A Sudden Case of Hero Worship

During his Northwest Military Training, Chen Lie consumed a considerable amount of fifth-tier Exotic Beast Meat, increasing his Blood Qi Value from over 1500 calories to 1600 calories. After reaching the Martial Way Extreme Realm, his physical functions were greatly enhanced. For most people at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, increasing their Blood Qi Value is as easy as eating and drinking.

However, it is extremely difficult to rapidly increase one's health Blood Qi Value while maintaining Strength Value Strength Value at the same time.

Focusing solely on improving blood and qi while neglecting physical strength is depleting one's potential.

Therefore, many people suppress their Qi and blood, preventing their Blood Qi Value from increasing too quickly, fearing that their Strength Value will not keep up with the progress of their Qi and blood, causing their Strength Value to drop. During this period, although Chen Lie did not use martial arts resources to increase the purity of his Qi and blood, he had been stabilizing his Strength Value.

Its Strength Value is up to twelve times that of the average person. If it falls down, it will take at least a hundred times the effort to get back up.

After leaving the Cultivation Room, Chen Lie arrived at the outer hall.

Seeing the Blood Essence Detector and the Strength Value detector next to the lobby, I went over to get tested.

Although I know my strength has increased, I can't say exactly how much.

He walked directly to the Strength Value Strength Value and threw a full-force punch at the target.

Boom!'

After a loud bang, a value appeared on the Strength Detector.

"Strength: 23195.06 jun."

Seeing the test results, Chen Lie murmured, "My strength has increased by two thousand jin. It seems that this thousand -Thousand-Year Spirit Medicine has increased my Blood Qi Value by at least two hundred calories."

Chen Lie went to the Blood Essence Detector next to him and tested his blood and qi.

After the blue light from the instrument swept across Chen Lie's body, the Blood Essence Detector began to announce the test results.

"Beep, test complete. Blood Qi Value: 1834.66 calories."

"1,800 calories. It seems that when my Blood Qi Value reaches 3,000 calories, I will be able to break through the Second Blood-Qi Ultimate Realm, the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm." 1,800 calories of Blood Qi Value is Chen Lie's true Qi and Blood value. If someone saw that he had only 1,800 calories of Blood Qi Value, yet he unleashed a force of 23,000 jin, they would definitely be shocked on the spot.

At Chen Lie's current stage, this Strength Value can only be found in the top-ranked star regions among the hundred star regions under the jurisdiction of the Galactic Empire, in addition to the Ten Great Star Provinces of the Central Galactic Empire.

The Sumeru Illusion Realm is a good example of this.

Throughout the entire Canglan Star Domain, Chen Lie's Strength Value ranks first among those who have entered the Sumeru Illusion Realm.

At that moment, a voice rang out behind Chen Lie.

"Wow, Chen Lie, your Blood Qi Value are about the same as mine!"

Chen Lie turned his head and saw that it was Huang Yuande walking over.

"What are you doing here?" Chen Lie asked.

"I just exchanged my Credit for an 800-Year Spirit Medicine in the Resource Category Building, and I'm currently cultivating in the Cultivation Room," Huang Yuande said.

"However, with Blood Qi Value over 1800 calories, how did you become the Martial Leader? You, the Martial Leader of Chuanzhong Province, aren't even at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm?" "Who said I'm not at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm?" Chen Lie asked.

"Blood-Qi Extreme Realm and Blood Qi Value of 1800 calories would give you at least six times the Strength Value. Your Blood Qi Value is six times higher?"

Chen Lie nodded.

"You're really awesome! Six times the Strength Value is much harder to achieve than three thousand Blood Qi Value."

No wonder the Blue Star Martial Artist Association said that those from remote provinces are highly competitive. If you were born in Xiangguang Province, you might even become a member of the Genius Group.

Huang Yuande exclaimed in amazement.

At that moment, a disdainful voice rang out.

"Who is spouting such nonsense?"

Huang Yuande and Chen Lie glanced to the side and saw Gao Yaqing, the girl from the Xiangguang Province Genius Training Camp, walking towards them from a distance. "Oh, it's Huang Yuande."

Gao Yaqing said calmly, "You're daydreaming. You should at least find a quiet place. There are so many people in the cultivation hall. Your words make our Xiangguang Province look so pathetic."

Upon seeing that the speaker was Gao Yaqing, Huang Yuande couldn't help but whisper, "Gao Yaqing, I, Huang, believe I have never offended you. Why are you picking on me?"

I don't have time to waste on you.

Gao Yaqing said calmly, "I'm just stating the facts. If you hadn't made those outrageous remarks in public, do you think I would have even bothered with you on the street?"

Huang Yuande couldn't help but exclaim "Holy crap!" and then said, "How am I spouting nonsense? Chen Lie broke through to the Qi Blood Qi Value Blood-Qi Extreme Realm with only 1800 calories of Qi and Blood. He's from a Chuanzhong Province, and he has such a high Strength Value. If he were born in Xiangguang Province, why couldn't he join the Genius Group?" "1800 calories of Blood Qi Value, the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm?"

Gao Yaqing's tone became more serious, and she carefully examined Chen Lie.

She also broke through the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm when her Blood Qi Value reached 2200.

According to the instructors at the Xiangguang Province Genius Training Camp, the lower one's Blood Qi Value when breaking through to the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, the greater their potential in the future Blood-Qi Stage. To reach the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm of 1800 calories, one's Strength Value must be at least 5.5 times higher. For a province ranked in the bottom 20 on Blue Star to achieve this, it is truly a rare martial arts genius.

But this person is clearly only of Medium Bone Quality constitution.

"You're at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm?"

Gao Yaqing asked Chen Lie in a strange tone.

"Oh, yes, how about it?" Chen Lie looked at Gao Yaqing calmly.

"Hehe, I'm also at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, and I recently broke through to the Tendon Refining Period."

If you truly Blood-Qi Extreme Realm, do you dare to step onto the Duel Platform with me? I'll give you some pointers. Don't worry, we'll stop short of a full exchange."

"You want to give me pointers?"

Chen Lie nodded and said, "Alright, but there's no need to stop there."

Are you sure?

Gao Yaqing's lips curled into a smile; in that case, she wouldn't hold back.

"Certainly!"

"Okay!" Gao Yaqing turned around and went upstairs. "Come with me, there's a Duel Platform on the fifth floor."

Chen Lie followed Gao Yaqing without making a sound.

Huang Yuande quickly ran over and grabbed Chen Liedao, "Chen Lie, Gao Yaqing is one of the top ten students in the Xiangguang Province Genius Training Camp. With only 1800 kilocalories of Blood Qi Value, don't go onto the Duel Platform looking for a beating."

Chen Lie simply shook off Huang Yuande and said, "You just watch from the side."

Chen Lie had long wanted to punish this girl who had repeatedly acted sarcastically.

Now that she's offering to Duel Platform, it's a godsend.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Lie and Gao Yaqing arrived on the fifth floor.

Gao Yaqing walked directly onto the Duel Platform and beckoned to Chen Lie with her finger. "Are you sure you don't want to stop before it's over? If you get seriously injured, don't go complaining to the instructor."

"I won't, and I hope you won't either."

Chen Lie arrived opposite Gao Yaqing.

"In that case, let's begin!"

Gao Yaqing's blood and qi surged, and a wave of energy formed around her due to the powerful surge of blood and qi. She then swung her hand and struck Chen Lie with a palm. She deliberately slowed down her first move to give Chen Lie room to attack or dodge.

Just as her palm was about to strike, Chen Lie suddenly raised his hand.

After Gao Yarou's palm made light contact with Chen Lie's palm, she was jolted awake, instantly feeling an irresistible and immense force assail her. "Boom!"

Under the impact of such immense force, she was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, instantly thrown back more than ten meters, and fell to the ground with a thud. "How... how is this possible?"

Gao Yaqing struggled to her feet, feeling as if her body was falling apart from the force she had been subjected to. Just as she managed to stand, an indescribable pressure suddenly appeared.

A sudden surge of fear gripped her, her body trembled uncontrollably, and a massive weight seemed to press down on her, making it hard to breathe. "This is... the Extreme Realm Pressure..."

Under this immense pressure, Gao Yaqing recalled her own Blood Qi Value just over a hundred calories, when she first faced a powerhouse at the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm. But back then, she was weak, and now, she had also stepped into the Blood-Qi Extreme Realm. Logically speaking, the Extreme Realm Pressure shouldn't have any effect on her at all.

As if teleporting, Chen Lie instantly appeared in front of Gao Yaqing Gao Yaqing, grabbed her by the neck, and lifted her up. Gao Yaqing's feet were off the ground, her phoenix eyes staring at Chen Lie, her face full of disbelief.

After a while, Chen Lie threw Gao Yaqing aside, and Gao Yaqing fell to the ground with a "thud" again.

At this point, Gao Yaqing's heart was pounding.

Having completed her training in the Tendon Refining Period, she knew that someone at the Bone Refining Organ Refining Stage, she wasn't sure. But the Extreme Realm Pressure she felt just now, almost like an illusion, was something even someone at the Organ Refining Stage wouldn't possess.

At this moment, Chen Lie had already jumped off the Duel Platform.

"Etc!"

Gao Yaqing couldn't help but call out Chen Lie's name.

Seeing Chen Lie stop and turn around, she quickly asked, "You... what exactly is your strength?"

Chen Lie did not answer her, but turned and left.

Huang Yuande, who was watching from Duel Platform, was also shocked by Chen Lie's strength.

Defeating a Blood-Qi Extreme Realm in the Tendon Refining Period is as easy as killing a chicken. Are the Martial Leader from Chuanzhong Province really that powerful?

Even within their own Xiangguang Province, he would be considered a member of Genius Group.

Huang Yuande chuckled and said to Gao Yaqing, "Chen Lie is the Martial Leader in Chuanzhong Province. In theory, he should be able to join the Genius Class. However, because he made a mistake, he had no choice but to ask my uncle to help him get into Blue Star University from among the students in the Xiangguang Province Genius Training Camp."

He used to hold grudges against you all out of consideration for me. Go back and tell that pretentious Tang Guanlin.

No matter how much he tries to show off, I can't stop Chen Lie. If he gets injured or crippled because of his bravado, it won't be worth it.

Tell Tang Guanlin, "Don't say you weren't warned."

Gao Yaqing, of course, didn't pay attention to Huang Yuande's long speech; she only caught one useful piece of information.

"Chuanzhong, the leader of the martial arts ghosts..."

She murmured to herself, and only after watching Chen Lie and Huang Yuande leave did she hoist her heavy body and walk to the rest area next to the Duel Platform to sit down. Even Martial Leader from such a remote province couldn't possibly possess this kind of strength.

Gao Yaqing was completely baffled. She took out her Communicator, thinking that a provincial Martial Leader must be a very famous person, and tried searching using keywords such as "Chuanzhong" and "Chen Lie".

The information he found shocked him.

[Chen Lie, the East River Province Martial Leader, dominated all the Three-Provinces Martial Tournament, and won the title of Three-Province Martial Champion...]

"The Three-Province Martial Champion?"

Gao Yaqing murmured, "This is Region-Level Genius, a peerless genius who has stood out from hundreds of millions of people. Putting aside strength, his prestige is comparable to the martial Blue Star Martial Leader of the top twenty provinces on Earth."

They enjoy the same privileges as the Martial Leader from the top ten provinces of Blue Star, and can directly join Blue Star University's super genius program upon enrollment. Gao Yaqing was just wondering why such a genius would infiltrate their Xiangguang Province Genius Training Camp when she saw another piece of information.

Chen Lie, the East River Province Martial Leader Three-Province Martial Champion of Chuanzhong, is arrogant and domineering due to his overconfidence in his talent. He offends a distinguished guest from Outer Stars, and the Blue Star Martial Artist Association strips him of his title of "Three-Province Martial Champion"...

No wonder...

Gao Yaqing put away the Communicator.

The Three-Province Martial Champion must be an exceptional martial arts genius from Chuanzhong Province. He must be arrogant and proud, and he wouldn't bother talking to these people because he's not of a high enough level to be worth wasting his time on.

According to the rules set by Blue Star University, disregarding strength, Region-Level Genius are compared to top figures like the Martial Leader of their Xiangguang Province. How could a mere student from the Genius Training Camp possibly be considered a threat to him?

Even in terms of strength, Chen Lie is no less than the members of the Hunan-Guangdong Provincial Genius Group, but this is still due to the limited resources of the impoverished province.

As for the Medium Bone Quality detected by the Detection Center, Gao Yaqing believes that this does not prove anything.

Even the professors at Blue Star University said that martial arts aptitude is only one manifestation of talent and cannot represent everything.

Even those with Perfect Bone Quality cannot stand out from rounds of competition in the harsh environment of Chuanzhong.

Perhaps Chen Lie's talent lies not in his physical constitution, but in a more powerful martial arts talent.

Gao Yaqing felt no frustration at being defeated by Chen Lie. Driven by her admiration for strength, she simply saw it as the true nature of a genius. After all, her words were harsh, and she deserved to be taught a lesson.

Two transfer students from Xiangguang Province, Tang Guanlin and Chen Lie, it turns out the real dragon is here...

On the other side, Chen Lie and Huang Yuande walked out of the Teaching Building together and headed to the cafeteria.

On the way, Huang Yuande couldn't help but ask, "Chen Lie, what's your martial arts level? How did you manage to defeat Gao Yaqing so easily?"

"The Organ Refining Stage."

"The Organ Refining Stage? That's stronger than even the lowest-ranking member of our Hunan-Guangdong Provincial Genius Group! How come East River Province is like this? Such polarization! A thousand kilocalories of Blood Qi Value is enough to join the East River Provincial Genius Group, and the top Genius Group is only at the Organ Refining Stage?"

The gap between the bottom and the top is just too big, isn't it?

"It's just an isolated case!"

Chen Lie said.

Huang Yuande said, "That's a deal! If you get the chance, you have to teach that pretentious Tang Guanlin a lesson for me."

What did Tang Guanlin do to you? Why do you hate him so much?

"He's an outsider, yet he immediately tried to seduce our Special Enrollment Student representative, Chi Naixue. Let alone me, any student from our Xiangguang Province Genius Training Camp would find him unacceptable."

"It's just that my martial arts skills aren't good enough, otherwise, why would I need you to do it for me? I would have done it myself!" Huang Yuande rolled up his sleeves.

"We'll see when the time comes," Chen Lie nodded.