Chapter 909: Chapter 577: Monument of Great Power, Power Output Ratio_2

Comparing the two methods, Lu Lin still believes the second method is better.

Even if he exhaustively researches the Broken Power suitable for himself, it won’t help him in mastering his strength.

After five years of study and cultivation, Lu Lin vaguely knows a bit.

To reach the state of Harmony of Hardness and Softness, he needs to have a deep understanding of both hard and soft aspects.

As for how to understand these forces, it naturally requires him to break down the strength he currently possesses.

Break down one hundred million jin of strength into ten thousand portions of ten thousand jin.

Then break ten thousand jin of strength into one hundred portions of one hundred jin. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

In such breakdown, when he can precisely control his power down to the unit, by then, he can wield one jin of force at will—hard when he wants hard, soft when he wants soft.

By then, comprehending the power of Harmony of Hardness and Softness will be more efficient.

Understanding this path, Lu Lin immediately decides to implement the second plan.

Now, cultivation starts as a continuous process of familiarizing himself with his strength.

First, he needs to accurately know the force he exerts each time.

Second, he must record the force range to ensure each exertion is consistent.

Lastly, gradually decrease and weaken the force of each exertion.

However, this requires Lu Lin to have an absolutely precise strength testing instrument.

This problem, Lu Lin cannot solve, only seeking help from Elder Long.

Although Elder Long has not taken any disciples for many years, he has guided tens of thousands of General Mountain Disciples and is well-versed in flesh force research himself.

"What? You need an item to test strength?"

Upon hearing Lu Lin’s request, Elder Long couldn’t help but exclaim.

He has witnessed Lu Lin’s experiences over the years.

Back then when Lu Lin started focusing on the Saber Method research, Elder Long secretly sighed in regret.

Lu Lin’s thought process was completely wrong at that time.

He should have stopped Lu Lin immediately, but thinking that Lu Lin is still young and has the chance to make mistakes, and considering Lu Lin’s talent in saber method cultivation was indeed not low, Elder Long wanted to see how long it would take for Lu Lin to realize it.

Unexpectedly, in just five short years, Lu Lin had cultivated the Saber Method to the Master’s realm and suddenly realized a shortcut to enter the Harmony of Hardness and Softness state.

Yes.

It’s a shortcut.

However, wasn’t this enlightenment too quick?

Back in the day, Elder Long took hundreds of years to realize this point and then spent over a thousand years of research to finally reach the state of Harmony of Hardness and Softness.

Despite many martial artists in Longyuan World being able to reach this state, one should not focus on absolute numbers but rather on proportions.

In the tens of thousands of years in Longyuan World, the number of martial artists who achieve this state is not much; the total sounds astonishing only because some martial artists live hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.

They live long, and even if they haven’t understood or specially cultivated this Harmony of Hardness and Softness method, an occasional flash of insight over countless years may lead them to this path.

Now, although Lu Lin just asked for an instrument to test strength, it already signifies that after five years of honing, he is on the correct path.

As long as Lu Lin does not suddenly deviate, he will surely comprehend the Harmony of Hardness and Softness within a century.

"Yes, Teacher, I feel that my grasp of my strength isn’t precise now, so I need such an instrument."

Lu Lin explained.

But aside, Elder Long was already thoroughly relieved, laughing heartily, bringing out a tall, pitch-black stone monument from the Storage Ring.

"Good, good, good."

"Lu Lin, this time, you truly amazed me. Ahead, anything you need for cultivation support, just ask."

"I never expected, after all these years, my school would receive such a genius disciple like you."

"Truly, Providence does not treat me poorly."

"This monument, named Monument of Great Power, is a treasure I obtained from the Sacred Treasure Vault, especially for testing strength."

"Back then, Lord General could not destroy this Monument of Great Power with his strength; feel free to use it."

Monument of Great Power?

Even Lord General Lv Potian could not destroy it?

Furthermore, Lu Lin saw with his own eyes that the surface of the Monument of Great Power is incomparably smooth, as if it’d just been crafted, yet it possesses such power.

After bidding farewell to Elder Long, Lu Lin returned to the Performance Martial Arena and positioned the Monument of Great Power.

The Monument of Great Power rooted itself within the sacred General Mountain, merging with it.

As long as Lu Lin cannot destroy General Mountain with one punch, the Monument of Great Power won’t have any damage.

Even if Lu Lin does destroy General Mountain with a punch, the Monument of Great Power would merely fly out, with no possibility of any damage.

Looking at the Monument of Great Power, Lu Lin stepped back a half step.

He was ready to first test his maximum strength now.

An ordinary person, with a physical strength of 100 catties, can exert only around twenty percent of it.

After all, the fist is only that big, the arm only that thick; without professional training, it’s impossible to exert too much strength.

For martial artists with professional training, with a strength of ten thousand jin, they can exert at least five thousand jin.

For exceptional ones, they might exert six thousand jin or even higher.

But to perfectly exert one’s strength, one must reach the state of Harmony of Hardness and Softness.

Harmony of Hardness and Softness allows martial artists to understand and utilize their body’s power.

They can exert one hundred percent of their own strength.

Regarding the Second Layer of Borrowed Power, it enables leveraging external elements like others’ strength, terrain, weather, Star Power, and fate, exerting twice as much, up to one hundred times the force.

If someone has ten thousand jin of great strength and has mastered Borrowed Power, they can exert up to one hundred million jin of force.

As for the Third Layer—the Infinite Power.

It is the ultimate state of strength classification, no matter how powerful the enemy, one will always be stronger.

No limits.

This is Infinite Power.

However, this is merely a beautiful conjecture; if someone truly achieves this level, they could destroy heaven and earth effortlessly. Even the legendary gods and demons wouldn’t surpass them.

Lu Lin stepped back half a step, turning his upper body sideways.

Suddenly.

His right foot stomped on the ground forcefully.

An overwhelming force surged from Lu Lin’s feet, transmitted through his legs, waist-spine, shoulder blades, until it reached his fist.

Skeleton.

Muscles.

Blood vessels.

In this instant, reaching their peak.

Bam!

A thunderous noise.

The ground beneath Lu Lin, and Elder Long’s Cave Mansion, couldn’t help but sway three times under this punch.

A huge force hit the Monument of Great Power, but the monument showed no response.

Neither shaking nor shattering.

As if Lu Lin’s fist was just a breeze, completely harmless.

47,986,000 catties.

A line of numbers appeared on the monument.

Lu Lin saw this and involuntarily gasped.

Only forty-seven thousand jin?

Not even fifty thousand.

It means, although he has ten billion jin of great strength, reaching Dragon’s Power, he could actually exert less than half of it.

No wonder he has never cultivated to the state of Harmony of Hardness and Softness.

The gap is too significant.

It’s important to know that at lower power exertion levels, improvement can be substantial.

For instance, an ordinary person’s power exertion ratio is only twenty percent, but after a period of cultivation, it could grow to thirty percent, forty percent, or even higher.

When one’s power exertion level reaches ninety percent, even up to ninety-five percent or more, every advancement demands enormous time and effort, making it hard to improve.

Now, the forty-seven thousand jin from Lu Lin’s punch suggests his power exertion level is merely forty-seven percent.

He should be entering a relatively fast growth phase.

However.

Lu Lin is not anxious.

Increasing the power exertion ratio is not his goal.

Lu Lin’s objective is to achieve the state of Harmony of Hardness and Softness.