"Inner Strength, Mastery Level… how could that be possible?"
Lu Bao, the boss of the XiBei Guild, stood among a group of thugs, his face a mask of shock as he watched the air stir around Ye Xiong's body without any wind.
As the notorious leader of an underground gang in Jiangnan City, his knowledge was far beyond that of any ordinary hoodlum. Contemporary martial arts were mainly divided into three categories: external skills, Inner Strength, and Martial Skills.
Martial Skills referred to techniques and were the easiest to learn. Ordinary people could easily learn common techniques like the Eight Trigrams Palm, Changquan, and military boxing.
As for external skills, besides raw physical strength, they also included arts developed through years of hardship. Skills like the Eagle Claw Skill and the Iron Head Skill wouldn't show any results without three to five years of bitter training.
The third and most difficult category was Inner Strength!