I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Xue Jing thought to himself, "After passing on his skills, he left before everyone had finished practicing. Senior Wu Xuanzhu is just pretending to be a master."

He doesn't need to pretend; he is indeed a master.

"Wan Yulai..."

Xue Jing had previously promised his master, Li Qi, that he would help him, his senior brother, and Senior Sister Meng avenge the grudges of that year. It didn't matter if they couldn't find the specific enemies; they just needed to crush all the suspects.

As for Wan Yulai, who crippled Li Qi, directly triggering the events of that year and leaving Senior Sister Meng's mother's fate unknown to this day, he was naturally on the list of those seeking revenge.

Although Li Qi himself has some problems... his arrogance has made him too many enemies.

"The uncrowned eternal dragon..."

Xue Jing looked thoughtful.

Wan Yulai was a formidable figure whom even the mighty Gun Saint Wu Xuanzhu dared not easily claim victory over. He was also one of the seven people whom the Gun Saint described as "unconventional and only deserving of the name of genius."

Xue Jing himself was one of these seven people, and Wan Yulai was actually ranked alongside him in Wu Xuanzhu's eyes.

"What, he opened one too?"

Xue Jing shook his head.

He won the title at the age of thirty-three and demonstrated dominant combat power in the title fights for the next two years, clearly reaching the 'eternal' level.

Even if Xue Jing was completely ignorant about the affairs of the old martial arts world, he understood how exaggerated this data was; it was practically the same as if it hadn't been opened yet.

According to Wu Xuanzhu, Wan Yulai's combat strength is no less than that of the Spear Saint; at most, he is slightly weaker, and their fight would be evenly matched.

As for Wu Xuanzhu... Xue Jing felt that he was indeed no match for him at the moment, and the gap between them might even be huge.

Although I only exchanged blows with Wu Xuanzhu briefly, I didn't learn much about him.

However, sometimes, martial artists can get a general sense of each other's skill level just by exchanging blows.

In Xue Jing's perception, Wu Xuanzhu was like a terrifying abyss with no bottom in sight. In terms of martial arts strength alone, Wu Xuanzhu was at least a hundred times stronger than him, and there was no limit to how much stronger he was.

Even with all his divine and extraordinary skills combined, unleashing his full combat power, and with the various 'first-encounter kills' of his divine skills, Xue Jing still didn't think he was in a good position against Wu Xuanzhu.

He trusted his intuition; if his instincts told him he couldn't win, then he probably couldn't.

If they can't defeat Wu Xuanzhu, then Wan Yulai's prospects are not good either.

It seems I'll have to settle this score later.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long... Our current strength is still insufficient."

"Let's get this party started! Time to practice martial arts!"

……

After returning to the villa with the cat, it was already dinnertime.

Since rescuing the maid Yunqin, Xue Jing has basically stopped cooking himself.

Cat was quite dissatisfied with this, but although Xue Jing's superb cooking skills, which broke through the upper limit of 100 points and made even instant noodles different from others, were gone, the little maid's daily top-level performance between 90 and 100 points was not bad, so she did not complain.

After the three of them had dinner together, Ning Yuantai came over to inquire about the details of what had just happened.

After listening to Xue Jing's story, Ning Yuantai remarked that Xue Jing was indeed a senior master of spear fighting, with a magnanimous demeanor, completely different from Zhou Yinglin.

For the next two days, Xue Jing was basically immersed in martial arts practice.

Aside from his daily Hidden Dragon Style weight training and Huang Po Gong, he devoted most of his energy to familiarizing himself with the Mahayana Flying Sword and the ultimate technique, Reverse Scale.

Regarding the Mahayana Flying Sword technique, this extraordinary skill is indeed remarkable. Although Xue Jing quickly mastered it using the [True Martial] technique, even with his martial arts talent that surpasses the limits of human species, he still found it exceptionally difficult to cultivate.

So far, he is still at the entry stage of the first level, 'Transportation Technique'.

This stage allows him to remotely unleash his martial arts killing moves on his flying sword.

This is a function similar to 'translation'.

Although the flying sword that Xue Jing had 'transformed' was equivalent to an extension of his body and could be freely controlled, it was still not a human body. It did not have the various muscle tissues and organs of a human body, so it could not use the martial arts killing moves that could only be performed by using muscles and organs.

The effect of the Mahayana Flying Sword is to translate the "Chinese" concept of human energy circulation into an "English" concept that the flying sword can understand and utilize. In this way, when one's own energy is remotely transmitted to the flying sword, it will not be blind, but rather one can use the flying sword to circulate this energy and unleash a killing move.

This is a terrifying thing. You have to understand that there is only one human body. Even if Xue Jing can use his qi to create clones, he can only create two or three clones at most.

As for the Ascension skill, as long as the cost is manageable, there is no limit to the number of 'feathered objects' that can be controlled...

In other words, theoretically, he could even control thousands upon thousands of flying swords simultaneously.

And if thousands upon thousands of flying swords could each unleash a killing move, or even a different killing move...

You don't need thousands or tens of thousands. Even if you only have a dozen or so, one can use Whirlwind Thunder, one can use Starfire, one can use Flame Link, and several others can simultaneously use Seamless Armor to stab you from different directions...

The flying swords themselves can unleash deadly moves, and their power is extremely terrifying. Moreover, each one is different, requiring the enemy to use different methods to deal with and resist each one, making them impossible to defend against.

In addition, with the "Master of Weapons" effect, he can use a stone as any weapon.

In other words, the "carrying technique" of the Mahayana Flying Sword could originally only be used on the flying sword, but now it can also be used on a stone.

Furthermore, due to the effect of "Mastering All Weapons," the stone, which is used as a "flying sword," can be used to perform a spear technique called "Perfect Armor."

It's a stone, but it can be used as a flying sword, which makes perfect sense, right?

Even though it's being used as a flying sword, it's quite reasonable to use a flying sword to perform gun techniques, right?

As Xue Jing learned more and more skills and martial arts, a wonderful chemical reaction finally began to occur.

Different skills and martial arts combined together produce a stronger effect than simply stacking them together.

Unfortunately, the Mahayana Flying Sword is currently extremely difficult to master.

Using a 'flying sword' to channel energy is quite difficult, as it differs from the human body.

Furthermore, for the flying sword to unleash its killing move, Xue Jing himself needs to transfer his own energy to it.

His current energy output is not enough; at most, he can only output energy to three flying swords at the same time.

Adding to the difficulty of control, Xue Jing can currently only barely manage to make the two 'feathered beings' unleash their killing moves simultaneously.

It was a far cry from the tens of thousands that he envisioned, enough to blot out the sky.

However, that is a vision for the future. Even if he can't achieve it now, he is confident that he will be able to do it someday.

Even now, it's good enough.

Controlling one or two flying swords from dozens of miles away to remotely unleash martial arts and kill enemies—this distance advantage alone is invincible.

As for the ultimate technique, Reverse Scale, he discovered the problem two days ago when Xue Jing successfully used Huang Po Gong to influence his liver and emotions, putting himself in a state of extreme anger and unleashing Reverse Scale.

First, he cannot instantly enter the 'reverse scale' state without being able to do so... Currently, he is influencing his emotions by mobilizing his liver, which requires a process of preparation, taking about two minutes.

Furthermore, his cultivation of 'stillness' is insufficient. After unleashing the Reverse Scale, he is unable to control this extreme 'dynamic energy,' causing his rationality to disappear by more than half, leaving him with only a tiny bit of thinking ability.

This is a fatal flaw for Xue Jing, who has many skills and needs to think calmly before applying them.

But... the ultimate move "Reverse Scale" is just too amazing.

Aside from the high energy expenditure, it offers a near-zero-side-effect burst of power, instantly increasing physical output by more than three times.

You should know that he has twins... This three times is more than three times for him.

Therefore, Xue Jing was quite enthusiastic about cultivating the Reverse Scale technique, hoping to master this powerful secret as soon as possible. He would spend a considerable amount of time every day mobilizing his anger and then using his own mental will to tame this emotion.

This also led to a slight side effect... he became more irritable than usual.

Although the change wasn't significant, he could easily control his temper.

However, having practiced martial arts to such a level, his mental aura is completely different from that of ordinary people.

Even though his voice and expression were no different from usual, the terrifying sense of oppression emanating from him still made those around him feel somewhat apprehensive.

The cat is alright, it just sleeps on him less often now, but the little maid Yunqin trembles a little when she sees him.

Ning Yuantai also sensed something was wrong and didn't dare to come over for meals these past two days, for fear of accidentally incurring Xue Jing's wrath.

Time passes slowly.

It was 1 a.m. on the fourth day of rest after the U19 semi-finals.

Not a second more, not a second less, Xue Jing opened his eyes, his expression clear, his pupils gleaming faintly in the dim room.

He picked up the cat, which was nestled against his chest and snoring softly, and placed it beside him. Then he sat up, got out of bed, and looked out the window.

After half a day of meditation to regulate his mind, he had washed away the restlessness caused by cultivating the reverse scale and regained his composure.

Now, it's time to get down to business.

Xue Jing stretched out his palm, a small ball of black flame condensing at his fingertips, and flicked it out of the window, landing in a blind spot of the surveillance camera dozens of meters away.

Then a shadow leaped and disappeared into the room.

Before long, Xue Jing, after a series of skillful maneuvers, quietly left the Zhige base.

In a dark alleyway without surveillance cameras, Xue Jing, shrouded in shadow, had a sudden thought.

Countless black wisps swirled around him, transforming into a shadowy, flame-wrapped armor as deep as a black hole.

After reaching Lv10, Shadowflame became even darker in color.

Then, Xue Jing used the Ascension Technique on himself.

Without a sound, he rose into the air and, under the cover of night, flew into the sky.

He continued to rise, increasing his speed as much as possible without making a loud noise, and soon arrived at the light blue light membrane that enveloped the entire Yuan City.

Just like last time, Xue Jing flicked out a black flame, which bypassed the light membrane in the form of a shadow leap.

It then soared into the sky, flying at a speed of nearly 450 kilometers per hour towards the center of the skyscraper.

……

Compared to last time, Xue Jing was much faster this time, arriving at the Sky Center in just one and a half hours.

Taking advantage of the cover of night and the pitch-black darkness of his Shadowflame Armor, which reflected no light, he did not slowly sneak up from the bottom as he had done before. Instead, he bypassed all the flying vehicles and landed on a wall near the 1002nd floor.

He then vanished into the shadows, arrived at the gate of Xu's Biotechnology Company, and slipped through the cracks to enter.

Having learned from his previous experience, he easily made his way upwards, even finding a secluded and deserted spot along the way to summon the non-existent beast in advance using his Word of Power. He arrived at the 1052nd floor, the relic containment facility of Xu's Biotechnology, without any pressure.

"Ok?"

Xue Jing, lurking in the shadows, peeked out from the corner.