The next morning, at around ten.
In the private garden of the Luo family's home in Bright Moon Residential Quarter, a man in a black suit arrived.
"Mr. Luo Feng, this is the manual you purchased."
"Thank you!"
Luo Feng accepted the sealed alloy case the man handed him.
After delivering it, the man turned and left.
Luo Feng simply pressed his hand against the case, and the fingerprint lock opened.
Inside was a book about a centimeter thick, its cover bearing four bold characters: Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.
Back in the Martial Arts Hall, Luo Feng opened the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade manual and began reading.
The first page of the manual provided a basic introduction to the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade.
The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade emphasized one thing: speed. The fastest strike was the one that could not be countered—that was its guiding principle.
The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade included a complete Movement Technique called Streamer.
A complete Guidance Technique called Nine-Layered Primordial Origin.
And a complete Blade Technique called Thunder Blade.
Luo Feng spent over an hour reading every word of the first four levels.
When he looked up, the sun was already high in the sky. It was around noon.
"Thunder God really is incredible."
After finishing the manual, Luo Feng couldn't help but marvel.
"I'll try out the Blade Technique first."
Luo Feng put the manual into his Space Ring, then took out his six-series Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
"Let's begin!"
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...
Luo Feng stood in the center of the Martial Arts Hall, repeatedly swinging the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in his hand.
The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade was so powerful because it used a remarkable method of exerting force.
When an ordinary person swung a blade with all his strength, he could unleash no more than ten-tenths of his power.
But practitioners of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade used only seven-tenths of their strength when they swung.
After unleashing the first burst of force, they would make their bodies produce a second burst, also at seven-tenths strength.
The two bursts combined to produce fourteen-tenths of their power!
The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade had nine levels in total.
The first level could unleash fourteen-tenths of one's power!
The second level could unleash twenty-one-tenths!
And so on.
At the ninth level, one could unleash nine additional waves of hidden force, reaching seventy-tenths of one's power!
Luo Feng practiced for over ten minutes based on his understanding, but couldn't get the hang of it at all.
"As expected of an ultimate-level manual. It really is as difficult to practice as the rumors say.
"Even getting started is this hard."
Following the eighteen forms in the manual, Luo Feng swung his blade hundreds of times in succession, repeatedly trying to add a burst of hidden force to the power of each swing.
But he couldn't do it at all.
It was too difficult!
"I should check the System Panel. There ought to be a progress bar for the manual now."
Luo Feng thought to himself.
He wanted to see how much experience he needed to learn the first level.
If it didn't take too much, he planned to spend points to level it up directly.
As the saying went, "A good start is halfway to success."
Once he had learned the basics and understood how the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade generated force, he figured grasping the later levels would be much easier.
With that thought, Luo Feng opened the System Panel.
[Luo Feng: Junior War General. Spiritual Telekinetic: Advanced War General (0/160 experience)] [Blade Technique: Basic (86/100 experience)] [Movement Technique: Micro-Level (221/500 experience)] [Nine-Layered Thunder Blade: First Level (1/320 experience)] [Azure Dragon Bloodline concentration: 0.07% (Can evolve)] [Points: 182]
"Figures. This is a Blade Technique that even many War God-level fighters wouldn't dare practice. Those experience requirements are no joke."
"But thinking about it, 320 experience for the first level isn't too bad. I'd only need to kill over 3,000 H-Class Monsters in the wild. That should be easy enough for me.
"H-Class Monsters are worth 0.1 points, so G-Level, F-Level, and even the higher E-Level monsters must be worth more.
"My Spiritual Telekinesis is at Advanced War General level now. I could kill C-Class Monsters without breaking a sweat."
At the thought, Luo Feng became even more eager to head into the wilderness.
He wasn't too worried about the danger.
After all, Advanced War General level already made him a strong fighter. Even the manager of the Jiangnan Limit Hall was only at Advanced War General Rank.
Besides, he was an Advanced War General-level Spiritual Telekinetic, stronger than an ordinary Advanced War General.
Even if he ran into a War God-level monster, he could still escape by flying.
As long as he didn't go to a city like Number 003, he should be fine in most cities, provided he stayed cautious.
"Xiao Feng, it's time to eat."
His mother's voice came from downstairs.
"Coming."
Luo Feng put the Blood Shadow Battle Blade back into his Space Ring, then went downstairs to eat.
In the living room, his parents were holding their rice bowls, while one of the housekeepers was cooking.
"Hm? Where's Luo Hua?"
Luo Feng asked, puzzled.
"He's still not back?"
The family now had two housekeepers, both women in their forties.
One of them was there specifically to look after his younger brother, Luo Hua. Since there were many things Luo Hua couldn't do easily, having someone take care of him meant he could go out more often.
"Your brother's at Lotus Pond Park next door. He just called and said he'll be back soon."
His father, Luo Hongguo, smiled.
"Why has he been going to that park so often lately?"
Luo Feng had been focused on cultivation recently. Since they'd moved into the large villa, he and his younger brother had also started sleeping in separate rooms, so he wasn't very familiar with what was going on with him.
Beside him, his mother, Gong Xinlan, smiled and said softly,
"Xiao Feng, your younger brother has a girlfriend."
"He's dating someone?"
Only then did Luo Feng remember that, in the original story, Luo Hua had indeed started dating around this time.
Later, unable to bear the pressure after hearing some things from the girl's parents, he had jumped into a river.
Thinking of this, Luo Feng felt even more driven to become stronger.
"I need to improve my strength faster and get the Water of Life as soon as possible."
The brothers had lived together for over a decade, and they were closer than words could express.
Luo Feng didn't want his younger brother to suffer even the slightest grievance.
August 3. Early in the morning.
Luo Feng told his parents that he was going to the Wilderness Zone to train.
His parents knew that since Luo Feng had chosen the path of a Martial Artist, one day he would have to leave the Base City and enter the Wilderness Zone.
"Xiao Feng, be careful."
Gong Xinlan couldn't help saying.
"Don't worry, Mom. I'm only going to a small town with few monsters, and I'm pretty strong."
Luo Feng grinned, nodded to his father, then turned to look at his younger brother, Luo Hua.
"Bro, maybe by the time you get back, you'll be eating my wedding candy."
His younger brother suddenly smiled.
"Wedding candy? All right.
"Then I'll have a surprise for you when I get back, too."
Luo Feng smiled and ruffled his younger brother's hair.
"All right, Mom, Dad, I'm off. I'll be back within a month at most."
With that, Luo Feng turned and left.
His family watched his retreating figure in silence, only returning inside after he disappeared from view.
And so, Luo Feng set foot in the true Wilderness Zone for the first time.
Luo Feng first went to the HR Alliance in the center of Yangzhou City. He took an HR Alliance car to the train station, then boarded a train out of the Base City and headed for the Wilderness Zone.
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