Choosing martial arts

Seeing Chen Lie approach her, Zuo Yuan'er looked at him with disapproval, her red lips slightly parted.

"Chen Lie? It's not easy for someone from a small place in East River Province like you to have gotten this far, but you're too unrestrained."

I'm reminding you, you only achieved strength comparable to the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi by relying on your special physique; you are not at the Blood-Qi Rainbow Realm."

"I don't need you to remind me!"

Zuo Yuan'er chuckled at Chen Lie's arrogance, then her face turned cold, and she said in an icy voice, "Make your move, let me see what's so special about your special physique."

"I won't let you down!"

Chen Lie knew that Zuo Yuan'er was at the ' Spirit Aperture Stage ', so he didn't hold back and unleashed his full power.

Golden energy surged skyward, forming a vast golden ocean.

Although Zuo Yuan'er looked down on Chen Lie Chen Lie relying on his special physique, she did not underestimate his strength in the slightest.

The fact that Chen Lie was able to defeat Hao Yulong shows that even if he is not as good as her, he is not far behind.

As Chen Lie unleashed his qi and blood, the surging energy immediately made Zuo Yuan'er's heart heavy.

"No wonder he was able to defeat Hao Yulong; his special physique is indeed extraordinary."

At this moment, Chen Lie threw a punch, and the golden dragon, mixed with immense force, rushed towards Zuo Yuan'er. Zuo Yuan'er raised her palm to block it.

"Boom!"

After a fierce clash of qi and blood, Zuo Yuan'er began to launch a full-scale attack on Chen Lie.

She unleashed her crimson rainbow, illuminating half the Drill Hall in crimson light, and unleashed dozens of palm strikes at Chen Lie.

Chen Lie remained unmoved, directly confronting Zuo Yuan'er. Having cultivated Pure Yang Precious Blood and undergone eight Blood Tempering, Chen Lie's raw strength was in no way inferior to a Spirit Aperture Stage Martial Artist.

After a deafening sound, Zuo Yuan'er leaped up and swung her leg like a whip, sweeping it towards Chen Lie.

"Air-Splitting Hurricane Leg!"

Zuo Yuan'er unleashed her SSS-level martial arts leg technique, and the entire Duel Platform was filled with leg shadows, hundreds of leg shadows overlapping, all sweeping towards Chen Lie at the same time.

"Boom!"

Facing Zuo Yuan'er's martial arts leg techniques, Chen Lie retreated while fighting, and at the same time, he threw a punch that unleashed a golden dragon formed from solidified blood and qi.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides had exchanged hundreds of moves.

Although Chen Lie's strength was in no way inferior to Zuo Yuan'er's, Zuo Yuan'er was proficient in several SSS-level martial arts. With the combination of these martial arts, her strength suddenly increased.

Therefore, whenever Zuo Yuan'er displayed her martial arts skills, Chen Lie would temporarily avoid her attacks, fighting while dodging, leaving Zuo Yuan'er with no way to use her strength. After she finished her moves, Chen Lie would then launch a powerful attack to exhaust Zuo Yuan'er's stamina.

With Chen Lie's physique and physical strength after cultivating the Pure Yang Precious Blood, Zuo Yuan'er, who was Spirit Aperture Stage, would definitely not be able to outlast him in a contest of attrition.

At this moment, the students from the nearby Super Genius Class also noticed the duel between Zuo Yuan'er and Chen Lie and came to watch.

Most of the people present were unaware of yesterday's competition at the Blue Star Martial Artist Association Headquarters, and were shocked to see Chen Lie and Zuo Yuan'er fighting.

"Did I see that right? Chen Lie fought with Zuo Yuan'er? He broke through to the Great Extreme Realm?"

"Judging from this battle, although Chen Lie is slightly at a disadvantage, he is almost evenly matched with Zuo Yuan'er. He has truly broken through to the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi!"

On the Duel Platform, Chen Lie and Zuo Yuan'er fought for more than ten minutes, exchanging tens of thousands of blows.

After unleashing her full power, Zuo Yuan'er's strength was rapidly depleted, and her peak combat condition began to decline.

More importantly, she unleashed all the top-tier martial arts techniques she had mastered to perfection, while Grandmaster Chen Lie's martial arts insights remained intact. Faced with unfamiliar martial arts techniques he had never seen before, Chen Lie could only temporarily avoid their sharpness.

However, Zuo Yuan'er had already used all her martial arts techniques. With Chen Lie's understanding of martial arts, plus the insight of the two Star God, the power of the martial arts Zuo Yuan'er used in front of him for the second time was almost halved.

As the battle progressed, Zuo Yuan'er gradually fell into a disadvantageous position.

After the peak of the battle passed, Zuo Yuan'er's protective blood rainbow was no longer as powerful as before, and she immediately felt the unbearable heat of Chen Lie's golden blood energy.

"Damn it, doesn't he get tired? Extreme Yang Blood, what the hell is that? The aura it emits is as scorching as flames."

Zuo Yuan'er originally intended to teach Chen Lie a lesson in secret, but she never expected to be forced into this situation by him.

Beside the podium, Zheng Dongyang looked at Lei Jinglong with surprise, a look of shock flashing across his face.

"Principal Lei, Principal Lei, Chen Lie's physique, explosive power, and perseverance are all superior to Zuo Yuan'er's."

His special physique was truly remarkable. After such a long and intense battle, he was still at his peak, and he even managed to exhaust the stamina of Zuo Yuan'er, who was at the Spirit Aperture Stage.

If nothing unexpected happens, the scales of victory in this contest have begun to tip in Chen Lie's favor.

Lei Jinglong said, "Haven't you noticed a problem?"

"What's the problem?"

"Chen Lie, you haven't used a single martial art technique since the start of the battle."

"Could it be that he's holding back?"

Lei Jinglong's reminder made Zheng Dongyang realize this as well.

"It doesn't seem like it!" Lei Jinglong shook his head. This was a question that Wang Shou Shouwang, the president of the Martial Artist Association headquarters, had raised last time. He hadn't thought much about it then, but now he wanted to ask.

On the Duel Platform, Zuo Yuan'er began to retreat steadily. Chen Lie did not give Zuo Yuan'er a chance to recover and threw a punch.

"Boom!"

The golden fist shadow surged toward Zuo Yuan'er. Zuo Yuan'er couldn't dodge in time and could only use her blood and qi to resist. Because she was exhausted, her blood rainbow barrier was directly shattered by Chen Lie's punch. She gradually retreated more than ten steps. Due to the powerful impact, her hair bun fell apart.

Upon seeing this, Chen Lie immediately decided to press his advantage and pursue the attack.

At this moment, Zheng Dongyang, who was sitting below the stage, spoke up, "Alright, it's just a friendly spar. That's enough. You two can both get down here!"

Upon hearing Zheng Dongyang's words, Chen Lie stopped fighting and stepped off the Duel Platform.

Zuo Yuan'er looked embarrassed and ashamed as she walked off the Duel Platform.

She had intended to teach Chen Lie a lesson, but if her mentor Zheng Dongyang hadn't stopped her earlier, she would have ended up being the one being lectured, which left her with only one feeling. "Losing face."

The Super Genius Class students who had been watching left as the competition ended.

Chen Lie walked down from the podium, and Jiang Yuan next to him gave him a deep look.

At this moment, Zheng Dongyang had his staff gather all the students in the Genius Class in front of the podium.

Soon, the more than ninety students in the Super Genius Class gathered together.

Seeing all the students gathered, Lei Jinglong said, "Students, I have some news to announce now."

This morning, Blue Star received a notification from the Saint Envoy Hall of the Canglan Star Domain that the date for our Permanent Council Star Contest of Wood Source Planet has been set.

On November 20th of the Galactic Calendar 7365, which is about a month and a half later.

After Lei Jinglong spoke, the students below the podium were stunned for a moment, and then began to discuss among themselves.

"The date for the Permanent Council Star Contest has been set? So soon?"

"If I count the days, it'll only be about forty days!"

"I wonder if we can win against Wood Source Planet this time..."

On the podium, Lei Jinglong continued, "The Permanent Council Star Contest was proposed by the Star Seeker, and it has been ten years since then."

The Permanent Councilor Star Competition, which will take place in a month and a half, will surely be recorded in the history of Blue Star. If Blue Star wins, all those who represent Blue Star will be remembered for eternity.

You only have a month and a half to improve your strength, so in this time, everyone must focus on martial arts. Every bit of strength you gain increases our chances of Blue Star becoming Permanent Councilor Star of the Canglan Star Domain."

Looking at Lei Jinglong speaking on the podium, Chen Lie recalled his memories from his previous life.

In their previous lives, Blue Star and Wood Source Planet seemed to have lost the Permanent Council Star Contest.

He had a vague impression of the matter, but he knew about the thousands-year-old tradition of "playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses" on Blue Star. If it was a good thing, it would be written about in detail, but if it was a bad thing, it would be downplayed.

In the previous life, the Blue Star government chose to downplay the Permanent Council Star Contest, so it was bound to fail.

I wonder if things would be different with him joining this life.

If the competition rules are rigid, and a person can only score one point, then there's nothing he can do.

"Blue Star University plans to give students a break in a week. If you have anything outside of martial arts, please try to finish it during the break."

After returning from vacation, I sent messages to the students who were selected to participate in the Permanent Councilor Star Competition on Blue Star and were training at Starry Sky University, asking them to come back and train with you."

On the podium, Lei Jinglong spoke at length, and only after he had finished saying what he needed to say did he let the students disperse.

Just as Chen Lie was about to leave, Lei Jinglong suddenly said, "Chen Lie, come here for a moment."

Chen Lie nodded and followed Lei Jinglong to the Principal's Office.

Upon arriving at the Principal's Office, Chen Lie asked, "Principal Lei, is there something you need?"

Lei Jinglong said, "Chen Lie, you said last time that your Strength Value was expected to break through tenfold. I also gave you the Star Liquid several days ago. I wonder how your progress is now?"

"My Strength Value has already exceeded tenfold. After using up the remaining Star Liquid, it should be able to increase a bit more," Chen Liedao.

"That's great!"

Overjoyed, Lei Jinglong guessed that Chen Lie's ability to easily break through ten times his Strength Value was likely due to the activation of his special physique. He then instructed, "You heard it just now; there's only about a month left until the Permanent Council Star Contest."

"I hope you can successfully break through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm within this month. If you need any resources, just tell me, Blue Star will do its best to get them for you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lie quickly replied, "There is indeed one resource I need. I wonder if Blue Star could help me purchase a Blood Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from Outer Stars for the Twelfth Blood Tempering?"

"Spirit Liquid Twelfth Blood Tempering?" Lei Jinglong frowned.

"That's right. Perhaps due to my special constitution, I used Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid of relatively low strength to temper my blood and qi, but the effect didn't seem very good."

That makes sense.

Chen Lie's combat strength is so strong that he can even suppress Zuo Yuan'er, who is at the Spirit Aperture Stage, which is enough to show that he has a powerful physique. It is not surprising that he uses a high-level Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid to temper his blood and qi.

"However, the Blood Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid that Twelfth Blood Tempering is probably only available in the Upper Three Stars in the Canglan Star Domain, and it would be very difficult to purchase on Blue Star. But the Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid that has undergone eleven Blood Tempering should be available for purchase."

"The Blood Tempering Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid Blood Tempering be able to help you complete your tenth Blood Tempering, right?" Lei Jinglong asked.

"It should be fine."

"Alright, then I'll send a notification to the Resource Category Building, requesting them to do everything in their power to purchase Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from Outer Stars."

"Thank you, Principal Lei."

Lei Jinglong waved his hand and said, "I have a question for you. When you fought Zuo Yuan'er, including the last time you sparred with your sparring partner on the Duel Platform, you didn't use any martial arts techniques. How come that's the case?"

"Because I haven't had time to master a martial art that I'm comfortable with yet," Chen Lie said.

"Hmm? You haven't practiced martial arts? Why?"

Martial arts of S rank or higher are all quite difficult to master.

Based on Chen Lie's understanding of martial arts, even if his talent isn't particularly outstanding, he can still master a high-level martial art.

But practicing martial arts is too inefficient for him; with that effort, he could have broken through several levels of martial arts cultivation.

Of course, he couldn't tell the truth, so he said, "Before, in the Key Class, the martial arts were all around S-level, which didn't greatly enhance my strength, so I didn't practice them."

"After entering the Super Genius Class, in order to accelerate my martial arts training, I didn't have any spare time to practice martial arts, which is why I haven't mastered a single martial art that I can be proud of," Chen Lie said.

Lei Jinglong realized that this was all because the Martial Artist Association had suppressed Chen Lie, wasting his time and causing the current situation.

"That won't do. A suitable martial art can greatly increase a person's strength, and the combination of several top-level martial arts can even allow a person to fight against opponents of higher levels."

To take a recent example, take your fight with Zuo Yuan'er today. If you were also proficient in one or two SSS-level martial arts, you should have been able to defeat her in a few hundred moves. There would have been no need for a war of attrition, which resulted in a draw after tens of thousands of moves.

During this time, you must learn a martial art. I will have Director Zhang from the Resource Category Building contact you later and open the Martial Arts Repository of Blue Star University to you. Choose whichever martial art you like.

Now that we have Martial Arts Crystal Stone, which can greatly increase the speed at which people cultivate martial arts, I think you should be able to successfully cultivate two or three SSS-level martial arts techniques in a month."

Chen Lie neither confirmed nor denied this; he certainly wouldn't practice martial arts at the Blood-Qi Stage.

For a martial arts genius with high comprehension and good aptitude, it might only take a little over a week to master a profound SSS-level martial art, but for him it would take at least a month, which is not enough to justify the waste of time.

After speaking with Lei Jinglong, Chen Lie left the Principal's Office.

That afternoon, Zhang Liwu, the director of the Resource Category Building, called Chen Lie Chen Lie asked him to come and select martial arts techniques.

Zhang Liwu led Chen Lie to the Martial Arts Repository of Blue Star University, where Chen Lie saw walls covered with Martial Arts Crystal Stone.

Then, he began to introduce himself to Chen Lie.

"Chen Lie, look."

The first wall is full of fist techniques, the second wall is full of palm techniques, the third wall is full of leg techniques, and the fourth wall is full of body techniques—it has everything.

These are all top-tier martial arts techniques from Blue Star University, most of which are SSS-level, with a small portion being among the more powerful SS-level techniques.

Principal Lei said you should choose several, preferably one from each type of martial arts.