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Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread
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Unless I'm remembering wrong in the very first builds of POMA you used to have personality stats so Niki probably intended for them to play more but decided to abandon that
I suppose the real fallout will happen by the time the Wus actually start using the Asura, but I assume by then we'll be strong enough to curb the entire Yang clan single handed.
I think intimidation probably played a fair part in it, he's described several times as terror inducing even on the brave hearted which is why Wu Heir probably didn't ask for more, besides, writing down a manual probably takes six solid seconds for the Wu Heir to do.
Honestly, this part really has no justification no matter how you look at it. Even if the manual is theoretically easy to make once you already have the base, that doesn’t matter. He should have charged not only for the manual itself, but also for the danger of making an enemy of the crazy Demon Queen. As far as I know, to obtain the manual you either have to kill the Demon Queen’s son or steal the manual from her, and I don’t think either option is worth so little money. So him being intimidated isn’t really the reason he didn’t make more money. It’s simply the author once again making the MC look like an idiot so he doesn’t end up getting too many advantages.
A bit too late but...
"Aura Forming Elixir"(And based on the subsequent talk, this elixir alone is enough to buy a minor clan)... And keep in mind that Yutai is in his late 30s, so wouldn't be absurd to imagine.
I'm unaware of how exactly is the second rebirth(If is "instantaneous" like the first rebirth or if is gradual) except from the fact that learning how to project Aura is the main factor to pass through it, but Yutai, who's already strong by Himself(~Normal Yang-Gan level) possessing a Half-formed/formed Aura might enter on this select group of competitors alongside Yang Gan, Second, LDQ, Shengjue and Ruo.
But except from him I don't think in anyone else, maybe Song Edu? Although would be impossible for him to enter normally, and I doubt he's second because we know nothing about his character. What we know for sure is that LB selected First and Second due to her interest on their physique. Yang Gan is feasible, Ruo already cited his "Golden Divine Bull" Physique even before the expo and currently we have Shengjue praising YG's physique too. But who's second? We don't know anything about Shu, my theory about being LDQ is based on the fact that she has a Heavenly-Physique(Yin-Yang "alchemist dream") paired with the Blood Draining Needle and her own mantra(Flesh Stealing) that would allow her grown insanely, but insanely² fast in the hands of someone like LB/Rogues as a whole.
The RO so far is Yue Yan, Fang's older sister. And I doubt Fang will be a RO in the future, being honest.
By the way, I think we're kinda sleeping on this interaction against Chao. The 150&150 Check aside(That can be justified by some sort of temporary rage amplification), Wu Heir genuinely overpowered a MX-level Art by his own. If you anger Chao by insulting Zhi, it'll be said something about the power of this Heavenly-Palm being close to half the power he used against the M-X before.
Nicky might be genuinely hearing us at that point, at least to what regards checks and our feats. First a 116 CON check surviving a attack that could hurt a E-X, then a 150 AGI&STR check and now the narrative implying that Wu Heir is able to overpower a E-X to M-X level Art by his own...
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I mean, it stacks with what we know. Wu Heir's dao is inferior to none. MC's dao is superior to Ruo's dao which was gifted to him by the heavens evidently coming from his own mouth. MC can fight head on against Yang gan with tri dao without getting ragdolled like Ruo and Bo. I just hope Niki doesnt try to one up this by bringing in someone who surpasses Wu Heir in one thing they're actually no 1 at.
Don't worry, it's impossible and Nicky himself already stated it(The book also make it clear tho). Even a Dao Child can't perform nowhere near close to what a COP holder can do, the Dao Manipulations we perform, to do the same(Regarding Dao Manifestations, that's, using raw Dao instead a spell) even the greatest Geniuses of the Celestial realm would require years to comprehend(For example, Ice Hand as a Art/Spell → Ice Hand as a Dao Manifestation) and even so costing way, way more than as a fixed Art(1:10, 1:100 ratios).
And a pure Manifestation is inherently superior due to its flexibility, as LB said, a Art/Spell is fixed in cost, power, concept...etc, a manifestation can be moulded at Wu Heir whim. Also Dao Ability & Power being directly tied to the Grade of the Dao seed(And ours is, very likely, the strongest in the universe).
All jokes aside about the lizard, if P-H fully formed GS Ruo be able to somehow match us in Dao would be really disappointing, not only her GS would be inherently inferior than us(As LB said, due to our divine nature and physique & TW insights/memories, our GS is as strong as it can be, so we've the strongest GS in the universe) but there's also the point of our physique allowing a Dao Comprehension(Dao Level, technically) be massively above hers.
Physical stats is a thing, although, for me, is already incoherent Ruo, without being a proper cultivator/body refiner and, therefore, lacking such a high-grade physique like TW give us(Our Meridians/Cultivation body is superior than natural God-children's), match our physical stats. But given her 2,5 years training & Alchemic advantage, also the 1,000+ Dragons souls fused on hers and the fact that she still a L-H, isn't totally absurd.
In my view, in physical stats Wu Heir and Ruo will be either paired or Wu Heir posing a little advantage. Dao/Spells Wu Heir will obviously stand significantly above. And PH Ruo will match us through her gear.
Pretty sure it actually says that it's not even close to half the power he used against the enforcer.
Says "hasn't used even half", actually.
But since the statement is ambiguous we must work through proximity. If was indeed way below half the power he used against the enforcer then it'd be stated, indeed, "hasn't used even close half", or something like a quarter, a fifth...etc(Keep in mind that even so wouldn't deny the Art being E-X level. Remember that the Devil managed to casually create a spell five times stronger than a E-X Art and even so an M-X easily managed to halt the spell with bare-hands). But would still being a E-X level Art, in others variations of this scene Wu Heir straight up confirms that each one of the Arts composing the Palm is already enough to kill him. To kill current Wu Heir only a Art from a true E-X, I assume, considering we already survived a E-X injuring Art against the twins(116 CON check).