Chapter 335

"I ask that Father and the various generals please move outside the main hall."

Ma Chao was afraid that if he struck with his full strength, he would destroy the hall, so he said this to Ma Teng and the others.

"Oh! It seems Mengqi's strength has improved significantly!"

Hearing that Ma Chao wanted them to go outside the hall to display his strength, they also felt a bit curious about his power.

Based on his understanding of Ma Chao, he had never seen him look so solemn before.

"Since Mengqi is so confident, let us all go and take a look together!"

Seeing that Ma Teng, Ma Chao's own father, had said so, the others found it difficult to say anything else.

They all followed Ma Teng and walked out of the main hall.

Ma Chao was seen arriving at an open space in the courtyard, standing quietly on the spot, pondering in his heart.

How he could shock everyone to the greatest extent.

Watching the figure standing in the field like a sharp, piercing long spear, the pupils of the crowd contracted.

"Young General, I hope you do not disappoint us!"

Seeing such a scene, the crowd became even more expectant of Ma Chao's strength.

They had sparred with Ma Chao many times and were very clear about his strength.

Before going to Luoyang, he absolutely did not possess such an aura.

Then his current change was most likely the harvest from this trip to Luoyang!

"Got it!"

After thinking of what move to use and whispering to himself, the figure standing in the field began to move.

Ma Chao was seen picking up the Five-Hook Divine Flying Bright Silver Spear and mobilizing the internal energy in his dantian to reinforce the long spear in his hand.

He quickly unleashed the martial technique he had realized during this period: the Thirty-Six Deadly Spear Techniques.

He struck fiercely at a rock in front of him.

"Bang!"

After hearing a loud noise, the crowd immediately looked toward the field.

They saw that the giant rock, which had been perfectly fine before, was now nowhere to be seen.

In the field, apart from the upright Ma Chao holding his long spear, only gravel scattered across the ground remained.

"Hiss..."

After seeing the scene before them clearly, everyone gasped in unison.

A bone-chilling coldness shot straight from their tailbones to their foreheads, and cold sweat broke out on their brows.

Fortunately, this spear strike had hit the rock; if Ma Chao had attacked them with this strike, wouldn't that mean...

Thinking of this, everyone shivered in unison, covered in cold sweat.

And in the field, this extraordinary strike by Ma Chao also had a huge impact on Ma Teng.

Such a large boulder could not withstand the power of his son's single spear strike.

How on earth did he do it!

"You... you... are you really... my son... Mengqi?"

Having regained his senses, Ma Teng pointed a trembling finger at Ma Chao in the field, asking in a stuttering, shaky voice.

Seeing Ma Teng's panicked and incredulous expression, Ma Chao felt a strange sense of joy.

He immediately said to him with annoyance: "Father, what nonsense are you spouting? How could I be anyone other than myself?"

After speaking, he gave Ma Teng a big eye-roll, his gaze toward Ma Teng carrying a trace of disdain.

Listen to that, is that something a father should say?

Is that how one questions their own biological son?

Seeing Ma Chao's expression, Ma Teng blushed, feeling a bit embarrassed; he had not expected that he, the father,

would actually be frightened by his own son!

"Hahaha, well, I was just shocked by your strength."

Ma Teng's old face turned red as he looked at Ma Chao and said awkwardly.

At this time, Pang De and the others also recovered from their shock.

The looks they cast at Ma Chao were filled with awe, yet also carried a trace of fear.

"Mengqi, tell me honestly, just how strong is your current strength?"

Ma Teng asked Ma Chao with a serious expression.

"Let's put it this way! My current strength can easily deal with ten of my former self! And it would be an easy victory!"

Ma Chao pondered for a moment and replied to Ma Teng with a smile.

"What! Is it really that strong?"

This answer from Ma Chao did not just shock Ma Teng.

Even the others were shocked, exclaiming in disbelief.

"Is this so-called Martial Dao technique really that powerful?"

Thinking of what Ma Chao said—that his strength only became this powerful after practicing the so-called Martial Dao technique—

Ma Teng could not help but ask him.

"This, not necessarily; it mainly depends on the grade of the technique."

"According to what I know, these Martial Dao techniques also have distinctions of strength."

"From low to high, they can be divided into Yellow Grade, Mystic Grade, Earth Grade, and Heaven Grade; each grade can further be divided into Lower, Middle, Upper, and Supreme quality."

"And what I practice is the 'Heaven and Earth Creation Martial Canon' used by the court generals, which is a Yellow Grade Upper Quality technique."

"Currently, I have only practiced to the first layer, just reaching the strength of the Postnatal Second Layer."

Ma Chao introduced the matters of Martial Dao to Ma Teng and the others, and after speaking of his own strength,

he could not help but reveal a trace of pride on his face.

In just one month, he had broken through to the Postnatal Second Layer realm.

This level of strength, among Liu Bian's talented subordinates, was also quite notable.

Therefore, Ma Chao did have the capital to be proud.

"Young General, this Postnatal Realm you speak of, is it not the realm after First-rate Martial General?"

Pang De, having regained his senses, asked Ma Chao in confusion.

This Pang De was indeed, aside from Ma Chao, one of the only two First-rate Martial Generals in Xiliang.

"Lingming guessed correctly; this Postnatal Realm is indeed the realm after First-rate Martial General."

"However, after First-rate Martial General, there is still a Divine General Realm, and only after that is the Postnatal Realm."

"The former First General under Heaven, Lü Bu of Bingzhou, was a general of the Divine General Realm."

Ma Chao explained what he knew to Pang De and the others.

"However, that is all in the past. Ever since General Lü Bu submitted to His Majesty, his current strength is the greatest of all, second only to His Majesty."

"As for the realms before the Postnatal Realm, with the martial techniques you have practiced, it is not impossible to reach them."

"But if you want to break through to the Postnatal Realm, without the corresponding technique, it is impossible to break through."

"And the most important thing about the Postnatal Realm is opening the dantian, generating internal energy within the body, and being able to mobilize that internal energy to fight against enemies."

"The attack I just used utilized internal energy, which is why it had such strong destructive power."

"Hiss..."

Hearing what Ma Chao said, everyone present fell into deep shock once again.

In just a short moment, they could not even count how many times they had experienced such shocks.

However, everything Ma Chao described completely overturned their understanding of the world.

It was just that in such a short time, everyone found it difficult to accept this reality.

You must know, when they first learned of the existence of Martial Dao, the officials in the court, as well as Ma Chao himself, were just as astonished as these people are now, were they not?

The impact of that overturned understanding on them can be imagined!