Correcting the details of the formula was, in a way, a process that required going through a great many trials and errors.
In reality, there was no way to know whether the path they wished to take was right or wrong.
The training to fill in their insufficient power was endless, and human life is finite.
However, virtual reality is different.
How much Aura and power would be needed for martial arts to finally reach a “usable” level?
They could experiment by changing their status one by one.
[NoName]
[Resonance: World of Arseria – DLC Mid-Evaluation]
[Broadcasting Time – 1:32:18]
[▶BOSS Practice Mode]
A mode where you can challenge a boss you’ve cleared once again.
“Kuoooh!”
In the Coliseum arena, a massive Gorilla Demon Beast was beating its chest and roaring.
[▶PMAAS: Soft Tethering (柔綱勢) Sky-Blue Visit (夭矯空碧)]
“Is this right? What am I doing right now?”
A Gorilla Demon Beast was charging forward with terrifying momentum.
Na-me flapped her hands in place like a baby bird flapping its wings, making the viewers burst into laughter.
Buuuuuuuuuu
– What is that? LOL
– Don’t avoid it, baby chick! Fight back!
– What are you doing alone? LOL
– At this point, isn’t it made for entertainment purposes?
– Fact: The martial arts ‘Dragon Eight Styles’ made for entertainment are stronger.
“Pu hahahahaha!”
“Hehe, Na-me, you don’t have to try so hard to be funny.”
Shin Yeon-ho and Ban So-wool couldn’t hold back their laughter.
Seeing this, Na-me scrunched her face with a sincerity that no one else could match.
“It really says in the manual to do it this way…!”
Na-me felt wronged.
She was just following what her body did.
As a result…
“Kuoooh!”
The Gorilla, armed with boulders, charged in.
Shuueeeng! Na-me soared into the sky.
Her body spun around and then thud fell to the ground.
Deguuruuru
Only after the impact did she roll on the ground, mimicking a somewhat breakfall.
“Honestly… I don’t even know where to start criticizing.”
Readiness for resurrection? Nope!
“I didn’t know anything about bodily techniques yet… Waaaah…”
Na-me chastised herself for the limitations of her abilities.
– Poor Na-me TT_TT
– Is this something to despair about? LOL
– Heavenly Demon NoName caught in a trance after seeing the martial arts of the abyss.
– Gritting teeth, ultimate strength… my weakest is going to hurt a little…!
“Isn’t it because you set your power too weak? If you raise the Aura density about 20 times.”
“20 times? With that, I’d shoot bullets with my fingers. You’re aware of that, right?”
“Hahaha!”
That Yu-Gang whatever, commonly referred to as Sparrow Martial Arts, had been judged to be nothing but fantasy martial arts lacking realism.
In that sense, the Shaolin’s Seventy-Two Arts were in better shape.
The 1 vs 3 battle with the Inquisition Officer Lu Chekanya.
“Let’s fight properly this time.”
The eerie white-haired girl gazed at the group.
The sharp Aura cleaved through the earth from her crescent-shaped short sword.
BANG!
The shock sent sand particles flying.
Golden energy concentrated into a single point in her fist, creating a heavy attack judgment.
[PMAAS: Hundred-Step Divine Fist (百步神拳)]
BANG!
Na-me’s titanically heavy attack rushed straight towards Lu Chekanya.
But…
“…!”
The girl leaned forward, dodging the thrown punch.
She pushed the punch away with her elbow, threw her elastic body forward, and swung her short sword.
At that moment, Shin Yeon-ho and Ban So-wool, using light body technique, caught Lu Chekanya from behind.
[PMAAS: One for Crossing the River (一為渡江)]
“Huooooo!”
In the blink of an eye, they shifted positions and struck Lu Chekanya’s thigh.
BAAAANG!
Lu Chekanya staggered backward feebly.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah, yeah. Thank you.”
With Na-me’s hand, they helped her back to her feet and maintained formation.
Lu Chekanya still had plenty of energy left.
But Na-me dusted off her rear and eventually called for a halt in the duel.
“This is too clear of a problem. No need to look further.”
Yeon-ho and So-wool had puzzled expressions.
They had just exchanged one move.
“Do you watch MMA, brother and sister?”
“No?”
“I don’t watch it much either.”
“Oh, is that so.”
Na-me followed the exact kicking form that Yeon-ho and So-wool had just done.
“That was a completely perfect MMA-style low kick, from start to finish.”
“Eh? Was it?”
“Yeah. It’s too suspicious to be called Shaolin martial arts.”
“It might just be that I kicked according to my will. It’s a standard kick.”
“That could be true. But in a situation like just now, that shouldn’t have happened. If you check the system records, you activated the assist called One for Crossing the River just before the last move, right? Normally, people would run up, consciously stop, and then kick. They wouldn’t think of cancelling out the inertia of the kick reflexively.”
This meant that a human would either stop to kick or prepare a kick motion while running.
To Na-me, the recent motion seemed incredibly abnormal.
As if it was forcibly matched to physical laws with two martial arts.
‘Combine?’
An idea suddenly flashed through Na-me’s mind, and she sucked her finger.
“Seventy-Two Arts. Isn’t this fake?”
– ?
– What do you mean fake?
– Didn’t they say it was compiled for the public?
– Yep, made easy for everyone to use.
– No matter how Chinese it is, would they even fake their own treasure…? Huh…?
“No, it’s not about adaptation, it feels like something entirely different is added—”
suddenly, Na-me trailed off her words.
She contemplated the implications of what she had just said.
Shaolin was essentially a religion.
With as many as 100,000 Shaolin monks.
If considering from a broader perspective, they had nearly 100 million supporters worldwide.
It might be understandable if she criticized a few formulas, but to shake the very foundation itself? Predicting how they would rise would be impossible.
‘Let’s not get involved unnecessarily.’
With that thought, she withdrew her foot late.
“Well, anyway. Everything I said has no basis, so you can just let it slide. Shall we look at something else? I really don’t want to use Sparrow Martial Arts again.”
[‘One Two Cannon’ donated 10,000 won!]
– Is the Seventy-Two Arts of Shaolin… fake?
At that moment, conspiracy theories began to sprout among the masses.
*
The Seventy-Two Arts has not been revered in modern Chinese society for very long.
Just a century ago, it was perceived to be a compilation of the rising martial arts from each sect.
However, after excessive military spending to dominate the mana mainline in the Middle East and the ensuing corruption led to the fall of the Communist Party.
The large sects launched a campaign to capture the public’s sentiment.
One of the strategies put forward by Shaolin at that time was the Seventy-Two Arts.
It was around the time when the martial arts that eradicated the corrupt regime were gradually treated as divine skills.
Humans are creatures that thrive on dreams and possibilities.
Regardless of their origins, people appreciated the idea that anyone could learn if they had ability.
Whether it was themselves or someone else achieving through fair competition, just that itself was satisfactory.
However, Shaolin also faced unexpected difficulties—the digital society.
As the Communist Party’s internet regulations were lifted, people naturally began to turn their attention outward.
Then they witnessed the overwhelming Aura techniques of the United States.
Adding to the fire was that damned Julius Murphy holding a National Exchange Tournament, causing China’s status to plummet.
At that time, Shaolin needed a mental victory.
“It’s not that they can’t teach; it’s that they won’t teach.”
Their excuse was so ridiculous, yet surprisingly it resonated well.
Shaolin was the late bloomer of martial arts.
They defended the poor performance of their successors by saying they did not teach the Seventy-Two Arts until they had firmly laid the foundation.
For the past 20 years, they had used this as a cheat code.
Now even Westerners began to fall for it and believe in it too.
But then…
[Isn’t the Seventy-Two Arts fake?]
Na-me’s remarks started to spread like wildfire.
The people remain ignorant.
They did not know the profound philosophical reasoning and the powers contained within the Seventy-Two Arts.
So, despite the numerous critiques from historians and wizards claiming it wasn’t as extraordinary as imagined, they firmly turned a blind ear.
But who is NoName?
The hero of Shangyang.
Gentle, brave, and possessing an astonishing martial prowess like a dignified deity, she was the sacred little empress of the No clan.
At that moment, even those who thought “good is good” began to doubt, saying “Huh?”
[NoName’s statement now dominating all search terms on Chinese websites.news]
(Current live search term rankings.jpg)
“1. Seventy-Two Arts
2. Seventy-Two Arts fake
3. NoName Seventy-Two Arts
4. Shaolin, clarify this
5. Virtual Reality Seventy-Two Arts
(…)”
From 1 to 10, it’s a total kill LMAO.
What’s the big deal that has them all in such a frenzy?
[Comments]
– If they’re non-religious, it’s fine, but at this point, the Buddhist world must feel like they’ve taken red pills.
– Nah, it’s way worse.
– They took excerpts from the constitution at random; it’s not merely mistranslated but an outright fabrication.
└ Is it that serious?
└ The Chinese over-investment is just hilarious LOL
└ Their culture is just impossible to understand.
└ But they use that one thing to proclaim themselves as the world’s best.
– Don’t they gift cars and buildings to successors learning that in Southeast Asia?
– As expected, money creates honor.
– How did NoName find out about this?
└ She mentioned it didn’t seem like the same martial arts, even with PMAAS attached.
└ That’s just a feeling, likely brain speculation.
└ And it’s brain speculation, yep. But it’s burning because it’s NoName LOL
[Reason why China is burning][84]
The number one sect of China is naturally Shaolin in terms of size, popularity, and capital.
However, there are more Shaolin haters than supporters, so when Shaolin is bashed, the Chinese generally enjoy it.
The strength of the Shaolin martial arts is due to having a “universal Aura technique martial arts” that anyone can learn regardless of temperament. It still doesn’t exist as a field of study in America.
Among those, the most revered is the Seventy-Two Arts, which has allowed Shaolin to amass quite a notorious record. E.g., instances where they’ve coerced wealthy Filipinos to build temples for them.
But now Na-me, with her PMAAS, triggered a ‘collapse’? (Didn’t say anything like that?)
Originally, Shaolin didn’t respond to anything, but unexpectedly, they showcased a little bit.
Yet, now Na-me raised suspicions that it seems blended with something else.
In China, it’s now a riot calling for Shaolin to clarify this. ← That’s where things stand.
Now Shaolin is in deep trouble:
– If they admit it’s fake and mixed → Why do something shameful?
– If they deny and state this is the original → Is this the ultimate martial art…?
Regardless of how they clarify, they’re facing a downward spiral.
(Thumbs up, Na-me)
[Comments]
– But did Na-me seem a bit scared? She almost said “Oh no,” after mentioning that on the broadcast LOL
– Na-me knows… that it’s a martial art wrapped in lies…
– Ahhhh! NoName, this harbinger beast is setting the Central Plains ablaze!!!
– The Assist Action Shop’s evaluations on it were disappointingly low too.
└ I thought we just didn’t know much. Still, some techniques performed decently.
– I wonder how it’ll turn out LOL
Citizens of the Republic of Korea watching the burning scene across the Yellow Sea.
And then the Shaolin Temple released its first official statement.
Shockingly, and perhaps unsurprisingly, Shaolin neither confirmed nor denied but put forward another proposal.
[Shaolin Temple: “We want NoName clan leader to visit directly to verify the Seventy-Two Arts.”]
└ What? Is that a new type of death threat?
└ Don’t go, Na-me!!!
└ If they come, I’ll kill them, I swear! Gulp
└ Big Na-me! Emergency! Extreme emergency!
└ Wow, that’s so scary;; Are they saying they’ll drown you if you mess up…
