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Chapter 223 Combat Enhancement (1 update! 5k, -in- plus update request double monthly ticket)
That night.

In the simple dormitory practice room, Lu Chenzhou looked at the electronic screen on the wall.

[Trialist: Lu Chenzhou]

【Battle Merit: 0】

[Rank: None]

【Ranking list】

In his hand, he also had a manual for exchanging military merits, which contained elixirs, martial arts, guns and ammunition, virtual blades, and even some rare treasures and magical weapons.

He picked one of them:
【Cold Silkworm·Rest】

[Weight: 50g]

[Forging material: Silk of the ancient exotic beast cold silkworm]

[Quality: Low Grade (Master-level Magical Weapon)]

[Magic: Concentrated mind, light body, Ice Silkworm Armor]

[Source: The Divine Soldiers of the Great Snow Mountain in the Old Days...]

【Battle Merit: 10000】

"It's a good thing. After putting it on, your speed will be improved. More importantly, when you are attacked, you can release the power of the cold silkworm contained in the magic weapon all at once to condense an ice armor, which is enough to resist the full force attack of the one who breaks the three shackles."

Although the quality is the same, in terms of value and practicality, the robe is many times higher than his tiger gall. This kind of magic weapon that does not require cultivation skills and can be used just by wearing it is a top-grade magic weapon. For ordinary martial artists, even the magic weapons of the grandmasters are not as good as this [Cold Silkworm Robe].

After all, no matter how powerful a gun is, it will be useless if you don’t have good marksmanship.

Lu Chenzhou sighed:
"It's a pity that it requires 10,000 military merits."

Hunting virtual objects of high-risk level or above will only give 5 points of military merit.

A great void that is comparable to a martial artist at the beginner level only has 50 points.

This robe should be a long-term reward to motivate the trial-takers.

It is impossible for anyone to accumulate enough military merits in one month of trials.

Land reclamation is a normal event, and there will be no shortage of trial missions in the future.

Another item he liked was the [Elephant-Swallowing Belt]. Although it was also very valuable, it was much cheaper than the robes and only cost 1000 great merits.

There is hope of winning this trial.

After closing the book, Lu Chenzhou was not sleepy. The mission would take up time, so he only needed to sleep once in the next two days, so as not to affect his Tianzhu and inner strength training.

As for marksmanship and martial arts, they can be honed in actual combat!

……

9 month 2 day.

At five o'clock in the morning, the bell in the military camp rang.

Shentu Youshan's voice came:
"Everyone, gather on the playground!"

in the dormitory.

Some people stayed up all night and practiced hard.

Lu Chenzhou finished his Tianzhuang practice. The medicinal properties of the Huangling Poti Pills moistened the blocked acupoints like rain and dew, stimulating them to vibrate and making it easier to condense them.

"Let's practice the Tiger Demon Tai Sui Kung Fu when we get back tonight..."

In order not to delay the practice of young martial artists, the mandatory daily trial time for this trial is only six hours. The rest of the time is at your disposal. You can practice or hunt virtual objects near the base to earn military merits, depending on your personal needs.

……

On the playground.

All 12 people in the Longcheng class are present.

Wang Hongdao stood beside Lu Chenzhou and whispered excitedly:
"Brother Lu, I saw a longevity fruit in the war store."

Lu Chenzhou nodded and said:

"Are you talking about the [Eternal Brightness Fruit]?"

Wang Hongdao nodded:

"Yes, it can extend your life by twenty years... But it requires 10000 combat merits and requires hunting down hundreds of initial-level Great Voids. Is this a task that a martial artist can accomplish?"

Lu Chenzhou said:

"The things that prolong life are all natural treasures. As scarce strategic materials, the country will give priority to those who have the hope of breaking through to the Grandmaster or Grandmaster level. Young people like us don't really need these things."

With his progress, at least he wouldn’t be limited by his lifespan before reaching Grandmaster.

Wang Hongdao:
"That makes sense...but exchange one, just in case."

Lu Chenzhou also saw the longevity treasure yesterday.

It's just too expensive, so he doesn't have any ideas for the time being.

Even if he exchanged it, it should be for his parents and master.

Especially the master, he really needs this thing.

It's not for the purpose of prolonging life, but for another purpose.

Qing Tiancang said that longevity treasures, in addition to prolonging life, often have some effect of rejuvenating the body, and the higher the level, the better the effect. Since this Changming Fruit can be exchanged here, it should be the most common one, but it is enough to restore Ji Xuantong's blood to its peak state, helping him break the second shackles and add fuel to the fire...

The master was so weak that Lu Chenzhou felt uneasy.

However, the medicinal properties of life-extending substances decay rapidly, and they are only 100% effective the first time. If you take them more than once, they will have no effect. If you want to extend your life, you have to hope for a breakthrough in human technology, or for martial arts to break through the shackles.

"There are still many good things in the martial arts world, magical weapons, life-extending treasures...all kinds of good things. As long as I have the ability, I will definitely be able to get them."

Shentu has a mountain road:
"The circular area radiating outward from the base is divided into 24 areas by the military. Longcheng is responsible for the 9th area. In addition to you, there are also strong men from the military hunting in the area. Don't get into unnecessary conflicts over prey, and don't kill people for treasures. We are not gangsters! If you want to kill people, go kill the black warriors and cultists... Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

……

Zone 9.

The armored vehicle broke through the fog and drove towards the depths of the oasis.

The fog was thick and there was the occasional roar of artillery fire.

Li Fu looked at this scene and asked:

"Senior, I have a question. Although human artillery is limited in the Void Realm, even if it regresses a few levels, it should be enough to kill most of the Great Voids below the Void King. Why do we need to use martial artists to clean up here?"

Shentu has a mountain road:
“Let alone the Great Void, the most powerful technological means of mankind in the Void Realm can severely injure even the Void King, the Great Void King, or even the Void Emperor if they confront it head-on.

Don't underestimate the power of thermal weapons, but there are two problems:
First, although thermal weapons are powerful, virtual objects have various means, such as virtual spirits, flying, breaking through the air, dying for others, and splitting into two... Incomprehensible means emerge in an endless stream. They are not fools. Once they sense danger, they will try their best to save their lives.

Secondly, the explosive power of thermal weapons is too strong. The instantaneous high temperature and destructive power will reduce even virtual objects to nothing. So how can we collect the necessary materials for scientific research and manufacturing materials to improve the quality of virtual blades?

Now that we are in the virtual world, we can use thermal weapons and even nuclear weapons without restraint. However, if virtual objects run into downtown areas, in our world, we will mostly have to dispatch martial arts masters to prevent greater secondary thermal weapon damage.

In short, in the development of the virtual world, thermal weapons are our important way to wipe out large-scale low-level virtual objects. If you have visited the 18 Spark Cities that have been built, you will find that the entire city is a steel fortress and fortress.

Even if we are facing a large wave of monsters, we can rely on hot weapons and kill them in large numbers as long as we have enough ammunition, and blast them into ashes without leaving any traces."

Li Fudao:
"I see."

Shentu has a mountain road:
"Now the manufacturing technology of virtual blades has matured. Within ten years, we in Daxia will be able to make the price of virtual blades affordable to the general public, so that every warrior can own a virtual blade."

After passing through the artillery fire area, the group stopped in a valley.

Shentu has a mountain road:
"This area, codenamed [Insect Valley], we have already cleared it with thermal weapons, but there are still many Great Hollows left, mostly insect monsters. Insect monsters can often fly and hide, are good at resisting poison, and are very fast...

In short, you better be careful. Unless you are very confident in your own strength, it is best to act in a team. If you encounter danger, set off a signal flare and run out of the valley."

Some people got out of the car and went into the fog in twos and threes.

Lu Chenzhou and Wang Hongdao spontaneously formed a group, and were followed by Li Jia.

Li Jia touched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly:
"Don't worry, I won't hold you back. If there are any big Voids, I'll let you deal with them. I mainly hunt high-risk Voids and earn some military merits to buy big medicines."

It's hard for people in the ordinary class to get by. If it weren't for the martial arts department's support policy for Sucheng Longwu, normally speaking, the ordinary class would not be eligible to participate in this kind of trial.

Lu Chenzhou understood Li Jia's difficulties and said:
"It's okay. We will move forward in a triangle and look out for each other. If we kill the enemy individually, we can each share the token. If we kill the enemy together, I will keep the token first. After we exchange it for military merits, we can divide it among the three of us according to our merits."

Wang Hongdao:
"That's good."

On the other side, Fang Xue led the headquarters team away and said with a smile:

"Brother Lu, be careful."

"Be careful too."

Watching the trial-taker walk away, Shentu Youshan couldn't help but think of his daughter.

"Lily of the Valley, try harder."

He didn't ask his daughter to catch up with a genius like Lu Chenzhou.

But it can't be too far behind Wang Hongdao.

……

The valley is covered with rugged rocks and towering strange plants like those in a black forest. They do not need sunlight and draw nutrients entirely from the earth.

The Illusory Realm Record states:
[Night pine, branches and trunks can be used as fuel, with excellent effect. 】

The thermal power plant in the stronghold relies on this thing to generate electricity.

Suddenly, Lu Chenzhou twitched his ears and waved.

"An unknown creature is approaching, about 200 meters away..."

The other two were on guard, their energy flowing through their bodies. The benefits of Lu Chenzhou's horizontal training became more and more prominent. The golden membrane was in a continuous state and could not be broken up, just like armor, without the need to deliberately exercise.

Common name: passive defense!
Buzz!
A strange insect with a wingspan of about two meters, a body like a cicada's wings, and a shell like pure gold was flying through the forest. Its head was strangely twisted, and a human face could be vaguely seen.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

A strange cry like that of a giant salamander rang out, and an invisible sound wave swept across, and then, like a detection radar, it sensed that there were vaguely three living creatures in front.

at the same time.

A figure flew across the mountains and forests like a locust, climbed to the top of the tree, and fell from the sky. His right leg, like a long whip, shook violently, and then shook out, knocking the monster to the ground.

Flying Tiger Fist: Tiger Falling from the Mountain!

Puff, puff!
The tiger tore the monster into pieces like cutting tofu.

Lu Chenzhou landed on the ground and let out a breath.

On the martial arts tree, a prompt sound flashed.

[Flying Tiger Fist: Proficient (40%) → Proficient (41%)]

“This kind of medium-risk Void creature is just right for me to practice my ordinary martial arts… If I encounter a large Void creature, I will practice spearmanship, which is not bad.

This way, my progress in cultivation won’t fall too far behind during this month of trials. If a few good fortunes come to my mind, I can even make further progress.”

the other side.

Wang Hongdao and Li Jia caught up with him and said with regret:

"This is the [Human-faced Golden Cicada], but unfortunately it is a medium-risk virtual object and has no combat merit."

Lu Chenzhou used his fist blade to dissect the corpse and said:
"There is a sound wave detector inside the body of the human-faced golden cicada. If this thing is taken to the outside world, it will turn into evil power and dissipate. However, in the virtual realm, the scientists at the base can transform it into a simple biological radar, which is quite useful."

Low-risk and medium-risk virtual creatures have no military merits, but that doesn't mean they have no value. This is a virtual realm, and these creatures will not turn into evil forces and dissipate when they die. Therefore, many materials can help with land reclamation and construction. Otherwise, how can we build 18 huge Spark Cities just by transporting resources from outside? Humans are best at using local materials.

For creatures killed in the virtual realm, the only things that can be taken out of the human world are the [Relics of the Virtual Realm]. Other body materials can only be used within the virtual realm.

It didn't take long.

Lu Chenzhou then dug out a honeycomb-shaped organ the size of a fist.

If you hand this thing over, you can get 30 yuan in exchange.

"continue."

Lu Chenzhou looked at the towering mountains ahead. On the other side of the mountain was the restricted area, where natural disasters could strike at any time. There were many virtual objects there, but it was also more dangerous. He asked the opinions of the two team members, and everyone agreed to stay in the safe zone.

Lu Chenzhou was hunting for Voids while practicing his boxing skills. Most of the Voids that were killed were of low or medium risk, and there were four of high risk, earning a total of 20 points of combat merit.

It was already evening on earth.

Lu Chenzhou said:

"Let's go back first."

Wang Hongdao nodded.

Li Jia thought for a moment and said:
"How about you guys go back first? I still want to earn some more military merits."

Lu Chenzhou thought for a moment and said:
"Then be careful and don't go to the restricted area."

……

Within the stronghold.

Lu Chenzhou, who came back early, has returned to the dormitory.

He looked at the electronic display.

[Longcheng Lu Chenzhou: 20 combat merits, ranked 136th. ]

"Only 20 combat merits, and 136 people. It seems that everyone's gains are average."

There are few Voids in number, and even if you encounter one, there is no guarantee of killing it 100%.

If they can't beat them, they will run away.

Lu Chenzhou looked towards the No. 1 spot.

[Xinghe Li Guyi: 125 combat merits]

Li Guyi, the chief of Galaxy last year, had seen the Blue Sky Dragon King and practiced the "Star Pointing Kung Fu". His finger techniques were unparalleled, like guns and bullets, even better than Wing Chun.

This kid most likely encountered a group of high-risk virtual creatures, or a big virtual creature.

Regarding this, Lu Chenzhou remained calm and focused on practicing Tian Zhuang.

His main purpose was to hone his boxing and shooting skills in battle.

In the blink of an eye.

It has been a week since everyone came to the isolated virtual world.

After gradually becoming familiar with the terrain of Area 9, Lu Chenzhou, Wang Hongdao and Li Jia finally decided to act alone. Li Jia worked particularly hard. Apart from the necessary rest and time spent in Tianzhu, he spent most of his time outside hunting for the void and earning military merits.

His military merit ranking is higher than that of the chief Lu Chenzhou.

And Li Guyi, who ranks first, has already accumulated 500 military merits.

The second is Yuexi Gate in Huashan, with 490 points of military merit.

These two are leading by a huge margin.

Fang Xue, who was in third place, only had 400 points left.

As for Lu Chenzhou, he has 200 military merits and ranks 56th.

He doesn't know whether his luck is good or bad.

Anyway, I haven't encountered a single Big Void in my exploration so far.

He wanted to climb over the mountain and enter the restricted area to check several times, but he held back. The good news is that in the battles, his third-rate boxing "Flying Tiger Fist" quickly broke through and is now close to perfection. As expected, actual combat is the best teacher.

……

Day 15 of training.

In the military camp,
Before setting off, Lu Chenzhou found a group of people gathered around a bulletin board.

[Notice! Huanghe Wuda Yu Xiu was unfortunately killed in the pioneering operation. He was awarded the Spark Pioneer Medal. His direct blood relatives enjoy the preferential treatment of the hero's family. Once again, please do not take chances in the restricted area. Life safety is more important than anything else. ]

Everyone was talking about it.

"How did this person die?"

"It seems that he died in the [Withered Wind Disaster]. When he was found, only the bracelet was left. His body turned into a pile of human-shaped ashes, which shattered at the touch."

"Ugh……"

Lu Chenzhou muttered to himself.

"The country distributes equipment to Tianjiao just in case... It's okay once or twice, but if you take risks in the restricted area every day, you are really risking your life."

Beside him, Li Jia had an ugly look on his face and was still frightened.

During this period, he often ran to the restricted area, earning a lot of military merit, but risking his life. Without the strength of a martial arts master, it is safer to stay in the oasis.

It is true that martial artists need to experience life and death trials.

But in the face of natural disasters, that is not called tempering, it is called sending one's head off.

Fang Xue warned:
"Everyone in Longcheng, please be safe."

……

ninth District.

There was a constant buzzing sound. A group of blood-faced mosquitoes, which were the size of kites, had sharp mouthparts and strange human faces on their backs, surrounded a figure. These mosquitoes sometimes gathered together and sometimes dispersed, as orderly as a swarm of bees.

Lu Chenzhou was filled with electric light and heat. He spun his body, shook the ground with his feet, and jumped up several feet high. His pair of thick long legs spun like a windmill!

Crack, crackle!

The golden innate energy continued to explode, and the air within a radius of ten feet was distorted by the high temperature under his continuous heat wave attack, and the smell of burning was everywhere.

Flying Tiger Fist·Big Spin!

After one round of attack, the mosquitoes soared into the sky. Lu Chenzhou stepped into the air, stepped into the air twice, and went straight to the sixth floor. He used his fists and feet. Crackling electric currents and hot air ran around in the void. Many mosquitoes fell to the ground with smoke on their bodies.

A few more flew higher.

As Lu Chenzhou fell, the spirit of the black tiger emerged!
"Roar!"

The tiger's might soared into the sky, shocking the surrounding area!
Mosquitoes fell to the ground one by one, twitching continuously.

Lu Chenzhou looked around and exhaled a breath of heat. After a hearty battle, the forest was filled with white mist released by Lu Chenzhou.

Although the blood-faced mosquitoes are only of low risk, they act in groups of hundreds, and their steel-needle-like mouthparts have penetrating power comparable to that of alloy nails. The battle just now was the most satisfying one since he entered the virtual realm. It was finally a warm-up.

He began to pull out the mouthparts one by one. These were the relics of the Xu. The Xu Control Bureau outside bought them for 5 yuan each. The ground was covered with mosquito corpses, with a total value of over 500 million.

I felt a slight pain in my leg. A mouthpart drilled into the damaged part of the high-level protective suit and pierced into the gold membrane, releasing corrosive toxins.

"Ants in large numbers can kill elephants... If we encounter a super group of tens of thousands of them, even a martial artist would have to flee. We must not let our guard down from now on."

He used his war merit to buy 30 injections of drugs for different poisonous creatures in the virtual world. These things were not expensive, and each one was only 1 great merit. Although the body of a martial artist could withstand it, this was the virtual world and he had to stay in peak condition at all times.

Another fruit is ripe on the martial arts tree.

【Flying Tiger Fist: Perfection】

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