Another three days passed. In a valley in the wilderness, the corpses of exotic beasts lay everywhere.
Lin Feng felt great. A few hours earlier, he had found an exotic beast nest in the valley, where large numbers of them had gathered.
After several hours of grueling combat, Lin Feng's arms had gone limp from killing, but he had finally slain every exotic beast in the valley.
Seeing the 13,000 Energy Points displayed on his status screen, Lin Feng laughed aloud.
Mad Demon Staff Technique: level 1/7 (0/2,000)
Upgrade, keep upgrading.
Energy Points were steadily consumed as the Mad Demon Staff Technique rapidly leveled up, and Lin Feng's understanding of the staff technique grew ever deeper.
Lin Feng suddenly thought it might be fun to find a staff to play with after he got back.
The power of the system was wondrous. Leveling up did more than deepen his understanding of the technique; the strength in Lin Feng's arms also began to increase.
Lin Feng tested his strength. Each level of the Mad Demon Staff Technique seemed to increase his arm strength by around 100 kg.
Soon, Lin Feng had raised the Mad Demon Staff Technique to level 4, and his strength exceeded 1,600 kg.
"Hahaha!" Lin Feng threw back his head and laughed. He could probably count himself the most badass Body Refining Eighth Grade cultivator, couldn't he?
But although Lin Feng's strength exceeded that of the Second Layer of the Qi Sea Realm, he probably still wasn't a match for someone at that level.
After all, once one reached the Qi Sea Realm, the power of primordial qi could no longer be measured by physical strength alone.
But as long as Lin Feng put in a little more effort and transformed the nature of his strength, he figured it wouldn't be hard to use it to contend with primordial qi.
He didn't have enough Energy Points to continue upgrading the Mad Demon Staff Technique.
But Lin Feng could also feel that, with the Mad Demon Staff Technique at level 4, he had reached the limit of what his body could withstand. His foundation was full, and he could level up.
Temper them, then-the Ren and Du meridians.
Lin Feng remembered reading in martial arts novels that breaking through the Ren and Du meridians meant advancing to Xiantian.
If he went back to ancient times, Lin Feng could even count as an immortal walking the earth.
When the tempering of his Ren and Du meridians was complete, Lin Feng suddenly felt tiny white particles entering his body from the air.
Lin Feng knew that these white particles were Primordial Power.
Upon reaching the peak of Body Tempering, one should switch to cultivating a Primordial Power technique, slowly absorb Primordial Power, open the dantian, and break through to the Qi Sea Realm.
Lin Feng didn't have a Primordial Power technique, but he didn't care.
As long as he had enough Energy Points, he could break through directly. He didn't need any Primordial Power technique at all.
Once the breakthrough was complete, his Energy Points were used up. Lin Feng dug out all the crystal cores and stored them in his storage ring.
Only one day remained before the trial ended, and Lin Feng had no intention of killing any more exotic beasts. It was time to go back and show off.
To gain riches and honor without returning home was like walking through the night in fine clothes.
Lin Feng was no one to keep a low profile. Now that he was invincible, he wanted everyone in the universe to know that he, Lin Feng, was invincible.
After changing into a fresh set of clothes, Lin Feng headed toward the gathering place.
The trial area was vast, and many people were taking part.
On his way back, Lin Feng encountered quite a few fellow students returning as well, one after another.
Yang City had ten martial arts academies in total, with tens of thousands of students.
Although not every student participated in the trial, more than ten thousand did.
A martial arts academy wasn't a school. It existed to cultivate powerful people who could fight exotic beasts and defend humanity; it wasn't a charity.
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Resources were limited, so only a small number of people were destined to become strong.
Entering a martial arts academy meant moving closer to death.
Those who didn't want to die could choose to attend high school and become office workers.
Even knowing the danger, countless people still pressed forward into martial arts academies, one after another. After all, being a martial artist was the most prestigious profession.
But if you had money, you could train your children yourself, and they didn't have to enter a martial arts academy.
The world of martial artists was unfair. Without capital, all you could do was risk your life.