Infinite Upgrades
Chapter 17

Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique Perfected

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He brought Li Qiuchuan and the others along and cleared Three Years of Mock College Entrance Exams.

They claimed their rewards before it reset.

This time, Li Qiuchuan gave him the reward for carrying him first.

Of course, it was the rewards for the one-year and two-year exams.

As for Three Years of Mock College Entrance Exams, they had agreed earlier that he would help them clear it for free.

"We can go kill Star Demons now."

After the three teammates left, Li Qiuchuan said excitedly.

As long as Five Years of College Entrance Exams was completed, jobs could be assigned!

"You're going to kill Star Demons this soon?"

Jiang Changkong's eyes flickered slightly. "You're not planning to stop, are you?"

"Of course not."

Li Qiuchuan smiled and said, "I can't bear to part with so many Star Stones."

Jiang Changkong frowned slightly. "Then what do you mean?"

"Next up is Five Years of College Entrance Exams. We have to prepare in advance."

Li Qiuchuan explained, "We're just having people ask around for news on Star Demons and pick a suitable place to make our move."

Jiang Changkong breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they kept working, that was fine.

"Thank you for this time. For the next two runs, I won't take a cut," Li Qiuchuan said.

"Take it. We agreed before that I'd help you clear the mock college entrance exam for free," Jiang Changkong said.

"I said you'd help me for free, not my teammates. Enough, that's settled. I've got a second-rank Star Stone as a reward."

Li Qiuchuan smiled and said, "I've earned quite a bit during this time too. Don't turn it down."

"All right then. I'll head back first."

After Jiang Changkong finished speaking, he got up and left.

When he returned home, he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

Tomorrow seemed to be when the school would be killing Star Demons?

Meanwhile, on the other side, Gu Xiaoyu sat by the bed with a gloomy expression. Zhang Tao lay on the bed.

"He went again?" Zhang Tao asked through gritted teeth.

"He went again." Gu Xiaoyu lowered his head, a strange look flashing through his eyes.

He had not forgotten how he had thrown himself onto the masked man while Zhang Tao had abandoned him.

"Let him feel smug for a few days. Once my injuries heal, I'll go slaughter him."

Zhang Tao spoke viciously.

Gu Xiaoyu said nothing, a hint of ridicule flashing through his eyes.

A person who had completed One Year of College Entrance Exams had been beaten like a dog, and he still had the nerve to say that?

"Did Li He come by?" Zhang Tao asked.

"He did. I said you were busy and not here, then sent him away," Gu Xiaoyu said.

"Mm, well done. Those Star Stones are ours. We can't let Li He know," Zhang Tao said in a low voice.

Li He was his friend, the one who had chased after Zhou Wen with him back then.

"Senior, why don't we report it to the school?" Gu Xiaoyu said in a low voice. "The school should give us a reward."

"Are you stupid?"

Zhang Tao glared at him and said angrily:

"Never mind that I can deal with him if I have a weapon. Just the fact that you peeked at the information is something the school won't let you off for."

Gu Xiaoyu said quietly, "For something this big, my merits should outweigh my faults."

"Wouldn't it be better to get the Star Stones first, then report it to the school?"

Zhang Tao said coldly, "My injuries will heal in half a month at most. Don't worry."

Half a month...

Gu Xiaoyu felt uncertain. After half a month, what if that guy stopped doing it?

Where would they find him then?

As if he knew what Gu Xiaoyu was thinking, Zhang Tao gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go to the hospital. Five days at most."

He was going to pay through the nose. He had to get his injuries healed quickly and get those Star Stones. He could earn quite a bit himself.

Unfortunately, he was not some rich man. Otherwise, he would have had himself treated immediately.

Gu Xiaoyu opened his mouth, but said nothing.

He had originally wanted Zhang Tao to pull Li He in too.

But after thinking it over, he dropped the idea. Zhang Tao was confident, and the fewer people there were, the better the split.

Early the next morning, Jiang Changkong bought breakfast, then went to the school to watch them kill Star Demons.

When he arrived at the school, the killing had not started yet, but quite a few students had already gathered.

Before long, they began killing Star Demons, just like last time.

The Star Demons were bound tightly. Blades rose and fell, and heads rolled.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit +10 +10...

The Star Demons' Essence, Qi, and Spirit had not shrunk, which stirred a little excitement in him.

Only after the killing was over, and he had absorbed the last trace of scattered Essence, Qi, and Spirit, did Jiang Changkong leave.

This batch of Star Demons was slightly better in quality than the last.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit: 13000!

A martial arts school really was a good place.

Even if it was just for the Star Demon killings, he ought to get in.

He just did not know whether Kexiang School also killed Star Demons.

But he had no acquaintances at Kexiang, so he decided not to think about it.

He went home to practice his fist art, and when night came, Jiang Changkong continued carrying people.

Because Ji Ziling had gotten involved, Iron Tower had been very lively recently.

He had also asked Ji Ziling whether the school would not interfere.

Ji Ziling's answer was unexpected. The teachers were all away, leading the students through the college entrance exams.

There was only one vice principal on campus.

Everything in the school ran on preset programs.

And that vice principal was busy as a dog every day.

As long as that vice principal did not get a sudden whim to check the assessment information, and no one reported it, they would not be discovered.

That was also why Ji Ziling dared to personally step in and rake in money.

"Wen."

Jiang Changkong sent Zhou Wen a message. He had not seen him for so long, and missed him a little.

Unfortunately, Zhou Wen did not reply. It was so late, he was probably asleep, right?

He lay down and went to sleep.

Over the next few days, Jiang Changkong farmed the mock high school exams as usual, always taking the Star Stones first.

He had gotten so familiar with Li Qiuchuan that delivering the Star Stones every time was a hassle, so after carrying him through, he gave them to him first.

After four straight days passed, Jiang Changkong looked at his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, his heart surging with excitement.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit: 36320!

Together with the Essence, Qi, and Spirit from the school's Star Demon killings, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit had finally reached over thirty thousand.

Without hesitation, he directly put it into the Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique.

A powerful warm current surged out from within his body, and the Star Power inside him grew even more abundant.

A faint bronze light rose over his skin, and his bones crackled.

The force patterns within his body also thickened slightly, and his strength increased by another considerable margin.

The Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique had reached complete perfection!

Jiang Changkong: Star Qi Peak Low-grade, lower-rank martial arts: Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique: Perfect 32000/32000 Taiji Fist: Perfect 49/32000 Essence, Qi, and Spirit: 4433

These past few days, he had cultivated every day too, which counted as saving a little Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Feeling the surging Star Power inside him, the pure strength, and the extremely strong defense...

He was confident he could steamroll every mock exam alone.

The Copper Skin Iron Bone Technique was his greatest foundation. He would not give up on improving it!

Now, only second-tier weapons could injure him. Even top-tier first-tier weapons could forget it!

Too excited to sleep, Jiang Changkong simply stopped trying.

He turned on the computer and started searching online for martial arts.

Everything online was basic martial arts, but that did not matter. They could be upgraded.

This time, he picked a weapon art and kept it in mind for now. Once he got his hands on more essence, energy, and spirit later, he would improve it.

Very quickly, he found a basic saber technique.

Three Water-Cutting Blades. It only had three strikes: draw the saber and cut the water.

Even when practiced to the extreme, it could only cut off an ordinary little stream.

Jiang Changkong believed that he could train it to the point where his saber could cleave the sea, even cut through the heavens.

He looked up other sword techniques too, but they were all basic sword moves. Even when practiced to the extreme, they only made one more familiar with the sword.

He also watched videos, and felt those sword techniques had far too many flashy moves. They even seemed a little delicate instead.

Three Water-Cutting Blades was better. No flourishes, only three strikes, each one stronger than the last.

After choosing Three Water-Cutting Blades, Jiang Changkong's heart also settled down, and only then did he get into bed to sleep.

Tomorrow, he would continue. The next step was to perfect Taiji Fist, then Three Water-Cutting Blades.

After that, he would achieve Star Cloud and join a martial arts school!

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