May I seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and live a long and prosperous life.

Only a Grandmaster-level martial artist could possibly threaten Li Heng!

Grandmaster martial artists are also someone Li Heng is quite wary of. Recently, he has been secretly collecting various information about Grandmaster martial artists, and he has also entrusted the Third Prince to help him find relevant information about Grandmaster martial artists by sending a message via flying arrow.

Ultimately, he learned about the various powers that a Grandmaster martial artist might possess.

According to his understanding, the key difference between a Grandmaster and a Grandmaster lies in the fact that the Grandmaster's internal energy has undergone a complete transformation compared to that of a Grandmaster.

Although a Grandmaster martial artist is also called an Innate martial artist, he can only be called a Pseudo-Innate because his internal energy has not been fully transformed and still belongs to the category of Acquired.

Only Grandmaster-level martial artists can be called true Innate Martial Artists.

The whole body should be focused and supple, like that of an infant.

The Grandmaster of the Primordial State has undergone a complete transformation, both internally and externally, from the acquired to the innate state, and can practice fasting for extended periods.

After understanding, Li Heng was no longer so afraid of the Grandmaster, because Li Heng's internal strength (both in quantity and quality) was terrifyingly strong. It was the ultimate internal strength that had been cultivated eleven times and transformed ten times!

Moreover, Li Heng also possesses several incredible life-saving secret techniques that enhance internal strength. Apart from the drawback of costing life, the extent to which these techniques can increase internal strength is simply terrifying!

However, in order to become stronger, Li Heng was still secretly searching for life-saving techniques, not letting go of any opportunity to improve his strength!

Currently, there are indeed ordinary life-saving techniques that provide benefits. Many basic magical techniques have similar life-saving techniques that provide benefits. However, these techniques offer limited improvement and have more side effects. They not only cost one's life but also destroy the foundation of one's martial arts, which is something he cannot allow.

Truly powerful buff-type secret techniques that only require sacrificing life force, without consuming anything else, and provide a huge boost are extremely rare.

Moreover, many martial arts experts are unwilling to spend a lot of time studying such secret techniques. They would rather spend that time on cultivation, and they might even be able to break through to the Grandmaster realm. Studying those life-threatening secret techniques is like an old man hanging himself, tired of living!

The life-enhancing techniques he currently cultivates are the most advanced life-enhancing techniques available today, and their origins are extremely extraordinary. They are by no means ordinary, common techniques. For example, the Overlord Force is a technique that only the core members and high-ranking members of the Blood Lotus Sect are qualified to learn.

These secret techniques all offer tremendous benefits, with no side effects other than the loss of lifespan, and they can be stacked together.

"Right now, I need to find as many special life-saving techniques as possible. That way, I'll have a better chance of defeating a Grandmaster-level martial artist!"

……

During the months that the Third Prince was in retaking Kangcheng, Fengcheng, and Yangcheng, he ordered all civilians to hand over martial arts manuals, forbidding them from being kept privately. Each time a martial arts manual was handed over, the Third Prince would make a copy and place it in a designated location for Li Heng to collect.

Among them, Li Heng successfully discovered a special life-saving technique that enhances one's lifespan, called the "Life-Injuring and Enemy-Killing Technique".

Li Heng then secretly found the family that had handed over the cultivation technique. The family told Li Heng about the origin of the technique. At that time, their ancestor was a powerful master at the peak of the Grandmaster level. This secret technique was created by their ancestor after researching various martial arts enhancement techniques, based on the enhancement techniques of his sect. It took him five years to create it.

Because his ancestor had made many enemies in his youth, he had to study various enhancement techniques as a precaution.

Then, when he was fifty-five, he encountered his greatest enemy. The two fought from day to night, and neither side could gain the upper hand.

In the end, his ancestor had no other choice but to use this secret technique to kill his opponent. His strength almost doubled, and he successfully killed the great enemy. However, due to the side effects of this domineering secret technique, his ancestor's lifespan was reduced by twenty years. Three years later, he died after his lifespan was exhausted.

The family descendant concluded by saying that this secret technique harms both the user and others, and goes against the natural order. Rather than letting it be used by bad people, it would be better to hand it over to the state.

Li Heng opened the "Injury to Life and Death to Enemy" manual and, after reading it, he understood that the core principle of this amplification-type secret technique was: to injure others, one must first injure oneself.

By sacrificing a large amount of one's lifespan in exchange for an improvement in the quality of one's internal energy, the more lifespan is consumed, the longer this improved internal energy quality will last.

After finishing the practice, the quality of internal energy will drop back to its original level. Apart from consuming lifespan, it will not cause any other hidden dangers.

Li Heng spent about ten days mastering this secret technique completely.

When he used it, he discovered that this secret technique could be stacked with other buff-type secret techniques, which naturally surprised and delighted him!

According to his tests, this secret technique can increase the quality of one's original internal energy by up to 1.5 times.

……

After receiving special life-extinction techniques like the "Life-Inflicting and Life-Slaying Technique," Li Heng also discovered many other life-extinction techniques that had been handed over. However, none of these techniques were as powerful as the Overlord Force, the Life-Burning Body Protection Shield, the Life-Burning Strength-Boosting Technique, the Life-Breaking Body-Benefiting Technique, or the Life-Inflicting and Life-Slaying Technique. They were just ordinary life-extinction techniques with significant side effects that could destroy one's martial arts foundation.

Li Heng now possesses five special buff-type life-saving secret techniques.

Among them, the Overlord's Strength and the Life-Breaking Body-Benefiting Technique are the most comprehensive, not only improving internal strength, but also speed and defense, with the upper limit being 80% of the original body.

However, these two secret techniques are still somewhat different. The Overlord Force improves the quality of internal energy, while the Life-Saving and Body-Benefiting Technique improves the quantity of internal energy.

The Life-Burning Power Enhancement Technique possesses both of these properties, increasing both the quantity and quality of internal energy. Moreover, the magnitude of this enhancement surpasses both of the previous two techniques, doubling the increase. It is an extremely powerful and specialized secret technique.

The "Injury to Life and Death to the Enemy" technique is quite different from the previous secret methods. It only improves the quality of internal energy, not the quantity.

However, this secret technique should not be underestimated; its maximum potential is to increase the quality of internal energy by 1.5 times.

Its enhancement factor is the highest among Li Heng's existing buff-type secret techniques.

Therefore, Li Heng's spellcasting steps to unleash his maximum combat power have changed again.

First use the Life-Saving and Body-Benefiting Technique, then the Overlord's Strength, followed by the Life-Burning and Power-Increasing Technique, and finally the Life-Injuring and Enemy-Killing Technique.

Only after all these have been used should the Burning Life Protection Shield be used.

The strength of the Burning Life Protective Shield is also related to the quality of internal energy, so it should be used last.

……

Several days earlier, in a letter Li Heng sent to the Third Prince via archery, he mentioned that for safety reasons, our high-ranking officials should not live in the most central location, but should strictly keep their true residences secret to prevent traitors from revealing their locations and causing enemy warriors to launch a sneak attack.

However, one can deliberately make the other side believe that one's own high-ranking officers live in the most central area, in order to mislead the enemy.

That night, the Third Prince's side, as usual, sent some ordinary martial artists to harass the other side.

The saying goes, "Things shouldn't happen more than three times." Li Heng suspected that the other side might make a big move today, so he specifically reminded the Third Prince not to sleep soundly tonight, not to reveal his true residence, and to be on guard against an attack from the other side at all times.

When the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) arrived, Li Heng, who was in an ordinary military camp, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Just as I predicted, they've arrived!"

Li Heng was very perceptive. He sensed that many powerful auras were rapidly approaching the Chu army camp. Although only a little bit of the aura was leaking, it could deceive other grandmasters, but it could not deceive him!