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

At 24, your physical condition began to decline rapidly. That fracture acted as a powerful boost, propelling you faster into the abyss.

You no longer focus on battles, but instead concentrate your energy on farming and planting, leading to a further increase in the tribe's population.

[Furthermore, with the domestication of horses, a quarter of the Central Plains region is now under your control.]

[At 25, his 14-year-old adopted son, Tie Man, tamed a metal-eating beast and made it his mount. Like you many years ago, he possessed a warlike spirit, but the Central Plains were enough for him; he had no desire to roam freely.]

[At 26, you head southeast, ready to catch the Magikarp in the mighty river and earn an achievement.]

However, when you arrive at the place you remember, you are surprised to find that the small islands in the river are no longer there.

To be precise, the island still exists, but the savages who once lived there are gone.

All that remains on those islands is flat land; not a trace of ever having been inhabited by savages has survived—not even buildings, grass, or clothing.

[After wandering around the area, you finally learned from the wild animals in a settlement near the river that two years ago the river flooded, submerging all the small islands.]

The torrents of millions of tons washed away all traces of life that had ever existed on the island.

Looking at the now much wider river channel, you mentally simulated the scene and couldn't help but shudder.

[That kind of natural disaster is beyond human control. Even if Tie Man were to grow to his peak, he would be no different from a tree branch in this rushing river.]

To truly contend with the mighty forces of nature, to be truly unparalleled in the world, to defy heaven and earth... one must step into the fifth realm.

A warrior in the first realm is merely "extraordinary," while a martial king in the fifth realm is "transcendent."

In terms of endurance, it can no longer be overwhelmed by a large number of enemy troops, nor does it need sleep or rest, or even to eat any specific food. Its combat power is so great that it can suppress mountains and rivers with a single punch or kick!

"But those are still too far away for me."

Xu Fei said softly.

"I guess so."

At 27, you returned to your tribe, feeling your own aging and declining strength.

[You've long since stopped practicing "Extreme Breaking Technique" and have started conditioning your body using ordinary martial arts methods. Because you understand your body so well, you believe you still have a chance of success.]

[Successfully extended their lives by several years through proper care.]

"I wonder if I'll live to see my cat's age in this lifetime."

[The "wild man's cat father" refers to someone who is 35 years old, as rare as someone in their eighties under normal circumstances.]

At 28, it's like urinating; once a drop is spilled, the rest is impossible to hold back.

[Your rapid decline—your stamina, strength, agility, and even control—is drastically decreasing, and the backlash is coming so quickly that you can hardly accept it.]

Xu Fei glanced at the panel.

[28 years old, Physique: 30 (36), Control: 30 (35), Strength: 28 (32), Divine Soul: 29 (31), Talent: ...]

This is a disaster...

Fortunately, the simulator's description states that after the simulation ends, the maximum number of attributes he can purchase is the strongest possible.

Even if his current physical attributes drop to 10 points, he can still buy the 39 points he once reached.

Of course, the maximum attribute you purchase must be your actual martial arts cultivation level; attributes temporarily increased by using explosive secret techniques like the "Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique" are not included.

At the end of the year, in the depths of winter, you can't help but shiver.

Even if some newly recruited barbarian warriors are inferior to you in every aspect, they are young, strong, and full of vigor. They can run around outside shirtless, fearless.

You feel incredibly weak, and an increasing sense of weariness emanates from you.

[Tie Man gazed at your aged appearance for a long time, then, clad in battle armor and carrying an iron spear, he trudged away through the snow.]

At 29, you're really old, like you're in your 50s. You're aging faster than a programmer starting their career; your hair is falling out in clumps.

[But losing your hair didn't make you stronger; you felt your body decaying. You accidentally cut your hand, and it took several days to heal.]

[If you were 20 years old, this would only take half a day!]

You begin to calm down and create (or rather, create) words.

Even if intelligence declines, it doesn't mean memory declines, especially since you possess the gift of excellent memory.

[The Chinese Character Learning Classroom is now open.]

At 30, wrinkles appear on your skin, you age further, and your body becomes weaker.

[Of course, he's still much stronger than a normal person.]

[In summer, a figure slowly emerged from the distant horizon of the plains. When some savages recognized his face, they cried out and returned to the center of their tribe.]

"He's back! Tie Man is back!"

Many of the savages remarked that Tie Man was practically a carbon copy of you, also fond of breaking away from the tribe and wandering off.

They even suspect that Tie Man is actually your biological son. Even Tie Man's mother suddenly regained her memories and increasingly thinks you're one of the tough guys she used to play ranked games with.

[What a coincidence! The day she played the game together was exactly ten months before she gave birth to Tie Man!]

"Nonsense! I'm not Dongfeng; my range isn't that far."

[Although after breaking through to the Martial Soldier level, one doesn't need to worry too much about the loss of essence and the slowdown in martial arts training caused by that, the problem is these savages are just too ugly!]

[With an average appearance score of no more than four out of 100, you wouldn't want to be with someone who's half-human and half-monkey, even in complete darkness!]

[They were afraid of distorting their aesthetic sense and developing a fetish for the ugly.]

[…Let's set aside the unsolved mystery of who Tie Man's biological father is for now and focus on Tie Man's return.]

He carried a huge bag on his back, seemingly the skin of some unknown creature, seamlessly integrated into his body.

I walked step by step to stand before you.

Then, upon opening the baggage, a strong stench of blood assaulted the senses.

You froze, because inside the skin was a massive, blood-red organ, somewhat like a heart, but you had never seen any creature's heart look like this, or be so enormous.

"What is this?"

[You asked instinctively.]

"The Heart of the Dragon!" Tie Man laughed heartily. "Father, quickly eat this Heart of the Dragon to strengthen your body!"

[A dragon? Where in this world would a dragon come from? How come you've never encountered one?]