rises from the abyss!"

  In the south, hands and feet moved in unison, skin, flesh, tendons, and bones perfectly coordinated. His body was like a swimming dragon, his true energy spreading from his hands to his feet, stirring up the powerful potential within him. Suddenly, a low-pitched dragon's roar echoed through his chest cavity, shaking the iron pillar, causing his blood to churn with excitement. It felt as if there was a huge boulder pressing against his chest, almost enough to crush him and make him bleed!

  "Tiger out of cage!"

  Jiang Nan's body suddenly lunged forward, his palms slapping out in a crisscross pattern. True energy rubbed against each other between his hands, and instantly a tiger's roar burst forth from between them. The sound was deafening, like a ferocious tiger that had been locked in a cage for four or five days, its ferocity at its peak, breaking free and emerging with a voracious appetite to devour humans!

  "Divine Elephant Treads the Mountain!"

  Jiang Nan made his own Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist third form, Divine Elephant Treads the Mountain, and moved his feet. He took thirteen consecutive steps, and with each step, a bluestone slab of two or three square feet was crushed by him!

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  He took a step, and the gravel was shaken to float in mid-air, about a foot high. At the same time, his arms were like elephant trunks, constantly pulling forward, making the air crackle with a loud "pa" sound. The force was strong and powerful, and he pulled thirteen consecutive blows!

  It must be said that the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist is indeed a very powerful move, with pure attacking power surpassing the Jiangyue Broken Wave Fist, but only slightly inferior in terms of technique. However, its ferocity is something rarely seen in Jiangnan's lifetime!

  He himself deduced the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, which further developed the characteristic of being fierce and overbearing to perfection. With only offense and no defense, it advances with unstoppable force, bringing out the ferocity of the crocodile, the savagery of the tiger, and the divine power of the giant elephant, all to the fullest extent!

  In the blink of an eye, he had already displayed the other two moves of the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist. The fourth move, "Dragon Snake Emerges from the Ground", was a kind of body technique, where one's body moved like a dragon swimming in a big river and a snake winding through thorns, making it impossible for others to grasp their footwork. The fifth move, "Tiger Enters the Sheep Herd", was purely a killing technique, where a hungry tiger devoured sheep with a single deadly strike!

  He only deduced five moves, the same as Jiangyue Poran's move, corresponding to the five realms of martial arts. The fifth move, Tiger Enters Sheep Herd, has little power because Jiangnan did not break through the bone membrane and had no true energy to drive it.

  With five moves in one go, Jiang Nan stopped and stood still, with a slight humming noise coming from the bones inside his body. The sound of crackling and popping filled the air as wave after wave of violent energy swept through every corner of his body, causing the power within him to surge upward!

  The Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power Technique is indeed extremely mysterious, causing the power inside his body to surge violently. The Mysterious Fetal Movement Scripture lacked a method for practical application, but the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power Technique has developed part of the potential of this highest-level demonic technique, greatly enhancing his physical functions, skin, flesh, tendons and bones!

  "I originally had only two tigers' strength, now I've absolutely increased it by half!"

  The true energy of Jiangnan slowly recovered, and he only felt that the power inside his body was growing greatly. He was surprised and delighted in his heart, and laughed: "Zhu Zi, this set of exercises I have, compared to the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Power of the Qi Wang Fu, which one is higher?"

  Tie Zhu was already shocked, his eyes wide with wonder, and it wasn't until after a while that he came back to himself. He gave a thumbs up and laughed, saying: "Zi Chuan, is this your family's traditional skill? It's fierce, really fierce! I didn't think you were hiding such great abilities!"

  Jiang Nan's face turned red, his ancestors were from a family of scholars and had a strong prejudice against martial arts, considering it to be the work of rough and unrefined men, what kind of divine skills or extraordinary learning could possibly be passed down?

  "Zi Chuan, your Jiang family's technique is different from the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist of the Qi Wang Fu. The momentum is also slightly inferior, but it's still quite impressive!"

  Tie Zhu exclaimed endlessly, revealing a look of envy and admiration, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that your Jiang family is also a martial arts family, although it's slightly inferior to the real Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist, but it can be considered a top-notch, number one profound study!"

  "Wouldn't it be better to use the real Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist?"

  Jiang Nan slightly furrowed his brow, then relaxed, he was just improvising the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist technique, merely making variations from the residual moves of the iron pillar, and had not personally seen a strong practitioner like Qi Wang practice it, so being unable to perfectly improvise the Dragon-Tiger Elephant Fist technique was also understandable.