Essence "The Endpoint" 021. (The Kimia Family Arc) Comprehending Combat Skills

The sun rose steadily. In this gentle and warm light, the city of Jingdong also woke up, starting a new day.

"Swish..."

Qing Yan still had the two-meter-tall body of a werewolf, yet it looked completely natural. From bottom to top, he suddenly swung a heavy crescent-shaped sword from his side, instantly cutting a deep scar into the ground. Slightly twisting his body, he bent his left elbow to guard his side. His right hand performed a sudden fake twist, and the blade in his hand strangely flipped in the air, the back of the sword lightly resting on his left elbow. After a brief pause, Qing Yan slightly bent down, twisted his waist abruptly, and like a whirlwind, his body spun backward in an instant, bringing with it a brilliant blade that fiercely slashed into the void. A sharp mystical force, like a scythe, surged forth, hitting a rock behind him.

A scar about ten centimeters deep appeared! The cut surface of the scar was smooth as a mirror!

"Half-Moon Slash..."

Qing Yan did not continue, but stepped forward, reaching out with his right hand to gently touch the scar. In his mind, he continuously envisioned the previous move, quietly comprehending every detail within the technique. His throat carried a heavy nasal tone, and he croaked the name of the technique.

Comprehending battle techniques—this was another task Qing Yan had to accomplish on the day, the fifteenth, when he transformed into a werewolf.

A battle technique, as its name suggests, is a skill used in combat. A person's strength cannot be determined solely by the level of inner power. True strength can always only be revealed in real combat, and battle techniques are among the most crucial means to achieve this.

However, the laws of heaven and earth dictate that each person is unique. Even twins have countless differences.

Therefore, although the world is filled with talented people and countless battle techniques have been uniquely created, some even approaching god-like levels, these are not truly one's own. Practicing them by rote can result in reduced effectiveness or even backlash. A battle technique that truly belongs to oneself can only be realized through personal comprehension, enabling it to unleash its full potential and manifest one's unique power.Of course, to say one can independently create combat techniques out of nothing, one must truly understand the world and communicate with oneself. This is an extremely difficult process, requiring extraordinarily abnormal comprehension and almost unattainable luck. Therefore, apart from a few geniuses with great opportunities, generally speaking, even if a person spends their entire life, it is impossible to truly create a set of combat techniques from nothing.

The combat techniques of predecessors cannot be copied mechanically. Yet independently creating combat techniques is so difficult. So, how does one obtain combat techniques that truly belong to themselves?

Exactly, by comprehending combat techniques!

What does comprehension mean? It means selecting certain techniques from the predecessors that are close to one's own cultivation path, then gradually experiencing them, combining them with one's own issues and insights into the world, extracting the portions of the techniques that suit oneself, and then integrating and refining them, until one gradually comprehends combat techniques that belong to oneself.

Through this process of comprehension, the techniques can become the source of one's fighting power, forming a set of combat techniques unique to oneself.

Having such a set of techniques allows one to be highly efficient in battle, unleashing the greatest possible power with minimal internal energy expenditure.

In this way, on this strength-respecting continent, comprehending combat techniques becomes extremely important, becoming one of the indispensable means for every cultivator to enhance their abilities.

Just like training last night, under the condition of a wolf body, Qing Yan's comprehension of the Moonlight power also became extremely abnormal. As for the current move, ‘Half-Moon Slash,' it naturally comes from the three teachers who mainly cultivate Moon techniques. Of course, whether this combat technique was comprehended by the teachers or belongs to the techniques of predecessors, Qing Yan did not know.

When focused on something, one can even lose track of time. Quietly stroking the deep, smooth blade mark, Qing Yan seemed to freeze in that moment; in his mind, like lightning, myriad thoughts and insights flashed past, waiting for a moment to grasp that subtle, familiar feeling.

This is a manifestation of Qing Yan's abnormal comprehension. No matter what kind of Moon combat technique it is, once in hand, Qing Yan's mind would sense a feeling that is especially familiar, yet somewhat strange! This feeling is like seeing an old friend who has not been met for many years.The feeling still vaguely lingered in his heart, but it seemed that in the midst of it, there were some obscure obstacles, making it impossible for him to clearly understand what this feeling really was.\
Under this perceptive ability, Qingyan only needed to try to grasp those fleeting, familiar sensations again and again to gain a lot of insight.\
……\
Time flew by. The day passed quietly in silence. The sun on the horizon began to emit a soft afterglow of the setting sun, shining on Qingyan's enormous wolf body. His pure white fur was covered in a layer of orange-red light, giving off an almost strangely gentle feeling, looking much more docile.\
"Ah……"\
Suddenly, with a faint exclamation, as if he had understood something, Qingyan leapt up abruptly, and in the momentum, lifted the heavy crescent moon blade beside him, performing a strange move……\
……\
At this moment, in a certain underground secret chamber in Jingdong City.\
A mysterious person, entirely hidden in the shadows of the corner, was quietly contemplating something over a piece of parchment on a table in front of him, illuminated by tiny flickers of candlelight.\
After a long, long time, as if he had realized something, he picked up a pen and circled a seemingly simple and unremarkable name in the upper right corner of the parchment: \
"Qingyan"