Two-Star Fire Martial Artist, Heading to the Martial Arts School

After returning to the lodgings arranged for him, Qin Chen finally checked the system.

The rewards for the second stage of the General Star Selection had been delivered to the System Space.

In addition, the third-stage mission had already begun.

[Mission: Obtain the title of General Star of the Western Theater Command]

[Mission reward: Earth Elemental Mark Fragments ×3]

Qin Chen was fairly satisfied with the mission reward. They might only be Earth Elemental Mark Fragments, but there were three of them, enough to raise his earth cultivation directly to One Star and save him a great deal of time.

Shaking his head, he turned over his palm, and an Earth Sensitivity Enhancement Pill appeared.

After swallowing it in one gulp, he instantly felt an affinity with the earth element between heaven and earth.

[Ding! Your earth sensitivity has increased to 8]

[Ding! Your earth talent has increased to SS]

Qin Chen did not stop. Three more pills appeared in his hand, and these were Talent Enhancement Pills.

From those three Talent Enhancement Pills, Qin Chen could clearly sense wind, ice, and earth elemental power.

Without the slightest hesitation, he swallowed them.

[Ding! Your wind elemental talent has increased to SSS]

[Ding! Your ice elemental talent has increased to SSS]

[Ding! Your earth elemental talent has increased to SSS]

All three talents had instantly risen to the highest grade, filling him with joy.

Although he could Devour beast crystals to raise his cultivation, he had to rely on himself to learn martial techniques.

And good talent not only accelerated his cultivation but also greatly improved his comprehension of all kinds of martial techniques.

So raising his talent was a tremendous benefit to him.

"Time to open another blind box!"

Looking at the martial technique box in the System Space, Qin Chen felt a fresh surge of anticipation.

With a thought, he opened the box, and information soon flooded into his mind.

"Frost Finger!"

Martial technique description: A seventh-grade martial technique that destroys enemies with a finger. Only ice martial artists can use it!

The description was still simple, but it was another Grandmaster-level martial technique. The difference was that Frost Finger was not described as a technique that could be upgraded, so it was only a Grandmaster martial technique.

Even so, Qin Chen could use it for quite some time. At least until he became a Grandmaster, it could still give him a terrifying boost in combat power.

"Now, apart from the fourth-grade technique the City Lord's Residence gave me, all my martial techniques are seventh grade or higher."

Qin Chen was very satisfied with his current cultivation.

As for the martial technique the City Lord's Residence had given him, it was also a fire technique, but he had not practiced it at all. He had no use for it, and there was no need to spend time learning it. With multiple elements, he had to make use of every moment and could not afford to waste time.

For the rest of the time, Qin Chen began studying Frost Finger, and time passed bit by bit.

The next day, there was a knock at the door. When he opened it, he found someone Yang Xue had sent, carrying a wooden box containing precisely the fire-element beast crystals he needed.

"Thank Instructor Yang for me!" Qin Chen said to the soldier delivering them.

Yang Xue had been quick. He had only mentioned it yesterday, and they had arrived early this morning. He had to admit that she had truly taken it to heart, and that his mysterious master was also very useful.

"I will!" The soldier nodded and left.

After bringing the wooden box into the room, Qin Chen slowly opened it.

"Nine!" Qin Chen was slightly startled by the number of beast crystals in the box.

Based on the four-million reward, there should have been eight.

He carefully examined the nine beast crystals. They were all fire-element, with no problems at all.

But the one in the very center caught his attention.

"This is... a level-two beast crystal!" Qin Chen was somewhat surprised.

He picked it up and found a small note beneath it.

After reading the note, Qin Chen wore a peculiar expression.

Yang Xue had left it, and its meaning was simple: she had bought this beast crystal with her own money as a gift for Qin Chen's master, to show her respect.

"Haha..." Qin Chen could not help laughing aloud.

Yang Xue usually seemed cold as ice. He had not expected her to be such a lovable fool.

"But the system didn't display any information about this level-two beast crystal. Is it because my fire element is only at One Star, so I can't Devour something at Two Star?" Qin Chen was somewhat puzzled.

He quickly put the beast crystal down and picked up a level-one crystal.

The system immediately displayed information saying it could be Devoured.

Without wasting any more time, he swallowed it in one gulp.

Soon, the familiar sensation returned.

[Ding! Level-one beast crystal Devoured successfully. Progress on your second fire-element Divine Mark has reached thirty percent]

As the system notification sounded, Qin Chen felt a distinct change in the mark inside him.

Then he began Devouring the second crystal, the third...

When all eight beast crystals had been Devoured.

[Ding! Progress on your second fire-element Divine Mark has reached completion]

Boom!

At that moment, Qin Chen's clothes billowed as though a powerful current of air had blown through them.

The entire room filled with intense heat as invisible fire elements danced through the air.

Once everything had completely settled, Qin Chen felt a clear improvement in his strength.

"Combat power, 3,800!" Looking at the combat power information in the system, he was shaken.

Although the fire element gave the greatest increase in combat power, a single increase of more than a thousand, nearly two thousand, still surprised him.

By that calculation, once his other elements rose, even if his combat power did not equal that of a Four-Star, it would come extremely close. The increase from the wind element might not be obvious, but it boosted his agility, which was also an intangible form of combat power.

Immediately afterward, he looked at the level-two beast crystal again.

After he picked it up, the system provided information this time.

Level-two fire-element beast crystal: Can be Devoured

Without hesitation, he Devoured it directly.

Soon, the third Divine Mark on his Fire Elemental Mark began to take shape.

After all the energy from the beast crystal had been absorbed, its progress reached ten percent.

My combat power has risen a little again. I wonder if I can beat Tian Long to death now without using a martial technique, Qin Chen thought.

Tian Long was stronger than Tian Hu and had been a Three-Star for almost a year, but for someone nearly forty to have only just become a Three-Star Martial Artist, his talent could not have been all that strong.

After one year, he probably could not even be counted among the mid-level Three-Star experts.

"I'll be going to the military region for the final selection soon. It's time to visit the Dragon Tiger Martial Arts School!"

Qin Chen left his room and, once outside, hailed a taxi straight to Yang City's martial arts school street.

There were almost no other businesses on the street, so it was usually very quiet.

When the taxi reached the entrance to the street, Qin Chen got out.

He walked into the street and glanced around. On both sides were signs for the Dragon Tiger Martial Arts School.

He did not go in immediately, instead continuing forward. The entire street was about a kilometer long, with nearly thirty martial arts schools in total, but only one did not bear the Dragon Tiger sign.

That school was at the very end of the street, and a sign was being put up. It looked as though someone had just challenged the school and smashed its previous sign.

Qin Chen walked over and looked at the sign being put up: Tiger-Slaying Martial Arts School.

"That's a good name!" Qin Chen said.

Hearing him, the man changing the sign turned around.