Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 285 First Glimpse of Talent on Martial Arts Mountain
On the steps of Wudao Mountain.

The treasures that Lin Chen could exchange for appeared before him.

【A Wisp of Celestial Thunder and Fire: Exchange Points 100】

【A wisp of myriad magnetic energy: 100 points redeemable】

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As Lin Chen saw the treasures he could exchange for, his eyes grew brighter and brighter, especially the Earthly Elemental Qi and the Heavenly Thunderfire...

Perhaps I've found my place after nine lifetimes.

【exchange!】

With a thought, energy fluctuations appeared on the steps, and a wisp of flame appeared in front of Lin Chen.

The moment the flames appeared, the temperature of the entire staircase suddenly rose to a terrifying level.

Staring at the leaping crimson flames before him, Lin Chen slowly reached out. The moment his fingertips touched the flames, a searing pain pierced his very bones like steel needles.

Even so, Lin Chen did not withdraw his hand. Instead, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he slowly guided the flame down with his fingertips. The next moment, he suddenly opened his mouth and swallowed the flame.

In an instant, Lin Chen felt as if his mouth was filled with boiling molten lava, his throat spasmed in agony, and the flames exploded after entering his abdomen, turning into thousands of golden-red streams that surged through his meridians. Wherever they passed, his flesh and blood felt as if they were being branded with a hot iron, and a tenth of his blood and qi were evaporated.

Lin Chen let out a muffled groan, his forehead veins bulging. He pushed the Nine Revolutions True Blood Refining Visceral Technique to its limit, and the acupoints in his dantian began to continuously generate new acupoints, slowly blocking the runaway golden-red stream back into his dantian.

As the golden-red stream was blocked in the dantian, waves of qi and blood began to surge in, slowly digesting and absorbing the golden-red stream.

One breath, two breaths...

The veins on Lin Chen's face subsided, and his expression returned to normal.

Fifteen minutes later, the moment Lin Chen opened his eyes, a glimmer of golden-red light flashed in his eyes, but it quickly returned to normal.

"It really works, but there's too little of it."

This wisp of Heavenly Thunderfire can be absorbed by myself, and it's not just at the eighth level, but possibly even the ninth level.

Heavenly Thunder and Fire is a combination of two energies.

"Perhaps a hundred strands of Heavenly Thunderfire would be enough for me to reach the ninth level, but at one hundred points per strand, that means I would need ten thousand points."

Ten thousand points!
Based on the points he has earned in ranking tournaments during this period, it means that he needs to be ranked in the top 90,000 to have a chance of accumulating 10,000 points.

Hard!

It's not that we can't reach 90,000th place, it's just that we don't have enough time.

At the beginning, he performed nearly 300 shows a day, but now he can only perform 100 shows a day because of the waiting time.

The martial arts academy ranking competition will begin in three months, but that doesn't mean he'll have three months. The ranking competition will be held in Yan Kingdom, where he will meet up with disciples from several other martial arts academies before heading to Yan Kingdom together.

The journey there will take about ten to fifteen days, and he also needs to set aside time for the Nine Transformations. He currently has less than two months left to actually accumulate points.

Even if you play a hundred games a day for two months, you can only rise by a maximum of two thousand places, which is far from enough to accumulate ten thousand points.

[Achieved a 3,000-game winning streak, wish to begin cross-ranking challenges?]

Just as Lin Chen was regretting that there wasn't enough time, the majestic voice from Martial Arts Mountain came. Hearing this voice, Lin Chen was stunned. A cross-rank challenge?
[A player with a 3,000-win streak can challenge players ranked 100th or higher. If they fail in their challenge, they will return to the normal challenge order.]

Lin Chen's eyes lit up slightly; it was like someone was rushing to offer him a pillow just when he was about to fall asleep.

I was struggling because I didn't have enough time. To climb the rankings step by step, I needed to complete more than 20,000 challenges to reach 10,000 points. But now that I can challenge across rankings, I don't need to do that many challenges anymore.

"Do I have to start the challenge now?" Lin Chen asked.

No need to activate now.

Hearing that it didn't need to start now, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief, which meant he could prepare properly.

With a thought, Lin Chen withdrew from Martial Dao Mountain, and the Martial Dao Seal fell from above his head and returned to his hand.

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Three days later!

Lin Chen reappeared on Martial Arts Mountain, choosing to challenge the top 100.

Yan Dynasty!
At this moment, some young martial artists raised their eyes and took out their martial arts seals. Compared to Lin Chen's martial arts seal, these young martial arts seals were smaller.

"A challenge to surpass 100 people, that's interesting."

"Unfortunately, the ranking is too low, only over 90,000."

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When a challenger from the top 100 appears, all geniuses who possess a Martial Dao Seal and are ranked within the top 1,000 will receive a notification about their Martial Dao Seal.

In other words, if Lin Chen chooses to challenge a group of 100 people, all martial artists ranked between 96,000 and 97,000 on the Martial Arts Mountain Ranking will receive a notification.

After waiting for about thirty breaths, light appeared on the steps. Lin Chen's eyes narrowed; he had been matched with an opponent.

On the vast plains transformed from Martial Arts Mountain, Lin Chen's body was surrounded by pale golden blood energy that flowed like flames.

Just as he regained his footing, the gun-wielding youth opposite him arrived through the air, his silver armor revealing a spear that gleamed like a dragon as he charged towards him.

hum!
Before the spear tip even arrived, the violent energy had already torn apart the grass.

When the boy was about ten feet away from Lin Chen, his figure suddenly changed. He rose into the air and appeared above Lin Chen. The spear in his hand shone like a falling meteor and smashed down directly towards Lin Chen.

The boy's eyes were filled with a chilling light; it was clear he intended to finish Lin Chen off in a few moves.

A challenge that crosses the ranks of 100 or so will attract attention even if the person is ranked low. In the boy's eyes, the fact that the other person dared to launch a challenge that crosses the ranks of 100 or so is a sign of contempt for him.

If you can't defeat your opponents quickly, those guys who are your competitors will definitely make sarcastic remarks when the challenge ends.

Facing the terrifying power of the spear thrusting towards him, Lin Chen neither dodged nor yielded. He activated the Zhenyue Manual to its limit, and pale golden-red gale gushed from his skin.

The instant the spear touched his body, a resounding clang of metal rang out, and a pale golden aura surged like a raging torrent, shattering the seemingly solid spear light inch by inch. "How is this possible!"

The boy's pupils contracted sharply, his expression filled with disbelief, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

However, Lin Chen could not hear the boy's voice, but he could tell what the boy was saying from his mouth shape and expression.

Amidst the pale golden blood aura, Lin Chen shattered the ground and soared into the sky. His pale golden palm struck out instantly, accompanied by a thunderous roar, and the palm shadow enveloped the young man in a flash.

After three breaths.

As the palm shadow dissipated, the boy's figure also vanished.

On the vast plain, only Lin Chen remained.

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The Yan Dynasty.

On the steps of Wudao Mountain, Zhang Qi felt a terrifying pain in his chest, and his face showed palpitations.

He couldn't even withstand a single palm strike from his opponent, and his own spiritual weapon couldn't even break through the opponent's defenses.

"Could it be yet another super genius discovered and nurtured by some sect?"

The Yan Dynasty is vast, so vast that many martial artists would never be able to traverse its entire territory in their lifetime. The number of martial artists in the entire Yan Dynasty is an extremely exaggerated number, and among them, those who can ascend the Martial Dao Mountain and enter the top 100,000 are worthy of being called geniuses.

The only possibility for someone to defeat me, even if they are ranked over a hundred, is that they are a super genius cultivated by a major sect and have just begun their challenge at Martial Arts Mountain.

These kinds of geniuses can break into the top 50,000 in a very short time.

As for going further up...

Those geniuses and experts above them either come from major sects or from martial arts families that have been passed down for hundreds of generations.

[Challenge successful. Want to continue?]

Lin Chen returned to his own steps, and upon hearing the authoritative voice, nodded without hesitation.

He didn't go all out against the opponent; he simply relied on his physical strength to defeat him.

This time, Lin Chen waited for about a hundred breaths.

Similarly, Lin Chen easily defeated his opponent.

[Challenge successful. Want to continue?]

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[Challenge successful. Want to continue?]

Ten games in a row.

Lin Chen felt exhilarated by the battle, but he was unaware that his ten consecutive victories in the challenge against opponents ranked over 100 had already caused quite a stir.

A city in the Yan Dynasty.

"Can we find out if they are disciples of a certain regional sect or a martial arts family?"

"Sect Leader, I've inquired. They're not from any of the major sects, nor are they from any of the aristocratic families."

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes gleamed, and he murmured, "Not even twenty years old, yet he has managed to successfully challenge the hundred-ranked group ten times in a row, and his ranking has broken into the top ninety thousand. Such a genius is absolutely not to be missed."

"But Sect Master, how are we supposed to find this person?"

Another old man on the side hesitated. The Yan Dynasty was so vast that it was uncertain where the other party was. Their Wanshui Sect only occupied three cities, which was insignificant among the tens of thousands of cities in the entire Yan Dynasty.

"Let the two disciples on the list enter Martial Dao Mountain and see if they can meet this young man. If they do, they should communicate with him, and my Wanshui Sect can train him according to the treatment of a young sect master."

Unless you're in the top 10,000 in Wudao Mountain, the two combatants won't be able to hear each other.

However, the inability to hear each other's voices does not mean that they cannot communicate. They can use silent gestures or write in the air, which does not violate the rules of Wudao Mountain.

"Yes."

The old man's eyes lit up as well. The two disciples of the sect were ranked a hundred places higher than that young man. If the young man continued to challenge, he would most likely meet him again next time.

For a sect like theirs, the highest number of geniuses they can recruit is outside the top 90,000. Even those two genius disciples of the sect had only just broken into the top 100,000 when they first joined the sect. It was only in the last two years that they rose to a few thousand, but that was already the limit. It was impossible to go any higher.

According to the rules of Wudao Mountain, once you are over twenty years old, you will no longer have the opportunity to enter Wudao Mountain.

Some people can get into the top 90,000, but that's their limit.

Some people are ranked 90,000th simply because they have just entered the Martial Arts Mountain.

Someone who can achieve a 3,000-game winning streak upon entering Wudao Mountain and maintain a 10-game winning streak even when challenging opponents ranked 100th or higher will likely end up ranking 80,000 or even 70,000th in Wudao Mountain.

As for those within the top 50,000...

The old man shook his head. It wasn't that he didn't dare to think about it, but that a genius of this caliber simply couldn't come to the Wanshui Sect.

Let alone within the top 50,000, even within the top 60,000, people might not bother with Wanshui Sect.

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Name: Lin Chen

【Points: 12700】

Lin Chen glanced at his score and decided not to continue the challenge.

This hundred-game winning streak brought him a lot of pressure in the last two games. Although his physical injuries would heal as soon as he returned to the steps after the challenge, his spiritual energy would not be restored.

Moreover, he already has enough points; it's not too late to continue the challenge after absorbing and refining the Heavenly Thunderfire.

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　Sorry for the late update. I adjusted some values. If you have extra monthly tickets, please cast one or two now, and save the rest for the end of the month when there's double rewards!
　　
　
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