CHAPTER 63: CHAPTER 60: INVINCIBLE AMONG PEERS

"Realm of Perfection?"

"Does it mean mastery has reached a proficiency of 100%?"

Lin Qi looked at the system prompt, feeling a bit curious about this so-called Realm of Perfection by the system.

Previously, proficiency had a clear entry level of 100%, and after breaking through 100%, it reached proficiency 0%. This could be said to be a small threshold that has currently stumped many new players.

And the proficiency of martial arts from entry to proficiency allows the execution of martial arts without any side effects, it only consumes one’s own Qi and blood, without harming the body itself.

In this regard, the improvement is quite significant, meaning that once martial arts reach proficiency, as long as there is enough blood Qi, they can be used infinitely.

Now with proficiency reaching perfection from proficiency, there should normally be some differences.

However, he felt for quite a while but didn’t sense any differences in the Shattering Stone Fist.

Then Lin Qi swung his fist through the air several times, shadows of fists filled the sky. Each random punch carried the explosive power of the Shattering Stone Fist.

"No, the explosive power seems to have increased a bit."

Lin Qi threw a few ordinary punches toward the detection instrument, using the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique that has already reached an entry level of 31%, he could clearly feel the subtle changes in himself.

"My normal punching power has increased by 10%, is this the effect of the first realm of perfection of the Shattering Stone Fist?"

Lin Qi glanced at the power data on the detection panel, feeling a trace of shock in his heart.

His normal strength was 493.7 kilograms, and his speed was 16.6 meters per second.

Normally, his punch held a standard force of 493.7 kilograms, but according to the detection instrument obtained from the White Feather Gang base, the force of his recent punch had already reached 543 kilograms, an increase of a full 10% strength effect.

This effect of martial arts reaching perfection is like a permanent buff.

Although there were no changes to his physical stats, the resulting strength effect was able to increase by 10%, which can’t be described as anything less than astonishing.

It was known that the strength of an Extreme Apprentice was 899 kilograms, but if one had the first perfection effect of the Shattering Stone Fist, the normal strength would be 988.9 kilograms, reaching the strength of an Extreme Quasi-Martial Artist, and that’s without adding the normal explosive effect brought by martial arts.

Once becoming a Quasi-Martial Artist, one’s strength would be unrivaled below Martial Artist Level!

"If all learned martial arts could be enhanced to the Realm of Perfection, then one could be invincible at the same level as those martial arts geniuses." Lin Qi thought that if the martial arts he mastered could all reach the Realm of Perfection, invincibility at the same level wouldn’t be an impossibility. "I’m just not sure if learning similar explosive martial arts would have compounding effects if they also reached the Realm of Perfection?"

Lin Qi’s gaze then turned to the Thunder Light Palm in the system martial arts section at the bottom of his view.

Thunder Light Palm First Layer Thunderbolt Realm (Entry 10%)

It was unknown if it was due to the Thunder Light Palm being a martial artist-level martial art and having an immense learning difficulty, or some other reason, but the improvement was quite slow after learning One Leaf Floating Cloud, only reaching an entry level of 2%.

Among Fang Zhen and others, only Li Ranxing had learned it, reaching an entry level of 3%, whereas no other person had learned it. The so-called Card Martial Skill BUG isn’t even known where it got stuck.

After such a long time, only two people had learned it, wasting his efforts of not charging any extra.

"Forget it, no matter about them, let’s first elevate the Leopard Shadow Step to the Realm of Perfection." Lin Qi wasted no time extracting from Li Ranxing.

Now, among the two teams of Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud, Li Ranxing’s Leopard Shadow Step improved the fastest, with a proficiency reaching 61%, already becoming one of his daily top five.

System: Congratulations to the player’s Leopard Shadow Step first layer Wind Chasing, reaching proficiency 100%.

"Great! The effect is indeed obvious, next let’s see the effects of Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei." Lin Qi looked forward to seeing the names of the two.

Although Luo Wushang and Zhang Qingwei’s proficiency in Leopard Shadow Step was not as good as the three of Fang Zhen, it was still at 52% and 54%, only slightly behind the three.

Ding!

System: Congratulations to the player’s Leopard Shadow Step first layer Wind Chasing, reaching proficiency 100%.

"It’s useless?" Lin Qi couldn’t help but be a bit dumbfounded upon receiving Luo Wushang’s Leopard Shadow Step memory.

He didn’t expect that with 52% proficiency, it would be useless to him.

"If Zhang Qingwei doesn’t work, then I’ll have to wait until tomorrow." Lin Qi looked at his last extraction slot, feeling even more that the faster the Martial Arts Hall is repaired, the better.

Although in these three days he expanded by recruiting two hundred more vagabonds to repair the Martial Arts Hall, the progress of repair had only reached 55.6% so far. Given sufficient repair materials, it would take about a week or more to complete.

However, because of recruiting two hundred more vagabonds, plus the 160,000 Bits expenditure for tomorrow, the materials originally barely enough for repair can now only repair the Martial Arts Hall to 75% at the best.

"It seems that batch of blood essence rice must be sold."

Lin Qi looked at the situation with no extra cash on hand, what the players earned in the short term wasn’t enough at all, now the only way to make a big amount of money was to sell hundreds of kilograms of mature blood essence rice.

Then Lin Qi chose to extract from Zhang Qingwei.

Ding!

System: Congratulations to the player’s Leopard Shadow Step first layer Wind Chasing, reaching proficiency 100%.

"Indeed, it doesn’t work."

"I can only wait until tomorrow to try again."

Lin Qi looked at the Leopard Shadow Step with no improvement, understanding that a proficiency over 50% had no effect on enhancing the Leopard Shadow Step, but fortunately, the system wasn’t a dumb system and didn’t extract his already perfect Shattering Stone Fist first layer.

On the other side, 500 meters deep underground of the Martial Arts Hall.

"Everyone, put in more effort, this monster is already spitting blood due to us wearing it down."

"We have two more minutes before the monster’s reinforcements arrive, let’s use Thunder Light Palm a dozen more times, and it should almost be done!"

"Frontline, pay attention to positioning, be cautious of anyone behind you when dodging pounces."

Fang Zhen, attracting the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat’s attention, commanded the more than ten people present, creating opportunities for One Leaf Floating Cloud and Li Ranxing to attack.

At that moment, the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat, over three meters in size, was going crazy, lunging and crashing at Fang Zhen and others wielding alloy shovels, its eyes the size of copper bells completely blood red.

Three days!

For three whole days, these humans in gray clothes came to bother it, whether for no reason or not, even though it killed these gray clothes humans each time, the battles would still land Ray Light Palm’s power on its internal organs to some extent.

Under normal circumstances, with its terrifying recovery power, it would only take two or three days to fully recover, but these humans came to bother it continuously.

In three days, it had been bothered over thirty times, not getting any proper sleep.

Today, it must eat all these humans, even if those humans die and turn to ashes, not leaving a single speck of ash behind.

Boom!

The Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat swung its tail with a force exceeding a ton, hitting a player directly; that player was crashed against the wall, dead beyond being dead.

Bang!

Just as the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat finished off a player and was unable to bite, One Leaf Floating Cloud arrived at the rat’s side abdomen, with thunder light flashing in his hand, slamming a palm on the rat’s side abdomen.

Screech!

The Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat screamed in pain, feeling a sharp pain similar to having its kidneys cut, blood oozing again from the mouth. However, a sharp claw ferociously reached out to One Leaf Floating Cloud, its claws about to tear One Leaf Floating Cloud apart.

A figure appeared on the other side of the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat with yet another Thunder Light Palm slamming on the other side of its abdomen.

This made the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat curl its body in pain, blood spurting out as if it was free, with no mind on tearing One Leaf Floating Cloud apart anymore, but rushing toward the two players at the front, sending them flying 20 meters away, fleeing toward the other side of the big tunnel.

"Stop it! It’s trying to escape!"

Fang Zhen looked at the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat, which was attempting to flee for the first time, and immediately instructed everyone to block it.

Three days!

They had been handling this Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat for three days and nights without rest. If it escaped and reset its state, these three days’ efforts would be wasted.

"Die!"

At this moment, one player after another unleashed the full power of their Shattering Stone Fist on the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat, but despite being sent flying one after another, their attack had no effect on the rat, slightly hindering its steps.

"Combo, target its right kidney!"

At this moment, Li Ranxing and One Leaf Floating Cloud seized the opportunity, both executing Leopard Shadow Step to catch up with the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat. Though both suffered severe backlash from the Thunder Light Palm, they simultaneously targeted the rat’s right side abdomen with two more Thunder Light Palms.

Boom!

All those present heard a cracking sound, and the Single-Horned Gold-devouring Rat rammed its head into the nearby mining wall, screaming madly and rolling around on the spot, daunted everyone from approaching.

This frenzied state lasted less than thirty seconds before it collapsed to the ground, motionless.