Chapter 158: Hidden Force

"It is time to raise my Realm." Lu Yu cast his gaze toward the Body Strengthening column.

【Potential Point -3400】

【Potential Point -5500】

【Potential Point -8900】

【Potential Point -】

【Potential Point -】

Having learned from the previous experience, Lu Yu waited until the heat flow generated by the last strengthening had completely faded before beginning the next one.

After five rounds of strengthening, he clicked the breakthrough button.

"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out, followed immediately by a massive heat flow surging toward every part of his body like a turbulent tide.

Lu Yu could not only clearly feel the significant changes in his bones, muscles, and meridians, but he also gained a brand-new understanding of force.

If one were to use flowing water as a metaphor, Manifest Force is like a surface current that is easy to detect, while Hidden Force is like an elusive undercurrent hidden beneath the water.

After a few breaths, Lu Yu slowly exhaled and looked at the attribute panel again.

Realm: Hidden Force

Level: 20

Constitution: 1219

Strength: 1317

Agility: 1043

Spirit: 580

Potential Point:

Experience Value: 5

After undergoing five rounds of strengthening plus one breakthrough, every attribute, including the Mental Attribute, had more than doubled.

The Strength attribute, in particular, was nearly three times what it had been before.

Calculating based on an ordinary person's punch force of 100 jin, his full-power punch now reached a pure muscular force of 10,000 jin!

This kind of power was astonishing; a single punch was enough to break through a reinforced concrete wall about 10 millimeters thick, and an ordinary brick wall would be even easier.

The Agility attribute reaching 1000 points meant his speed had reached 100 times that of an ordinary person.

Running at full speed, he could reach over 600 meters per second, nearly twice the speed of sound.

Relying on such agility, a single leap would allow him to easily stand atop a ten-story building.

"It feels like with my current strength, even if I encounter an Advanced Fierce Beast, I don't need to worry too much about not being a match for it, right?" Lu Yu pondered to himself.

Of course, he also understood that he certainly could not go and fight an Advanced Fierce Beast head-on.

The weight of an Advanced Fierce Beast is generally over 10 tons, its speed usually exceeds 100 meters per second, and more formidable ones can even exceed the speed of sound.

Even calculating at 100 meters per second, the impact force in an instant would be at least one hundred tons, which is 200,000 jin at the very least!

Being hit by such an impact force was no laughing matter, and even in close-quarters combat, he might face significant risks.

"I just don't know what my current Constitution actually represents? Is it already comparable to an Advanced Fierce Beast, such that even bullets from a Sniper rifle cannot cause me harm?"

Lu Yu frowned slightly. He did have a Sniper rifle, but obviously, no one would be bored enough to take a gun and shoot at him.

"Forget it, it's better to stick to long-range attacks whenever possible." A flash of determination crossed Lu Yu's eyes; after all, preserving his own life was the top priority.

He looked behind the Realm, only to see a plus sign had appeared there once again!

Clearly, his attributes had reached the threshold for a breakthrough once more. Lu Yu clicked it without hesitation.

【Breakthrough Threshold: Constitution, Strength, and Agility attributes; any one attribute reaching 800 points has met the threshold value】

【Average of the three attributes of Constitution, Strength, and Agility exceeds 700 points, Body Strengthening Level reaches 25, breakthrough success rate reaches 100%; current breakthrough success probability: 68%】

【Proceed with breakthrough?】

"800 points?" Lu Yu was slightly taken aback. He carefully checked his various attributes and compared them against the threshold values.

A thought emerged in his mind: his various attributes seemed to have far exceeded those of Martial Artists at the same Realm.

Even when reaching the Transformation Realm, the threshold value to break through to the next major Realm might only be a little over 1000 points.

But his attributes were all already over one thousand; it was very likely that his physical attributes had already reached the level of the next major Realm.

That's right, even without relying on force, his pure muscular strength had already reached 10,000 jin.

And in the world of martial arts, when those supreme experts erupted with True Qi, their strength was only a few tens of thousands of jin.

As long as he strengthened his body a few more times, even without True Qi in his body, his strength could be comparable to those experts.

Of course, those exaggerated characters who are called martial artists but are actually fantasy-level do not count.

"However, I shouldn't be too happy too soon." He looked at the Potential Points required to rise to the next level, which were as high as 【number】.

This was just the Potential Points required to raise one level; the Potential Points required for the next level would likely exceed 50,000, and the third upgrade would require nearly 100,000 Potential Points.

The Potential Points required for every subsequent upgrade were almost double the previous one.

"I must get enough Blood Qi Pills; the more, the better." Lu Yu clenched his fists tightly.

……

The next morning, just as the sunlight spilled onto the earth, Lu Yu sat at the dining table eating breakfast and took the opportunity to inform his parents of his plan.

Lu Guohao nodded gently and did not say anything more, only solemnly urging, "Be extra careful."

He understood in his heart that in the current situation, he really had no way to provide his son with more substantial help.

Being able to manage the affairs of the Zhai well and not letting Lu Yu worry about them was perhaps the greatest support he could give his son.

Geng Lian, however, was full of worry; Yongan City was a full hundred miles away from here, and who knew how many dangers were hidden along the way.

She couldn't help but urge him over and over again, no less than ten times in total.

Watching his mother's worried expression, Lu Yu felt deeply moved, yet also felt a bit helpless.

He reached out and gently patted his younger brother's head, then shouldered his Arrow Quiver, strapped his precious blade to his waist, took a bow in his hand, and resolutely set off on his journey.

For this trip, Lu Yu chose not to carry any firearms.

With the Agility attribute he currently possessed, even when facing an Advanced Fierce Beast, it would be difficult for the opponent to have a chance to get close, let alone those ordinary Intermediate-level Fierce Beasts.

Lu Yu pondered to himself: "The length of a gun barrel is too long, making it quite inconvenient to carry. Moreover, I now have not only a Body Refining Secret Manual but also a Mental Secret Manual in my hands; these cannot rely on Basic Martial Arts to reduce their Experience Value."

Thinking about it, it would be better to put aside the practice of marksmanship for now; in terms of weapon martial arts, focusing on practicing Arrow Technique and blade techniques would save quite a bit of time to be used for delving into other Basic Martial Arts.

"Going to Yongan City this time, I can also happen to exchange the weapon in my hand." Lu Yu looked down at the bow in his hand with a draw weight of 500 jin; now, for him, drawing this bow was as easy as a child playing with a toy, with no pressure to speak of.

Even the blade at his waist felt light as a feather when held in his hand.

With his current strength, he would need to change to a blade weighing at least three to four hundred jin to be able to wield it with ease and unleash the power it should have.

Of course, if it were an Alloy Battle Blade, the price would certainly be ridiculously high.

If the blade body were forged from refined steel and the edge used alloy material, such a combination should be much cheaper.

Compared to a battle blade, Lu Yu was actually more worried about whether he could buy a suitable Strong Bow.

According to his current strength, drawing a bow with a draw weight of 5000 jin would be no problem at all.

But what exactly is the concept of this 5000 jin draw weight?

Take the Eight-Ox Crossbow of ancient times, for example; its range could reach over 1530 meters, and its giant arrows were over two meters long. When fired at close range, they could shoot directly into city walls, enough for soldiers to climb the arrow shafts to fight on the city walls.

And such a powerful heavy crossbow required the strength of thirty soldiers or eight oxen to draw, and the strength it required was only about 4500 jin.

In other words, Lu Yu's strength alone was equivalent to being able to draw one Eight-Ox Crossbow.

However, the problem arose: one couldn't really carry a bed crossbow around while fighting, could they?

Lu Yu shrugged his shoulders helplessly; if there was really no other way, customizing a bow would also work, though the price would likely not be cheap.

Lu Yu walked alone on the vast Wasteland, occasionally encountering one or two Low-level Fierce Beasts.

Holding to the idea that "even a mosquito's leg is meat," he shot and killed them all with arrows.