Dark Force and the Eye of Truth

Dark Force and the Eye of Truth

Xu Rou

Strength: 2.62

Agility: 1.51

Constitution: 2.23

Skills: Basic Fighting Lv1, Calligraphy Lv2

The suddenly appearing panel was Xu Rou's attribute information.

Chen Sheng was about to examine it closely when—

"Ah—"

A sudden, intense pain swept through his mind.

With a thud.

Chen Sheng instinctively let out a groan and dropped straight to his knees.

"Coach Chen, what's wrong?!"

Xu Rou's face turned pale with fright, and she quickly crouched down to check on Chen Sheng.

But Chen Sheng kept clutching his head and did not respond to her questions.

Just as Xu Rou took out her phone, ready to call the hospital—

"Wait."

"I'm fine. My head just suddenly hurt for a moment."

Chen Sheng held his head as he slowly rose from the ground.

Tiny beads of sweat densely covered his forehead.

"I didn't rest well last night. It's just a sudden headache."

After explaining, he saw that Xu Rou was still looking at him with concern.

Chen Sheng quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, did you come to ask about the San Ti Stance?"

"No, no. Coach, you should get some proper rest first. We can talk tomorrow."

Xu Rou repeatedly waved her hands.

Chen Sheng did not seem to be in good condition, and she did not dare trouble him further.

"How about this? Add me on WeChat. If you have any questions, ask me anytime."

By a twist of fate, Xu Rou finally got Chen Sheng's WeChat.

"Coach, are you sure you don't need me to take you to the hospital?"

But she was still worried about his health.

"It's fine. I'll be alright after I go home and rest."

Chen Sheng urgently wanted to find somewhere without people so he could inspect the changes to the panel.

"If anything comes up, message me on WeChat. I'll reply."

He pointed at his phone and waved goodbye to Xu Rou.

With that,

Chen Sheng gradually walked away.

Only after Chen Sheng vanished from sight did Xu Rou lower her gaze to her phone.

"That's great!"

She looked at Chen Sheng in her friends list, practically bouncing with excitement.

She opened her notes app.

Inside, one after another, were all the questions Xu Rou had encountered after getting into martial arts over the past few days.

There were dozens of them.

"Mm, I should ask him tonight instead."

After thinking it over, Xu Rou decided to ask gradually so as not to seem too abrupt.

This little girl

really was just a simple martial arts fanatic.

She had even forgotten that her pendant was still in Chen Sheng's hands. ... The Martial Security Bureau was about nine kilometers from the gym.

Half an hour later.

Inside the gym's VIP room.

Chen Sheng was about to inspect the panel.

He suddenly remembered that he had taken the little girl's pendant without even asking her first.

He took the pendant from his pocket.

The stone inside had completely lost its luster.

If he returned it now, it would probably arouse suspicion.

After thinking it over,

Chen Sheng decided to ask Xu Rou later whether he could buy the pendant with money.

If that did not work, he could only compensate her in other ways.

He summoned the panel.

Chen Sheng

Strength: 2.5

Agility: 3.15

Constitution: 2.84

Skill: Eye of Truth Lv0 (This skill cannot be actively upgraded, but will continuously grow stronger as attributes increase.)

Skill Points: 4.58

The changes to the panel were enormous.

The most striking was the unprecedented leap in his Agility, which had surpassed both Strength and Constitution in one go.

Chen Sheng had already expected this.

The reason his head had hurt earlier was because countless sounds had suddenly multiplied several times over, exploding in his mind.

On the way to the gym, Chen Sheng had experienced sensations unlike anything before.

He could smell the body odor of every Luren passing by him.

He could also hear their breathing and heartbeats.

He could clearly see the fine hairs on the surface of their skin.

And when Chen Sheng focused his attention, he could even feel as though time around him had slowed down.

Everything in his field of vision seemed to be playing in slow motion.

Such massive changes

were probably not caused by his increased Agility alone.

Chen Sheng lowered his gaze.

It settled on the newly appeared skill in the skill column.

Eye of Truth Lv0 (Clear Vision, Pierce Illusions, Discern Gods and Devils, Comprehend Life and Death, See Past and Future)

The new skill's description was not as straightforward as that of the Limitless Body.

It merely gave a simple description of the Eye of Truth's five stages.

Whether it was the slowed movements when he focused his attention

or the attribute panels he saw when observing others,

both were probably effects of the Eye of Truth.

And this

was only the effect it brought while still at Lv0.

"What exactly is that stone?"

Chen Sheng murmured.

Just one of them had granted him such a powerful skill.

"Limitless Body, Eye of Truth."

The names of these skills seemed to belong to the same series.

The panel's potential probably far exceeded Chen Sheng's imagination.

At that thought,

having finished checking the panel's changes, Chen Sheng was instantly filled with motivation.

He dismissed the panel and immediately began today's training.

After finishing his workout, Chen Sheng returned home. As usual, he brewed Vitality Soup and practiced the San Ti Stance that evening. ... Night.

After finishing a full day of training,

Chen Sheng sat at the edge of the balcony, recovering his strength while looking down at the Wooden House below.

The Wooden House was completely dark.

When he returned today, he had heard people in Wutong Village discussing something.

They said the nearby Desolate Graves had all been dug up.

Hearing this news, Chen Sheng went numb.

So Shen Ziming had acted like such a nice old man, sweeping graves every day.

But he had actually been digging them up.

Still, none of that had anything to do with him anymore.

He could not be bothered to care.

Chen Sheng shook his head, clearing the cluttered thoughts from his mind.

Feeling that he had mostly recovered his strength,

Chen Sheng leaped down from the balcony's edge.

He landed lightly on the ground.

He summoned the panel.

Chen Sheng

Strength: 3.02

Agility: 3.39

Constitution: 3.01

Three-Body Stance Lv2: 72/5000

Xingyi Five Elements Fist Lv1: 69/2000

Skill Points: 5.61

All his attributes had broken past the threshold of three.

At this moment, Chen Sheng was stronger than ever before.

It was also time to break through to the Dark Force level.

At that thought,

Chen Sheng focused his attention on the Five Elements Fist.

Upgrade!

The words Five Elements Fist blurred before becoming clear again.

Xingyi Five Elements Fist Lv2: 69/5000

In an instant.

Countless muscle memories flooded into his body.

Chen Sheng closed his eyes and carefully felt the changes in his body.

One minute later.

He opened his eyes again, his expression incomparably solemn.

Chen Sheng slowly began practicing the Five Elements Fist.

His movements were slow.

But he could feel that as he practiced, it was not just his muscles.

Every inch of his fascia, his internal organs, all coordinated with his body, making the force behind every punch and kick increasingly powerful.

At first, every punch Chen Sheng threw produced a sharp burst in the air.

That was the manifestation of Overt Force.

Gradually, the sounds faded away.

Yet every movement Chen Sheng made carried far greater power.

He practiced faster and faster.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Swoosh! The sound of his fists slicing through the air gradually became sharper.

Chen Sheng felt as though a breath of energy within him was desperate to erupt.

Finally, Bang! Chen Sheng punched the wall.

He withdrew his fist. A deep fist mark remained on the wall.

Within the fist mark were countless tiny holes, each no larger than a needlepoint.

Dark Force

had been achieved.