"The Will of the Fist?"
Ye Xiao murmured to himself, staring at the new content he had unlocked.
Just then,
Ye Xiao suddenly noticed something new on his system interface: [Fist Intent Codex]!
With a thought, Ye Xiao opened the [Fist Intent Codex].
A whole series of fist intents appeared on the screen.
[Fist Intent Codex] [Basic Fist Intents] [Law-Breaking Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [Earth-Shaking Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [Guardian Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [Extreme Speed Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [Indomitable Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [...] [Special Fist Intents] [God-Slaying Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [Heaven and Earth Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [Samsara Fist: Not yet activated. Effect unknown. Evolution path unknown.] [...]
After Ye Xiao finished looking through them, the entire display remained dark and dim.
But judging by the names of these fist intents,
they seemed to correspond to different fist abilities.
And,
the first one was the Law-Breaking Fist, which Ye Xiao knew best.
Seeing this,
Ye Xiao thought of the book he always carried with him.
So he took it out and started reading it again.
This time,
Ye Xiao suddenly realized that the once obscure and difficult-to-understand book on the Law-Breaking Fist
seemed to have become much clearer with help from the system.
The originally dull, tedious words
began to conjure image after image in his mind!
He was utterly astonished!
"The Law-Breaking Fist! It's actually performing the moves on its own inside my head?"
Ye Xiao no longer needed to reread the book over and over.
He could feel the teachings on how to master the Law-Breaking Fist imprinting themselves on his mind, again and again.
[Ding! Law-Breaking Fist training progress: 1%!]
Just then, the system's notification rang in his ear.
Not long after, the same sound rang out again.
[Ding! Law-Breaking Fist training progress: 2%!]
At this, a delighted smile appeared on Ye Xiao's lips.
So, in the Gravity Tower's 20-times-gravity zone,
while everyone else was still training,
Ye Xiao focused intently on devouring the contents of The Law-Breaking Fist.
At that moment, it was as if he had been enlightened.
What he hadn't understood before,
now made more and more sense the further he read, flowing more smoothly with every page.
A feeling of everything suddenly clicking into place coursed through him. It was exhilarating.
Nearly half an hour passed.
At last,
Ye Xiao turned to the final page.
At the same time, every detail of The Law-Breaking Fist was deeply imprinted in his mind.
Though he had never practiced it even once, Ye Xiao felt as if he had known how to use it all his life!
That was the power of the system's learning assistance.
[Ding! Law-Breaking Fist training progress: 100%!] [Congratulations, host! You have successfully mastered the Will of the Fist: Law-Breaking Fist!]
At last,
Ye Xiao had mastered his first fist intent!
He quickly opened the [Fist Intent Codex] to check.
Whenever he unlocked a fist intent, its corresponding icon on the system panel changed from gray to gold, with flowing animated light effects.
The [Law-Breaking Fist] icon, which had been gray, now shone gold, animated streams of light rippling across it.
Ye Xiao tapped it to view the details.
[Law-Breaking Fist: Punch range increased by 200%. Can interrupt a target's skill casting! Next evolution path: Magic-Sealing Fist.]
After Ye Xiao finished reading,
a delighted smile spread across his face.
"The Law-Breaking Fist! It can actually interrupt an enemy while they're casting a skill?"
After all,
a class like Lin Yun's SS-Grade Thunder Law Prodigy
might wield powerful, devastating Thunder Methods, but his powerful Thunder Method skills didn't simply fire instantly.
Casting them required a certain amount of preparation time.
And the Will of the Fist Ye Xiao had just mastered—the Law-Breaking Fist—
was designed to interrupt exactly those kinds of skills!
Ye Xiao was grinning from ear to ear.
"This fist intent is the perfect counter to mages!"
After all,
Lin Yun was proudest of his Thunder Method class!
It was powerful, destructive, and long-ranged, letting him bombard enemies from afar.
But when Ye Xiao used the Law-Breaking Fist, his punch range increased by 200%, and he could interrupt spellcasting, too!
"Lin Yun, when we fight in a month, I'll make sure you get a taste of the power of my Law-Breaking Fist!"
Ye Xiao was already looking forward to facing Lin Yun.
This move, the "Law-Breaking Fist," was more than enough to give Lin Yun a hard counter!
Then Ye Xiao noticed
that he could still upgrade his Law-Breaking Fist.
Its next stage was the Magic-Sealing Fist.
But the system hadn't provided him with the path to evolve it.
Ye Xiao put that matter aside for now.
He closed the system, gathered his things, and left the Gravity Tower.
Old Man Black noticed that Ye Xiao was leaving early today.
"Kid, leaving the Gravity Tower so early today?"
"Got a date with a girl tonight?"
Whenever Old Man Black spoke to Ye Xiao, he always said something shocking.
Ye Xiao never knew how to respond.
Ye Xiao shook his head helplessly. "No, Old Man Black. I'm going to the school library."
"What for?" Old Man Black asked.
Ye Xiao answered honestly. "I want to find some books about World Scars, especially ones about our Jiang City's [Rift No. 17: Red Abyss]."
Old Man Black immediately understood.
It was probably because he had told Ye Xiao last time how to get a Gravity Training Card in advance.
"Oh, go ahead."
Old Man Black said nothing more.
His reaction actually left Ye Xiao feeling a little unaccustomed to it.
He'd thought Old Man Black would ramble on about something else.
Instead, the man was unusually quiet, not saying a word.
After leaving the Gravity Tower,
Ye Xiao went back to his dorm. He was drenched in sweat from practicing his punches, so he might as well shower and change before heading to the library.
When he got back, he found Fatty Wang in the dorm.
"Xiao, perfect timing!"
Fatty Wang looked delighted. "The Spirit Ring you wanted has arrived!"
Ye Xiao looked surprised.
"That fast?"
He'd only mentioned it to Fatty Wang last night.
Yet Fatty Wang had already gotten him a Spirit Ring today.
Fatty Wang said casually, "I had someone deliver it, so it was quick."
Ye Xiao stared at him. "Don't tell me your family sells these, too?"
Fatty Wang's old face flushed red, and he coughed awkwardly.
"Cough, cough, cough!" He deftly changed the subject. "Xiao, try this Spirit Ring. It's the white one. Should be all right, right?"
Seeing that Fatty Wang didn't want to talk about it, Ye Xiao figured his family really had been strict about not letting him reveal his background.
He didn't press him. Instead, he took the Spirit Ring, put it on, and quickly noticed a problem.
"This Spirit Ring... isn't it for women? The band's a little too small. I can't get it on."
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