Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 165 Promotion
By the artificial lake, the corpse of a sea monster floated up, stained with blood.

Zhou Leng stood alone.

The examiner and the prison guard stared blankly.

That's the Sirens, one of the most powerful races in the Ten Realms.

Among all the human countries, no one was able to win against the magic cities by the water, and all of them were occupied by sea monsters.

Even though the Zhenhai Army is so powerful, it can only set up a defense line outside the West Sea Demon City and has been unable to launch a counterattack so far.

Such a powerful sirens, with so many of them, only injured Zhou Leng's skin?

Even Shan Heyuan's body was covered in blood due to the spell cast by the sea monster in the vitality period.

Zhou Leng looked up.

The blue-skinned half-blood mermaid quickly dived into the deep waters of the artificial lake.

Zhou Leng had been playing in the water since he was a child, and was only saved by Da Huang once when he had a leg cramp.

He looked at the lake, raised his arms, jumped forward into the water, and paddled quickly to chase the half-breed mermaid.

Zhou Leng originally thought that the hybrid mermaid would attack him once he entered the deep water.

But the blue-skinned siren seemed to be frightened and tried its best to escape, refusing to fight back.

No matter how good Zhou Leng is at swimming, he is still a human after all, and there is no way he can catch up with the sea monster.

I didn't return to the door until I was tired of swimming.

"Examiner, what should I do now? In this situation, I won't be considered a failure, right?"

Everyone was silent.

After a long while, the examiner said helplessly, "This artificial lake is a special examination site for fish monsters in actual combat. There have been at least 800 tests conducted there. However, this is the first time I have encountered such a situation. I will ask my superiors."

As he spoke, the examiner called his superior.

The prison guards looked at each other, all of them were at a loss as to what Zhou Leng could do.

A prison guard said, "Brother, come to our West Sea Demon City defense line. You are so good at swimming, and you have water-based martial arts skills, so you are perfect for killing sea monsters."

"I'll come when I get a chance." Zhou Leng has always wanted to show his skills in the defense of the West Sea Demon City.

"You are an incredibly good swimmer."

"How do you manage to divide water so easily? Even if you are born with this talent, your ability to divide water is far inferior to yours."

It was Zhou Leng’s first water battle, and he didn’t pay much attention at the time, but now when he recalled it, he quickly discovered the problem.

When people are in water, they will create huge resistance.

But looking back, whether walking in waist-deep water, lifting legs out of the water, or swimming, the process was exceptionally smooth.

All the water seemed to make way for me.

No matter how powerful the Xuanchao Jue is, it can't do it.

The fragmentary map of Zhenhai emerged in my mind.

"Maybe my Xuanchao Jue has produced some special properties." Zhou Leng said.

"I see."

"Similar situations do occur, and they may also be related to the body's strange body or the qi's strange body..."

Everyone looked at Zhou Leng with envy. If such a talent were in the defense line of the West Sea Demon City, he would definitely be regarded as a treasure by the Zhenhai Army.

Zhou Leng chatted with the prison guard and glanced at the artificial lake from time to time.

That half-blood mermaid never came out.

Not long after, the examiner said, "Let's change to another examination room. There is a new mid-stage body refining sea monster prepared there. You just need to defeat it to win."

The examiner and the prison guard took Zhou Leng into the adjacent artificial lake.

Just as Zhou Leng entered, a humanoid blue-skinned mermaid walked out of the shallow water.

This siren is nearly three meters tall, with bony fins behind its elbows and on both sides of its head.

He stepped on his huge webbed feet and slapped Zhou Leng, mumbling something.

Zhou Leng stepped forward, grabbed the mermaid's forearm with both hands, then turned around suddenly and threw her over his shoulder.

Bang!
The siren hit the ground, its body bounced upwards, the concrete floor exploded, and gravel flew everywhere.

The siren gulped and spat out blood.

Just as it was about to fight back, Zhou Leng filled his five fingers with internal energy, grabbed its head, and slammed it to the ground.

The back of its head hit the ground and it spat out another mouthful of blood. Its eyes became unfocused and its clenched fists unclenched.

Bang!Bang!bang...

Zhou Leng grabbed the mermaid's head and smashed it a dozen times. After that, the mermaid's head broke into pieces and fell apart as soon as he grabbed it.

Zhou Leng shook off the blood and brain matter on his hands and walked out slowly.

The prison guards watched in silence.

"Exceeding the standard." The examiner gave his verdict.

The battle time was too fast.

The target time is one hour.

But Zhou Leng's actual fighting time totaled less than five minutes.

Zhou Leng followed the examiner to the demonized helicopter and flew back to the second lieutenant's camp.

A group of prison guards gathered together to discuss the battle in detail.

The enchanted helicopter landed just in time for lunch.

Zhou Leng and Li Yuanhe made an appointment to meet in the cafeteria.

Zhou Leng walked into the cafeteria, glanced at everyone, and walked towards Li Yuanhe.

"Third brother."

Li Yuanhe raised his head, stood up, and looked at Zhou Leng carefully.

He remembered carefully that when he left a year ago, Zhou Leng was only as tall as his chin and had a childish face.

Now, Zhou Leng is almost as tall as him, his face still has a childish look, but also a hint of weathering.

"You kid," Li Yuanhe smiled and gently touched Zhou Leng's shoulder, "How was the practical test?"

"Exceeded the standard." "Oh my god..." Li Yuanhe knew too well the difficulty of a one-day practical test in the camp.

If it were him back then, he would have no chance of winning in the early and middle stages of body refining. Even if he passed in the late stage of body refining, he would have to come back lying down.

He looked at Zhou Leng. Apart from the blood on his body and some slight bruises and redness on his skin, there was no visible scar.

"Let's get some food first." Li Yuanhe said.

Li Yuanhe accompanied Zhou Leng to get food and then chatted with him.

The students and even instructors who were still eating saw this scene and were extremely confused. How come Zhou Leng had only been in the camp for one day, but he was already making friends with Old Song and chatting and laughing with Li Yuanhe?

Although Li Yuanhe had just arrived at the competition camp, he was already well-known. He was a graduate of a genuine military academy and had a natural talent. He came here purely to gain experience. Perhaps he would be promoted in a few months and soar to the sky.

The cafeteria here is similar to that in school, but the difference is that each person can have two servings of ordinary meat medicinal meals for free per meal.

Or you can exchange your military merits for a serving of premium meat medicinal meal.

Zhou Leng directly ordered one serving of superior meat medicinal meal and two servings of ordinary meat medicinal meal.

After finishing their meal, they returned to the table, stopped talking, and ate quickly.

After dinner, we went to get some food and chatted while getting it.

One round, two rounds, three rounds, four rounds...

After fifteen rounds, Li Yuanhe stopped.

Then, he watched Zhou Leng continue eating.

Seeing Zhou Leng eat more than thirty rounds, Li Yuanhe was silent for a long time and said, "Young man, you are still growing, it is normal to eat more."

After dinner, the two walked out of the cafeteria, strolling and chatting.

Li Yuanhe talked about his experience in military school, while Zhou Leng talked about his experience in the past six months.

Then, Li Yuanhe said, "I heard from my friend about what happened to you this morning. The four people who took the test with you were all from Xihai Wuda University. They wanted to suppress you..."

Zhou Leng thought that it was no wonder that those people looked at him differently from others.

After the two finished chatting, Li Yuanhe asked, "Who is going to challenge the first step this afternoon?"

Zhou Leng nodded.

Li Yuanhe said: "You can pass the practical test, which means you are strong enough. The afternoon battle, if it is one-on-one, should not be difficult, but one person fights five games in a row. Even if you can recover your true energy, can your body withstand it?"

"It should be fine." Zhou Leng sensed his body.

"The tests and practical exams in the morning did not have much impact on you? In your perception, if being extremely tired is 10 points, how exhausted are you now?" Li Yuanhe asked.

"It should be about 2 to 3. After all, he took the helicopter back and forth, rested for a while, and took some tonics." Zhou Leng said.

Li Yuanhe asked in surprise: "Did you take all the Buyuan Pills?"

"full."

"Where are the body-strengthening pills?"

"6 pills. Take them slowly in the early stage to allow for full digestion. The efficacy will decrease in the later stage, so take them faster." Zhou Leng said.

Li Yuanhe looked at Zhou Leng and said frankly: "Your current physical strength is beyond my comprehension. Probably only those innate masters who have been famous for a long time can understand it. Good, very good, in less than one or two years, you will be able to surpass me."

"Aren't you going to be promoted to the innate level soon?" Zhou Leng asked.

Li Yuanhe sighed and shook his head, saying, "I was promoted to Shengli Stage very quickly, and I can be said to have innate talent. But, how many Shengli Stages does it take to produce an innate talent?"

"Is it particularly difficult to advance to the Xiantian level?"

"Of course it's difficult. There are many ways to advance to the Xiantian realm. Very few people can advance in all of them at the same time, but most people can only choose to practice one of them to perfection in order to break through to the Xiantian realm."

Li Yuanhe continued: "There are basically only three common methods at present: physical breakthrough, true qi breakthrough and will breakthrough, which are commonly known as the 'three breakthroughs of innateness'."

"At the beginning, I also wanted to break through the innate three times. That way, I would be even stronger."

"But in the past few months, as I continued to hone my skills and perceive myself, I found that breaking through the three innate abilities was becoming increasingly difficult."

"Now, as long as I can break through the innate realm, I will be satisfied."

"But you are different." Li Yuanhe looked at Zhou Leng.

"You were able to pass two tests and both exceeded the standard, which shows that you have no weaknesses."

"After you advance to the Shengli Stage, you must break through the Xiantian Stage. Your body and Qi are fine, how is your martial arts will?"

"Not bad." Zhou Leng said.

"That's good. I only formed the translucent mountain of will half a month ago. It is almost impossible to break the innate will."

"My body is not as strong as Zhang Xinglie's. The only thing that is really suitable for me is probably the Qi Breaking Innateness."

"Can the innate ability be broken with the help of medicine?" Zhou Leng asked.

Li Yuanhe shook his head and said, "Yes, and no."

"If you want to use medicine to break the innate, you need to take a lot of pills from a young age, the total value of which is billions. We have missed that opportunity, so we can't do it."

"Most of the descendants of the great military families came from this way."

"You should have eaten promotion pills after upgrading your Qi and blood and upgrading your body. That kind of promotion pill is the common name."

"Innate masters generally call it a 'Jinbu' elixir, which means to make up for the physical deficit caused by promotion."

"You can still advance without these pills."

"It's the same with Xiantian. There are only Jinbu pills, but no breakthrough pills."

"Otherwise, those martial arts geniuses would be able to break through even if they were injured."

"For example, Mr. Song, I heard you know him?"

Zhou Leng nodded.

Li Yuanhe continued, "His foundation was injured by someone, and he has been unable to practice physical training. No matter what medicine he takes, it is hopeless. As long as he can make up for the damaged foundation, he can become an innate one day, and eventually, he can even hope to become a martial saint."

"Is Mr. Song so strong?"

Li Yuanhe thought for a moment and said, "I've heard from masters and strong men before. We often talk about IQ and EQ, but if we have to define 'Martial Intelligence', then Mr. Song is probably at the 'Grand Master' level, which means he has the potential to become a Martial Saint. He just has a mediocre background and was injured. Otherwise, he would have been a Martial Saint."

"It's such a pity for Mr. Song." Zhou Leng said.

Li Yuanhe said: "Since you know Mr. Song, find an opportunity to ask him for advice. He has a very high level of knowledge in martial arts, especially in terms of martial arts moves. Many innate and even grandmaster-created killing moves have been taught by him."

"Really? I'll talk to him when I have time." Zhou Leng has been trying to upgrade "Thousand Tides Flooding the Sea" into a killer move, but he has never been able to do it, and can only use two killer moves.

Li Yuanhe said: "Since your body's sensing is fine, then the other five people are nothing to worry about. When you have time in the future, go to the West Sea Demon City to hone your skills."

(End of this chapter)