Are You Sick in the Head?!

"What? I helped you get revenge, and you're not happy about it?" Tang Yu turned a deaf ear to Meng Xuanxuan's words and merely asked this in return. Meng Xuanxuan was left speechless, not knowing what to say.

"But you didn't have to kill him!" In Meng Xuanxuan's eyes, Tang Yu had done it for her after all. It would not be right for her to keep blaming him.

"Kill him? I didn't. Didn't I leave him with one breath?" Tang Yu shook his head. After all, this was a society governed by law. Even killing someone in an underground boxing match would be troublesome.

"You!" Tang Yu angered Meng Xuanxuan so much that she could not speak. She let out a furious snort, turned around, and left.

"Xiao Yu, aren't you going after her?" Watching Meng Xuanxuan run out, Wang Meng patted Tang Yu on the shoulder.

"I'm not going. I helped her vent her anger, and if she doesn't appreciate it, fine. But she's actually mad at me over this!"

"Girls need to be coaxed! Take your brother's advice and go after her!" Wang Meng said helplessly. He understood Tang Yu better than anyone. Four words: completely clueless about romance.

Only after Wang Meng urged him did Tang Yu chase after her, but Meng Xuanxuan had long since vanished.

Helpless, Tang Yu could only return home first. By the time he got back, it was already late at night. He sat upright in the training room, his entire body held in a strange posture. With his eyes closed and mind focused, his five centers faced the sky, yet his body did not topple over. The training room was terrifyingly silent, save for the faint sound of trickling water. If one listened carefully, they would discover that the sound came from within Tang Yu's body.

This was an unnamed cultivation technique Tang Wei had left him. At first, Tang Yu had not thought much of it, but the more he studied it, the more miraculous it seemed. He could practically sense the workings of every organ in his body.

He had been seriously injured yesterday and fought Yuan Chengkong again today, leaving his bodily functions severely depleted. Yet after this round of cultivation, everything had recovered, and he had even made slight progress.

However, human strength was ultimately limited. One's gene count determined the limits of the human body. Only by using a "gene enhancement serum" to break open the genetic shackles could one advance even further!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Tang Yu's heart pounded more and more violently, as if it could leap out of his chest at any moment. This was a sign of cultivation deviation. If this continued, he would surely explode and die!

At that moment, the black crystal on Tang Yu's chest emitted waves of black radiance. Like wisps of silk, they entered through Tang Yu's nine orifices. His meridians began to darken because of the black light, making the scene look exceptionally eerie.

Tang Yu felt that he had awakened from cultivation, but all he saw before him was darkness. He could not see his own fingers before his face. As he fumbled around, he felt as though he had been trapped in a dark, enclosed space. Wherever he touched, there seemed to be a membrane blocking his sight. This had never happened before, and he had never read about it in any of the many texts he had studied.

"Who could trap me!"

Tang Yu refused to believe that he could be trapped in such a bizarre place. He clenched his fists and threw them out fiercely. If his punching strength had been tested at that moment, it would have been discovered that every punch exceeded 2,000 kilograms, reaching power that only a Force Warrior at the second stage could possess!

Crack!

A faint cracking sound seemed to come from Tang Yu's body. Then, a ray of light shone in from outside, followed by countless beams of brilliance so piercing that he could not open his eyes. Tang Yu ignored everything else and leaped up, intending to jump out of this space. But in the next instant, he froze, because he saw "himself" sitting cross-legged in the training room, his entire body wrapped in black radiance.

"Did my soul just leave my body?" This was an ability only available at the Spirit Transformation realm, when one's gene count exceeded 1,000.

Right, it was that black crystal! It was the only memento his father had left him. Tang Yu had once thought that getting his blood on it merely gave him a great increase in strength, but now it seemed that it was far from that simple!

"Whatever. As long as it benefits me, why bother overthinking it?" If he could not figure it out, then he would not think about it. As long as he knew it would not harm him, that was enough.

" Tang Yu" slipped back into his body, and he awoke from cultivation. Clenching his hands, he discovered that every cell in his body seemed to be filled with power.

This was the sensation only Force Warriors possessed! Though he did not know exactly what had happened, Tang Yu knew that he had broken through to the Awakening realm and become a Force Warrior. Being able to sense the vitality of one's own cells was an important standard for verifying a Force Warrior.

Tang Yu's thoughts sank into memories...

"This is something Dad obtained after years of exploration... It will protect you... I'm going to uncover a secret related to the progress of human civilization. From now on, you'll have to live on your own..."

A secret? What secret? Tang Yu did not know. Tang Wei had left behind only this mysterious black crystal...

But when Tang Yu came back to his senses, the black crystal had disappeared, leaving only an empty casing hanging from his chest. When he closed his eyes again, he discovered that the black crystal was actually inside his mind. Tang Yu's consciousness was involuntarily drawn into it.

There was another "him" inside as well, with his five centers facing the sky and maintaining that strange posture. As if sensing Tang Yu's arrival, that "Tang Yu" gave him a mysterious smile, lowered his stance, and began practicing a martial art on his own. Tang Yu had never seen this martial art before, yet it felt strangely familiar, as though he had learned it long ago and merely forgotten it. Now, after seeing it once, he immediately remembered it. Every move surfaced in his mind. Each stance and strike seemed naturally formed, perfectly rounded and complete. Though Tang Yu's consciousness did not deliberately control his physical body, his body began practicing this martial art on its own...

No one knew how long it took, but Tang Yu became too exhausted to continue. His consciousness finally withdrew from the black crystal in his mind, and his vision went dark as he collapsed to the floor.

When he woke again, he found that his entire body was soaked in sweat. Every inch of his muscles ached terribly, as though he had spent an entire day boxing. He was nearly exhausted.

Primordial Martial Way

Four words suddenly surfaced in Tang Yu's mind: Primordial Martial Way! That was the name of this martial art!

"Ha ha ha... I awakened Force without using a gene serum. In the history of human martial arts, I'm probably the first!" Tang Yu could not help throwing back his head and laughing wildly, filled with delight. It seemed he was destined to walk an extraordinary path, and he liked that!

"My god! It's already seven thirty?" After leaving the training room, Tang Yu was shocked to discover that dawn had already broken. Looking at the time, he saw that it was already 7:30 in the morning. He hurriedly changed clothes and rushed toward school!

"Students, the college entrance examination will be held in the middle of this month. After class today, you'll begin your holiday. Your teacher wishes all of you excellent results in advance!" The speaker was Tang Yu's homeroom teacher, a woman in her early thirties. She normally did not interfere much with whatever Tang Yu did. After all, he ranked in the top three of his grade in every exam, so what was there to say?

"Ring, ring, ring..." The dismissal bell rang. Tang Yu was packing his things when he suddenly heard his homeroom teacher calling him.

"Tang Yu, come to my office after class."

"You're one of our school's top students. Getting into the Asian Military Academy won't be a problem for you. But I've noticed you haven't been attending class much lately. Your grades haven't slipped, have they?"

Seeing how concerned his homeroom teacher was, Tang Yu felt a little embarrassed. He never asked for leave whenever he skipped school, yet she had hardly ever criticized him.

"No. Since military academies have gene count assessments, I've been intensifying my training lately."

"Mm. I've noticed you and Meng Xuanxuan, the new transfer student from Class Three, seem to get along rather well?"

Tang Yu felt awkward upon hearing that. Why was even his homeroom teacher so nosy? But her next words changed his mind.

"Meng Xuanxuan's family background is too powerful. To be honest, I'm not very optimistic about the two of you. But if you like her, work hard for it. Don't leave yourself with regrets."

Tang Yu broke into a cold sweat. What was his homeroom teacher even talking about?

"All right, that's all. Pack up and go home to study properly... Oh, and confess after the college entrance exam. That way it won't affect your mood!"

Tang Yu had just stepped one foot out of the office when he heard his homeroom teacher add that last sentence. He nearly stumbled and fell flat on the ground.

After packing up, Tang Yu had barely taken a few steps out of the school gates when a young man blocked his path. The man looked a few years older than Tang Yu and wore a cream-colored casual outfit.

"You're the one who crippled Yuan Chengkong?"

Hearing that, Tang Yu roughly guessed the man's identity.

"I heard Yuan Chengkong has a cousin who is an outstanding student at the Asian Military Academy and passed the Force Warrior assessment two years ago. If I'm not mistaken, you're Yuan Chengwu, right?" Facing a Force Warrior, Tang Yu did not feel the slightest fear. Instead, he felt a faint sense of anticipation. He had never fought a Force Warrior before and did not know where his own strength stood among them. Yuan Chengwu was undoubtedly the ideal opponent!

"Oh? You know me? Then I won't kill you. Break your own meridians, and I'll spare your life!" Yuan Chengwu stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly. In his eyes, an ordinary person with a gene count below 100 was not worth his personal attention!

"Ha ha ha... Are you sick in the head?" Tang Yu deliberately burst into exaggerated laughter, even hunching over at the waist. Only when tears were nearly streaming from his eyes did he finally restrain his laughter.