Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Kung Fu_1
Xu Junyuan closed his eyes tightly. This was the only thing he could do against Wang Zhan’s fist.
The killing intent radiating from Wang Zhan made Xu Junyuan feel that he was even more ruthless than the beasts in the wilderness area.
He was scared. Facing Wang Zhan, he finally felt fear.
However, it was too late. He had no ti or space to evade or react.
After a long while, Xu Junyuan didn’t feel the fist that should have landed on him. With a bit of confusion, he slowly opened his eyes and saw Wang Zhan’s fist had stopped in front of his throat, less than three centiters away.
Xu Junyuan knew very well that if this punch landed, he would undoubtedly die.
He was also very fortunate. Fortunate that this was just a contest of pride, a friendly sparring match, and not a fight to the death.
"If it weren’t for what you said earlier, I would definitely have made you suffer," Wang Zhan said expressionlessly as he retracted his fist.
Xu Junyuan stared at Wang Zhan blankly, at a loss for words for a mont.
It wasn’t until Wang Zhan turned to leave that he finally ca back to his senses.
"I... concede."
Although the result of the fight was clear to everyone, Xu Junyuan still said these words, admitting that he was inferior to Wang Zhan.
"Heh, at least you have so backbone." Wang Zhan walked away without looking back, waving his hand dismissively.
On the high platform, Liu Zhenfeng looked shocked.
"To have such control over the Military Way Killing Fist after only a month?! Duan Kun, is this your excellent teaching, or is this kid extraordinarily talented?" Liu Zhenfeng asked in surprise, turning to Duan Kun.
"Of course, it’s my excellent teaching," Duan Kun proudly claid.
"Bullshit! Your favored student, Zhou Bingquan, barely managed to grasp the Killing Fist after half a year of study and took a whole year just to integrate it. Is that also your excellent teaching?" another ntor imdiately challenged.
Seeing that Duan Kun was about to argue again, Liu Zhenfeng ignored him and kept his gaze fixed on Wang Zhan, who was walking away.
"This kid is the future of our Military Martial Arts Academy," he said quietly.
Wang Zhan was unaware that his performance had shocked the academy’s high-level figures.
He had returned to his single dorm room and was taking stock of his gains.
Host: Wang Zhan
Strength: 324
Agility: 306
Physique: 318
Charm: 30
Wisdom: 16
All three main attributes have increased by about forty or fifty points each. It seems that sparring with soone still provides the fastest increase, Wang Zhan thought, pleased.
During the Martial Artist Stage, each level up increases the upper limit of the three main attributes.
According to the System, physical attributes actually reach their limit during the Martial Student stage.
Enhancing the three main physical attributes during the Martial Artist Stage is actually a benefit derived from breakthroughs in Essence Energy.
Therefore, every breakthrough in Martial Artist level brings an increase to the attribute upper limit.
Each breakthrough increases the attribute upper limit by 100 points. So, theoretically, Wang Zhan’s extre attributes as a Level 2 Martial Artist should be 450 points.
But because he had an extra 50 attribute points from breaking the limit during the Martial Student stage, after breaking through to Martial Artist, each level’s attribute upper limit would also be 50 points higher.
This was the benefit of breaking the limit. The seemingly insignificant 50 attribute points from the Martial Student stage were beginning to be magnified in the Martial Artist Stage.
My extre attributes should be 550 points. It seems I need to go through a few more battles, Wang Zhan pondered. But after fighting Xu Junyuan today, I doubt many freshn or sophomores will want to fight .
Just as Wang Zhan was wondering where to find so trouble, there was a knock at his dormitory door.
Opening the door, Wang Zhan looked at the person outside with so confusion.
This was a powerfully built, robust man, who looked to be at least a junior or senior year student.
"Junior Brother, nice to et you."
Junior Brother? Wang Zhan was a bit puzzled. Shouldn’t he have called
an underclassman? he wondered.
"Allow
to introduce myself. I’m Zhou Bingquan. Like you, I’m a student of Teacher Duan Kun," the robust man said with an honest smile.
Wang Zhan suddenly understood. He had heard Duan Kun ntion Zhou Bingquan; this seemingly honest man was among the top tier of students in the Military Martial Arts Academy.
It was said that though he had just started his junior year, he had already caught the attention of several armies.
"Senior Brother Zhou, what can I do for you?"
Zhou Bingquan took out a watch and a card from his pocket and handed them to Wang Zhan, saying, "This is your personal terminal and Academic Credits Card. Teacher asked
to bring them to you."
"Huh?" Wang Zhan took the watch and card with so confusion.
Zhou Bingquan looked surprised. "Don’t you know, Junior Brother? Teacher should have ntioned it on the first day of school. Cash doesn’t circulate in the Military Martial Arts Academy. All resources need to be exchanged with academic credits, and the personal terminal can connect to the school intranet."
Is that so? Wang Zhan awkwardly scratched his head; he couldn’t very well say he was late and missed two classes on the first day of school.
After all, on the night before school started, he had broken through to the Martial Artist Stage. Duan Kun had then subjected him to demonic training all night, so it was already impressive that he had managed to get up the next day.
"Regarding the Academic Credits Card, you can learn more about it through the personal terminal on the school’s intranet," Zhou Bingquan said. "Also, this card already has ten thousand academic credits pre-loaded; this is a special privilege from the school."
After explaining everything, Zhou Bingquan and Wang Zhan exchanged contact information, and then Zhou Bingquan left.
Wang Zhan returned to his dormitory and put on the watch with so curiosity.
After pressing the power button, a light screen appeared before him.
’Authenticating... Authentication successful.’
’Welco, Student Wang Zhan.’
The text on the light screen flashed and then quickly transford into a page with many options.
Wang Zhan quickly familiarized himself with the personal terminal.
Besides connecting to the school intranet, this device also had many other functions, such as real-ti communication and satellite positioning.
Quite evidently, the primary purpose of the personal terminal was for exploration and combat in the wilderness area.
After understanding the personal terminal’s functions, Wang Zhan accessed the school’s intranet and quickly found the section for exchanging academic credits.
"Elixirs, cultivation thods, martial arts, and weapons—even exchangeable Grandmaster lessons? Interesting."
Wang Zhan browsed the cultivation thods section and found that most of them could be exchanged for only a few hundred, or at most a thousand, academic credits.
Seems like ten thousand academic credits is quite a lot, Wang Zhan thought.
He was in need of a cultivation thod suitable for the Martial Artist Stage, but after searching for a long ti, he didn’t find anything satisfactory.
Most of the cultivation thods were too ordinary, rely speeding up the condensation rate of Essence Energy, and their effects didn’t seem particularly outstanding.
Soon, Wang Zhan turned to the last page of cultivation thods. All thods on this page required ten thousand academic credits for exchange.
Seeing this very coincidental price, Wang Zhan guessed that the ten thousand academic credits the school had given him were probably intended for him to choose a cultivation thod.
Compared to the previous ones, the cultivation thods on the last page were significantly more effective. Their descriptions often used phrases like ’multiply cultivation speed’ and ’significantly increase strength.’
Just as Wang Zhan was struggling to decide which one to choose, the image on the light screen in front of him suddenly changed.
Hmm? A call request from Teacher? Wang Zhan accepted the call.
"Wang Zhan, have you received the Academic Credits Card? The ten thousand credits on it are a loan from the school for you to exchange for a cultivation thod," Duan Kun’s voice ca through the terminal.
"Loaned to ?"
"Of course. The school treats all students equally. It’s loaned to you in advance simply to prevent your cultivation from being delayed due to a lack of a cultivation thod."
Before Wang Zhan could ask further, Duan Kun continued, "Let’s not talk about that for now. There is a cultivation thod called the ’Essence Concentrating Skill’ that is very suitable for you. Go and exchange it with your Academic Credits Card, then co to my office."
After ending the call, Wang Zhan, filled with curiosity, quickly found the introduction to the ’Essence Concentrating Skill.’
’This cultivation thod requires extrely high physical limits. Please choose with caution!’
The introduction began with a warning, followed by detailed information about the cultivation thod.
After reading through it, Wang Zhan was already eager to try it.
This Essence Concentrating Skill is so peculiar. Other cultivation thods start by cultivating Essence Energy, but this one requires physical strength instead. The stronger the physique, the faster Essence Energy cultivation becos.
Body refining is never simple. If one’s physique isn’t strong enough, the Essence Concentrating Skill might not be any more effective than ordinary cultivation thods that cost only a few hundred academic credits.
However, Wang Zhan’s physique was exceptionally strong. Moreover, each ti he broke through a realm, his body quickly reached its limit.
This Essence Concentrating Skill was practically tailor-made for him!
Wang Zhan quickly found the Academic Credits Exchange Office of the Military Martial Arts Academy. After swiping his card, he successfully obtained the cultivation thod for the Essence Concentrating Skill.
Just like the Body Refining Technique he received before, this Essence Concentrating Skill was also recorded on paper, bound into a book.
It’s strange. Since these are all recorded with images and text, why not send them directly to the terminal? Wang Zhan muttered in confusion.
After obtaining the cultivation thod, Wang Zhan didn’t hurriedly read through it but first went to find Duan Kun.
Duan Kun had been waiting in his office for so ti.
"Wang Zhan, do you want to go to the wilderness area?" Duan Kun asked directly.
"Of course, I dream about it!" Wang Zhan nodded repeatedly.
He had heard countless people ntion the wilderness area, and according to his mother, his father, Wang Yidao, had also gone missing in the wilderness area.
Wang Zhan had long been eager to see and experience the wilderness for himself.
Duan Kun said, "Generally, freshn don’t need to train in the wilderness area during their first sester. But you’re different. You’ve already broken through to Level 2 Martial Artist. No amount of theoretical knowledge can compare to actual combat experience."
Seeing Wang Zhan’s expectant face, Duan Kun’s tone beca serious. "Don’t treat the wilderness area like child’s play; it’s not so place to look forward to! If possible, no one would willingly send you all there! Every year, at least twenty percent of the new students from the Military Martial Arts Academy die in the wilderness area! The number of injured and maid is even higher!"
"However, if you don’t truly face beasts, you will never grow. Therefore, so sacrifices, though regrettable, are necessary."
"Teacher, I understand all of this," Wang Zhan said with a serious expression. "My father went missing in the wilderness area. I would never underestimate its dangers."
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