Swallowed Star: Splitting the Heavens
Chapter 29

Quasi-Martial Artist Liu Ting

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"The arrival of War God Xu Ai truly brings splendor to our Mingyue Residential Quarter."

Wu Tong and a group of instructors from Yangzhou City stood at the entrance of Mingyue Residential Quarter. Seeing Xu Ai and Liu Ting walking over, they immediately trotted over to welcome them.

Xu Ai's reputation among martial artists was quite significant now; after all, a 17-year-old War God who had participated in the battle for City 0551 was a one-of-a-kind existence in the current era of base cities.

Moreover, she was a disciple of the world's third-strongest powerhouse, the Ruthless Councilor, making her well worth currying favor with for the likes of Wu Tong.

"Uh, Uncle, there's no need for that..."

Xu Ai was speechless and hung up the phone.

"Let's head inside quickly."

"Very well, please."

Wu Tong smiled and made a gesture of invitation, leading Xu Ai into Mingyue Residential Quarter.

Xu Ai had accompanied Xu Xin here once before, so she naturally knew the way.

They soon arrived at the Extreme Martial Arts Hall in Mingyue Residential Quarter, where Liu Ting had been waiting for a long time.

"I told you to get up early. Tell me, did you sneak into Sister Xin's bed again?"

Liu Ting pinched Xu Ai's cheeks, looking dissatisfied.

Xu Ai's obsession with her sister was on par with her two older brothers' obsession with their younger sister; this whole family simply couldn't feel comfortable unless they were obsessed with someone...

Incidentally, Xu Xin was also slightly obsessed with her younger sister! Otherwise, how could she let Xu Ai boss her around so much...

"I did not! It was clearly my sister who crawled into my bed."

Xu Ai argued back. It was indeed true; Xu Xin had been the one to crawl into Xu Ai's bed.

Well, it was just that Xu Ai had been the one holding her as they crawled in!

"Tch, Uncle Wu, the time has come. Let's start the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment."

Liu Ting let go and urged Wu Tong.

"Alright, let's head upstairs."

Wu Tong nodded, led Xu Ai and Liu Ting to the elevator, opened the doors, and after they stepped inside, pressed the button for the sixth floor.

Naturally, Xu Ai couldn't be expected to squeeze into an elevator with others, so the remaining instructors and advanced students had to squeeze into the other one.

The environment on the sixth floor hadn't changed much from a few months ago. After Wu Tong invited Xu Ai to sit down, he went off to get busy.

"Are you really okay being this relaxed?"

Xu Ai looked at Liu Ting speechlessly. The other advanced students were all lining up as soon as they arrived, yet here she was, just sitting around.

Liu Ting glanced at Xu Ai and leaned back on the sofa, stretching her body.

"What does it matter? I'll just go last after they finish their tests."

Anyway, with Xu Ai here, she could borrow her prestige to act fierce; Wu Tong and the others wouldn't cause trouble for themselves over such a small matter.

The testing speed was fast, and before long, everyone in the queue had finished.

"The last one, Liu Ting!"

Wu Tong looked toward Xu Ai's direction and shouted.

"Coming!"

Liu Ting jumped up and quickly ran to the Punch Strength Tester.

Standing firm, Liu Ting gathered a bit of strength and then threw a punch at the target.

'BANG!!!'

"1138 kilograms. Very impressive."

This result was extraordinary. It was rare for a martial artist to reach a punch strength of 1000 kilograms during a Quasi-Martial Artist assessment, let alone over 1100. One had to know that even Luo Feng had only reached a similar figure during his own test.

"That's so exaggerated..."

Xu Ai looked at Liu Ting in surprise. The human body's potential had limits; once it reached a certain value, it was very difficult to increase it further.

Take Yang Wu, for example. He took the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment once a month and had tried nearly ten times, but he kept failing the speed test. In other words, he had barely managed to pass after nearly ten months of effort...

She hadn't expected Liu Ting's physical potential to be so high that she could train up to the level of over 1100 kilograms. This data was extremely rare.

After all, most people took the Quasi-Martial Artist assessment as soon as they met the standard, then went on to use cultivation methods to optimize their genes. Who would just keep training purely physically...

"How is it? Pretty impressive, right?"

Liu Ting walked back with a smile. She had asked Xu Ai to come, naturally, to show off.

"Mm-hmm, certainly impressive."

Xu Ai smiled. With this physical fitness, combined with her talent, sensing cosmic energy wouldn't be difficult.

Hearing Xu Ai say this, Liu Ting became even happier.

"Keep watching!"

Following that, Liu Ting passed the speed test and the nerve reaction test with a speed of 29m/s and 25 hits without touching the red light.

This data exceeds that of Luo Feng back in the day!

"How was it?"

Liu Ting walked up to Xu Ai with a smile, looking like she was begging for praise.

Seeing this, Xu Ai immediately started clapping non-stop.

"Amazing, truly amazing."

"Liu Ting, let's go, it's time to look at the Genetic Energy Cultivation Method."

Wu Tong, leading the successful Quasi-Martial Artists, couldn't help but shout out when he saw Liu Ting still showing off to Xu Ai.

"Coming, right away."

Liu Ting waved at Xu Ai and quickly ran over.

"If I could get Liu Ting into the Elite Training Camp early..."

Then I could hear Liu Ting call me teacher!

Xu Ai's eyes lit up, but after thinking about it, she decided to give up.

"Forget it, better to take it slow. It's only a matter of time anyway..."

After Liu Ting came out, Xu Ai said a few words to Wu Tong, and they left together.

"Are you going to start practicing the 'Five Hearts Towards Heaven' now?"

"Yes."

Liu Ting nodded and brought Xu Ai to a villa in the Mingyue Residential Quarter.

This was the home she shared with Liu Qingling.

"Here, take this. Finish it before you start cultivating; the effects will be better."

Xu Ai tossed a bottle of green liquid to Liu Ting.

"What is this?"

"A diluted Vegetation Spirit solution. It can boost cell activity and slightly increase your physical fitness."

"Vegetation Spirit?"

Liu Ting clearly hadn't heard of it. That made sense; such non-renewable cultivation resources were extremely precious and could not be measured by money, so information about them was naturally restricted.

"A Vegetation Spirit is formed from the transformation of plants. Every Vegetation Spirit contains the essence of heaven and earth and possesses special effects."

Xu Ai gave a brief introduction, then placed the diluted Vegetation Spirit solution into Liu Ting's hands.

"This diluted solution is made from Vegetation Spirit, making it easy to absorb. It works exceptionally well for ordinary people and even Fighter-level martial artists."

Xu Ai didn't mention its value, otherwise, it would be troublesome if Liu Ting refused to accept it.

Liu Ting looked at it, truly believing it wasn't anything important, and tucked it into her pocket.

"Where is Sister Qingling? Did she go out?"

Xu Ai walked into the villa, looked at the quiet house, and couldn't help but ask.

Smack!!!

"Call me Aunt, or Little Aunt works too!"

Liu Ting was very angry; her seniority was getting lower and lower!

Even Xu Xin was calling Liu Qingling "sister" now, so what was she supposed to do!?

"Let's just stick to our own ways of addressing each other..."

Xu Ai covered her head and walked over to the sofa to sit down.

"She should be cultivating in the Martial Arts Hall on the second floor right now."

The architectural style of the Mingyue Residential Quarter meant the Martial Arts Hall was on the second floor.

"Then..."

"I'm going to go cultivate now. You sit for a while; my little aunt should finish her session soon."

After saying that, Liu Ting headed toward the second floor.

"Fine..."

Xu Ai glanced at the second floor, then sat cross-legged on the sofa and began to circulate the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

The [Devouring Heaven Demon Art] cultivation method, which included the effects of a guiding technique, simulated the collapse of a black hole to forcibly plunder a massive amount of cosmic energy from the void into her body.

Currently, the cultivation effect of the Devouring Heaven Demon Art was three times that of the 'Five Qi Towards Origin' cultivation method and the 'Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown' guiding technique!

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