Tap tap!
Tap tap!
Under the night sky, Chen Feng came to a stop outside the courtyard of the low building.
He did not immediately push open the courtyard gate, because he had sensed unusual movement nearby.
The mist swirled, and four Faceless Ones appeared one after another.
There were tall, short, fat, and thin ones, silently surrounding him from behind and both sides.
They had no facial features, but judging by their physical characteristics, Chen Feng could tell that there were three men and one woman.
"As expected. They appeared again."
His gaze flashed as Chen Feng turned to face the four Faceless Ones.
The last time he entered the Dream Realm, he had already formed a rough guess.
Now, it had essentially been confirmed.
"Whenever I want to explore a new area, Faceless Ones appear to attack me."
"Their numbers increase one at a time with each appearance?"
As the thought arose, Chen Feng recalled his previous visits to the Dream Realm.
From one Faceless One to the current four.
In the meantime, he had explored two apartments and one martial arts hall.
Having roughly figured things out, he soon saw the four of them attack together.
Tap tap tap tap tap!
A vicious wind rushed at him as the Ponytail Faceless One, with female characteristics, charged forward.
From her movements, he could see traces of Sanshou. Her hands were also wrapped in bandages.
"Not only are their numbers increasing, but they're getting stronger too?"
Stepping around and turning sideways, Chen Feng watched her punch miss and brush past his chest.
His eyes narrowed slightly. Judging by the fist wind, he estimated that she was at Amateur Second Dan.
Whoosh!
Immediately after, the two Faceless Ones on his right charged in as well.
One threw a whip kick, while the other went for his waist.
Just as he was about to be surrounded, Chen Feng stepped back, dodged aside, and threw a punch.
Bang!
A backfist struck out, hitting the waist-grabber squarely in the temple.
With all his strength unleashed, nearly 120 kilograms of punching force erupted!
Thud!!
The figure flew backward, but another vicious wind rose before him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the female Faceless One attack again, her ponytail whipping through the air in the darkness.
His brow rose as he twisted his body.
His head tilted slightly, narrowly avoiding her fist.
Chen Feng's large hand shot out like a tiger's pincer, seizing her arm and shoulder in one motion.
He drove power through his waist and lowered his center of gravity.
Thud!!
A flashy shoulder throw followed, and then he violently stomped down with his foot.
Crack!
The sound of breaking bones rang out. The female Faceless One's head split open, blood flowing as her corpse slid half a meter away.
Whoosh!
The next second.
The Faceless One who had thrown the whip kick attacked again, intending to repeat the same move.
Chen Feng neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, he planted his left foot and spun around.
Hum!
The air trembled as a howl exploded.
A faster whip kick came later yet arrived first, striking his temple and knocking the Faceless One's head aside as his entire body flew diagonally away.
The sound of a body crashing to the ground echoed out. Chen Feng withdrew his right leg, steadied himself, and narrowed his eyes at the last Faceless One.
He wore a loose hoodie and shorts, with a crew cut. He had only watched Chen Feng deal with the other three from start to finish, never intervening.
Then, as if he had noticed that Chen Feng was finished.
His foot twisted.
Whoosh!
His body shot forward, like a cheetah, bringing with it a howling gust.
His momentum was overwhelming, and his figure swayed left and right even as he charged.
The professional boxing footwork made Chen Feng raise an eyebrow. Finally, as the straight punch came at him, he calmed himself.
"I'll show you some respect."
After speaking, he gathered his strength.
The next second.
Wave-like lines shifted as the muscles in his right arm visibly bulged, becoming even thicker.
Then, at the instant the other man's straight punch was about to hit him.
A flash step, a straight punch.
Thud!!
The Faceless One's fist brushed past Chen Feng's ear, while Chen Feng's fist shot out like a cannonball and struck his jaw with unerring accuracy.
Crack!
Bones broke, and he flew backward.
With a bang, the last Faceless One crashed heavily to the ground, no longer moving in the slightest.
"Amateur Third Rank?"
Chen Feng gently shook his head, roughly gauging the other party's strength as he slowly retracted his fist.
Then an abnormality appeared within his perception. Already prepared, he immediately darted half a meter away.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Four black streaks struck where he had just been standing, corroding a pit into the asphalt road.
Chen Feng silently watched it all, watching the tiny insect ants inside struggle and screech before gradually falling silent.
Another black mark had been left behind.
Only then did Chen Feng move, approaching the light orbs one after another and collecting the gifts left by the four Faceless Ones.
You have obtained four Talent Light Orbs: Perception! Perception +4! Talent: Perception lv1 (46/100)
"As expected, the range of my Perception has increased again."
His gaze sharpened as Chen Feng sensed the change in Perception's range.
Fifteen meters.
With his body as the center, so long as a light orb existed within this range, he would definitely sense the abnormality.
"This is only lv1."
"If I can break through to lv2, the effect will definitely be even stronger."
A trace of anticipation flashed in his eyes as Chen Feng glanced at the other mist-covered areas.
He needed to kill Faceless Ones for his Perception Talent to grow.
And Faceless Ones only appeared when he explored new areas.
"So, I have to ensure that my strength steadily improves."
"Otherwise, the Faceless Ones that appear later will only grow more numerous and stronger. If I'm not strong enough, I'll be in danger."
As the thought crossed his mind, Chen Feng subconsciously glanced at the martial arts hall more than ten meters away.
The Masked Man was still inside. He was the best possible proof.
With that thought, he stopped wasting time. He quickly entered the two low buildings before him one after another and found three Limit Breaking Light Orbs.
You picked up one Limit Breaking Light Orb! Limit Breaking Light Orb: Remnant Will of a Martial Artist Quality: Basic Effect: Can increase martial arts skill proficiency to a certain extent
The familiar notification came. Chen Feng glanced at the panel, his eyes lingering on Sanshou.
41% progress.
Three Limit Breaking Light Orbs could provide nearly a 60% increase. It should give him a chance to advance to the next level.
With that thought, Chen Feng did not hesitate any longer.
"Upgrade!"
Hum!
In an instant, all his insights into Sanshou surfaced in his mind.
Straight punches, whip fists, splitting punches.
Footwork, leg techniques, throwing techniques.
Everything seemed to meld together, becoming the most fundamental and direct essence.
In the blink of an eye, the panel appeared before Chen Feng, and the relevant progress changed sharply.
Sanshou: Mastery
"There's no progress bar after Mastery?"
Seeing Sanshou's proficiency break through to the Mastery level, Chen Feng was first satisfied, then slightly stunned.
Clearly, Sanshou had reached its limit.
"That's right, Coach Lu said so."
"Sanshou is only a basic fighting technique. Its proficiency only has the three levels of Beginner, Proficient, and Mastery."
Chen Feng fell into thought, gaining a rough understanding.
Without dwelling on it further, he quickly looked at his Four-Dimensional Attributes.
Strength: 9.5 → 9.9 Agility: 9.0 → 9.3 Constitution: 9.2 → 9.6 Will: 9.6 → 10.0
"Such a huge increase?"
His gaze sharpened, and Chen Feng was somewhat surprised.
A total attribute increase of 1.5.
There was no doubt that breaking through to Mastery had brought astonishing gains.
Of them, Strength and Will were what he felt most deeply.
The former went without saying. A 0.4-point increase had brought him close to the major threshold of 10 attribute points.
Chen Feng casually threw a punch and roughly estimated his punching force.
Over 130 kilograms!
At the level of Amateur Eighth Rank.
If he used Exploding Fist as well, with its forty percent boost, the effect would be even more tremendous!
Besides that,
there was the transformation of his Will.
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