Chapter 280: Breakthrough to the Fourth Realm (Requesting Monthly Votes)

He sat cross-legged on the repaired cushion, his gaze locked on his golden interface.

【Name: Lin Qi】

【Template: Yang Yang Jian, the Second Son True Person】

【Fusion Rate: 22.6%】

【Mental Power: 103 (Fourth Realm)】

【Blood Qi: 98.2 (Third Realm)】

【Fist Art: Third Rank 50%】

【Spear Art: Third Rank 37%】

【Body Movement: Third Rank 18%】

……

He scanned all the data—this was his current martial strength.

His mental power had already broken through to the Fourth Realm; his blood qi still needed further cultivation.

This was his primary cultivation goal going forward.

Since returning from Tianhai City to Cangqiong, he could now use the gravity chamber time accumulated in January and February.

Combined with the cultivation environment in the martial arts room, he could reach 99.99 in at most half a month.

He no longer planned to save on cultivation resources.

Because a month from now was the second Disaster Beast Hunting Competition—he had greatly increased his strength and could hunt more beasts, enough to make a fortune from it.

……

After the semester began, the entire campus returned to its tense atmosphere of cultivation competition.

After relaxing during the winter break, most people found their blood qi and martial skills had improved dramatically.

Soon it was March, and the weather in the capital began to warm.

In the luxurious villa reserved only for the dean of Cangqiong Academy No. 1

In the spacious martial arts room, Huo Hao Wanyang, tall and muscular in a white martial uniform, stood inside the blood qi detector.

He gripped the black metal arm with his broad hand and exerted force suddenly.

"Ha!!"

He roared, blood qi surging wildly; his steel-like muscles exploded with power, veins bulging like steel cables wrapped around his body.

A dominant aura erupted from him, as if an eighth-rank Disaster Beast, the Earth-Shattering Dragon, roared to the heavens.

"Ding!!"

The infrared sensors of the blood qi detector swiftly scanned his body; data appeared on the electronic screen.

"Blood Qi: 96.8!"

Huo Hao Wanyang retracted his aura, glanced at his blood qi, and grinned.

"Good. In a little while, I'll be ready to break into the Fourth Realm."

"Lin Qi's blood qi has already been surpassed by mine."

"The longer time passes, the stronger I'll become—I'm an SS-rank genius; my talent is finally beginning to show."

……

Meanwhile, in one of the three major cultivation buildings—the gravity chamber

Gravity Chamber 309

"Ding!"

The metal door opened automatically; Lin Qi, tall and muscular, entered carrying a black backpack and a metal cylinder.

He skillfully changed into his martial uniform and removed his gravity rings.

Finally, he took from his backpack the Yujī Ointment in a vial of red paste.

【Blood Qi: 99.99】

On his golden interface, his blood qi had reached the peak of the Third Realm.

"In half a month, my blood qi has reached 99.99—there's nowhere left to go. Raising it by even 0.1 will be incredibly difficult."

"To keep improving, I must spend time slowly grinding it out. With my talent, half a month is enough to break through."

"But that's too wasteful—I must accelerate my progress!"

Lin Qi silently analyzed: martial cultivation demands bold advancement—faster is always better.

Thinking this, he opened the Yujī Ointment's cap and smeared its thick red paste over every inch of his skin.

Today, he would break into the Fourth Realm!

"Xiao Chan, activate eightfold extreme gravity!"

"Yes, Master!"

The projected blue-clad Xiao Chan's voice instantly linked to the room's control system and activated the gravity mode.

"Hum!" Gravity like flowing water instantly enveloped Gravity Chamber 309; the wall screen's number jumped to "8."

Lin Qi held his breath, bent his body, and felt his breathing grow abnormally heavy, strained and difficult.

"Thump! Thump!"

He clearly heard his powerful heartbeat, blood rushing like the surging Yellow River.

His body, accustomed to the ever-present gravity, adapted within moments.

"Sss~"

The next second, pain struck—not the discomfort of gravity pressing down, but something sharper.

His skin burned with tearing pain.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out his training black spear, which now weighed a full 800 kilograms under eightfold gravity.

Ordinary martial artists could barely lift it—he swung it effortlessly.

His Third Realm spear art let him fully engage every muscle, moving violently while resisting eightfold extreme gravity.

!

His body's cells frantically consumed energy, unlocking the latent potential of his genes.

"Shhh~ Shhh~"

He began with basic spear techniques: block, snatch, thrust, slash, crush, lift, pierce, coil…

After completing one round, sweat broke out, fatigue surged through him.

Worse still, the Yujī Ointment was now active on his skin.

His skin grew hot, as if glued to a furnace; heat spread across his skin, reddening and steaming.

After the tearing pain, his skin itched and stung, as if countless ants were burrowing into it, biting his fragile nerves.

The nerve pain made Lin Qi grit his teeth, veins bulging across his body.

Pain—so much pain!

This was not the tearing pain of the molting potion—it was pain targeted directly at his nerves.

Every single skin texture was meticulously refined, even the parts normally untouched.

He intensified the refinement of neglected areas.

Skin connected to tendons and blood vessels; under skin stimulation, tendons and muscles underwent refinement too.

"Aaah!!"

But the skin pain, combined with eightfold extreme gravity, made his agony unbearable.

Lin Qi gritted his teeth, enduring the pain, letting his body undergo this transformation on its own.

He intended to break into the Fourth Realm through this single training session—to save time.

Every day faster meant a massive boost to his blood qi.

"Aaah!!"

In the intense pain, sweat poured from Lin Qi's face.

Through his Heart's Eye talent, he sensed his skin membrane undergoing transformation.

The sensation grew clearer—his skin membrane grew tougher, nearing perfection.

Just endure a little longer.

That was his thought—he grabbed the training spear and resumed spear cultivation.

In pain, he unlocked his body's potential, forcing it into a fiercer transformation.

Two hours later

Lin Qi felt the pain rapidly fade; the gravity slowly lifted from his body.

This breakthrough was nearing its end—his skin had completed its transformation through pain.

He swung his palm; he now sensed air currents more clearly, his skin twitching in sync with muscle power, delivering stronger strikes.

"Huh~"

Lin Qi bent over, letting sweat slide from his face, dripping onto the floor.

He felt the liquid flow across his skin, then suddenly shuddered—countless droplets flew into the air like raindrops falling to the ground.

"Finally perfected!"

Lin Qi straightened his chest, feeling he had broken through—his body relaxed, and a surge of power flowed forth.

【You consumed Yujī Ointment and trained under eightfold extreme gravity; every inch of your skin membrane underwent meticulous refinement.】

【After two hours of hammering, your skin membrane has broken through, reaching the Jade Skin state—Skin Training perfected, breakthrough to Fourth Realm: Bone Training, Blood Qi +0.01】

【Blood Value: 99.99→100】

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(End of Chapter)