People are in reality, transcending the other side

Chapter 340 and beyond (Ninth update! 7000 monthly votes added! Please vote!)

"Boss, what's wrong?!"

The assistant beside Zhuang Buzhou noticed that Zhuang Buzhou paused for two seconds before resuming his actions, and he had keenly observed this.

This assistant was probably around twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a very sharp temperament. Although she was a girl, she had no trace of weakness, and her gaze was like a blade.

Zhuang Buzhou was so ambitious that he would never choose a pretty face as his assistant. He didn't have any preference for assistants to be beautiful women. On the contrary, it was the other way around. The other person's abilities surpassed everyone else's, which is why he got this position.

“Didn’t you show me Li Qi’s video earlier? I just saw him.”

“He does have some skill. At this age, I am not as good as him as others his age, but now, he has some skill, but not much. He is still lacking in experience. If it weren’t for me, with his martial arts skills, the Fish and Dragon Cup championship would definitely be his for the taking.”

Zhuang Buzhou spoke calmly at this moment, his words firm and confident, showing absolute self-assurance. Little did he know that what he saw was merely the part that Li Qi had intentionally revealed.

Li Qi is now concealing himself in two ways. To the average person, he appears as an ordinary person, but to a master, he can be seen as having a powerful and pure life force, having already broken through the three major limits.

As for discerning his true nature, relying solely on the naked eye or intuition is unlikely to yield any results unless the other party's status surpasses that of a demon god, or one directly uses mystical methods to glimpse the future.

However, there are very few people in this world who can foresee the future. In the vast sea of ​​people, as long as Li Qi doesn't act recklessly, the probability of encountering such a person is almost zero.

This means that the person who could see through his background had no ill intentions. Otherwise, Li Qi would have sensed it long ago and avoided it, without ever meeting the other party.

If someone as steady as him could still cause such a mishap, Li Qi could only conclude that it was some unknown force at work that was determined to kill him, something beyond human control.

Upon hearing Zhuang Buzhou's words, Zhuli immediately looked in the direction Zhuang Buzhou had been looking, but there were people coming and going, and Li Qi was nowhere to be seen.

"He's avoiding me, like a king trying to outwit me!"

At this moment, Zhuang Buzhou was filled with a mysterious self-confidence.

"The Thirty-Three Heavens Ghost and God Karma Chart is indeed wondrous, but it bears a resemblance to my Qian Yuan Heart Sutra, though it's a beggar's version..."

"Although it is a basic version, it has taken a different approach and explored the subtleties that my Qian Yuan Heart Method has not yet touched."

"To pardon and enfeoff ghosts and gods, and thus rule the heavens, is a further refinement of the changes of Qian Yuan. If I can understand the things in it, it will definitely make further progress in my Qian Yuan mental cultivation method."

"The ghosts and gods that the other party has pardoned are actually the subconscious of cellular clusters, also known as the body spirits. Now, the actual effect of the Qian Yuan Extreme Effect on my basic form, which adds an innate coefficient, is in the same direction as the other party's control over ghosts and gods. It's just that his path doesn't have the grandeur of the Qian Yuan Heart Method, but is more focused on the subtle..."

"Indeed, all the great paths lead to the same destination. Mental cultivation methods and algorithms, if they are subtle enough, can break down the barriers between the universe and be used in all realms."

On the way back to the hotel, Li Qi pondered it carefully.

With his current perspective and keen insight, he can always figure something out about anything he sees. This allows him to directly combine various divine skills. Otherwise, after mastering swordsmanship, his fastest way to improve under normal circumstances would undoubtedly be to travel all over the world, meet all kinds of masters, learn from all kinds of people, comprehend the mysteries, and accumulate potential.

Time passed quickly, and the next morning arrived. The competition area numbers were numbered from one to one hundred. Li Qi was assigned to competition area number 46, which had 312 participants.

With over 300 people, 18 are randomly selected to compete in pairs. Even if you include a minute for the contestants to talk, the entire process, from being drawn to going on stage to the end, is generally controlled within three minutes, which is extremely fast.

As for protective gear, the official organizers of this competition do not provide it; the contestants must bring their own food and weapons. However, there is a pre-competition inspection process, which is not conducted by humans but by machine scanning. If no alarm is triggered, the weapon meets the competition standards.

In fact, this scan not only checks weapons and protective gear, but can also detect whether athletes are using performance-enhancing drugs.

Unlike ordinary competitions, the Fish and Dragon Cup does not require the wearing of protective gear. The reason is that if one's martial arts skills are high enough, one will not be able to be hit by a weaker opponent. At the same time, if one's martial arts skills reach a certain level, no protective gear will be of any use.

That powerful shockwave could strike a bull from a distance; wearing anything wouldn't help.

In fact, all competitions at the entry level are played without armor.

In the annual Battle of the Top 100 in the Great Trials of Mountains and Rivers, I've never seen anyone wear such useless armor.

Li Qi used to really like armor and cherish life, but now he knows it's meaningless to him. Besides, his mind has changed; he wants to fight against the heavens to show his true self and be fearless.

Therefore, unlike many of the contestants around him who were dressed like Kamen Riders, Li Qi was not wearing armor, but only a loose black training uniform. He placed his sword on his lap and sat quietly in the contestant waiting area.

In a sense, in this situation, if someone isn't wearing armor, they definitely have something special about them.

Among the more than 300 people in the entire competition area, besides Li Qi, there was another person who was not wearing armor. This person's martial arts had reached the peak of the Entry Realm and the Horizontal Training was perfected. He was at the same level as Zhao Canghai before breaking through the limit.

In fact, Li Qi also saw Zhao Canghai on the list of participants. The other party had only suffered minor injuries before. With the life technology of this world, plus the other party's vitality, it would only take less than a month for him to fully recover.

The hardest thing to recover from in this world is damage to vitality. As for muscle tears and bone fractures, they are minor injuries for martial arts masters.

When vitality is damaged, it is said that the source has been harmed.

Time flew by, and after about half an hour, with the name frozen on the LED screen behind the white circle and the voice announcement from the waiting area, it was finally Li Qi's turn to go on stage.

Li Qi's first opponent was a girl in her early twenties with a single ponytail. She had a determined and sharp temperament and also possessed the skills of a seasoned fighter. Li Qi glanced at the contestant's information and learned that this girl was a promising player from a certain martial arts club. She had been in the industry for almost three years and had accumulated some fans.

Then, a three-second countdown followed by a one-minute countdown. Neither of them spoke. Li Qi's gaze was calm, while the girl's face was solemn. Although at this moment, she did not feel any pressure from the strong man.

But this person isn't wearing armor, so he's definitely something special; he's not simple at all.

(End of this chapter)