Su Qingxue's Proposal!

Over the past half month.

Lin Yuan had not devoted all his energy to the Heavenly Dipper Qi Refining Formula.

Whenever the true qi in his body was exhausted and he entered a recovery period.

He practiced martial skills in the training room.

Although the martial skills' power was greatly reduced without true qi enhancing them.

The system's most unreasonable feature was that as long as he practiced, it would definitely grant proficiency!

The Broken Rock Fist emphasized close-range strikes and explosive inch-force.

His punches crashed like landslides shattering rock, fierce and unstoppable.

The Wandering Dragon Step, on the other hand, focused on extreme evasion within a limited space.

Its footwork was ever-changing, designed specifically for weaving through dense herds of Ferocious Beasts.

As for the Overlord Spear.

Lin Yuan could only temporarily use a solid steel rod in its place.

Its movements were broad and powerful, capable of sweeping through an army.

These three martial skills happened to make up for his shortcomings in close combat, movement techniques, and group attacks.

Although.

These three martial skills were still at the beginner level.

Lin Yuan's actual combat ability had already improved by a great deal.

Early in the morning.

Lin Yuan had just pushed open the door and stepped outside.

Perhaps because he had only just broken through and his control over his strength was not yet refined enough.

His right foot landed slightly too heavily.

"Crack."

A faint cracking sound rang out in the silent corridor.

Lin Yuan lowered his head to look.

The floor tile beneath his foot had actually cracked.

He awkwardly rubbed his nose.

His strength had surged too quickly, and his muscle memory had yet to fully adapt.

"Looks like..."

"I need to find something to properly vent on."

Thinking this, Lin Yuan headed toward Comprehensive Training Ground No. 1.

The moment he entered the training ground.

Su Qingxue, dressed in a black combat uniform, walked straight toward him.

Her temperament today seemed somewhat different from usual.

There was an intense penetrating sharpness in those cold eyes.

On the other side.

When Su Qingxue's gaze fell upon Lin Yuan.

She stopped dead in her tracks, surprise flashing through her eyes.

How was that possible?

Su Qingxue stared fixedly at Lin Yuan.

The aura around Lin Yuan had changed. It had become far more powerful.

"You... broke through?"

Su Qingxue walked up to Lin Yuan, unable to conceal the shock in her voice.

"I broke through last night."

Lin Yuan nodded openly.

There was nothing to hide.

In this base, the greater the value he displayed, the more terrifying the resource allocation he would receive.

Upon hearing Lin Yuan's confirmation.

Su Qingxue felt as if her breathing had stalled for half a beat.

She had always thought highly of Lin Yuan.

She had even declared before everyone that Lin Yuan would become a Second-Tier Martial Artist before the Spiritual Energy Revival.

But.

Half a month.

Only half a month.

In an environment where spiritual energy had yet to fully revive.

Lin Yuan had broken through from the First-Tier Early Stage to the Mid First Rank!

Such cultivation speed had exceeded Su Qingxue's expectations.

"Instructor Su."

"Are you all right?"

Seeing Su Qingxue standing there in a daze.

Lin Yuan waved a hand, trying to break the somewhat strange silence.

Su Qingxue quickly composed herself.

She could not show weakness before this recruit.

"Come with me."

"Since you've broken through."

"Then we'll conduct a full data assessment."

After saying that.

Su Qingxue turned and headed toward the testing area of the training ground.

A few minutes later.

Old Li hurried over with several researchers, pushing a brand-new giant machine.

"Lin Yuan."

"Come, come..."

"Quick, try this new machine!"

"The previous force tester had too low of a limit."

"Our research department rushed this one out overnight. It can withstand impacts of up to twenty thousand kilograms!"

Old Li's eyes gleamed green as he looked at Lin Yuan like he was an unparalleled treasure.

Ye Qingshan, Chu Tiankuo, and the others nearby all stopped what they were doing.

More than a hundred pairs of eyes turned toward him in unison.

They all wanted to know just how powerful Lin Yuan had become.

Lin Yuan stood before the force-testing target.

He did not assume any flashy stance.

He simply clenched his fist and drew back his arm.

Then.

He exploded with force!

The instant his waist and hips twisted, a sharp boom rang out like a fully drawn bowstring.

The true qi cultivated through the Heavenly Dipper Qi Refining Formula surged wildly through his meridians, instantly converging on his right fist.

"Boom!"

A sonic boom exploded through the training ground.

The air itself was struck into a visible shockwave by that punch.

The enormous alloy force-testing target shook violently and was actually pushed backward by half an inch!

The tablet in Old Li's hand began blaring with warning beeps.

The numbers on the screen jumped frantically.

Then they finally stopped.

8856 KG!

The entire training ground instantly fell silent.

Only the hum of the ventilation fans could be heard.

Nearly nine tons of punching force!

Was that even a number a human could produce?

Even a heavy truck crashing at full speed probably would not have that much power!

"This..."

"This is pure physical strength. He hasn't even used martial skill enhancements!"

"This is unbelievable!"

"How could muscle fibers possibly reach such density?!"

Old Li was so excited that he could barely speak coherently.

Lin Yuan silently withdrew his fist.

His hand bones ached faintly.

He had not held back that punch. It had been a full-force strike.

"Test his speed again."

Su Qingxue's voice came from the side, with no discernible emotional fluctuation.

Lin Yuan walked toward the hundred-meter test track.

"Bang!"

The instant he exerted force beneath his feet.

The specially made starting board was directly stomped into a deep crater.

Lin Yuan's figure streaked across the track like an afterimage.

The fierce wind he generated even overturned several testing tables beside the track.

Old Li stared fixedly at the stopwatch in his hand.

3.4 seconds!

He had covered one hundred meters in only 3.4 seconds!

The human world record for the hundred-meter sprint looked like a joke before that number.

"If this were ancient times."

"Taking an enemy general's head from amid ten thousand troops really wouldn't be bragging..."

Chu Tiankuo swallowed hard.

Suppressed gasps filled the surroundings.

The hundred-plus elite soldier kings had originally retained some confidence.

But before this string of data.

All the pride in their hearts had been utterly shattered.

The gap was too great.

So great that they could not even muster the thought of catching up.

"The data really has improved quite a bit."

Lin Yuan returned to the testing area, his breathing still steady.

He was very satisfied with the result.

The Heavenly Dipper Qi Refining Formula truly deserved to be a Sixth-Tier Cultivation Art. Its enhancement of physical abilities was simply too powerful.

"All right."

"The data testing ends here."

Just then.

Su Qingxue walked to the center of the field.

She turned to look at Lin Yuan, her face filled with murderous severity.

"Martial artists are not athletes meant to break world records."

"The meaning of our existence is slaughter."

"It is to tread over the corpses of Ferocious Beasts and carve out a bloody path for humanity's survival."

"No matter how impressive your data is, it is useless if you cannot kill."

"Today, I'll teach you actual combat."

The moment she said this.

The surrounding soldier kings all perked up.

There was something entertaining to watch.

Lin Yuan frowned slightly.

He looked at Su Qingxue across from him.

Although Su Qingxue was a senior who had been reborn.

In his understanding, Su Qingxue was only a First-Tier Early Stage martial artist.

And he.

Whether in strength or speed, he had completely surpassed the First-Tier Early Stage.

"Instructor Su, let's skip the practical combat."

"I just broke through, and my control over my strength isn't very good."

"It wouldn't be good if I accidentally hurt you."

Lin Yuan declined tactfully.

He was telling the truth.

He had just shattered the floor tiles beneath his feet.

If they really fought, he was afraid he might punch Su Qingxue straight into the ICU.

Su Qingxue raised an eyebrow.

She understood the implication behind Lin Yuan's words.

He thought she was too weak to be worthy of serving as his sparring partner.

"Do you think..."

"that just because you've reached the Mid First Rank, you can definitely beat me?"

Su Qingxue did not get angry.

An aura no weaker than Lin Yuan's erupted from within her.

Lin Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

This aura...

It was definitely not First-Tier Early Stage!

"Five days ago..."

"I had already broken through to the Mid First Rank."

Su Qingxue rolled her wrists, producing a series of crackling pops from her joints.

Ever since earning the military district's trust,

she had likewise received all kinds of resources from the military district.

Coupled with her cultivation experience from her previous life,

even though she still had to spend time teaching hundreds of people martial arts cultivation,

she had still broken through from the First-Tier Early Stage to the First-Order Second Stage five days ago.

"However."

"In terms of physical fitness, I really am inferior to you."

"My punching force is 7,156 kilograms, and my hundred-meter time is 3.9 seconds!"

"But in a martial artist's battle, numbers are only one part of it."

"What truly determines life and death is this, and this."

As she said this,

Su Qingxue pointed to her chest.

"I fought my way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood."

"My combat experience, techniques, and mentality are all beyond your comparison."

"Come."

"Let me see."

"As Dragon Country's hope, how much skill can you display in real combat?"

"..."

As Su Qingxue's words fell,

a cold killing intent instantly blanketed the entire training ground.

This was not a spar.

This was the stance of a true fight to the death.