Thunder Strike Minor Accomplishment, Flow for Killing Life Spirits!

After Fang Qingyu politely declined the last person, he rubbed his face, which had gone stiff from smiling, and sighed helplessly.

"So tiring."

Various merchant guilds kept coming forward, touting their benefits.

"We'll guarantee your safety, help you get a Life Pearl in one night, provide housing, women, clubs, and more."

Actually, Fang Qingyu didn't quite understand the specifics beyond the latter three guarantees.

But the way they talked felt like they were making empty promises.

He didn't even need to understand them to refuse.

He stretched his body.

Fang Qingyu walked back into the Martial Hall.

He was the only one left now.

He really enjoyed this feeling of constantly improving alone.

After all, the strong were destined to be lonely.

He walked to the wooden dummy area in front of Bao Gang and began practicing his Stance Training and fist techniques.

Instructor Zheng was right.

Strength was the foundation of everything.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to learn the Contemplation Method without 300KG of strength.

Or even if he mastered a Martial Method.

With only 100KG of strength, he wouldn't be able to defeat those terrifying Life Spirits!

He hadn't trained for several days.

The feeling of reactivating his body made Fang Qingyu fall into a trance.

[Your profession 'Martial Arts Apprentice' experience +17]

[Your profession basic skill 'Hidden Dragon Stance' experience +25]

[Your profession basic skill 'Basic Fist Technique' experience +22]

After two hours passed, Fang Qingyu looked at his gains for the day.

Both basic skills were still far from leveling up.

But his profession itself was only 75 experience points away from leveling up.

He figured he'd likely break through when he entered the Elite Class.

Then, he looked at the Baji Quan panel.

Actually, after killing the Life Spirit that night.

Besides unlocking the Life Spirit Compendium function, he had also gained proficiency in Baji Quan.

His proficiency, which was originally only 22 points, had surged to 57 points.

It seemed that Martial Method experience increased faster during combat.

Fang Qingyu secretly noted this point.

Finally, he looked at the plus sign next to the new skill, Thunder Strike.

Collecting the Umbilical Fiend's compendium had rewarded him with one skill point that he hadn't used yet.

He had intentionally saved it for now.

"Thunder Strike, level up!"

The warm current from the skill point exploded in his skull.

Countless blade shadows surged and reformed in the depths of his consciousness, and in a daze, he saw flashes of lightning.

Crack—

His spine suddenly popped like popping beans, and the muscles in his body tightened around his bones like vines.

When Fang Qingyu opened his eyes again.

He rotated his wrist, feeling the precise control he had even in the movement of his wrist bones.

This experience was different from Baji Quan.

But his physical body had still grown.

[Strength: 16.7 → 17.0]

[Speed: 16.0 → 16.2]

[Physique: 16.3 → 16.5]

However, the biggest increase was in Thunder Strike.

He looked at the status panel.

[Congratulations, your advanced skill "Thunder Strike" has leveled up to Lv.2 (0/200)]

Fang Qingyu walked over to the weapon rack and drew his Hengdao.

He then walked in front of the wooden dummy.

Clang!

The moment the blade left the sheath, a sonic boom erupted in the air.

This perfectly ordinary "horizontal slash" tore through the air with a thunderous roar.

A track was cut into the steel layer on the outside of the wooden dummy.

Fang Qingyu leaned closer and could clearly see slight scorch marks on the cut surface, as if struck by lightning.

"So this is the power of Minor Accomplishment."

It seemed Instructor Zheng's mastery of Thunder Strike was far beyond Minor Accomplishment.

Comparing the marks, it wasn't just a difference in strength.

There was also a difference in the cut itself.

"From what Instructor Zheng said today, Level 1 is equivalent to Novice, Level 2 is Minor Accomplishment, and there are still several unclear proficiency levels after that."

"But I still don't have enough skill points."

Fang Qingyu sheathed his sword back on the rack, took a shower in the locker room, and then left the Martial Hall.

It was time to grind.

"Master Zhang, where are you guys now?"

After getting a massage at the club, Fang Qingyu called Master Zhang.

Then he got into a brand new A8 and drove to his afternoon work location.

Last time, he had encountered the Life Spirit incident halfway through activating his profession, so today he had to complete the activation and see what skills it would bring.

".Qingzi, what's with...?"

When they arrived, the foreman, Master Zhang, looked a bit stunned seeing the brand new car.

"Ahem, I'm moonlighting as a driver for someone, and since I had some free time, I came to earn some money."

To prevent Master Zhang from not calling him next time, Fang Qingyu casually made up an excuse.

Originally, everyone was poor.

Suddenly, you become rich and then you come here.

This isn't coming to work, it's showing off.

He worked for four or five hours, not afraid of getting dirty, and finished the day's work. Fang Qingyu spent some money to treat everyone to a bottle of water before leaving.

Sitting in the car, he looked at a new page in his compendium.

[Profession: Porter Lv.1 (3/100)]

[Basic Profession Skill: Resilient Body Lv.1 (5/100)]

He hadn't chosen the wrong profession this time.

Fang Qingyu had originally thought that the skills awakened by the Porter profession wouldn't be very useful.

He didn't expect it to give him a surprise.

[Resilient Body: Strengthens muscles and ligaments' pressure threshold, delays fatigue and reduces the risk of strain, simultaneously converts carrying impact into increased stamina.]

The effect of this skill was self-evident during work.

Whether it was strengthening muscles and ligaments or delaying fatigue, it would be of great help to Fang Qingyu in his martial arts training.

As for the specific effects, he would have to wait and see after practicing tomorrow.

He grabbed a quick meal by the roadside.

Fang Qingyu started heading to the Combat Arena.

He walked straight into the office.

Brother Jiao and Lu Chen were squeezed in front of the computer screen, staring intently at something.

Hearing the knock on the door, they both turned their heads.

When they saw Fang Qingyu, Brother Jiao immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

"Qingzi's here, sit down, sit down, you don't mind me calling you that, do you?"

"Brother Jiao, Brother Chen, of course I don't mind."

Seeing this, Fang Qingyu also smiled.

"Calling me that makes us strangers. Let me reintroduce myself."

Brother Jiao pulled Fang Qingyu's arm and said heartily.

"Former Brahma Martial Hall Elite Disciple, Jiao Yongkang, strength 454KG. You can call me Old Jiao from now on."

"Same here, former Elite Disciple, Lu Chen, Strength: 412KG."

Lu Chen also walked out from behind the desk and introduced himself with a smile.

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Fang Qingyu was pulled to sit on the sofa.

So, these two incredibly strong individuals are acting like ordinary people next to me?!

"Haha, no need to be surprised, you understand the rules."

Old Jiao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this.

"Otherwise, how do you think I managed to own two venues, and have them located here on Five Mile Street?"

Fang Qingyu listened and thought it made sense.

However, their strength was still a bit beyond his expectations.

He knew that strength became harder to increase the further you progressed.

A strength of over 400KG was equivalent to half a ton.

It was enough to kill an adult bull with a single punch.

Not to mention, they had definitely learned the Contemplation Method.

"Qingzi, Brother Qin mentioned you're willing to join our Zishi Merchant Guild!?"

After the reintroductions, Old Jiao rubbed his hands together, looking at Fang Qingyu with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"I do have that intention, but could you first tell me about the process of hunting Life Spirits?"

Fang Qingyu nodded, but his brow still held some confusion.

He could say that besides knowing a little about Life Spirits, he was completely clueless about everything else.

"Of course, Old Lu, close the door."

Old Jiao heard this and immediately asked Lu Chen to close the door.

Then he turned back, his expression serious.

"Actually, the process of fighting Life Spirits can be summarized in three words."

"Snatch, Kill, Run!"