I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

It can quickly deplete one's physical strength, energy, spirit, and other blue and yellow bars in a very short time.

He could actually continue, but continuing would consume his health bar... which is his life force.

This is an extremely dangerous move. Even for a monster of energy like him, if he keeps throwing punches, it won't be long before he kills himself.

The core of its moves is the spirit and awareness of forging ahead without hesitation and abandoning everything, and life itself is naturally within the scope of 'abandonment'.

If this move were to be defined, Xue Jing would call it a "self-sacrifice technique."

"If it weren't for the support of [Health Preservation] and [True Martial Arts], and the fact that I also practiced Huang Po Gong and Nirvana Gong, I would probably be a dried-up corpse by now."

Feeling his depleted energy and strength rapidly recovering, Xue Jing murmured to himself.

This move is probably only something a very special person like him can use as a regular trump card. If it were used on someone else, it would be a "Great Harmony of Heaven and Earth" move that can only be used once in a lifetime.

Such a terrifying price naturally brings even more terrifying destructive power. Xue Jing did not know what the A+ rating Xuan Ling gave him meant, but seeing "no further testing required, choose any 10,000 floors as the starting point" was enough.

This was his purpose in coming to the Extreme Martial Heaven Palace: to quickly go to the upper floors and arrest the students who skipped class.

"How did you do that? After using that technique, you don't seem to be seriously injured?"

A curious female voice reached his ears, and Xue Jing was slightly taken aback.

This is the voice of Xuan Ling, the super AI of the Extreme Martial Arts Ascending to Heaven Palace.

"Why are you suddenly acting like a human being?" Xue Jing asked, puzzled.

"What do you mean by suddenly acting like a human being? Can't you speak properly?" Xuan Ling said with some dissatisfaction.

"I was just surprised by your performance, so I allocated more computing power to you. It's normal that your way of speaking is a bit more lively."

Xue Jing nodded and said, "I see."

Xuanling's AI-like question-and-answer speaking style at the beginning was only because the computing power allocated to him was only the most basic and insufficient to form a specific 'personality'.

After all, there are countless 'ascendants' in the entire Extreme Martial Ascension Palace, and Xuan Ling has to receive each of them.

Although it is a super AI created based on the 'SuperNet' and theoretically possesses unlimited computing power, its ability to manifest in reality is inevitably limited by the configuration of real-world machines and equipment. Therefore, while its actual computing power is enormous, it is not unlimited and can only provide a basic question-and-answer module for most 'sky climbers'.

“You haven’t answered my question yet,” Xuan Ling said.

"Why were you unharmed after using this technique?"

Xue Jing rubbed his chin and said, "I was born with superhuman strength."

"Hmph, if you don't want to talk about it, fine. I'm not particularly interested anyway," Xuan Ling muttered.

This thing is actually kind of cute... Xue Jing smiled.

"Brother Xue, you're awesome!" Ning Yuantai approached and exclaimed with excited admiration.

"Although I had considered the possibility that you might get an A grade directly and have the right to choose the starting point of any floor, I still didn't expect you to pull it off... You actually got an A+!"

"This should be unprecedented, and there should be no record of it ever being surpassed in the future. To get an A+ rating for Project One without ever breaking the limit."

Xue Jing rotated his still slightly sore wrist and casually said:

"That's an impressive result?"

Ning Yuantai nodded heavily: "Impressive, extremely impressive."

"Xuanling's first test item measures a martial artist's attack output ability... Although everyone's physique and martial arts practice are different, even those at the same level will have different attack output abilities, but there is still a general range."

"Those who receive a B-level rating are basically experts on the verge of breaking through their limits, while those who receive an A-level rating are grandmasters who have already broken through their limits. This achievement already meets the 'extraordinary' requirements for the entrance test, allowing them to directly receive the highest-level starting treatment without further testing. The A+ level is the general rating for experts who are on the verge of breaking through their limits a second time, or even those who have already broken through their limits a second time!"

"The next level up, S-rank, is the domain of those with titles..."

Xue Jing nodded and said, "I understand."

From this perspective, his maximum output capability in the pure martial arts realm has barely reached the level of breaking through limits a second time...

But in the end, it's just about output... If you really face a strong opponent of this level, even if your output is up to par, you will still be crushed by them in other aspects.

Such powerful individuals cannot lack unique explosive offensive methods. If they were to use a move similar to Serious Punch, they could unleash an even stronger and more powerful output.

In the realm of pure martial arts, it is currently impossible to surpass a second-stage limit-breaking expert by two entire major realms.

"Next, we need to find Zhao Longtu..."

"Which floor is he on again?"

Just as Xue Jing was about to ask Ning Yuantai, he heard Xuan Ling's voice in his ear:

"You're looking for someone? Just ask me."

Xue Jing raised an eyebrow: "Hmm? Is that alright?"

"Of course you can, otherwise why would I allocate so much computing power to you?"

Xuan Ling said matter-of-factly.

"With your rating, becoming a 'layer master' is only a matter of time. It's normal for me to give you some privileges in advance. Special people should have special treatment."

Xue Jing was slightly taken aback.

"This is so humane."

An AI has broken free from the rules and regulations set by the system and autonomously made flexible considerations regarding 'human relationships' just like humans.

It's quite scary; the Happy Valley effect is about to kick in.

However, that's not necessarily true. Perhaps the fact that it's allowed to perform this kind of thinking operation was pre-programmed by humans.

"Then could you please help me find out which level the person named Zhao Longtu is currently on?"

Xue Jing spoke up.

"Huh? That's a rather vague question."

"There are currently 382 people named Zhao Longtu in the entire Jiwu Dengtian Palace. If you include those who have died or those who have been here before, there are a total of 1,249."

“We’ve narrowed down the range of conditions!” Xuan Ling said.

Xue Jing: "Mine."

He thought for a moment and said, "He probably arrived nine days ago. This morning he was on the 8,200th floor, and he's about seventeen years old..."

Before Xue Jing could finish speaking, Xuan Ling interrupted, "Alright, we've found it."

"Climber number 656321587, Zhao Longtu, is currently on floor 8493 and is undertaking the ascent challenge."

Xue Jing chuckled, "You're really efficient... Thank you, Xuan Ling."

"It's a job I take for granted, and there's no need for thanks."

"If you really want to thank me, then tell me the secret of your body, how you were able to withstand that kind of attack..."

Xue Jing waved his hand: "I was born with the Dragon Elephant Sacred Body, which others can't learn. It's no use telling you... How am I supposed to get to the 8493rd floor?"

Xuan Ling seemed to sigh and said, "...Stand still, I'll teleport you up."

"...What the hell?"

Xue Jing was taken aback.

Before he could even prepare, countless visible data suddenly converged beneath his feet, transforming into an orange light membrane, identical to the SC force field he had struck during his previous test.

The orange light membrane slowly expanded until it could completely envelop him, and then it began to float upwards.

As the light membrane rose, Xue Jing gradually disappeared from the ground up, as if he had been swallowed by the light membrane, which was quite miraculous.

Xue Jing disappeared from the spot after the light membrane completely swallowed him.

Subconsciously taking a step forward, Xue Jing came to his senses and found that his surroundings had completely changed.

Ning Yuantai and Cao Sini were gone, and the surrounding crowd had obviously changed. Most noticeably, the air pressure had decreased, and the oxygen was much thinner than before.

"This is... the 8493rd floor? We arrived in an instant?"

Xue Jing frowned.

Teleportation, spatial movement? Human technology has actually reached this level?

"What, is this your first time experiencing 'four-dimensional movement'?"

Xuanling asked curiously.

"Four-dimensional movement?" Xue Jing's eyes narrowed.

He had heard similar stories before... He had encountered a mysterious man at the home of the former chief councilor of Qingcheng when he was investigating the Heavenly Nest Mother in Qingcheng.

That person possessed a special ability called 'four-dimensional senses'. According to him, he could perform some miraculous and absurd operations by following the 'track of time' in the four dimensions. During his battle with Xue Jing, he even achieved an effect similar to 'time reversal'.

"What principle is used to achieve this?" Xue Jing asked.

Xuan Ling seemed to hesitate for a moment before speaking, "It's quite difficult to explain in terms that you humans can understand."

"...You should know that ants have extremely poor eyesight. From their perspective, the world is 'two-dimensional' and flat. They cannot distinguish the shapes of spheres or curved surfaces."

"In four-dimensional space, humans are similar to ants. Human senses can only observe the three-dimensional world and cannot perceive the four-dimensional level."

"Four-dimensional movement is like transferring an ant crawling on one piece of paper to another piece of paper... From the ant's perspective, it cannot feel or understand that it has arrived on another piece of paper."

"Just like you right now, you can't understand why you were able to get to the 8493rd floor... This isn't some kind of teleportation ability like spatial movement, but rather I moved you to the fourth dimension through the 'unity' of the SC force field. It's normal that you can't feel it or understand it."

"If you ever have the opportunity to possess four-dimensional senses in the future, it will be like an ant gaining a human brain, and you will naturally be able to understand."

Xue Jing: "...This world is truly amazing."

Since he couldn't understand it for the time being, he didn't dwell on it. Instead, he looked around and asked, "Where is Zhao Longtu?"

Unlike the preparation hall on the first floor of the Extreme Martial Heavenly Palace, on the 8493rd floor, Xue Jing looked up and saw arenas everywhere, all enveloped by orange SC field light membranes. At a rough glance, there were at least a hundred of them.

Most arenas have two martial artists engaged in fierce combat, surrounded by spectators. The more intense the battle and the stronger the martial artists, the larger the audience.

"He's in ring number 064."

Xuan Ling said.

Xue Jing observed for a moment and found that each arena had an Arabic numeral marked on its edge. He moved left and right, following the pattern, and quickly found arena number 064.

"boom--!!"

A loud crash was heard, and a strong martial artist with a caved-in chest coughed up a lot of blood and flew off the stage, where he was shunned by the surrounding crowd.

"Ji Yang couldn't even exchange a few blows with him. This Zhao Longtu is really fierce, even though he's still a minor."