Leap in Strength

After more than a month of cultivation.

For the last half month, he had even used the most effective Guide Technique.

Yang Yu was now eager to find out just how much his strength had improved.

Other than the First Day, when the results had been best and his punching force had increased by around 3,000 kilograms.

Over the following half month or so, he had gained more than a hundred kilograms each day, adding up to nearly 2,000 kilograms.

After using the Five Elements Guidance Technique for the most recent half month, his daily absorption efficiency had increased dozens of times over, greatly reducing the time needed to absorb Cosmic Energy.

Originally, it took four or five hours each day to absorb and refine Cosmic Energy. Now, it took less than half an hour.

However, although he had saved a great deal of time, his cells' daily "appetite" was limited. While his efficiency had improved immensely, the amount of extra Cosmic Energy absorbed by each cell had not increased by much.

Yang Yu could feel that his daily increase in punching force was now roughly one-third greater than before.

In other words, by rough estimation, Yang Yu had gained over 4,000 kilograms of punching force in just over a month.

After all, he was a Neijiaquan master. Although he could not perfectly control every ounce of strength in his body like a Grandmaster, he was not far off, so he could roughly sense how much strength he currently possessed.

Adding that to his original 1,200 kilograms of punching force, he was now at more than 5,000 kilograms, close to 6,000.

This was already very close to the 8,000-kilogram threshold for a Junior War General. At Yang Yu's current Cultivation Speed, he would only need less than a month to officially become a Junior War General.

It was now March.

There were still roughly six months until the Grand Nirvana officially arrived in September.

With so much time, Yang Yu was even confident that he could cultivate his Physical Fitness to the Intermediate War General level!

That meant reaching 16,000 kilograms of punching force and an astonishing running speed of 130 m/s!

And by then, barring any surprises, his Spiritual Force should have awakened as well.

With Spiritual Force two whole levels stronger, Yang Yu's combat power would reach the Junior War God level!

Against monsters that had only just mutated and generally possessed strength at the Fighter or War General levels, it would be nothing short of slaughter.

Even if he was unlucky enough to encounter a large group of Beast General Level monsters or a single Lord Level monster, he would be fully confident of saving his life, or even killing it.

But the Grand Nirvana was still only in its early stages. There was a high chance that such terrifying monsters had not yet appeared in great numbers.

So for the time being, things were still safe.

As he pondered this, Yang Yu soon arrived at the newly reopened Dong's Dojo.

"Xiao Yu, over here!" A beautiful young married woman with a slender figure and alluring curves called out to Yang Yu.

Yang Yu looked over and saw that it was Jiang Fang. "Hi, Sister Fang. You came to the dojo too."

"Haha, I'd been cooped up at home for so long. Now that the dojo's open, of course I came to train. And it's so nice to see you on the First Day. I was worried that I wouldn't see any familiar faces when I came back this time."

Jiang Fang spoke with a smile. In her eyes, Yang Yu was like a sunny, cheerful younger brother. She liked teasing him whenever she had nothing to do, but it was purely sisterly affection.

She now had a happy and fulfilled family. Besides her love for martial arts, she had a husband who loved her and children. So she had not yet become the cold female War God she would later become.

"Yeah, it's great to see each other again. After this virus outbreak, who knows how many familiar people are still alive."

Yang Yu and Jiang Fang walked into the dojo side by side, chatting about recent events as they headed toward the room specifically meant for strength training.

"By the way, Xiao Yu, I remember it's just you and your Grandfather at home, right? Is your Grandfather doing well?"

"Thank you for asking, Sister Fang. My Grandfather is doing well. He was lucky enough to pull through," Yang Yu said with a smile. "What about your family, Sister Fang?"

"My family? We were quite lucky too. My husband and my two children are all fine." Jiang Fang's smile brightened as she spoke.

"That's good. After going through this, you really understand that good health is what truly matters," Yang Yu said with a sigh.

It was also because of this that Yang Yu realized there were truly a lot of people at the dojo today.

He chatted with Jiang Fang while doing strength training.

Before long, both of them were breathing heavily.

Of course.

Yang Yu was deliberately making himself sound out of breath.

With Yang Yu's Physical Fitness, even if the training weight was increased tenfold, he would not feel tired.

Once the morning had passed, Jiang Fang said goodbye to Yang Yu and went home.

It was lunchtime, and there were already very few people training in the dojo.

There was not a single person in the punching force testing area.

After Yang Yu entered, he closed the door, walked up to the Punch Strength Tester, and turned it on.

He stared straight ahead at the Punching Target.

He sank his qi into his dantian and calmed his mind.

Then suddenly.

Yang Yu threw a punch!

The fierce gust from his fist vaguely carried hints of a tiger's roar!

Bang!

An incomparably dull sound instantly resounded through the entire room.

The Punching Target shook violently.

The numbers on the tester began jumping wildly as well.

Finally, the number stopped.

'5,888 kilograms!'

This Punch Strength Tester had been specially made at great expense by the dojo, with an upper punching-force limit of 10,000 kilograms.

So it could still test his strength accurately for now.

"Let's try using Tiger Cannon Fist."

Yang Yu was delighted to see that the result was close to what he had predicted.

He immediately mobilized all of his Martial Way Insight. The strength throughout his body instantly twisted into a single rope, flowing from the soles of his feet to his calves and waist before being transmitted into his Right Fist.

Bang!!!

A sound far duller than before rang out.

This time, the Punching Target shook even more violently, and the numbers on the Display Screen instantly jumped to the upper limit!

Yang Yu could only smile wryly. "Sure enough, using special Force Application Techniques can amplify strength enormously. That punch had at least 20,000 kilograms of force!"

Based on how Yang Yu had previously been able to produce more than a fourfold amplification when unleashing Tiger Cannon Fist at Full Strength.

The punching force of that strike was roughly 22,000 kilograms.

It had completely surpassed the 16,000-kilogram qualifying line for an Intermediate War General, though it was still quite far from the 32,000-kilogram threshold for a Senior War General.

After resetting the Punch Force Tester to zero, Yang Yu headed to the speed-testing room.

There was still no one here. After closing the door, Yang Yu turned on the equipment.

Since the speed test used infrared sensors and computer calculations.

Its upper limit was quite high, so there was no need to worry that it would fail to measure his speed.

Standing outside the Running Track, Yang Yu took a deep breath.

Then, without using any Force Application Technique, he tested himself once with pure brute strength.

'81 m/s'

Yang Yu was quite satisfied as he looked at the number. This speed was not slow even among Senior Fighters.

Next, Yang Yu once again applied the Force Application Technique to his feet.

In an instant, the Soaring Dragon Footwork unfolded at full power.

Strength and technique erupted completely!

Yang Yu streaked across the Running Track like a phantom.

He instantly arrived at the other end of the Running Track.

He walked over to the Display Screen.

'188 m/s'!

"Not bad." Yang Yu smiled and reset the tester to zero.

This speed did surprise Yang Yu slightly.