With all these qualities, I will eventually become immortal.

Chapter 80: Modifying the Achilles Tendon, Unblocking Acupoints
He took off his shoes and socks, stood on the platform, put his hands behind his back, squatted down, and then leaped forward to the second bollard five meters ahead.

The parking lot was completely silent. It was as if he and the crucial moment of his impending breakthrough were the only things left in the world.

Meng Chuan took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, and began to recall the key points of each breakthrough step in his mind.

"Light as a feather, yet heavy as a thousand pounds."

Countless days and nights of arduous practice, every jump and landing, the thick calluses on his feet are a symbol of his resilience.

Meng Chuan landed steadily on the second bollard. The rounded contact surface of the bollard made the drilling sensation on the soles of his feet even stronger.

After standing still, he began to gather and mobilize the qi and blood in his body, causing them to flow like a surging river towards the hundreds of acupoints on the soles of his feet.

As the blood and qi surged, the soreness in the soles of my feet intensified, as if a million steel needles were pricking me at the same time.

Meng Chuan gritted his teeth, enduring the excruciating pain, and continued jumping to the next bollard.

At first, Meng Chuan's every step landed as steadily as Mount Tai, producing a dull yet rhythmic soft sound.

However, as time went on, Meng Chuan's speed gradually increased.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Meng Chuan was able to quickly weave between the bollards, gradually turning into blurry afterimages.

His steps became lighter and lighter, yet contained a powerful explosive force.

Each leap creates a gust of wind, allowing him to easily traverse the distance of two or three bollards.

Each time it fell, it was precise and accurate, landing exactly in the center of the bollard.

The wind whistled past his ears, making the hem of his clothes flutter.

Suddenly, Meng Chuan noticed a strange power coming from the soles of his already exhausted feet, as if something inside him was quietly cracking.

He knew that this was a crucial juncture where he could break through any limitations step by step.

The next second, his steps were incredibly agile and graceful, each step seemingly landing on empty air, yet bursting with astonishing power.

As his foot acupoints opened wider, his body became increasingly relaxed, and the air around him whistled as if cheering for his breakthrough!
At this moment, the [Inch Step] has already broken through its limits.

[Step by Step: Perfect (99%) → Limit Exceeded]

[Limit Break Trait: Lightness (Beginner)] Unlocked

"The body is like a mast, the feet like a boat, the movements are like a whip, and the momentum is like waves."

Effect 1: Improves Achilles tendon, slightly enhancing jumping ability and foot explosiveness.

Effect 2: Acupoints are opened, slightly improving the comprehension of movement techniques and martial arts and the probability of sudden enlightenment.

After breaking through the limit, the familiar warm and smooth feeling surged out of my body again, flowing through the body's meridians and then disappearing into the acupoints on the soles of my feet.

"Awesome! It seems my previous guess was right. After some martial arts techniques break through their limits, even low-level traits may improve one's comprehension to some extent."

Before he could even savor the blissful state that followed, Meng Chuan suddenly felt an intense itching sensation on the soles of his feet. He quickly sat cross-legged and began scratching his feet vigorously.

While waiting for the itching to subside, Meng Chuan savored the difference before and after the Achilles tendon modification. He gradually became able to tolerate the discomfort of the physical modification.

Perhaps because the scope of this renovation was relatively small, the itching disappeared after a short while.

Meng Chuan stood up and jumped a few times on the spot, feeling more comfortable than ever before.

He stared intently at the bollard in front of him. In that instant, everything around him seemed to be blurred by his speed, only his figure remained exceptionally clear.

His speed increased rapidly, reaching an astonishing level. He moved across the bollard as if it were flat ground, seemingly exceeding the limits of ordinary people.

He stopped after a short while.

"It seems that even a slight increase in explosive power is not simple; it far surpasses my previous speed."

"Let's test your jumping ability next."

After standing still, Meng Chuan suddenly bent his legs and then leaped into the air, his body bouncing up like an arrow.

He leaped across the ten-meter distance in one bound, and the ground trembled upon landing. He then took a few steps to get a running start before suddenly leaping into the air.

"drink!"

Meng Chuan roared and drew an amazing arc in the air, making the distance of tens of meters seem like just a few inches.

Not far away, a silver-white sedan was parked quietly on the side of the road.

Meng Chuan hadn't expected to jump so far; he was about to crash.

A sudden surge of determination welled up within him, and an astonishing force erupted from the soles of his feet, lifting him firmly onto the roof of the car.

The transition from hard to soft happened in an instant; the metal roof made only a slight "bang" sound and remained completely intact.

As he slowly straightened up, he felt the power still surging within him, and was once again awestruck by the power of his special ability.

Just as Meng Chuan was about to jump down, the car window beneath his feet suddenly rolled down.

His heart skipped a beat, and the initial excitement of breaking through his limits dissipated considerably.

Principal Zong poked his head out, and without even glancing at the person, loudly reprimanded them:
"Who jumped onto the roof of my car?"

"What are you doing! Have you trampled on the school rules?"

After Principal Zong finished speaking, he got out of the car and turned around to look.

His angry expression instantly turned into surprise and relief.

"Little Meng, you really have the energy to jump that high!"

"Come down quickly, don't fall."

In a narrow alley late at night.

Yuan Huan used his hand as a knife, reaping a life with a single swing of his palm.

Feeling the crimson power surging within him, his face showed no surprise, but instead grew increasingly somber.

“Simply killing these numb guys isn’t enough to nourish the Seed of Fear.”

"Wang Xudong is gone, and I need to re-condense the seed."

The more Yuan Huan thought about it, the angrier he became. He swung his hand violently at the corpse on the ground, and the evil ape shadow behind him followed with a palm strike.

The air was compressed and distorted by this palm strike, bursting with a sharp whistling sound.

Before even touching the corpse, the mere force of the ape's fist made it resemble the lingering snow in spring.

The remains instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist, which quickly dissipated in the strong wind and merged into the vast天地 (heaven and earth).

"Sigh, we'll have to think of other ways."

Room 001, Building A, Huayun Mansion, indoor martial arts room.

Meng Chuan was waiting for Master Luo to return. After practicing Luo's Bajiquan for a while, he sat down cross-legged and recalled that night.

"I have a feeling this is a bit suspicious. Did Fang Jianxing train Wang Xudong just to send me to my death?"

The police classified Fang Jianxing as the master of demons, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"Master Luo also said that Fang Jianxing approached me because he wanted to turn me into the next [Human Demon], but with his strength, he wouldn't need to go to such lengths, would he?"

In addition, the other party's words that night were clearly aimed at Master Luo.

"Forget it, I'm not good at scheming. Who knows, I might become a martial artist in three to five years. If he dares to show up again, I'll personally beat him to a pulp!"

Meng Chuan shook his head to clear his mind of these random thoughts and calmed himself down to continue practicing his boxing.

(End of this chapter)