My Martial Skills Can Also Evolve

"The Golden Cicada Robe, sensing its master's surge in strength, feels ashamed of its own inferiority and breaks through to Perfection."

"The Tiger Roar Skill, unwilling to fall behind, breaks through to Microscopic."

At this point, aside from the Tiger Roar Skill, every Martial Skill Lu Chong practiced had reached the realm of Perfection.

However, now that he had truly become a Martial Artist, these Mortal-grade Martial Skills didn't seem quite as appealing. What Lu Chong craved now were the far more precious and powerful Earth-grade Martial Skills.

Just then, a notification sounded in his mind once more:

"The Monument-Splitting Palm does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill..."

Lu Chong's eyes lit up instantly. There was such a feature?

If that were the case, he could save himself a great deal of trouble.

But immediately after, another prompt appeared: "The Monument-Splitting Palm lacks sufficient momentum; evolution failed."

Lu Chong was speechless. If it couldn't evolve, couldn't it just refrain from showing off? Was there any need to give him hope only to crush it immediately?

The notifications did not stop, continuing to surface one after another:

"The Nine-Shadow Step does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Nine-Shadow Step lacks sufficient momentum; evolution failed."

"The Cloud Piercing Finger does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Cloud Piercing Finger lacks sufficient momentum; evolution failed."

"The Iron Wire Fist does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Iron Wire Fist lacks sufficient momentum; evolution failed."

Failure, failure, and more failure!

Lu Chong could hardly bear to look. If they were all going to fail, why torture him like this?

"The Wind Splitting Leg does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Wind Splitting Leg deduction successful; evolved into a Low-grade Earth-grade Martial Skill."

Lu Chong was jolted!

"Wait, this is... it actually evolved successfully?!"

He had already given up, as the previous seven school-level Low-grade Martial Skills had indeed failed to evolve.

He never expected the Wind Splitting Leg to bring him such a surprise, successfully evolving into an Earth-grade Martial Skill.

Lu Chong hurriedly checked his Martial Skill panel, and sure enough, it had changed.

Wind Splitting Leg: Great Success (50%)

"This must mean that after the Wind Splitting Leg evolved, it gained further potential for improvement."

Lu Chong suddenly recalled that when his homeroom teacher, Wang Tong, had passed the Wind Splitting Leg to him, he had mentioned that this Martial Skill was derived from an Earth-grade axe technique.

"Is that why it was able to evolve successfully?"

Lu Chong speculated, "If that's the case, then what is the difference between this evolved Wind Splitting Leg and the original axe technique?"

Could they be two different evolutionary paths? Lu Chong wondered aimlessly.

At this moment, the notifications in his mind continued:

"The Seven-Step Killing Fist does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Seven-Step Killing Fist lacks sufficient momentum; evolution failed."

"The Three-Inch Palm does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Three-Inch Palm lacks sufficient momentum; evolution failed."

"The Gale Step does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Gale Step deduction successful; evolved into a Low-grade Earth-grade Martial Skill."

Lu Chong felt his spirits lift again. While the Seven-Step Killing Fist and Three-Inch Palm had failed to evolve, the Gale Step had succeeded.

He had originally wondered if all Mid-grade Martial Skills could evolve successfully.

Now it seemed that wasn't necessarily the case, or perhaps there were other influencing factors.

"I'll ask the instructor tomorrow if the Gale Step has a direct connection to some Earth-grade Martial Skill."

Lu Chong continued to observe the remaining two Martial Skills: the High-grade Golden Cicada Robe and the Top-grade Tiger Roar Skill.

He held high expectations for both.

Sure enough, a prompt soon appeared:

"The Golden Cicada Robe does not wish to be discarded and is self-deducing to evolve into an Earth-grade Martial Skill."

"The Golden Cicada Robe deduction successful; evolved into a Low-grade Earth-grade Martial Skill."

Lu Chong felt a surge of joy, though he was also slightly disappointed; he had hoped the Golden Cicada Robe might evolve directly into a Mid-grade or even High-grade Earth-grade skill.

Lu Chong continued to wait, but he did not see any changes to his Tiger Roar Skill.

Why is this? Even if it couldn't successfully evolve, there should at least be a failure notification, Lu Chong wondered, feeling puzzled.

Suddenly, it dawned on him, It must be because my Tiger Roar Skill hasn't reached Perfection yet.

That was it. Aside from the Tiger Roar Skill, every martial skill he practiced had already reached the realm of Perfection.

Therefore, only martial skills that had reached Perfection were eligible for deduction and evolution.

As for whether they would succeed, that depended on whether they possessed the potential, or perhaps the "latent power," to do so.

After taking a full quarter of an hour to calm his mind, Lu Chong looked at his panel once more—

Name: Lu Chong

Level: Martial Artist Rank 1 (81%)

Martial Skills: Nine-Shadow Step (Perfection)

Heart-Piercing Kick (Perfection)

Wind Splitting Leg (Great Success 50%)

Golden Cicada Robe (Great Success 50%)

Tiger Roar Skill (Microscopic 1%)

Seven-Step Killing Fist (Perfection)

Gale Step (Great Success 50%)

Three-Inch Palm (Perfection)

"It's too messy; I need to organize it. Besides, the three martial skills that evolved to Earth-tier need to be renamed."

With a thought from Lu Chong, his panel shifted once again—

Name: Lu Chong

Level: Martial Artist Rank 1 (81%)

Martial Skills—

Human-tier Low-grade: Nine-Shadow Step (Perfection), Monument-Splitting Palm (Perfection), Cloud Piercing Finger (Perfection), Mountain Leaning Back (Perfection), Eagle Claw Technique (Perfection), Iron Wire Fist (Perfection), Heart-Piercing Kick (Perfection)

Human-tier Mid-grade: Seven-Step Killing Fist (Perfection), Three-Inch Palm (Perfection)

Human-tier Top Grade: Tiger Roar Skill (Microscopic 1%)

Earth-tier Low-grade: Wind Blade Leg (Great Success 50%), Golden Bell Shield (Great Success 50%), Gale Shadowless Step (Great Success 50%)

To say nothing else, Wind Blade Leg, Golden Bell Shield, and Gale Shadowless Step had evolved from Wind Splitting Leg, Golden Cicada Robe, and Gale Step, respectively.

Lu Chong hadn't chosen these names randomly; they were based on the characteristics of the three martial skills after their evolution.

Since these three martial skills had evolved from his existing foundation and were all at the Great Success realm, Lu Chong could discern their specific traits.

After the Wind Splitting Leg evolved, it could kick out wind-blade-shaped external Qi.

After the Golden Cicada Robe evolved, it cultivated both internally and externally, allowing him to form a protective Qi barrier around his body, which reminded Lu Chong of a martial art from his past life: the Golden Bell Shield.

As for the Gale Step, it became even faster after evolution, eventually reaching a point where he could move without leaving a trace or shadow, hence the name.

However, Lu Chong would still need to test these three Earth-tier low-grade martial arts to know their true power.

He was now quite curious and expectant about what the automatic cultivation speed of these martial arts would be like.

After all, they were Earth-tier martial skills, and according to Principal Fang, the difficulty of cultivating them far exceeded that of Human-tier martial skills.

But after breaking through to become a Martial Artist, Lu Chong's mental willpower had improved once again, coupled with the enhancement from his Tiger Roar Skill.

Therefore, he felt that his cultivation speed for Earth-tier martial skills shouldn't be too disappointing.