Appointment Time, Competing for Competition Slots
Under the bridge, beside the River Channel.
As heavy trucks rumbled across the overpass, a faint booming sound could be heard from below the underpass.
A deliveryman was riding his electric scooter toward the underpass; he was a deliveryman from the nearby Mortal Slum.
Even from a distance, he could still faintly hear the sound of impact, but when he reached the bridge arch, he could only see Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen standing face to face.
"Your package."
The deliveryman handed a package to the recipient, and when his gaze fell on Bai Zhenzhen, his face involuntarily turned red.
This high school girl was too beautiful and too exquisite for him.
Recalling the most beautiful girl in his class and school in junior high, the young man thought to himself, "High school students are truly exceptional, the cream of the crop... their temperament and looks are incomparable to those of junior high students."
But he immediately looked away, afraid of offending the other person.
This wasn't the young man's first time delivering goods here; he vaguely knew that the high school couple often did something here at night.
He also knew that a group of thugs used to frequent the area, but they ran away as soon as they saw high school students around.
After all, high school students... they are the cream of the crop who can work in the city, incomparable to ordinary people like them. They even earn much more than them in the same delivery business.
With a hint of envy, the deliveryman glanced one last time at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen before riding off on his electric scooter.
Zhang Yu opened the package and said to Bai Zhenzhen, "These are the Synthetic Food and Beast Protein Milk you ordered. I wonder how they compare to the food in the cafeteria."
Bai Zhenzhen said nonchalantly, "Anyway, it's cheap enough. As long as it doesn't taste worse than shit, I'll accept it."
After the deliveryman had completely left, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said, "Let's continue."
Zhang Yu stood still, his entire body enveloped in wisps of white mist.
As his magical power increased, Zhang Yu once again unleashed the Limitless Cloud Hand, causing the Formless Cloud Gang to surge even more violently, enveloping his entire body. Within the vast white cloud, only a blurry figure could be barely seen.
Meanwhile, Bai Zhenzhen's figure flashed rapidly around Zhang Yu, constantly erupting with bursts of roars, like lightning traversing through the clouds. She was none other than Bai Zhenzhen, who had made rapid progress in cultivating the Thunderclap True Body during this period.
When it comes to long-distance travel, Bai Zhenzhen is naturally no match for Zhang Yu, Sports Car Legs is at Level 10.
But in short-distance sprints during combat, as well as footwork, movement, dodging, and reaction... Bai Zhenzhen is now far more agile than Zhang Yu.
Bai Zhenzhen's fists repeatedly pierced through the clouds and collided with Zhang Yu's Formless Gang Qi, producing crackling and explosive sounds.
The next moment, as the cloud mist formed by the Formless Cloud Gang spun rapidly, it swept towards Bai Zhenzhen's punch like a vortex. Bai Zhenzhen felt her center of gravity sway and was thrown away.
However, Bai Zhenzhen twisted her body rapidly in mid-air, and with incredible agility, regained her balance and landed steadily on the ground.
She glanced at Zhang Yu, who was still shrouded in thick fog, and thought to herself, "As Yu Zi's magical power deepens, this Formless Cloud Gang is becoming increasingly dense, and its spread throughout the air is gradually expanding, making it increasingly difficult to deal with."
Recalling the feeling of rushing into the thick fog time and time again...
With the combined use of Limitless Cloud Hand and Back Dragon Overturning Mountain Hand, not only were Zhang Yu's figure and movements difficult to observe, but she was also attacked from all directions by various forces, such as collapsing, swinging, rolling, shaking, and bouncing, all trying to completely break her balance and even trap her tightly in the clouds.
With the combined use of the Limitless Cloud Hand and the Imperishable Seal Art, as Bai Zhenzhen's Body Piercing Sword Qi attacks, the cloud mist will expand further and, after accumulating power, rebound the attacker, making it increasingly difficult for the attacker to fight.
Even under such circumstances, they still had to be constantly on guard against Zhang Yu Yu's unseen physical body suddenly attacking from within the clouds and mist.
"I'm not fighting anymore," Bai Zhenzhen waved her hand and said, "Your Formless Cloud Gang is now a perfect combination of offense and defense, like a tortoise shell covered in thorns. And with the use of my Spirit Root, I can't find a single flaw. It's completely ineffective as training."
During this period, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen not only trained diligently on their own, but also practiced together from time to time to improve their combat skills.
Without a third person watching, the two no longer had to worry about their high-level Cultivation Method being exposed, and they used various Level 10 Cultivation Method in turn. The effect of this practical training was much better than that at school.
At this moment, upon hearing Bai Zhenzhen's shout, Zhang Yu also dispelled the Formless Cloud Gang surrounding him.
After this period of practical training, Zhang Yu gradually gained a clear understanding of the situation.
"If I possess True Spirit Root, then I am invincible."
"If the True Spirit Root were in A-Zhen herself, our fight would be evenly matched."
Of course, all of the above results are based on the premise that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen did not go all out to kill.
After all, without enough spare money to visit a clinic, neither of them wanted to get injured during actual combat training.
Just as Bai Zhenzhen called for a halt, Zhang Yu had just dispersed his Formless Cloud Gang when he saw a figure dart towards him, leaping up behind Zhang Yu and embracing him lightly.
Bai Zhenzhen laughed and said, "It's my turn!"
As soon as Bai Zhenzhen's body touched him, the Spirit Root returned to her body.
With the repeated exchange of Spirit Root over this period, the two have become extremely familiar with this set of movements.
Looking at Bai Zhenzhen, who was diligently cultivating beside him, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and then looked at his Feather Scroll.
Although he focused his main efforts on Physical Strength, his Dao Heart and magical power also steadily improved.
Among them, his Dao Heart reached level 4 (28%). The level 4 Dao Heart made his control over his body and magic power more and more effortless, and his Martial Dao skills were even better than before.
With the help of his True Spirit Root, his magical power has grown rapidly, now reaching 34.8, making his Formless Cloud Gang even more powerful and surging.
"However, recently, as my magical power has increased, the speed of magical power refining has slowed down. It seems that the effectiveness of the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method is starting to decline, and it may be approaching its bottleneck."
As a Cultivation Method designed for beginners, the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method naturally has its limits. Zhang Yu felt that around 50 points of mana should be the upper limit that the Heavenly Cycle Qi Gathering Method could support.
"If I want to have more powerful magic, I'll have to switch to an Expert Level Breathing Technique." As for Physical Strength, which has been Zhang Yu's main focus of improvement recently, it has now reached level 3.21, a huge increase compared to when he was in the Martial Arts Competition a month ago.
Of course, such a significant upgrade cost Zhang Yu a considerable amount of money.
Despite the income from tutoring fees, plus the occasional sale of a piece of clothing from the Lian Tianji, Zhang Yu earned over 100,000 yuan during this period.
However, the cost of a single Primordial Pill, which costs 30,000, and the ever-increasing food expenses after his physical strength improved, led to Zhang Yu's expenses growing larger and larger. At this moment, his savings were less than 20,000.
As dawn broke, Zhang Yu looked at the rising Sun and said, "A-Zhen, it's time to go to school."
Do you remember what day it is today?
Bai Zhenzhen's face was still flushed from her workout. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Of course, today is our big day to show off at the Physical Competition Team!"
Inside the stadium.
As the training began, students opened large bottles and started gulping down the Dao Heart Buffer.
During the subsequent training, one student suddenly experienced arm twitching and a sudden loss of strength.
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Wang Hai walked over, grabbed the other person's arm, looked at it, and frowned, saying, "Did you drink enough Dao Heart Buffer yesterday?"
Seeing the other party's hesitant manner, Wang Hai snorted coldly, "You have undergone Special Training Program, and your physical strength is most likely to exceed the control of your Dao Heart. Therefore, the amount of Dao Heart Buffer must be increased to more than five times every day. Even a little less could cause your physical strength to go out of control."
"We're giving you the Dao Heart Buffer not so the school can make some money, but for your own good."
"You've spent so much money and gone through so much hard training, do you really want to miss out on a medal in the Physical Competition just because you're trying to save a few breaths of buffer?"
Seeing the other person lower their head in Shame, Wang Hai finally let them go.
Then he looked at He Dayou, who was training to the side, with a complicated expression. He sighed inwardly, "He Dayou has completely left Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen behind, hasn't he? Alas, with the advancement of Immortal Dao Technique, personal talent and effort are insignificant."
At that moment, He Dayou was slowly lifting a heavy and huge barbell.
At the same time, the Demonic Parasitic Art within his body began to operate, accelerating the fusion of the transplanted flesh and blood during this power training, allowing him to exert his power more freely and controllably.
After all, transplanted flesh and blood cannot be controlled freely from the beginning.
He Dayou still remembers feeling like he was wearing a suit of armor after his first transplant surgery, feeling restricted and unable to move freely.
But later, through his efforts, although the surgery was still ongoing, the 'armor' on his body became lighter and thinner as he continued to exercise.
From armor to overcoat, and then from overcoat to underwear, He Dayou no longer feels much restraint. The transplanted flesh and blood are like a layer of skin that he can hardly feel, and he can completely control them.
"Great, if you maintain this condition, I can proceed with the next stage of surgery in a few days."
"Then, if we continue to train diligently, it's not impossible to raise our Physical Strength to Level 0 or higher before the competition."
Just then, accompanied by shouts of "Hello, senior!", He Dayou turned around and saw that Lan Ling had brought several other second-year high school students from the sports department to the gymnasium.
Lan Ling glanced around and frowned, asking, "Haven't Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen arrived yet?"
He Dayou knew that today was the day the final spots for the Physical Competition a month later would be decided, and also the day Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen would come here to humiliate themselves.
"These two guys are skipping class all the time now; I wonder how much they've actually improved."
"But it doesn't matter. No matter how much they improve, they can't possibly surpass me under the Special Training Program."
He Dayou continued to train quietly. Since surpassing Zhang Yu in the last Monthly Exam, he had gradually stopped taking this former rival seriously.
"One must look forward. My future rivals are the top students from White Dragon High School, Ziyun High School, and Red Pagoda High School."
At the same time, Lan Ling looked at He Dayou and the other four who were training and said, "Since Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen haven't arrived yet, you guys should test your Physical Strength first. We can finish after they arrive."
In Lan Ling's view, there was no need for further comparison; their Physical Strength alone should be enough to eliminate those two poor bastards.
First place: He Dayou, Physical Strength level 3.07
Fourth place: Li Yong, Physical Strength level 2.96
Fifth place: Ye Haitao, Physical Strength level 2.94
Looking at the Physical Strength stats of the five people, Lan Ling nodded slightly. "He Dayou, you've improved very quickly. Keep it up, and you'll have no problem getting a ranking in Physical Competition."
"Ye Haitao, you joined the team last, you need to hurry up, it's hard to get a ranking with these stats..."
Faced with the comments from Lan Ling, a Student Union Cadre in his second year of high school, the first-year students present naturally accepted them readily and nodded in agreement.
Just then, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen walked in under everyone's gaze.
Lan Ling glanced at them coldly and said indifferently, "Let's test their Physical Strength first. If they can exceed level 2.94, they'll qualify for the competition."
A moment later, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's Physical Strength appeared on the big screen and were added to the rankings.
First place: Zhang Yu, Physical Strength level 3.21
Fifth place: Bai Zhenzhen, Physical Strength level 2.98
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