The Third Acupoint Divine Ability, Flick Finger!

[Flick-Finger]: A flick of the finger, momentum splitting bamboo like a breaking path, sealing acupoints from afar as if the finger were there in person.

[Acupoint Divine Ability]: Heavenly Leak (Nascent), Point-Kill (Nascent), Flick-Finger (Nascent).

Flick-Finger Divine Ability!

Lu Ming's heart surged with joy. He hadn't expected to evolve a divine ability like this.

This Flick-Finger Divine Ability wasn't the legendary Peach Blossom Island technique he'd heard of in his past life; it didn't require using stones or other objects as hidden weapons.

Instead, it could grasp momentum, using one's own aura to flick out force and seal acupoints from a distance!

In other words, from now on, he didn't need to personally approach an enemy to have a means of injuring them.

Most crucially, this divine ability could coordinate with Point-Kill Divine Ability. Once his momentum surpassed the opponent's, a single flick from afar would instantly kill them!

This was definitely an extremely powerful divine ability.

Lu Ming was thrilled inside and couldn't resist wanting to test it out. He looked left and right—the Grand Martial Arts Arena was crowded with martial artists, so it was better not to expose his ability.

He suppressed his impulse and returned to the Iron Stake Area to continue training.

Soon, he discovered that his Eighteen Green Bamboo Forms had also just broken through to the entry level, flowing smoothly and skillfully as he practiced.

"Four days of enlightenment, and finally I've entered the door!" Lu Ming nodded to himself. As a second-rate acupoint technique, the Eighteen Green Bamboo Forms was about as hard to train as Cloud-Piercing Finger.

Cloud-Piercing Finger had taken over ten days to enter the door, while with the Enlightenment Pill, Eighteen Green Bamboo Forms took only four days—several times faster.

From this perspective, if he had enough Enlightenment Pills, he had a fair chance of training Cloud-Piercing Finger to Minor Completion before the big exam.

He pondered, putting away his short staff. Once he'd entered the door, even without training this martial art further, it would still grant additional bonuses.

So, he needed to switch back to Cloud-Piercing Finger and strive for Minor Completion as soon as possible.

"But if I'm going to train Cloud-Piercing Finger from now on, I won't have time to practice lightness skills and won't be able to evolve a Leg Dao Divine Ability."

The thought flickered through Lu Ming's mind, and he hesitated.

He'd have to think this over carefully. For today, he'd train Cloud-Piercing Finger first and not waste the training time in the Iron Stake Area.

[Evolving Acupoint Divine Ability (20/100000)...]

After finishing one round of Cloud-Piercing Finger, Lu Ming looked at the message from the Divine Ability Panel and smiled bitterly to himself.

Sure enough, the total experience needed to evolve the fourth acupoint divine ability had become one hundred thousand.

This amount, if it were before, would have been truly daunting.

But thinking back to a few days ago, when Zhao Zhiqiu asked him to help protect Zhao Ming and earned him two hundred taels of silver in one go, Lu Ming mused that as his cultivation improved, making money became easier. In the future, he could collect a large number of acupoint techniques to stack bonuses.

Moreover, enlightenment could double training experience, and Enlightenment Pills were indispensable. With his identity as a spy for the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, he could buy these with silver too.

All things considered, the difficulty of evolving the fourth acupoint divine ability wasn't as high as he'd imagined.

Of course, it was absolutely impossible before the big exam.

Right now, he was training Cloud-Piercing Finger mainly to reach Minor Completion as soon as possible and meet the goal Wei Jinlin had set.

He had a vague feeling that the technique Wei Jinlin would teach him next was probably not ordinary. This goal just needed to be completed before the big exam.

And if Wei Jinlin only taught him that technique close to the exam date, it meant the technique wasn't meant for the exam itself!

Lu Ming had vaguely heard that the Military Service Bureau's big exam was only an initial selection. Most people couldn't even join a third-rate sect, so they naturally stopped there.

But as long as one could join a ranked sect—whether third-rate, second-rate, or first-rate—there was a chance to go further.

That was to join an Orthodox Great Sect! This was also the ultimate purpose of the Military Service Bureau's existence.

If the technique Wei Jinlin wanted to teach him involved an Orthodox Great Sect, Lu Ming would definitely go all out and seize this opportunity.

"Senior Brother! Senior Brother!"

Just as he was training, several urgent shouts came from outside the Military Service Bureau.

At the same time, a clatter of chaotic footsteps sounded.

From outside the Grand Martial Arts Arena, dozens of young martial artists surged in like a tide, their faces panicked, their qi and blood in disarray.

"What's going on?!"

Wei Jinlin descended from the high platform, sweeping his gaze over the many young martial artists, finally stopping on an old man with blood at the corner of his mouth and a weak aura.

Wei Jinlin's eyes narrowed.

This old man was none other than Xu Shou, the Director of the Military Service Bureau in the neighboring county, Black Mountain County!

"Senior Brother, we were supposed to arrive yesterday, but because the Military Service Bureaus of Black Water County and Cloud Peak County also had their training demon corpses stolen and eaten by that demonic creature, we agreed to come together."

Xu Shou said this, then coughed, spitting out a few drops of blood.

Wei Jinlin frowned deeply: "All the disciples from three Military Service Bureaus are moving here? Hmph, so be it. But did you run into some rebel army or something? You're in such a mess!"

Xu Shou quickly said: "We each only brought fifty elite disciples—I won't make things difficult for you, Senior Brother. One hundred and fifty disciples, there should be room here.

"It's just that we encountered that demonic creature on the way. The two fellow apprentices from Black Water County and Cloud Peak County joined forces to hold it back, and I hurriedly led the disciples here."

"Now..."

Boom!

Before he could finish speaking, a faint rumble came from outside the Military Service Bureau.

Wei Jinlin's gaze sharpened. "Two Directors of the Military Service Bureau working together can't even contend with that monster? I want to see just what cultivation that creature has. You arrange the disciples here. I'll go and return shortly."

With those words, he had already launched himself into the air, Smooth Ascent to the Clouds, his figure streaking across the sky in afterimages before vanishing from sight.

At this moment, the Grand Martial Arts Arena was packed with local and foreign martial artists, all exchanging uneasy glances.

Xu Shou quickly ascended the high platform and announced in a loud voice:

"Disciples of Red Cloud County's Military Service Bureau, I am the Director of Black Mountain County's Military Service Bureau, Xu Shou!

"Due to a monster rampage, the three bureaus of Black Mountain County, Black Water County, and Cloud Peak County have all relocated their disciples here to train.

"Right now, we encountered the monster during the relocation. Your Director Wei has gone to assist. No need to worry.

"You may return to your own courtyards to rest for a while, or stay here if you prefer. Once Director Wei returns, training will resume."

As he spoke, more disciples trickled in, their faces ashen, legs trembling, some even with wet trousers, a stench of urine hanging in the air.

Hearing Xu Shou's words, many Military Service Bureau disciples left the Grand Martial Arts Arena and returned to their courtyards. Others, curious, struck up conversations with the foreign martial artists.

Sensing the chaotic situation and worried it might disrupt his state of enlightenment, Lu Ming also left the Grand Martial Arts Arena.

He returned to his own courtyard, feeling a faint disturbance from outside the bureau, his heart sinking slightly.

He hadn't expected the demons to grow so brazen—not only daring to attack a bureau convoy, but even with three Directors joining forces, they still couldn't prevail.

Xu Shou had sustained light injuries and led the disciples here, while the other two Directors stayed behind to cover the retreat.

"Phew... Since it doesn't affect things here, I'll focus on training!"

Lu Ming calmed his mind, steadied himself, and a resolute gleam appeared in his eyes as he decided to continue cultivating.

Only by growing stronger could he withstand all kinds of risks.

"First, let's try the Flick-Finger Divine Ability."

The thought crossed his mind, recalling the newly evolved Acupoint Divine Ability. He couldn't resist flicking his finger, striking out through the air toward the Stone Tablet Nine Palace Stakes in the middle of the courtyard.

Crack!

From three meters away, the stone tablet he had aimed at on the wooden stake shattered instantly, breaking into pieces as stone dust flew.

Lu Ming froze for a moment, then felt a surge of excitement. From over three meters away, with just a flick of his finger and his own physical strength, he had smashed the stone tablet to bits!

According to his perception, within a radius of ten zhang, everything was within the range of his Flick-Finger Divine Ability!

Since he was now at the Flesh Refining stage, not only the Flick-Finger Divine Ability, but also his other abilities—like the Earth Splitting Divine Ability and the Mountain-Pushing Divine Ability—had their range expanded to ten zhang.

Ten zhang was over thirty meters.

He could now use the Flick-Finger Divine Ability to kill enemies from over thirty meters away, push aside mountains over thirty meters high, and create fissures spanning over thirty meters!

Of course, the Flick-Finger Divine Ability only granted him this capability; accuracy still required practice.

Fortunately, the key to mastering the Cloud-Piercing Finger was precision and control, so by training in the Cloud-Piercing Finger, he could improve the accuracy of the Flick-Finger Divine Ability.

Unable to contain his excitement, Lu Ming began flicking his finger all around the courtyard.

For a time, the courtyard echoed with cracking sounds as the various Black Leak Points were struck and shattered.

At one moment, he suddenly felt an indescribable sense of ascent, as if his field of vision had broadened and the world had become clearer.

"This is..." Lu Ming stopped abruptly, both startled and delighted, savoring this wondrous sensation.

Just then, the Divine Ability Panel sent a message:

[Heavenly Leak upgraded from Initial Mastery to Minor Mastery.]