Chapter 40

In late December, Jiangcheng had already entered winter, and the temperature hovered around zero degrees for a long time.

Inside the Starfire Martial Hall's Guanshan Branch, it was kept at a constant 20 degrees Celsius, making people feel extremely comfortable.

Two men wearing full protective gear, even with their helmets worn tightly, were each holding cold weapons and engaging in fierce combat.

"Kill!" One of the figures, nearly 1.9 meters tall, held a silver long spear, his footsteps moving continuously, like a swimming dragon, the long spear suddenly swung and turned into afterimages, thrusting toward his opponent.

Fast! Accurate! Ruthless!

The other figure was nearly two meters tall, extremely burly, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other.

His reaction was faster, striking after the opponent.

The large shield smashed down suddenly, like an indestructible copper wall and iron fortress, fiercely colliding with the incoming spear.

"Boom~" Li Yuan, holding the long spear, only felt like he had hit a steel plate, the terrifying power rebounding through the spear. If it were an ordinary martial artist, this collision would probably have made his arm numb.

"Stick!" Li Yuan's long spear was extremely flexible, taking advantage of the momentum to retreat, even the spear body retreated, unloading this power as much as possible.

Retreating does not mean falling into a disadvantage.

Sometimes, only by unloading power can the damage to the body be minimized.

"Whoosh!"

The long spear thrust again, suddenly whistling. In an instant, it seemed to form dozens of phantoms, covering the opponent like a sky-covering net.

'Ten Thousand Images of Mountains', one of the five major killing moves of the 'Rock Spear Technique'.

Good at group attacks, good at confusing.

Swish! Swish! Swish! A large amount of blade light erupted, instantly colliding with the spear shadows. The black-armored martial artist holding the knife and shield would sometimes swing the knife and sometimes block with the shield.

Retreating eight steps in a row, he managed to block Li Yuan's entire set of killing move attacks.

"Be careful."

Li Yuan suddenly shouted violently, like a thunderclap.

Fortunately, this was a closed soundproof room, otherwise, he would definitely be complained about for disturbing the neighbors.

One must know, after thrusting more than twenty spears in a row, Li Yuan's momentum had reached its peak. Accompanied by this violent shout, the long spear in his hand was already whistling like a great dragon, smashing down overhead with terrifying power.

'Rock Settling the Universe', one of the five major killing moves of the 'Rock Spear Technique'!

This makes the spear like a heavy staff or a battle halberd, and even more like a giant rock rolling down, unstoppable. It is the most fierce explosion.

The transition between the two major killing moves was extremely fast.

At this dangerous moment, the black-armored figure seemed to only be able to subconsciously raise his hand and shield, trying his best to block the spear smashing down.

"Bang~"

A fierce collision, the black-armored figure was quite embarrassed, but his body easily withstood the impact before retreating.

"Stop!"

"Li Yuan, you won," the black-armored figure suddenly spoke, his voice quite helpless, and even more so with a hint of emotion.

Li Yuan retracted his spear and stood still, stopping.

Click~

Click~ Both of them took off their helmets.

"Li Yuan, your spear technique progress is truly frighteningly fast. The last thing you connected should be two killing moves, right?" The man holding the shield was a burly man with a beard, about forty years old, with a scar on his face.

"Yes."

Li Yuan smiled and nodded: "It's the killing move from the basic chapter of the second-stage secret manual 'Starry Sky Spear Technique'. I just mastered the connection of these two major killing moves."

It was indeed only in the last few days that Li Yuan had initially mastered the last of the five major killing moves, 'Rock Settling the Universe', in the virtual network.

Today was the first time he had performed it in actual combat.

"Amazing."

"I've been sparring with you for two months, and your spear technique progress is simply frightening. I've never seen a spear technique genius like you. At the beginning, my knife technique could still suppress you, but now my skill level is actually not as good as yours," the bearded man said with emotion: "Just now, I used a physical fitness of about level 8.0, and my speed and strength were clearly a cut above yours, but I couldn't suppress you."

"For that last spear, the physical strength I used was probably close to level 9, otherwise I definitely wouldn't have been able to block it."

Li Yuan laughed.

Performing 'Rock Settling the Universe', if it's direct actual combat, it's easy for the opponent to dodge.

The best way is to build momentum with 'Ten Thousand Images of Mountains' and break the enemy with the final blow.

"Your spear technique," the bearded man looked at Li Yuan: "It's already a cut above my knife technique, it should be close to the fourth-stage realm."

"Still quite a bit off," Li Yuan shook his head: "I haven't even fully mastered the basic chapter of the second-stage secret manual, I still need Uncle Hu to practice with me more."

"Haha, small matter," the bearded man laughed: "Next, let me attack, and you defend?"

"Good," Li Yuan nodded.

This bearded man, named 'Fang Longhu', is an ordinary instructor at the Starfire Martial Hall, a level 15 martial artist, and also the actual combat sparring partner recommended to Li Yuan by Instructor Xing.

Twice a week, one hour each time, 10,000 Blue Star coins per session.

An actual combat sparring partner must be much stronger than oneself.

At least a level 15 martial artist can better grasp the situation during sparring and combat with Li Yuan.

Half an hour later.

Li Yuan finished today's actual combat and sent Fang Longhu away.

"Whoosh!"

"Actual combat is just more satisfying than virtual combat," Li Yuan murmured to himself, quite excited.

Virtual combat can train various techniques in all aspects, but it ultimately lacks a sense of reality.

Actual combat is the ultimate goal.

"Every time I have actual combat, I can feel that my spear technique and movement technique progress faster," Li Yuan sighed to himself: "It's just a pity that actual combat opportunities are very rare."

First, actual combat is easy to get injured, and once injured, it takes a long time to recover, which delays cultivation.

Second, good sparring partners are hard to find, and the price is expensive; ordinary people simply can't afford to hire them.

"Like a professional sparring partner like Fang Longhu, besides working at the Martial Hall during the day, he can earn hundreds of thousands of Blue Star coins just by sparring every month," Li Yuan thought to himself.

One must know, Fang Longhu has basically given up on impacting the Source Martial Artist, spends very little on Martial Dao, and only needs to maintain his physical fitness.

Therefore, he can easily earn millions a year.

"Martial Dao cultivation is a money-burning pit, but if you have some small achievements, you can also earn money fiercely without taking risks," Li Yuan thought to himself: "A level 15 martial artist earns money like this, what about a Source Martial Artist? No wonder Hall Master Wan gave me 1 million Blue Star coins and didn't take it seriously at all."

"My spear technique."

"It improved by another 1% tonight. During this period, the progress is getting slower and slower," Li Yuan's mind moved, and the Palace of the Heart panel appeared in his field of vision.

——

【Life Level: 7.7 (Not yet entered the stage)】

Physical fitness index: 80 (Comprehensive measurement of explosive power, endurance, speed, physique, mental power, etc.)

Fist strength: 724 kg

Speed: 17.3 m/s

Mental power: 14.2

Physical cultivation method: 'Rock Cultivation Method'

Heart cultivation method: 'Observing the Great Sun and Starry Sky Scripture'

Technique realm: Spear technique (third stage 88%), movement technique (third stage 65%), fist technique (third stage 99%)

【Note: There is some kind of unawakened high-level spirituality hidden in the body】

——

"According to the progress speed in the last half month, if I want to improve my spear technique to the third stage 99%, it will take at least another month," Li Yuan thought to himself: "From the third stage to the fourth stage, it will be an even bigger bottleneck."

"This step has trapped countless powerful martial artists."

In the past few months at the Starfire Martial Hall, Li Yuan had come into contact with many martial artists.

Coupled with his own cultivation, he gradually understood the meaning of fourth-stage technique.

"In the Martial Hall, I know more than a dozen martial artists above level 16."

"Except for Instructor Xing, none of them can cultivate their technique to above the fourth stage," Li Yuan shook his head slightly.

Most first-stage martial artists only have a third-stage level of Martial Dao technique.

Most people's Martial Dao technique is not as good as Li Yuan's current level.

"Teacher Xu Bo's staff technique easily crushed me," Li Yuan couldn't help but recall the past two months.

Accepting guidance from Teacher Xu Bo once a week.

"Teacher's technique is so brilliant, why didn't he become a Source Martial Artist? Is it because of the injury?" Li Yuan had many conjectures in his heart.

Feeling that his body was well-rested, Li Yuan suppressed many thoughts.

"Whatever."

"Continue practicing the spear."

"I just mastered the five major killing moves of the 'Rock Spear Technique'. If I can connect them perfectly, it should be the third stage 99%," Li Yuan was extremely excited: "Strive to make the spear technique as close to 99% as possible before the January adjustment exam."

There are only ten days left until the January adjustment exam.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!" Li Yuan continued to practice his spear technique, and in the blink of an eye, another hour passed, reaching after 8 PM.

Put the large spear into the weapon cabinet.

Li Yuan, covered in sweat, first went into the lounge to take a satisfying hot shower.

Then, he took out the exquisitely packaged medicine bottle from the physical therapy room.

"Source Power Essence Pill."

"It's been 20 days since the last time I took it, it's about time to take one," Li Yuan took the essence pill out of the medicine bottle.

He was very careful.

After all, this one pill is worth 100,000 Blue Star coins.

The Source Power Essence Pill has strands of purple halo on its surface, is the size of a thumb, and emits bursts of fragrance, as if it is whetting people's appetite.

Swallowed it directly.

Li Yuan returned to the center of the Martial Dao room, his legs spread slightly bent, standing like a rock, his spirit concentrated.

Soon.

Strands of quite hot and domineering energy gradually spread from Li Yuan's chest to his limbs and bones, making Li Yuan's whole body tremble.

This is Source Power.

"Ah~ so comfortable!" Li Yuan enjoyed it very much.

"Sizzle~"

"Sizzle~" The muscles, tendons, and bones in Li Yuan's body were like gluttons, crazily devouring the strands of Source Power swimming throughout his body, becoming increasingly strong.

【Your life level has increased from 7.7 to 7.8】

【Your fist strength, from...】

【Your explosive speed...】