Assault Glory

Leng Hansong was not worried for himself, but for his own relatives, as well as the relatives of the Blood Blade Gang higher-ups who served under him.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this trait that so many people were willing to follow him, allowing the Blood Blade Gang to grow to its current scale.

"Detection in progress..."

A fine needle from the mechanical case pierced Millya's arm.

"Honored bloodline of Marquis Burnett detected. Federation experimental product [Assault Glory] authorized for activation."

Millya picked up the mechanical case, and hundreds of components assembled along her arm into the shape of an armored gauntlet.

"With this, the destructive power of every strike I make can be amplified nearly a hundredfold. This is the power of technology!"

Clenching both fists, Millya inexplicably felt that even if a towering mountain stood before her, she could smash it to pieces.

Millya knew it was an illusion caused by her sudden surge in strength, but she enjoyed this feeling of omnipotence.

"Drinking Refining Liquid like water?" She turned and spotted Chen Xu's actions, contempt flashing through her eyes.

Just as expected of a country bumpkin. It would have been one thing if he knew nothing about the path of martial arts cultivation, but he did not even understand basic common sense.

Any medicine carried some poison, and Refining Liquid was no exception. Once the toxins accumulated to a certain point, they would cause immense harm to the body.

"What does his life or death have to do with me?" Millya had no intention of warning him. Now that she had enough strength, she had no plans to share that [Martial Form]-grade martial art with anyone.

She dashed out, already unable to wait to test the power of [Assault Glory].

"What kind of flashy nonsense is that!" An elder of the Bamboo Cloud Sect held a seven-foot sword, its blade gleaming coldly.

"Kill!"

The moment the words left his mouth, both he and his sword were smashed into a lump of pulp.

Millya stretched her fingers. Years of repression and fear vanished into ash with that single attack.

"So this is a product the Federation developed specifically to deal with Martial Artists? Its power far exceeds my imagination.

"Even an experimental model from years ago has such might. It is hard to imagine how far it has developed by now."

Millya laughed so hard her body trembled, already envisioning her future life.

Yet she failed to notice that the blue patterns on her gauntlet were gradually dimming.

As Millya emerged from the cold storage, the situation changed once more. The Sky Wolf Society and Bamboo Cloud Sect had no choice but to slow their offensive against the Blood Blade Gang and assign people to watch her movements at all times.

After gulping down the last mouthful of Refining Liquid, Chen Xu directly raised the Bronze Body Technique to the tenth level. His height broke past the one-meter-ninety mark.

"So this is what it feels like to have power." Chen Xu glanced at his remaining spiritual energy. At most, he could raise the Nine-Turn Leaping Technique by one more level or get two martial arts techniques started.

Without further hesitation, he raised the Nine-Turn Leaping Technique to the sixth level, pushing his agility past the three-point mark.

The gauntlet-like technological item on Millya's arm made him rather envious. With that one piece of equipment alone, her strength had already surpassed his.

If he could wear it, would his strength not increase as though he were cheating?

Unfortunately, it supposedly required the bloodline of Marquis Burnett. Where was he supposed to find something like that?

"Mr. Chen, how about we split these people between us and divide their assets equally?" Millya slammed her fists together, paying no attention at all to those present.

"Arrogant!"

"How ridiculous!"

"How dare you look down on our Sky Wolf Society?"

Her words instantly enraged the higher-ups present, and they all shouted curses.

Wherever they went, countless people surrounded them in admiration. When had they ever been looked down upon like this?

Millya looked at the man shouting the fiercest, charged forward several steps, and threw a punch.

The Sky Wolf Society hall master jumped in fright. The image of that elder being smashed into a meat patty was still vivid in his mind. He did not dare take the blow head-on and retreated instead.

That retreat exposed Millya's weakness to everyone: other than her strength, nothing else had received any enhancement.

"Do not clash with her head-on!" the Bamboo Cloud Sect's deputy sect master commanded. He held his weapon and tried to approach Millya, only to be forced back once more by a casually swung strike from her, leaving both sides in a stalemate.

"Mr. Chen!" Millya's expression darkened. She realized that the energy was draining away with time. If this continued, she would sooner or later be captured.

With only slightly greater stamina than an ordinary person, escaping alone while burdened with that equipment would be extremely difficult.

"Besides the [Martial Form] martial art, I also want every piece of information you know about Martial Artists." Chen Xu took advantage of the situation. He could tell that this blonde woman knew far more than he did.

"No problem." Millya forced back the people closing in on her. Her face flushed faintly, whether from anger or exhaustion, and sweat dripped down. This gauntlet was much heavier than she had imagined.

"Good. I hope Miss Millya does not forget her promise." Chen Xu shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.

His entire body seemed cast from molten bronze as Tiger Might erupted. In an instant, he dealt with the higher-ups who came to block him.

To his current strength, these people were no different from ordinary people who knew nothing of martial arts.

"His strength is enough to rank among the top three in Jinning Commandery!" The Sky Wolf Society leader and Bamboo Cloud Sect master felt their hearts sink. Their subordinates had never seemed so weak; no one could withstand even a single exchange with him.

Like carrying a chicken, Chen Xu grabbed Millya, knocked aside the foolhardy people blocking the way, and fled along the route they had come from.

An inn somewhere in Jinning Commandery.

Millya used a white towel to dry her silky golden hair. Wrapped in a bathrobe, her body appeared even more petite.

Chen Xu gave her a glance, and the perfectly measured contempt in his eyes deeply stabbed at her heart.

But considering their relationship, along with the Seven-Day Soul-Severing Pill, she decided to swallow her anger for now and not stoop to the level of a country bumpkin.

"Done washing?" Chen Xu leaned against the bed. "We still have to dig up the martial arts left behind by our predecessors later. You are bound to get dirty again, so I do not know what the point of washing was.

"Oh, right. Although we checked in under my name, remember to pay me back for the Great Abyss currency. After all, you were the one who wanted a bath."

"I know." Millya rolled her eyes, climbed onto the other bed, and stroked her [Assault Glory], occasionally giggling foolishly.

Interrupting Millya's fantasies about the future, Chen Xu signaled for her to explain the information about Martial Artists.

Millya curled her lips slightly and explained, "So-called martial arts are, put simply, the study of martial arts techniques, the development of the human body, and the use of martial arts. They can make one stronger. Upon achieving [Martial Form], they can even prolong one's life."

"What do you mean when you say martial arts become spiritually attuned and begin to take on divine form?" Chen Xu asked mildly.

Millya recalled her childhood, when she had first seen a martial arts expert known as a Martial Artist in that manor.

Imitating the way that Martial Artist had spoken, Millya adopted a solemn tone. "Martial arts themselves have no spirit. What martial artists must do is grant them that faint spark of spiritual brilliance and bring them to life.

"In contests of the martial path, presence comes first. When your presence can truly affect others and use the mind to interfere with reality, your martial path has been achieved."

"Presence?" Chen Xu scratched his head. Why did it sound so mystical? Did his Tiger Might count?