My slightest action was the system's limit.

Chapter 183 A Century of Enlightenment, A Grandmaster of the Gunnery (Two Chapters Combined)

The next moment, Jiang Ye's consciousness suddenly sank.

"Shu~"

Amidst the endless clouds and mist, Jiang Ye opened his eyes.

He got up and began to climb the magnificent white-gold staircase.

When Jiang Ye was still at the peak of his career, he tried to climb the ten steps of the fourth floor.

At that time, he could only climb up the fifth step before he could no longer move forward.

But this time?
The fifth lane.

The sixth path.

The seventh one.
Jiang Ye climbed the mountain with ease.

"After breaking through to the second breakthrough," Jiang Ye thought to himself, "my strength has increased by at least three to four times. The difficulty here is no longer a problem for me."

In reality, the difference between the second breakthrough and the first breakthrough is far more than three or four times.

This is simply because he hasn't cultivated advanced cultivation techniques.

If one cultivates advanced cultivation techniques, one's strength will increase by at least tenfold, making things even easier.

"Step~"

Finally, Jiang Ye climbed to the fourth large platform.

That pressure dissipated with the wind.

You have reached the fourth level of the Martial Arts Ladder.

Should we begin the fourth level of assessment immediately?

"Activate!" Jiang Ye silently chanted in his heart.

next moment.

His consciousness suddenly plunged into complete darkness.

This time, Jiang Ye seemed to have gone through an incredibly long period of time, his consciousness falling into a deep slumber.

I don't know who I am, or where I am.
And so, an unknown amount of time passed.

"Shu~"

Jiang Ye suddenly opened his eyes.

He was standing in a courtyard, holding a nine-foot-long spear in his hand.

Jiang Ye looked around at his surroundings, a hint of confusion flashing in his eyes.

Who am I? Where am I?
"Boom!" Suddenly, an immense amount of information flooded his mind.

"Jiang Ye, a grandmaster of martial arts."

"A legendary figure in the art of gunplay."

"He created the world-renowned 'Great Sun Spear Technique'. He was the founder of the 'Great Sun Martial Arts School'. His long spear was invincible, attracting countless people to follow him."

"Now standing at the end of the gun path, we seek to go further and find a breakthrough opportunity."

Countless pieces of complex information flashed through Jiang Ye's mind.

Jiang Ye looked at the nine-foot-long spear in his hand, the confusion in his eyes gradually dissipating and turning into an unwavering determination.

He was looking for an opportunity to take his marksmanship to the next level!

As a legend in the world of gunplay, he has reached the pinnacle of gunplay.

But Jiang Ye knew that there was an even higher realm above him.

But despite his arduous search, he never found what he sought.

"How can the Great Sun Spear Technique be further improved?"

Jiang Ye was lost in thought when, without realizing it, he began to dance.

"Wow!"

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Jiang Ye gripped his spear, its light flashing, and unleashed every move of the Great Sun Spear Technique.

He had practiced this marksmanship for decades in this world.

Extremely familiar.

But for some reason, when I practiced today, I felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity.

Jiang Ye shook his head, clearing his mind of all distractions.

He was engrossed in practicing his shooting.

The speed is getting faster and faster.

"Great Sun Spear Technique".

"Fierce and domineering, like the sun." Jiang Ye practiced his spear while reflecting on it: "My spear has reached the ultimate in fierceness."

"But this is not the pinnacle of the gun way. I want to see the view from a higher vantage point."

Even though he was a grandmaster of martial arts.

But he knew that above him, there was a 'martial arts grandmaster'.

To reach that level, one must improve their marksmanship to a higher level.

But how to break through? This has always been a dilemma for Jiang Ye.

"I need to make a change."

"How should the Great Sun Spear Technique be improved?" A thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Ye's mind.

He wants to improve this technique!

Only in this way is it possible to go further.

time flies.

Jiang Ye was so engrossed in improving his marksmanship that he couldn't tear himself away.

Improving marksmanship sounds easy, but breaking through those shackles requires a broader vision and greater skill.

Jiang Ye tried many times, but all attempts ended in failure.

He did not give up and kept trying to incorporate his lifelong philosophy of gunplay into this gun technique.

Time flies.

Years are like a shuttle.

From that day on, the legendary gunsmith 'Jiang Ye' seemed to have vanished from the world's sight, no longer appearing in the public eye.

Only those who know him well know.

Jiang Ye was troubled by an obsession that he could not break free from.

At the summit of a solitary peak, he practiced his spear in the morning light and contemplated its principles as the sun set. With each flick of his cold gleam, the tip of his spear shattered the shadows of a thousand clouds.

He then visited famous mountains and rivers, searching for fragments of ancient books, hoping to find a glimmer of hope.

As time passed and his black hair turned to snow, Jiang Ye's spear, though still sharp, could never pierce that invisible shackle.

A hundred years later.

The world is vast and boundless, yet the mountains and rivers remain unchanged.

Jiang Ye sat or lay on the lakeside; his hair was now completely white, and he looked withered and emaciated.

"I've spent my whole life trying, but in the end, I still couldn't see through that one line." Jiang Ye murmured softly, his cloudy eyes filled with melancholy and resentment.

cough cough~
He coughed weakly, like a candle flickering in the wind, his end near.

"Whoosh!" Snowflakes fluttered down, and everything was covered in a blanket of white.

Jiang Ye half-opened his dry eyes, and through the hazy light, he seemed to see a graceful figure in a white dress dancing on the distant lakeside.

“That is…” Jiang Ye squinted.

He had never seen that figure before.

But for some reason, a strange sense of familiarity arose in my heart.

This sense of familiarity is incredibly vague, perplexing, and elusive, as if the person before you comes from a past life, not this one.

"A hallucination?"

Jiang Ye knew that when a person is about to die, they will see many illusions.

"Wow~"

"Oh!"

The beautiful figure, dressed in a plain white dress, with fair skin and a graceful figure, held a silver spear and flashed her movements on the lakeside.

Her marksmanship was completely different from Jiang Ye's.

If we say that Jiang Ye's marksmanship reached its peak in terms of its fierce and domineering style.

That woman's marksmanship was as cold as ice.

Snow was falling heavily.

That artistic conception was also brought to its extreme.

"That marksmanship?" Jiang Ye squinted, staring at the marksmanship for a moment, lost in thought.

Having devoted most of his life to studying marksmanship, how profound must his understanding of the art of the gun be?
In just a moment, it was clear that the woman's marksmanship had reached an unparalleled level.

However, the other party took a different path.

"Boom!" Suddenly, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck Jiang Ye's mind.

His soul, which had been clouded for most of his life, was shaken to its core.

The problem that had plagued him for most of his life finally saw a flash of inspiration at this moment.

"Shh!"

Jiang Ye suddenly came to his senses and opened his eyes.

But when he looked closely, he saw that the lakeside was still white, and there was no one there.
That stunning figure in the white dress just now was like a leaping ray of white moonlight; it never existed, it was merely an illusion.

"I understand." Jiang Ye didn't have time to think about these things; he tightly grasped the flash of inspiration that crossed his mind.

He picked up the rusty black spear beside him.

"Tread, step, step"

Jiang Ye, holding a long spear, walked shakily toward the lake.

His body was old and decaying, but his gaze remained pure.

"Wow!"

"Whoosh~" "Whoosh!" Jiang Ye once again moved his body, slowly unleashing the Great Sun Spear Technique that he had practiced all his life.

But this time, he subtly infused his marksmanship with a unique charm.

"Whoosh!" A great sun appeared.

This great sun, with its explosive brilliance, also carries the chilling cold of ice.

Two completely different artistic conceptions have now merged into the same spear technique.

If an ordinary master of spear techniques were to attempt this, nine times out of ten they would fail. Furthermore, the conflicting intents could cause the spear to explode, injuring the user, or even leading to demonic possession.

But Jiang Ye has devoted most of his life to studying gun tactics.

In his hands.

These two contradictory moods do not diminish each other.

Instead, they gradually merged and complemented each other.

"Whoo~"

"Whoosh~" "Whoosh!" The power of the sun grew ever more vast, and its momentum rose steadily.

It's like the rising sun, gradually ascending into the sky.

When it reaches noon, its power also reaches its peak, becoming a truly magnificent sun.

"Boom!" A terrifying force erupted.

This power far surpasses anything seen before, reaching a completely new peak.

Jiang Ye has finally broken through that shackle and entered a higher realm in the art of gunplay!
"Hahaha."

"I did it! I did it!" Jiang Ye laughed loudly, completely disregarding his rapidly fading life force.

Tears streamed down my face.

Unexpectedly, after a lifetime of hard work, he was enlightened by a hallucination at the very end.

Should we feel joy or sorrow?

Jiang Ye no longer cared about these things.

All he knew was that he had truly succeeded and created a completely new "Great Sun Spear Technique".

This is an unprecedented step!
"Let's call it the Cold Sun Spear Technique." Jiang Ye already had the prototype of this new technique in his mind.

It not only carries the fierceness of the great sun.

It also carries an icy chill.

This is his "Cold Sun Spear Technique," a completely new step forward for him!
But Jiang Ye's joy didn't last long.

A sense of powerlessness welled up inside him; his body began to decay rapidly, and his vitality was about to completely dry up.

"It's a pity there's no one to inherit it." Jiang Ye slowly collapsed by the lake, his heart filled with complex and indescribable emotions.

He sensed that his life was coming to an end.

Having just used his marksmanship, he had completely exhausted what little energy he had left.

However, he was able to make successful improvements before his death.

Worth it.

"I have no regrets in dying." Jiang Ye slowly closed his eyes, his last breath completely ending as he passed away.

"call!"

As if from a long dream, Jiang Ye suddenly awoke.

He returned to that golden, gleaming martial arts ladder.

"Boom~!"

A brand-new Martial Arts Heavenly Stele rose slowly from the large platform, gleaming with golden light, like the rising sun.

On the stone tablet are four powerful and vigorous golden characters:
'Martial Arts Grandmaster'!
[Congratulations! You have reached the fourth level of the Martial Arts Ladder and obtained the Immortal Monument!]

[Rewards are being processed.]

"What was that just now?" Jiang Ye recalled the past.

That century-long period remains vivid in my memory.

It was as if he had actually experienced it himself!
Over the past century, Jiang Ye's predicament, his obsession, and his final enlightenment have all felt so real.

"So, I was being assessed." Jiang Ye finally remembered.

A century is but a fleeting moment.

It felt incredibly real, yet it was a dream!
"The Cold Sun Spear Technique?" Jiang Ye's eyes widened in surprise.

Even now, the prototype of this spear technique still echoes in his mind, as if it were truly an improvement upon the Great Sun Spear Technique.

If Jiang Ye's guess is correct.

This spear technique has probably exceeded the Xuan rank and reached the Di rank or above.

"Is cultivation really possible in reality?" This thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Ye's mind.

However, he soon realized something even more terrifying.

"A century has passed since the assessment."

"It can't be like that in real life, can it?!"

Jiang Ye held his breath; if that were really the case, then it would be a huge problem.

But before he could investigate further.

Subtitles reappeared.

[Through his own unique approach to gunplay, a century of innovation has filled in the gaps, revitalizing ancient techniques and making him a grandmaster of gunplay!]

[Unlock Titles: Gun Master, Accumulated Knowledge and Skill]

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【Settlement Rewards】

[A master of gunplay, a spirit of gunmanship, a product of accumulated experience]

[Master of Gunslinging: When facing martial artists whose gunslinging skills are below yours, your gunslinging damage is increased by 50%; against martial artists who are not skilled in gunslinging, your damage is increased by an additional 25%]

[All-Encompassing Gun Soul: Increases gun technique comprehension by 100%. When attempting to improve gun techniques, comprehension is increased by an additional 100%]

[Accumulated Strength Unleashed: Damage increased by 50% when combat lasts for more than ten minutes]

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"A master of gunplay? The soul of guns? A late bloomer after years of accumulation?"

This reward is truly astonishing.

All rewards are permanent and have no cooldown period!

Jiang Ye's current damage buff is already sufficient.

And these too?
No one can say for sure about his fighting ability.

However, Jiang Ye didn't care about any of that at the moment.

"Go back." After the rewards were settled, he quickly left the Martial Arts Ladder.

"Shh!"

Inside the main villa, Jiang Ye opened his eyes.

He quickly checked the time.

2327 2 Month 5 Day.

"Phew~" Jiang Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately! The timing of the assessment is different from the actual time.

The assessment process spans over a century, but in reality, only a little over ten days have passed.

"Ten days is a long time," Jiang Ye muttered, tapping on the projector on his phone beside him.

Hundreds of unread messages were displayed.

Most of them were campus news, as well as inquiries from Xu Haoran, Deng Yunfei, Zhao Qingli, and others.

Besides that, there was Zhu Honglie's questioning.

Jiang Ye replied to each of them, and finally dialed Zhu Honglie's number.

The call was connected with a "beep".

A projection appeared.

"Eno."

"Finally finished your seclusion?" Zhu Honglie smiled at him.

"Teacher," Jiang Ye said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Was your seclusion successful?" Zhu Honglie asked.

Jiang Ye nodded.

"it is good."

"Come to me tomorrow," Zhu Honglie instructed. "I want to test your abilities."

“If you pass, I’ll take you to Bailong University for further studies,” Zhu Honglie said.

"Yes." Jiang Ye nodded.

Go to Hakuryu University for further studies?
He had been waiting for this for a long time.

The call was disconnected shortly afterward.

Jiang Ye sat cross-legged on the spot, still feeling somewhat unreal.

At this moment, the experiences of the previous century were still echoing in his mind.

In comparison, everything he is experiencing now seems like a dream.

"Does this mean I've lived for over a hundred years?" Jiang Ye shook his head and smiled.

suddenly.

He recalled the new spear technique he had learned in his dream during the assessment, which was an improvement upon the Great Sun Spear Technique.

The Cold Sun Spear Technique!
"Can it really be cultivated?" Jiang Ye muttered.

In that century-old dream, he did indeed succeed in cultivating it and unleashed power far exceeding that of the Great Sun Spear Technique!

But a dream is still just a dream.

In reality, it may not be possible to actually put it into practice.

"Try again after you finish eating." Jiang Ye hadn't eaten for more than ten days. Fortunately, he had already broken through to the second level, otherwise he might not have been able to endure it.

Jiang Ye quickly ordered food on his phone.

Just ten minutes later.

A sumptuous meal worth 10,000 Federal Dollars was delivered to the manor gate by a special person.

Half an hour later.

After Jiang Ye had eaten and drunk his fill, he picked up the Black Dragon Spear and went to the training room.

"Cold Sun Spear Technique"

"Let me see." Jiang Ye's eyes showed anticipation.

(End of this chapter)