Chen Yuan's Progress

Name: Chen Yuan

Age: 19

Strength: 17,423 kg

Realm: Intermediate War General

Life Gene Level: 1.1

Brain Domain Width: 19

Neural Reaction Speed: Elementary War God Excellent

Speed: 240 m/s (Limit 979 m/s)

Hibernation Method: Crystal Meditation: Cultivation-type secret technique, Rating B, Current Progress: Great Success (6.58%)

Gale Sword Art: Combat-type secret technique, Rating Ultimate, Current Progress: Great Success (10.46%), Speed boost 70%, Neural reaction speed increased by 1 level.

Combat Technique: Conception Level

Force Exertion Level: 3.2

Kill Points: 40,896

After this month of cultivation, Chen Yuan's strength has truly advanced by leaps and bounds.

Beyond the significant increase in strength, the two secret techniques in his possession have both entered the Great Success stage. In particular, the breakthrough in his meditation method has allowed Chen Yuan to successfully enter the third stage of deep sleep—Sleep in Motion.

This is equivalent to Chen Yuan recovering his body through deep sleep while simultaneously practicing his sword art, which not only further strengthens his endurance but also significantly improves his cultivation efficiency.

Before the breakthrough in his meditation method, Chen Yuan could increase his strength by about 80 kg per day of cultivation; after the breakthrough, this figure soared to over 120 kg per day!

Precisely because of this, he was able to increase his strength by over 3,000 kg in just one month.

Of course, the increase in strength is only one part; more importantly, there is the progress in his force exertion technique, moving from the 2x force of a month ago to 3.2x today.

All of this is thanks to the improvements brought about by the Gale Sword Art entering the Great Success stage.

As a secret technique rated "Ultimate" by the system, the Gale Sword Art may not be able to compare with the other two ultimate manuals on Earth, World Destroyer and Thunder Blade, in terms of force exertion techniques, but in terms of speed, its advantages are unrivaled.

First, there is the Artistic Conception, which goes without saying; it is the core of the Gale Sword Art and has brought him a 50% base speed bonus.

Now that Chen Yuan is an Intermediate War General, his base speed is 160 m/s, but with the blessing of the Wind Artistic Conception, his base speed can reach 240 m/s!

However, the improvements from the Gale Sword Art go far beyond this. As the proficiency of the secret technique enters the Great Success stage, its bonus to movement techniques and sword-swinging speed has also reached an astonishing 70%.

In other words, without using force exertion techniques, Chen Yuan's limit speed is 408 m/s.

And it becomes even more terrifying when using force exertion techniques; a 3.2x force multiplier is enough to bring a 2.4x speed increase, directly bringing the theoretical limit of Chen Yuan's speed to 979 m/s.

Of course, with Chen Yuan's current strength, he cannot yet fully apply force exertion techniques to his movement, making it difficult to reach the limit value of his speed, but he can still achieve a terrifying figure exceeding 900 m/s.

One must know that even for an Advanced War God level powerhouse, the base speed is only 600 m/s; Chen Yuan has already surpassed this level.

Naturally, War God level powerhouses usually also master force exertion techniques. According to records on the Limit Home forum, the average force exertion level of an Advanced War God is generally above 3.

In other words, a true Advanced War God can reach a running speed of over 1,300 m/s.

However, for Elementary and Intermediate War Gods, their average force exertion technique is only around 2x.

Taking an Intermediate War God's base speed of 460 m/s as an example, an Intermediate War God above the standard line only has a maximum running speed of 690 m/s, far lower than Chen Yuan.

From this, it is clear that the Gale Sword Art being rated as an "Ultimate" manual by the system is not without reason. It is a secret technique that pushes speed to the limit, and it is also the reliance that allows Chen Yuan to slay an Elementary Overlord despite only having the strength of an Intermediate War General.

Relying on this sword art, Chen Yuan has killed a total of several thousand Beast Soldier level monsters, 337 War General level monsters, and 1 Overlord level monster in just one month!

Such astonishing slaughter has also allowed Chen Yuan's Kill Points to successfully break through the 40,000 mark.

"Perfect. Once I finish harvesting the materials from this Fire-Scaled Trident Boar, I'll head back to sell some of them and purchase new manuals."

This is the most important thing right now!

As both his Gale Sword Art and meditation method entered the Great Success stage, he understood that optimizing new secret techniques had become an urgent priority.

Otherwise, once both secret techniques are fully perfected, the rate of his strength growth will plateau, and he will no longer experience the situation where his gains increase with every day of cultivation.

Chen Yuan is clear that with his current cultivation speed, even without relying on external forces, he is confident in promoting to the Planetary Level, but the time required for this process is very long.

The strength at the peak of the Apprentice Level is 512,000 kg, and Chen Yuan is still 490,000 kg away from this realm. With his current cultivation efficiency of 120 kg per day, he would need to cultivate for a full 11 years or more.

This is terrifying, but that is the most daunting aspect of this world—the increase in realm is exponential.

Back in the day, Luo Feng was able to quickly cross the Apprentice Level by relying on Dragon Blood, Spirits of Vegetation, and his own talent as a Psychic Master.

In terms of cultivation efficiency, the current Chen Yuan far exceeds the Luo Feng of that period, but that is of no use, because Luo Feng's improvement at the Apprentice Level did not rely entirely on hard work.

Therefore, Chen Yuan urgently needs Dragon Blood, which can save him a lot of time, and he also needs to optimize new manuals to further improve himself.

The Gale Sword Art is very strong and can be called the number one manual for speed, but it only has speed.

Although the 5x force exertion is not weak, it ultimately appears mediocre compared to the other two ultimate manuals.

Therefore, Chen Yuan urgently needs funds to purchase a large number of manuals to supplement the Optimization System's database.

Thus, Chen Yuan spent two hours finally dismantling the core materials of this Fire-Scaled Trident Boar—including its fiery red scales and that conspicuous trident-shaped horn.

After packing up everything, Chen Yuan shouldered his backpack, which was several sizes larger than his own body, and walked in the direction from which he had come.

Three days later, at the Northern Military Region encampment.

Zhou Jie, the North District Manager of the HR Alliance, stood at the entrance of the encampment, waiting quietly.

The entrance was bustling with people, with squads of Martial Artists returning from the Wilderness Zone passing by from time to time.

Because Zhou Jie was quite well-known in the encampment, many Martial Artists would greet him as they passed, and some squads with bountiful harvests even tried to get him to purchase their loot.

"I'm sorry, please contact Manager Li for acquisitions. I have other important matters today, I truly apologize."

This was already the umpteenth time Zhou Jie had said this today. As a manager for the HR Alliance, doing business was usually second nature to him; under normal circumstances, he would have been all smiles while taking on order after order, but right now, he could only smile and refuse.

This was because he was waiting for a client—a major client in his estimation.

Although this major client was merely a guess on his part—he had never seen that young man in action with his own eyes, only inferring his formidable strength through the equipment he carried.

But after receiving a call from the other party this morning, a strong premonition had surfaced in Zhou Jie's heart once again, a feeling that compelled him to abandon all his work today just to be the first to make contact.

Otherwise, he felt he would surely regret it if the other party sought out someone else.

That said, as the wait grew longer and longer, Zhou Jie could not help but feel anxious.

Could I have guessed wrong? He is so young, could he really be a powerhouse of that caliber? I've turned away so many clients today; I don't know how much effort it will take to mend those relationships later...

The more Zhou Jie thought, the more uneasy he became, fearing that his misjudgment might lead to the end of his career at the HR Alliance.

Time ticked away, and Zhou Jie waited from early morning until noon, turning down business from wave after wave of long-time clients.

Finally, just as his inner anxiety reached its peak and he was on the verge of despair, the familiar figure he had been waiting so long for finally appeared within his line of sight.

Zhou Jie's heart surged, and he hurried over with a light jog, his face wearing a perfectly measured smile that appeared both cordial and easygoing as he said to Chen Yuan, "Mr. Chen, congratulations on your safe return from the Wilderness Zone. The Northern Military Region welcomes you."