One punch calms the storm, no gods in the world

Chapter 126 Retreat
After a little thought, Su Ti said in a deep voice.

"Okay, I promise. If you tell me some secrets about your world, I will stop pursuing you."

At this critical moment when he was about to die, Su Ti did not want to create any more trouble. Since he met Lu Qingfeng by accident, it would be good for him to learn some information about their world.

"What can you tell me?"

Su Ti did not ask the question proactively, but instead threw the question to Lu Qingfeng.

He had too many questions about the deeper inner world of the ancient martial arts world, so many that he didn't know where to start. In that case, he might as well see what Lu Qingfeng could tell him.

Regarding this world that is deeper than ancient martial arts, Su Ti still does not consider himself powerful, but instead is filled with awe.

After all, he couldn't use the sword that Lu Qingfeng had used to kill the monster with a branch.

Judging from the limited information, the other party's strength is likely to be higher than his.

Lu Qingfeng thought about it and said so.

"Strength. For a warrior like you, what you want to know most is probably a more advanced strength system. I can tell you."

"Appreciate further details."

"In our world, warriors who have mastered extraordinary martial arts are called soldiers."

"There are three levels of soldiers, the highest of which is level three. The deputy leader of the Blood Demon Sect that you killed before was a level three soldier."

In addition to helping Suti to become illiterate, Lu Qingfeng's words also demonstrated a powerful intelligence network.

Even though the Blood Evil Sect had hardly taken any action against him, he actually knew Tan Qiyuan's strength very well.

Lu Qingfeng continued.

"The strength division of the soldier level is very simple. As long as a certain physical ability can reach twice that of the previous level, it is enough to enter the second level. A certain physical attribute of a second-level soldier is twice that of a first-level soldier, and a third-level soldier is twice that of a second-level soldier."

This level division is similar to the level division made by Su Ti himself. The upper limit of a single attribute for an ordinary extraordinary warrior is 4, the upper limit for the second stage is 5, and the upper limit for the third stage is 5.5. As long as any attribute reaches the corresponding upper limit, he or she is a extraordinary warrior of the corresponding stage.

"Generally speaking, modern extraordinary warriors can only reach the level of a soldier even after practicing for their entire lives, and can never break through to the second level of a soldier. Do you know why this is the case?"

"Because the technique is incomplete."

Su Ti opened his mouth and it was as if the Golden Python Transformation into Dragon Technique only had the first level. The other Xingluo Sect, Giant Elephant Sect, Silver Ring Sect, and even the Black Death Fist of the Death Fist Society, all had only the first level of practice, that is, to practice extraordinary transformation after swallowing the medicine, and there was no way to continue to become stronger afterwards.

If it is a sect, then it is a problem of inheritance. The sect's inheritance is not good and the inheritance is lost, resulting in a lower upper limit.

But this is the case for all sects. There are simply no subsequent levels to practice. It is not a problem of inheritance, but that the subsequent techniques of all sects have been mysteriously erased.

As for who did it, or which person or main organization had such powerful force to erase the subsequent inheritance of all ancient martial arts sects, Su Ti didn't know. Everything was just his guess.

"You are half right. The incompleteness of the skills is indeed the reason why ancient warriors cannot continue to become stronger after the first level of soldiers. Another reason is the lack of medicinal ingredients."

Lu Qingfeng spoke.

"Subsequent practice of extraordinary martial arts can continuously improve the attributes under normal conditions, but the demand for medicine leads will also increase exponentially."

"By taking a small amount of monster flesh and blood, one can absorb a trace of the essence of a certain monster and enter a supernatural state for a short period of time. This is the essence of supernatural martial arts."

"And to continue to become stronger on this basis, you need to continue to absorb more flesh and blood of similar monsters through subsequent extraordinary techniques, strengthen the essence of this monster, and constantly change your own physique, so as to become stronger."

"To put it simply, extraordinary martial arts is about eating monsters, and the subsequent skills are about eating more monsters, making yourself more and more like a monster, because the more you resemble a monster, the stronger you will be."

Lu Qingfeng spoke in a calm tone and his words were clear, just like a scholar narrating history.

"But because the number of monsters has decreased rapidly, they have been hiding deeper and deeper, becoming less and less known to the world, which has led to fewer and fewer medicinal ingredients. In addition, the incompleteness of the skills has led to the decline of ancient warriors. Therefore, ancient warriors after the Wu Dynasty are almost unable to break through to the first level of soldiers. This is like a curse that has lasted for hundreds of years and no one can break it."

"However, human potential is infinite. Under such circumstances, three extraordinary warriors above the first level of soldier were still born in the history of ancient martial arts. You should know who I am talking about."

Su Ti glanced at the bright moon above his head and said, "They are the three Buddhas of the Secret Country, the present, the past, and the future. Namo Amitabha, Namo Sun and Moon Buddha, and Namo Kuan Tuo Buddha. They have attained the Buddhahood and can practice extraordinary martial arts at the same time. Their strength is definitely above the first level of a soldier."

Hearing Su Ti's answer, Lu Qingfeng nodded.

"You are right. They have found a unique way to develop their potential to the ultimate Buddha realm. After the transformation, they are already at the level of a second-level soldier. If they practice another extraordinary martial art, they can reach the level of a third-level soldier."

When Lu Qingfeng said this, he couldn't help but look at the other person with emotion, with admiration and regret in his eyes.

Because the leader of the Southern Saint Sect is the fourth Buddha in the history of ancient martial arts, the fourth person who has developed his potential to the extreme.

Although he is just a warrior, not an awakened one nor from a bloodline family, there is no doubt that his talent, will, and hard work are worthy of Lu Qingfeng's respect and admiration.

"But unfortunately, even a Buddha warrior cannot break through the soldier level and reach the higher level of general in today's world."

Lu Qingfeng said with great regret.

"What level is a general?"

Upon hearing this new level of strength, Su Ti's eyes moved.

Lu Qingfeng explained.

"The four major systems of power division, namely soldier level, general level, king level, and possibly god level, were left over from the Wu Dynasty and have been used till now. There is an enormous gap in power between each major system."

"The King and God levels are too high, and are now just legends. I will only tell you how big the difference is between the General and Soldier levels."

"For example, even if it's the strongest soldier at level three, in a 10-to-1 situation, he will never be able to defeat the weakest general at level one."

"In other words, the weakest general is ten times as strong as a third-level soldier."

Hearing this strength multiple, Su Ti's heart paused. Such a huge gap in strength was indeed a world of difference.

Even with his current strength, if he displays the Dragon Strength Form and does not use the Life-Burning Fighting Style, he can only face four Level 3 Soldier Transcendent Warriors at most before his physical strength is exhausted. This is barely four times the combat power of Level 3 Soldier. This strength level is still a huge gap from the weakest General level.

Lu Qingfeng continued to explain the information about the general level.

"In the Wu Dynasty, there were many general-level warriors. At that time, there were many monsters. Some powerful people created general-level skills and hunted and devoured monsters crazily. The monster blood in their bodies quickly increased and eventually achieved a qualitative change. Under the effect of the general-level skills, they produced the fruit core that broke through the shackles of life."

"This is a kind of energy core formed by the monster's blood condensing in the body and the qualitative change of its own vitality. After the heart core is formed, the warrior can be promoted to the general level. Not only will the life level undergo a qualitative change, the strength and speed will surpass the soldier level, and it can also use a special combat mode that only general-level warriors can use, the general armor."

As Lu Qingfeng spoke, he stretched out a hand. Under Su Ti's gaze, wisps of green energy rose from his arm and turned into a mist that wrapped around his left hand.

Then the mist condensed and finally formed an arm armor that covered his entire forearm and palm.

The arm armor was lifelike, and the palm guards were made of strands of green energy as thick as hair. The green nails on the fingertips extended one centimeter and were extremely sharp.

The arm armor on the forearm is covered with green scales like bird feathers. Not only does it look good, the bird feathers that make up the arm armor are extremely sharp, and it is obvious that it has both defensive and offensive power.

Suti has excellent eyesight and can see that the opponent's arm armor seems to have only one layer, but it is actually three layers of blue energy layers that are interconnected, eventually forming such a lifelike arm armor.

At this moment he was very shocked. No matter how powerful a warrior is, even if he catches bullets with his hands, he still uses his fists, feet and flesh to fight.

The opponent's move has already reached the level of energy combat. After Lu Qingfeng showed his skill, he dispersed the energy in his hand, restored it to a normal human arm, and continued.

"A general-level warrior needs a general-level technique that corresponds to his bloodline to achieve this. And each general-level technique corresponds to a demon bloodline. General-level techniques cannot be practiced at the same time, let alone used interchangeably."

"And the condensed general armor is a special 'fighting style' of general-level warriors. It is not usually manifested, but is covered in the form of invisible 'inner armor' to block damage. The inner armor has low energy consumption and can be maintained all day long, but its defense is much lower than that of the general armor."

"Once the general armor appears, it means that this general-level warrior has completely entered a combat state, just like an ancient general wearing armor before going into battle and fully unleashing all his strength. Showing the 'general armor' is like a soldier-level warrior activating a supernatural state, which means that a large amount of energy stored in the heart core will be consumed, and at the same time, his own strength will be increased to a very terrifying level."

After briefly talking about the characteristics of the general armor, Lu Qingfeng continued to popularize science.

"The three-level system of the general level and the soldier level is different. There are nine levels in total. The characteristic is that the number of layers of 'general armor' condensed in each level is higher than the previous level, with a maximum of nine levels, and thus the division."

"and many more."

Listening to the other party's narration, Suti, who already had a vague idea in his mind, suddenly interrupted him.

"You said that it is impossible for ancient warriors to reach the general level nowadays. You used the general armor in front of me. Doesn't that contradict the information you told me before?"

"I'm not a ancient warrior."

Lu Qingfeng said calmly.

"A normal ancient warrior needs to devour a large amount of monster flesh and blood, and also needs to possess a general-level technique to reach the general level. However, I was born with a large amount of monster blood in my body, so I skipped the first step."

Hearing this, Suti's pupils shrank immediately.

"Are you a demon?"

He once participated in an underground auction in Wenyang City, Xihui Province, and was deeply impressed by the things there that could transform from humans into monsters.

In fact, he couldn't give a clear conclusion as to what those things were, but he was sure that the two "monsters" hunted by Su Ling and the other two today were the same ones he encountered in the underground auction.

Hearing this, Lu Qingfeng was not excited, but just shook his head calmly.

"I'm not a demon. You can think of me as someone who has a lot of demon blood in my body."

Half demon?

This word flashed through Suti's mind subconsciously, but he didn't say it out loud.

Lu Qingfeng obviously saw Su Ti's thoughts and said.

"The official department of Shia, the Category 3 Bureau, generally calls us bloodline people."

"We are humans who have a lot of demon blood in our bodies since birth, but some people's demon genes are dominant and show differences very early, while some are recessive and will only awaken when stimulated."

"Those who are born with blood are called bloodline holders, and those who awaken their blood are called awakened ones. In fact, they are the same type of people, it's just that they awakened in different times."

"Because we already have a high concentration of monster blood in our bodies, we can skip the step of swallowing monster flesh and blood in conventional ancient martial arts and directly reach a very high level."

"Many ancient warriors spend their entire lives to reach this extraordinary realm, but some gifted awakeners can achieve it with just their first awakening."

If Lu Qingfeng knew that the true identity of the leader of the Nansheng Sect in front of him was Su Ling's brother, he would probably use Su Ling as an example. She reached the strength of a soldier level right after awakening and had good talent.

But Lu Qingfeng didn't know, so he could only say it.

“That’s why I said that ancient warriors have declined. Nowadays, ancient warriors without bloodline, even if they practice extraordinary martial arts, will only have the lowest level of soldier-level combat power for their entire lives. As for those with bloodline, even if they don’t have the support of martial arts, as long as they continue to practice and develop their bloodline, although they may not be able to break through to the general level, it is not impossible for them to reach the third level of soldier.”

Hearing this, Suti was silent for a while and asked again.

"So, what happened to those people turning into monsters?"

This was also a question that he was extremely concerned about. Whether it was the previous underground auction house incident in Xihui Province or the monsters hunted by Su Ling and others today, they all left a deep impression on him. He wanted to know why those people turned into monsters.

Lu Qingfeng also answered this question very straightforwardly.

"They are monster-transformers. Because they cannot control the monster blood in their bodies, they have completely turned to the monster side. After the monster transformation, they can freely change between human and monster forms, greatly improving their strength. After changing into monster form, their desire to eat humans and all kinds of brutal and cruel killing desires will increase exponentially. Even in human form, they still have a strong desire to kill and eat humans. This is a permanent psychological and physiological change."

"Once a bloodline person transforms into a demon, he will become a disaster and can only be killed. There is no way to save him."

Lu Qingfeng sighed.

"They will continue to eat humans because fresh human flesh and blood helps them maintain their sanity, and also to fill their stomachs and increase their strength."

"There are many demon-transformers in this world, and new demon-transformers are born every moment, even as we are talking. At first, they were just some awakened people whose bloodlines were awakened accidentally, but because they had no training and weak willpower, they could not suppress their demon bloodlines, which eventually led to the transformation."

"After they transform into monsters, they will secretly hunt and eat humans in the dark corners of the city, just like what you saw today. The one they saw today was considered the best because they were not good at camouflage and were weak, so we could easily find and kill them."

"Some of the smarter demon-transformers will disguise themselves as humans and live with us. Because people with bloodlines are born to hide their aura, the same is true for demon-transformers. Their aura is no different from that of ordinary people. As long as they don't reveal their demon bodies, they can't be seen at all."

"They disguise themselves as humans, but at certain times, they will tear off their disguises and secretly kill their neighbors, friends, and even passers-by. They will drag them to a secluded place and eat them skin and bones. The next day, they will go to work wearing ties and lament with their colleagues that someone mysteriously disappeared last night."

"The above two types are both relatively common demonic transformations, and their strength is basically no more than the soldier level. The third type, organized demonic transformations, are very powerful, and some have even reached the general level. Their strength is very terrifying."

Having said that, Lu Qingfeng has basically told Su Ti all the information he could, and the rest of the information cannot be told to him.

Therefore, after saying all this, Lu Qingfeng also offered to leave, and Su Ti had no intention of trying to keep him or ask any more questions.

Lu Qingfeng had previously agreed with him that he would share some information in exchange for his non-interference in the Qingfeng Kendo Club. Since Lu Qingfeng had already told him and shown him so much information, he would not ask any more questions.

Although he still had some doubts, such as about the cursed antiques, about where a bloodline person like Lu Qingfeng got the general-level martial arts, about how bloodline people came about, etc., he also had his own information channels.

The Third Category Investigation Management Bureau is the official department of the Shia Kingdom responsible for evil spirits and monsters. Once Suti enters, these questions should all have answers.

However, the most important thing at the moment is.
"It's time to take that step."

Su Ti turned around and had a chat with Lu Qingfeng. He gained a lot, mainly in terms of intelligence.

Nowadays, ancient martial arts are in decline. If a serious human being wants to practice ancient martial arts to become stronger, the upper limit he can reach is his current upper limit. With the Buddha's status and extraordinary skills, he has already reached the theoretical pinnacle of ancient martial artists.

Lu Qingfeng said that the strongest people in the world today are the bloodlines and the awakened ones.

But Su Ti is just an ordinary person. He does not have the powerful bloodline of a monster, nor does he have the martial arts to reach the general level. What he has now are only a large number of incomplete extraordinary ancient martial arts and some medicinal ingredients that are barely enough for him to practice these extraordinary ancient martial arts.

So, it's time to take that step.

In the secret room of the Nanshengmen headquarters in Tianyang Building, Su Ti, who had already explained everything to Ding Yueying, began his seclusion.

The words he left behind were that if he could not come out alive, Ding Yueying would be the next leader of the Nansheng Sect, and she would take the entire Nansheng Sect away from Nanjiang Province, as well as the two disciples that Su Ti had just accepted and his family, to escape from the influence of the Xuesha Sect.

If he comes out alive, he will lead the Nansheng Sect to fight against the Xuesha Sect, and in one fell swoop establish the Nansheng Sect's strongest position in the entire Nanjiang Province's ancient martial arts world.

In any case, success or failure depends on this one move.

(End of this chapter)