Perception: LV2 (1/100)
At the iron-mesh entrance of the basketball court, the instant Perception successfully leveled up—
Chen Feng's head buzzed, and the world before his eyes suddenly changed.
The patterns on the ground rapidly magnified, and the metal support behind the basketball hoop was covered in rust.
The Rotten Black Mark before him was filled with insect ant corpses. Their outlines, once visible only vaguely, became incomparably clear at that moment.
They resembled ants, with wings on their backs and faint gray patterns running across them.
Seeing this, Chen Feng immediately understood the changes brought by upgrading Perception.
"Clearer!"
Everything had become incomparably distinct, as if he had used a magnifying glass.
The range of his Perception had expanded as well. With him as the center, an area spanning nearly thirty meters looked no different from viewing it up close.
Whether before or behind him, even without turning around, he could picture the corresponding scene in his mind.
"Three hundred and sixty degrees, no blind spots."
A sharp gleam flashed through Chen Feng's eyes.
He had not expected the effects of upgrading his Perception Talent to be so powerful.
There was no need to say anything about the expanded range. It meant he could promptly detect abnormalities in his surroundings, giving him more time to think and respond.
As for the all-round perception of his surroundings, whether someone was tracking him or launching a sneak attack from behind, as long as they entered the thirty-meter range, it would be difficult for them to hide from him.
Even when surrounded and attacked, it would allow him to respond more calmly. There would be no blind spots in his vision.
"It seems that isn't all."
His eyes bright, Chen Feng felt that the upgrade to Perception had other effects.
With that thought, he quickly turned around and headed toward the Extreme Martial Arts Gym.
Standing by the roadside, within the thirty-meter range—
He focused carefully. Even through the obstruction of walls—
He soon sensed an extremely vigorous Life Force within the Extreme Martial Arts Gym's building.
It was like the sound of a beating heart, or like an extra point of light appearing in the darkness.
Without question, that was Masked Man's aura.
"Aura! The ability to sense Life Force!"
Chen Feng's eyes blazed. He knew that this was the ultimate effect of upgrading Perception.
It allowed him to keenly detect the strength of others' auras and even immediately determine whether there were life fluctuations within his range.
This would clearly be of great use when he explored the Dream World in the future.
"Very good."
Nodding in satisfaction, Chen Feng suddenly realized that he was like a humanoid radar at that moment.
No blind spots, all-round perception.
Shaking his head to dispel the stray thought, he quickly returned to the basketball court in satisfaction and collected the three Limit Breaking Light Orbs.
You picked up three (Limit Breaking Light Orbs)! Limit Breaking Light Orb: A remnant of a Martial Artist's will. Quality: Beginner. Effect: Can increase Martial Dao skill proficiency to a certain extent.
As the notification appeared, Chen Feng quickly looked at his panel.
Limit Break: 5
Two of them had been yesterday's gains, which he had yet to use.
Chen Feng then looked at his skill list.
Judo: Proficient (10%)+ Exploding Fist: Beginner (11%)+ Flame Tiger Stance: Beginner (22%)+
"Five Limit Break points should be enough to push Flame Tiger Stance into the Tiger Form realm."
Muttering to himself, Chen Feng's gaze subconsciously lingered on Judo for a moment.
He hesitated slightly.
If he used them to add points to Judo, it would certainly reach the Mastery level.
But yet—
He was very curious about the effects of breaking through in stance training. Not to mention, his current performance at Yan Wu Academy already placed him among the geniuses.
Dragging things out for too long would instead fail to match his earlier performance.
"Upgrade!"
With no more hesitation, Chen Feng chose Flame Tiger Stance.
Buzz!
Immediately, with four Limit Break points consumed—
Insights surged into him, as if he had spent hundreds of days and nights standing in stance and practicing his fists, enduring the grinding loneliness alone.
Until finally, at a certain moment, the bottleneck shattered.
A rush of heat flowed within his body. The cells in all four limbs and every bone greedily absorbed it, even including his skin and flesh, which felt as though they had been tempered.
Flame Tiger Stance: Tiger Form (1%)+
"Succeeded!"
His gaze sharpened as Chen Feng clearly felt the changes within himself.
His muscles had become stronger and firmer.
Just like iron that had been hammered and forged, they had become more refined and powerful.
He immediately looked at the attributes on his panel.
Chen Feng could not help raising his brows.
Strength: 9.9 → 10.3 Agility: 9.5 → 9.9 Constitution: 9.8 → 10.2 Willpower: 10.1 → 10.5
A full 1.6-point increase in attributes.
It was even slightly stronger than the effect after Sanshou reached Mastery.
"As expected of the inheritance of a Martial Dao School, and this is only a breakthrough into Tiger Form."
Gripping Tightly both fists, Chen Feng estimated that his punching force had reached at least 150 kilograms.
This had already surpassed the level of Amateur Ninth Dan.
"The minimum requirement for Professional Level One is a two-hundred-kilogram punch. After that, each level increases by thirty kilograms."
"If I use Exploding Fist again, with forty percent explosive force—"
A thought flashed through Chen Feng's mind, and he suddenly realized that he could already unleash the strength of Professional Level One.
Although he was limited by Exploding Fist's physical exhaustion and could not sustain it for long—
That was enough.
"Very good."
A powerful surge of confidence rose in his heart, and Chen Feng could not help turning his head again to look at the distant Extreme Martial Arts Gym.
He had not forgotten the grudge of that one-armed incident.
Not to mention, there were several Limit Breaking Light Orbs inside the Extreme Martial Arts Gym.
But yet—
"No rush, no rush."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Feng regained his composure and forced himself to endure for now.
Masked Man's aura was far stronger than Coach Lu's. He was probably at least Professional Grade Two or Three.
His current self was still somewhat lacking.
"But soon."
Suppressing his distractions, Chen Feng knew very well that the gap between them was rapidly shrinking.
His top priority was to continue searching for light orbs and break through to Professional Grade as soon as possible.
With that thought, he quickly spread out his Perception and searched around.
The park near the basketball court was huge, covering at least three to five square kilometers.
Some of the mist within was slowly dissipating. Seeing this, Chen Wei's heart stirred, and he immediately turned and entered the park.
Tap, tap!
His footsteps echoed as Perception enveloped the surroundings.
All the vegetation around him had withered, while gray stone paths crisscrossed through the park.
Looking up, Chen Feng spotted an extremely tall tree.
It stood more than ten meters high, with gnarled roots and a thick trunk that would require three to five people to encircle it.
But yet, despite being such a massive tree, it too had completely withered, without the slightest trace of life.
"Was this caused by the Black Calamity? Or some other reason?"
Withered and deathly still, the gray branches did not even bear a single leaf.
Chen Feng's eyes held both doubt and astonishment, and he became increasingly wary of what this world had suffered.
Until finally, his footsteps halted.
Chen Feng's heart stirred as he looked toward the center of the park, where an even taller dead tree stood.
Its gnarled roots were one to two meters thick, and it rose thirty to fifty meters high, overlooking heaven and earth like a giant.
Clusters of dead trees surrounded it, as though they were supporting their king.
Seeing this, Chen Feng's gaze sharpened.
Because, following the towering dead tree upward—
He could see its uppermost branches intertwined, forming something like a tree crown.
And yet, amid those withered gray traces, a Cyan Light Orb the size of a human head, wrapped in a Unicorn Beetle Shadow, floated silently.
"A Cyan Light Orb?"
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