Start with push-ups to gain experience

Chapter 32: Spiritual Realm Breakthrough
"..."

"38."

"39."

"40."

Suddenly.

It felt like an electric current was running through the muscles in my shoulders and back.

The intense stimulation makes it impossible to remain calm.

[Warning! You are starting to overdraw your physical strength, please rest in time and adjust your physical condition]

[Warning! You are slightly overdrawn and your physical condition is poor, please take a rest]

Two pieces of information appeared before my eyes one after another.

Fang Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he was forced to withdraw from his concentration.

Physical exertion is secondary.

The key is that his mental fatigue prevented him from continuing to use his skills.

Waves of pain came over me like a tide, enveloping my entire body.

It felt like countless tiny needles were stabbing me fiercely, and the muscles in my arms, shoulders and back could not help but tremble noticeably.

Perhaps it was because of the intense training and work in recent days, coupled with physical tests and combat.

This ultimately leads to slower energy recovery.

At this moment, the effect of practicing skills appeared, but the body could no longer bear it.

Fang Cheng gritted his teeth and reluctantly did another one.

My shoulders felt the heavy burden of my body, as if the weight had increased several times in an instant.

41 pull-ups should be considered the top level among amateur fitness enthusiasts.

But this is far from enough. Fang Cheng’s preset goal is 50 to 60 or more.

As physical fitness improves, the threshold for unlocking fitness skills is also raised accordingly.

Fang Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he could feel that he was only a step away from entering the door.

It’s just… I’m a little overwhelmed.

He hung his arms under the horizontal bar, breathing hard and adjusting his position.

The sky was brighter than before.

The lead-gray clouds pressed down overhead, as if they were almost touching the ground.

The lightning flashed faintly, but Fang Cheng did not hear any thunder.

The intense fatigue made him deaf.

Looking down, the ground below me, suspended in the air, seemed to be a bottomless abyss.

I feel like an exhausted rock climber, parasitic on a steep peak.

Heavy rain and mountain torrents constantly washed away my body.

As soon as you let go of it, it will surely fall to pieces.

Fang Cheng used this extreme fantasy to stimulate his body and could not give up.

"My limits are definitely not just this..."

His face was tense and his eyes became calm again.

Even though he couldn't use his concentration skills, he was still trying to make himself calm and composed.

Perhaps because no sound could be heard, the whole world fell into silence.

The raindrops hit my body, as if washing away the sweat.

The cool breeze blowing across my face feels like fingertips caressing my skin.

The lightning that occasionally flashes across the sky is like a ray of dawn.

Gradually, Fang Cheng's breathing and heartbeat miraculously calmed down.

The whole person becomes unusually relaxed and enters into some kind of wonderful state.

My thoughts are constantly flowing, flowing into the rain, and blending with the surrounding trees and nature.

This rainstorm no longer seemed to be a difficult obstacle, but rather a burst of some kind of life force.

Billions of years ago, life was born in such dark and violent rains...

Fang Cheng took a deep breath and looked up at the sky.

The rain blurred my vision instantly.

He closed his eyes and felt it silently.

It's like being baptized by the power of life.

A drop of crystal rain fell slowly from the sky, passing through thousands of rain lines and hitting the tightly furrowed brows.

Fang Cheng's brows relaxed and he suddenly opened his eyes.

The muscles in the shoulders and back suddenly exert force, and the body quickly stretches upwards.

"42."

"43."

"44."

"..."

Fang Cheng started doing pull-ups again.

It was as if he had completely forgotten the pain brought by the body and the depression caused by the spirit.

His posture became agile and light again, and every time he lifted himself up and crossed the bar, it seemed as if he was responding to the power that gave birth to the miracle of life.

His eyes were like burning flames, and the heavy rain could not extinguish them, and it even added fuel to the flames.

Suddenly, a long-lost reminder message appeared.

[Potential activation cooldown time ends, usage conditions met]

Fang Cheng ignored it and was still immersed in that wonderful state.

Consciousness vaguely seems to touch the depths of the world and receive the most primitive information from the universe.

Empty, yet not empty.

In the endless darkness, there are countless noisy sounds and countless brilliant lights, floating and vibrating like strings.

It seems that the consciousness of all living things, birds, beasts, fish, and insects, is located here. [You understand a certain meditation secret, and your spirit increases by 0.001]

[You comprehend a certain meditation secret, and your spirit increases by 0.001]

[You comprehend a certain meditation secret, and your spirit increases by 0.001]

………………

New reminder messages flashed by quickly like a rain curtain.

After several movements and breaths.

The panel also flashed brightly and quickly enlarged.

[You practice pull-ups to a certain level and gain a deep understanding of them]

[Unlocked skill: Pull-ups level 0 (0/100)]

however.

These prompt messages also did not stop Fang Cheng.

He didn't know how many times he had done it.

Just keep a calm expression, breathe steadily, and maintain the rhythm of your movements.

It's like dancing in the rain to the song of life.

While the body transcends constraints, the spirit is also quietly undergoing a transformation.

[You comprehend a certain meditation secret, and your spirit increases by 0.001]

[You comprehend a certain meditation secret, and your spirit increases by 0.001]

………………

On the panel, the spiritual attribute has broken through from 18 points to 19 points.

And the progress bar is still rising rapidly.

It kept approaching the 20-point mark, rushing straight up...

Boom!

A dazzling forked bolt of lightning leaped out from the dark clouds and meandered down.

The earth-shaking thunder restored Fang Cheng's hearing.

In an instant, it also brought him out of that unknown mental state.

The prompt message about the increase in spiritual attributes also came to an abrupt end.

Fatigue, numbness, and tearing pain came again.

The muscles were cramping like ripples, ten times more intense than before.

Fang Cheng's arm trembled, and he whispered in time:
"Unleash your potential, start!"

At the moment he let go and fell, a new force suddenly emerged from his shoulders and back, lifting him up.

Then, he grabbed the horizontal bar with both hands again, and his ten fingers tightly gripped the slippery steel pipe.

Lingkong's body shook a little, but he was safe and sound and stabilized again.

At this moment, he seemed to have really become a professional rock climber.

Feeling his body and limbs regaining energy, Fang Cheng looked up at the sky and grinned.

Then he looked at the overwhelming messages appearing on the panel, and the curve of his mouth was even more obvious.

Raindrops kept dripping into the mouth, moistening the dry and smoking throat.

It also gave him an unprecedented experience.

It seems that I can taste the scent of soil and grass contained in the rain.

Not only his sense of taste, but his vision and hearing also underwent significant changes.

Across the river, in a row of high-rise residential buildings, a few star-like lights lit up.

Even from thousands of meters away, you can vaguely see figures walking inside.

Fang Cheng's eyes sparkled, and he looked at his own attributes.

The spirit column reached a high of 20 points.

Thinking back to the strange state he had entered before, Fang Cheng couldn't help but make some guesses.

What exactly is the secret of meditation?
After realizing it, his spiritual attributes skyrocketed.

But...why aren't the corresponding skills unlocked?

Fang Cheng had no time to think at the moment. He just looked at the sky which was slightly glowing as the rain got heavier.

Straighten your back and use your shoulders and back to exert force.

With an easy double muscle-up, he then turned over and sat on the top of the horizontal bar.

At this moment.

He was like a rock climber who had reached the top of a mountain, gazing at the skyscrapers that seemed dwarfed in the distance.

The dark clouds kept moving, forming a huge curtain of water that washed over the entire city.

The lightning streaked across the sky, like a magnificent and shocking picture, and every scene made people hold their breath.

This is a view that ordinary people who are accustomed to a comfortable life cannot appreciate at all.

"Even if the panel becomes useless and all my skills disappear, I will definitely no longer be a weakling..."

Fang Cheng sat on the horizontal bar, quietly enjoying his own world.

Under the heavy rain, the body and spirit seemed to be undergoing a double baptism.

A few minutes later.

He calmed himself down and smoothed the wet black hair on his forehead.

Set your sights on the newly unlocked skill bar.

[Pull-ups level 0 (6/100)]

I took a quick glance and was about to look away when I noticed something unusual.

Behind the four skills of push-ups, squats, leg raises, and pull-ups, small, faintly glowing arrows appeared.

It seems... that all four fitness-related skills are connected together.

"What is this?"

Fang Cheng's eyes were slightly startled.

(End of this chapter)