Chapter 155: Cultivating Again, Shen Wulong (3k First Update)

Bai Cangshu then entered the 【Training Institute】 to begin his cultivation once again.

To him, although there might be treasures and peerless techniques like 【Devil Fruit】 and 【Shun Goku Satsu】 waiting for him to trade for outside, in all things, "I" am supreme.

He followed the rules and logic he had set for himself completely, and would absolutely never disrupt his pace because of some so-called big shot or unexpected joy.

In the martial Dao, this state of mind already possessed a hint of the 【Mind Like Still Water】 realm.

【You have entered the Training Institute. The time flow rate has been adjusted. Starting now, fees will be deducted at a price of 50 Dimension Points per minute.】

【Gravity change: 1.5x (can be actively adjusted up to a maximum of 3x)】

【Oxygen density: 0.75x (can be adjusted in the 0.5-3x range)】

【Extreme environment setting: None (can choose from environments such as waterfall, lake center, seabed, volcano, etc.)】

"Increase gravity to 3x, lower air pressure to 50%, and set the environment to a volcanic crater."

Bai Cangshu calmed his heart, and with a thought, the pure white, high-tech training space around him changed.

It became hot and dry all around him, his nasal cavity was filled with the smell of sulfur, and because the air pressure had been lowered, every breath his heart and lungs took became more strenuous; the increase in gravity caused every organ in his body to suffer additional burden.

This was an environment in which an ordinary person could not survive for long, but for Bai Cangshu, if he wanted to continue his cultivation, such an extreme environment was necessary.

He began to exercise frantically in this environment, pushing indicators like his heart rate to the limit in an instant before officially beginning his cultivation.

Bai Cangshu drew upon the experience from the last time he used a C-rank Singularity to find Guo Haihuang for sparring to improve his martial Dao expertise, spending a high price again; this method might be more efficient for him than purchasing some low-level abilities.

【Spending 2 C-rank Singularities, searching for a qualified sparring partner with martial Dao expertise.】

【Search complete, please choose from the candidates.】

【Candidate a: Martial Dao apprentice with infinite potential · Garou】

This was the image of a young man still carrying a sense of naivety on his face, his muscles flowing like streams—not exaggerated, but his posture had a sense of fluidity that made it difficult for others to lock onto him.

Bai Cangshu exhaled; he had not expected that the first sparring partner he could hire with a double C-rank would be Garou, the monster martial artist who could quickly master almost any technique and continuously evolve and break through under pressure. Of course, the space specified the apprentice stage, meaning this was the Garou from the period when he was learning the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist under Banggu.

【Candidate b: Cinnabar Dao Limit · Ba Liming】

Immediately following, the second candidate appeared: a man with hair covering his face, wearing anachronistic, tattered, coarse cloth clothes, his fists hanging down, his physique lean and tough, an invisible will lingering around his body, and his breathing rhythm almost impossible to detect.

The King of Martial Combat from the 【Dragon Snake Romance】 world, a Cinnabar Dao grandmaster proficient in all the world's fist techniques!

【Candidate c: Master Level martial artist · Chuan Hui】

This was a martial artist with long black hair and a youthful face, standing entirely within the shadows.

A 【Master Level】 martial artist from the 【History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi】 world, basically all of whom were experts who had fully grasped the true meaning of martial Dao and completely controlled their Qi. While this Chuan Hui could not compare to those monsters who could dismantle missiles with their bare bodies among Master Level martial artists, he could still rank among the top tier.

【Candidate d: Ultimate martial artist of resurrection · Shen Wulong (suppressed state)】

This was the hidden strongest from the 【Kengan Derivative World】, a monster rumored to have survived by constantly "resurrecting" since the mythological era, having mastered techniques that could be called immortal arts, a guy who completely outclassed everyone else.

Bai Cangshu looked at the four candidates. Purely in terms of strength, apart from the still-naive Garou, the others did not actually have much of a gap. Since Shen Wulong was marked as being in a suppressed state, his strength would not have any advantage.

And for this kind of cultivation, the target brought in was a sparring partner, not a teacher to impart abilities; some special abilities and techniques could not have their secrets obtained just by "watching," so they were of little significance to Bai Cangshu.

Therefore, he first excluded Garou. No matter how talented the person was, they could not provide much help to him in his desire to improve. Changing his perspective, Bai Cangshu and Garou were actually somewhat similar in type.

Both were types who could rapidly improve themselves through battle. What he needed was an opponent who could pressure him and had mastered superb techniques, not another genius like Garou.

Subsequently, Bai Cangshu excluded the Master Level martial artist Chuan Hui. The three stages most important to the 【Master】 level realm—【Qi Activation】, 【Opening】, and 【Mastery】—would be relatively less useful to Bai Cangshu, who was now finding a different path to control Qi through the Dodon Ray.

If it had been the last cultivation session, before he had mastered the Dodon Ray, he would have likely chosen the Master Level martial artist for sparring.

In the end, Bai Cangshu chose Shen Wulong as his opponent, because this Ba Liming was labeled 【Cinnabar Dao Limit】, meaning the opponent had not yet entered the 【See God Not Bad】 realm.

Although Ba Liming at the Cinnabar Dao Limit had high martial Dao cultivation and had mastered all the fist techniques in the world, and could tangibly allow Bai Cangshu to gain progress in martial Dao expertise, Shen Wulong possessed this effect as well.

And the special ability on Shen Wulong, that ability to completely control and dominate the body known as 【Logic】, made Bai Cangshu covet it even more.

"Select d."

As Bai Cangshu made his decision, the other options immediately vanished. Countless streams of white information converged, and the white-haired, double-pupiled Shen Wulong slowly appeared in this special volcanic crater environment.

The opponent's expression was casual and cold, as if he were indifferent to everything.

His body was relaxed to the extreme.

Bai Cangshu activated 【Transparent World】; the movement trajectory of the opponent's muscles was highly irrational, his heart would only beat once every long while, and his breathing had almost disappeared.

This was a guy who completely defied human common sense.

Shen Wulong, replicated by the space as a sparring partner, did not have his own personality; he put his hands in his pockets and walked straight toward Bai Cangshu.

A so-called sparring partner was a puppet that had to fight the opponent constantly, while also ensuring they would not kill the opponent.

Shen Wulong took a step forward, precisely at the instant Bai Cangshu blinked. At this moment, Bai Cangshu's heart sank. He reacted almost instantly, his palms forming a blade, slicing toward his back.

Ring!

The air emitted a sharp whistle from being sliced by a sharp blade. Bai Cangshu's pupils refocused, and sure enough, there was no trace of Shen Wulong in front of him.

Bang!

Bai Cangshu's hand blade struck a raised arm. Amidst the collision, a terrifying impact force exploded instantly.

Bai Cangshu's pupils shrank. The muscles on the opponent's arm hardened instantly in defiance of common sense, piling up and hardening the moment his hand blade strike landed, then seeming to disperse naturally after receiving the force, completely digesting his strike of several tons of force.

Shen Wulong's right hand moved along the direction of Bai Cangshu's force, naturally pointing a finger at Bai Cangshu's shoulder.

Boom!

A massive force erupted. In the impact that exploded with a power completely disproportionate to the opponent's physical strength, Bai Cangshu was like a fallen leaf in a gale; he also perfectly dissipated the force, his body naturally rotating and twisting, lifting off the ground.

Shen Wulong had no reaction to this technique. He withdrew his left hand and then swiftly threw a punch. The contact time with Bai Cangshu's violently rotating body was likely less than 0.001 seconds, but the powerful force completed its explosion entirely within that infinitesimal amount of time.

Bai Cangshu had his center of gravity knocked away in mid-air and flew backward.

By the time he landed, the tearing of the muscles on his arm had already healed.

He looked at Shen Wulong, revealing a greedy smile.

This kind of technique, as expected, is not a technique that humans can master...

If what martial Dao can achieve is allowing humans to transcend their limits, then what Shen Wulong was doing at this moment was like something on another level.

But Shen Wulong himself said that as long as one knows the trick, anyone can reach his level.

"Logic," is it... Heh...

"Come again!"

Bai Cangshu stepped out violently, his figure exploding with a boom, and a sizzling thunderous sound erupted in the air; his speed reached the extreme, appearing behind Shen Wulong in an instant, and he threw a punch.

Shen Wulong seemed to have anticipated this scene, turning and swinging back in advance.

The realm of "First of the First" was no longer a secret to these two; Bai Cangshu also perceived Shen Wulong's movements, even though the opponent's muscles had absolutely no redundant motion, moving only with the smallest amplitude.

But the moment of movement, Bai Cangshu was still able to react.

This time he did not strike back violently; instead, he puffed out his chest, his mind stirring.

Iron Block!

Clang!

Amidst the violent hammering sound, Shen Wulong's movement paused; it was as if he had punched a solid rock, and the muscles in his hand exploded again instantly, triggering a second layer of Force.

Instantly shattering Bai Cangshu's level 1 Iron Block, he spat blood and retreated, his internal organs suffering slight damage, but within the Training Institute, a Reincarnator can heal themselves at any time.

He instantly countered with a punch, striking Shen Wulong's chest; this time, he saw more clearly by using the "Transparent World."

This kind of muscle change was not achieved solely through controlling the muscles.

Shen Wulong was using Apertures or nerves to control his own body in another form.

It was as if he were fighting with two methods: on one side was the mindset of a Martial Artist, fully mastering various combat techniques, force dissipation, Dark Force, and all kinds of skills with proficiency;

On the other hand, he was mobilizing his body in a completely unknown way, allowing his physical body to obtain explosive power and defensive power that did not match his physical stats at all.

This kind of technique... I want to learn it!

Bai Cangshu displayed extreme Greed Sin for this type of ability.

At this moment, he even somewhat forgot that his initial goal was to raise the level of "Iron Block" and improve his "Martial Arts Mastery," while his indirect goal was to once again raise his Constitution attribute and touch the "Extreme Value."

Bang!

Pfft!

All kinds of striking sounds completely drowned out everything else.

(End of this chapter)