Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Steel of the Heart

next morning

On the martial arts stage, two figures with almost identical builds are passionately slashing at each other, each wielding a large halberd!

Several figures were standing below the martial arts arena.

Xiang Bei also went over after seeing this.

Last night he successfully absorbed cosmic energy and unlocked the cheat code he had been waiting for for over a decade. He is in a wonderful mood right now.

"Big sister, big brother and second brother are fighting again." As they walked to the martial arts stage, Xiang Bei spoke to a smart woman who was about 1.75 meters tall and wearing a fitted long dress.

This woman is Zhang Qiu. Although her surname is Zhang, she is the eldest sister of the Xiang family in this generation and has the final say in the three generations of the Xiang family.

On the stage, the twin brothers Xiang Bei, Xiang Dong, and Xiang Nan were passionately slashing each other with a large halberd.

Although the brothers are twins, one has a fiery temper and the other a gentle temperament. Their personalities are completely opposite. In life, they are brothers and drink and eat together as usual, but when it comes to martial arts, their ideas are completely incompatible. They will fight each other on the martial arts stage at the slightest disagreement.

Such things happen every few days whenever the two brothers are home. Everyone is used to it and occasionally watches the excitement from the sidelines, or even stirs up trouble if they don't mind.

"Xiao Bei is here. You don't know your older brothers, they're always fighting over martial arts, and they're always getting along well," Zhang Qiu said gently with a smile.

However, she paused for a moment after speaking, then looked Xiang Bei over carefully for a few more seconds, and asked with some surprise, "Xiao Bei, you've successfully cultivated the Genetic Energy Cultivation Method?"

"Mm." Xiang Bei nodded slightly. There was no need to deny it in front of his family.

After becoming a martial artist, Zhang Qiu did not join any martial artist team. Instead, he became a martial artist instructor at Kyoto University, where he was responsible for training students who had the potential to become martial artists.

Although his strength is only at the level of a high-level warrior, he has a sharp eye. Xiang Bei only successfully cultivated gene energy for the first time last night. With his physical attributes soaring, he still cannot control his power very well. Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhang Qiu noticed some clues.

"Great! Let's go test our current strength!" Zhang Qiu's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly.

Becoming a quasi-martial artist at the age of sixteen should be considered genius, but Xiang Bei has now successfully cultivated the Gene Origin Energy Cultivation Method in just five or six days, which undoubtedly further proves Xiang Bei's talent on the path of martial arts.

As we all know, the first time you start practicing the Gene Source Energy Cultivation Method is the most difficult, as it is a process of creating something from nothing.

From the moment you first come into contact with cultivation, it is considered quite talented to succeed within a month; it is normal to succeed after three or four months.

Some individuals with poor talent may not be able to draw cosmic energy into their bodies even after a year of cultivation.

For someone like Xiang Bei to succeed in just five or six days, he is undoubtedly a genius in the eyes of ordinary people.

At this moment, everyone turned their attention to Xiang Bei. Even the Xiang brothers, Xiang Dong and Xiang Nan, who were fighting fiercely on stage, stopped their passionate exchange and came down from the stage.

"Xiao Bei, you've really succeeded in your training! Quickly test how many kilograms your punching power has increased," Xiang Dong said eagerly.

"Okay." Xiang Bei nodded, and then, accompanied by the others, went directly to the second floor of the martial arts training building.

Here, the Xiang family has equipped the young people in their family with quite complete cultivation facilities.

All three types of testing machines are naturally included.

As they approached the punching power testing machine, the shrewd young man on the other end had already turned it on.

Xiang Bei, naturally, didn't hold back. He stood firmly on his feet, then used his waist and hips to deliver a powerful punch to the punching bag.

With a soft "bang!", the punch testing machine, which was capable of withstanding the full force of a punch from a high-level warrior, didn't even shake.

The numbers displayed on the electronic screen rapidly increased, almost instantly reaching 2000kg, and finally stopping at 3556kg.

"3556!"

The younger members of the Xiang family exclaimed in surprise as they looked at the numbers displayed on the punch strength testing machine.

According to the general understanding of martial artists today, a normal increase in weight gain of around 300 kilograms after successfully cultivating genetic energy for the first time is considered normal; an increase in punching power of around 600 kilograms is considered excellent.

Those whose punching power increases by more than 1,000 kg are considered elite level, and those who can exceed 2000 kg are considered genius level among martial artists worldwide.

Xiang Bei's punching power was only over 900 kilograms before, but now it has reached 3556 kilograms in one go, which is undoubtedly more than 2000 kilograms of punching power increase.

He's a genius on a global scale.

Bei himself was somewhat surprised by this, but after thinking about it, he understood the reason.

If he relied solely on his own talent, he probably wouldn't have been able to achieve a punching power increase of 2000kg. However, with the appearance of Heart Steel, Xiang Bei directly gained a 900-point increase in his maximum health.

Although he didn't know how much his physical strength would increase by 900 points in terms of maximum health points, it was undoubtedly not a small amount.

Furthermore, as his maximum life value increased, his already "full" cells were able to absorb even more cosmic energy, leading to a chain reaction that resulted in a huge increase in his punching power.

But so what? A one-time increase of over two thousand kilograms in punching power should be enough for him to receive top-tier contracts from both major martial arts schools.

Of course, he is not a member of the martial arts school now.

However, it doesn't matter. The Xia Kingdom government has close ties with the two major martial arts schools, and not all those who can enter the training camp are from within the martial arts schools.

Furthermore, if Xiang Bei works even harder and reaches the advanced warrior level before the age of seventeen, he might be able to receive an admission notice for the Ultimate Martial Arts Academy's elite training camp.

"Big brother, how much did your fist power increase the first time you absorbed cosmic energy?" Xiang Nan, dressed in a martial arts short shirt, asked from behind.

"917kg, I remember you weighed 913kg."

"Yes, I remember Zhang Dong weighs 899kg, almost 900!"

"Damn, does that mean Xiao Bei's punch power from his first infusion of cosmic energy was almost three times ours?" Xiang Dong clicked his tongue. Although he knew that his fourth brother was talented in cultivation and worked extremely hard, the difference still made Xiang Dong feel a little sour.

"Alright, Xiao Bei, test your speed and reflexes again. Xiao Shang, go and call Second Uncle over." Zhang Qiu suppressed his surprise and quickly gave the order.

Given Xiang Bei's current behavior, we must inform the elders in the family as soon as possible, and even inform the old man, as this could be a major event concerning the future of the family.

Xiang Bei didn't mince words. After calming down, he quickly took the remaining two tests, and the results were still pleasing.

Speed: 55.3m/s

Reflexes: Excellent for intermediate warriors, qualified for advanced warriors