Chapter 78

Beyond five steps, ignore 50% of all hostile targets' attacks (this is a limit-breaking attribute, highest priority).

This was one of the attributes of Wu Pifu's Pifu title.

When the rain of arrows fell, Wu Pifu could naturally dodge or even reach out to deflect the vast majority of the arrows, but it would inevitably look messy, and he might even suffer minor injuries.

After all, he was only a martial artist. Even if he had exceeded the scope of a martial artist to some extent, he wasn't an immortal cultivator or a truth-seeker. Facing a cluster attack from ten thousand soldiers at a distance, even if it was just cold-weapon bows and arrows, he would inevitably be injured.

However, because he had reached the Hua Jin layer, his Qi Jin was spread throughout his entire body. When any external attack touched his skin, the Qi Jin would block or deflect it, thereby exempting most attacks. Even for those that couldn't be exempted, the damage could be minimized.

But what did the 50% reduction in attack from the Pifu title actually mean?

Did it refer to physical force? For example, when an arrow hit the flesh, assuming it was one hundred kilograms per square centimeter, would it become fifty kilograms per square centimeter after being weakened by the title?

Or did it mean that what should have penetrated three inches into the flesh would instead only penetrate one inch?

Wu Pifu didn't know what "attack" meant either, so he had to test it.

The moment the rain of arrows reached him, Wu Pifu was already prepared to flee immediately. At this moment, his attention was completely focused on the surface of his skin.

The moment the arrow touched his flesh, Wu Pifu forcibly suppressed the Hua Jin on his skin, letting this first arrow pierce his skin. Then he felt it carefully, ready to control the degree of the arrow's penetration with Qi Jin at any time. However, this arrow slid away after touching his skin, as if it hadn't hit human skin but rather tough, tanned cowhide, finally leaving only a white mark on the surface of his skin.

And this was the result without using Hua Jin techniques to defend!

Next, hundreds and thousands of arrows arrived. Wu Pifu circulated his Qi Jin to cover his whole body, and all the tough arrows were bounced away with a clatter. After a round of bombardment, Wu Pifu stood in place, completely unharmed.

"Copper skin and iron bones!?" the wild boar giant monster exclaimed, and then the next second it shook its head to deny it.

There was neither the sound of metal clashing nor sparks flying everywhere; this was definitely not the "copper skin and iron bones" supernatural power it knew, but the toughness really couldn't hurt him in the slightest.

"Could it be monster Qi Gang Sha? No, he is not a monster... Could it be an immortal's magic treasure?" The wild boar giant monster pondered, but there was a hint of retreat in its heart.

This wild boar giant monster was the most cautious, having cultivated for over three hundred years in the depths of the northern Heishan and Bai Shui. It was cautious and careful by nature. This time, it had come out of the mountains because the temptation of Pure Yang was too great, but it had also made plans to flee back to the deep mountains immediately if things went wrong.

However, for some inexplicable reason, it felt that the immortal's disciple in front of it was very weak, so that hint of retreat vanished in the blink of an eye.

Wu Pifu stood in the center of the drill ground, which was full of fallen arrows, quietly sensing, and in his heart, he had roughly understood what the 50% reduction in attack in the Pifu title was all about.

This was a comprehensive weakening. It weakened the force, speed, sharpness, etc., at the moment of contact, and at the same time, the damage caused to him was also weakened, and it was all weakened by 50%, even including some of the most fundamental things.

Whether it was a sword slash or an axe chop, or arrows and bullets, they didn't actually touch the material substance they were cutting, but used a "squeezing" method to destroy the microscopic structure inside the object.

In this regard, Wu Pifu only had a rough concept; the chemistry and physics knowledge he learned in high school and college had almost all been returned to his teachers.

And when the Pifu title targeted attacks from beyond five steps, even this force that relied on "squeezing" to destroy the internal microscopic structure of objects was equally weakened by 50%.

In other words, the force that could have caused his skin to break and cut three inches into his flesh was all weakened by 50% after this series of comprehensive judgments, to the point where it couldn't even break his skin, leaving only a white mark on the surface.

If it were a scene in a game, his defense would be five, the enemy's long-range attack power would be seven, and it should have caused two points of damage to him. But after being weakened by 50%, the attack power became 3.5, so it was just a "ding" sound when it hit him...

In common parlance, it didn't break his defense!

"Powerful!"

Wu Pifu muttered to himself, staring fixedly at the wild boar giant monster in the distance.

"I just don't know how this comprehensive multiple attack weakening will fare when facing attacks from supernatural powers."

Wu Pifu shook his head slightly, suppressing this thought in the bottom of his heart.

Since he had tested the attack weakening from beyond five steps, it was now time to test the defense weakening of hostile targets within five steps, and the target...

Wu Pifu stepped forward, crossed dozens of meters, and lunged straight at the wild boar giant monster.

The wild boar giant monster was surrounded by Jin generals. Although they were shocked by the strength of the immortal's disciple before them, they were all furious and drew their blades, each holding their weapons to meet Wu Pifu. At the same time, they roared loudly, their bodies grew by several points, their human faces began to turn ugly, and fangs grew from their mouths. They had all turned into half-human, half-monster bodies, each over two meters tall, and their physiques were twice as large as ordinary people.

The wild boar giant monster had occupied the northern Heishan and Bai Shui for over three hundred years, taking in a large number of primitive tribes from the area.

At first, its monster nature was extremely heavy, mostly raising and devouring them. After it had two hundred years of cultivation, it tentatively changed its attitude toward these primitive tribes, mostly focusing on offerings. Even if it wanted to devour them, it was determined in the name of tribute, with a certain number of boys and girls offered every year.

Another hundred years later, when its cultivation reached three hundred years, it was even able to divide its own monster blood, selecting the brave and fierce warriors from these tribes to turn into half-monsters. Although the survival rate after absorbing the monster blood was less than one in ten, it had given birth to hundreds of half-monster warriors.

In the current Jin State group, the upper-level power holders and generals were basically these half-monster people, and the wild boar giant monster had become the ancestor of these Heishan and Bai Shui primitive tribes.

The two Jin generals who had attacked Wu Pifu first were also half-monster people, but they felt Wu Pifu was weak, so they were killed without transforming into their half-monster forms. At this time, the Jin generals beside the wild boar giant monster naturally couldn't afford to be arrogant, and each transformed into their half-monster forms.

Wu Pifu's speed didn't decrease at all. A Jin general coming head-on swung his twin blades at him frantically. The blades were sharp, and Wu Pifu was now within five steps of him, so he naturally didn't dare to use his flesh to receive the blades.

However, the gap in strength between the two was huge. Judging from their strength, this half-monster Jin general in front of him wasn't even as good as the wild boar monster he had encountered at the end of the "Zhou" era. Although the twin blades were swung fast, in his eyes, they were full of flaws. With just a twist of his feet and a slight crouch, the twin blades brushed past his body by a hair's breadth. The next instant, he had already closed in on the half-monster Jin general.

With just a raise of his hand and a claw, as if tearing through paper, this half-monster Jin general was torn open directly from his chest to his stomach. The upper half of his body was thrown out, and the lower half fell to the ground. Wu Pifu felt as if his fingers weren't inserting into metal armor or human flesh, but into something with a texture like foam. With a light tear, he broke through the armor and flesh. The enemy he originally had to use Qi Jin to kill could now be easily killed with pure physical strength.

It wasn't that his strength had become stronger, but that the enemy's defense had become weaker.

Clearly, the 50% defense reduction was also a comprehensive multiple judgment. The specific calculation formula was unknown, but it was clearly completely different from the defense Wu Pifu had initially imagined.

This was already a complete qualitative change, okay!

Seeing this, Wu Pifu no longer had any hesitation, nor did he continue to test the title's ability. His whole body rushed forward frantically, and as his hands swung, he didn't even avoid the swords, spears, axes, and hammers.

Sure enough, although these swords, spears, axes, and hammers were cast from refined iron, as long as his hands hit them, they were easily pierced, almost like soft mud. Clearly, these weapons were also judged as part of the hostile target's defense.

There were about ten half-monster Jin generals on the scene, each tall and big, with fangs and green faces. When they swung their weapons, they roared like the wind, impenetrable as water, but in front of Wu Pifu, they couldn't even last a second. Human figures were seen flying, and as Wu Pifu's palms slapped and grabbed, the weapons and armor worn by these half-monster Jin generals were directly shattered and bent.

In less than ten seconds, only two half-monsters were left standing in place, trembling all over.

Monster blood would make them bloodthirsty and cruel, and would also make them obey the wild boar giant monster, but they were cruel, not stupid.

The strength of this human who looked so weak was actually so terrifying that they were like infants in front of him. Seeing Wu Pifu continue to walk over, the two half-monster Jin generals suddenly roared. One screamed and rushed toward Wu Pifu, while the other actually threw away his armor and ran toward the wild boar giant monster.

!

Wu Pifu's expression was calm as he raised his hand and struck. The half-monster Jin general's hammer immediately caved inward like mud. Then, this palm pressed onto the half-monster Jin general's head, and with a "pop," the entire head was shattered. His body rushed forward for several more meters before collapsing to the ground.

And in front of the main tent, the wild boar giant monster stretched out a hand the size of a millstone and pressed it against the half-monster who had fled back. At the point where its palm touched the half-monster, a layer of black, semi-transparent barrier appeared. With one press, the half-monster Jin general was directly pressed into a thick meat patty.

The wild boar giant monster picked up the meat patty, opened its bloody mouth, and began to tear into it, eating with a mouth full of fresh blood. After swallowing it in a few bites, it wiped its mouth and said bluntly: "You brat, you don't know the situation. Why did you kill the half-monsters under this master's seat?"

Wu Pifu continued to walk toward the wild boar giant monster without saying a word.

At this time, the Jin camp was full of Jin soldiers and generals, each howling and surging toward the main tent, but now Wu Pifu was already very close to the wild boar giant monster, so no more Jin soldiers dared to fire arrows or crossbows.

The wild boar giant monster saw Wu Pifu approaching without saying a word, frowned, and said: "Little brat, I have already let you off twice. If you still don't know what's good for you, I will just teach you a lesson on behalf of your master."

Wu Pifu chuckled and continued to move forward in silence. At this time, the distance between the two was less than ten meters.

The wild boar giant monster was truly annoyed, wishing it could immediately slap this ignorant mortal to death.

But thinking of the temptation of becoming an immortal through Pure Yang, it could only wave its hand at the Jin soldiers and generals surging from afar, stopping them from approaching further, and then said to Wu Pifu, who continued to move forward: "This master is not afraid of you, I just want to see your master... Forget it, forget it. If I don't let you know the difficulty and retreat, you probably don't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth. I will stand here and let you strike with all your might, letting you know..."

There was such a good thing!?

Wu Pifu didn't even finish listening to the wild boar giant monster's words. He stepped forward and rushed in front of the wild boar giant monster, then his legs sank slightly, his Qi Jin gathered in his dantian, and a "Sitting Lotus Jin" was unleashed with accumulated power.

The wild boar giant monster's expression was indifferent at first; it didn't care at all.

One must know that cultivation is a qualitative change. Every hundred years of cultivation is a hurdle, and its three hundred years of cultivation naturally had monster Qi Gang Sha to protect its body. Not only did it have a huge resistance to the blood and weapon aura of mortals, but it could even resist most of the pressure of the national fortune Golden Dragon, and it also had the special effect of being invulnerable to swords and spears. How could a mortal body and mortal weapons...

"Wait a..."

Suddenly, the wild boar giant monster's expression changed drastically.

But before the words had even fallen, Wu Pifu had already pushed both palms out. The power of Hua Jin turned into Dan Jin, and the Qi and blood energy in his whole body gathered in his dantian. There was at least a hundred tons of force on his palms, and with a whistle, a shockwave erupted from his palms.

Both palms blasted forward. A layer of black, semi-transparent barrier blocked the space between the palms and the wild boar giant monster, but this barrier was easily pierced as if it were made of paper, and then the palms slapped onto the wild boar giant monster's belly...

With a loud "Boom," the wild boar giant monster's belly exploded directly, a large bloody patch splattered out, and the wild boar giant monster screamed as it was blasted into the main camp, penetrating through the main camp and falling into a pile of Jin soldiers.

A bloody, mangled path was pierced through for at least thirty meters.

The ground was covered with severed limbs and arms. For a time, the Jin soldiers and generals who were not yet dead were screaming loudly. The entire Jin camp was immediately in chaos. Some Jin soldiers rushed toward Wu Pifu, some ran toward the wild boar giant monster, and a small number of Jin soldiers threw down their weapons and began to flee.

There were also Song captives who were either fleeing, burying their heads and running around, or looking for opportunities to try to kill the enemy. Coupled with the fact that it was unknown whether it was intentional arson or a stove being knocked over, the tents in the camp were on fire, and chaos was everywhere.

"It hurts me so much!"

With a loud noise, at the end of that bloody path, a shockwave blasted toward the surroundings, blowing the surrounding corpses and Jin soldiers dozens of meters away, clearing out an empty space with a diameter of ten meters.

A three-meter-tall monster with black long hair, a humanoid body, and a giant wild boar head stood in the open space. There was a large hole in its belly, and its flesh and internal organs were visible, but this wound was beginning to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But the next instant, a human figure lunged over. Just as the wild boar giant monster roared at the sky, Wu Pifu jumped up and slapped it across the face.

With a "pop," the wild boar giant monster flew out again, smashing into the crowd once more.

(End of this chapter)