pertwk Chapter 20 Physical Limit
Chapter 20 Physical Limit
Today, Chen Zheng plans to improve his Wild Bull Body Refining Fist first, wanting to see where his talent ceiling is.
Compared to yesterday's simple inscription of runes already mastered, today's process of verifying, learning, and plundering takes several times longer than yesterday.
To reduce the soul power consumption when plundering all spirits, Chen Zheng only activates it when inscribing runes.
Submitting verification and crushing/re-extruding the inscribed stone slab will both shut down the process.
"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Enlightenment towards lightning +1, Affinity with heaven and earth +1".
"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, my cultivation has improved, and my level of the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist has increased from 48% to 50% in the third stage."
"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, gain +1 to electrical perception and +1 to affinity with heaven and earth."
"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, my cultivation has improved; the third stage of the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist has reached 54%..."
Each rune corresponds to a different power and contains varying amounts of spiritual energy, ranging from a few that can increase progress by 2 points to a maximum of 4 points.
Time flew by while we were studying, and soon it was four o'clock in the afternoon.
At this point, many students stopped engraving runes. Some devices projected three-dimensional energy loops, while others expanded the width of the stone slabs to fifty centimeters, engraving energy loops.
Even Bai Su's seat rose up, and a complex structural diagram involving dozens of runes was projected onto the device screen.
Learning runes is tedious and boring, so the school doesn't force students to practice anything in the practical classes.
When you're tired, you can study energy circuits, review rune patterns, or research the energy flow of ley lines in mountains and rivers.
In the past, Jiang Mo would take a break at this time to clear his head and study the rune energy circuit or just daydream.
But he didn't stop today, because Chen Zheng next door was still engraving runes with complete concentration, his efficiency was frightening, and the notification sound of submission verification kept coming.
"Damn it, I don't believe it." Jiang Mo suppressed the frustration from his brain working for so long and continued to swing his knife.
Previously, Chen Zheng ranked first in his class in theoretical classes, but his practical skills were only average to above average, somewhat worse than Jiang Mo's. But now...
At 5 p.m., Chen Zheng completed another tadpole-shaped rune and plundered its spiritual essence.
boom!
His consciousness roared, and his understanding of heaven and earth surged into his mind. At the same time, the blood and qi in Chen Zheng's body vibrated, washing over his entire body and constantly tempering his nine key muscle groups.
"The energy of heaven and earth infuses my body, my cultivation level increases, and the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist reaches level 97 for the third stage → level 0% for the fourth stage."
"Your base punching power +93 kg"
The Wild Bull Body Tempering Fist primarily tempers muscles, and each rotation increases power more than the tendon and skin tempering. This afternoon, it broke through to the fourth rotation in one go, directly increasing punching power by nearly 100 kilograms.
"I've reached the fourth job advancement." A faint smile appeared on Chen Zheng's face.
continue!
Submitted, verified, academic progress +1. As the inscribed stone slab shattered and was re-compressed, Chen Zheng, who had activated the Plunder of All Spirits, quickly completed another rune inscription.
Skillfully plundering the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Chen Zheng saw endless seawater roaring and unleashing a tsunami hundreds of meters high to shatter everything in its path amidst the roar of his consciousness.
In his state of enlightenment, the energy of heaven and earth automatically converged and surged into Chen Zheng's body, continuously transforming into qi and blood, and tempering his entire body along the path of the body-refining fist technique.
This time, however, Chen Zheng clearly felt the strain; with each surge of blood and qi, his muscle strength improved only slightly.
It's like we've reached our limit!
"As expected, my martial arts potential is limited. Under normal circumstances, I can only cultivate the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist to the fourth level. No, I can't even reach the fourth level."
Chen Zheng was mentally prepared for this outcome.
The reason he was able to advance the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist to the fourth level today is related to the fact that he plundered extraordinary ores in the past two days, which increased his physical constitution limit by 13 points.
Otherwise, you'll achieve half the result with twice the effort.
"Plundered a trace of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, Enlightenment towards water +1, Affinity with heaven and earth +1".
"Having received the energy of heaven and earth, my cultivation has improved; the level of the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist has increased from 0% to 1% at the fourth stage."
Even if you reach the limit of basic boxing techniques, you can still practice them, but the effect is too poor. This wisp of spiritual energy could have increased your progress by 3 to 4 points, but now it only increases it by 1 point.
At this moment, a strong sense of exhaustion came from the depths of Chen Zheng's soul, and his face turned slightly pale.
Chen Zheng quickly exited the Myriad Spirits Plunder state. Today, he was not only testing the upper limit of his talent, but also the upper limit of the duration of the Myriad Spirits Plunder state.
From 2 PM to 5 PM, I spent the rest of the three hours submitting data and restarting the Inscription Slab, activating talents.
The total time it's been running is approximately two hours.
"Two hours, not bad." Chen Zheng nodded. Usually, the process of plundering spiritual herbs and mineral essence is very short, but when learning runes, it takes a long time to activate the system.
Chen Zheng put down his carving knife and noticed that Jiang Mo was acting strangely.
"Jiang Mo, what's going on with you?"
"No, it's nothing, I just feel a little dizzy." Jiang Mo said, his face pale, as if he had low blood sugar, holding onto the equipment to avoid falling.
"Are you sure there's no problem?" Chen Zheng stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder. At this moment, Li Tang also noticed that Jiang Mo was acting strangely.
"It's nothing, I just pushed myself to the limit and overworked my brain a bit. I'll be fine after a rest," Jiang Mo said, waving his hand.
"Pushing the limits?" Li Tang understood Jiang Mo instantly, but after thinking for a moment, she didn't say anything.
The afternoon study session ended at 5:30.
As Chen Zheng and the others left the classroom one after another, Song Hui, the homeroom teacher of Class 9, was staring blankly at the screen in the academic affairs office.
Each device in the control room is connected to the academic affairs system, and data on students' success rate and the number of times they master inscription are recorded.
As a homeroom teacher, Song Hui is very familiar with the growth trajectory of all students.
It's crystal clear who has the best talent, who has a deeper understanding of rune structures, and who is stuck at the bottleneck of multiple energy loops.
However, in the newly updated daily rune learning progress, the first place is no longer Bai Su, but Chen Zheng, who has mastered 26 new runes today.
The engraving success rate is 100%.
The success rate on the first attempt is 15%, and on average, it takes seven attempts to master a basic rune.
The second place goes to Bai Su, who has gained 14 new runes.
The engraving success rate is 71%.
The success rate on the first attempt is 6%, and on average, it takes 17 attempts to successfully master a basic rune.
Jiang Mo, who had long been ranked tenth in Japan, has now jumped to third place.
Eleven new runes have been acquired.
The engraving success rate is 59%.
The success rate on the first attempt is 4%, and it takes an average of 25 attempts to successfully master a basic rune.
The average daily number of runes in Class 9 is 5, and it takes most students more than three months to fully master 500 basic runes.
"What's going on?"
Song Hui put down his teacup, leaned forward, and opened the video recording in the background of the device, which showed the entire process of Chen Zheng inscribing a rune.
Every cut was precise, with both successes and failures.
But if he fails, he immediately smashes the stone slab and starts over. The second time he makes the same cut, he doesn't make the same mistake again. His efficiency is even higher than some teachers.
"Was it because of yesterday's epiphany?" Song Hui took a sip of tea, lost in thought.
Song Hui had a deep impression of Chen Zheng, after all, he was first in the class in theoretical courses, but he remembered that Chen Zheng's performance in rune practice was only above average.
Neither outstanding nor exceptional.
But judging from his video today, his mastery of rune inscription is almost among the best in his grade.
"Such a significant improvement from just one enlightenment; it seems this student has great potential in runes, which just hadn't been revealed in the past."
"I just don't know how much he has improved in other aspects besides the inscription of runes."
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In the cafeteria, Chen Zheng, Jiang Mo, Li Tang, and Bai Su got their food and sat down at a table.
As soon as he sat down, Jiang Mo couldn't help but complain, "You're so freakish, you actually mastered more than twenty runes today."
"I was a little surprised because I was in really good shape today," Chen Zheng chuckled.
"You call this an accident?" Jiang Mo's eyes widened. "Yesterday you had an epiphany and advanced two levels, and today you've completed almost a week's worth of other people's studies in just one day."
"At your current learning speed, won't you master two thousand basic runes this semester, breaking the school's record?"
Don't be so alarmed.
Li Tang nudged Jiang Mo with her arm: "Chen Zheng's theoretical grades were always good. He was just a little weak in practical skills before. It's normal that he improved so much after yesterday's epiphany."
"Oh, not at all, yesterday was all luck," Chen Zheng quickly said modestly.
Li Tang disagreed: "While enlightenment depends on luck, luck is often a form of strength, just like those strong individuals who rose to power during chaotic times."
"Without strength, even encountering an opportunity is useless."
"really."
Bai Su nodded in agreement and looked at Chen Zheng: "I observed you carefully when you were inscribing the runes today. You hardly hesitated when you put the carving knife to the strokes."
"This isn't muscle memory, because you've never inscribed those runes before."
"But the look in your eyes when you looked at the inscribed stone tablet was full of confidence. No matter how complex the inscribed runes were or how precise the energy circulation requirements were, it was perfect."
"So it's not luck, but yesterday's epiphany gave you a deeper understanding of the essence of runes, allowing you to fully utilize your past accumulation."
Chen Zheng paused, his hand holding the food in his chopsticks froze. He hadn't expected Bai Su to observe him so closely today.
Just as Chen Zheng was about to say something, his personal terminal vibrated, notifying him that he had received a transfer.
"...110,000?"