I Can Replicate Martial Arts

"Since you used the name of the Qingcheng Sect, there’s no guarantee the other party won’t make a move."

"Yes, Venerable Lord. What about you?"

"I have my own plans."

Zhao Rui’s gaze was sharp. He waved his hand, signaling for the three to hurry back.

Seeing this, the three said no more. Each grabbed the person they were holding and swiftly descended the Tianshan.

After the three had left, Zhao Rui glanced at the Xuanyuan Jisu expanse of the Tianshan Mountain Range. With a flicker, his figure vanished from the spot.

「Night fell.」

A full moon hung high in the sky.

The remaining snow glistened under the moonlight, surrounded by a clear halo.

Zhao Rui sat cross-legged on a snow-covered rock.

He quietly watched the distant Celestial Mountain Sect encampment.

He waited like this for several hours.

A heavy snow, as light as goose feathers, began to fall from the sky, gradually concealing his figure. From a distance, he looked just like an ice sculpture.

Zhao Rui remained calm and patient, feeling the cold aura brought by the ice and snow.

The memory of being sealed by the Yun Mansion’s old ancestor using Ice Power was still fresh in his mind.

’This is a good opportunity to experience the Natural Power of ice and cold.’

He waited the entire night.

No one left the Celestial Mountain Sect, and no one entered. The entire sect was silent.

Early the next morning, as the sky began to brighten, Zhao Rui shook the accumulated snow off his body and quietly descended the mountain.

For three consecutive days, Zhao Rui waited patiently outside.

Finally, on this day, three disciples of the Celestial Mountain Sect came straight down the mountain on skis.

Zhao Rui followed them silently.

The three skied swiftly through the undulating mountain terrain. Their Martial Arts enhanced their abilities, making their skiing skills countless times better than even a world champion from his previous life.

Zhao Rui flew through the air, only revealing himself when the three had descended the mountain and turned into a dense forest. He instantly activated his Spring Rain Domain, trapping them.

"Who’s there?"

The three only felt their vision darken. Dark clouds gathered over the entire forest, and a figure appeared out of nowhere, launching an attack without any warning.

The three were all elite disciples of the Celestial Mountain Sect. They remained composed in the face of danger, forming a triangular defense, each drawing their weapon to resist.

"Replicable Martial Art detected: Celestial Mountain Mysterious Steps! Replicate?"

"Replicable Martial Art detected: Ice Soul Skill!"

"Celestial Swordsmanship!"

"Cold Ice Palm!"

The Martial Arts the three were using quickly appeared in Zhao Rui’s mind.

’Judging by the names alone, they are indeed Ice Cold Attribute Martial Arts.’

Zhao Rui fully unleashed his Domain Power. His figure flickered as he attacked the three at extreme speed.

Since there were Martial Arts to replicate, Zhao Rui naturally wouldn’t use a Heavy Hand Technique right away.

His system’s replication was related to the frequency with which his opponent used their Martial Arts.

The faster the opponent executed their techniques and the more they repeated them, the faster the replication process would be.

This was also why his Martial Arts replication speed had increased after his own power grew.

When experts clashed, they could exchange dozens or even hundreds of blows in an instant, so the replication progress was naturally fast.

’Come to think of it, the lower the level of the technique, the harder this system is to replicate with, since it takes so much longer.’

The moment Zhao Rui unleashed his speed, the three were horrified. They pushed their Sword Techniques and Martial Arts to their absolute limits, desperately trying to block his attacks.

After fighting for no more than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Rui had learned all three of their Martial Arts. Just as he was about to use a Heavy Hand Technique to end the battle...

...the three suddenly threw down their sharp weapons. Their hands instantly became like ice sculptures, glowing with a frigid light as they struck out at Zhao Rui in unison.

Each palm strike carried an endless chill that locked down the space it covered, causing the flow of True Qi within that area to slow down instantly.

Zhao Rui’s eyes lit up slightly. He gathered his Ice Palm Force and met their attack.

"Replicable Martial Art detected: Snowy Frost Palm. Replicate?"

’Snowy Frost Palm. A good name.’

Feeling the bone-deep chill and the frozen space of True Qi, Zhao Rui was delighted and quickly chose to replicate it.

’It seems this is their true trump card.’

The four exchanged blows, all using Ice Palm Force. Although Zhao Rui’s Ice Palm Force was merely augmented by Cold Ice True Qi and lacked the miraculous ability of their technique...

...it still belonged to the category of Ice Techniques, so his resistance was naturally stronger than it would be against other Martial Arts.

Most importantly, Zhao Rui possessed the Nine Nether Profound True Water Scripture, a technique of ultimate yin and cold. He had no fear of their Extreme Cold Palm Force.

Utterly fearless, Zhao Rui traded palm for palm, offense for offense. In a flash, they had exchanged two hundred moves.

The three using the same technique and method caused Zhao Rui’s replication speed to increase dramatically. Before long, the system’s notification for a successful replication sounded in his mind.

With a thought, Powerful Qi erupted from Zhao Rui’s body. The Snowy Frost Palm Heart Method was instantly clear in his mind, and boundless Ice Power began to permeate his entire being.

"Freeze!"

Zhao Rui’s figure flickered. He instantly activated the Charming Maiden Formless Celestial Demon Great Method, and six figures appeared, occupying six different positions.

The Snowy Frost Palm was unleashed simultaneously by all of them. Twelve streams of Extreme Cold Palm Force instantly froze the entire space around the three disciples.

Never mind moving objects; even the True Qi was frozen solid by this Extreme Cold Palm Force.

The three, still in their attacking stances, became three lifelike ice sculptures.

Seeing his move work so effectively, Zhao Rui was in high spirits. ’This Extreme Cold Palm Force is so much more powerful than the Cold Ice Palm.’

’What a pleasant surprise.’

He deactivated the Charming Maiden Formless Celestial Demon Great Method, the six figures merging back into one. Zhao Rui then strode over to the three men.

Although the three were frozen, their Divine Soul Consciousness remained. After all, this was the Martial Art they specialized in, so their resistance was certainly much stronger than that of an ordinary Martial Artist.

If an ordinary Martial Artist had been frozen by Zhao Rui’s incredibly powerful and Extreme Cold Palm Force, they would have died long ago.

"Do you want to live, or do you want to die?"

Zhao Rui barked the question, only to realize after asking that they couldn’t move. He couldn’t help but laugh at his own foolishness. He then grabbed one of the Celestial Mountain Sect disciples and leaped over ten zhang away into the dense forest.

He then used Fiery Fire Heart Shattering Palm Power on the man, utilizing his fine True Qi control to melt the hard ice on his body bit by bit.

Unfortunately, the speed was much slower than he had imagined.

Zhao Rui’s brow furrowed. He quickly used the Nine Nether Profound True Water to permeate the ice.

In just a moment, the ice on the man’s body began to melt rapidly. Soon after, the man collapsed to the ground with a THUD, completely exhausted.

’It seems the yin-cold power of the Nine Nether Profound True Water can actually melt the Snowy Frost Palm’s power. It’s much stronger than the Flame Palm for this.’

Lost in thought, Zhao Rui reached out and lifted the man into the air from a distance.

"Speak. Who are you people? Tell me, and I’ll spare your life."

Zhao Rui asked in a cold voice.

"Pah! To dare attack us at the foot of Tianshan, you must have a death wish! The Sect Leader will avenge us!"

The man spat, clearly unfazed by Zhao Rui’s threat.

Zhao Rui couldn’t be bothered to ask a second time. He unleashed the Heavenly Demon Illusionary Sound Technique, instantly controlling the man’s mind.

"Tell me your origins..."

A black light gleamed in Zhao Rui’s eyes as wisps of Divine Soul Thought flooded into the man’s sea of consciousness like a tide.

’The Snow Mountain Sect? It really is the Snow Mountain Sect. Interesting!’

After several dozen breaths, Zhao Rui gave the man a strange look.

When he was heading up the mountain earlier, he had joked that since the Celestial Mountain Sect liked building on snowy peaks so much, they might as well just call themselves the Snow Mountain Sect.

And as it turned out, the sect was actually fucking called the Snow Mountain Sect.

The original Celestial Mountain Sect that had come to Tianshan had already been wiped out by them and replaced by a group from the Snow Mountain Sect.

But what surprised Zhao Rui the most was that this Snow Mountain Sect was not one of the Central Plains Sects, but a sect from the Gui Xu Great Zhou.

Not the Great Shang, but an organization under some powerful figure from the Great Zhou. The sect was formed by some of its members.

’If that’s the case, then the Song Realm is probably...’

With such impressive infiltration capabilities, and with their Martial Arts being virtually identical, it was hard to say that some of the sects within the Song Realm hadn’t also been replaced.

Zhao Rui repeated the process, unfreezing the other two and using a Secret Technique to probe their backgrounds.

As expected, their situations were the same as the first man’s.

’They’re planning to pull the rug out from under us.’

Zhao Rui’s eyes narrowed, and a chill ran down his spine. If this group from the Great Zhou was allowed to slowly infiltrate, the consequences would be unimaginable once a war broke out between the two sides.