High Martial Arts Races: I Ascend to the Future in a Simulation

"But if that protective membrane breaks, it should be fine, right?"

Xu Fei thought to himself.

He can't possibly stay at the martial arts level forever; suppressing his level too much is ridiculous.

Ultimately, one must break through that membrane, experience the first (breakthrough), and become a true Man.

"Besides, even if I break through to the Martial Soldier level... it doesn't necessarily mean I've lost an opportunity to gain talent."

"Because in the last simulation, my innate talent of 'robustness' didn't awaken until I was 12 years old."

"If I break through to the level of a martial arts master in reality, and then start growing from scratch in the simulation, will I also have to go through another 'breakthrough' before gaining talent?"

If that were the case, he wouldn't need to worry about leveling up.

Xu Fei was making mental preparations for himself, but unless absolutely necessary, he was not prepared to lose that crucial membrane because of a mere guess.

At the very least, we should wait until his base stats reach 50 points, and he's close to becoming a martial artist in the second realm, before giving it a try.

On his way home, Xu Fei passed by a street and a rich aroma wafted over on the wind.

Guh~~

His stomach growled, reminding him that it was time to eat.

To truly and completely detach from food until reaching the fifth realm of Martial King, even the fourth realm of Martial Grandmaster needs to consume a small amount of meat and vegetables every few years to supplement trace elements, and in conjunction with vital energy, in order to maintain peak condition.

Moreover, he was just a soldier at the Zero Realm, and hadn't eaten a single grain of rice since he got the simulator in the morning, so he had already missed lunch.

Xu Fei walked through several shops and found "Veteran Dumplings" amidst the rich aroma of meat.

"Uncle Niu".

He called out from afar, "Give me a bowl of fried dumplings, a super large bowl."

"Hey, Xiao Fei." A slightly overweight middle-aged man in the shop nodded to the approaching boy: "Why did you choose the extra-large bowl this time? Don't let your martial arts training take a toll on your body."

"Don't worry, it's a good thing," Xu Fei replied with a smile.

This Uncle Niu is over forty years old and is a retired soldier.

The dumplings his family makes are large and meaty, made with "Sharp Knife Bull," a race ranked in the hundreds of thousands, and a mortal enemy of the Heavenly Battlefield and the human race.

The beef is incredibly delicious when it's coated in dough and fried. Uncle Niu likes to shape it into dumplings, 8 in a small bowl and 12 in a medium bowl. A normal adult only needs a small bowl to feel full.

Xu Fei used to order only twenty large bowls; medium bowls and larger were reserved for martial artists. Ordinary people would need to have a natural talent like a "big stomach" to eat them.

There are thirty extra-large bowls, and fifty extra-large bowls!

"Even good things shouldn't make your appetite double. Let me give you a super-sized bowl first."

Uncle Niu waved his hand. He had been on the battlefield of the heavens and had some arduous experiences. As a result, he valued food very much and couldn't stand seeing people waste it.

"By the way, what's the good news?"

As he counted the items, he placed them into the oil pan, where the boiling oil splattered and splashed everywhere.

"I've awakened my talent," Xu Fei said.

Whoosh!

Uncle Niu's hand trembled, and he accidentally knocked the oil pot over, spilling scalding hot oil onto the table and some onto his hand, instantly burning him with red spots.

But he seemed to feel no pain whatsoever. He slightly adjusted the oil pan to prevent more hot oil from spilling out, then stared intently at the boy in front of him and said solemnly, "You said you awakened your talent? Before becoming a martial soldier?"

He clearly remembered that although Xiao Fei had martial arts talent, he was only mediocre and couldn't even get into a martial arts university, let alone break through to the Martial Soldier level at the young age of sixteen!

He's not even as good as that old ox!

Such a child will likely enter a police academy for about two years, be assigned to a police station, and perhaps become a formal martial artist and get promoted a few years later.

If you have the drive, you can go to the Tianmen battlefield after your breakthrough and seek advancement through near-death experiences. Otherwise, you can stay in the police station and approach the second-level martial arts master after several decades, but you will be unable to break through due to old age, and then you will retire.

In this process, he might also encounter a foreign cult, just like his mother did, and then...

If you have good talent, you will be assigned to a military academy and then go to the front line. The mortality rate will be higher than becoming a policeman, but with all kinds of training and military merits, as long as you survive, you can still become a second-level martial artist.

If things go even better, one could get into a martial arts university... such a future could be described as limitless, and one could become a great figure in the third or fourth realm.

But... but this boy, who was supposed to be assigned to the police academy, has now awakened his talent before becoming a formal martial artist?

"Yes." Xu Fei nodded: "The talent I awakened should be [Mighty Body]."

A powerful physique and a very strong intermediate talent, almost reaching the level of an advanced talent. The effect is: amplify constitution by 70% and strength by 30%, with a constitution amplification range of 12-96 points and a strength amplification range of 5-40 points.

This was a talent he had chosen after careful consideration.

Talent is a magical bonus that is difficult to detect artificially, but the value of being boosted by talent can be measured through external performance.

Xu Fei had researched the information and knew that some martial artists had special circumstances. They might experience a breakthrough after many years of mediocrity, awakening powerful talents and significantly increasing their basic martial arts cultivation values.

He decided to pretend to be a super genius who had "accumulated knowledge and experience before making a breakthrough": his base stats of 20 points, plus the talent bonus of his mighty physique, were just close to his current 33 points of constitution and 27 points of strength.

"A mighty physique... a mighty physique can even be considered a high-level talent!"

Uncle Niu exclaimed in disbelief as he stretched out his palm. Xu Fei then punched him in the palm, and the force of the punch exploded with a loud bang between their skin and flesh.

"It's true!"

The veteran was horrified.

Even an ordinary martial artist like him might not be able to awaken an intermediate-level talent even if he breaks through to the second realm.

The "powerful body" that Xu Fei mentioned is not a bad talent for some martial artists with weak foundations, as it is the talent they develop when breaking through to the third realm of martial generals!

But Xiao Fei in front of him... is just a martial arts student, yet he has already awakened such a level of talent!

This is no longer just "genius," it could probably be called "prodigy"!

"Uh, is it unreasonable for me to awaken an intermediate-level talent?" Xu Fei asked hesitantly. He had clearly seen online that some martial arts geniuses could even awaken advanced-level talents right after birth!

As for those geniuses whose parents are Martial Kings or Martial Emperors, who were nourished by various sacred medicines while still in their mother's womb, and who received blessings and baptisms from certain special heavenly races... you don't need to worry about these situations. Anyway, they were born with advanced talents.

Why can't Xu Fei do it?

He's grown up so much, awakening a mid-level talent... isn't that a bit much, is it?

That's not all; once he gets the scholarship, he'll continue to unleash new talents.

The most important and unparalleled genius of the human race has been born!