Chapter 112: Metamorphosis
Host: Lin Qi.
Age:
Manager permissions: level one.
Permission level: level two merit-based admission authority.
Martial arts level: beginner martial artist.
Strength: 8 kilograms. （ intermediate martial artist standard: 2000 kilograms ）
Speed: 5 meters per second. （ intermediate martial artist standard: 40 meters per second ）
Internal organs: internal refinement and strengthening completed 20%.
Secondary quenching of cells: current completion rate 0%.
Cultivation method: Startling Spirit Breathing Technique （ first level perfected realm ）
“Is this the effect of first level perfection?”
Lin Qi looked at the strength on the panel and was dazed for a moment.
Regarding martial artists, he had learned some things from Qin Mu. He knew that when a quasi-martial artist became a martial artist, all the cells of the body would undergo secondary quenching through the energy of energy ore. When the first round of secondary quenching was completed, the physical fitness would undergo a rapid increase.
This increase was roughly around 200 kilograms, and for those whose secondary quenching completion rate was higher, the increase would be greater.
Yet he had not learned the second level of the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique, meaning he had not even started the secondary quenching of his cells, and his physical fitness had already achieved a qualitative leap. It was simply unbelievable.
Not to mention the richness of his blood qi now was almost no weaker than what he had seen from Feng Ge Lin back then.
Next, Lin Qi casually swung a punch.
Boom!
A thunderous bang echoed through the entire cave, and a faint fist mark was directly left on the rock wall several meters away.
“Does even striking the air have such a strong effect now?” Lin Qi looked at the fist mark on the rock wall. It was just like the air-splitting palm strikes in wuxia novels, and this was only a casual punch from him, with no technique at all, purely the striking effect brought by speed and strength alone. “If I add my 10% strength buff, my punch should be close to 1500 kilograms now. With this speed, if I face an expert wearing an A6-grade battle armor, without using any martial skill, I could probably knock them down with ease.”
After testing his strength, Lin Qi then tried various martial skills in the cave.
Crushing Stone Fist!
Leopard Shadow Steps!
Lightning Palm!
Only after he had performed all of his fist and foot martial skills more than ten times did he stop, satisfied.
“Martial artists really are not something quasi-martial artists can compare to.” Lin Qi looked at the rock wall in front of him that had been blasted into several large holes and could not help but marvel at how powerful martial artists were. He even somewhat understood why the status of martial artists was completely different from that of quasi-martial artists. Even if one had just advanced to become a martial artist, their combat power was not something a quasi-martial artist could provoke.
Normally, when a quasi-martial artist broke through to become a martial artist, they would first raise their blood qi to the limit of their body, raising it until it could not be raised any higher. Only then would they cultivate the second level of a martial artist level cultivation method, using energy ore to complete the stimulation of their cells, and finally undergo metamorphosis into a martial artist.
However, the vast majority of quasi-martial artists often mistakenly believed their blood qi had reached its limit and then attempted to break through. As a result, their blood qi was insufficient, causing their cells to be unable to withstand the stimulation from energy ore, and they ended up losing their lives.
For proper newly advanced martial artists, their strength should generally be above 1200 kilograms. There should not exist martial artists whose strength was below 1200 kilograms.
A gap of two hundred kilograms in strength could be made up for by martial skills for quasi-martial artists, but when martial artists used martial artist-level martial skills and quasi-martial artists used martial artist-level martial skills, the effects were worlds apart, or rather, the attack range of the two was worlds apart.
Apprentice-level Crushing Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps were not much, but for the martial artist-level martial skill Lightning Palm, when used as a quasi-martial artist, one had to land it directly on the opponent’s body.
But after becoming a martial artist, when he used it, a single palm strike truly sent out a bolt of lightning. The rock wall five to six meters away was blasted open as if it had been directly struck by Lightning Palm.
This effect, where the attack power did not change but the attack distance greatly increased, meant that against an opponent with similar strength, it was like one person being barehanded while the other held a handgun. It would be nothing but one-sided slaughter.
Afterward, Lin Qi spent an entire night familiarizing himself with the way martial artists fought using weapons.
It was not until early the next morning that Lin Qi, still immersed in sword techniques and unable to extricate himself, finally stopped when Da Ye Ying Xiong, who was guarding the gate, sent a message via smart watch.
“So they have finally come.” Lin Qi frowned slightly as he looked at the text message sent by the player.
The message from Da Ye Ying Xiong was very short, just a few words.
Great Ape Gang attacking!
“It is time to let these players test their skills.” After replying with a received, Lin Qi cast a glance at the players cultivating in the small energy vein, and a sense of confidence rose in his heart.
The players at Crimson Moon Mountain, after a day and night of crazy improvement, now had overall strength that was no longer what it had been before.
At present, there were as many as 40 advanced apprentices alone, 15 limit apprentices, 5 quasi-martial artists, and the others were all intermediate apprentices.
This strength, on the surface, already surpassed long-established major gangs like the Green Sparrow Gang, and could even compete with those top thirty major gangs.
And this was only the strength of the players on the surface. In reality, all these players had mastered martial artist-level martial skills and could fight above their level.
However, compared to the players who had mastered martial artist-level martial skills, the ones who had improved the most over this day and night were experts like Luo Wu Shang.
Especially Luo Wu Shang, Li Ranxing, Fang Zhen, Zhao Hu, Ye Qinglu, Zhang Qing Wei, Xiao Wan Ye Feng Kuang, and Chen Ya, these eight could be described as heaven-defying.
In less than a night, all eight of them had learned the Body Strengthening Secret Technique. They had all reached body strengthening secret method entry-level, with at least 3% entry-level, and up to 5% for some.
Now the body toughness of these eight was simply unbelievable. Just the skin on the surface was tougher than cowhide, yet still smooth as jade. As for the muscles beneath the skin, they were already as hard as stone. Without using weapons, just ordinary punches and kicks from people of the same level would likely find it hard to cause serious injuries when landing on them, at most causing minor injuries.
But the most terrifying aspect of the eight was not their body toughness, but their recovery power.
After learning it, all eight tested themselves with weapons on their own bodies. Superficial wounds took only a few minutes to heal, and even injuries to muscles and bones could recover by fifty to sixty percent in just over ten minutes.
As for internal injuries caused by heavy impact, as long as their internal organs were not shattered on the spot, the impact on their combat power would not be too great. They were like walking humanoid little monsters.
And this was only at their entry-level. Once they reached proficient level, their body toughness and recovery power would be further improved.
It was also thanks to these eight that Lin Qi was able to extract the proficiency of six people at the first moment of dawn.
Now his Body Strengthening Secret Technique had already reached 15% entry-level. Combined with the fact that he was already a martial artist whose cells had undergone a metamorphosis, his body toughness and recovery power were even more terrifying.
Lin Qi even suspected that with his current body, if he took a punch from a quasi-martial artist who did not use martial skills, he would likely be fine, not even needing the protection of A6-grade battle armor.
“Master of the Pavilion, everyone has already been assembled.”
Zhang Qing Wei walked up to Lin Qi, reporting excitedly.
At the same time as Da Ye Ying Xiong reported the news, all members of Heavenly Might had also been notified. Now everyone knew that the Great Ape Gang was already at their doorstep, and the defense battle of Crimson Moon Mountain was finally about to begin.
“Good! Everyone, come with me. Let us properly meet those people from the Great Ape Gang!”
Lin Qi looked at the fully prepared crowd and nodded, then turned and walked straight out of the cave.
