That evening.
[Vitality: 25→26!]
"Phew!"
The panel appeared, and Lu Chao ended another exhausting day of training.
A breath of scorching white vapor slowly left his mouth, lingering in the air for several seconds before finally dispersing.
"Finally, it's gone up again."
He nodded to himself and carefully sensed the even stronger, ceaselessly surging power within his body.
He had thought this breakthrough would take another two days, but Lu Chengfeng's pressure had been just right, allowing him to succeed in one stroke today.
"Lu Chengfeng wasn't actually weak. If he hadn't underestimated me and been careless, he wouldn't have lost so easily."
"Come to think of it, I did take advantage of him."
Reflecting on today's spar, Lu Chao shook his head inwardly.
From the moment he realized the other man had wanted to pick on a soft target, he had proceeded cautiously and kept the initiative in his hands.
However.
As the thought crossed his mind, Lu Chao recalled what Luo Qianshan had said, and a subtle idea rose within him.
"Martial skills..."
Martial arts combat techniques were also called secret arts by the major Martial Arts Halls. They often possessed unique methods of exerting force and were immensely powerful, far surpassing ordinary fighting techniques.
If the gap in Vitality was not too great, they could even allow the weak to defeat the strong and turn the tables to kill their opponent.
"Shen Tianchen had defeated a disciple of Leiji Martial Arts Hall by relying on the power of a secret art."
"And if Lu Chengfeng had mastered a secret art as well, I definitely wouldn't have won so easily today."
Suddenly, Lu Chao's eyes lit up as a clear thought formed in his mind.
He needed a secret art of his own!
Something he could use as