High Martial Arts: Liver Becomes the Master of the Universe

Chapter 112 Cycle and Repetition

Cold metal walls, soft lighting.

Qin Feng returned to the familiar martial arts room C-709, located atop the space fortress.

He leaned against the wall, panting heavily, every part of his body screaming in excruciating pain.

But he didn't care about any of that. The first thing he did was to calculate what he had gained over the past three days and three nights.

Their record is pitifully poor.

In the relentless, high-intensity battles, he only managed to kill fifteen level-two green-skinned beasts in total, and in a large-scale siege, he and dozens of other warriors painstakingly wore down a level-three green-skinned beast.

According to the rules, team kills are split equally among the team's score points.

"Teacher, what is my GPA now?"

Qin Feng asked.

Lin Yue brought up her terminal, glanced at it, and said, "Before you came, your GPA was 175. In these three days, you earned 150 points for killing level 2 green-skinned beasts, and for the level 3 green-skinned beast, because there were too many people involved in the raid, you only got 25 points. So, your total GPA is now 325 points."

Qin Feng nodded slightly and noted down the number.

Although his record was not good, his strength improved by a remarkable rate!

He opened his system panel.

[Method of Killing]:
Thousand-Army Spears (Perfect)

[Proficiency]: 12121 / 100000
In just three days, after being honed to the brink of life and death, his proficiency with "Thousand Army Spears" skyrocketed by more than 10,000 points!
This was even more effective than him playing ranked matches in the Imperial Arena for a month!

Another killing technique gave him an even bigger surprise.

[Method of Killing]:
Evil Bird Fist (Dacheng)
[Proficiency]: 1173 / 10000
Unbeknownst to him, the "Fierce Bird Fist Technique" had actually broken through to the Great Perfection stage!
As his boxing skills improved, a completely new understanding also welled up in his mind.

He stood up from the ground and slowly moved around in the empty martial arts room.

His movements were no longer as smooth and steady as before with the [Swimming Dragon Body Technique], but had become full of aggression and attack.

Sometimes it swoops down like a raptor, incredibly swift; other times it soars and twists like a fierce bird, unpredictable and elusive.

This is a completely new movement technique!

The Fierce Bird Movement emphasizes offensive momentum and can be perfectly combined with offensive moves to enhance dash speed and explosive power.

In stark contrast to the [Dragon's Movement Technique], which emphasizes defense and evasion, the [Fierce Bird's Movement Technique] is a pure movement technique designed solely for offense!
Qin Feng's combat system has once again received an important addition!

He picked up a spare spear and incorporated his insights from the "Fierce Bird Fist" into his spear technique.

Now, the spear technique he displays combines the weight and grandeur of the "Thousand Army Spear" with the ferocity and speed of the "Fierce Bird Fist," making it more agile and more deadly.

What surprised him even more was that, in countless extreme battles, he found that he had unconsciously incorporated some of the power generation techniques from the "Advanced Imperial Body Forging Method" into every movement of his combat.

Every parry, every swing of the spear, every dodge, all subtly resonated with the rhythm of the body-tempering technique.

This allowed his proficiency in body tempering techniques to slowly increase while he was fighting!
Sustain yourself through war, and cultivate your body in battle!

This is Qin Feng's latest insight.

This kind of training is slower than specializing in body tempering techniques, but it can simultaneously take into account the training of killing techniques, and is most suitable for use on the battlefield.

"Fighting to the limit is the best form of self-cultivation!"

For the first time, Qin Feng had such a profound understanding of this sentence.

He even had a vague feeling that if he continued down this path, he might... be able to create a truly unique marksmanship that belonged only to him!
After reviewing his gains in strength, Qin Feng began to think about another practical issue—resources.

He opened the private network's exchange shop and found the "Advanced Psionic Potion" exchange option.

[Advanced Psionic Potion: Price: 300 GPA Points/potion.]

"Three hundred GPA points each..."

To be promoted to an A-level contract, a full 10,000 performance points are required.

Qin Feng began to calculate rapidly in his mind.

"At my current rate of consumption, I need at least ten high-grade psionic potions a month just to barely maintain peak cultivation efficiency."

"A Class B contract comes with three bottles per month. That means I need to buy seven extra bottles each month."

"Seven branches, that's two thousand one hundred GPA points."

"With my current strength, it's not difficult to gain two or three thousand points a month on the battlefield. What's more, the number of potions increases by 1 every month."

"If I buy it separately, I can use my credits to exchange for resources at any time and immediately devote myself to cultivation."

"But if I choose to accumulate 10,000 points to advance to an A-level contract, the process is too long. By the time I've accumulated enough points, my strength may no longer be sufficient for an A-level contract."

After some calculations, Qin Feng immediately made a decision.

No upgrade to Grade A contract!
Buy it directly with your GPA!
Push your strength up as quickly as possible!
"Currently, my remaining B-grade contract resources include two high-level psionic potions, two high-level deep restorative baths, and two mid-level mental energy recovery potions..."

"Psionic potions are a necessity; everything else can wait. GPA points should be used wisely."

A completely new and crystal-clear training plan took shape in his mind.

"From now on, we will use a three-day cycle."

"Take a psionic potion, then enter the battlefield and fight like a madman until you are exhausted."

"During battle, think more, reflect more, focus on comprehending and creating killing techniques, and thoroughly integrate body tempering techniques into them." "After exhausting your strength, return to the fortress and spend three days repairing, calming down, and cultivating your mental strength."

"And so it goes, repeating itself!"

After making his plan, Qin Feng looked up at Lin Yue, who had been sitting quietly to the side the whole time without disturbing him.

"Ok?"

Lin Yue seemed to know what he wanted to ask, and pointed to the other side of the room, "The bathroom is over there. If you want to rest, there's a bed there."

She shrugged and added, "You don't need to worry about me. Just go about your own business. Pretend I don't exist."

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

Qin Feng nodded and said sincerely.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue suddenly smiled: "No need to thank me. Actually, by accepting your mission as a 'protector,' I am also doing an imperial mission. Upon completion of the mission, I will also receive imperial contribution points as a reward."

Even so, Qin Feng thanked him again.

He went into the bathroom, washed away the blood and fatigue with hot water, and then poured a whole packet of high-grade deep-restoration bath medicine into the bathtub.

Under the influence of the medicine, his body slowly recovered, his physical body became more and more resilient, and his vitality index steadily increased.

He swallowed another high-grade psionic potion, then returned to bed and fell into a deep sleep.
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Time, on the battlefield of blood and fire, is the cheapest and fastest-passing unit of measurement.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

When Qin Feng dragged his exhausted and blood-soaked body back to the Aegis-III space fortress from the battlefield of Purgatory-VII, his entire demeanor had undergone a complete transformation.

The naivety and immaturity have long been washed away. In their place is a calmness like that of an ancient glacier, and a pair of eyes that seem to have seen through life and death, as still as a deep well.

In that month, he experienced hundreds of battles, large and small.

He once led an elite squad of veterans deep behind enemy lines, on a long-distance raid of over a thousand kilometers, to wipe out a giant green-skinned "Anxunsi Factory," and escaped with his life amidst the flames of explosions.

He was also forced to lead a group of "greenhorn recruits" like himself to hold out for two days and two nights in a canyon surrounded on three sides by the Greenhorn army, until reinforcements arrived.

He learned how to find the safest route of advance amidst a hail of bullets;
I learned how to judge the landing point of a shell from the whistling sound;

I learned how to form the most effective offensive and defensive alliance with completely unfamiliar teammates in a second.

He had killed cunning green-skinned snipers, slashed down rampaging green-skinned tanks, and even, in a fierce siege, personally shoved his rifle into the heart of a level 3 war boss.

He was no longer the "new recruit" who needed protection.

In this brutal meat grinder, he has grown into a truly qualified and trustworthy warrior, someone that any teammate can rely on.

……

C-709 Martial Arts Room.

Qin Feng sat cross-legged, silently examining his gains and changes over the past month.

He opened his data panel.

Name: Qin Feng
Vitality Index: 21.23
[Martial Artist Level]: Level 2 Martial Artist

Looking at this number, Qin Feng's brows furrowed slightly.

One month.

After a whole month of non-stop, high-intensity life-or-death battles, his vitality index only increased by 1.21 points.

This speed is worlds apart from his previous terrifying efficiency of improving by 0.2 points per day.

However, the resources he consumed for this were enormous.

The three high-grade psionic potions that came with the B-grade contract, plus the two more he exchanged with all his credit points, totaling five high-grade potions, had long since been used up.

"The rate of improvement has slowed down."

Qin Feng calmly analyzed his current situation.

"First of all, it's because after the 'Intermediate Imperial Body Forging Method' is perfected, the passive enhancement effect brought by the system has disappeared. Now every bit of progress I make has to rely on my own hard work and perseverance."

"Secondly, and most importantly, I no longer dedicate large blocks of time to the tedious practice of body tempering techniques. Instead, I integrate the operation of body tempering techniques into combat. While this method allows me to adapt to the battlefield more quickly and improve my killing skills, it greatly reduces the frequency of pushing my body to its limits."

“Back in school, I could do extreme physical training three to four times a day. But now, on the battlefield, I need to fight continuously for three days and three nights to truly push my body and mind to their limits. The efficiency is naturally incomparable.”

He also compared it in his mind to another method of cultivation.

"If I take advantage of the resources and seclude myself in the space fortress to raise my vitality index to 30.0 in one go, then when I re-enter the battlefield and face those level 2 or even level 3 greenskins, the pressure I will feel will be much less. In this way, the progress of my killing techniques will inevitably become extremely slow."

"It's just right now."

"The intense combat pressure can maximize the honing of my killing techniques and fighting will. While the body tempering method integrated into combat is less efficient, it is more stable. Anyway, this mission lasts a full year, so there is plenty of time."

"Besides, even if I raise my vitality index to 30.0 early on, so what? I still have to stay at that level and wait for next year's Qiming Inter-School League."

Having figured this out, Qin Feng's anxiety about the slowdown in his progress vanished.

Martial arts training is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Sometimes, taking time to reflect and mature is more important than acting rashly.

(End of this chapter)