Cultivating through increasing my stats in America Chapter 155 - 138: Successive Breakthroughs in Various Skill

"Why did the phone call take so long today?"

"Uh... I was just doing... exercise, didn’t see it until now."

"How co you’ve started exercising too, had a change of heart? Last ti I asked you to do yoga with , you wouldn’t listen."

"Well... maybe... um... exercise can make people happy."

"Judging by your voice, you’re pretty tired, you’re even out of breath talking."

"Yes... ah, I’m still doing it right now."

"Huh? Wait a second, why does that sound so weird?"

"Ah... I can’t talk right now, I’m cooking corn porridge, my corn porridge... is about to boil over, I’ve got to hang up, I’ll call you later~"

Seeing that Sheila was about to get suspicious, Sofia hurriedly hung up the phone, pouting her lips and glaring resentfully at Li Ang behind her.

Li Ang couldn’t help it; the buffs were simply too overpowering. Who could withstand that?

During the rest period between tasks, Li Ang had also found out that Sheila was currently troubled by her father’s election campaign, so she would call Sofia from ti to ti to vent.

But these were issues that Li Ang had never really heard Sheila ntion in front of him.

Although he had always speculated about Sheila’s family background, it wasn’t until today through Sofia that he finally got a clear picture.

Elections are tricky things; they’re difficult if you say they’re difficult, but simple if you say they’re simple.

All they require is fa and funds.

Although most of the ti, people earn money through fa, if the money is right, it can also buy you fa.

Including power, such things, once they reach a certain level, can be converted into one another.

Although Sheila had used her social connections to help him several tis.

But with the difficulties that Sheila currently faced, even if Li Ang wanted to help, he lacked the capability for now, hence he could only pretend to be unaware.

These matters did put so pressure on Li Ang, making him evaluate his current position seriously.

Even though he was considered a person of influence at school and had a certain level of fa in the town, with hundreds of thousands of US dollars in his possession and nearly a hundred thousand followers online,

these achievents were all relative. They might look good compared to those around him, but once in a bigger city or a higher class, his current successes didn’t seem that impressive.

The next day, Li Ang once again beca a behind-the-scenes hero, letting the "cold-hearted Sofia" take another day off, marking the last contribution he would make to the school before leaving.

After returning ho, Li Ang devoted all his energy to improving himself.

There was about a week left until the ultimate championship of the slapping contest.

Although it was a niche competition, it was the highest-profile one within that niche.

Since there were no weight restrictions this ti, it’s fair to say that the champion of this contest would be the strongest in the world of slapping contests.

Li Ang was participating in such a top-level contest for the first ti, so achieving a satisfying result was crucial for him.

"Thud!"

Li Ang flicked a flying needle, hitting the center of a wooden board hanging on a tree and swaying in the wind.

"Thud!"

Another flying needle shot out. On the wooden board, one could still only see one needle embedded, with the sa depth as the first, as if the second needle Li Ang had flicked had disappeared.

When the next flying needle shot out, another needle suddenly dropped from behind the board, aning that Li Ang had hit the exact sa spot with three consecutive needles.

And the difficulty level this ti was incomparable to the last ti in the school leaders’ office. First, the distance was much greater, with Li Ang standing over ten ters away from the target.

Secondly, the last target was fixed, whereas this ti it was a moving target swinging in the air.

"The Master Level [Hidden Weapons Throwing], accuracy has again climbed a notch, and it seems the control over strength has also increased."

Li Ang was silently reflecting in his heart.

The three flying needles had just pierced through the wood board, a result of his deliberate control, for with his current Strength and explosive power, a single flying needle would be enough to penetrate this nearly 5-centiter-thick wooden plank.

This Skill’s Trait, a 20% enhancent in upper limb strength, perfectly t Li Ang’s current greatest need, which was why he was focusing on training it.

Moreover, after advancing [Hidden Weapons Throwing] to Master Level, another new Trait was added.

[Hidden Weapons Throwing] 9/1000 (Master)

(Trait: Upper limb strength enhanced by 40%)

(Trait: Vision improved by 10%)

Although it was just a 10% improvent in vision, this Trait actually included the dynamic vision improvent found in [Vehicle Driving], thus both his static and dynamic vision received a considerable boost.

Originally having ordinary human vision, he used to have so trouble seeing the center of a target more than ten ters away clearly. Now, this problem was just resolved.

It was also true that no matter how advanced your mastery of hidden weapons, if you couldn’t see the target clearly, how could you hit it?

After advancing this Skill to Master Level, it would be difficult to make much improvent in the short term, at least before the competition.

Li Ang then turned his attention to another key Skill for his participation in the slap contest.

[Twelve-Route Tan Leg] 379/400 (Mastery)

(Trait: Body explosive power increased by 20%)

Enhancing his own body’s explosive power also ant enhancing his instantaneous Strength.

Even though Li Ang was now quite confident in his current Strength, the opponents he would face were still terrifying.

Picking anyone at random, they could potentially weigh more than twice his, not to ntion there might be contestants weighing three tis as much as Li Ang.

With such a huge advantage in size, whether in terms of Strength or the ability to take hits, they couldn’t be considered in the sa category as a normal person. Moreover, with their specialized training, they would only be stronger.

Under his powerful [Spirit] and his profound martial arts foundation, Li Ang was able to advance this Skill to Master Level in less than half a day.

[Twelve-Route Tan Leg] 2/1000 (Master)

(Trait: Body explosive power increased by 40%)

(Trait: Lower limb strength increased by 10%)

The increase in body explosive power was within Li Ang’s expectations, but this newly erged Trait was a pleasant surprise.

The increase in lower limb strength ant that his muscles, bones, joints, ligants, and other parts were all strengthened.

Movents like sudden changes in direction, or sudden acceleration and jumps, put significant stress on the various parts of the legs, and without care, it’s easy to sustain injuries.

This enhancent implied that he could exert his Strength more freely, decreasing the likelihood of sports injuries, even improving the impact resistance of his lower limbs—which was absolutely crucial.

After these two Skills broke through, the lethality of Li Ang’s slaps increased by nearly fifty percent. At least in terms of attacking power, he believed he would not be inferior to anyone.

In the following ti, Li Ang focused mainly on enhancing his ability to take hits.

It was unrealistic to always think about knocking others out with a single slap without being hit yourself, and even with good luck, there were tis when others would strike first.

At the mont, Li Ang’s main defense relied on [Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training], but ever since its breakthrough to Grandmaster Level, the difficulty of leveling up had also skyrocketed.

Since that ti, even though he had been seriously training every day, the progress was still slow.

It wasn’t until the boxing match with John that Li Ang felt the fast-paced improvent, which made him resolute in advancing this Skill once more before the competition, curious about the scenery above the Grandmaster Level.

However, just relying on the little more than an hour a day of helping John with his practice was still too inefficient. The most critical aspect was the new enlightennt that this thod of cultivation brought to Li Ang.