"Can girls even have a Pure Yang Body?"
Jiang Liu asked, voicing his own doubt.
"Why wouldn't girls be able to have a Pure Yang Body?"
Su Weiyang retorted with a question of her own.
As soon as those words left her mouth, Jiang Liu realized he had read too many novels; the cultivation world did not explicitly state that females were forbidden from possessing a Pure Yang Body.
Physical constitutions came in all sorts of bizarre forms, and he could not be bound by the mindset of cultivation novels.
Pure Yang Body.
The corners of Jiang Liu's mouth twitched slightly as he tentatively asked, "Were your Pure Yang Body and Supreme Fire Spiritual Root both starting freebies?"
"Yes."
Su Weiyang replied concisely.
Alright, that was overpowered.
This was what you called a Daughter of Destiny; this was truly a Daughter of Destiny.
Displaying super-high intelligence while studying and transcendent talent while cultivating, the gap between people was sometimes even greater than the gap between a person and a dog.
Jiang Liu couldn't help but feel his teeth ache whenever he thought of his starting Three-Element Mixed Spirit Root.
Spirit Roots could be obtained through gacha pulls, but where was he supposed to get a transcendent immortal body like that?
Without even thinking, did high-value immortal bodies like this have any other acquisition channels besides paying-to-win?
Fine, as long as he could get it by paying-to-win, it didn't matter.
"Keep it up, let's both advance to the second round."
Jiang Liu wasn't close with Su Weiyang and hadn't even spoken to her at school. After satisfying his curiosity, he left her with those words before bursting into full speed, instantly overtaking her and pulling away by several meters in a split second—a distance that kept continuously expanding at that.
A Pure Yang Body combined with a Supreme Fire Spiritual Root was strong, but it still wasn't enough to snatch the title of Parkour King away from him.
Over the past few days since the server opened, he had continuously accumulated his foundation, and his overall strength already far surpassed those in the same realm, let alone cultivators at a lower realm than him.
Under his full-out burst of speed, no one could threaten his first place; it was within his grasp.
And even with all that, he hadn't even used his top-grade gold Spirit Root yet.
Behind him.
Su Weiyang watched as Jiang Liu pulled further and further away ahead of her, remaining silent as she secretly increased her speed. Still, she couldn't catch up to him, and the raging flames enveloping her whole body suddenly flared by a few notches before quickly subsiding again.
After Jiang Liu made his appearance, she realized that the title of Parkour King she once thought was safely in the bag had already receded into the distance along with the growing gap between them.
When on earth did another super genius pop up at school?
The abandoned mining area was rugged, desolate, and dead silent, its interior narrow paths winding through eighteen turns over a full ten-kilometer course. Jiang Liu took the lead without the slightest setback, flying across the finish line at an average speed of a little over five seconds per hundred meters, effortlessly securing first place in the first round.
An average speed of five seconds per hundred meters!
This was the speed granted by the Qi Refining Layer 8, eight magical instruments, wings, and advanced buffs!
Even Usain Bolt would have to call him daddy if he came here!
[Congratulations on winning first place in the first round of the Parkour King event and successfully advancing to the second round. The second round of the competition will take place precisely at 12:00 noon tomorrow.]
[You have entered the AFK zone. Cultivation speed increased by 1,000%. The remaining event duration is 21 minutes and 12 seconds. Please enjoy the winner's reward.]
There was actually AFK rewards too?
I thought everyone in the first round besides the qualifiers was just participating for the experience.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu hurriedly crossed his legs and sat down, circulating the Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique. Under the blessing of the 1,000% cultivation speed, twenty minutes of cultivation equated to two hundred minutes outside. Free hours were not to be wasted.
After Jiang Liu had been cultivating in place for a little over a minute, Su Weiyang—who took second place—also rushed through the finish line's barrier of light. A trace of confusion flashed in her eyes when she saw Jiang Liu sitting on the ground at the finish line cultivating, but the moment she heard the voice in her mind, she promptly sat down not far from Jiang Liu.
Ten times the cultivation speed!
Those who crossed the finish line light barrier first got to enjoy it first; the gap in realms was widened precisely in these inadvertent moments.
As the countdown ticked away, everyone with wings seized a spot in the top ten without exception, and even Li Dongze managed to grab eighth place.
Although he wasn't very good at flying, he had wings and an advanced movement speed buff. That was his advantage, allowing him to secure a top-ten spot even by charging forward blindly with his eyes closed.
"Holy shit! Ten times cultivation speed!"
Li Dongze was also stunned by the first round's event reward. He neatly scrambled over to sit by Jiang Liu's side, his heart blooming with joy. He was cultivating the Imprint Version Three Revolutions Mysterious Technique, after all, and under the blessing of the ten times cultivation speed, his cultivation points were soaring rapidly!
He had made a killing; both he and Jiang Liu had made an absolute killing.
"Ahhhhh! There's actually an AFK reward for the first round? I started strolling around halfway through!"
"Why the hell didn't you say there were rewards earlier? What kind of dog-shit copywriting is this!"
"Ten times the cultivation speed—what a colossal loss!"
"Can this immortal cultivation even go on? I might as well just lie flat."
More and more people rushed through the finish line light barrier. Upon learning that there were AFK rewards, many people wore expressions of bitter regret, and those who had strolled halfway cursed up a storm.
Hiding the fact that the first round had rewards—could this trash official team just drop dead?
A great many people had given up halfway upon realizing they had no chance at the top ten and began slacking off. After strolling across the finish line, they regretted why they hadn't just persisted a little longer.
If they couldn't even persevere through a ten-kilometer parkour run, what right did they have to talk about cultivating immortals?
[The first round of the Parkour King has ended. Thank you all players for participating. Top ten contestants, please look forward to the second round.]
The sound of the event ending echoed in his mind, followed by another dizzying spin as spiral illusions appeared before his vision.
Plunging into darkness, when Jiang Liu recovered his senses once again, his consciousness had returned to the classroom, having exited the Illusion Realm map.
"There wasn't even any parkour in this. Isn't this purely selling dog meat under a sheep's head?"
Hearing Li Dongze's grumbling beside him, Jiang Liu said quietly, "How do you know the second round won't give you a super-high-difficulty track?"
"No way, right?"
Li Dongze was startled, speechlessly adding, "I got beaten black and blue just from this simple mining area. If they swap it for a super-high-difficulty track, I doubt I'll even be able to reach the finish line."
"Don't underestimate the officials' dog-fucked nature."
Jiang Liu shrugged and offhandedly said, "Hurry up and head to the Story 1-1 stage to practice flying. One day is enough for you to master it."
"1-1? You're so damn crafty!"
The first round was steady enough, but the second round would still feature ten thousand people. The quality of these ten thousand people consisted of the top ten from every single track; if he wanted to claim first place once more, what else could he improve?
Jiang Liu felt a slight sense of instability. Although he was fast and strong, he couldn't beat the sheer number of players. Quantity caused qualitative changes, and sooner or later, a few super freaks were bound to emerge.
He was determined to win this Parkour King title and had to go all out, improving himself by even a fraction during these two days.
Where should he improve from?
Jiang Liu switched into the Cultivation Era, first opening the Character Panel, glancing at his cultivation points, and then silently closing it.
His cultivation points were only in the tens of thousands, still a long way from Qi Refining Layer 9.
He opened his equipment interface next. A full set of gleaming magical instruments adorned him, but nearly half of the slots remained empty—meaning that if he wanted to improve in a very short time, he still had to rely on magical instruments.
"Sigh, time to go on a shopping trip again."
Jiang Liu sighed. He still had over a dozen Spirit Stones, which was enough to hit a guaranteed pity pull.
At this stage, compared to a Supreme Spirit Root, he wanted powerful magical instruments even more.
With this guaranteed pity pull, no matter how bad his luck was, he should be able to get a few magical instruments, right?
He was a lucky European player; surely he could, right?
Right?
Begging for follow-reads on Monday and Tuesday! The follow-reads for these two days relate to getting promoted—please, brothers!
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