Yang Yu's strength was already very close to the qualifying standard for a Martial Artist. He only needed to train hard for a while longer to meet the requirements for independently absorbing and refining Cosmic Energy.
He could absolutely catch the wave of explosive growth in strength when the Double R Virus swept across the globe!
"Soon. Only two months left."
It was already autumn turning into winter, yet Yang Yu wore only a thin shirt and did not feel the slightest chill.
His powerful physical fitness and abundant Qi and Blood allowed Yang Yu to remain unaffected by heat or cold.
He arrived at the martial arts gym.
"Brother Yu, you're here to train again? I've been seeing you much less often lately." A stunning young married woman in loose training clothes smiled as she spoke.
"Some things have held me up lately, so I haven't come as often. Sister Fang, you go ahead and train. We can chat when we have time—I need to work out." Yang Yu smiled, then headed to the Strength Training Room to begin training.
The beauty who had just spoken to Yang Yu was Jiang Fang.
The two often ran into each other at the martial arts gym, and over time, they became familiar with one another.
Jiang Fang had only been married for a short while, but because she loved martial arts, she often spent her free time at the gym.
Her husband was a successful businessman who frequently traveled for work, and he was quite supportive of her hobby.
Looking at Jiang Fang, who might become a female War God in the future, Yang Yu did not feel much about the fact that she was currently a beautiful young woman who loved martial arts.
For one thing, she already had a family, and a happy one at that.
For another, Yang Yu's focus was currently on the Martial Way. He had no time to waste on women.
The Grand Nirvana was coming.
Everyone's fate was like catkins drifting in the wind.
Even though Yang Yu was already fairly strong and still had unawakened Spiritual Force lurking within him,
there were geniuses like Yang Yu among humanity.
But were there no geniuses among the Monsters?
Of course there were!
And there were even more of them!
Perhaps because Monsters had physiques that could absorb Cosmic Energy more easily, even with their low intelligence, they could rapidly increase their strength during the early stages.
And there were simply too many Monsters!
Their mutations were also faster and fiercer!
How many human geniuses had fallen during the early days of the Grand Nirvana?
If they had survived, perhaps the Earth Faction would have produced many more Strong Experts in the future.
After all, Earthlings possessed exceptionally special souls after Zuoshanke's modifications.
The further they progressed, the stronger they became!
So, after carefully taking stock of things, Yang Yu felt that his own potential was actually very high.
Moreover, in just two and a half months, he had risen from a frail high school student to someone not far from becoming a Quasi-Martial Artist.
That rate of improvement would not have been considered slow even after the Grand Nirvana.
Of course, this had a great deal to do with the Spiritual Force constantly leaking out of him.
Although it had not awakened, as his physical fitness steadily improved, Yang Yu could feel that the Spiritual Force being imperceptibly released from his mind was also increasing.
As an exceptionally special form of Soul Energy, Mental Force was extremely effective at assisting in strengthening the body.
Combined with his Martial Way Insight, which had already brought his Xingyiquan to the Master Realm,
calling the current Yang Yu a Human-shaped Nuclear Bomb would not have been an exaggeration!
After training in the martial arts gym for an entire day, Yang Yu returned home. He ate with Grandfather and chatted with him for a while before heading to Nanshan under the cover of night for further training.
The commotion caused by Yang Yu's full strength training was still too great. He could not truly cut loose at the martial arts gym.
Moreover, Yang Yu was worried about whether Grandfather could survive the Double R Virus.
As long as he made it through, Yang Yu was confident that he could protect Grandfather through the Grand Nirvana!
Judging from the time Luo Feng awakened as a Spirit Reader in the Original Work and the physical fitness requirements,
as long as Yang Yu's physical fitness officially reached the Martial Artist level, he would naturally awaken successfully.
Awakening before his physical fitness reached the Martial Artist level was very dangerous.
Fortunately, Yang Yu was already not far from becoming a Martial Artist.
And as early as half a month ago, Yang Yu had stopped suffering from headaches.
That was actually normal.
After all, the Spiritual Force currently released from his mind was not even enough for his body to absorb, so how could it make him feel pressure?
Using the dim moonlight, Yang Yu leaped onto a cliff seven or eight meters high, then jumped onto a nearby tree. Using the tree as a foothold, he sprang again toward a massive boulder in the mountains.
Then he continued climbing upward.
He was like an agile ape, weaving through the complicated and treacherous mountain terrain.
In only a short while, Yang Yu reached the place where he often trained.
This small hidden clearing at mid-mountain had already become a level training ground after Yang Yu's training over this period.
After practicing the Xingyi Five Elements Fist and the Twelve Form Fist several times, then working on the San Ti Shi for a while,
Yang Yu began weightlifting training.
There were plenty of stones in the mountains, and Yang Yu effortlessly gathered a large number of boulders.
Of course, calling them boulders was somewhat exaggerated. They were not particularly large, but their weight was just right for Yang Yu's current training.
After completing over a hundred sets of limit weightlifting, Yang Yu began practicing his fists again while his muscles were aching and powerless!
In this state, Yang Yu could more clearly sense the flow of power through his body.
With his powerful perception, every strand of muscle and every bone was under Yang Yu's control.
His control over power had reached the current limit.
Aside from the muscles in his face, which he still could not control, Yang Yu could now control the muscles, bones, and fascia throughout the rest of his body almost perfectly.
This was one of the benefits of practicing Neijiaquan to an advanced realm. Its control over power was absolutely the strongest among all martial arts.
He only needed to train hard for a while longer and encounter the right opportunity, and Yang Yu would be able to enter the realm of a Neijiaquan grandmaster!
During this period, besides using equipment to train at the martial arts gym, Yang Yu had also read many books on the Martial Way, Taoist Theory, Buddhist Theory, descriptions of historical states of mind, and more.
With Yang Yu's powerful memory and comprehension, these Martial Way theories were rapidly absorbed with Xingyiquan as their foundation, transforming into provisions for his own advancement.
It could not be denied that the history of the world of Swallowed Star was indeed very similar to the history of Yang Yu's previous life. Aside from some minor differences, there was almost no distinction.
The sages of his previous life could also be found in this world, and the Martial Way theories of his previous life likewise existed here.
This also allowed Yang Yu to absorb the strengths of countless schools and refine his own Martial Way system.
After two and a half months of rapid improvement,
Yang Yu's Martial Way system had now basically taken shape.
Before his Spirit Reader abilities awakened,
he would rely on his fists for offense!
And on the Blade Technique he intended to learn later!
Now, when Yang Yu unleashed the Tiger Cannon Fist, it could even faintly produce the roar of a tiger!
This was a sign that he was about to enter the realm of a grandmaster.
Of course, Yang Yu could only achieve such an effect when using this particular punch.
As for defense, Yang Yu's attainments in the Crossing Fist were also considerable. Paired with the Tiger Cannon Fist, he could attack when advancing and defend when retreating.
There were also the Crushing Fist and Dragon Fist, which he had transformed into Movement Techniques.
This was also one of Yang Yu's key accomplishments during this period.
By using the Force Application Technique of the Crushing Fist, along with insights into the Movement Techniques of the Dragon Fist, Monkey Fist, Snake Fist, and others,
Yang Yu absorbed their essence and created a Movement Technique uniquely his own—the Soaring Dragon Footwork!
Once this Movement Technique was unleashed, even in a dense forest, he could move without a single leaf touching his body.
And it could greatly increase his speed as well.
Yang Yu's normal speed was currently 23.5 m/s, but once he unleashed the Soaring Dragon Footwork at full strength, his speed could soar to 30 m/s!
It could increase his speed by nearly one-third.
Of course, such an explosive burst of extreme speed could not last long, but it was sufficient for now.
As Yang Yu's physical fitness further improved and his Martial Way advanced, his Movement Technique and Fist Technique would improve along with them.
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