The weakest martial artist? One punch and he's leveled up a whole realm!

Ye Xiao stared at the old man, seemingly understanding but not quite.

And just then...

The old man walked up to Ye Xiao and stood in front of a training stake.

He raised his right hand, made a simple fist, and gently punched it in front of him.

next moment.

The entire training stake exploded!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The commotion was immense.

It even reached the third floor of the gravity training tower!

This attracted the attention of countless students who were practicing cultivation.

The old man, however, acted as if nothing had happened.

He said, "This training stake isn't good quality. Try a different one."

That's all.

The old man left the spot.

Ye Xiao was left standing there dumbfounded.

What did he just see?

An old man, with his right hand simply clenched into a fist, lightly pounded it onto the training stake.

There was almost no sign of any exertion.

But the training stakes just exploded?

Ye Xiao was dumbfounded.

To know.

He's practiced with training wooden stakes before!

I know how solid the materials used in this thing are!

Ye Xiao threw a punch, and the training stake didn't even budge!

As a result, the old man just touched it casually.

This thing exploded into dust!

"This isn't just bad quality! It's on par with the work of a hidden master!" Ye Xiao muttered to himself.

He looked at the old man's back and returned to the entrance.

Ye Xiao, on the other hand, calmed down completely.

He closed his eyes and began to ponder the entire process of the old man's attack.

I meticulously recreated every scene, every detail, every action, every angle in my mind.

Five minutes later.

Ye Xiao opened his eyes, his gaze filled with a sharp and confident aura!

He threw a punch, and the training stake swayed slightly.

However, the shaking was more intense than before.

and.

Ye Xiao used much less power, but the effect he achieved was remarkable!

You have completed a punch, with a power of 25%!

[Failed to advance to the next cultivation level.]

"not bad!"

A smile appeared on Ye Xiao's lips.

at the same time.

An elderly man standing outside the entrance to the gravity training tower.

Suddenly, I sighed.

"This child is teachable."

......

Ye Xiao pondered the old man's every move in throwing the punch.

Then he pondered how to utilize this "skillful technique".

Time flies by.

Ye Xiao kept practicing his punching technique using "skillful force".

Many shallow dents have appeared on the wooden stake, some even oozing blood.

Ye Xiao's fists were already soaked with sweat and blood.

Each punch was accompanied by a dull thud.

This is pure brute force—the punch is powerful and fierce, but seven or eight out of ten parts are wasted in the recoil, with less than 30% actually penetrating the wooden stake.

"wrong."

He stopped, panting, and looked at his swollen knuckles.

"Still not right!"

"Always just a little short!"

"Again!"

He knew he was acting recklessly.

A true martial arts master can unleash a punch with the force of a needle piercing cotton, leaving the surface unharmed but shattering the inside.

But he couldn't do it.

Each punch he threw was like water splashed out, spreading everywhere.

But Ye Xiao was not discouraged.

Because he firmly believed that he could do it.

Ye Xiao closed his eyes, recalling the trajectory of his punches.

Generating power from the feet, twisting the waist, rotating the hips, extending the shoulder, and punching... every step consumes energy.

It's like a water pipe, full of holes, and by the time the water reaches the end, there's hardly any left.

In contrast, the old man's punch was clearly not very powerful.

But the efficiency of the body's power transmission far exceeded his expectations!

He began to slow down.

It's not about boxing, it's about feeling.

Feel the power rising from the soles of your feet, and how it travels upwards along your bones.

Ankles, knees, lumbar vertebrae, spine, shoulder blades... every joint is a checkpoint where strength is lost, deflected, or dissipated.

"What if..." he murmured to himself, "what if these joints weren't obstacles, but passageways?"

He assumed a fighting stance once again.

This time, he no longer pursued speed and power in his punches, but rather "smoothness".

Let the power flow like water, starting from the soles of your feet and passing through every joint, without resistance or obstruction, naturally surging forward.

The first punch was still scattered.

The second punch showed a slight improvement.

The third punch—

"Snapped!"

The sound is wrong!

It wasn't the dull impact of the past, but a crisp, short sound, like the tail end of a whip cracking.

He was stunned.

The wooden stake was intact, but there was a fist-sized dent on the wall behind it.

The force penetrated.

He looked down at his fist; there wasn't even a red mark on his knuckles.

"That's... skillful technique."

It was at that moment that he realized that true power lies not in how much force you can exert, but in how much force you can actually get to where it's meant to go.

【Ding! 】

You have completed a punch, with a power of 45%!

[Gained 3 Martial Arts Points!]

Your level has risen!

[Current Realm: Clay Embryo Realm, Level 26!]

[Current Realm: Clay Embryo Realm, Level 27!]

[Current Realm: Clay Embryo Realm, Twenty-Eighth Level!]

"Here it comes! A triple leap in cultivation level!"

Ye Xiao was soaked in sweat, and the back of his hands was covered with a mixture of blood and sweat.

My body was clearly aching and sore.

But he felt an uncontrollable, exhilarating excitement!

After nearly an hour of arduous practice.

The moment he successfully mastered the "skillful force"!

Ye Xiao suddenly felt that all his efforts had been worthwhile!

【Ding! 】

Congratulations on successfully mastering the passive skill: Skillful Strike!

[Skillful Strike (Passive): When you punch, the effort required is reduced!]

Not only that.

Ye Xiao also took the opportunity to acquire a passive skill!

It is also his first passive skill!

The emergence of "skillful force".

This passive ability will undoubtedly greatly accelerate Ye Xiao's realm advancement!

Ye Xiao has already grasped the basics of "skillful force".

Next, you need to practice "skillful force" continuously to take its effect to the next level.

"A genius!"

An elderly man outside the gravity training tower.

I glanced at the time; only an hour had passed.

He just gave a brief hint.

Ye Xiao had already fully grasped the application of "skillful force".

"It's just a pity that he's a martial artist of the weakest class."

"With such talent for cultivation, if he were in any other profession, he could easily achieve the status of a transcendent being!"

"But he's just a brute!"

The old man sighed deeply, feeling quite regretful.

at the same time.

Ye Xiao was completely absorbed in the soaring power of his cultivation level and couldn't pull himself out!

He threw a punch, which consumed 20% of his strength.

[Realm Level +3!]

"It seems we can reduce the effort required even further."

He threw another punch, consuming ten percent of his own strength.

[Realm Level +3!]

"It feels like I'm entering energy-saving mode." Ye Xiao's lips curled up slightly. "As long as the advancement requirements are met, don't waste my energy."

"It seems that learning how to use my strength to the maximum efficiency is something that requires repeated practice."

He then unleashed a punch, consuming 0.9% of his strength.

[Failed to advance to the next cultivation level!]

Then he threw another punch, consuming 10% of his own strength.

[Realm Level +3!]

After some trial and error, Ye Xiao finally found out where this threshold was.