I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

When Xue Jing stepped in to teach the Four Phases Dojo disciples a lesson for shoving passersby, Ji Huaiyu thanked him, leaving a deep impression on Xue Jing.

Apart from these three and Yin Muhu, Xue Jing didn't know any of the other contestants, or rather, even if he did know them, he hadn't paid any attention to them.

"Alright, since we can only meet Zhou Yinglin in the quarterfinals... then we can try to do some fancy tricks."

Xue Jing touched his chin.

He had already decided to steal this man's master's secret technique, the "Flawless Spear," which was known as the "Number One Skill in the World."

In that case, being able to watch two of Zhou Yinglin's matches from the sidelines before he actually faced Zhou Yinglin should be enough for him.

Now that [Contemplation·True] has reached Lv8, as long as Zhou Yinglin performs his marksmanship right under his nose, Xue Jing can firmly imprint it in his consciousness.

Then, through consciousness simulation, surgical-level observation and analysis were repeatedly conducted in the consciousness space.

In addition, his [Soldier Strike] skill grants him mastery of all weapons, and his understanding of spear techniques has reached a level close to that of sword techniques. It is not impossible for him to learn 'Seamless' within a few days.

"Defeat Zhou Yinglin with a flawless technique... his expression should be quite amusing."

……

On the rooftop of the building, Xue Jing, with dragon horns on his head and silver-white dragon lightning wrapped around his body, bent his legs slightly and assumed a fist stance, slowly practicing the Shaking Armor Technique.

After several days of training, his tolerance for gravity has increased to eighteen times.

Even for him now, practicing the Shaking Armor Technique in an environment with eighteen times the normal gravity was an extremely difficult task, causing him to be drenched in sweat and a puddle of water to spread out from the soles of his feet.

The buildings at the Zhige base were of excellent construction quality. Xue Jing weighed over 120 kilograms, which would exceed two tons under 18 times the force of gravity. Despite such weight, the contact area with the ground was only the soles of his two feet, resulting in immense pressure. The pressure also had to withstand Xue Jing's occasional leaps and landings.

But the building's floor showed no signs of failing to support the weight.

"call--"

After completing the entire set of Shaking Armor Techniques, Xue Jing exhaled, his strength shifting and vibrating, shaking off the sweat from his body into a mist.

The Yellow Woman's internal energy circulates within the body, and the five internal organs move slowly like a fetus, as if they were living things, absorbing nutrients from the body and gradually becoming stronger.

Xue Jing picked up a transparent glass container from the table next to him. It was filled with bright red liquid, which was the secret medicine he had prepared in advance for Huang Po Gong.

He opened the container and gulped it down in one go, ignoring the slightly bitter and strange taste. Xue Jing wiped his mouth and thought to himself:

"My current pure martial arts combat strength should be enough to handle this match... but I can't guarantee an absolute victory. I need to find a way to strengthen it further."

He always remembered what the cat had said: battles between martial artists are not about comparing numbers, and there is no such thing as whoever has a higher number will definitely win. There are countless examples of the weak defeating the strong throughout history.

Yesterday, he fought a great battle with Otogi Suzuka. In terms of the result, he won by a small margin, but the difference in their strength was not significant. He could not achieve a crushing victory over Otogi Suzuka with the kind of overwhelming power that would guarantee him a 100% win.

The same applies to Zhou Yinglin... This person's strength might even surpass that of Otogi Suzuka.

Although Xue Jing was confident that he could win... what if they suddenly had a burst of energy and were in superb condition, performing at 200% of their strength?

If the odds of winning are only 98%, what's the difference between that and suicide?

Xue Jing thought for a moment, then opened the panel and focused his gaze on the Divine Skills section, looking at the skill listed first.

【Twins Lv4】

This is the first divine skill he activated; its passive effect is currently on cooldown and will not be available for another month.

This skill was incredibly helpful, especially in the early days after he acquired his cheat ability. He won many battles thanks to its doubled combat power.

However, since Shadowflame ascended to Lv4 and gained the ability to materialize, and with his two new loves, Plant Pact and Dragon Horn, also eagerly awaiting his arrival, his aging and faded wife, Twins, fell out of favor and was left aside. He basically stopped spending his divinity on her.

This is also because the most important active effects of Twins—double strength, double speed, double defense—have already been activated by him.

The remaining active amplification effects are not worthwhile compared to skills like Shadow Flame Plant Pact, which provide a significant boost to combat power upon upgrade.

However, the situation is different now.

U19 is a martial arts competition, and only by defeating him in pure martial arts can Otogi Suzuka truly convince him and gain the recognition of the Unsharpened Blade.

Therefore, skills like Shadowflame, Plant Pact, and Dragon Horn, which produce a trail of sparks and lightning, cannot be used...

And the [Twin]... can be used without anyone noticing.

What does "on" mean? Does it mean that if it's not turned off, it's on?

How can a young master be considered successful?

However, all the twin active effects that significantly boost combat power have already been activated, so what about the rest...?

Xue Jing's gaze swept back and forth among the dozens or even hundreds of remaining active effects on the panel.

Should I choose 'Reaction Speed'...? This seems to be the option that can best boost combat power.

However, his reaction speed is already more than sufficient due to the [Aiming] ability, and doubling it wouldn't make a qualitative difference.

No matter how fast your reaction speed is, it's useless if your body can't keep up.

Perception, concentration...

Xue Jing's gaze swept over the options that seemed to significantly improve combat strength.

Finally, he stopped at an option that seemed unremarkable.

— Flexibility.

Flexibility refers to the range of motion of human joints and the elasticity and extensibility of all musculoskeletal tissues such as ligaments, tendons, muscles, and skin.

This is an option that doesn't seem to offer any significant improvement in combat power... Xue Jing's flexibility is already more than sufficient; he can now perform almost any movement that a human could theoretically accomplish.

But... these are twins!

That unreasonable, physics-agnostic, ruthless twin that arbitrarily doubles the effect of a certain physical ability, ignoring everything else...

Double the flexibility, completely defying the laws of physics...

Xue Jing glanced at the current divine resources inventory.

[Possessing Divinity: 1193]

"Hmm... it's only 800 points anyway, so I'll just level up."

Having recently earned too much divinity, Xue Jing felt quite extravagant, thinking he was good at making money and didn't need to be so careful with his spending. He didn't take the eight hundred points of divinity seriously and immediately made a decision.

He clicked on the upgrade button on the [Twins] page.

【Twins Lv5 (393/1200)】

[Passive: Possesses two lives. After death, one can freely choose to resurrect within seven days. Cooldown: 50 days (Current cooldown: 19 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes, and 27 seconds)]

[Active: Each level 1 allows you to designate one ability related to your own physical body, which will have double the effect when used]

[Currently activated: Physical strength, movement speed, physical defense, instinctive intuition]

[Currently available options: ...]

"Oh? The passive effect is improved after the upgrade, directly covering the ten-day cooldown. Not bad."

Xue Jing nodded and looked at the active effect selection.

Without hesitation, he directly selected the new active effect—flexibility.

[Currently activated: Physical strength, movement speed, physical defense, instinctive instincts, flexibility]

With a thought, Xue Jing immediately used Twin Strike, instinctively activating [Twin Strike Flexibility].

He first turned his head.

"Click, click—"

With a few cracking sounds, he turned his head 180 degrees and behind him.

This is not his limit; he can do this without using Twin Flexibility.

So he turned his head again.

“Ka-ka-ka—”

Then, a strange scene happened.

Xue Jing's head turned 360 degrees... and returned to the normal position.

If it weren't for the wrinkled skin around his neck, he would look like a normal person.

With a snap, he turned his head back.

"Try this..."

Xue Jing clenched his right fist and swung it forward suddenly.

His arm seemed to have eaten a rubber fruit, extending more than twice its normal length to nearly two meters, and struck a punching post, sending it flying dozens of meters away.

"Comprehensive, unreasonable double flexibility—skin, muscles, bones, meridians…everything can be stretched and extended. Excellent."

Xue Jing nodded, then looked down thoughtfully at his crotch.

"So, as for blood flow... forget about this, it's perfectly adequate."

Xue Jing shook his head.

"Now, here comes the important part."

The reason he upgraded to Twin and chose double the flexibility was to test whether the following effect could be achieved.

If that were possible... that would be incredibly awesome.

Xue Jing took a deep breath through both his mouth and nose, quickly inhaling a large amount of oxygen from the surrounding environment into his lungs.

The enormous amount of air he inhaled caused noticeable airflow fluctuations around him, creating visible wind pressure.

His lungs were constantly being filled with oxygen, and he quickly reached his original limit... But now, having activated his twin flexibility, he did not stop and continued to inhale.

It is well known that the amount of force a martial artist can utilize is strongly correlated with their lung capacity.

With double the flexibility, Xue Jing's lung expansion capacity also doubled, allowing his lungs to withstand twice the amount of oxygen he originally had.

At the same time, the immense burden brought about by the massive amount of oxygen transported within the body is easily borne by the body's internal organs, which possess double the expansion capacity due to the twin's flexibility.

therefore……

Xue Jing can now use twice the strength he used to!

"Goo-"

Suddenly, Xue Jing's body swelled up, and his entire body grew proportionally larger.