I possess boundless talent; even geniuses are no match for me.

......

"call--!"

Inside the room, Chen Yu sat cross-legged, his skin as red as a steamed crayfish.

"laugh!"

A drop of sweat dripped from the corner of his eye, landing on the reddish skin of his thigh, where it instantly evaporated into wisps of thin white mist.

boom!

In an instant, crimson light erupted from Chen Yu's body and spread outwards from Chen Yu as the center.

One meter, two meters... nine meters!

Within a radius of nine meters, a crimson light enveloped everything, and an astonishing heat continuously radiated into the distance.

This made Chen Yu resemble a human furnace.

Suddenly, Chen Yu opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them:

"Breaking through the limits and completing the first transformation!"

It took him nine days and consumed three Dragon Tiger Pills and thirty Qi and Blood Pills before he finally broke through to the first stage of the Limit Break within ten days.

Officially embarking on the path to breaking limits!

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Name: Chen Yu

Realm: Breaking Limits - One Turn

Cultivation Techniques: "Stepping on Stars," "Smoke-like Steps (Mastered)," "Thunder Blade (Perfected)," and "Blood Battle Nine Transformations (First Transformation)."

Talents: [Perseverance], [Master of Swordsmanship (Purple)], [Top-Tier Martial Arts Talent (Purple)], [Secondary Follower of Gluttony (Purple)], [Master of Movement (Purple)], [Blessed with Luck (Cyan)], [Mind Imprint (Blue)]

Talent Forging: None

Extended Functionality: (Activation Requirements: Copy three Cyan-quality talents, 0/3)

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"I've finally broken through to the first transformation of 'Blood Battle Nine Transformations'." Chen Yu smiled slightly, stood up, and stretched.

The next moment, the nine meters of energy around his body suddenly contracted back into his body, and the temperature in the dormitory slowly returned to normal.

"The total amount of blood and qi is exactly the same for the nine levels of blood exchange and the nine cycles of breaking limits. Starting from the first level and the first cycle, the initial amount of blood and qi is nine meters."

"After that, with each advancement in realm, the range of qi and blood increases by ten meters, with the limit being ninety-nine meters at the ninth level of the ninth revolution."

"Of course, geniuses who break through limits can break through this limit and reach over 100 meters."

Chen Yu raised his index finger, and a faint trace of blood-red color floated on his fingertip like mist.

With the support of their vital energy and blood, martial artists can break through the limits of human speed and strength, reaching a higher level.

"Of course, to put it in a more easily understandable way."

"This is an evolution at the level of life."

Chen Yu was filled with intense joy.

He never found martial arts tedious; every training session and every significant progress brought him immense joy.

It's not for reasons like rights, power, freedom, or protection.

The reason that drives Yu to keep moving forward and never give up is simple—love.

Even without a control panel, he would still choose martial arts.

"Now that I've broken through to the first stage of the Limit Break, it's time to consider martial arts techniques related to Qi and Blood."

Chen Yu stopped lamenting and began to think about his next steps.

The so-called Qi and Blood Martial Arts are martial arts built upon basic martial arts. It is said that they are extremely difficult to cultivate and require a great deal of martial arts talent.

His basic martial art, Thunder Blade, is now perfected. Although it is powerful and can still be used even in the early stages of the Blood Exchange Realm, its potential has been exhausted.

Instead of wasting time figuring out how to improve further, it's better to directly switch to a different martial art focused on Qi and Blood.

But Chen Yu began to hesitate about this step.

To be honest, there are countless martial arts techniques related to qi and blood, and even more sword techniques, so he wasn't sure how to choose.

"I can ask the tutors at Huaying tomorrow and see what options they offer."

Although Chen Yu did not have a mentor, he could freely participate in any of Hua Ying's courses, ask questions about cultivation, and receive guidance.

Even Mo Jiyang, who treated him somewhat badly, was at least completely open in his teaching and answered all his questions.

......

The following day, Chen Yu specifically consulted several mentors, including the two gold medal mentors, Mo Jiyang and Ke Yichun, and received a variety of results.

"Thunder Slash, Xuan Lei Three Swords, Fierce Thunder Sword..."

Chen Yu pondered several martial arts techniques related to qi and blood, all recommended by Instructor Hua Ying based on his Thunder Extreme Blade.

He was somewhat conflicted about which martial art to choose, since choosing the wrong one would inevitably waste a lot of energy and time.

In addition, a martial art that requires Qi and Blood requires a full 100 credits to purchase the right to use it, which is a copyright fee.

It's expensive, so we can't waste it easily.

By this time, the sky had darkened, and a crescent moon quietly appeared on the horizon.

Chen Yu walked alone along the roadside of Huaying Martial Arts University. Looking around, there were very few people, and he could hardly see anyone.

"Hua Ying Martial Arts University has quite a few experts, so why do we see so few senior students?"

Chen Yu looked at the empty campus and a sense of surprise arose in his heart.

He noticed this problem from the beginning; most of the senior students at Huaying seemed to have disappeared, and they were rarely seen.

"Where did they go?"

Chen Yu couldn't help but ponder this and decided to ask Hua Ying's mentor later.

Strolling through the empty campus, a gentle breeze caresses your face, making you feel refreshed and relaxed.

Since his movement technique talent reached the purple quality, Chen Yu has been able to clearly sense the direction of airflow in space.

This feeling is just like the "eye of the blade" provided by a master swordsman; it's truly wondrous.

With no one around, Chen Yu suddenly had a whim and began practicing the "Smoke and Mist Steps" on the road.

His figure cast a faint afterimage in the moonlight, his steps shifting unpredictably with the wind.

Suddenly, Chen Yu's heart skipped a beat as he remembered the core secret of the "Smoke-like Steps":

[Body like flowing clouds, mind like drifting smoke, beyond the boundaries of reality and illusion, existence and non-existence.]

"I see, I understand now."

He got it.

The core of the Misty Steps is not "speed" or "illusion," but rather the tendency to exist between existence and non-existence.

Chen Yu subconsciously took a step forward.

Without a sound of wind or afterimages, his body seemed to transform into a hazy cloud, his aura vast and ethereal.

If an outsider were to see Chen Yu in this state, their senses would be completely confused, and they would be unable to discern Chen Yu's actions at all.

Even the perception of Chen Yu's exact location becomes blurred.

"The story of 'Smoke and Clouds' has finally come to a perfect end."

Chen Yu stopped walking, his blurry figure standing still in place, a faint smile appearing between his brows and eyes.

He was not surprised by the result.

The perfect level of basic martial arts is not designed for ordinary people, but is a test specifically for martial arts geniuses.

One needs at least a cyan-quality talent to have even a slight chance of reaching this point, and before that, it may take several years of accumulation.

But obtaining purple-quality talents is not that difficult.

Perhaps it is just a moment of relaxation of mind that could lead to sudden enlightenment and thus to perfection.

Talent is Chen Yu's best teacher.

Just as Chen Yu was immersed in the joy of perfecting his movement technique, a familiar voice suddenly rang in his mind:

"I originally just came to check on your condition, but I never expected to witness your movement technique break through to perfection."

Congratulations!

Chen Yu turned around and looked at the person behind him, his smile widening even further:

"Teacher... Mr. Fang, what brings you here?"

The newcomer was none other than Fang Xiong.