Myriad Water Jasper Technique

One of the secret techniques, from the Neptune Fist.

Garen obtained Myriad Water Jasper Technique from Celine, and it was very suitable to use it during an ambush. Furthermore, it didn’t put a lot of strain onto the user’s body. The only downside of this technique was that it wasn’t lethal, and would be ineffective against a master. However, it seemed to be rather effective towards the General-levels of the Totem World.

This secret technique was one of the branches of Neptune Fist, a legendary ancient martial arts organization. Celine did not mention how it came about, only mentioning that this was one out of the three oldest techniques there.

## Overview

The Myriad Water Jasper technique has 5 layers to it.

**Myriad Water Jasper Technique: Level one** (Five levels in total, One of Neptune's top level ancient martial arts, used to increase the adaptability of one's body to water, and can be used to control a large amount of liquid flow.

Unlike the Divine Statue Technique, the vital energy and blood roadmap of the Myriad Water Jasper Technique were extremely complicated, and required the flow of all of his bloodlines, regardless of whether they were large or small, main blood vessels or capillaries.

This Secret Technique was an ancient martial art passed down to him from Neptune Fist, and Garen knew the uses of some of the roadmaps, but was unclear of the uses of a large number of roadmaps.

While practicing the Divine Statue Technique, his control of his physical body reached an unprecedented degree, and bloodline flow roadmaps that he himself did not understand appeared as well.

He followed the instructions of the Secret Techniques.

The first level of the Myriad Water Jasper Technique resulted in the effect of being able to control the flow of vital energy from a one meter radius. This type of control overlapped between the categories of humans and nonhumans, and would affect all living things that had blood flowing through their veins.

The second level was used to enhance the range, while the third level was used to enhance strength and to control power.

However, he was unclear regarding the following levels, as Celine had only trained until the third level, while the fourth level could only be achieved successfully by professionals from Neptune Fist. He was unclear about its exact abilities.

The Myriad Water Jasper Technique was one of the hardest main Secret Techniques to be learnt from Neptune Fist. Some said that other than the creator, no one else had managed to achieve such a high level.

Once Garen had closed his eyes, he concentrated and began to adjust the flow of the vital energy in his body to circulate towards a specific roadmap. There were far too many blood vessels that he had to operate, and even if his energies were stronger, one large circulation required at least two hours.

Moreover, this type of flowing movement was extremely difficult because the movement of vital energy required a fixed speed, and the slightest change would result in a huge setback.

An illusion began to form in Garen’s mind, telling him that if he wanted to combine with the Nine Headed Dragon, he would need to pass through this Secret Technique Roadmap as well.

**Myriad Water Jasper Technique:** **Hallucination Toxins** have been strengthened to the next level (Originates from the Color Changing Butterfly Totem)’

In the Attribute Pane at the bottom of his vision, there were now Earth-shattering changes. A clear blood-red symbol appeared at a far back position in the Attribute Pane. The Colour Changing Butterfly Totem that he had almost forgotten about had now disappeared completely, while the Neon Butterfly that he had gotten from Teacher Emin, which he later evolved into a Totem, was now completely nowhere to be seen.

If mining type Secret Techniques regarded the vertices of blood vessels as their endpoints, then evolving Secret Techniques in the foundations of blood vessels would be able to take a step forward and improve the body, in order to create a method for new life methods.

Certainly, the Myriad Water Jasper Technique was an evolving Secret Technique like that. It would swallow and absorb Totem abilities to reach its goal of evolving itself. For an ancient martial art like this to exist in this world, only a stepping stone would be required. Garen concentrated and felt the powers of the Myriad Water Jasper Technique for a moment.

This set of Secret Techniques possessed its own set of attack methods but was obviously impractical in the Luminarist world. Garen used cloud exercises, and his own Ten Thousand Mammoth Battle Skills to attack. But the Ten Thousand Mammoth Battle Skills were a form of martial arts that used the Divine Statue Technique as its core, thus, using the Myriad Water Jasper Technique with it felt wrong, as its power would be insufficient.

### Progression

Garen sat quietly in the garden. The four sides were surrounded by four heavily-armored Blackfire Guards to prevent him from being disturbed. He was clothed in a white robe as he sat cross-legged on the ground. Black fog surrounded his body while faint strange noises came from within. Undeterred by the black fog, the jade-like moonlight shined on Garen's body.

On Garen's skin, the faint, constantly moving red shadow of the Nine-Headed Hydra was visible. Each of the nine heads looked different. Some of them were grim, terrifying, quiet or even lonely. Cheeeee! Garen abruptly opened both of his eyes. Two red rays of light shot out like arrows, converging into two red lines midair. They dissipated after a brief period. The left dot on his forehead was emitting a bright red glow.

Garen raised his hands and opened his left palm. Red light flashed over it, forming a red ball the size of an egg. A ferocious dragon head faintly appeared on the surface of the ball. It disappeared as quickly as it appeared, as if it were never there. Garen abruptly clenched his fist. The red ball exploded silently into tens of thousands of smaller red balls of light, gathering and quickly circling him. The black fog mixed quietly spread towards his surroundings, permeated by the red lines.

The plants in the garden were like living things drinking water, greedily absorbing the black fog. Gradually, each of their surfaces turned black. Some of them even had red lines like the black fog, strangely mysterious. Very quickly, the black fog completely covered the garden. As the black fog rumbled, there was a ray of white moonlight that formed a puddle through the fog and onto Garen's body.

Three white fire stations were placed in a triangular shape surrounding his body. Three basins of white flames were burning on top of them. The large amounts of white smoke were from these flames. After some time, the gas in the two palaces gradually dissipated. In the Blackfire Palace, the abnormalities all over Garen's body had disappeared as well. He slowly opened his eyes. A red light flashed over his face. The left red dot on his brows dimmed a little, not as red as before.

As he felt the changes to this body, he let out a long sigh. After being repressed for so many days, he finally understood all the details of the fusion process. After ensuring there would not be any problems, he started fusing the first dragon head proper. It was the dragon head on the far left.

As the Nine-Headed Hydra had nine heads, he had to fuse nine times to thoroughly complete the fusion process. The difficulty level of the nine heads slowly increased, starting from the easiest in the beginning to the hardest at the end. Moreover, fusing each dragon head with martial arts would cause drastic changes to this body.

Garen stood up, faintly sensing an unexplainable change in his body. His breath capacity seemed much larger than before. This time, he completely fused the dragon head to the far left into his body. He glanced at the attribute pane below his vision. Sure enough, there were new changes.

'Strength 14. Agility 10. Vitality 10. Intelligence 10. Potential 710%. Possesses Luminarist Qualities.'

'Martial Arts - Myriad Water Jasper Technique, Ten Thousand Mammoth Battle Skills.'

On one of the martial arts panes, there was a clear transformation.

'**Myriad Water Jasper Technique: Myriad Water True Technique** (Second Level, Total of Five Levels). Can control all forms of liquid within a specific area.

**Martial Arts Additional Effects**

**Toxin strengthened by two levels.** (From the Color Changing Butterfly Totem, Nine-Headed Hydra. All attacks have hallucination and deadly toxin effects).

Regeneration strengthened by one level (From the Nine-Headed Hydra, quick recovery after injury).

The two consecutive strengthening effects caused Garen to think deeper. It was evidently the effect of totem fusion and martial art training. With his martial arts level, it naturally wasn’t hard to identify. Even if no adjustments were made to the Myriad Water Jasper Technique, there was already a feeling of beyond recognition.

"What if I had not fused with the Nine Headed Hydra but with other totems? Will the additional strengthening effects be different?" He gave some thought. "This fusion method could be a self-propelled evolution method. It changes to suit the user into a form that suits the user the most."

In simple terms, the Myriad Water Jasper technique was just the basic foundation. As different totem users reach fifth form and fuse with different totems, the effects of the techniques will also be different. At this time, Garen had a subtle realization. If he passed on his techniques to a normal person and trained him to the peak, the person might have similar effects with himself. Even if the power was slightly lesser, it was just a matter of compatibility.

If he continued to fuse with the Nine Headed Hydra, even he himself wasn’t clear how his techniques would evolve and strengthen. This effect was as if his martial arts were using the totem fusion to evolve itself into a higher level. If ten thousand people were trained in the Myriad Water Jasper Technique, there might be ten thousand different skills.

"Are martial arts the ultimate foundation?"

Sitting cross-legged in the garden, confusion arose in Garen’s mind. Martial arts, totems, and oneself. There was a mysterious connection between these three elements, although they seemed independent. In fact, they were one. Within his churning mind, he secretly made a decision.

In this world, among totem users, martial arts peaked at the fourth form. In fact, only fifth form masters were qualified to train. Normal humans had no chance to even learn. Without sufficient abilities, there weren't much benefits in training. At most, it was to strengthen the body.

Among the normal humans, the Master-level elites had their own secret training methods similar to martial arts. It was just far less advanced compared to the level in his previous world. It could be because of the existence of totem users, the martial arts of normal humans did not have a chance to shine. But Garen could now see a silver lining for normal humans.

Initially the qualifications to learn the Myriad Water Jasper Technique were relatively demanding, but it was far simpler than a totem user’s qualifications. At least, the proportion among ordinary people would be far larger. There would be at least be one among a hundred who can train in this technique.

Now, the evolved technique had faintly surpassed the martial arts’ innate level. The evolved martial arts could completely change the human structure. It has reached the level where it can evolve the body. As Garen thought, he continued training the next level according to the instructions given by Celine. Strangely, after fusing with the first dragon head, the Myriad Water Jasper Technique was no longer difficult for him. With only ten minutes or so, he entered the second level.

Initially he had completely understood the whole technique. As he was on the level of the King of the Century, the effects should have taken place long ago, but they've only happened now. Not earlier or later, but now.

This startled Garen a bit. Since he was trained in the Divine Statue Technique, he had thoroughly opened the blood vessels within his body long ago. His vitality attribute was already strengthened until 10 points. In addition to the Nine Headed Hydra’s heart, he was on a mind boggling level. These effects should be natural. But Garen felt a little strange.

He quickly surpassed the second level. For a commoner-grade martial art, the Myriad Water Jasper technique wouldn’t be considered difficult to learn for Garen’s level. Next, it was the third level. The third level took an hour. It cleared all the hidden vessels, and even some complicated vessels in the brain.

For a normal martial artist, without Garen’s foundation in the Divine Statue Technique, his elite control of blood flow and his deep understanding on martial arts, it might take ten years. Next was the fourth level. He was on a roll. Few of the main blood vessels were the same as Garen’s Divine Statue Technique. He quickly surpassed that level.

For the fifth and final level, most of the effects were in the brain. It encompassed countless tiny blood vessels and nerves. In summary, the fifth level used a unique method to activate certain areas in the brain to achieve the supernatural ability of controlling water. This was the true form of the Myriad Water Jasper technique. After surpassing five levels to the top in one go, Garen finally opened his eyes. The surroundings were in total silence.

It was already midnight. The surrounding air was frigid. The garden of flowers and grasses let out a rhythmic sound in the wind. The two oil lamps hanging on the roof glowed a faint yellow light. After reaching the peak of the Myriad Water Jasper Technique, some combat skills would of course come as one. Garen stretched out his hand and grabbed lightly. Droplets of moisture quietly gathered from the surrounding into his hand, forming water beads.

The perfectly round water beads floated quietly on top Garen’s palm. Their surfaces clearly reflected the surroundings. Garen swung one of his hands. Huaaa!!! A clear stream of water gathered in the air before him to form a water dragon. The water dragon was circling around constantly like a clock. Yet, Garen let out a sigh of disappointment.

In the Martial Arts world, a technique like this would be considered amazing and uncomparable. It was almost out of the human realm and could be known as a superhuman ability.

Once the enemy draws near, the blood all over his body would be controlled. Being free from the body’s control, it would be fully extracted. In the Martial Arts world, it would be known as the strongest assassination technique!

The Myriad Water Jasper technique was known as the best ambush technique. It indeed wasn't something to be trifled with. However, although it was strong, it was still dependent on the environment it was in.

This was a world of totem users. A martial art like that wouldn’t cause fear to any totem user. It was a simple superhuman ability. If it could not penetrate totem light, everything would be useless. The process of training the Myriad Water Jasper Technique was in fact a process that allows the human body to surpass its limits and develop superhuman ones.

The flow of water could also form a wall of defense by surrounding the body. Among the fighting skills that came with the technique, was the form of a high-pressured water gun, a skill that could suffocate the enemy to one that could quietly snap the opponent’s blood vessels.

Snapping different blood vessels would create different effects. All these needed a deep understanding of the human body. Unfortunately, the main opponents here were no longer normal people. These methods had no value at all. If it were in his previous world, maybe each of them would be elite techniques that could shock the world.

However, Garen subtly felt that he could surpass the limits of this technique through the fusion with the Nine Headed Hydra. There were only eight heads left on the Nine Headed Hydra. It seemed a little depressed. Garen wanted to continue the fusion process but it seemed to be rejecting. Since he could not fuse with the dragon heads in the near future, Garen did not force it, but instead diverted his attention towards researching the mystery of martial arts.

## Effect

The body seemed as if it was gored by hundreds of knives simultaneously; dense, fresh wounds covered the corpse, leaking blood that dyed the sand on the ground crimson.

### In Combat

**Basic Attack:**
Celine was overlooking the white-haired youth from a height; her eyes seemed to contain the roaring and rolling waves of a vast ocean. She flipped the trident pressed on top the youth's head. Clang! Blood spurt out from countless wounds on the white-haired youth's body. He had a look of disbelief in his eyes. More than a hundred wounds tore the skin of his entire body. All his arteries burst and blood squirted out, as if overwhelmed by some immense pressure.

Garen attacked Diaz’s back with his glowing blue hands, and the ear splitting sound of waves followed suit. All his might merged as one and released a sound that resembled a tsunami. The horrifying strength had formed countless of small vortices and landed onto Diaz. Boom! Fresh blood came out from Diaz’s mouth. Blood could be seen everywhere, as if water was leaking from a water bottle.

## Improved Technique

Garen noticed that although the Myriad Water Jasper Technique was already at its peak, but it was slightly different than the original. After adjusting it with the Nine Headed Hydra, there seemed to be space to continue progressing forward. Since he thought about it, he decided to do it.

Garen creates an improved form of this Technique which is named Black Water True Technique. This technique is then evolved to the Northern Trident Frost-Fire True Water Evil Technique.

## Links and References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 137
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 246
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 361
4. ↑ Chapter 404
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Chapter 405
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 430
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Chapter 431
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 Chapter 453
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