HISS—

The sound was akin to a cryo-chamber valve releasing.

The massive, human-shaped capsule in the living room slowly opened. A figure stepped out. A layer of gray-brown liquid rapidly cascaded down his sculpted body, following the lines of his toned calves until it gathered in a small puddle on the floor.

PTOO—

Lu Yuan spat out the restorative liquid from his mouth, pushing his damp hair back with one hand. Then, he walked barefoot to the door, allowing the mountain breeze to brush past him, enjoying the subtle coolness after the intense heat.

It was the third day since he had entered his cultivation state.

Lu Yuan casually summoned his Class Panel.

[Name: Lu Yuan]

[Age: 17]

[Strength: 18]

[Dexterity: 20 (Break the Limit 1)]

[Constitution: 20 (Break the Limit 1)]

[Intelligence: 20 (Break the Limit 1)]

There was almost no change to his four basic attributes. Actually, each attribute had increased, albeit slightly, but not enough to register as a full point, so the changes weren't displayed on the panel.

Lu Yuan mainly focused on the [Fighter] section of the panel.

[Advanced Professional Skill:

...

Ten Thousand Refining Body lv4 (678/800)

Steel Bone lv4 (456/800)

Amitabha Gold Coat lv3 (12/400)

Tianji Overlord Body lv1 (56/100)

Jiasa Power lv2 (10/200)

Ten Thousand Refining Supreme Amitabha Crane Bone Strength lv3 (234/400)

...]

In three days, Lu Yuan had successfully grasped the basics of Amitabha Gold Coat and Tianji Overlord Body. He had even picked up an extra skill, Jiasa Power.

The progress on Amitabha Gold Coat was even faster than Lu Yuan had anticipated. In just three short days, he was already on the third level. According to the technique's introduction, this process should have taken more than half a year. Even with the assistance of the cell-repairing liquid and specialized equipment, it should have taken at least a month or two.

Lu Yuan guessed the cultivation time mentioned in Amitabha Gold Coat was likely calculated for someone with no prior body tempering foundation. His Spirit Crane Body was already maxed out, his Ten Thousand Refining Body was cultivated to Lv4, and he also had the body tempering method from the Steel Bone Sect. Strictly speaking, he was already undergoing his third round of body tempering.

The famed Nine-Turn Saint... so this is all it takes.

Because his foundation was incredibly solid, cultivating the initial levels of Amitabha Gold Coat progressed with exceptional speed. The Jiasa Power he cultivated concurrently, which also required impact resistance training, had reached Lv2 as well.

In comparison, the progress on Tianji Overlord Body was considerably slower; he had only just begun. Lu Yuan had just started trying to open his first "Extreme Meridian."

Lu Yuan lightly pinched his smooth, delicate skin, which felt considerably tougher than before. After breaking his Constitution limit once, Lu Yuan's skin had become jade-like in quality. Now, it had changed again; to the touch, it had a faint metallic texture.

Let's test its effect after activation...

With a subtle shift in his expression, Lu Yuan activated his inner power.

In an instant, a dazzling golden light bloomed from within his body, as if a ray of morning sunlight had suddenly fallen upon him, cloaking more than half his body in a golden radiance. His skin, once fair as white jade, now glowed a brilliant gold.

Again.

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered, and he directly activated Lv2 Jiasa Power! Instantly, his skin reddened slightly, and shallow golden lines rapidly surfaced upon it. The ultimate effect of Jiasa Power was for the entire body to turn crimson, covered in golden lines, rendering one impervious to blades, water, and fire—hence its name!

Upon activating Jiasa Power, Lu Yuan felt himself "harden" a bit more. Jiasa Power was, after all, an S-rank Transverse Martial Art. Level 2 was not considered low; it would likely take others several years of practice to reach.

Again!

With another thought, Lu Yuan activated Lv1 Tianji Overlord Body. A faint red line appeared near his heart, and he immediately felt a surge of qi as all the muscles in his body tensed slightly.

WHOOSH—

This should be the peak state of my external skills.

Lu Yuan stepped out of the living room, glanced around, and then charged straight towards the concrete fountain in the yard.

BOOM!

Lu Yuan felt as if he had collided with something. He met slight resistance, and then he was already on the other side of the pool.

He turned back.

The large, circular pool had been pierced through its center, leaving gaping holes at the front and back. The concrete sculpture in the middle lay in ruins, and the several steel reinforcement bars that formed its core support were twisted and broken. It looked as if something had forcibly ripped it apart.

So powerful... Lu Yuan's eyes brightened.

Lv3 Amitabha Gold Coat, plus Lv2 Jiasa Power, plus Lv1 Tianji Overlord Body. His physical defensive power had leaped several levels; he could even shatter finger-thick steel bars with a direct collision. It was incredible.

My Vigor has now fused three more types, for a total of six. Based on quality alone, it's at least six times stronger than the Vigor of other Fighters. It's far more potent than Vigor trained solely from the Amitabha Gold Coat. Therefore, the actual effect when activating Amitabha Gold Coat also far surpasses the original version.

The third level of Amitabha Gold Coat, empowered by this Vigor, combined with Jiasa Power and Tianji Overlord Body... the actual effect is probably comparable to the fourth level...

Lu Yuan raised his hand, examining it closely. The brilliant golden Vigor flowing between his fingers resembled shimmering sunlight. The Vigor cultivated from the original Amitabha Gold Coat was pale gold. However, because Lu Yuan's had fused with several other types of Vigor, it had transformed into a brilliant, dazzling gold, far more eye-catching.

A true golden legend... The style points are maxed out with this one.

Lu Yuan was quite satisfied with the current color of his Vigor, just not with the name of the fused Vigor.

Ten Thousand Refining Supreme Amitabha Crane Bone Strength.

Can't I rename it? Lu Yuan frowned. Just as this thought arose, he found that the Vigor's name on the [Fighter] panel began to dissolve like ink.

It actually works?! Lu Yuan blinked, pleasantly surprised. He quickly pondered and soon came up with a new, concise, clear, and memorable name for his Vigor.

Let's call it... Martial God Strength.

The panel updated: [Martial God Strength lv3 (234/400)].

One day, when my dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of different Vigors fuse into one, I'll be tearing apart Mecha, crushing the Extraordinary, and achieving the supreme path of the Martial God... What else could it be called but Martial God Strength?!

With a soft pop, the golden Vigor dissipated. Lu Yuan gently shook his body, dislodging the few specks of dust and stone debris clinging to him. He walked around the ruined fountain pool and re-entered the living room.

He currently had one attribute point and three skill points unused. Excluding the skill point he had reserved for the first core ability of [Death Teller (Extraordinary)], he planned to use the remaining two points to upgrade the only Super Kill on the [Fighter] panel—[Thousand Crows Singing at The Moon]. Alternatively, he could save them to advance Transverse Martial Arts like Amitabha Gold Coat, or his third core class, [Unconquerable Instinct].

Lu Yuan had already tested it. Upgrading a Super Kill skill by one level required two skill points. This was one reason he had hesitated until now, unsure how to best use these few skill points.

After a quick shower, he wiped himself off with a towel while sending a message to the villa's property management, asking them to send someone to repair the fountain by the entrance.

He walked into the living room and casually sat down on the sofa. Lu Yuan picked up two notebooks and began to flip through them. One was Lin Zhiquin's compilation of his martial arts insights. The other was the diary of Xiang Lei from the Hundred Refinements Sect.

Yes, Lu Yuan had taken out Xiang Lei's diary again. The reason was that he had recently perused a large number of top-tier legacy cultivation methods. Having seen six or seven True Skill Contemplation Visualization Maps alone, Lu Yuan's martial arts foundation and insight had grown imperceptibly. Looking back at it now, he discovered a "new continent" in Xiang Lei's diary!

It came from that ghastly drawing of the True Skill Contemplation Visualization Map for the 'Ten Thousand Refining Breaking Domain Skill'! On the white paper, someone had haphazardly scrawled countless circles with a black pen. At first glance, it looked like a child's mindless doodle. In fact, even upon closer inspection, it still resembled one.

From Xiang Lei's diary, it was clear that the man was arrogant, paid little attention to detail, and loved to boast. So, Lu Yuan had previously dismissed this True Skill Contemplation Visualization Map, treating it as a joke.

However, now, after careful examination, he sensed something different from it.

Lu Yuan reclined on the sofa, squinting attentively at the childlike doodle in his hand. As he continued to look, the black lines on the paper seemed to blur and merge. In the end, they transformed into a colossal black vortex, like a black hole, brimming with the power to devour and destroy everything...

BOOM!

Lu Yuan, who was lying still, suddenly threw a punch. His fist created a small, invisible distortion in mid-air. A visible white shockwave rapidly expanded, causing the glass windows throughout the living room to hum and vibrate.

No, it's still missing something crucial... Lu Yuan slowly withdrew his fist, his brow furrowed in a slight frown. He felt he had grasped some True Intention from Xiang Lei's True Skill Contemplation Visualization Map, but for some reason, he couldn't fully execute it. Something was missing, but I don't know what.

WHOOSH—

Lu Yuan exhaled, casually set the notebook aside, and planned to return to the training capsule to continue cultivating.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP—

At this moment, a message notification arrived from the Gold Bear backend. Lu Yuan casually clicked it open, his expression instantly shifting. The information on Lin Zhiquin's movements and close contacts in Sum Nation, which he had paid one thousand Merit points for Yellow Bear to investigate internally, had now been compiled.

Lu Yuan immediately opened it to take a look.

The information was extremely detailed. From the very first day Lin Zhiquin entered Sum Nation, every place he visited, every person he met, and all related information about these contacts were meticulously recorded.

Sum State Saintly Medical Health Center... I think I saw that hospital on my way back...

Doctors... nurses... Lin Zhiquin had actually been fined and warned three times for smoking in public...

He booked a hotel room but sat in a hospital corridor for over half a month? Sigh...

Lu Yuan read through each piece of information. The image of Lin Zhiquin, alone with his critically ill daughter in Sum Nation, drifting helplessly like a rootless duckweed, gradually formed in his mind.

The notebook he gave me was probably written while he was seeking medical treatment in Sum Nation... Lu Yuan thought silently.

At this moment, he noticed a video in the file that was highlighted as important. His eyes flickered, and he quickly clicked it open.

The footage was very blurry, barely recognizable as a hospital corridor. In the video, Lin Zhiquin seemed to be talking to someone.

But... the person he was speaking with was just a patch of blurry darkness! It was as if the individual who should have been there... had been forcibly erased from the video!

Cannot be captured! Two sharp glints flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes. An Evil Energy Field!

Only powerful adherents of the Evil God Sect who wielded Evil God Power would possess such an Evil Energy Field capable of disrupting electronic devices. In other words, Lin Zhiquin had encountered a man in Sum Nation who wielded Evil God Power.

This man had clearly shocked and terrified Lin Zhiquin. For some related reason, as soon as Lin Zhiquin learned that Lu Yuan was to participate in the Southern Martial Arts City League the following month, he had immediately tried to stop him.

Combining this with Lin Zhiquin's relatively uncomplicated social network and everything Lu Yuan had learned before, a candidate quickly sprang to Lu Yuan's mind.

Then, he quickly found Yellow Bear's inferred identity of the target at the bottom of the video data:

Pei Ye!

The legendary Ba, who had defected from the Heaven Water Crane Sect fifteen years ago.

There was also a line of small text: Suspected to be the current Evil Emperor of the Evil Martial Association—'Night Emperor'!

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