Dragon Quakes Mountain!

Time flew by, and before he knew it, it was evening.

Linhai First High School, third floor of the training building.

Back in his room, Ye Li unconsciously let out a sigh of relief.

He had already begun to treat this training room as his own home.

"Then, what should I upgrade first?"

Ye Li sat in his chair, summoned the panel, and fell into thought.

[Name: Ye Li]

[Current Level: Second-Tier Level One (10%)]

[Current Martial Skills]

[Flowing Water Fist Technique: Perfect]

[Cloud-Breaking Spear Technique: Perfect]

[Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique: Perfect]

[Current Talent: SSS-grade. Indestructible Golden Soul LV1 (Upgradeable)]

[Innate Divine Ability: Spear Martial Saint Body]

On the way back, Ye Li had also stopped by the Book Repository and spent two hundred thousand Hanxia Coin on a Second-Tier fist technique.

It was called Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique, a fairly powerful fist technique among Second-Tier Martial Skills.

After Ye Li flipped through it briefly, relevant words immediately appeared on the panel.

[Second-Tier. Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique: Not Yet Initiated (Points Can Be Allocated)]

He did not have any suitable Breathing Technique on hand, so there was no rush to allocate points to his cultivation.

After all, once he found a suitable Breathing Technique, allocating points to it might come with acceleration-type buff bonuses.

For now, it was better to focus on martial skills and Martial Arts Talent.

Ye Li had always been very concerned about the "Upgradeable" label after [Indestructible Golden Soul].

At LV1, [Indestructible Golden Soul] could instantly repair the puncture wound in his shoulder without consuming much stamina, turning him into a veritable blood tank.

Once he upgraded it to LV10, would he not be able to regenerate from a drop of blood and remain indestructible through countless calamities?

Ye Li's heart grew faintly heated.

But he had never allocated points to an SSS-grade Martial Arts Talent before, so he truly had no idea how many Malice Points it would cost.

It was entirely possible that more than ten thousand Malice Points would vanish without so much as a sound.

So, he decided to max out the relatively cheaper Dragon Quakes Mountain first before considering upgrading [Indestructible Golden Soul].

"Everything must be done step by step. Allocating points is no exception..."

Ye Li chuckled softly. With a thought, a vast amount of Malice Points flooded wildly into Dragon Quakes Mountain on the panel.

[Ding!]

[Malice Points consumed. Beginning enhancement of Second-Tier Martial Skill—Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique!]

[Through your study of the Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique, the cultivation difficulty of fist techniques far less exquisite than it has been greatly reduced in your eyes...]

[Buff acquired: Cultivation Speed +20%!]

Sure enough, not a single Malice Point had been wasted.

Ye Li looked at the panel with satisfaction. The massive amount of Malice Points he had spent to forcibly max out the incomplete Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique had not gone to waste.

[Accelerated cultivation in progress...]

[After consuming 200 Malice Points, you finally found the key to this fist technique. By compressing your muscles while throwing a punch, then expanding them all at once the instant you touch your enemy, you can not only increase the power of your punch, but also create a dizzying additional effect. This is the origin of the word "Quakes" in the martial skill's name.]

[Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique successfully initiated.]

[This domineering and ferocious martial skill reminded you of the widely circulated Bajiquan from your previous life. You combined the principles of the two and successfully made a slight improvement to this fist technique...]

[Buff acquired: Cultivation Speed increased by 30%; Malice Point consumption reduced by 10%.]

[After consuming 800 Malice Points, you finally mastered the techniques of the Quaking Fist. You can freely control the timing and degree of muscle compression, thereby determining the power of your punches.]

[Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique reached Greater Mastery.]

[After consuming 1,000 Malice Points, you had thoroughly mastered this martial skill. Even its creator would not dare claim to understand it better than you.]

[Dragon Quakes Mountain Fist Technique reached Perfection.]

He had obtained the martial skill only half an hour ago.

Yet it had taken less than five minutes to max it out.

This was the power of the system's point allocation—adding and allocating, truly something else...

Ye Li silently exhaled, raised his slender hand, and repeatedly spread and clenched his fingers, feeling the muscles stirred by the motion.

Martial skills like Dragon Quakes Mountain, which emphasized force-generation techniques, had greatly improved his control over his own body.

He closed the panel and walked over to the familiar Punch Power Tester.

He looked at the massive sandbag used for testing.

Ye Li relaxed his shoulders and sank his elbows, lowered his center of gravity, and slowly clenched his fist. The muscles in his entire upper arm gradually tightened and compressed, revealing terrifying lines like long serpents as dreadful power brewed within.

The next second, Ye Li's right arm shot out violently, blasting apart the air. Its terrifying momentum was like a cannonball leaving the barrel.

The instant his fist touched the sandbag, the muscles in his entire upper arm expanded at once, erupting with horrifying power sufficient to shake enormous boulders!

Bang!!

With a heavy muffled boom, the massive sandbag flew high into the air and slammed heavily into the rear barrier, making the entire machine shake violently!

Then, an astonishing number immediately appeared on the large screen:

"Punch Power: 2,100 kilograms!"

An ordinary martial artist who had just broken through to Second-Tier Level One could swing their arm until it broke and still manage, at most, 1,200 kilograms of punch force.

At 2,100 kilograms, he had exceeded that limit by nearly double!

With the support of a high-level Breathing Technique, he could probably easily break through the three-thousand-kilogram mark.

Yet even harder to deal with than that terrifying force was the extremely troublesome tremor wrapped around his fist.

If someone received it head-on, two or three punches might still be manageable, but if the number reached seven or eight, their blood and qi would surely churn, and stars would dance before their eyes!

Even if they could withstand the immense force of his fists, they definitely would not feel good afterward.

From that perspective, Dragon Quakes Mountain had a slight armor-piercing effect as well...

Ye Li withdrew his hand and rotated his wrist.

"After breaking through to Second-Tier, my punch force has increased quite a bit too."

"It's just that Dragon Quakes Mountain really consumes a lot of stamina. With my current physical strength, I can throw at most... around ten punches."

Ye Li examined the expenditure within his body, felt the swelling in his muscles gradually fade, and returned to his chair.

[Current Malice Points:]

Compared to the more than three thousand points consumed by the Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique, Dragon Quakes Mountain reaching Perfection after consuming only one thousand points was truly economical.

That was reasonable. After all, the former was not only severely incomplete in its text, but its quality was also far superior to Dragon Quakes Mountain.

If the Heavenly Dipper Void-Treading Technique was S-Grade among Second-Tier Martial Skills, then Dragon Quakes Mountain was around B-Grade.

But as the saying went, you got what you paid for.

Though the prices differed greatly, the former was far more versatile than the latter... He would rather Dragon Quakes Mountain had cost more Malice Points.

Ye Li shook his head and summoned the panel.

These martial skills were ultimately temporary techniques. For a long-term investment, Martial Arts Talent was what truly mattered.

[Current Talent: SSS-grade. Indestructible Golden Soul LV1 (Upgradeable)]

Its grade was right there—it all depended on whether he dared to place the bet.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Li rubbed his hands together.

Next, it was time to start filling this bottomless pit...