"Really?" Xu Lingchong sized him up from the corner of his eyes, his expression was still doubtful.
"Absolutely!" Ma Jian nodded his head heavily, and hurriedly said, "If I didn't use too much strength, I wouldn't have been caught off guard and rebounded by Lin Yi's true energy!"
"What? True energy rebounded? That brat Lin Yi has such an ability? "Xu Lingchong was instantly flabbergasted, and he and Meng Jueguang looked at each other in dismay.
Both of them were shrewd people, and from Ma Jian's current expression, they could basically determine that this fellow shouldn't be lying. They faintly felt that they seemed to have grasped the key point.
"True energy rebounded? Brother Liu, could it be that this brat Lin Yi has actually cultivated some kind of defensive martial skill? "Meng Jueguang hurriedly asked.
"It should be, otherwise there's no way to explain why the true energy in this brat's body could rebounded onto my body. But I don't know what kind of defensive martial skill it is." Ma Jian nodded his head.
Ever since he finished the test for Lin Yi, he had been pondering over this question. No matter how he thought about it, in the end, he could only conclude that it was a defensive martial skill. Otherwise, there was no other explanation.
One had to know, disregarding those who specialized in defensive martial skills, ordinary cultivators could at most mobilize their true energy to defend against a portion of the damage. The only difference was the amount of damage they could defend against. As for people like Lin Yi who took advantage of the opportunity to use true energy to counterattack, it was simply unheard of.
What he didn't know was that this was just an idea Lin Yi had come up with in a moment of inspiration to counter his attacks. Attacking and defending was a pure coincidence.
If it was under normal circumstances, even if an ordinary person wanted to strengthen their defense, they would definitely choose to cultivate a defensive martial skill. This was the most orthodox and effective choice.
If it was in a state of battle and there was no chance to make a last-minute effort, then in a situation where they knew their defense was not good, an ordinary person would focus on thinking of ways to avoid the opponent's attack, and not foolishly stay on the spot and let the opponent hit them. Even if he couldn't avoid the attack, he would definitely think of a way to counteract the other party's attack. He wouldn't have the time to come up with some strange idea of using his True Qi to attack and defend.
The so-called offensive defense that used the true Qi in one's body was completely a strange product that was produced under the special circumstances of the Resistance Assessment.
Because of the rules of the examination, when faced with the examiner's attack, the newcomers could neither dodge nor counterattack. They could only stand there and let the examiner hit them. This left the rookies with only one choice, and that was to quickly use a defensive martial technique. If he didn't, he could only rely on his zhenqi to endure it.
However, Lin Yi had never been the kind of person who was willing to be beaten up. Even when faced with this kind of test, he would try his best to fight back within the rules. Because from a certain point of view, offense was the best defense.
That was why he had thought of using the zhenqi in his body to counterattack the moment the examiner attacked him.
But if he was still a Heaven Rank Great Perfection expert … Then even if he thought of this idea, it would be useless, because a Heaven Stage Great Perfection expert could only release True Qi through their palms, and if he did so, it would obviously violate the assessment rules.
The key was. Lin Yi was no longer a Heaven Stage Great Perfection expert, but a peak early stage Foundation Establishment expert who had hidden his true strength in front of everyone!
In fact, when he had just succeeded in building his foundation, he had already realized that compared to when he was at Heaven Stage Great Perfection, there was a huge difference in the way he released his true Qi. That was, not only could he release his true Qi through his palms, he could also do it directly from the acupoints all over his body!
In most cases, this was not of much use. Because even if he could directly release true Qi from the acupoints all over his body, true Qi could only be true Qi, and could not achieve the powerful effect of a martial technique.
In other words, if Lin Yi wanted to display the effect of the Raging Fire Eight Trigrams Palm, then he would have to rely on his hands. It was impossible to achieve this by using the acupoints all over his body. And if it was purely releasing true Qi, it could be used to scare some small fries, but it would be very difficult to pose a threat to experts of the same level, so it was not practical.
However, being able to release true Qi from the acupoints all over his body, in a special situation like the resistance assessment, coupled with the offensive defensive idea that Lin Yi had come up with, produced an unimaginable effect.
When the examiner's palm hit Lin Yi's chest with one hundred and thirty percent of its power, before it could cause any damage, the first thing it collided with was the powerful true Qi erupting from the acupoints on Lin Yi's chest!
And because the space in the jade pendant could quickly replenish his true Qi, Lin Yi did not have to worry about the true Qi in his body being completely depleted. So he could be unrestrained, using all his true Qi to counterattack.
In this way, before the examiner's attack with one hundred and thirty percent of its power had reached its target, a portion of the damage had already been neutralized. By the time his palm actually hit Lin Yi's chest, it was actually only left with less than one hundred percent of its power.
As a true early stage Foundation Establishment expert, Lin Yi had to take a full blow from an expert of the same level head-on. No matter how heavily injured he was, it would definitely not be fatal.
And with his Art of Dragon Mastery combined with the endless pure true Qi in the space in the jade pendant, healing this bit of injury was a piece of cake. That was why the scene that had blinded the eyes of everyone present had appeared. Taking a full blow from a peak early stage Foundation Establishment expert head on, and yet being able to recover from his injuries in such a short time without a change in expression!
However, Xu Lingchong and the others had no idea that Lin Yi had so many trump cards to rely on, and it was even more impossible for them to understand the various details within. From their point of view, if they wanted to explain this matter, there was only one possibility, and that was that Lin Yi had cultivated some kind of defensive martial arts technique.
"I'm guessing that my one hundred and thirty percent attack just now had been neutralized at least ninety percent by this kid's defensive martial arts technique. In other words, the actual damage that hit his body was actually less than forty percent, that's why he was able to sustain such light injuries!" Ma Jian deduced.
At the side, Meng Jueguang nodded in agreement. "That's right, he's an early stage Foundation Establishment expert like Meng Tong. In theory, there shouldn't be too much of a difference in their endurance. Meng Tong had only taken a palm attack with seventy percent of its power, and had even taken a Fourth Grade Great Rejuvenation Pill, yet he was still so heavily injured that he looked like he was on the brink of death. If it were Lin Yi, he would probably be in a similar state. So the only logical explanation is that the defensive martial arts technique he had used just now was rather powerful, enough to neutralize most of the damage from Brother Ma's palm. That's the only logical explanation. "
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