Chapter 239: Promotion Complete, Stepping into Professional Grade!

"The Great Unification of the human body... this is the ultimate path tending toward perfection."

After Qin Shi was exhausted, he wolfed down the nutrition meals Third Fish Senior Sister Weiwei had sent over, devouring them voraciously.

The billions upon billions of cells in his body were incomparably hungry; every bit of matter providing energy was instantly crushed and rapidly fused into his hundred-bone mortal frame, transforming into strands of flesh vitality.

The nearly nonexistent light of life gradually brightened; node after node intertwined like stars, resembling a giant vortex, arbitrary and domineering, swallowing everything.

The energy factors originally supplying the Void Meditation Method, Hundred Forms Refining Momentum, and Body Refining Furnace.

Were all plundered by the Soldier-Attack Combat Method!

That blood-colored vortex seemed like a sovereign ruler acknowledging no superior, crowding the other three inheritances to the side.

Even He Lanchan's Void Meditation Method could not avoid it; it could only obediently shrink into a corner, daring to step forward only after the Soldier-Attack Combat Method had eaten its fill.

"Old Liang was right; to suppress these few 'ancestor-level' ones, only Qin Shuai can do it!"

Qin Shi wiped his mouth and let out a long breath, as if he had come back to life.

That strike which pierced through Lin Xiong's professional domain truly hollowed out his mortal body and wrung dry his hundred bones.

Even hugging several cans of Level 5 Energy Liquid and glugging them down couldn't keep up with the consumption speed.

In the end it was still Fish Senior Sister Weiwei who acted, bringing over several large plates of sticky, mud-like viscous substance; although the texture was terribly awful, the high-energy calories contained within were enough to alleviate the intense hunger.

"Little Qin Shidi, have you already grasped the 'Core'?"

Yu Weiwei, witnessing the whole process in the Control Room, still felt it was surreal.

A head-on defeat of the Seventh War Corps professional army's professional-grade Zhanshi!

This achievement can be said to have full gold content; even compared to Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchan in their youth, it falls short nowhere.

"The Core has already condensed; next only refining remains."

Qin Shi's head was dizzy, his gaze trance-like, as if after aerobic exercise he had gorged on staples, a bit "carb-dizzy".

"Little Qin Shidi, you cultivate well; I'll apply to the Patrol Department for permit authority, lower the Nanhuang Dojo's blockade level, and increase the energy factor concentration."

Yu Weiwei's smile was tranquil, like a capable matriarch, arranging everything in perfect order.

"Thank you for your trouble, Senior Sister."

Qin Shi's heart warmed slightly; the many fellow disciples of Nanhuang Dojo were indeed kind and friendly; if they made a group chat, it could be called 【Dear Dear One Family】.

"Won't lowering the blockade level cause the Netherworld depth to rise, overlap with the material world, and produce 'Rifts'?"

Yu Weiwei raised her eyes, smile unchanged, like the girl next door.

"Little Qin Shidi need not worry; even if a Great Demon descends, I will keep you safe."

Hiss!

Fish Senior Sister is mighty and domineering!

Qin Shi sighed inwardly; worthy of the Spiritual Ability Witch, she doesn't even take Netherworld Great Demons seriously.

He had witnessed Fish Senior Sister's "second personality"; the impression was deep.

Relying on the Sitting Forgetting level of spiritual cultivation, crushing himself to death with one hand would not be surprising.

"If not for relying on 【Heart of Steel】, staying by Senior Sister's side is actually quite dangerous."

Qin Shi pondered.

After all, no one can predict when Fish Senior Sister will switch personalities.

He remembered the red-haired witch called "Yu Wei", who would, at the slightest disagreement, use mental manipulation to enslave any creature as a servant — a dangerous person.

Qin Shi rested briefly, returned to his usual quiet chamber for meditation and entry into samadhi, and sat until late at night.

He discovered that the mortal body and hundred bones, having been fiercely ravaged by the Soldier-Attack Combat Method, had actually become more solid, all numerical values rising another level.

"Hard to imagine, how terrifying the early Fourth War Corps was.

A huge group mainly cultivating the Soldier-Attack Combat Method, and pushing nodes to hundreds of layers, thousands of layers — fierce men — driving Divine Machines rumbling down..."

Just imagining that scene made Qin Shi feel a chill; under such a terrifying steel torrent, even Grandmaster experts appear tiny.

Unless one promotes to Martial God, at least reaching the level of Qi Wuxiang and He Lanchan, otherwise one probably cannot contend with a complete War Corps pouring out in full force!

"New Dongxia's martial virtue is abundant; if not for the Nine Marshals being unable to preside over the overall situation long-term, recreating the imperial era's盛况 of fighting through the galaxy with no match, actually wouldn't be hard."

Every time he circulated the meditation method, Qin Shi's thinking would habitually diverge.

As everyone knows, New Dongxia's two most famous talents are mass-producing soldiers and infrastructure.

The Great Expedition lasting nine thousand years, all major War Corps always maintained complete establishment, able at any time to launch full-scale operations of intensity sweeping star domains.

Not to mention reclaiming the old territories of the Chongguang Empire, swiftly clearing contamination, executing pioneering plans, and rebuilding the human homeland.

These near-talent performances left other civilizations staring in stunned amazement.

According to the Entropy Sea Bank's Star Sea species assessment report, in the bottomless "Myriad Spirits Atlas", humanity's individual ranking is almost at the tail end.

But collective potential is extraordinarily high, almost approaching the tier of mythical creatures.

You must know, not every civilization can produce a "Martial God".

Many races innately lack the potential to break genetic shackles, can only rely on the Divine Spirit Pillar's camp, even actively choose to sink, willingly becoming "subordinate followers".

But humans, from the moment they burst out like mad dogs, left the Ancestral Star and embarked on the Star Sea journey, their evolution speed can be called terrifying.

Especially placed on the macro scale of the Great Universe, it's simply no different from cheating.

From a low-level civilization all the way through, promoting to the Star Sea hegemon ruling the galaxy.

If not for running into the Star God this iron plate, plus the Empire itself liking to court death, creating the "Gear Emperor", triggering an unprecedented great rebellion.

According to the Entropy Sea Bank's professional assessment, Dongxia has a very high possibility of ascending to the peak of the Star Sea, becoming one of the extremely few "Super-God-Level Civilizations" in the Great Universe.

"If it's really like that, relying on my status as a Dongxia Citizen I could also walk sideways in the galaxy, enjoying hegemon-level top treatment."

Qin Shi's tone was regretful, gradually gathering his stray thoughts.

As the Void Meditation Method circulated a hundred times, the spiritual power borne by the Spirit Sea tended toward saturation.

Invisible mind-power turned into bundles of spiritual fluctuations, penetrating deep into the mortal body and hundred bones, touching that perfect Core.

Ding!

Qin Shi heard a crisp ringing sound, like the wind stirring the wind chimes hanging before the window.

Even with his formidable Xinling Xiuxiu, already at the level of having condensed a Holy Embryo, his spirit could not help but experience a trace of Tranquil.

"Spirituality is descending, Blood and Qi are rising. As if sky and sea have become level..."

Before Qin Shi's eyes appeared a vast Sky and an azure sea surface; the former grew heavy, the latter light and lively, and they began to merge with each other.

The Perfect Core he had condensed was like a Bridge erected, guiding Mental Spirituality and Flesh Vitality to draw near to each other.

In the Old Era Martial Arts World, this was called "Body-Mind Unity", opening the "Realm of Heaven and Man".

Boom!

Sky and sea connected, like a meteorite striking a Star, shaking Qin Shi's eardrums until they bulged.

Phantoms leaped out before his eyes, and his body's Hundred Aspects underwent a tremendous change.

At times a furnace filling the Universe appeared, like a celestial body, continuously releasing Light and Heat;

At times a pitch-black ring that could dissolve all phenomena appeared, capable of absorbing and evolving any matter into a thousand hundred aspects;

At times a profound, unfathomable dark Xu Kong appeared, like chaos newly opened, eternally unmoving...

"Domain! An ability only Professional Level possesses!"

Qin Shi sat upright, spine straight, surging torrents of power welling up, as if a flood pouring out to cover the wilderness.

Strands of Blood and Qi like little snakes writhed rapidly, causing his Skin to ripple with fine waves, constantly undulating and rolling.

Puff puff puff!

Spiritual Power Spread from the Consciousness Sea, like bullets shooting out, striking thumb-thick clear holes in the floor, doors, and Windows.

The mind violently fluctuated, shockwaves tearing at the atmosphere, making the surrounding space seem frozen, even the wind unable to flow, as if glued tight by adhesive.

Power erupting from different Inheritance supreme arts turned this quiet Chamber into a Dangerous Area.

Air currents surged and crisscrossed, power comparable to cannon shells, hardness enough to pulverize standard-grade Alloy plates.

"Ten meters... twenty meters... twenty-five meters!"

Qin Shi's Perception was Expanding, his Mortal Body's Hundred Aspects seeming to have their Sealing undone, Life Breath beginning to surge wildly.

A single thought flashing, he could form absolute Suppression, rendering opponents with lower Qi Life Force than himself completely unable to breathe.

"So this is the Professional Level's Domain. Hard to imagine, Lao Zhou is a whole major rank ahead of me, yet he actually lost?"

While Qin Shi closed his eyes to comprehend, he did not forget to whip the corpse of Zhou Yuanchen, and Lin Xiong who had just lost.

He, who had initially entered the Professional Domain, was enough to beat ten of his former self.

One on one, there was simply no room to fight back.

"Indeed, even among Professionals, there are gaps."

Qin Shi sighed with emotion; at the instant sky and sea connected and merged, the Perfect Core became incomparably transparent, radiating light.

Immediately after, with a "pop" sound, like a Bottle stopper being drawn out.

Qin Shi then broke through to Professional Level, Qi Life Force soaring crazily, like the price of gold rising, continuously soaring high.

If there were Instruments connected to the Mortal Body, displaying data.

The growth rate of the surging increase in Qi Life Force could almost form a straight vertical line soaring into the heavens.

"I directly skipped Professional Ninth Stage, jumping to around Amateur Eighth Rank; if I continue to Settle Down and stabilize the accumulated Foundation, reaching Amateur Seventh Rank is not impossible either."

Qin Shi's eyes opened, brilliant light bursting in his pupils, his Gaze like substance, spraying radiance.

Spiritual Field Power and physical force mutually merged, forming a unique extraordinary Neng Li, like mercury spilling across the ground spreading out, instantly enveloping thirty meters out!

Pa!

Qin Shi operated his cultivation method, the pressure from his Mortal Body's Hundred Aspects Sweeping the atmosphere, Expanding again, actually doubling!

A full sixty meters!

"The deep Accumulation of Amateur Level has finally waited for this day of Exchange."

Qin Shi's mind was calm, his Momentum/Force slowly drawn back into his body.

Stepping into the Professional Realm, his every move could materialize divine intent, contained in his techniques to blast out, forming a powerful damage similar to "enchantment".

"Within sixty meters, I gain enhancement, enemies are weakened."

Qin Shi stood up, five fingers clenching tight, that terrifying pressure surging, like strands of Black Mist rising.

Supported by the Perfect Core, Mortal Body and Consciousness Sea reached balance, a fist-sized Star faintly emerging.

That is the "Trait" pursued by Professional Level.

"What will my 'Trait' be."

Qin Shi extended his palm, grasped lightly in the air, as if clutching it tight in one grip, Refining.

"You lost? And got injured?"

Wu Yong sat up abruptly; because he exerted too much force, the inn's already not-so-good small bed directly collapsed under his butt.

But at this moment Wu Yong paid no heed to those, grabbing Lin Xiong's arm, starting to examine the injury.

"I fuck!"

The one called "Scholar" Wu Yong swore; the charred black traces appearing on Lin Xiong this big gorilla's arm had clearly surpassed Amateur Level power.

"Your Pure Steel Whale Armor was actually pierced? How is that kid like a Martial God reincarnated, defying heaven to this extent!"

Wu Yong gasped in cold air; were the facts not before his eyes, he would absolutely not believe it.

"Who knows. The two of us clashed less than three times total; to say I underestimated him, I didn't really underestimate, but that kid is weird, he gets stronger the more he fights, fiercer the more he battles..."

Lin Xiong spoke in a muffled, sullen voice, clearly depressed inside; a Seventh War Corps active Zhanshi lost to a Hengzhou local High School Student, Professional Level defeated by Amateur Level.

No matter how he tried to find the cause and clear his name, he could only receive a "terrible" evaluation.

"Right!"

Lin Xiong's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he said solemnly:

"If I'm not mistaken, that kid is using the Fourth War Corps' signature technique, 'Soldier-Slaying Combat Method'!"

Jiang Shijie, who had been about to contact Hai La to find a nearby hospital for Lin Xiong's treatment, suddenly narrowed his eyes:

"Are you sure?"

Lin Xiong nodded vigorously:

"Our Seventh War Corps and the Fourth War Corps have held several Military District Great Competitions; how could we mistake it?"

"It's definitely the 'Soldier-Slaying Combat Method.' The moment he made his move, that momentum felt very familiar to me, as if a Spirit of War had possessed him."

"Knowing that kid learned the 'Soldier-Slaying Combat Method,' I wouldn't clash head-on with him; after a few minutes of attrition, he'd collapse on his own..."

Lin Xiong felt it was a pity that the Fourth War Corps' "Soldier-Slaying Combat Method" was not some secret inheritance; quite the opposite, almost every major war corps' internal network had it available for download.

It was well known that this technique created by Qin Shuai had the advantage of extremely strong bursts, but its shortcomings were obvious, earning it the nickname "fierce for no more than three seconds."

At least before igniting three hundred, five hundred, or eight hundred Life Nodes.

Full-time practitioners specializing in the "Soldier-Slaying Combat Method" found it very difficult to launch more than two offensives.

This was one of the reasons it was gradually being phased out.

"He's still in high school and hasn't attended a military academy, so how did he learn the 'Soldier-Slaying Combat Method'? Does that comply with discipline?"

Wu Yong asked, frowning.

Since ancient times, leaking secrets has always been a grave crime in the military.

"The 'Soldier-Slaying Combat Method' is not prohibited and does not reach the level of confidentiality. According to the rules, if one is a military dependent, or a soldier whose ancestors over three generations have performed meritorious deeds, they are permitted to be taught it."

Jiang Shijie explained.

However, he also found it strange; the "meritorious deeds" mentioned in the regulations referred to the level of "three gold buttons."

One must have participated in more than one Large-scale Campaign, completed a Jiang Jun-level beheading operation, and guaranteed no bad records during their service period.

Such war corps veterans, said to be dancing on the scythe of the God of Death, would be returned a military salute by division commanders as a sign of respect.

"He is a Nanhuang Daoist Hall Disciple and is under the spotlight; he wouldn't do something like stealing the technique."

"Moreover, who would take the great risk to privately learn this? The Fourth War Corps is discussing whether to abolish new recruits from specializing in the 'Soldier-Slaying Combat Method.'"

"A few years ago, the military propaganda department published something like 'War corps should not have only one ideology; beware of personal worship of the Supreme Meritorious Subject,' which led those bandits of the Fourth War Corps to smash up their office."

Jiang Shijie sighed softly.

Among the various war corps, the Fourth War Corps, once full of glory but reduced to the fringes due to a certain existence's treasonous act, was the most out of place.

Every war general wearing the Red Sword Shoulder Epaulet always held their head higher than the roof, looking down on other war corps.

That domineering aura of "not accepting a fight until you submit" attracted much hostility.

"Now there's truly no path of retreat."

Wu Yong scratched his head and looked at Jiang Shijie; although he didn't think Old Jiang would lose, Lin Xiong's defeat record indeed added a trace of uncertainty to the outcome.

That kid was truly uncanny!

"It's getting more and more interesting."

Jiang Shijie understood what Wu Yong meant; his own division master and Xiao Zheng of the Fourth War Corps were often compared by the military department.

He didn't know if it was because of this, but in past Great Competitions, the Fourth War Corps fought the Seventh War Corps with extra vigor, causing the latter to lose face several times.

As Mo Zhen Ting's personal guard, Jiang Shijie naturally could not lose to Qin Shi, who was suspected of having ties to the Fourth War Corps.

"So what if you break through to Full-time Practitioner? Mastery of one's trait is certainly not something achieved in a day or two."

Jiang Shijie comforted the other two teammates, but as soon as he said it, he laughed at himself.

What was wrong with him?

Was he really treating a high school student as a formidable rival?

Even if it were legends like Qi Wuxiang or He Lanchan, with such a gap in existence, I still couldn't possibly lose!

Jiang Shijie's gaze was firm as he proactively contacted Hai La:

"Tell my division master that I won't lose face for him!"

(Chapter End)