Chapter 9: Flesh and Blood Alienation

Evening fell, moonlight hanging from the treetops.

Cool wind swept through, and within the dormitory complex, Fang Can's figure danced continuously under the moonlight.

At this moment, he was leisurely practicing the Tiger Devouring Thirty-Six-Path Fist Technique, following the progress bar on his panel.

If the talent of "Misfortune Turns to Fortune" brought him talent that surpassed the world,

then the existence of the panel pointed Fang Can toward a broad avenue leading to the ultimate.

For some reason, Fang Can discovered that after his transmigration, his physical strength recovered abnormally fast.

Muscles that had originally reached the limit of soreness from martial arts training recovered seven or eight-tenths within a single double-hour.

But this was followed by a massive increase in appetite; just now in the cafeteria, he alone had eaten two large bowls of rice along with three dishes of pork stir-fried with flat beans.

Fortunately, the Tiger Fierce Gate provided meals, otherwise the remaining two taels of silver he had might not have lasted even a month.

As for the reason behind the overly rapid physical recovery, he could only attribute it to Talent 2 【Unyielding Resilience】, which restored health faster the lower one's health was.

Inside the dormitory, with the progress bar visible, Fang Can resumed practicing the fist techniques.

Regarding the description of "Visualization Manifestation" on the explanation panel, Fang Can guessed this was the fundamental idealism of this world.

Using a living being's flesh as a workbench, and spirit and physical strength as consumables, to perform human alchemy.

The purer and higher the spirit, the less time and energy required; if you are not mad and do not go to extremes, you simply have no chance to rise.

The only difference from before was that after exiting the overclocked state, Fang Can's progress bar grew no faster than a cloud drive download.

Damn it, even though Fang Can exerted every effort to visualize and practice martial arts.

After two hours, the progress had barely increased by a mere 0.5%.

In Fang Can's current eyes, the technique "Tiger Fierce Eighty-Eight Caverns" on the explanation panel was like a green-tea goddess fishing for a sugar daddy.

When he was an unparalleled genius, his spirit and dreams were more precious than gold; with just one hour, he could almost win her over.

But after exiting the overclocked state, with average aptitude, his will and dreams were not even as good as the mud at the river bottom.

For an ordinary person, if you don't persist in licking for a month, do you think you can even touch the goddess's little finger?

As for talking about love and climbing into bed? That's a different price.

'Now even martial arts training has become so realistic?' Fang Can looked helplessly at the 89.7% progress bar.

At this speed, filling the remaining 10% would require at least two or three days of hard labor.

'Looks like I need to show this goddess some ruthless moves; superpower, give her a real show!'

Thinking thus, Fang Can's right fist struck the wall without warning.

"Thud."

Accompanied by a dull echo, Fang Can felt the skin and flesh on his knuckles must already be a patch of iron-blue.

Following that, as if gold coins were exploding, under the negative status of physical injury, Fang Can fixed his gaze on the panel.

—Estimated time remaining: 18 hours 32 minutes—

'Sure enough, it works; one punch shortened the time by nearly two hours.'

Looking at the result, Fang Can smiled with satisfaction: 'So, surge forth, my unparalleled genius, Misfortune Turns to Fortune, level me up!!!'

Along with the thought, Fang Can's fists continuously smashed forcefully against the cold stone wall.

With the continuous punching, he felt his world-shocking wisdom begin to rise step by step, while the time on the panel began to shorten further.

Estimated manifestation time, 18 hours 32 minutes → 17 hours 35 minutes → 16 hours 13 minutes → 15 ho...

'Let's stop here for now; just in time to test how Talent 2's healing effect works.'

Fang Can stopped punching; at this moment, his fists were already bleeding profusely from the continuous collisions.

And on the panel, the time had shortened to 3 hours 32 minutes.

One could only say that compared to the danger caused by ingesting arsenic, this kind of flesh wound was hardly worthy of mention.

'But three hours is enough.' Fang Can narrowed his eyes, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, and began punching rhythmically as the moon gradually rose high.

In this state, the progress bar advanced slowly but steadily toward 100.

90% → 91% → 92%...

As time passed, finally, after four hours, amidst the pitch darkness, Fang Can saw his progress bar roll past 100%.

Explanation panel:

You have successfully manifested the technique "Tiger Fierce Eighty-Eight Caverns".

In an instant, Fang Can felt an obvious heat current, incomparable to any illusion, surge from the acupoint at his heart.

Sensing this unique state, he did not stop the Tiger Devouring Fist Technique movements in his hands, but began practicing from the first form from the very beginning.

Sure enough, as the movements changed, that heat current, guided by his mind, surged toward the acupoints one by one.

Wherever it went, the heat current began to spread bit by bit, strengthening the muscles and bones near the acupoints.

Fang Can only felt that where the heat surged, his body temperature began to rise; though it was a cold late night outdoors, it felt as if a bonfire had been lit inside his body.

After completing one round, that heat current was completely exhausted, and Fang Can was already drenched in sweat, as if he had been fished out of water.

'Is this the sensation of Qi?'

Fang Can's eyes were bright, as if he had discovered a new continent.

At this moment, it had taken him less than a day from generating the sensation of Qi to completing one full cycle.

And on the explanation panel, changes appeared accordingly.

Explanation panel:

You have fully practiced "Tiger Fierce Eighty-Eight Caverns" once; Experience +3.

Tiger Fierce Eighty-Eight Caverns Level 1: (3/1000)

Flesh and Blood Alienation: 0.0002%

……

'Flesh and blood mutation? Is this the first realm of martial arts that Yang Lie mentioned, 【Shedding the Mortal Body】?'

Fang Can wiped the fine sweat from his forehead. If completing one round of the Tiger Devouring Fist Technique yielded only this much progress, it would take 500,000 rounds to fill it up.

'Assuming it takes three minutes to complete one round, even if I practice for a full eight hours every day, it would still take ten years to finish.'

Fang Can shook his head. This efficiency was too slow; there must be other means to accelerate the process. For instance, raising the level of the technique could also speed up cultivation.

Fang Can gently pressed his stomach. After several continuous hours of throwing punches, even at a steady pace, he had already consumed a vast amount of his stamina. This feeling became even more pronounced after truly completing the first round of the fist technique.

'I've truly become a bottomless pit. How many meals a day will I need?' Fang Can muttered, turned, went back inside, and pulled out several pan-fried cakes he had taken from the cafeteria.

Squatting on the doorstep, Fang Can gnawed on the pan-fried cake in his hand bit by bit under the moonlight.

After a simple meal to satisfy his hunger, he stood up again to circulate the technique, feeling the sensation of Qi within his acupoints flow through his entire body, never tiring of it.

After practicing another dozen or so rounds, Fang Can checked the time and went back inside to sleep.

After all, he still had to attend the morning class at the Martial Arts Hall tomorrow. There would be plenty of time to practice boxing in the future; there was no need to worry about immediate gains or losses, but rather to prepare for a protracted struggle.

Tiger Devouring Eighty-Eight Moves Cave Heaven Level 1: (74/1000)

Flesh and Blood Mutation: 0.0045%

(End of Chapter)