Jiang Fan's mind stirred, and he appeared in the arena again.
At the same time, the sound of a countdown rang out in the space once more.
"10... 9... 8..."
Jiang Fan immediately put strength into his legs and reached the edge of the arena, warily watching his surroundings.
He had been unprepared just now and was killed in an instant!
This time, he was fully focused!
As the countdown ended...
A figure dressed in a Zhongshan suit suddenly appeared out of thin air in the center of the arena.
The man wore black-framed glasses, and his gaze was deep and sharp.
His build was as straight as a pine tree. His broad shoulders supported the outline of the Zhongshan suit, radiating a powerful aura!
"You..."
Jiang Fan had not expected a person to appear on the Martial Arts Arena!
He was just about to speak, but the other party had already vanished from before his eyes.
The man's attack was as swift and fierce as thunder. In the blink of an eye, he was already in front of Jiang Fan.
Caught off guard, Jiang Fan hurriedly raised his hands to block.
But with just one move, he was sent flying and lost the ability to move.
The next second, he appeared in the training room once again!
How monstrous!
Jiang Fan rubbed his arm. Although it was completely unharmed, the sensation of it being snapped still lingered painfully.
How was he supposed to defeat him?
Jiang Fan felt a headache coming on!
According to his understanding, with a Martial Dao space-type cheat, one could only receive a reward after defeating an opponent!
But he had yet to awaken. With his qi-and-blood value of only 0.8, he was currently just slightly stronger than an ordinary person. Judging from the other man's appearance, he had at least reached the Martial Artist level. How could Jiang Fan possibly be his opponent?
Although he thought this, Jiang Fan still entered the Martial Dao space for the third time.
He had failed to awaken twice. If he failed to awaken a third time, he would never be able to step onto the path of a Martial Artist.
In this world, Martial Artists were supreme!
If he could not become a Martial Artist, he would have to live at the bottom for the rest of his life!
Now that he had finally encountered an opportunity, he naturally could not give up so easily.
A few dozen seconds later, just as expected, Jiang Fan returned to the training room once again.
This time, he chose to flee and evade the other party's attacks, only to be struck in the back of the heart!
Jiang Fan rubbed the spot on his back with one hand, and his expression gradually turned fierce!
Then came the fourth time... the fifth time... the sixth time...
An elbow strike to the head. Instantly fatal!
Both legs severed. Crippled!
His throat crushed...
Jiang Fan discovered that as the challenges continued, his combat awareness slowly improved, and the amount of time he could hold out in the Martial Arts Arena grew longer and longer!
10 seconds... 18 seconds... 33 seconds...
Jiang Fan was sent flying again and crashed heavily against the edge of the Martial Arts Arena, his consciousness instantly returning!
Five minutes!
He had finally lasted five minutes, but by now he was utterly exhausted.
He had reached his limit!
After enduring countless challenges, Jiang Fan gradually grew irritated.
If he kept challenging him, Jiang Fan felt that he might eventually defeat the other party, but that would inevitably take a very long time.
This was a training room. He could not occupy it forever.
Maybe... next time!
Jiang Fan subconsciously glanced at the timer in the room.
23:44!
He froze instantly!
Huh? Only twenty-three minutes?
He had challenged the other party at least dozens of times in the Martial Dao space. Adding the time he had spent digesting everything, it should have taken at least three or four hours, right?
How could...
Jiang Fan thought of something. His heart, which had suddenly fallen silent, began to pound wildly.
He sprang up from the floor and began pacing back and forth in the training room.
If his guess was correct, this cheat should have something to do with the flow of time!
In other words, time flowed faster inside the space than in the Outside world.
The exact ratio...
He had to verify it!
Impatient, Jiang Fan fetched a stopwatch from the training room. The instant he pressed start, his consciousness had already arrived in the Martial Dao space.
"Basic assessment commencing!"
"10... 9... 8... 7..."
A cold, mechanical voice rang out.
Jiang Fan tensed his mind and stood ready!
On Blue Star, before awakening, all high school students uniformly studied the Body Refinement Chapter of the Martial Dao True Explanation. Through body refinement, they tempered their own qi and blood, improved their physical qualities, and increased the probability of awakening.
After awakening, they had to unlock the human genetic lock before they could learn their talent type.
They then continued tempering their qi and blood. Only after reaching the level of a fourth-level Martial Artist could they cultivate the corresponding techniques.
Jiang Fan had yet to awaken. He had never studied any technique, much less participated in any battles.
Yet just now, forced into a corner, he had relied entirely on the bit of foundation in Five Elements Fist he had learned piecemeal at Thunder Martial Hall to fight his opponent.
At first, he had been flustered and disorganized. After several battles, however, he had managed to fight with some semblance of skill!
At that moment, after the Zhongshan suit attacked, Jiang Fan deftly evaded it and countered with a punch.
The Zhongshan suit raised an arm to block, then formed a claw with his hand and thrust straight at Jiang Fan's face.
Jiang Fan retreated with the momentum and dodged the attack, beginning to circle around the arena.
Although Jiang Fan remained at a disadvantage, he was able to trade blows with his opponent. It was no longer the one-sided situation from the beginning!
Five minutes later, Jiang Fan was killed!
After his consciousness returned to the training room, he immediately looked toward the stopwatch.
When he saw the number displayed on it—32 seconds—a look of wild delight appeared on his face!
As expected, the flow of time inside and outside was different.
He had just spent five minutes and ten seconds challenging the opponent in the space, while only thirty-two seconds had passed outside.
Setting aside the time his own reactions had taken, that was exactly... 10:1!
He had struck it rich!
In an instant, Jiang Fan was filled with confidence again!
Continue the challenges!
He refused to believe that he could not wear down that Zhongshan suit with time.
More than ten hours later.
Jiang Fan finally thrust one finger into the Zhongshan suit's neck.
The man's body instantly vanished.
Jiang Fan collapsed limply to the floor, utterly exhausted!
At the same time, a notification rang out in the space.
"Congratulations on completing the basic assessment!"
"Entering Martial Arts Demonstration mode!"
In the space, the Zhongshan suit Jiang Fan had just defeated appeared once more.
"My name is Fang Jue. I was born into an Ancient Martial Family and began practicing martial arts at the age of three!"
"At eight, I gained my first glimpse into the threshold of the Martial Dao and entered the Bright Force realm!"
"At fifteen, I began traveling the continent. Having gained a little insight, I crossed the threshold into An Jin!"
"At twenty-six, I obtained this Mysterious Seal. With its aid, I became a Grandmaster revered by all!"
"Yet the world fell into ruin. For my entire life, I remained trapped in this place, unable to uncover its secrets!"
"Therefore, I leave behind this inheritance, hoping that those who come after me will unravel it!"
"..."
As Fang Jue recited these words, a series of vivid scenes appeared before Jiang Fan.
Although they were fragments like frames of film, they recorded every important moment of Fang Jue's life.
This came from his memories!
So Fang Jue was the previous owner of this Mysterious Seal?
As Jiang Fan fell silent, Fang Jue had already sat down cross-legged.
"Innate Breathing and Qi Guiding Technique!"
"Drawing in the energy of nature and taking it into oneself, refining essence into qi..."
"..."
Jiang Fan followed suit and sat down cross-legged, relaxing his mind, clearing away distracting thoughts, and carefully sensing.
Before long, he gradually felt an almost imperceptible current of qi flowing gently through his meridians.
This breath was extremely weak, and it spread throughout every nook and cranny of his body.
Following Fang Jue's method, Jiang Fan guided it. Gradually, the qi scattered throughout his body's branches and extremities began to circulate and converge.
In the end, it formed a thin stream that flowed throughout his entire body.
At the same time, he began to feel warmth spreading through his body, as if he were being roasted.
After the thin stream circulated through his body for several cycles, he suddenly seemed to hear a soft pop.
It seemed as though something inside his body had been shattered!
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