Chapter 70: The Buddha's Palm and the Sword of Sorrow

  "Alright, so you're mentally prepared then, I'm coming." Gallo smiled slightly, actually, she had already understood Shula's mindset long ago, and so it began.

  With a forceful grip of her left hand, the black magic core shattered once again. When she opened her hand, the black magic core had transformed into a cluster of dark, shiny mist. Gallo stretched out her hand and slapped it onto Shula's chest. The mist was absorbed into Shula's body as if it had been sucked in.

  The black fog had just dissipated, and Shura's eyes suddenly snapped open. "Ahh!" A blood-curdling scream burst forth from his mouth.

  Ka Luo naturally understood that the surge in power, coupled with the counterbalance of dark elemental energy within his body, made this pain absolutely intense enough to drive someone mad.

  Take out that water attribute magic core, Gallo intends to help again, after all, Xiula is the person who will help himself in the future. With the power of the water system magic core, a large number of water elements are summoned at once, wrapping Xiula's entire lower body in ice stone!

  He then raised his right hand, and a thick flame power burst out from the middle two fingers. He pointed one finger at Shura's heart, and the fire power also poured into his heart.

  "By harnessing the power of water to freeze you, it can alleviate some of your suffering, while also using the cold to stimulate your nerves, preventing you from fainting, because once you faint, everything is over. At the same time, use the energy of fire to protect your heart and resist the dark elemental forces that attack your heart in desperation. However, be aware that if you fail or drag on for too long, after the flames or ice powers disappear, you will also be in great danger."

  Xu La had gritted his teeth, resisting the intense pain on one hand and exerting all his strength to control the rampaging power within him and prevent it from attacking the Dark Element, how could he possibly speak in this state.

  This point, Galuo naturally understood, so she didn't plan to hear the other party's answer either. After taking out the wind and light system magic cores, she began her own work. First, she took out a piece of silver, a very ordinary kind, high-grade ones were not even usable by herself. She used spiritual flames to burn off impurities and transformed it into a volume roughly the size of a ping-pong ball.

  "Alas, the materials are too terrible, and in the end, only these are left." Sighing aside, Galo's hands didn't stop, moving quickly.

  The silver ingot was stretched out, transformed into a pendant-like shape. Gallo took two magic cores and with a clap of his hands, the magic cores shattered into countless small fragments. His hand slid lightly, and the shattered magic cores surprisingly began to emit a faint glow, with cyan and white hues intermingling, creating an unparalleled beauty.

  Carlo smiled slightly, the power of the magic core had been triggered, next was to trigger it, his hand drew a circle on the fragments, all the fragments began to float up, then fell onto the silver chain on the table, white and green like diamonds inlaid on the chain, beautiful and elegant. At the same time, Carlo also put some of the remaining larger ones on, at the silver ornament's pendant position, presenting a small flower pattern.

  The great work is accomplished. With the alchemy formation and the addition of suitable materials, a magical artifact has been completed, which not only maintains its beauty but also achieves its power.

  Karo experimented with it, and the pendant had two abilities. One was a level 3 wind attribute defensive magic shield that could be used once every two hours or so, lasting for about three minutes. The other ability was a one-time use of Purification by Light.

  As for this ability, Garo was a bit strange because he was a fifth-level light system magic user, but the magic core he used was only third-level. However, after checking the data, Garo realized that the power of this magic was enormous, as it could restore everything except for death, including severed limbs. More importantly, it could also restore all the physical strength, spiritual energy, fighting spirit, and magical powers a person had lost!

  However, this brilliant baptism that can rival high-level magic was only ranked fifth because its usage method is really too difficult. Although it doesn't require a lot of magical power, it demands the user to have an unwavering faith and wholehearted prayer towards the one being used on, with no room for any void or doubt, which is the requirement for using this magic.

  She put down the book, let out a sigh, looked at Shura who seemed to still be persisting, and continued working on her hands. After completing another magical tool, she stood up and walked out of the basement.

  "Here, Shana. This is for you." Galo handed the radiant pendant to Shana, who was immediately captivated by its beauty. Any woman, regardless of age or size, would be enchanted by it - except for Galo, of course.

  Shana took it over, stroking and admiring it nonstop, her mouth full of praise. Gallo smiled slightly "Alright Shana, stop sighing, come, let me tell you, this is not just an ornament, it can also protect you, its main function is like this..."

  After Jiagaro finished speaking, she only then discovered that Shana's smile had disappeared from her face at some unknown time. All she saw was Shana handing the pendant back to her: "Jiagaro sister, am I your burden?"

  Jia Luo's face changed slightly "How is that possible? Sha Na, how can you be my burden?"

  "But I'm very clear about the reason you gave me this thing." Shana raised her hand and grasped Garo "I don't have strength, nor do I understand magic, but I don't want to be a burden to you. Can you make me stronger? I want... I want to help Sister Garo."

  "Shana..." How could Garo not see the strength in Shana's eyes, but she knew that at her age, Shana's body had already taken shape, and it seemed to reject other magical powers, only barely accepting fire-based magic, which would still flow out immediately.

  "Although I say so, but Sana, you..." Galo gently lifted Sana's hand, with a deep regret on his face "Your physical quality is not bad, but your body can't retain any fighting energy, and I don't know why, as soon as it enters your body, it will quickly flow away..." Suddenly, Galo stopped, flowed away!

  Garo's face changed, and he quickly grabbed Shana's other hand. After a cycle of spiritual energy inside her body, Garo was shocked to find that Shana's body indeed could not retain any elemental power, but on the contrary, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was constantly circulating and evolving in her body, allowing Shana's body to undergo evolution time and time again!

  " Innate spiritual body... " Galo was shocked, what kind of concept is the innate spiritual body? She was naturally clear that there was not a single bit of impurity on her body, only a pure and natural high-level energy body formed. Such a body is the superior physique of practicing advanced internal skill heart method! She didn't even discover it before!

  "Xia Na, don't worry, you want to get stronger, right? I've already found a way."

  "Really!" Shana's face was filled with surprise, and she hastily asked.

  "I won't deceive you, believe me." Galo hastily considered the martial arts data recorded in his mind "So, what do you want to learn? Finger techniques? Fist techniques? Or leg techniques?"

  Shana thought for a moment "I want to learn martial arts that don't kill people."

  "This sentence made Jia Luo stunned 'Martial arts that don't kill people?'"

  "Alright." Shana's small face was filled with determination. "I've wandered for a long time and seen many things, the most of which were death, war, plagues, and racism. I've encountered them all and witnessed human deaths, so I don't want to kill people anymore. Galo sister, do you have any martial arts that can protect without killing? That's enough for me, I don't want my strength to come from taking lives."

  Gently closing his eyes "Your heart is stronger than I imagined." Gallo gently stroked Shana's small face "I think, you already have the most suitable thing for you."

  Standing outside the house, Galuo said in a low voice, "Your heart is so pure and clear. I understand your reluctance to kill, but let me tell you, Shana, sometimes killing can be a way of saving people, and not killing can also be a way of salvation. Remember, martial arts can be used to kill or to save, everything depends on your heart."

  "Uh-huh." Shana nodded slightly.

  "I've already thought it through, I'll teach you these two sets of martial arts."

  The Tian Di Xiang Yang Jue is a Taoist scripture that records the creation of an unparalleled martial art based on the Taoist philosophy of clarity, stillness and non-action, with a mindset that transcends the self. It achieves a state of supreme thought where one's heart is transformed to be without guilt towards heaven and earth, soaring through the universe, and transforming all things into nothingness. Even Jia Luo, in his heyday, was unable to master it.

  The second set is a martial art different from Taoism, a shocking martial art created with Buddhist ideas - the Heavenly Buddha Palm!

  Tian Fo Zhang, unlike Tian Di Xiao Yao, is based on Buddhist teachings of not doing evil and practicing good deeds, deeply believing in cause and effect, saving oneself and others, as well as the concept of emptiness. This palm technique has astonishing power, but requires a mind that can achieve the reversal of worldly norms, which perfectly matches Sha Na's non-killing mentality.

  When Gallo finished teaching these things, more than four hours had passed. When Shana was left to study on her own, Gallo returned to the basement.

  As soon as she stepped in, Gallo smiled because she saw Shula, who was already sitting on the ground and washing away the dark power that had taken over his body. It seemed he had made it through this ordeal.

  Feeling the arrival of Galo, Shura opened his eyes, and the thick black aura almost seemed to pierce through his body. It appeared that Shura had now surpassed the boundary and become a qualified seventh-level strongman.

  "Hmph, congratulations to you." Galo smiled and said, Shula stood up, kneeling on one knee in front of Galo "Miss Galo, I have already felt it, the dark energy has been completely absorbed by me, it is no longer possible for it to control my mind again, thank you."

  "Get up, and I have something for you." Garo beckoned with his hand, and the air between them rippled. Then, an object that shone with a golden light appeared before Shura.

  "This is the Sacred Gear, the energy of the Mountain Roar's Sheep, most suitable for your existence. Then, it's time to change your weapon as well." Shura was taken aback, took out the soft sword and handed it over to Garo. From this action, it can be seen that Shura truly respects Garo from the bottom of his heart.

  Retrieve the ore found earlier, add Galo to merge the ore and Shura's soft sword. Shura's soft sword is also made of high-grade materials. After adding new minerals to the fusion, a long sword appeared.

  Xu La was a bit stunned, because of the sword in his hand now, let alone he had never seen it before, even if no one else could have seen it.

  The azure sword body was only two fingers wide, neither a slender nor a broad sword, and the length was just right. The feel in hand was good, but this way, it completely didn't match one's own swordsmanship.

  "This is the most suitable sword for you. To be honest, it wasn't until that day when I fought with you that I realized your swordsmanship is really terrible."

  Shura felt a bit disgruntled, after all, his own swordsmanship couldn't be said to be bad, it seemed like he saw through him, Galo smiled slightly "Don't believe me? Then let's use facts to speak, I'll use the sword technique I was going to teach you to instruct you."

  "Planning... to teach you my swordsmanship." Shura was slightly surprised.

  "Ah, yes, I believe that's what suits you best." Gallo stood up and muttered a few words "Jiǔ sǐ bēi jiàn".