I can increase my power through breathing.

Chapter 15: Top 100 on the Wanted List, Advancing to First-Class Martial Artist

The first day of the ninth month in the thirteenth year of the Yuanfeng era.

Zhao Sheng, the Shadowless Sword of the Eagle Wolf Guard of Anqing Prefecture, pursued Zhou Qing to Qiuye Town, but was instead killed by Zhou Qing in the street.

This news caused a stir among both the government officials and the martial arts community in Anqing Prefecture.

The Eagle Wolf Guard, as the sharpest sword in the hands of the imperial court, consists of members with extraordinary strength, and they have wiped out countless martial arts forces.

People in the martial arts world hated them to the core, but they were helpless and could only curse the Eagle Wolf Guards in secret as lackeys and hounds of the imperial court.

This time, Zhou Qing killed Zhao Sheng, the Shadowless Sword, which naturally brought joy to the people of the martial arts world.

However, for the imperial court and the Eagle Wolf Guard, this was undoubtedly a major blow, and their authority was challenged like never before.

Upon learning that Zhou Qing had killed Zhao Sheng, the Eagle Wolf Guard's higher-ups were furious and immediately raised Zhou Qing's name to the top 100 of the wanted list. Anyone who could provide clues about Zhou Qing's whereabouts and confirm their authenticity would be rewarded with a second-rate internal skill.

This news was like a thunderbolt, causing a huge uproar in the martial arts world of Anqing Prefecture, and even causing quite a stir in the entire Wanzhou.

It should be noted that the top 100 on the wanted list of criminals issued by the imperial court are all formidable and ruthless villains, whose cultivation level is at least the seventh level of the Acquired Realm, making them first-class martial artists.

Even the top twenty most wanted criminals are grandmasters who have reached the Innate Realm and committed heinous crimes; they are all super demons who have slaughtered villages and destroyed towns.

Zhou Qing, an unknown nobody who wasn't even a first-rate martial artist, was able to make it into the top 100, even though it was only the lowest 100. That was still enough to shock people.

On the other hand, the Eagle Wolf Guard was genuinely enraged.

They were determined to bring Zhou Qing to justice as a warning to others, and also to restore the prestige of the Eagle Wolf Guard.

Otherwise, with Zhou Qing's strength, he wouldn't even be qualified to be in the top 100 of the wanted list.

In no time, discussions about Zhou Qing spread rapidly throughout the martial arts world, no longer limited to Anqing Prefecture, but quickly reaching all prefectures of Wanzhou and several neighboring prefectures.

In the martial arts world, Zhou Qing also earned the nickname "Quick Blade Madman".

The "fast knife" in "Fast Knife Madman" represents Zhou Qing's strength and his incredibly fast swordsmanship. "Madman" signifies that Zhou Qing is lawless and dares to kill even the Eagle Wolf Guards.

Some criminals, even if they have the ability to kill the pursuing Eagle Wolf Guards, choose to escape and will not choose to kill the Eagle Wolf Guards unless absolutely necessary.

Because the Eagle Wolf Guard represents the Great Xuan Dynasty, imperial power, and the maintainers of order on this continent.

Killing the Eagle Wolf Guard would be tantamount to killing a high-ranking official of the imperial court, which would be a challenge to the entire court and would naturally not let the matter rest.

Even if they really wanted to kill the Eagle Wolf Guards, they would choose to do it in a secluded place or in secret, rather than openly killing them.

Killing the Eagle Wolf Guard in full view of everyone is no different from rebellion.

Such behavior is undoubtedly courting death.

However, Zhou Qing did exactly that.

This makes one marvel at Zhou Qing's audacity and fearlessness, which is why he is known in the martial arts world as the "Quick-Knife Madman."

The Eagle Wolf Guard spies of Wanzhou were all mobilized, searching for Zhou Qing's whereabouts in every village and town, from peddlers and laborers to refugees and beggars.

For a time, the entire Anqing Prefecture, and even Wanzhou, was shrouded in a tense atmosphere. Everyone was on edge, fearing that any involvement with Zhou Qing would bring about their own demise. But Zhou Qing seemed to have vanished into thin air, disappearing without a trace after leaving Qiuye Town, leaving the Eagle Wolf Guard's pursuit in a stalemate.

Eagle Wolf Guard's spies are spread throughout the entire Great Xuan Dynasty. As long as Zhou Qing appears in a town, he cannot escape the Eagle Wolf Guard's spies.

However, after leaving Qiuye Town, Zhou Qing knew that killing an Eagle Wolf Guard would lead to a full-scale manhunt by the imperial court, so he immediately fled into the deep mountains and forests to recuperate.

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

Zhou Qing practiced the Rejuvenation Technique for an hour every morning, noon, and evening to heal his injuries, so his injuries recovered very quickly. In five days, not only were the sword wounds on his body completely healed, but not a single scar was left.

Name: Zhou Qing

Realm: Sixth level of the Acquired Realm (Peak Second-rate Martial Artist)
Mastered martial arts: Rejuvenation Skill / Level 10 (Characteristics: Enhances internal energy healing, increases lifespan by half a century, increases poison resistance by 300%, improves physical constitution)
Seamless Blade Technique/Perfect (Specialties: Blade Speed ​​Burst 300%, Power Burst 200%)

Swallow Triple Skim/Perfect (Characteristics: Light as a swallow, uses airborne momentum, speed bursts up to 200%)

Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique / Level 6 (Characteristics: Copper Skin and Iron Bones, Vital Energy and Blood, 80% Counterattack)

Talent: Nine-Breath Breath Control (By breathing for nine breaths, one will be blessed with mysterious supernatural powers, automatically refining the power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth into Dao Source. One point of Dao Source can be automatically obtained every day, and each point of Dao Source is equivalent to one year of arduous cultivation.)
Daoyuan: 5
Zhou Qing opened the panel.

In five days, he accumulated another five Dao Source Points.

"Use all Dao Source Points to upgrade the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Qing poured all his Dao Source Points into the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique.

Instantly, his consciousness entered the profound space, and images of arduous cultivation flooded his mind.

[After a year of arduous training, your Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique has reached the peak of the sixth level. Your physical body has reached a bottleneck and is difficult to improve further.]

After three years of arduous training and persistent tempering of your physique with internal energy, you have finally mastered your skills to the bone, your internal energy penetrating deep into your marrow. You have completed a bone-cleansing process, achieving a preliminary transformation.

After five years of arduous training, the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique reached the peak of the seventh level, and the tempering of the mind reached a state as firm as a rock.

Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique / Seventh Level (Characteristics: Indestructible, Qi and Blood Like Wolf Smoke, 100% Reflection, 10% Force Reduction, Rock Solid.)
Zhou Qing regained consciousness.

He felt a surge of energy throughout his body.

Furthermore, this blood and qi also emitted a faint golden light. Not only that, but his bones, internal organs, twelve regular meridians, and eight extraordinary meridians all emitted a faint golden light.

Having reached the peak of the seventh level of the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique, Zhou Qing had initially cultivated a Vajra Body. The characteristics displayed on the panel had also transformed from copper skin and iron bones to indestructible Vajra.

The anti-vibration characteristics have been further improved.

If attacked, it will be returned to the attacker 100%.

In addition, it has two more characteristics: Force Reduction and Rock Solid. Force Reduction of 10% means that when attacked, it can reduce 10% of the force.

The other characteristic, being as solid as a rock, is not a physical trait, but rather represents a strong mental and willpower. It possesses extremely strong resistance to mental and willpower attacks.

(End of this chapter)