Sweeping both worlds: Starting from idealistic martial arts

Chapter 280 A Fist That Transcends Time
On the life-or-death chess game, Ji Donglai calmly took his seat.

In the distance, antimatter is about to explode into a spectacular display of fireworks.

But before the explosion, Xiang Hongtu's eyes had already shrunk to the size of pinpoints.

The instant his body sensed danger, he almost simultaneously expanded his mental image into a domain, covering the entire world.

The next moment, the entire area covered by the domain completely disappeared from Xiang Hongtu's sight!
……

Let's go back to three days ago, to the seventh floor of the Great Zhou Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

Bai Xiaosheng sat opposite Fang Can and the others, their expressions thoughtful.

"If you ask me what the strongest martial artist among the current fourth-level warriors in all the countries has in terms of inheritance... that is really difficult to choose."

"Because each lineage, taken out individually, can be found to be broken, but those who have reached the fourth level are certainly aware of the flaws in their lineage and will try their best to make up for the shortcomings."

"It's like how warriors from the [Land of Blaze] carry more than a dozen life-saving artifacts because their bodies are too fragile before they transform."

"Whether it's the ultimate defensive skill in the fourth tier, [Saintly Essence], or the ultimate speed skill, [Mei Lan Cinema], their users are trying their best to make up for their shortcomings."

"But if I had to pick the strongest fourth-level martial artist... I think it would be Xiang Hongtu."

"Within his mental realm, his speed is faster than teleportation and light!"

"For those below the sixth rank, the only way to avoid his attacks is to never allow himself to be hit."

"Adding the two lives of the [Yin Yang Holy Embryo], its power, speed, and defense at the peak of the fourth stage should make it the most troublesome fourth stage opponent."

"What? You're asking me what his legacy is?"

At this moment, Bai Xiaosheng said solemnly, "The name Xiang Hongtu inherited is—【Anti-Ignorance Current】."

……

In the 47th year of the Yonghao era of the Great Chu Dynasty, at the Imperial Palace!
Eighteen-year-old Xiang Hongtu knelt shirtless before his father, the emperor, his back bleeding profusely and covered in whip marks.

Outside the hall, cannons boomed and the whole city rejoiced, but inside the hall, it was chilling and extremely cold.

This should have been a celebration for Xiang Hongtu to win the grand competition among all nations, break through to the next realm on the same day, and be named Crown Prince.

But while outside, gongs and drums resounded to celebrate the prince's victory, the atmosphere inside was unusually cold.

The current Chu emperor, dressed in a black dragon robe, grabbed the young man by the neck and pulled him up, his eyes filled with barely suppressed rage.

"You unfilial son!" The old Chu emperor threw the blood-stained whip to the ground and delivered another sharp slap:

"With such talent, why did you choose the royal family's secret technique, 'Accumulate Strength and Unleash Potential,' instead creating this useless 'Time' technique? What were you thinking?"

Xiang Hongtu's self-created concept of "delay".

This means that the damage inflicted during an attack can be stored on the opponent.

The damage inflicted now can be released a day later through [Time Delay], but there are no bonus effects during the release.

From any perspective, this inheritance is pure waste and garbage, utterly useless.

Faced with his father's scolding, his relatives' incomprehension, and his peers' ridicule, Xiang Hongtu did not argue.

Instead, he silently licked his wounds in the dark corners, devoting all his energy to martial arts.

Because he disobeyed his father's decree, this fallen genius was banished to the endless shore that very day.

Without an imperial summons, one is forbidden from ever setting foot in the capital.

Xiang Hongtu did not resist and silently embarked on his journey to the seaside.

Unbeknownst to anyone, he also set a prerequisite for this inheritance.

The timing of the [delay] outbreak depends on physical fitness and mental strength.

The stronger one's body and mind, the shorter the time it takes for the damage to erupt.

Essentially, this is a time-based inheritance.

Perhaps because of the physical condition of the first transformation, the damage can only be released a day later.

But people are constantly improving!
As long as you keep moving forward and accumulate little by little, you will surpass yourself every day.

After the second, third, and even fourth job advancements, I will definitely be able to unleash a punch that is faster and hotter than light.

He believes in his heritage and talent.

This is just a minor disadvantage in the early stages; what we lack now is simply sufficient accumulation.

Martial arts is the art of sacrifice.

Only by paying a sufficient price can one achieve the corresponding results.

Even the poorest person can beg for food; if you don't die, you'll eventually rise above your circumstances.

Therefore, Xiang Hongtu staked his entire life on it, hoping for a chance to shine one day.

Those ordinary people only focus on immediate benefits because they lack the assurance of achieving the greatest potential.

He firmly believes that as long as he keeps going, he will eventually reach the highest point, even after four or five turns.

From then on, after being exiled.

On a deserted coastline, Xiang Hongtu began a life of self-discipline that lasted for decades, like an ascetic.

The desolation had eroded his spirit, making it resemble an inexhaustible sea of ​​suffering.

But the scars gave him an indestructible body!
When Xiang Hongtu was 25 years old, his inheritance was upgraded from [First Reincarnation - Time Delay] to [Second Reincarnation - Time Delay]!
With enhanced inheritance combined with the spirit and will of ascetic training, the damage extension time is reduced from 1 day to 3 minutes!

When Xiang Hongtu turned 55, the inheritance was upgraded from [Second Reincarnation - Delay] to [Third Reincarnation - Instantaneous]!
At this moment, the time for his damage burst was reduced from 3 minutes to 0 seconds.

This also means that after 27 years.

He officially stepped onto the track that the other martial artists had occupied from the beginning.

Now, he can finally start from the starting line. And since becoming a third-tier cultivator, he was surprised to find that his punching speed was getting faster and faster while using the [Time Instant] inheritance.

The speed of the attack was initially delayed, but now it is reduced.

At 55 years old, having just entered the third stage of his career, he can deliver a punch at 10 times the speed of sound.

Ten years later, while maintaining the original damage, the speed of a punch increased to 1000 times the speed of sound.

Twenty years after the third revolution, the speed of his punch reached 5000 times the speed of sound.

Thirty years after the third transformation, Xiang Hongtu's punching speed has far surpassed that of light.

Compress a single punch to 0.0000000000……0001 seconds!
Finally, when Xiang Hongtu was 90 years old, he reached the peak of the third stage of his career and could no longer advance.

The speed at which he throws punches can no longer be measured in time.

The damage delay caused by a punch is 0 seconds, which evolves into a punch time of 0 seconds.

Just like the name "Time Instant".

His fists were so fast they seemed to teleport! He had already exceeded his initial goal.

"But... it's not fast enough! This level is far from the limit!"

Xiang Hongtu's resolute eyes held a hint of greedy expectation.

It could probably be even faster!

He's only at the peak of the third stage of cultivation, yet he can already unleash a punch that jumps through time.

What level will I reach when I reach the fourth, fifth, and sixth stages of my life?

That's how martial artists are—they can be obsessed to the extreme in a certain aspect!

In order to become stronger, Xiang Hongtu was willing to give up all worldly desires and passions, forever striving upwards and climbing ever higher.

Driven by greed and a dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Xiang Hongtu abandoned his idea of ​​immediately returning to the capital to prove himself and once again become the emperor's favorite son.

His current goal is to seize the title of the First Baturu of the Great Chu from his father, the Emperor!

One year, two years, five years, ten years...

Winter has passed and spring has come; another sixty years have gone by.

The whole world seemed to have completely forgotten his existence.

Only bitterness and loneliness accompanied him.

In these 60 years, his spirit and body have not improved at all, and the speed of his punches has not changed.

It seems that his peak was forever frozen 60 years ago, on that night when he threw the punch that leaped through time.

Even without any further improvement, he still tirelessly punches the endless coastline above the endless sea for more than 11 hours every day!
at last!

One afternoon when he was 150 years old, after countless punches.

When he threw another punch, he clearly noticed the difference in his punch.

The moment he threw his punch, the entire world went black for about 0.1 seconds!
In that 0.1 seconds, he lost his sight, hearing, and touch; all he could do was instinctively throw a punch.

By the time he came to his senses, the dark world had vanished.

He looked down at his fists, a look of disbelief flashing in his eyes!
"Is it just my imagination? Why does it feel like this punch...reversed time?"

At this point, his cultivation level officially entered the supreme fourth stage!
At the same time, an unprecedented fourth-tier inheritance was born!

Xiang Hongtu named it "The Ignorance of the Current"!
On the same day, Xiang Hongtu returned to the capital, the emperor died, and he succeeded to the throne as the Emperor of Chu!

The country's name is [Mingguang]!
……

Returning to the present, with the threat of antimatter nuclear bombs behind our heads.

He could sense that the antimatter had exploded, and a surge of energy was erupting from it.

Without hesitation, Xiang Hongtu expanded his domain outwards and activated the [Unknown Reverse Current]!
pressed--

As the inheritance of [Ignorance Reversal] unfolded, the once colorful world instantly turned into complete darkness before him.

At this moment, in Xiang Hongtu's perception, there was neither sound nor color.

He was as if he had been banished to pure emptiness.

But he knew that this was simply due to the reverse flow of ignorance, where light and sound were also flowing backward and no longer reacting to his body.

Everything in the world, except for him, was flowing backwards.

The deadly flames of the exploding antimatter bomb began to subside, the shattered outer shell began to mend, and everything in this world just moments before receded beyond his perception!

After years of arduous training to reach the fourth level, the time he could reverse the flow increased from an imperceptible 0.1 seconds to 0.3 seconds.

Once the 0.3 seconds are up, he will return from the reversed past to the present.

However, his actions in this time-reversal will not disappear, but will spread to the present and erupt in unison.

It can be understood that his fist struck the enemy 0.3 seconds earlier in reverse time, but since the past cannot be changed, the injury has spread to the present and exploded.

This is the effect of [Ignorance Reversal], which is essentially a super-powerful upgrade of the original [Time Delay].

The past cannot be changed, and in this reverse flow of time, the dead cannot be brought back to life; everything can only be resolved in the present.

Feeling the world as a place of ignorance and numbness, Xiang Hongtu sneered.

Only 0.05 seconds have passed since the beginning of the ignorance and backflow.

(End of this chapter)