Gao Wu: My martial arts technique has entries.

Chapter 9 Qingfeng
Ye Qingfeng frowned slightly and shook his head regretfully, saying, "Your marksmanship is too poor. You should go practice in the virtual training ground."

As soon as he finished speaking, a clear sword rang out. Chu Kuang didn't even realize that his opponent had drawn his sword. He just felt a dizzying sensation and was teleported outside the arena.

"This is--"

Chu Kuang returned to the Tianheng Star Realm, and then touched his neck in fear, feeling an extreme sense of horror fill his heart.

If this weren't a virtual star realm, he would probably have been killed in an instant.

"He's too strong. His sword is incredibly fast."

"Ye Qingfeng... Is there such a person at No. 3 Middle School?"

Chu Kuang pondered for a moment, then recalled the scene of the other party drawing his sword, and said with his pupils slightly contracted, "Qingfeng Sword Technique, so it was him."

Having guessed the person's origins, Chu Kuang's sense of defeat vanished instantly.

The Azure Peak Sword Manual consists of three volumes: upper, middle, and lower. The upper volume alone is a beginner-level sword technique, and there are no more than ten people in the entire Tianheng Third Middle School who practice the Azure Peak Sword Manual.

The opponent was able to instantly kill Chu Kuang, so he must have already mastered the first volume of the Azure Peak Sword Technique. And in the first year of high school, there is probably only that one person who could master this sword technique to perfection.

"Possessing exceptional talent, he is the strongest genius at Tianheng No. 3 Middle School in the past five years."

Chu Kuang spoke calmly, having understood the other party's identity.

Those with exceptional physical attributes are geniuses one in ten thousand. Among the more than 100,000 first-year high school students in Tianheng City, only three to five possess exceptional physical attributes.

Ye Qingfeng possessed exceptional talent and was treated like a treasure by the Third Middle School as soon as he entered the school. He received the largest share of both cultivation and teaching resources.

If nothing unexpected happens, Ye Qingfeng has already mastered the basic internal and external skills, the elementary external skills, and the first volume of the Qingfeng Sword Manual. He may even be approaching intermediate skills and internal skills.

The opponent's life level is likely higher than level 7, and may even be level 8, so Chu Kuang's defeat this time is not unjust.

“My physical constitution is inferior to his, and my resources are also inferior to his, but with the support of the cultivation technique entries, I will be able to surpass him step by step sooner or later.”

Chu Kuang took a deep breath, withdrew his thoughts, and then opened a ranked match to play a game.

His opponent this time was ranked over 2,800, and he was defeated after exchanging more than 30 blows.

In this battle, his opponent had mastered a great external martial art and won entirely by relying on the suppression of his life level, coupled with a minor level of beginner martial arts.

"Just a little bit."

"The effect of perfecting basic external skills on improving life level is still too poor, and my martial arts skills are also a bit lacking."

Chu Kuang muttered to himself, immediately realizing his own shortcomings.

A perfected basic external skill can only raise the maximum life level to 5.5. With a fully mastered basic internal skill and a minor mastered Iron Armor skill, he has raised the maximum life level to 5.6.

This is already close to his current limit. If his internal and external skills cannot be improved further, he can only raise his life level to 5.7 at most.

But this time, his opponent, relying on a mastery level of basic external martial arts, defeated him with a life level of 5.8 and a minor mastery level of basic swordsmanship.

"My life level is relatively low, so it will be quite difficult for me to break into the top 3,000."

"But if I master the Split Gold Spear to a minor level, and combine it with the basic spear technique that I have already mastered to the extreme, I should have a chance of defeating that opponent."

Chu Kuang pondered in his heart that his Golden Spear had an added attribute, and once it was refined to the minor completion level, its power would increase by an additional 20%, which might give him a chance to win.

However, his Spear of Rending Gold has only reached the initial stage [47%]. Even with the purple attribute [General Principles of Spear Technique], it would generally take several days to achieve minor mastery.

"Perhaps I really should go to the training ground to hone my skills."

Chu Kuang pondered for a moment, recalling Ye Qingfeng's words.

Ye Qingfeng told him that his marksmanship was too poor and suggested that he go to the virtual training ground to practice. Having gone through many years of compulsory education, he naturally understood what the virtual training ground was.

The so-called virtual training ground is a place in the astral plane where people hone their martial arts skills.

In the virtual training arena, you can choose to set opponents of different levels and simulate life-or-death battles with them to quickly hone and improve your martial arts skills.

However, the training ground is not free. It requires a certain amount of Federal Credits to be paid for each hour it is open, so Chu Kuang has been reluctant to use the training ground to hone his skills for many years.

After Chu Kuang opened the training ground, he found that the training fee for the apprentice level was as high as two hundred federal coins per hour.

"So expensive."

Looking at the exorbitant training fees, Chu Kuang suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Operating the Astral Plane requires a massive amount of energy. The training grounds are the biggest energy consumers in the Astral Plane, as well as one of its largest sources of revenue, so the fees are naturally not low.

Chu Kuang reluctantly paid the money and directly chose an opponent who had achieved mastery of both basic external martial arts and basic spear techniques, setting the opponent's health level to 5.8.

In this battle, Chu Kuang was completely overwhelmed by his opponent and was defeated in just five moves.

"No, the gap is too big; this won't improve me much."

Seeing that he was no match for the opponent, Chu Kuang adjusted the opponent's spear technique to the minor mastery level, and immediately felt the pressure decrease significantly.

The basic marksmanship at the junior level was enough to give Chu Kuang enough pressure, but the two were able to fight back and forth. Such sparring with opponents of similar strength often brings greater improvement.

However, as the two sides continued to fight, Chu Kuang was killed after exchanging fifty moves with him in their first encounter.

In their second encounter, Chu Kuang managed to withstand eighty moves, and by the third time, he was able to fight his opponent for over a hundred moves.

After training for more than an hour, by the time he sparred with his opponent for the seventh time, Chu Kuang felt that his Golden Spear had made significant progress and he was finally able to fight on equal terms with his opponent.

"As powerful as gold splitting stone, its momentum is like the weight of the heavens!"

After more than a hundred moves of fierce fighting, Chu Kuang felt as if he had gained some enlightenment. The originally difficult Spear Spear Technique suddenly underwent a qualitative change, and with the force of the heavens, it was thrust out with a powerful blow, piercing through the opponent's chest.

He snapped out of his daze, completely annihilated the simulated opponent, and only then did he sense the panel in his mind.

Gold-Splitting Spear [Minor Success 1%]. Gold-Splitting [Blue]: The Edge of Gold-Splitting, capable of splitting stone and gold, increases the maximum power of the Gold-Splitting Spear by 20%.

"Twenty percent."

Chu Kuang murmured to himself, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

A beginner-level spear technique can increase strength by about 20-30%, while a minor-level spear technique can increase it by about 50-60%.

His Spear of Rending Gold had just reached the initial stage of minor mastery, and it could already amplify his power by 50%. However, with the enhancement of certain attributes, its power was already close to the limit of minor mastery.

"With my current strength, I should have a good chance of defeating those ranked lower in the top 3,000."

Chu Kuang pondered for a moment, but instead of rushing to participate in the ranking matches, he continued to train.

He had extended his training time by two hours, and now he had more than half an hour left. To avoid wasting it, he had to use up the time first.

Time flew by, and another half hour passed quickly. Chu Kuang finally finished his cultivation when the two hours were completely over.

Split Gold Spear [Minor Success Rate 5%]

"One hour of life-or-death combat on the training ground is more effective than three days of shooting practice on my own. Even if the effect gradually decreases later, this is the best place to rapidly improve martial arts skills."

"Unfortunately, I'm out of money again."

Having finished practicing the Spear of Rending Gold, Chu Kuang let out a deep breath.

The 10,000 yuan that his homeroom teacher, Xu Yue, lent him was all used to buy nutrient solution. Now, in order to raise his life level to 5.5, half of the nutrient solution has already been used up.

There are still fifty-two vials of nutrient solution left, but once he masters the Iron Armor Technique, they will probably be used up very quickly.

He originally had 500 yuan, but after practicing for two hours at the training ground, he only had 100 yuan left.

"We must get money as soon as possible."

Chu Kuang checked the time and found that it was already 11 p.m.

But instead of going to sleep, he immediately opened the ranked match and seized the opportunity to start his final sprint.

"There's still an hour left, we should have enough time."

Over the next few days, Chu Kuang played two matches in a row. Perhaps because his hidden MMR had dropped due to two consecutive losses, the opponents in these two matches were not ranked very high.

His first opponent was ranked over 5,000 and had not yet mastered the advanced external martial arts. Chu Kuang defeated him after a fierce battle of more than 20 moves.

His second opponent was ranked over 4,000, and Chu Kuang defeated him after a fierce battle of more than 30 moves.

It wasn't until the third opponent I encountered that I met someone ranked within the top 3,000.

Xu Hong

[School: Tianheng No.2 Middle School]

[Ranking: 2997]

[Wins 630: Losses 421]

[Win rate: 60%]

"He's played over a thousand matches; he's treating ranked games like his main game."

Chu Kuang looked surprised, but quickly understood.

In the Tianheng Ranking Tournament, you can be matched with a large number of opponents of the same age. This kind of life-or-death training can improve your martial arts skills. Even if it is far less effective than the training ground, it is still a good place to improve your martial arts skills over time.

After all, training grounds are too expensive, costing 200 yuan per hour, which is simply unaffordable for the average family in the long run.

However, this person has played over a thousand matches and only barely made it into the top three thousand, so his strength is probably not that great.

"People from No. 3 Middle School."

At that moment, Xu Hong, looking at Chu Kuang's information, said with a cold expression, "He made it into the top three thousand in just thirteen games. He's another genius with excellent aptitude."

"Fine, I'll take on the geniuses."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man named Xu Hong suddenly drew his sword and pounced like a ferocious tiger.

This slash was incredibly fierce; the blade struck even before the person arrived, causing Chu Kuang to feel a chill run down his spine.

"Black Tiger Saber Technique - Mastery?"

Chu Kuang frowned slightly, then suddenly raised his spear and thrust it out, engaging in continuous clashes with the opponent.

After their first encounter, Chu Kuang understood why Xu Hong had stopped at 2997th place. His opponent's life level was obviously weaker, and might not even exceed level 4.8.

At this level of life, the opponent's innate talent is at most third grade. He only managed to reach the top three thousand by relying on his martial arts talent to cultivate advanced martial arts.

"Without the support of the entry, you might actually be able to defeat the enemy single-handedly."

"pity……"

Chu Kuang's mind raced, and his spear trembled violently. A surge of immense power forcefully shook off Xu Hong's broadsword, and he thrust it towards his opponent with unstoppable force.

"Just in time!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Hong burst into laughter, letting Chu Kuang pierce his shoulder with a spear. Then, he grabbed the spear, pulled out a short knife from behind his back, and slashed horizontally at Chu Kuang's neck.

"Oh no, the Crouching Tiger Saber Technique!"

(End of this chapter)