He scanned the surroundings and, after confirming there were no threats, finally focused his mind and checked his status panel.
Blood Battle in All Directions, mastery 1%. Attached perk: Heavenly Gifted Martial Sense, purple. Thousand Jun Formation Breaker, mastery 1%. Attached perk: Strength Through a Thousand Armies, purple.
Looking at the two newly mastered martial arts on his panel, Chu Kuang revealed a rare smile.
Internal and external martial arts were the foundation, but weapon techniques and movement arts were equally vital. After Blood Battle in All Directions and Thousand Jun Formation Breaker reached mastery, his improvement was practically transformative, making up for his greatest weakness.
Especially with the perks enhancing them, every improvement in Chu Kuang's techniques produced results far beyond what others gained from advancement.
"With Purple Perks bolstering them, all the effects of these two techniques have increased by an additional fifty percent."
Chu Kuang murmured inwardly, then quickly set the thought aside.
He then headed toward the Sabertooth Tiger's den, where he found a Source Energy Spring Eye.
"I've struck it rich."
Looking at the Source Energy Spring Eye before him, Chu Kuang's heart could not help pounding fiercely.
There was an unimaginable amount of Source Energy Spring here, enough to fill two jade gourds.
At a value of one hundred thousand Federal Coin per gourd of treasure liquid, this alone was worth two hundred thousand Federal Coin. Adding the gourd of treasure liquid on Chu Kuang and what he had previously consumed, he had earned a full three hundred and thirty thousand Federal Coin on this trip.
"What a pity Source Energy Treasure Liquid evaporates easily. There's no way to take it back to the main universe to sell."
"But with this Source Energy Treasure Liquid, my strength will definitely improve tremendously."
Chu Kuang shook his head and quickly put the thought aside. He had no intention of continuing to explore. Instead, he remained beside the Source Energy Spring Eye and began consuming and refining the Source Energy Treasure Liquid.
Combining the treasure liquid with Nutrient Solution, he rapidly digested the gains from this battle, intending to quickly improve his martial arts.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed. After Chu Kuang had finally digested his combat experience to a preliminary extent, his Life Level had improved immensely.
Name: Chu Kuang Race: Human Life Level: Level 6.7 → Level 6.8 Iron Armor Technique (Mastery 45% → 57%) Gold-Splitting Spear (Mastery 28% → 37%) Iron Bell Shield (Minor Mastery 21% → 67%) Blood Battle in All Directions...
"An enormous improvement. My internal martial arts are getting closer and closer to mastery."
Chu Kuang murmured inwardly, then took stock of the treasures on him and discovered that he had used up half a jade gourd of Source Energy Treasure Liquid.
The remaining large amount of Source Energy Treasure Liquid was enough to send Chu Kuang's cultivation soaring. Logically, he should have entered seclusion and continued cultivating.
But the commotion outside forced him to abandon the idea of continuing his cultivation.
"Look, these Sabertooth Tigers haven't been dead long. Whoever did this might not have gone far."
"Go check whether there's any Source Energy Treasure Liquid left."
Voices rang out from outside, followed by dense footsteps arriving before the den entrance.
Chu Kuang frowned slightly, rose to his feet, and walked outside the den, only to see over a hundred students surrounding the entire place.
"People from Class Five."
Looking at them, Chu Kuang's brow furrowed slightly.
Among the hundred or so people before him, Chu Kuang recognized quite a few. They were students from Class Five of Third High.
Third High had forty-eight regular classes in total. Class Five ranked fifth, so its strength was naturally not to be underestimated. Their average Life Level was as high as Level 4.9, and they even had five martial artists whose external martial arts had reached mastery.
No, there were now seven martial artists with mastered external martial arts among them. Clearly, they had already taken more than one Source Energy Spring Eye, and their overall strength had improved considerably.
"This place already has an owner."
Even so, Chu Kuang remained calm as ever and spoke indifferently.
"From Class Seven? You're Chu Kuang?"
When the Class Five students saw Chu Kuang emerge, they were all briefly stunned.
Class Five's captain was a man named Xiong Haikuo, who held a heavy ruler in his hand. He looked at Chu Kuang and asked probing, "Your Class Seven took this place?"
"Where are the rest of your classmates?"
"I'm the only one here."
Knowing what Xiong Haikuo was thinking, Chu Kuang merely said calmly, "You still have time to leave."
"Leave?"
After confirming that Chu Kuang was alone, Xiong Haikuo smiled. "No rush. Let us take a look inside. After all, anyone who sees treasure deserves a share."
"Looks like you don't intend to leave." Chu Kuang spoke calmly, shaking his long spear. "Then I'll send you back."
"Arrogant. Who do you think you are? You think you can take on a hundred alone?" Xiong Haikuo sneered, then waved his hand. "Classmates, beat the hell out of him!"
"If you're going to fight, then fight. What's the point of all this nonsense?"
Chu Kuang spoke blandly. The long spear in his hand spun and flew out, sweeping in all directions with a skyful of air blades. Wherever it passed, students were sent flying. In the blink of an eye, seventeen or eighteen students had been knocked out and eliminated.
After sweeping through the crowd with a single move, Chu Kuang stretched out his hand and drew the war lance back through the air. It spun back into his grasp as he stood there in a suit of jet-black battle armor, lance in hand.
Before the absolute gap in Life Level, these ordinary students with an average Life Level of 4.9 were not even qualified to threaten Chu Kuang.
"Not good, form up quickly!"
Seeing Chu Kuang slaughtering his way through them, Xiong Haikuo's expression changed drastically as he hurriedly organized the students into formation.
In an instant, thirty-six outstanding students with Life Levels above five formed the Heavenly Dipper Battle Formation. The front line advanced with heavy shields, the rear line bristled with long spears, while swordsmen on both flanks waited for a chance to ambush him.
"Kill—!"
The shield bearers in the front charged forward violently. Twelve refined-steel heavy shields pressed down like city walls, carrying an overwhelming momentum!
"Your strength is lacking, but you've practiced this Military Formation quite proficiently."
Even as the Military Formation charged at him, Chu Kuang remained as calm as ever.
His knees bent slightly, his body leaned forward, and then he suddenly transformed into a streak of golden light that shot forth.
With the ultimate move Heavenly Dragon Pounces on the Moon, he surged forward with unstoppable force, instantly punching through the Heavenly Dipper Battle Formation. Shockwaves exploded wherever he passed, and all twelve shields were flung into the air as though struck by a meteor.
"Boom!"
The twelve shield bearers who faced Chu Kuang's attack head-on felt as if they had been struck by lightning. Had it not been for their alloy battle armor, their tendons and bones would likely have already been shattered.
Almost at the same time, twelve long spears from the rear stabbed out together. Their cold spearpoints howled like a fierce gale, as though they intended to turn Chu Kuang into a pincushion.
Yet Chu Kuang allowed all twelve spears to strike his body. An overwhelming battle intent that looked down upon all creation surged from his eyes and shot into the heavens.
"Overestimating yourselves!"
With a cold laugh, Chu Kuang swept his war lance sideways. Its shadow churned like a black dragon, and amid the clanging of metal, all twelve long spears and their wielders were sent flying.
Before the absolute gap in Life Level, even such a Military Formation was laughable.
"Thousand Jun Formation Breaker... He actually cultivated this movement art to such a level!"
Watching Chu Kuang sweep through the crowd, Xiong Haikuo's expression changed abruptly. He decisively gripped his black iron heavy ruler and leaped into the air, bringing down Forceful Mountain Splitting Chop upon Chu Kuang with all his strength.
As Class Five's captain, Xiong Haikuo possessed extraordinary strength. His Life Level was as high as 6.2, and he cultivated the Mount Bearing Art, renowned for its power. He wielded the Mysterious Desolate Mountain Suppressing Ruler with effortless mastery.
Even elite students from the Key Class might not have dared to receive this strike head-on, yet Chu Kuang remained completely motionless where he stood.
With a calm flick of his long spear, he launched Gold-Splitting directly forward, striking the massive ruler and sending brilliant sparks flying.
Then the spear flashed, slipping past one side of the heavy ruler and landing precisely on Xiong Haikuo's throat, before sending him flying.
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