I am a high-level martial arts master.

Jingpo Manor!

The clamor receded like the tide, leaving only the soft sound of the lake lapping against the shore and the low murmur of the night wind.

Ye Li stood alone by the water's edge, the moonlight like a ribbon, sprinkling across the vast lake, the shimmering waves reflecting his world, so different from what he was experiencing at that moment.

"It should be...this direction?" Ye Li looked up and gazed westward.

According to the crew, Deng Yi stole a small boat from this spot and headed west.

"By water?" Ye Li's lips curled up, and he leaned forward slightly.

As his consciousness focused on the present moment, his intense thinking made him feel as if the whole world had come to a standstill.

It's not a feeling!

It's reality!

At this moment, in Ye Li's eyes, the whole world was moving a thousand times slower than what ordinary people would perceive!

The dripping of water droplets, the ripples they created, and the transmission of sound all came to an almost complete standstill.

This is the world as seen through the eyes of a martial artist at the Acquired Realm!

The world is not dynamic, but rather like a frozen, static portrait.

In this frozen world, everything is still, except for one person who can move normally.

Ye Li felt that the air, which was usually flowing, was no longer light and had become heavy and viscous, as if it were a rope restricting his movements.

Every time you raise your head, turn around, or even lift your eyes, you have to expend a thousand times more energy to fight back.

"Oh right, I also have internal energy to strengthen my physical body!" It seems that Ye Li had been in the Body Tempering Realm for too long, and only then did he remember that he still had internal energy!

The first thing every martial artist learns after acquiring martial arts skills is to enhance their physical body with internal energy.

Upon first entering the Acquired Realm, the physical body is no different from that during the Body Tempering stage.

However, by strengthening his flesh and blood with internal energy, he can easily unleash ten times the power he once had!

Ye Li followed suit, feeling the pure energy surging out of his dantian. Since he hadn't practiced any cultivation techniques, the energy was transparent like water. As the internal energy flowed from his dantian through his meridians and then overflowed into his limbs and bones, Ye Li felt as if his whole body was soaking in warm water.

As his internal energy increased, Ye Li was somewhat disappointed: "Wasn't it supposed to be ten times more powerful? Why is my internal energy only at half the effect?"

Internal force is not an absolute multiplication factor as described in the terminology.

What Ye Li didn't know was that the limited boost he received would be more than enough to enhance ordinary acquired martial artists, let alone increase their strength by 10 times, or even 20 times.

However, because his physical body was too strong, it was like using internal energy from martial arts novels to enhance Tyson and Taro—the difference between them was like heaven and earth. "My physical body is too strong? Garbage internal energy! It's not what you expected!"

With a sarcastic tone, he channeled his inner energy to protect his entire body and clothing.

next moment

boom!!!

Ye Li's figure suddenly blurred! He stomped down with his right foot, not as if stepping on water, but as if stepping on a wall harder than steel! The water of Jingpo Lake beneath his feet was squeezed and torn apart under the enormous force of his stomp!

A tremendous force, enough to crush a road roller, surged forth instantly. Ye Li felt as if he were running through concrete, with immense resistance coming from the air and even the water.

In an almost still world, Ye Li's body moved forward inch by inch, breaking through the air and walking on water, heading towards the sea.

The air was violently blasted apart by his body, forming a visible milky-white shock wave on his body surface!

In the blink of an eye, a kilometer had been covered!

The vast expanse of Jingpo Lake was mercilessly divided by a raging white line that stretched straight westward, cleaving through the boundless blue waves! The water surged and churned, unable to mend the chasm for a mere second. In that single second, Ye Li, relying primarily on his physical strength and supplemented by internal energy, covered nearly a thousand meters. To the west, Deng Yi steered his small boat, frantically channeling his internal energy into his arms, the oars flying like wheels.

The small boat pierced the water like an arrow, leaving a long trail of churning white foam as it sped toward Guangming.

Since he was traveling by water, Deng Yi's internal energy could not sustain him on the water for an extended period of time without stopping, so he had to travel by boat.

The cold night wind brushed across his tense cheeks, but it couldn't dispel the chill in his heart.

"A monster...that kid is a complete monster!"

Deng Yi roared inwardly, his teeth almost grinding to powder: "I must rush back to Guangming immediately! Report to the gang leader and eliminate him at all costs! Otherwise..." Otherwise, given this kid's growth rate, he might become a post-natal expert in a year or two, and perhaps even a pre-natal expert within fifty years! Deng Yi frantically channeled his inner energy into the oars, and the small boat left a long white trail in the moonlight, moving at an extreme speed.

In order to return to the city, Deng Yixing sped across the water in his boat!

Halfway through

Deng Yi's heart tightened, and he turned around in horror, filled with a strange premonition.

Under the moonlight, the vast lake surface seemed to have been ruthlessly sliced ​​open by the heavens and earth!

The waves surged and rolled to both sides like angry dragons, reaching heights of several meters, and could not be contained for a long time.

At the very front of that white line, a figure was running wildly across the waves like a savage beast!

The air was compressed to the extreme around his body, forming a visible milky-white cone-shaped shock wave that emitted a sharp and piercing shriek!

"Impossible!!!" Deng Yi's eyes widened in horror, his liver and gallbladder trembled with cold, and he screamed incoherently.

He could clearly see that what Ye Li was emanating was no longer the blood and qi of the Body Tempering Realm, but rather a layer of pure and condensed... Acquired Inner Strength! "How could this kid possibly have Acquired Inner Strength?" Deng Yi was completely baffled. Even with cheat codes, it was impossible to reach the Acquired Realm in such a short time!

Moreover, the power emanating from this kid seems even more terrifying than that of a typical early-stage Acquired Realm cultivator.

Looking at the small boat in the distance, Ye Li smiled.

"You old wolf! I'm here to kill you!"

With each clench and unclench of his gleaming white teeth, a chilling voice, imbued with inner strength, pierced through the wind and explosions, clearly reaching Deng Yi's ears.

"Kill me!"

Suppressing his surprise, Deng Yi looked behind him. On the boundless blue waves, there was only Ye Li in his sight!

In other words, this kid came alone!

For a moment, Deng Yi felt a mixture of fear and smugness at Ye Li's breakthrough to the Acquired Realm.

"This kid's gone mad! He just broke through to the Acquired Realm and he's already causing me trouble?"

At this moment, Deng Yi could clearly see that Ye Li's aura far surpassed that of ordinary early-stage Acquired Realm cultivators, even exceeding that of some martial artists who had just entered the mid-stage of Acquired Realm. But Ye Li was a peak mid-stage Acquired Realm cultivator, a martial artist who had cultivated at this level for many years!

"If this kid had come alone, I could have won!"

Overjoyed, Deng Yi thought, "Could it be that the time has come to serve the Poison Wolf Gang? Perhaps today I can rid the gang leader of this great scourge!"

Thinking of this, Deng Yi roared, "You little beast! You've gone too far! Do you really think I'm made of clay?!"

The next moment, the inner force of the mid-stage acquired realm erupted without reservation, and he slammed his palms out towards the lake behind him!

"A Thousand Waves, Covering the Sea's Mark!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The lake surface looked as if dozens of torpedoes had been dropped on it!

Dozens of thick water walls, each several feet high, were lifted up out of thin air by the powerful palm force.

Layer upon layer of water walls, like a massive tsunami barrier, crashed down on Ye Li with overwhelming force, ready to crush everything in their path! Faced with this terrifying, sky-covering wave, Ye Li's eyes showed no fear, but instead burned with fierce fighting spirit!

"Perfect timing! I'll use you as a test subject!"

The next moment, Ye Li leaped into the air, and the green status indicator instantly activated:

【Green Explosive Fist】