Stance Mastery Complete, Derived Trait

Crimson Glow City had four martial high schools. No. 1 High School was a famous aristocratic martial school; eighty to ninety percent of its martial-track students came from wealthy families.

Second Martial High School was no less formidable than No. 1 High School.

Most of the martial-track students it admitted were second-generation martial artists with martial artists in their families.

Fourth Martial High School had originally been a vocational martial school. The students it enrolled had always been children from ordinary lower-class families in Crimson Glow City.

It had always been crushed beneath the other two martial high schools.

It was not until Third High School was established several decades ago that the vocational martial school was officially renamed Fourth Martial High School.

After that, Third High School rose abruptly. Several successive principals worked tirelessly to strengthen it, and after decades of development, it gradually became capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with the other two martial high schools.

Along the way, it also gave Fourth Martial High School a helping hand, funneling no small amount of resources to it.

Then Situ Ting became the principal of Martial Arts No. 3 High School. He vigorously reformed the school's cultivation system and trained quite a few extraordinarily gifted martial artists.

For several consecutive years, they suppressed the students of No. 1 High School and Second Martial High School in the martial exams, taking first place.

"Brother Bo, you're about to break through, right?" everyone asked, looking at the expressionless Su Bo.

Someone at No. 1 High School had broken through to become a martial artist, while none of the other three martial high schools had yet produced one. The odds of quasi-martial artists facing a martial artist...

Were too dreadful to look at!

They could practically foresee everyone being beaten senseless by that martial artist.

At the martial disciple limit, ninety-nine strands of vital energy gave one a base strength of, at most, around five hundred kilograms. Only by breaking through to quasi-martial artist could one reach over one thousand kilograms.

And no matter how much vital energy an extreme quasi-martial artist had, their strength could not possibly exceed two thousand kilograms.

A martial artist—one realm apart, the gap was even greater than that between an ant and a human. No one had ever heard of anyone overcoming adversity to defeat someone above their realm.

Su Bo did not answer them. Instead, he examined the vital energy within his body.

Deep within him, a dragon of vital energy roiled like a crimson dragon. Around it, eight more young dragons coiled.

At the quasi-martial artist limit, one full strand plus eight wisps of vital energy—an absolute extreme limit.

He had asked the principal how much vital energy a quasi-martial artist's body could bear.

The answer was one full strand plus eight wisps of vital energy.

Using one full strand plus eight wisps of vital energy to draw vital energy into the body, breaking through the first hurdle of the Physical Body Realm and undergoing the first refinement of skin and flesh, one's base strength could reach over four thousand kilograms.

For a quasi-martial artist like Su Bo, who had cultivated his stance technique to major mastery—

Once he broke through to martial artist and completed the first refinement of skin and flesh, even his weakest strength would exceed five thousand kilograms.

"Looks like I need to speed up my stance training over these next two days," Su Bo said quietly.

Martial Art: [Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance (Major Mastery 9128/10000) Ten practices daily, can reach completion in thirty years]

Divine Intent: [Bixi Divine Intent (2.4%)]

Two days ago, he had condensed the final wisp of vital energy, reaching the utmost limit his quasi-martial artist body could bear.

Although he still could not enter the Ten-Thousand-Jun Martial Room for now, cultivating outside had brought him no few benefits.

Not only had he successfully condensed the final wisp of vital energy, he had also tempered his vital energy to its utmost limit.

If he had not wanted to wait until his stance technique reached completion and gained its derived trait before breaking through,

He would have long since broken through the first hurdle of the martial artist Physical Body Realm and completed the first cleansing of his skin and flesh.

With major mastery in his stance technique and the quasi-martial artist limit, the first refinement of skin and flesh could already grant five thousand kilograms of strength. If his stance technique reached completion, just how strong would his foundation become?

After guiding everyone in their training, Su Bo continued tempering his Coiling Dragon Stance.

The next day...

Martial Art: [Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance (Major Mastery 9567/10000) Ten practices daily, can reach completion in thirty years]

Divine Intent: [Bixi Divine Intent (2.8%)]

That martial artist from Martial Arts No. 1 High School went to Fourth Martial High School to issue a challenge.

Fourth High School had only one student who had broken through to quasi-martial artist less than two days ago. He was simply no match for No. 1 High School's martial artist.

"Damn it, has No. 1 High School really abandoned all shame?" Third High School's students cursed furiously.

"After beating Fourth High School, are they coming for Second High School next, or us at Third High School?"

"If they've got the guts, they can wait until we all break through to martial artist..."

"Hmph. Once I break through to martial artist, I'll definitely reclaim this humiliation!"

One student suddenly erupted with the aura of complete vital energy. A hundred wisps of vital energy merged into a single current of blood energy, allowing him to step into the quasi-martial artist realm in one stroke.

Then, in less than half a day, several more Third High School students broke through to quasi-martial artist in succession.

Though everyone felt somewhat indignant, no one was willing to break through directly to martial artist for the sake of a momentary victory and face No. 1 High School's challenge.

Even if they wanted to, Principal Situ Ting would not allow it.

The third day...

Some well-informed students brought news. Among them was the student who had said last time that No. 1 High School's martial artist student was his neighbor.

No. 1 High School's martial artist had gone straight to Second Martial High School to issue a challenge.

To everyone's surprise, Second High School also had a student who had broken through to martial artist. He took the stage and fought No. 1 High School's martial artist student.

Second High School's newly advanced martial artist was weaker in strength by quite a margin. After several dozen exchanges, he was defeated.

Martial Art: [Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance (Major Mastery 9987/10000) Ten practices daily, can reach completion in thirty years]

Divine Intent: [Bixi Divine Intent (2.9%)]

On the training grounds, Su Bo calmly practiced the fist forms and stances of the Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance. Countless subtleties and profound truths of the stance technique surged into his mind.

His stance technique consequently became ever more complete in form and spirit.

In the principal's office, Situ Ting and Mo Ying stared through the window at the space where Su Bo practiced his stance technique.

What they saw was not merely a major-mastery stance technique. They saw a Bixi radiating draconic might all over its body, struggling across an endless sea of raging waves.

"One of the Nine Sons of the True Dragon—Bixi?" Even Mo Ying could scarcely believe what he was seeing.

"Situ Ting, are you sure that kid is human?"

"Could he be a descendant of the True Dragon? Or is he Bixi, one of the Nine Sons of the Dragon, transformed into human form? Otherwise, could he be Bixi reincarnated as a human?"

"I..." Situ Ting had no mind to argue with Mo Ying anymore.

He had thought that comprehending a trace of embryonic Divine Intent through Su Bo's Bixi Divine Intent already counted as astonishing talent.

Give him another year or so at most, and he would be able to unify his divine abilities with Divine Intent and step into the Fourth Realm.

But he had never expected that Su Bo, who had possessed only the embryonic form of Bixi Divine Intent a few days ago, would condense such a terrifying Bixi Divine Form in only a few short days.

His Divine Intent had entered the beginner stage!

Mo Ying abruptly turned his head and fixed Situ Ting with an intense stare. "Brother Situ..."

"How about we void our contract?"

"I think that if we invest in this kid, he'll become a king in the starry skies in a hundred years at most. Breaking through the Fifth Realm and entering the Sixth Realm of martial arts directly wouldn't be a problem either."

"Get lost." Situ Ting snapped irritably.

"I can still afford resources for the mere Physical Body Realm."

"Hehehe..." Mo Ying gave a strange laugh and said disdainfully, "Poor bastard... You're short on resources for your own cultivation, and you'll need even more to break through to the Fourth Realm. Are you sure?"

"You..." The words "poor bastard" infuriated Situ Ting.

But he truly had no way to refute him.

After all, compared to the wealth Mo Ying controlled, let alone a Divine Ability Realm martial artist like himself, even the accumulated wealth of a Fourth Realm martial artist over a hundred years—

Might not amount to even a fraction of Mo Ying's wealth.

After pondering for a moment, Situ Ting did not retort again. He slowly said, "I'll think about it..."

"Fine." Mo Ying was in no hurry. Time was the one thing he had in abundance.

Roar—

At that moment, a roar brimming with supreme draconic might rang out. The two looked outside and saw boundless waves and billowing seas churning between heaven and earth.

A Bixi hundreds of zhang tall carried a mountain across the vast ocean, throwing back its head and roaring again and again.

"The Baxia Coiling Dragon Stance... has reached completion?" Situ Ting was filled with disbelief.

"A prodigy, a top-tier prodigy. A quasi-martial artist bringing a First Realm stance technique to completion—if I don't invest heavily in a monster like this, I'll wake up in the future just to slap myself in the face." Mo Ying muttered.

"A king in the starry skies within a hundred years?"

"No. He'll become a king in the starry skies in fifty years at most!"