Nine Layers Body Shattering Technique

Also know as the **Nine-Level Tempered Body Technique**.

This Technique, and Destructive Impact Fist were obtained and chosen by Garen after the Blue Frost Sect raid. Both of them were chosen because it perfectly fit Garen's current fighting style.

The Body Shattering Technique was used for quenching the body and the surrounding force field. After mastering it successfully, it can activate up to nine layers of terrifying powerful defense, and no matter how one's opponent was to strike, they will not be able to break through it.

## Overview

The **Nine Layers Body Shattering Technique** had nine levels, and the Destructive Impact Fist had a total of eight levels. Both of which were secret techniques that were sufficient to be used to create a new sect. This type of Secret Technique was the same level as the Scarlet Snow Technique, but because of all kinds of stringent requirements for its practice, many of the Inherited Level energy machinists were destroyed, and in the end, the secret techniques fell into his hands.

But even so, there was no one in the Blue Frost Sect who practiced both of these unpopular secret techniques, because both of its requirements were too high. Whereas the reason why Garen picked both of them was that they suited him.

He had decided to choose both of the secret techniques as a foundation to improve his Scarlet Snow Technique and immediately began train all day and night.

### Level 2

Energy Machinist's Secret Method -- Nine-Level Tempered Body Technique: Level Two. Increases Vitality by 8 points. (Increment rate at the current Vitality 40\*20%).

###### Process & Effects

The Snake Hair Man's body broke down as it disintegrated into metal debris. The metals were many colors and were mixed together in a very messy manner. Garen then separated two metals out from the rest with one of his hands and started to compute at high speed via his Energy Machine Imprint as he gently inhaled with his mouth. The metals, one black and the other white, turned into liquid as they flowed into his mouth like a river stream.

"As long as the Tempered Body Technique is enhanced, my body's resistance would enhance as well. I would be able to counter the negative effects of the Destructive Impact Fists once it has reached a higher level!" This was one of the main reasons he had chosen these two Secret Techniques back then as they could support each other.

Garen stood at the peak of the mountain. Divine Light was completely frozen inside the ice and could not move an inch. On the other hand, the Hair Snake Man was completely disintegrated by Garen into a huge amount of rare metals. He had picked out a portion of it for collections and the remaining metals were completely devoured by his Peacock Technique which had turned into the essence of Cold Energy to supply his consumption.

Unfortunately, not all of the metals were considered high energy materials. Although some of the metals seemed very valuable, it didn't possess much energy. Hence, the metals and the Energy Furnace inside the Hair Snake Man's body were not able to give Garen a lot of Cold Energy. It was only equivalent to devouring a mountain of high energy mine. Furthermore, he required some time to completely digest them.

Garen stood at the pinnacle of the mountain and waited quietly as he finished absorbing the metals. He closed his eyes as black halo started to illuminate around his body. Soon, a layer of black film flashed across his entire body. Then, a translucent white layer flashed across his body as well. These two metals soon managed to push the Nine-Level Tempered Body Technique to the second level.

Garen, who once practiced the Divine Statue Technique was very familiar with the sensation of his body being enhanced in a strange and miraculous manner. Hence, he was able to get used to it very quickly. Afterall, what the Nine-level Tempered Body Technique lacked was material and time instead of the difficulty in mastering the technique.

It was similar to the Ice Coffin as it was a technique that required hard work and patience. However, Garen would only require tens of Potential Points and the problem would be completely solved.

Garen's Potential Points broke into the thousand as he had absorbed a huge amount of Holy Tree Branches from the Business Alliance. Hence, he no longer needed to spend them sparingly like he used to in the past. The second level of the Tempered Body Technique had been achieved within minutes with the help of the ingredients and Potential Points.

Garen opened his eyes as he was able to feel a thin layer of film that seemed to be protecting his body and ensuring it would not come in contact with the external world. Despite that, it was very mysterious as it didn't affect his senses in the least. His body's defense was enhanced dramatically and this ability seemed to derive from his own Vitality.

Garen's naturally gifted Vitality was so high that no one would be able to compete with him based on his strength alone. Afterall, Potential Points were used to enhance this aspect of his body. One could only wonder how tough his body could be when the layer of thin film that was derived from his body was applied to his already strong body.

He reached out his hand and covered his palm with the Non-falling Light as he shaped his palm into a hand knife. Then, he attempted to injure himself. A deep thud could be heard as the hand knife landed on his chest. He was completely unharmed even without the use of his Energy Field to defend himself. Ecstasy could be seen in his eyes as he slowly increased his strength. Two times! Thud!! He hit himself onto his chest without mercy. Nothing happened again.

Three times... Five times... Ten times... Garen managed to feel some pain only after he increased his attack by ten times. It seemed that the layer of film was not able to completely filter out the strength and allowed some energy to pass through it and injure his skin. "This is amazing! It has reached the realm of not injuring oneself at only level two. Despite the fact that I have an extremely high Vitality, it is still very powerful."

Garen's Vitality was extremely high to begin with. The Tempered Body Technique utilized the practitioner's Vitality as its foundation to enhance his body. Hence, it was extremely beneficial towards people who possessed incredibly high innate Strength and Vitality.

However, the limit for everyone in the world was twenty points of Vitality. It was the limit that no one could exceed. However, Garen was different. He who had forty points worth of Vitality had far surpassed the realm of a typical person and was way beyond the species' genetic upper limit.

Furthermore, no one would attempt to learn this Secret Technique after reaching the top. While the Nine-Level Tempered Body Technique wasn't considered hard to practice, it would require at least ten years to reach level one. One would never be able to reach the entry level if they didn't start at a very young age.

Garen, too, would not be able to learn this technique if he wasn't gifted with Potential Points as he had already passed the age of learning it. "The Predecessor's wisdom is really incredible," even he was not sure of the theory towards this Secret Technique's defense. "My body's defense and toughness should be in between sixty to seventy points," Garen looked at his Status Pane. As expected, there were new changes towards the Nine-Level Tempered Body Technique.

## Requirements

The requirement for the Nine Layers Body Shattering Technique was accumulation. It had a massive energy accumulation that was even more terrifying than the Scarlet Snow Technique and this secret technique had once used up all the money of a medium-sized sect. This was a case where the owner of the sect was practicing this technique on his own and he only got as far as the fifth grade. Therefore, it was only natural that no one wanted to train in this technique. No matter how rich an Energy Machinist was, they dare not simply practice such an expensive technique.

As for Garen, it was different. The biggest difference between him and an average person was that he could consume close to 100% energy and make use of most of the energy while others could only absorb at most 50% of the energy. This saved him half of the expenses. In addition to that, his Hellfrost Peacock Technique would not reject anything and was able to eat everything! Even if it was highly toxic, as long as it had energy, it would be absorbed. Therefore, many highly radioactive energy wastes that were useless to others could be used by Garen.

## Links and References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chapter 1069
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 1070
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Chapter 1098
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Chapter 1097