And You Still Say You're Not the Reincarnation of a Martial God?

And You Still Say You're Not the Reincarnation of a Martial God?!

Su Tu's parents both had well-paying jobs—one was an interstellar scientist, the other a senior white-collar worker on New Star—but even their combined annual income wasn't enough to cover a single class!

Yet here at Treading Moon Martial Hall, not only did he not have to pay tuition, he could also learn lessons of this caliber. It was simply incredible.

"Brother Feiyang really is my benefactor. I have to find a chance to thank him!" Su Tu thought of Lin Feiyang again. If the man hadn't left him that business card, he would never have had the opportunity to join the martial hall.

Su Tu had looked for Lin Feiyang several times these past few days, but he could never find him. After all, the PE Teacher was frail and delicate.

At that moment, Zhou Wuliang began explaining Prajna Seven Kills.

Zhou Wuliang lightly tapped the air with his hand, and a projected light screen appeared.

On the screen was an uninhabited wilderness. The withered yellow desert was covered in mottled dark red, like blood. It was hard to imagine how much blood it had taken to dye the entire desert crimson.

A tall figure appeared in the wilderness. Su Tu knew him well—it was Li Hu. He strode forward.

The next moment, a sudden change occurred. A vortex appeared beneath the sand, followed by a worm bursting out of the desert. Its body was enormous. Before it, even the tall Li Hu seemed tiny.

The worm opened its massive mouth, layer upon layer of sharp teeth filling its throat as it tried to swallow Li Hu whole.

A huge shadow covered Li Hu's body, but he remained unhurried. He casually raised his left hand.

Then—

BOOM!! A violent roar seemed to erupt from within his body, more ferocious than the worm's howl.

Li Hu then threw a punch. It was plain and unadorned, like the simple fistwork of a farmer, but the instant it landed on the worm—

Bang! Bang! Bang... Bang!!

The worm's body suddenly shuddered, nearly breaking apart. It was as though some terrifying force were tearing through it from within. Then the tearing force erupted in waves. Seven booms rang out, and then—

A rain of blood fell from the sky. The monster had long since been shattered into collapsing flesh and gore.

And all of that had come from a casually thrown punch...

"The so-called Seven Forces, One Shock treats the human body as a world. The five organs, together with the body and mind, are the great principles within that inner world. Qi is used to make the five organs and body-mind resonate, producing a force of vibration. With one punch, seven layers of force erupt from within the opponent's body in an unending succession. When this technique is mastered, a finger can collapse a mountain, and a light touch can split a star!"

Zhou Wuliang spoke calmly.

But the students erupted with excitement.

"Holy shit, this is a third-tier technique?!"

"One punch, seven layers of force! My family won't even let me learn third-tier techniques."

"Of course not. The Ancestral Star has always banned martial arts. Even if your family has them, they wouldn't let you learn them."

They discussed it excitedly.

Luo Fan's pupils, meanwhile, constricted.

"The killing power of this technique is already enough to rival a fourth-tier technique. And treating oneself as heaven and earth, with the five organs and body-mind as the great principles... this theory seems to have several things in common with that person's techniques!"

As though he had remembered something, a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.

Su Tu, however, did not have so many thoughts. He simply stared intently at the light screen.

Every movement and detail of Li Hu's punch replayed over and over in his mind.

His fist began to move slightly.

"Brother Tiger's blood and qi, as well as his five organs, were all vibrating. His body and mind were focused at one point, bringing his entire being into a state of resonance."

"Was it done with qi? Using qi to make the five organs resonate..."

Su Tu's top-student instincts kicked in. Just like when solving problems, he would always analyze and understand them on his own before the teacher explained them. That way, when the teacher did explain, he could immediately grasp and learn the problem.

"Turn your body and mind inward. Awaken the strand of qi within, and use it to bring the five organs into resonance!" At that moment, Zhou Wuliang began explaining the characteristics of the technique, which were almost exactly the same as Su Tu's guesses.

Following his instructions, the students turned their awareness inward.

But making the five organs resonate was extremely difficult. Qi had to be evenly distributed throughout the five organs, requiring tremendous control over both qi and the physical body.

Under Zhou Wuliang's guidance, they each assumed a fighting stance, calmed their hearts, and kept throwing punches as they attempted to make their body-mind and five organs resonate.

Su Tu was also throwing punches while directing the qi in his body to circulate among his five organs, trying to find that point of balance.

But suddenly, a notification popped up before his eyes.

You have learned Prajna Seven Kills. Combat Proficiency +20, Body Strengthening Proficiency +10

Combat (Beginner): 180/300

Body Strengthening (Mid Grade): 372/1000

The next moment, the qi within his body instinctively reached that point of balance, and his five organs simultaneously felt a surge of force.

This was the overpowered part of Su Tu's system. Prajna Seven Kills was also a method of applying force in combat, and any method that could increase Proficiency, so long as Su Tu practiced or learned it, would be mastered by him at the fastest possible speed and become a means of raising his Proficiency.

Feeling the resonance of his five organs, Su Tu threw a punch as inspiration struck.

At that moment, Zhou Wuliang was still explaining the characteristics of Prajna Seven Kills.

"The first level of Prajna Seven Kills is to make a sound with your punch. When the resonance rings once, you have mastered the force application of this technique."

"Let the heart be your intent, the five organs your source, and the physical body your root. Let the seven forces vibrate together, and heaven and earth shall resound.

"This technique emphasizes the use of one's body and qi. Back then, it took this old man a full three days to find the point of balance. That was already the best in my lineage—"

Zhou Wuliang's voice carried a hint of nostalgia as he recalled his younger days. Back then, his youthful self had shocked the entire lineage for the first and only time. Even that old fool, Senior Brother, had been a little slower than him when he first entered the sect.

But just as he was reminiscing, a sound suddenly rang out.

BANG!!!

The sound was dull, like a hollow thunderclap from a cloudless sky. It was heavy, not loud.

Yet at a moment like this, every student in the martial hall turned to look. Their gazes all shifted toward the source of the sound.

They saw Su Tu still holding his punching pose.

"Teacher, is this the sound you meant?" Su Tu asked innocently.

"Y-you... throw another punch!!" Zhou Wuliang looked up, disbelief written across his face.

The other students were equally confused. What the hell was this? Could they even play like this? They had not even figured out how to make their five organs resonate, and he had already made it ring?

Su Tu clenched his fist and raised his hand again. He threw another punch, and a dull sound immediately came from inside his body as his five organs resonated!

The punch struck empty air, yet it created an intangible ripple that spread outward in layer after layer, carrying a strange sense of vitality.

"How did you do that?" Luo Fan found it unbelievable. He had once learned a technique similar to Prajna Seven Kills, so he could quickly find the balance point of the five organs.

But finding the balance point was only the first step. The key was how to apply force evenly. He had yet to figure out how to exert force at that balance point, but Su Tu had already completed the first step. Even Luo Fan, who had always been proud, could not hide his shock.

"Uh... I just did it somehow," Su Tu said.

Fine, fine, somehow. Fine, fine. What the hell kind of answer was that?!

Hearing this, Zhou Wuliang once again felt that students being too talented was also a kind of pain. He had finally wanted to reminisce about the past—why was that so hard?!

"This damn kid can't really be the reincarnation of some Martial God, can he?" Zhou Wuliang actually recalled Balu's nonsense, though his expression remained unchanged, as though everything had been within his expectations. A teacher had to maintain his dignity.

"Not bad. You have some talent, though you're about the same as I was when I was young." If his old friends heard that, they would probably laugh their teeth out.

The other students also felt a wave of frustration. Somehow? Could they somehow do it too?

Balu pointed at the sky, looking like a great genius as he shouted, "See, see, see!! And you still say you're not the reincarnation of a Martial God!!"