Life Development Power Breakthrough!

"Come, lie down. We're taking you to the hospital now."

On the stretcher.

Lin Zi'ang held his younger sister tightly, refusing to let go, his eyes fixed on Qin Annian.

"If you still want to practice martial arts, go to the hospital and heal the hidden injuries in your body."

"The City Government has set up a special fund, so you don't need to worry about money."

Qin Annian was also undergoing a simple check-up, even though he had no injuries on him.

"Officer Qin, this is my contact information. If you get hurt, you can reach out to me."

After the young girl from the medical team closed the ambulance door, two small dimples appeared on her cheeks as she raised her wrist and extended her personal terminal.

Qin Annian shook his head and said:

"Many thanks."

"But that won't be necessary."

"Unless a martial artist with a Life Development Power exceeding fifty points makes a move, I won't be getting injured at all."

Watching Qin Annian turn and leave, the girl finally snapped back to reality.

"Hiss!"

"This is just..."

For a moment.

She couldn't think of any adjectives to describe it.

Qin Annian found a quiet corner and contacted Ju Zi:

"Miss Ju Zi, please issue a new mission."

At this moment.

The voice of Han Xi came through the earpiece:

"It would be best for you to go back and practice your Standing Posture right now."

"Your Life Development Power should be close to exceeding 20 by now."

Hm?

Qin Annian raised an eyebrow, temporarily shelving his mission request.

"The Security Bureau will soon launch an assault on the underground base of the Cultivation Holders Association; that is where the real battlefield lies."

"Only by raising your Life Development Power above 20 points will you be qualified to participate."

Beep—

After saying this, Han Xi ended the communication.

"Hum!"

At this moment.

His personal terminal received another message:

"Kid Qin, do you remember the opportunity I mentioned to you? Hurry up and raise your Life Development Power to 20."

Qin Annian was lost in thought. Is it because he can enter "Sitting Oblivion" while practicing his Standing Posture that both Han Xi and Zhang Qifeng believe he can break through so quickly?

He applied for a short leave and temporarily left the Old District.

Driving back to the Universe Tower, Qin Annian went straight to the Practice Room as soon as he entered his home.

"Hoo!"

Qin Annian exhaled a breath of stale air and prepared to assume the Standing Posture.

Suddenly.

He felt a wave of intense exhaustion erupting from every single cell in his body!

The soreness felt as if it had seeped deep into his bone marrow, causing Qin Annian's legs to tremble just as he settled into his stance.

Gurgle—

Hunger pangs radiated from his stomach, and his lips were rapidly drying out.

Qin Annian felt as if he had reached his limit in an instant, his entire being feeling as though it had been hollowed out.

What is going on?

Fortunately, he had consumed a sufficient amount of Solid Nutrient Bars before starting his Standing Posture.

At the same time.

An Inner Demon, more terrifying than any he had faced before, suddenly emerged.

"Previous Inner Demons only had voices, but this time..."

Qin Annian watched as figures with pale faces and lifeless expressions walked toward him, their faces filled with resentment.

"These are the people I saw in my jurisdiction."

Among them was the father of Lin Zi'ang.

"It's all your fault!"

"It's all your fault!"

"It's all your fault!"

They repeated only these three words, reaching out their hands like evil ghosts to grab at Qin Annian, as if they intended to drag him into the Avici Hell.

"Do you feel guilty?!"

A roar suddenly exploded right beside Qin Annian's eardrums.

The hideous figure of Sickle rose from the crowd, looking at Qin Annian with madness.

"You butcher!"

At this moment.

The sound of chanting quietly arose, as if gods and buddhas from across the heavens were delivering the souls of the dead.

Buddha light tore through the darkness, and golden lotus flowers slowly bloomed across this land of the dead.

Qin Annian discovered that his consciousness had become extremely solid, as if he had transformed into an Arhat propping up the sky.

Whoosh!

The Water-Fire Tempering Technique began to circulate.

Li Fire descended from the sky, transforming into a rain of fire that poured down upon the various Inner Demons.

Kan Water surged up from the ground, gradually submerging those hideous, restless souls.

A long cry, seemingly echoing from a distant time and space, drowned out all the curses and insults.

Proud, wild, and unyielding.

Within the screeching cry, a massive Kun Fish leaped up, swallowing everything—including the celestial demons, the Li Fire and Kan Water, and the golden lotus flowers covering the ground—into its belly.

The Kun Fish, having swallowed a corner of purgatory, soared into the sky and evolved into a Heavenly Peng with wings like clouds hanging from the heavens, battling against the firmament!

Boom!

Qin Annian felt his mind turn completely blank in an instant, his soul trembling from the impact.

He did not know how much time had passed.

Only then did Qin Annian slowly regain his senses!

However.

Soon, the next cycle appeared once again.

The Yin-Yang Taiji swam, the Inner Demons were constantly reborn, and the Arhat remained unmoved.

Amidst this tempering.

Qin Annian's consciousness stepped into his Spirit Sea, drawing in an unimaginably vast Force of Creation at a speed faster than ever before.

In the past.

His body could not withstand so much at once.

But now, as this phenomenon appeared, no matter how much power he drew from his Spirit Sea, he absorbed it with ease.

At the microscopic level, every single cell within Qin Annian's body was undergoing changes that defied the heavens.

Under the influence of this power, his level of life was constantly elevating!

Time passed unnoticed in cultivation.

When Qin Annian felt as if he had crossed a certain threshold, a sensation like the Big Bang emerged.

In his perception, all things seemed to have vanished, leaving only a void.

Immediately after.

A tremendous force grabbed him, pulling him downward.

The intense sensation of hypergravity caused Qin Annian to snap back to reality, and he suddenly opened his eyes.

"What am I now?"

The fatigue on his body had been completely swept away, and at the same time, his vision of the world had changed.

After slowly becoming accustomed to his altered five senses, Qin Annian walked quickly to the Testing Room.

After three green beams scanned him, a number appeared on the instrument's screen:

20.1.

"My Life Development Power actually broke through to 20 directly from this Standing Posture?"

Qin Annian looked at the number, lost in a moment of daze.

Barely ten days ago, his Life Development Power had not even exceeded 10.

But now.

Looking at these three digits, Qin Annian took a deep breath.

In my past life, there was a saying about breaking through limits while running.

Once you leap past it, the body becomes much lighter.

The speed at which you run in the future will also become much faster.

It was obvious.

His current Standing Posture had also broken through a similar limit.

The battle in the Old District had pushed him infinitely close to this threshold.

No wonder.

Han Xi had told him to return immediately to practice the Standing Posture!

"With a Life Development Power of 20.1, I can now participate deeply in this war."

"I can go and fight for the opportunity that Zhang Qifeng spoke of!"

However.

Just at this moment.

Qin Annian's gaze was suddenly drawn to his Status Panel.

As his Life Development Power broke through 20 points, some changes had quietly occurred on the panel!

"Hiss?!"

"What is this?"

"Consume assistant count, Deduction Technique?"