Full-Time Martial Saint

Ma Xinhua is a learned and talkative person, and Chen Cong currently has a lot of knowledge about the martial arts world and the virtual world that he needs to supplement.

The teacher and student sat by the artificial lake and chatted until noon.

After saying goodbye to Ma Xinhua, Chen Cong returned to the school cafeteria for a nutritious meal. In the afternoon, he went to the martial arts academy library alone to borrow some materials that Ma Xinhua had mentioned in order to catch up on the relevant knowledge. He spent the rest of his time practicing stance training, fist techniques, and the agile ape step.

The school's martial arts gym is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, so students who want to receive professional physical training have to rent a training facility off-campus.

While stance training doesn't improve overall physical fitness as much as professional physical training, it has the advantage of not costing money. Chen couldn't afford the expensive cost of renting a training hall, so he could only make up for it with stance training.

Fortunately, his improved version of the Three Elements Stance Technique is slightly more effective than the stance technique practiced by ordinary martial arts students. However, the difference is not as great as one might imagine.

As for fist techniques and body techniques, self-cultivation is indeed not as fast as the analysis provided by the cheat system. However, since there is no news about Karapti Hey, he is too embarrassed to bother Zhang Kui again and again. He can only cultivate slowly on his own and accumulate insights, which is much better than standing still.

Time quickly came to six o'clock in the evening.

The group gathered again on the small playground, and Chen Cong once again divided the six people into groups and gave them instructions using the same method as yesterday.

Lin Xiao seemed to have finally figured things out today. She slowly let go of her rigid thinking and began to learn from Huang Changhu, abandoning her fixed boxing style and trying to incorporate soft power into it, giving her moves more room for variation.

As the instruction session was drawing to a close, Chen Cong also gave each of the six individuals some technical advice specifically regarding practical application of boxing techniques.

Although he had long since lost any desire to compete, he only wanted to cultivate diligently and improve himself.

However, Zhao Cheng and the others clearly wanted to win the martial arts skills assessment test tomorrow, and Chen Cong did not object to this kind of thing, which was to win honor for the group.

Moreover, when Zhang Kui sent him to Class 2 of Senior Three, he promised Ma Xinhua that he could bring honor to Ma Xinhua.

Having received Chen Cong's guidance, the six of them left in high spirits.

Chen went to the cafeteria alone for dinner, and glanced at his bracelet again on his way back to the dormitory.

Karapti Hey still did not reply.

Inside the dormitory, Luo Yunfeng, who was sitting in front of his computer, saw Chen Cong push the door open and said with a serious expression, "Chen Cong, come and take a look at this."

Chen Cong quickly walked over, glanced at the report on the screen, and his brows furrowed instantly.

"Brother Luo, has this happened before?"

Luo Yunfeng gently shook his head: "As we all know, most of these alien monsters from the rift in the fusion realm only have instinctive killing and plundering. I don't know why this rift in Annam is so strange."

"The straight-line distance from Jiangcheng, where the E-level disordered fusion rift is located, to the area where Annam borders Great Xia is at least several hundred kilometers. According to the map, there are at least a dozen cities of varying sizes in Annam within this distance of several hundred kilometers."

"Strangely, for some reason, those scarlet fire crows didn't attack the cities they passed through; instead, they're flocking towards the border of Great Xia?"

"Fortunately, our Great Xia has always deployed multiple 10,000-strong warrior legions and a systematic defense system in Yuncheng, which prevented these beasts from trampling on the territory of Great Xia and harming the people of Great Xia."

Chen Cong nodded to himself.

The report stated that the Yuncheng border warrior legion had basically wiped out the invading Crimson Fire Crows and had sent a group of high-level warriors deep into Annan Jiangcheng to cooperate with Annan warriors in carrying out the final cleanup work, but Chen Cong's worries did not lessen much.

In the morning at the cafeteria, he had already heard a lot of news about the Jiangcheng Fusion Rift from other martial arts students.

It is roughly clear that from the appearance of the E-level disordered fusion rift in Jiangcheng, Annam, to the complete fall of the entire Jiangcheng, only 16 hours had passed.

Jiangcheng is the second largest city in Annam, with a permanent population of several million. Its martial artists and defensive forces are by no means weak.

Even under these circumstances, a single E-level disordered fusion rift conquered this metropolis with millions of inhabitants in just 16 hours.

Even more bizarrely, for some unknown reason, those lowest-level alien monsters actually attempted to launch a surprise attack on Great Xia.

"In the last one or two decades, there have been more and more strange occurrences of rifts appearing in the fusion realm."

"This is also the fundamental reason why all countries on Earth are busy exploring various new research directions outside of martial arts."

"Hopefully, the country can develop some good things in the future that will be more helpful to the strength of our martial artists."

Luo Yunfeng shut down his computer and slowly stood up.

Chen Cong nodded and was about to reply when the bracelet on his wrist suddenly vibrated slightly.

The message was from Karapti Hey, and Chen Cong quickly opened it to take a look.

"Jiangcheng is gone, many people died. My family and I went to the next city, and we are safe for now."

Seeing the relieved look on his face, Luo Yunfeng casually asked, "Is it your friend from Annam?"

Chen Cong nodded: "She's safe for now."

After telling Luo Yunfeng, he sent a message to Karapti Hey: "Let's talk in the virtual world tonight?"

Karapti Hey replied instantly: "8 o'clock, see you in the fighting arena lobby."

After ending the chat, Chen quickly washed up, put on the Crystal Helmet, and logged into the virtual world.

After waiting for a few minutes in the virtual world hall, a tall figure walked through the crowd and came to stand in front of me.

"well enough?"

Chen asked in a slow voice.

Karapti Hey was clearly not in high spirits, and nodded with a hint of sadness: "Fortunately, we have to thank your seniors from Great Xia for their timely intervention this time."

She paused, looked around at the people coming and going, and spoke again: "Let me create a sparring space."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Cong received an invitation to spar.

After clicking "agree," the two were instantly sucked into the fighting space.

Hey walked slowly over and sat down cross-legged, looking somewhat dazed.

Seeing this, Chen Cong sat down beside him, wanting to offer some words of comfort, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"The first time I faced alien monsters head-on, I could only watch helplessly as they rampaged and slaughtered before my eyes, unable to do anything..."

Hey hunched his back slightly, his tone carrying a hint of helplessness and bewilderment.

"My brother and the family guards risked their lives to protect me as we retreated, surrounded by the mournful cries of scarlet fire crows. The road was littered with charred corpses. I don't even know how I escaped..."

Listening to her seemingly soliloquy, Chen Cong sighed softly: "It's good that you survived."

"When I become a true martial artist and gain strength, I will strive to kill more alien monsters and avenge those who died tragically."

Karapti Hey nodded slightly, remained silent for a moment, then suddenly looked at Chen Congdao seriously: "Fight me."

"Give me a break, I want to have some fun and let off some steam."

Chen Cong paused for a moment, then nodded and stood up.

Hey also stood up, suppressing his grief, and assumed a fighting stance.

The two fought for a full half hour, and Hey's offensive showed no signs of abating; on the contrary, it seemed to be getting more and more ferocious.

From her demeanor, Chen could vaguely sense that this girl's "Explosive Kill Fist" technique was about to break through to the minor mastery stage.

Seeing this, he decided to lend a hand.

The use of Bajiquan at the Lesser Mastery level instantly put Karapti Hey under pressure.

However, he was already filled with anger and resentment from having just witnessed a terrible disaster, and his moves clearly showed a fearless spirit of facing death head-on.

Bang!

A deadly attack that surprised Chen Congdu suddenly struck, forcing him to use the Spirit Ape Step to dodge and create distance.

"Congratulations, your boxing skills have reached a minor level."

Realizing that Karapti Hey hadn't noticed he was using the Spirit Ape Step technique in his previous state, Chen spoke slowly.

Hey remained in his punching stance, stunned for a moment, before a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

She slowly withdrew her fist and bowed deeply to Chen Cong, saying, "Thank you."

Chen Cong gently shook his head: "It's because you're talented; I didn't really help much."

Hey didn't reply, but instead said to himself, "If I ever have the chance to go to Great Xia in the future, don't try to avoid me."

Chen Cong paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "There is an old saying in the Great Xia Dynasty: 'Is it not delightful to have friends coming from afar?'"

"You're welcome anytime."

Hey nodded: "I'll log off first. You still need to attempt the [Blackstone Trial], so we can't waste your time."

The fighting space slowly dissipated as Hey left, and Chen Cong's figure returned to the main hall of the Divine God Fighting Arena.

After calming down a bit, he didn't hesitate and immediately started the free matchmaking mode.