Promotion Triggered by a Piece of Venison, Mid-level Martial Artist

The martial artist moved quickly; it was only to train Lu Lin that they spent extra time handling the internal organs.

When the aroma of roasting meat wafted through the air, Li Mo silently returned to camp.

Zhou Shenming didn't immediately ask about his reconnaissance; instead, he took two pieces of cooked venison and handed them over.

Li Mo didn't stand on ceremony, accepting the venison and devouring it heartily, paying no mind to the others who still had nothing to eat.

Fortunately, everyone's meat was soon ready, with Zhou Shenming and Lu Lin being the first to receive theirs.

Sitting beside Lu Lin, Zhou Shenming explained, "Li Mo expends a great deal of energy scouting the environment, something an Energy Bar can't replenish. So whenever he returns from reconnaissance, he's the first in the team to eat."

Lu Lin nodded silently.

Li Mo acted as the team's radar, detecting dangers ahead and preventing them from stumbling into peril unknowingly. His job was the most dangerous and draining, so eating first was only natural.

"Alright, eat up. This time out, you're still the one everyone looks after. In the future, your ability will determine the order of meals."

With that, Zhou Shenming began tearing into the meat, eating with no refinement, as if ravenous, wolfing it down.

In no time, a large chunk of venison was gone.

Though Lu Lin didn't understand the rush, he knew it had to do with the wilderness environment. Mimicking Zhou Shenming, he ate quickly, and soon his portion was finished too.

Under Zhou Shenming's approving gaze, Lu Lin felt his body grow warm.

No, not just warm—it felt more like... burning.

Lu Lin instantly realized this was a sign of Vitality Power surging within him.

Who would have thought that simply eating a piece of venison could trigger such a change?

He quickly closed his eyes and began circulating his Vitality Power according to the Thousand Layered Breathing Technique.

Zhou Shenming paused, then sensed the shift in Lu Lin.

Under normal circumstances, a Martial Artist's Vitality Power was quite weak, with even a High-level Martial Artist's not exceeding 10 points.

Thus, in a calm state, a martial artist's Vitality fluctuations weren't easily detected.

Now that Lu Lin showed signs of surging Vitality, there was no doubt—he was about to advance.

Likely from Initial Grade to Mid-level.

Zhou Shenming recalled Ren Tian mentioning that Lu Lin had only just broken through to Martial Artist a few days ago. He hadn't expected him to be on the verge of advancing to Mid-level so soon.

Without making a fuss, he carefully stood and positioned himself protectively beside Lu Lin.

The commotion quickly caught the attention of the other team members. Ren Tian, noticing the anomaly, asked loudly, "Captain, something wrong?"

Zhou Shenming nodded, gestured for Ren Tian to be quiet, then pointed at Lu Lin.

Ren Tian froze. Was something wrong with Lu Lin?!

He dropped the rabbit he was roasting and hurried over to Zhou Shenming. "Captain, what's with Lu Lin?"

Even without Zhou Shenming speaking, Ren Tian could now sense the changes in Lu Lin's body.

He stared at Zhou Shenming in disbelief. "Ca-captain, Lu Lin, he's..."

Zhou Shenming nodded, signaling him to keep quiet.

When martial artists advanced in rank, they typically chose a safe, quiet, undisturbed place to cultivate, avoiding any unexpected incidents.

But Lu Lin—he had broken through to Martial Artist in the West City Monster Beast Trading Market, and now, at the foot of Baiyin Mountain, he was advancing just from eating a piece of venison.

Realizing this, Ren Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Lu Lin's ability to advance anytime, anywhere—there was probably no one else in the world who could replicate it.

Seeing the two of them, the others grew curious, craning their necks to look.

Zhou Shenming, confident that Ren Tian's presence ensured Lu Lin's safety, walked over to the group and explained. Everyone gasped in astonishment.

Was this a joke?

They had been out in the wild countless times, completed over a hundred missions, and eaten who knows how much Monster Beast meat. How come they never had Lu Lin's luck or talent?

Comparing people really was infuriating.

In less than ten minutes, Lu Lin opened his eyes.

He was now a Mid-level Martial Artist.

His physical strength had increased dramatically. From a rough estimate, Lu Lin figured that without using Vitality Power, his Punch Force should exceed 8,000 kilograms.

If he used Vitality Power... he couldn't guess.

But breaking 10,000 was certain.

Out of habit, Lu Lin opened his Attribute Panel:

[Owner: Lu Lin]
[Level: Mid-level Martial Artist]
[Techniques: Thousand Layered Breathing Technique Fourth Layer (66666/100000), Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield Third Layer (888/10000), Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes Fourth Layer (1/100000), Mad Ox Strength Fist Fourth Layer (1/100000), Soaring Cloud Steps Third Layer (9969/10000), Snake Step First Layer (0/100)]
[Points: 5005.7]

Lu Lin's level had finally reached the Mid-level Martial Artist stage—truly a cause for celebration.

More importantly, several of his techniques had been simplified by the system.

The Thousand Layered Breathing Technique had advanced from the previous Third Layer to over halfway through the Fourth Layer.

As for the Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield, aside from the day he returned home and fought Zhang Yu, which had added a bit of progress, there had been no change in the past few days.

Through arduous and unremitting effort, Lu Lin had finally pushed the Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes to the Fourth Layer, allowing his attacks to increase by up to five times.

With his current Punch Force of ten thousand jin, Lu Lin's maximum attack power was second only to a Mid-level Martial Master. Of course, this was purely theoretical combat strength. When actually facing a Monster Beast, whether Lu Lin could defeat his opponent would still depend on his performance.

The Mad Ox Strength Fist had advanced to the Fourth Layer. Over these past few days, Lu Lin hadn't focused his main energy on this aspect, but even just practicing in his spare time, he had pushed the Mad Ox Strength Fist to the Fourth Layer, gaining another 1000 kilograms of strength.

The Soaring Cloud Steps were also on the verge of advancement. As long as Lu Lin put in a bit more effort, he could reach the Fourth Layer. At that point, his running speed would reach 100 m/s.

If he used that speed to participate in the Olympics or World Championships, he would be picking up gold medals until his hands went numb.

However, on Blue Star, no such sports events were held.

The only thing that hadn't improved was probably Lu Lin's Snake Step. Due to insufficient funds, he couldn't ask his mother to cook him Snake Meat Soup, so its progress had never increased.

As he was now, although Lu Lin's realm was only at the Mid-level Martial Artist level, in terms of actual combat strength, he could face a Mid-level Martial Master without losing.

Nevertheless, Lu Lin knew he still needed to learn more about wilderness survival experience and techniques for fighting Monster Beasts, so he could maximize his combat power.

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