Leaps and Bounds

Heavenly Origin Martial Arts Hall had operated in Tong City for many years.

It ranked among the city's top ten martial arts halls.

Its training hall was quite impressive in scale, covering roughly seven or eight hundred square meters.

Since it was already late at night,

the vast training hall was empty.

Lu Yun strode forward.

Before long,

he arrived at an area where he often used to train.

The place was filled with weapon racks made from special materials.

They were loaded with all kinds of sabers, spears, swords, and halberds.

In a conspicuous spot,

there was also a speed and strength testing device.

"Little Wu!"

"Turn it on."

"Enter training mode immediately."

Lu Yun spoke familiarly to the artificial intelligence.

"Little Wu received!"

In an instant,

the speed and strength testing device gave off a faint hum.

A powerful yellow glow

completely enveloped Lu Yun standing beside it.

"Then..."

"Let's begin!"

Lu Yun held a Coiling Dragon Golden-Backed Saber and took a deep breath.

His expression gradually turned solemn.

Clang

The blade left its sheath.

Wild saber qi rampaged outward.

He strode forward swiftly.

His right hand suddenly swung up.

Dazzling streaks of cold light instantly tore through the air.

At the same time,

the testing device's electronic screen instantly displayed the data from that strike.

24.5 meters per second...

32.7 meters per second...

45.9 meters per second...

57.2 meters per second...

The testing device displayed the speed of every slash with incomparable precision.

"Good!"

"Now test the strength!"

Lu Yun gave the artificial intelligence another command.

In his mind,

every move of the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique

whirled at high speed without pause.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The back of the saber struck the device.

Rows of data kept updating.

326 kilograms...

452 kilograms...

584 kilograms...

682 kilograms...

The numbers on the testing device began to soar wildly.

Likewise, within Lu Yun's sea of consciousness, system notifications kept ringing out.

[ Ding! Saber technique experience +1. Congratulations, Host, you have triggered a 100x critical hit. Saber technique experience +100! ]
[ Ding! Saber technique experience +1. Congratulations, Host, you have triggered a 100x critical hit. Saber technique experience +100! ]
[ Ding! Saber technique experience +1. Congratulations, Host, you have triggered a 100x critical hit. Saber technique experience +100! ]

Lu Yun seemed to have completely forgotten exhaustion.

Every time a notification sounded,

it was as though he had been injected with chicken blood, filling him with boundless energy as he threw himself into intense training.

After obtaining max-level martial arts talent,

his comprehension of any martial art became as easy as drinking water and eating.

Coupled with the 100x critical-hit boost,

his proficiency in the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique rose at an inconceivable pace.

27%...

39%...

48%...

56%...

69%

Half an hour later,

when Lu Yun finally stopped, the attribute panel appeared before his eyes once more.

Host: Lu Yun

System First-Stage Activation: 100x Critical-Hit Boost

Martial Skill: Thousand Mountains Saber Technique (lv6 100%)

Strength Level: Postnatal Realm Perfection

"Hiss..."

"This is way too fast!"

"Not only has my saber technique reached the sixth level, my strength has also advanced to Postnatal Realm Perfection!"

Looking at the information on the attribute panel,

Lu Yun could hardly believe his own eyes.

Although it seemed

that Postnatal Realm strength was not particularly high,

that depended

on who it was compared with.

One had to know,

that in Tong City, with its population of twenty million,

there were only a mere 823 martial artists above the Postnatal Realm, including Innate Realm and Origin Astral Realm experts.

Among these people, Postnatal Realm martial artists made up the overwhelming majority.

A martial artist whose strength had reached Postnatal Realm Perfection could easily rise another six or seven hundred places in the rankings.

By that calculation,

entering the top hundred was entirely possible.

Besides...

For a youth like Lu Yun, who was still under sixteen and had only been in the Body Tempering Realm before his injury,

to advance to Postnatal Realm Perfection

in such a short time—

if the outside world learned of it,

who knew what an uproar it would cause.

Although before coming to the training hall,

Lu Yun had already had a faint premonition.

Still,

when he truly saw the data on the attribute panel,

he felt an unreal sensation well up within him.

He could almost clearly see it.

In the not-too-distant future,

he would surely soar into the skies in one great leap.

Perhaps,

one day,

in the history of Sky Net Star,

he too could be like those legendary supreme figures,

leaving his own name engraved upon it.

"Just wait..."

"It won't be long before I personally defeat that assassin."

A spark flashed in Lu Yun's pupils.

The system had activated its 100x critical hit in the very first round, allowing his strength to advance by leaps and bounds in an extremely short period.

With such a terrifying rate of improvement,

let alone a tiny Tong City,

even across the entirety of Sky Net Star,

he would absolutely be considered one of the rarest of rare talents.

After thinking for a moment,

seeing that it was already very late,

he slowly calmed his excited heart.

After turning off the testing device,

he headed toward the bedroom where he lived.

But before he had gone very far,

two burly young men dressed in martial arts hall uniforms approached.

Upon seeing Lu Yun,

one young man, over 1.9 meters tall and covered in knotted muscles, immediately waved his hand.

"Haha! So it's Little Lu!"

"We saw the lights come on over here just now, so we came to see who was being so diligent."

"Never expected it to be you!"

Lu Yun recognized him as a coach the martial arts hall had recently hired.

However,

he had no particular acquaintance with him in his memories.

At that moment,

his mind was filled entirely with cultivation.

Thus, he offered no further explanation.

He merely nodded slightly before hurrying away again.

"Tch!"

The other young man who had come over curled his lips and said,

"What are you acting so high and mighty for?"

"Isn't it just because you have a father who's the hall master?"

"Now..."

"you're nothing more than a worthless cripple who can't cultivate!"