From Igniting Talent to Becoming a Demon God Section 36

Looking at this scene, the ordinary students standing outside the building all felt the atmosphere turn somewhat subtle, as if many of the senior brothers were watching the lone figure in the training area from the corners of their eyes.

"Why bother?"

"It's already the last few days, and he's still struggling like this..."

On the platform, Shen Tianchen shook his head, his tone calm.

He could not understand it. Wouldn't it be better to admit defeat and then leave with some dignity?

"Junior Brother Lu really is... staking everything on one throw."

A Combat Grade senior brother standing opposite him spoke softly, the look he gave the figure in the training area carrying a trace of pity.

He could roughly understand that feeling of unwillingness.

But the path of martial arts was this cruel. It was not something you could achieve simply because you wanted to.

Those three months were the best proof. Without that talent, no matter how much effort one spent, it would all be in vain.

This scene seemed like a microcosm. Inside the Training Building, quite a few gazes quietly turned over, silently watching Lu Chao on the training ground.

The twenty-kilogram iron ball was held in a rounded embrace by him. The white training uniform on his body had long since been soaked through with sweat, clinging tightly to his skin and outlining the muscle lines bulging from excessive exertion.

Even so, he still bent both legs at the knees and sank deep into a horse stance.

Drop after drop of sweat struck the flat, dry cement floor. At the side, Li Dong watched this scene, his gaze somewhat complicated.

"Senior Brother Lu..."

Only in the past two days had he learned that the other man's tuition deadline was almost up.

There were only these final four or five days left.

His fists clenched unconsciously, and he finally sensed the subtle atmosphere within the Martial Arts Hall.

He opened his mouth, as if driven by some emotion.

He wanted to speak up and cheer Senior Brother Lu on, only to find that he did not have the courage.

"Leave it to him."

Suddenly, a deep voice sounded right beside his ear.

Li Dong froze slightly and turned his head to look.

At some point, Senior Brother Zheng Wu had arrived beside him and was standing with him in the corner of the training area.

"Senior Brother Zheng..."

"This is Junior Brother Lu's choice. We need only wait in peace."

Zheng Wu said softly, suppressing every trace of emotion in his eyes.

He also did not know whether he had misjudged the man, but Junior Brother Lu's outstanding patience all this time, and that tenacity of his, were still firmly etched in his memory.

At once, the atmosphere fell silent.

The noise inside the Training Building grew smaller and smaller, and the gazes of many senior and junior brothers gathered over.

Lu Chao remained silent, only clenching his teeth tightly. In his perception, there was only the heaviness transmitted by the iron ball he held in a circle, and the aching pain all over his body.

The fourth form, Iron Cross Stake, was the Stake Stance move most suited to tempering the physique. He had already persisted like this for nearly twenty minutes.

His deeply squatting legs began to tremble, and the pain of tearing muscles kept surfacing.

His arms felt as if they had been filled with lead, sore and swollen to an unbearable degree. Every second assaulted his will, urging him to quickly break his stance and give up on training.

"Almost there."

Yet his conviction was firm, like a boulder smashing down in his heart.

Lu Chao gritted his teeth and pushed himself even harder.

Because he knew he had once again drawn close to his physical limit. With the support of [Primary Resilience], he was about to complete the final step.

One second, thirty seconds, one minute...

As time continued, sweat soaked his entire body, and steaming mist surged out from every pore, gathering above his head before curling away.

He heard the violent pounding of his heart, like war drums, and also felt some sort of obstruction rapidly dissolving.

In a daze, Lu Chao seemed to see every steady, unhurried improvement he had made in the past, to witness himself breaking through his limits while advancing step by step. Every scene flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.

Until the very end.

Buzz!

It was as if a strange humming sounded inside his body, like a blocked river channel being burst open by a flood. He completely broke through some difficult barrier and dissolved every obstruction.

His gaze sharpened. Lu Chao only felt his body burning hot, as if some current of heat had rapidly taken shape and surged throughout his whole body.

"Hah!!"

Thud!!

Unconsciously, the heavy solid iron ball was thrown down by him, smashing into the ground.

A muffled boom exploded, like thunder ringing in everyone's hearts.

"This..."

The ordinary trainees outside the Training Building all had their eyes wide as they pressed against the windows, shaken to the core.

Li Dong, standing in the corner of the training area, was also staring at the scene in shock and suspicion, not daring to blink.

In their line of sight, Lu Chao's skin was burning hot, his face flushed red.

Steaming sweat mist surged wildly from his body like boiling water. He looked as if he were undergoing some kind of transformation.

"It worked!"

Zheng Wu's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face.

He was genuinely happy for Lu Chao.

In that instant, the deep voice seemed like a signal.

Everyone inside the Training Building had a slight change in expression, their faces jolting.

Those who had still been honing their strength and tempering their muscles and bones all froze, stopping their training.

Astonishment, suspicion, envy...

Countless emotions surfaced one after another. They all looked toward Lu Chao in unison, their gazes shifting again and again before finally turning into envy and admiration.

"Rock Skin."

"He really broke through."

The Combat Grade senior brother on the platform looked stunned, then gave a helpless smile.

To one side, Shen Tianchen frowned slightly, then fell silent and said nothing more.

The entire Training Building sank into silence at that moment, all sorts of emotions tangled together.

And at the same time.

In the rear courtyard outside the Training Building.

Master Luo, who had originally been resting on a lounge chair, quietly opened his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing through them.

He seemed to have sensed some kind of vigorous aura undergoing a transformation.

"Oh?"

His gaze shifted slightly, and he felt a little surprised. A thought quickly rose in his heart.

But in the end, when he thought of that long span of nearly three months...

"What a pity..."

With a soft sigh, he closed his eyes again and shook his head.

After the rain, the sky cleared, and the dark clouds dispersed.

The pattering curtain of rain vanished completely. The sky was as clear as if it had been washed clean, and the air between heaven and earth was especially fresh.

Unaware of the scene outside, Lu Chao merely stood where he was, like a reef that had just been cleansed by wind and rain, standing quietly with his eyes closed as he felt the changes in his body.

The scorching warm current within him gradually calmed, and the white sweat mist rising from his pores also vanished rapidly.

At last.

When everything was over and the dust had settled.

He opened his eyes, and a sharp gleam flashed through them.

[Vitality: 19→20!]

"Finally, I succeeded."

His eyes were bright. He knew that he had finally stepped into the Combat Grade level.

An unprecedented power filled his muscles, bones, and tendons. According to common sense, his punching force had already crossed the threshold of two hundred kilograms, and his burst speed was at least ten meters per second.