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

Upon hearing of the old patriarch's return, Shan Quan raised his fist high and swung it at you... His right fist was crippled by a single spear thrust, but you countered with another spear strike, "Dragon Emerging from the Sea," piercing straight into his chest cavity. These two moves inflicted a fatal wound upon him.

This savage is indeed a genius; although his talent is not as great as Tie Man's, it is still among the best.

[From his performance just now, you can tell he has become a martial soldier and possesses considerable low-level talent... or even mid-level talent, but he's still far behind you. And being unarmed, it's no surprise he was instantly killed.]

[Mountain Fist collapsed in front of you, blood gushing from his chest. His eyes were wide open, staring intently at you, but his life force was fading, and he died moments later.]

You bowed your head and silently mourned for your adopted son for three seconds. What a pity, a brilliant but brainless warrior willing to slay a dragon for his father is gone (sad).

The tribe's population has reached nearly two thousand, making it the largest tribe in the Central Plains.

However, conflicts and contradictions frequently arise between the different ethnic groups that have merged into the group, and the group is constantly facing the threat of disintegration.

This is because, apart from you, there is no true leader who can suppress them.

[When you were about to leave the monster-hunting area again, all the bosses clung to your coattails...]

At 17, you've been mediating conflicts with various parties while imparting civilized principles. Your progress over the past year has been minimal, but your marksmanship has become increasingly adept.

At 18, after two years of consideration, you have chosen an heir.

However, lacking the great merits of "passing on the torch," "transmitting skills," or "reclaiming wasteland," he could only rely on his strength and methods to suppress the savages. After explaining the aftereffects, you taught him the far superior "Extreme Breaking Skill."

Although he learned he wouldn't live past forty, he was still overjoyed, as he was living much longer than the savages of the past.

At 19, he entered the Western rainforest, practiced climbing and leaping over vines, and killed countless monkeys.

At 20, you were more agile than a monkey, chasing the monkey king deep in the rainforest for most of the day, finally blowing its head off with a single shot, and being crowned the new king by the monkeys.

[Achievement Obtained: Monkey King.]

You enjoy the pampering of the monkeys, with a group of well-behaved monkeys bringing you the freshest fruits every day, living a life of bliss.

[You then abruptly left when the female monkey entered estrus.]

[When you passed by the snow-capped mountains, you visited the polar bear king and discovered that it had grown a lot of fur back on its body, and it trembled when it saw you.]

"I came to see you out of kindness, but this is my reaction... I'm so disappointed!"

[In the southern swamps, you specially carved some planks to support your movement, and also prepared food and a sleeping bag made of animal hide.]

[A month later, unable to withstand the mosquitoes and poisonous creatures, you retreated, feeling unwell all over.]

"Grandpa just won't believe this nonsense!"

In the years that followed, you went in and out of the muddy swamps, only to find yourself unable to bear the swelling after a short time inside, so you came out again to wait for it to shrink (referring to the swelling and healing of the boils on your body).

[I occasionally return to the Central Plains to check on the situation of the tribes.]

This process repeated itself for two and a half years.

You are 22 years old, and you have yet to reach the deepest part of the swamp, to unleash that ultimate shot at the Swamp King.

"That's quite a restraint."

【but--】

[Your hidden potential has been unlocked, and you have awakened a talent: slight poison resistance!]

Xu Fei: "!!!"

"Wow!"

The situation took an unexpected turn.

It's clear that there's been no further breakthrough... but the flight simulator awakened a new talent because of it?

Immediately, he realized what had happened.

Potential! It's potential!

It's not only by breaking through a certain level that one can awaken a new talent; years of practice can also foster the birth of talent!

Take Uncle Niu at the fried dumpling shop, for example. That veteran's cultivation level was only at the initial stage of the second realm. Logically, he could only use two talents, but in reality, he had four.

The other two talents were simply developed through hard work and time.

"It's true what they say: you may plant flowers with care, but they may not bloom; or you may plant willows without intention, and they may thrive."

Xu Fei chuckled softly.

He wanted to awaken a talent that could enhance his physique, but he failed when breaking through a certain realm and instead awakened "Wind Blows and Grass Moves".

However, while constantly venturing into the swamp, his body adaptively developed the talent of "weak poison resistance".

This talent is actually worse than health. It is only slightly better than health in "toxin resistance", but it is of no help to other diseases and injuries. It is the lowest level among the first-level talents.

But it is, after all, a talent.

You naturally became aware of the emergence of a "weak resistance" to toxins within your body.

This is similar to the previous awakening of the "Old Ox" character. Although you can't see the interface while in the simulated world, you can still sense it.

[After further contact with those venomous mosquitoes, you will notice a significant increase in your resistance to the venom, and a strange power will surge within you—that is your new talent.]

[However, you don't know exactly what this talent is; you can only guess that it's related to poison resistance, or that "health" has undergone a talent evolution.]

At 23, with the help of a slight resistance to toxins, the pustules from mosquito bites on your body are at least half the size they used to be, allowing you to venture hundreds of miles into the swamp.

[At 24, you've spent four years conquering this vast swamp, traversing it countless times, but you've never found the King of the Swamp, so you've decided to give up.]

[At 25, a major breakthrough in the forging industry: a thousand-fold forged steel gun successfully produced!]

This year, you also felt that your marksmanship had reached its limit, which is a perfect ending!

[His cultivation level has also reached the seventh stage of Martial Warrior.]

You rampage through the Central Plains, slaughtering tigers and leopards like dogs!

His spear skills were superb, as if they were an extension of his arm.

A single sliding tackle can send an elephant to its death!

"That's about it."

Holding a finely crafted steel spear, you venture deep into the grasslands, where you encounter a fierce tiger.

[You point your spear forward, your blood surging like a rainbow, as if wielding a dragon to fight a tiger. Your opponent possesses a terrifying physique, and you, in turn, possess unparalleled combat skills.]

"What I said when I left—I'm back now, Sword-Tiger-King!"

Your spear sweeps across the land ahead!

The grass was swept away, the soil was overturned, and blood splattered in the air!

Those were the remains of flesh and blood left on the ground after the Sword Tiger King had devoured them.

The battle between humans and tigers is about to erupt!

[Bang!]

The saber-toothed tiger erected its iron tail and swept it horizontally. You met it head-on with your spear; the spear and its tail clashed, like metal striking metal, producing a loud explosion.

[In a short while, you fought dozens of rounds, and the Tiger King suffered a bloody hole in its hind leg. This was the first time in many years that it had been so badly injured, and it was frightened away by your murderous aura.]

[You then collapsed to the ground, suffering multiple bone fractures and internal organ damage, unable to move. You had only managed to stand and confront the giant tiger by sheer willpower.]

"So powerful... its stats are significantly higher than mine."

"I managed to scare it away entirely thanks to my technique and bluffing!"