Tongtian Diagram

After two hours of slow absorption, Cao Bing finally felt that "full" sensation in his cells and stopped absorbing cosmic energy.

"According to the cultivation method, since the human body has never consciously absorbed cosmic energy from birth, it has always remained in a state of hunger. The first absorption of cosmic energy is the greatest, and it is also when one's strength improves the fastest. So the longer I absorb it, the better the results. I absorbed it for two hours this time—I can already be considered one of the few geniuses."

"I feel like my strength has increased by at least five hundred kilograms. A single punch from me should be able to reach around 2,000 kilograms now!"

Feeling the incomparably powerful strength surging through his body, Cao Bing was filled with excitement.

Crack!

With a crisp sound, the solid wooden bed Cao Bing had been sleeping on was smashed apart by his excitement and his suddenly soaring strength going out of control.

Cao Bing's heart jolted, and he hurriedly leaped off the bed.

The moment he landed, the entire bed split apart completely and collapsed onto the floor.

"Looks like I need to specifically train my control over my strength. If my strength keeps going out of control like this, I could easily turn into a destructive maniac. Besides, losing control of one's strength is extremely fatal for a Martial Artist. It would be harmful rather than an improvement."

Having realized this, Cao Bing ignored everything else and headed out. After eating with Luo Feng and the others, traveling, and then cultivating just now, it was already nearing evening.

"Little Cao! Didn't you go take the test today? Why are you at the martial arts hall?" The moment he reached the third floor, a martial arts hall trainee came over. It was Fang Jie from last time.

"Yep, I passed!" Cao Bing said with a broad, toothy grin.

"Really?!" Fang Jie's voice instantly shot up several decibels.

"Little Cao, you really didn't disappoint your sister. You have to treat us to dinner!" Fang Jie said.

"No problem! Late-night snacks tonight!" Cao Bing readily agreed.

"It's a deal!" Seeing that Cao Bing had not developed the air of superiority common among Quasi-Warriors, Fang Jie smiled and asked, "Then what did you come here for now...?"

"To train." Cao Bing's answer was brief, leaving Fang Jie stunned for a moment before she gave a wry smile.

"You really are diligent, Little Cao. Other people would be off celebrating with high spirits the moment they became Quasi-Warriors. Only you would still come back to the martial arts hall to train."

"Alright, then I won't disturb you, Little Cao. Don't forget about tonight's late-night snacks. I'm going to share the good news with everyone!" Fang Jie said with a giggle before turning and leaving.

Cao Bing shook his head. Fang Jie was still the same as before—energetic and uninhibited.

Bang!

"1,962 kilograms!" Cao Bing's eyes lit up.

"A five-hundred-kilogram increase from the first absorption alone isn't bad."

"Now let's test my strength with inner energy added."

Ever since Cao Bing began cultivating inner energy, he had never tested just how much strength it could add.

This was a good chance to test it all at once.

Lowering his center of gravity, Cao Bing gathered the inner energy in his dantian into both fists. In an instant, his punching force erupted.

"2,632 kilograms!"

"That's amazing! As expected, even with inner energy, the power it produces differs depending on one's physical constitution. If it were that body from the Stellar Transformation World, even at the same Houtian Early Stage, it couldn't achieve such an increase!"

Cao Bing muttered to himself.

"If I combined it with Ten Step Fist, the increase in strength should be even more terrifying, right?" Smacking his lips, Cao Bing recalled the techniques of Ten Step Fist.

In truth, Ten Step Fist was not weak at all. It was said that each step carried another layer of force.

Every step forward while charging power would stack another layer of force. One layer was roughly equivalent to a 0.1-fold increase.

Then ten layers of force would equal a onefold increase.

In other words, if he could fully unleash the power of Ten Step Fist, his strength could exceed 5,200 kilograms.

It was terrifying!

However, without inner energy, the boost from physical strength alone would be cut in half, at most reaching a 1.5-fold increase.

That would be around 3,900 kilograms.

Of course, by Cao Bing's calculations, it was simply impossible for Ten Step Fist to unleash its maximum power. It was not that he lacked the ability.

Rather, no enemy would possibly give him the chance to charge up like that.

Cao Bing estimated that in actual combat, the most common outcome would be unleashing three layers of force. Four or five layers would be the absolute limit. Any higher was impossible.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about it.

Cao Bing tested his speed and neural reaction time as well. Both had improved greatly, leaving him thrilled.

"Time to practice controlling my strength."

At this time, Jiang Nian, the instructor of Yi'an Branch, had not returned yet. Cao Bing had no intention of revealing his progress.

At least, he did not plan to reveal it before Luo Feng returned.

He planned to use the next two days to improve his strength further.

Even if he only improved by another fifty kilograms, with his 2,000 kilograms of pure physical strength combined with Micro-level movement technique, it would be enough for Limitless Martial Arts to sign an agreement with him in advance.

"Maybe I should see whether I can cultivate the Tongtian Diagram now. With my current physical condition and realm, I should be stronger than a Xiantian expert from the Stellar Transformation World no matter what."

Cao Bing grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

Over the past two months, although Cao Bing knew full well that the Tongtian Diagram was difficult to cultivate, he had still persisted in practicing it once every day.

The Tongtian Diagram was a treasure. Even setting aside the subsequent Stellar Transformation cultivation technique, the three-colored airflow armor that could be formed after mastering it would greatly increase Cao Bing's defense.

What was more, the Tongtian Diagram could also rapidly improve one's physical condition. He just did not know whether it was better than the Guidance Technique, which allowed cells to absorb energy.

Cao Bing had performed the first thirty-six diagrams of the Tongtian Diagram hundreds of times over the past two months, so he was naturally familiar with them now.

Each of the thirty-six diagrams was strange and obscure. Some of them even required the human body to reach the limits of flexibility.

Cao Bing performed them one by one, and a faint silvery-white radiance gradually emerged from his body. However, the glow was so dim that one might not even notice it without looking carefully.

"This is... I succeeded?!" Cao Bing said in disbelief.

"Still, the Tongtian Diagram seems similar to the Guidance Technique. Both make flesh and blood cells absorb energy from the air, though the Tongtian Diagram may absorb it somewhat faster."

After pondering for a moment, Cao Bing repeated the first thirty-six forms of the Tongtian Diagram. This time, the effect was even better than before.

"No, the Tongtian Diagram and the Guidance Technique are different." This round of cultivation allowed Cao Bing to notice some of the differences.

"According to Limitless Martial Arts, the Guidance Technique increases the appetite of the body's flesh and blood cells, allowing cells that could originally eat one bowl of rice to eat two or three bowls. But the Tongtian Diagram is different. It increases the eating speed and digestive ability of flesh and blood cells, allowing cells that originally needed the time to eat one bowl of rice to eat two, and allowing them to digest two bowls in the time it took to digest one."

"Originally, once cells were filled with energy, the Guidance Technique could no longer absorb more energy because the cells were full. Cultivation could only continue after the cells had digested it. But the Tongtian Diagram speeds up that process, shortening the interval between cultivation sessions. That means my cultivation speed will increase dramatically."

"Doesn't that mean that if I combine the Guidance Technique with the Tongtian Diagram, my cultivation speed will reach a terrifying level? And while cultivating the Tongtian Diagram, the Tongtian Diagram technique itself already has an extremely terrifying absorption speed."

A sharp light burst from Cao Bing's eyes.