“Luckily I didn't advance at home, or half the neighborhood would have collapsed.”
Coming back to his senses, Chen Yu looked around. All that surrounded him were broken walls and ruins, covered in dust, and he himself was pinned under a giant boulder.
This was where the value of a Body Cultivator truly shone; even if a thousand-jin boulder fell from a height, it wouldn't cause him the slightest injury, not even a twinge of pain.
Speaking of which, after advancing to the second stage, his physical body looked no different from an ordinary person's,
but in reality, everything from the inside out had been strengthened. Only by looking closely could one notice a unique, glistening silver glow in his skin, different from ordinary people.
Just as Chen Yu was examining his skin, a sudden sound of footsteps echoed from outside, followed by urgent shouts:
“People inside, whatever you do, don't move! We're here to rescue you!”
Director Li, from outside the ruins, was visibly anxious.
A thousand-jin boulder falling from the sky, coupled with its kinetic acceleration, even a second-stage Martial Artist would be severely injured if suddenly struck like that!
Even if it didn't break arms or legs, it certainly wouldn't be good!
But to his surprise,
a voice spoke from beneath the ruins!
“No need to rescue me, stay back, I can get out myself.”
From the sound of it, the person inside should be a young man.
The rescue personnel instinctively took three steps back, and then, with a loud boom!
The giant boulder suddenly exploded, scattering debris and raising a cloud of smoke and dust!
A figure shot out of the ruins like a cannonball, then glanced at the rescue personnel. Upon seeing their “City Management” uniforms,
he took off running!
Are you kidding me?!
“Confess to leniency, sit through prison.” The training ground was a legitimate illegal construction. With City Management chasing him, why wouldn't he run and wait for a fine?
The rescue team leader swallowed hard:
“Director, it looks like… he's a Body Cultivator, with the spiritual aura fluctuations of a recent Breakthrough. He should have just broken through to the second stage, his aura is stable, so he should be fine. Should we chase him?”
“Chase my foot! As long as he's okay, that's what matters!” Director Li breathed a sigh of relief, muttering as he watched Chen Yu's departing direction:
“Thankfully he's a Body Cultivator…”
That's right,
only a Body Cultivator would need such a large training ground and be able to move thousands of jin of giant boulders with his bare hands.
He had long heard that a Body Cultivator's Breakthrough was a near-death experience. After witnessing it firsthand today, Director Li realized,
using thousands of jin of giant boulders to smash oneself in pursuit of a Breakthrough opportunity.
This was truly playing with one's life!
...Back home, Chen Yu changed his clothes and took a shower.
Then, he picked up the Martial Exam volunteer form on the table.
The Martial Exam was a moment that determined a Martial Artist's fate.
Most Martial Artists Awaken their Martial Arts Divine Power between the ages of 15 and 17, and the three years of high school are a period of intense Cultivation.
Those with C-level Martial Arts Divine Power can generally reach first-stage ninth-level strength after three years of Cultivation.
B-level or A-level can reach the second-stage Martial Artist realm!
Chen Yu had already possessed first-stage ninth-level strength in his first year of high school, but he had not broken through for so long because the risk of Breakthrough was too great; a single mistake could lead to death.
“What university should I apply to?”
With his current strength as a second-stage Body Cultivator participating in the Martial Exam, getting into a 985, 211 double-first-class Martial Arts university should not be a problem.
But he had gone through so much hardship to successfully Break through, just to get into a double-first-class university?
Wouldn't that be a waste of his efforts?
At least Qingbei University!
The more top-tier the Martial Arts academy, the more resources it could provide to students, which, for Chen Yu, meant more money!
Qingbei University often organized inter-university friendship competitions for students, with generous prize money.
Just for those four words, “generous prize money,” he absolutely had to get into Qingbei!
But problems also arose; although he possessed SSS-level Martial Art Talent, he had Cultivated two to three years less than others.
Currently, the top candidates in Pingcheng City had reached second-stage third-level, or even fifth-level, Martial Arts strength!
And looking at the entire Jiang Province?
Chen Yu narrowed his eyes.
He still needed to become stronger.
There was still one day until the Martial Exam.
Even if he continued to strengthen his physique, it would only be icing on the cake.
He shifted his gaze to the Martial Skill interface of the System panel.
【Current Martial Skill: Golden Light Piercing Fist (Elementary 59%)】
The proficiency of Martial Skill is divided into five stages: Elementary, Minor Achievement, Proficient, Major Achievement, and Perfection.
His previous self had practiced this fist for a full two and a half years to only reach the Elementary stage, which showed how difficult it was to improve Martial Skill.
To quickly improve his strength, he should focus on Martial Skill.
For example,
spending money to increase Martial Skill proficiency!
“Money, money, money…”
Where would the money come from?
Chen Yu couldn't help but look at the high school uniform hanging on the wall.
He remembered that the principal of Pingcheng First High School, to motivate the students, had once declared,
if any student could max out the Elementary testing machine, he would personally pay 100,000 to reward that student!
Chen Yu's eyes lit up:
“Money is here!”
He immediately put on his school uniform and rushed to Pingcheng First High School!
...Since the Martial Exam was tomorrow, most students were making their final efforts, and the high school seemed a bit empty.
Only some students were discussing Martial Exam volunteer applications with their teachers.
In the teachers' building, Chen Yu's homeroom teacher, looking through the window, saw Chen Yu rushing to the training ground and couldn't help but sigh,
“Alas… this child, it seems he still wants to give it his all…”
“It's almost the Martial Exam, it's normal to give it your all. Why are you sighing?” another teacher beside him asked.
“It's Chen Yu.”
“He's gone to the training ground again, probably still trying to max out the Elementary testing machine to get the 100,000 prize money.”
“Chen Yu…” The teacher paused slightly upon hearing the name,
“I remember him. When he Awakened his Martial Arts Divine Power, it caused a sensation throughout Pingcheng City. Even the Tianshu Martial Arts Academy, tens of thousands of kilometers away, was alarmed and wanted to specially recruit him.”
“It's just a pity… his Martial Arts Divine Power is “Limit of Strength.” Even Tianshu Martial Arts Academy couldn't find any way for him to survive a Breakthrough to the sixth stage.”
The teacher's tone was full of regret.
Others were fighting for their future, but Chen Yu was fighting for his life!
“But… with the blessing of the SSS-level Martial Art Talent “Limit of Strength,” Chen Yu still can't max out an Elementary testing machine?”
“Of course he can max it out, but power is reciprocal. After maxing out the Elementary testing machine, Chen Yu's fist will also be destroyed by his own Martial Arts Divine Power.”
At this point, the homeroom teacher suddenly remembered something and stood up.
“Oh no!”
“Tomorrow is the college entrance exam, Chen Yu wouldn't be thinking of sacrificing an arm to get 100,000 and forcefully Break through to the second stage, would he?”
He rushed out of the teachers' building in a hurry,
“Chen Yu, even if you can't become a top Martial Artist, your life has just begun, you can't do anything foolish!!”