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    "Hmph, seems like you’ve come prepared."


    Qin Ziru had completely set aside his initial thoughts, standing with his hands behind his back as he watched Tao Yu in front of him.


    This was the first floor, directly facing the street where the number of onlookers was increasing.


    Deciding on the spot, Qin Ziru turned to a middle-aged coach beside him and said,


    "Coach Wang Qiang, you go test his mettle first."


    On hearing this, a sinister smile appeared on the face of the middle-aged coach.


    "Sending me in first, Coach Qin must think highly of him."


    While speaking, he twisted his arms and walked up to Tao Yu, casually gesturing with his fingers.


    "Come on, let’s see how strong a mid-level partner who’s always been on a knife-edge really is."


    After speaking, he shifted his center of gravity downward, stretched one leg forward, and assumed a crane-shaped posture with his hands.


    The Crane Stance anticipated the opponent’s moves, highly variable and easily switched to other forms, indeed it was the best starting position against an unknown enemy.


    After assuming his stance, he still did not forget to talk some trash,


    "If the restrictions were lifted and any weapon could be used, I might really have a headache if you were to brandish a gun, but as for a competition on the stage, a mid-level partner is just so-so..."


    Upon hearing this, Tao Yu also assumed the same starting position as the other.


    "Then let’s just compare this, I’ll only use the Crane form, and if you can force me to use another, I’ll admit defeat."


    Seeing Tao Yu skillfully assume the Crane Stance, oozing with a certain charm, everyone present was stunned.


    And it was the front desk lady who quickly spoke up,


    "Instructor Qin, he had already claimed earlier to be a direct disciple of the Myriad Streams style."


    "Hmph, a direct disciple?"


    Qin Ziru snorted coldly, his anger flaring even more.


    To use the Myriad Streams style to challenge his own dojo was an insult!


    The upstairs disciples could no longer hide their excitement, some even began jumping out of the windows, and the stairway was crowded, never imagining such excitement to witness.


    "What nerve!"


    Wang Qiang, after hearing Tao Yu’s words and the front desk lady’s comment, felt equally annoyed at being underestimated.


    If it were a battle to the death, he would still be wary of a mid-level partner for his diverse experience and multiple methods.


    However, in a duel of martial skills, he had already defeated numerous mid-level partners!


    Having mastered the Twenty-Four Forms and integrated them thoroughly, he was undeniably a powerhouse in this regard!


    Immediately, he kicked off an attack with a powerful leg thrust.


    It clearly started as the Crane form, but as he twisted in the air, he switched to the Eagle form, aiming his talons at Tao Yu’s mask.


    "Let’s see who you really are!"


    However, what he faced was merely a slight shift by Tao Yu, followed by a light tap with his fingers that instantly dispersed Wang Qiang’s concentrated force.


    After landing, he flopped onto the ground, sliding three or four meters forward, unable to get up for a while.


    "I cede to you."


    With just one strike, Tao Yu had neatly solved Wang Qiang, who was considered strong among the coaches.


    His move elicited a burst of exclamations.


    "One strike?"


    "Was that also the Crane form?"


    "Good heavens, practicing the Crane form has always been about anticipation, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in actual combat!"


    "Truly measured, the gap is too big."


    "This punch, which gathers all I have learned in my lifetime, can you catch it!"


    But the next moment, in front of his peak exhilarating punch, there appeared an extra palm that casually caught his punch in its grasp.


    That punch, which condensed all his body’s strength, released without stirring any ripple, as if a clay ox had entered the sea.


    His lifetime’s learning, concentrated in that one punch, seemed to have hit nothing at all.


    "So this is the so-called [Incorporating All Forms]. Indeed, very miraculous, integrating other forms on the basis of the Dragon form, no wonder..."


    Tao Yu pinched his opponent’s fist and fell into contemplation spurred by his previous gains.


    The opponent had only fighting techniques and no practice methods, making it truly difficult to deduce everything completely.


    But Tao Yu’s Stance Skill had undergone a second Deification!


    This was originally the prerequisite for the Myriad Forms!


    The related Myriad Forms all had at least one Deification, with proficiency levels at lv4 and lv5.


    With a higher understanding, combined with deliberate guidance on his own doubts, he had mostly figured out a lot after the set.


    Originally, Tao Yu’s own strength cultivation had already reached a quite outstanding level, just that he had always been unable to find the right method or breakthrough, now he had just validated it on his opponent!


    Tao Yu’s dragon spine moved slightly, and suddenly his body made cracking noises throughout.


    He had not learned the other forms, but through the guidance from Qin Ziru’s side, he understood the process of integration!


    With skills from the original Myriad Forms having undergone one or two Deifications, along with high proficiency, Tao Yu forcefully grasped the essence of this ability by eliminating other impurities!


    After all, the ultimate purpose of learning the forms was to integrate them!


    The skill orb of [Incorporating All Forms] began to surface, while Tao Yu comfortably integrated this transformation throughout his body.


    The strength in his hand grew slightly stronger, immediately causing Qin Ziru, who had been confused, to scream in pain; he clutched his grabbed wrist with his other hand and knelt down in front of Tao Yu.


    "Oh, my apologies, I wasn’t paying attention, your physique seems a bit weak."


    Tao Yu released his hand and then twisted his body, which made a series of crackling noises.


    The purpose of fully learning the Thirty-Two Forms was also to integrate one’s body’s strength.


    This was something his ’Qi-Blood into Elixir’ could already achieve!


    This time, through Qin Ziru, Tao Yu had simply found a way to refine Gang Qi!


    Using his own body as a furnace, with Qi-Blood as the fuel, to foster strength and refine Gang Qi!


    He raised a finger, and a thread of blood-red light emerged in front of it.


    About half an inch long.


    Unstable in its presence.


    Qi-Blood into Gang!


    Although the skill [Incorporating All Forms] had not experienced a first Deification through Yuan Force, nor the [Myriad Streams Breathing Technique] a second Deification, Tao Yu naturally produced his first strand of Gang Qi.


    "Impressive indeed, this time, we have lost. Sir, if you wish to establish a dojo, please feel free to do so."


    An old-sounding voice came, and a man with graying hair who seemed to be just over fifty years old, came down from the stairway.


    The students nearby naturally cleared a path for him.


    Tao Yu also looked up at him.


    A man who appeared quite ordinary, carrying a subtle sense of danger, yet surprisingly not very intense.


    With Tao Yu’s current level of understanding in the path of Qi-Blood, he could see that there was a sense of decline in the man’s vitality.


    Although he might have been going downhill with age, it was probably more due to that injury mentioned in the records from years ago.


    It seemed he had indeed never fully recovered his Yuan Qi.


    "I yield. Thank you for the lesson this time; if there has been any offense, please forgive us."


    Having obtained what he wanted, Tao Yu had no reason to go back and complete the Thirty-Two Forms!


    Since that was the case, it was naturally best to leave some goodwill and not to be too ruthless.


    Leave some leeway in life, for you may meet again someday...