NOVEL NEXT Chapter 27
Level Up!
“Let’s focus on your breathing technique…
“When you cultivate, first let your vitality circulate your body, then use the breathing technique of the Mountain Splitting Cannon. Only then can you fully display the power of this technique.
“This is the complete range of attack. Without the help of the vitality circulation and the breathing technique, the attack will only keep its shape and have no substance! Understood?”
“Yes!”
Chu Lingjun nodded. The principles of these techniques and moves had been taught in class, so it was not that hard to capture the essence of the move.
Under his father’s guidance, Chu Lingjun mobilized his vitality and began to circulate it around his body. Then, he began to practice the breathing technique.
Chu Lingjun realized that he had understood it quite easily.
Recently, although Chu Lingjun had been focusing on visualization, he had never stopped practicing after school.
A week ago, his proficiency was only eight points. However, under the circumstances where he practiced diligently, his proficiency for Cannon Fist had already increased to 45 points!
This was also the benefit of the proficiency panel. As long as he persisted in cultivating every day, his mastery of the technique would increase.
Other people might want to learn new things every day, but as long as Chu Lingjun maintained his discipline, the knowledge and comprehension of martial arts would be firmly engraved in his mind.
As his thoughts flashed through his mind, Chu Lingjun immediately combined what he learned into practice.
A wondrous charm was born from Chu Lingjun.
In this wonderful state, Chu Lingjun mobilized a surge of vitality. It flowed along his waist, then through his back, and finally into his right fist.
Every time the vitality passed through an acupoint and a meridian, it would gather an additional stream of vitality.
Finally, when all the qi was gathered on Chu Lingjun’s right fist, a force flashed out!
Chu Lingjun’s aura immediately changed. It turned from amiable and peaceful to fierce and domineering, as if a God had descended upon the world!
The air exploded. Chu Lingjun’s right fist carried an indomitable force as it smashed into the metal boulder in front of him!
The boulder shook, and a large dent was made on the spot where it was hit!
The sound of metal colliding was deafening!
This Mountain Splitting Cannon was quite powerful!
“Was that good?”
Chu Lingjun looked at the metal boulder in front of him, then at his own fist, and turned to look at Chu Xingguo.
“Dad?”
Chu Lingjun called out twice, only to find that Chu Xingguo stood next to him in a daze with his mouth slightly open.
“T-that’s right, you’ve got the basics on lockdown!” Chu Xingguo finally reacted and coughed lightly.
“You did well. Back then, I spent an hour getting started, but you did it in about half an hour. Not bad. You really are my son, haha!”
Chu Xingguo was laughing, but a huge wave was set off in his heart!
Back then, in order to practice this move, he trained like crazy for a full week!
It had only been half an hour, and Chu Lingjun had already reached the threshold!
How could he not have noticed his son’s full potential?
“Really?” Chu Lingjun looked at Chu Xingguo suspiciously. His expression seemed a little off.
“That’s right, not bad kid. You must have been practicing!”
“Alright.”
Next, Chu Xingguo taught him the Chain Cannon and Flying Cloud Cannon.
The Mountain Splitting Cannon focused on splitting the mountain with one punch and subduing the enemy with one force.
The Chain Cannon, on the other hand, focused on punching out quickly and sniping multiple targets in a short period of time.
The Mountain Splitting Cannon focused on strength, while Chain Cannon focused on speed.
The third move, Flying Cloud Cannon, was more special because it also required footwork.
He needed the person who threw the punch to accumulate strength for a period of time. Then, he would use that strength to do a flying kick!
This was a ruthless killing move that vowed the attacker to die together with the enemy!
“Remember, you have to be careful with the Flying Cloud Cannon!”
Chu Xingguo emphasized to Chu Lingjun with a solemn expression, “The Flying Cloud Cannon requires the user to mobilize the strength and essence of the entire body. Its power is extremely powerful!
“The moment you use it, you will definitely be exhausted after this punch! You can only use this punch as your trump card or when there are teammates beside you. Otherwise, once you use it, you will no longer have any power to counter the enemy!”
“Understood!” Chu Lingjun replied seriously.
…
Time passed slowly.
Chu Xingguo took four days off every month to come home to his family. During these four days, Chu Xingguo would come home with unprecedented passion and devoted himself to teaching Chu Lingjun all that he knew.
Chu Lingjun’s comprehension and proficiency in these three moves had also increased rapidly.
Because of the Cannon Fist, Chu Lingjun had consumed a lot of physical strength and essence every day. Now that he had an increased appetite, he had to eat nearly four to five kilograms of exotic beast meat every day.
More food increased Chu Lingjun’s vitality from 1 point to 1.5 points every day!
Chu Lingjun was pleasantly surprised!
Cultivation plus nourishment was indeed one of the fastest ways to increase one’s strength.
Of course, four to five kilograms of exotic beast meat a day was a huge burden to his wallet!
The market price of Level One exotic beast meat was 500 dollars per catty. This meant he was spending about 2,000 dollars a day!
This was not something an ordinary family could imagine and bear!
However, this was not a problem for Chu Lingjun. With the electric eel clone, he could eat as much exotic beast meat as he wanted every day without having to spend a single penny more.
Therefore, ten days later, when Chu Lingjun’s vitality reached 33 points, he felt as if an invisible, tough membrane had appeared in his bloodline.
This thin membrane restricted the flow of vitality, making it difficult for vitality to circulate freely.
This meant that as long as he could break through this thin layer, he would be able to successfully advance to a Middle Stage Rank One martial artist!
“I’ve encountered a bottleneck.”
Chu Lingjun frowned slightly. According to the textbook, martial artists need to break through whenever they reach a bottleneck.”
There were two ways to break through. One was to constantly mobilize the blood essence in his body to attack the membrane.
The other method was to consume heavenly treasures and use external forces to break through.
Chu Lingjun’s father, Chu Xingguo, was a Late Stage Rank One martial artist. He had been stuck in this realm for a long time.
He would be a Rank Two martial artist if he was strong enough to break through.
If he did not break it, he would forever be Rank One!
The disparity in strength between the two was huge!
Chu Lingjun’s martial artist cultivation had reached a bottleneck. On the other hand, the electric eel lying in the cave had finally accumulated 1,000 experience points after 10 days of hunting!
After the electric eel swallowed the last mutated fish, the experience points finally exceeded 1,000!
A mighty warm current flowed out of the electric eel’s body, and then quickly transformed and strengthened the electric eel’s body!
The electric eel’s body expanded from one meter long to nearly two meters long!
The scales on its body were also harder and thicker, and the fangs in its mouth were sharper and shinier. A powerful pressure spread out from the electric eel’s body!
As the electric eel advanced, a powerful vitality returned to Chu Lingjun’s body.
Suddenly, just as Chu Lingjun was thinking about how to break through, a surge of vitality came from the electric eel clone!
Under the impact of this essence, the barrier in Chu Lingjun’s bloodline instantly burst and collapsed!
The blood essence that was restrained immediately boiled and circulated excitedly, whistling and flying past his blood vessels!
A tremendous amount of energy was generated in Chu Lingjun’s body, rapidly nourishing his muscles, blood vessels, bones, and other tissues. This new burst of energy made him feel tougher and stronger!
The electric eel’s clone had successfully advanced to a Middle Stage Level One exotic beast!
Chu Lingjun had also successfully advanced to a Middle Stage Rank One martial artist!
His main body and clone both advanced!
After successfully advancing, Chu Lingjun was still in a daze as he looked at his information panel. He had broken through before he could even react!
His method of breaking through was actually so simple!
[Name: Chu Lingjun]
[Vitality: 33]
[Spirit: 67]
[Talent: Soul Clone (Electric Eel)]
[Cultivation technique: Cannon Fist (7/1,000/Intermediate), Fifth National Military Boxing (13/1,000/Intermediate), Twelve Floors Visualization Method (99/100/Beginner)]
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[Name: Electric Eel]
[Level: Middle Stage Level One]
[Experience: 0/3,000]
[Talent: Lightning Control]
[Skills: First-grade Discharge (532/1,000), First-grade Electric Field (459/1,000)]
With the successful advancement of the electric eel clone, Chu Lingjun’s spiritual power also increased to 67 points!
In other words, Chu Lingjun’s superpower had also advanced to Middle Stage Rank One!
This was killing three birds with one stone!
Not only did Chu Lingjun advance as a martial artist, but his superpower had also advanced!
As the electric eel leveled up, the experience points were cleared again, and a total of 3,000 points were needed for the next upgrade.