Full-Time Martial Saint

It was 7:40 PM.

Chen Conggang had just returned to his dormitory and was about to take a shower when he suddenly received an invitation to meet with Karapti Hey.

Seeing that the girl didn't seem to have encountered any accidents, Chen Cong breathed a slight sigh of relief, quickly replied "okay," and then hurriedly went to wash up.

Eight o'clock, the main hall of the Divine Battle Arena.

As soon as the two met, Hey said with an undisguised smile, "Let's go to the fighting space, I have a surprise for you."

Before Chen could react, a sparring invitation popped up in front of him. After accepting the invitation, he was sucked into the fighting space, and Hey appeared on the other side.

"You haven't run into anything these past few days, have you?" Chen Cong asked casually.

Hey smiled and shook his head: "Let's have a match first, then we'll talk."

As soon as she finished speaking, she assumed an offensive stance and charged forward. Seeing this, Chen Cong suppressed his thoughts and prepared to meet the attack.

However, as soon as the two clashed, he noticed that Hey's moves had changed significantly compared to before.

"Your fist technique... has achieved a minor breakthrough?"

Chen Cong quickly blocked the attack and spoke with some surprise.

The little girl grinned, but didn't answer. Instead, her attacks became even more ferocious, and her moves became increasingly fluid.

The two fought for more than ten minutes, when the fiercely aggressive Hey suddenly stopped, pouting somewhat dejectedly, "I'm not fighting anymore."

Chen Cong slowly withdrew his fists and feet, and said with a faint smile, "What's wrong?"

Hey slowly approached, scrutinizing him with a strange expression: "Have you improved again recently? I thought that after mastering the basics of boxing, I should be able to easily defeat you..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Cong smiled but remained silent.

He could tell that with He Yi's current strength, in reality, she could probably fight Zhou Hao to a standstill, and with her enhanced movement skills, Zhou Hao might not even be her match. If he were to spar with her in reality, he would most likely lose after a short time.

However, this is, after all, a virtual world. Although He Yi's fist technique has reached a certain level of mastery, Chen Cong, who has a certain advantage in mental strength, is still able to remain undefeated against her.

The two sat down near the edge of the ring, and after a moment of silence, Hey tilted his head and said, "I have to thank you for enabling my boxing skills to break through to the minor mastery level so quickly."

Meeting her gaze, Chen Cong smiled and shook his head: "I didn't help much, it's all thanks to you."

Upon hearing this, He Yi pursed his lips and muttered, "You Great Xia people just love being modest..."

She paused, then added excitedly, "You have no idea how much progress I've made lately has really surprised my father and grandfather!"

"According to my grandfather, he thought it would take me at least another six months or even longer to have any hope of breaking through to the minor mastery of boxing."

Chen Cong smiled and nodded.

The first key to mastering martial arts skills is comprehension, followed by diligent practice.

When I first met Hey, this girl's boxing skills were already at the threshold of minor mastery, just one step away from true mastery. This step is not difficult in a way; some people are lucky and can easily cross it in a moment of enlightenment; while those who are unlucky can be stuck here for a year or two.

"I broke through the night before last. These past two days I've been facing a barrage of tests from my elders, plus my father was hosting a banquet to invite those with ties to the family and to spar with some peers. I was busy until this afternoon."

Hey complained unhappily, making no attempt to hide his thoughts and emotions.

Chen Cong didn't interrupt, but just listened quietly.

After Hey finished complaining, he finally spoke up, "Could you send me some more videos of the Spirit Ape Step technique later?"

Hey turned to look at him, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, saying, "I'll give it a try."

"In the family, my grandfather was the most skilled in the Ape Step, but he hasn't practiced in a long time. The last video I sent you was recorded three years ago when he was sparring with a senior from Siam."

Chen Cong nodded slightly. He had already learned from He Yi that his grandfather was a peak fifth-tier martial artist whose strength was no less than that of an ordinary sixth-tier martial artist.

Such beings rarely take action, so obtaining footage of them in action requires waiting for the right opportunity.

"You're already at 4 stars with over 300 LP, are you aiming for 5 stars as a newcomer tonight?"

Looking at Chen Cong again, He Yi asked in surprise.

Chen Cong nodded slightly and replied, "I'm still nearly two hundred win points short. My chances of reaching 5 stars tonight are slim. I'll have to see how many matches I can play."

Although his current win rate has broken the previous perfect state of 100%, and the matchmaking pattern has changed from the original special mode to the normal mode, his high win rate of over 90% still keeps his matchmaking time stable at around five minutes.

With a five-minute wait and a ten- to twenty-minute match, on average, you can only play five or six matches in two hours at most.

He is currently a Rookie 4-Star with 308 LP, 192 LP away from Rookie 5-Star. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be difficult for him to reach 5-Star tonight.

Hey pursed his lips and said slowly, "Then I won't take up any more of your time. If there's a video later, I'll send it to you directly. I'm leaving."

As soon as she finished speaking, the entire fighting space suddenly became blurry and distorted, and then Chen Cong was kicked out.

Back in the main hall of the Divine Arena, Chen Cong calmed himself down and then started the free matchmaking mode.

Two hours passed quickly, and when the sixth match ended, his rank reached Rookie 4-star with 458 win points. He only needed two more wins to reach Rookie 5-star.

However, the severe depletion of his mental energy had already caused him considerable discomfort, and continuing would lead to mental exhaustion, affecting his ability to attend classes normally tomorrow.

Everything was still within the planned timeframe, so Chen didn't insist any further and went to sleep immediately after leaving the virtual world.

The next few days were uneventful and fulfilling, with everything proceeding smoothly according to plan.

Time quickly passed to mid-October, and more than three weeks had passed since Chen Cong transferred to the Martial Arts Academy.

In the past three weeks, his overall physical fitness level has improved from 2.8 to 3.3. After that, it seems to have confirmed Zhang Kui and Xu Baiwei's previous guess that after the potential accumulated in his body was quickly exhausted, the speed at which his overall physical fitness improved slowed down significantly.

However, this slowness is relative to his previous 0.5-level increase over the past three weeks.

Chen Congneng felt that as long as he could maintain three nutritious meals a day and not miss any of his stance training and physical fitness classes, it was not impossible for him to improve his overall physical fitness to level 5 by the time of the college entrance examination.

As for martial arts skills, after the last "enlightenment" that resulted in a score of 739, there doesn't seem to be much significant improvement.

Chen Cong also discussed this with Zhang Kui, whose answer was that 800 points in martial arts skills is a hurdle.

800 points is the requirement for being considered an entry-level martial artist. For ordinary martial arts students to reach this score, their overall physical fitness must be at least level 8 or above.

Only those with a comprehensive physical fitness level of 8 or above can reach new levels in terms of strength, speed, and nerve reaction, thereby greatly enhancing their combat skills and improving their martial arts skill rating.

Chen Cong did not entirely agree with this answer.

He could sense that his poor overall physical fitness did limit his strength to some extent, but he believed that as long as his boxing and movement skills continued to improve, he should still have a chance to break the mold before his overall physical fitness reached level 8 and raise his martial arts skill score to over 800 points.

In the Divine Arena, in the past week, his rank has reached 5 stars with 432 win points, and he will reach 6 stars by tomorrow at the latest.

The private coaching session ended on Friday evening.

After Lin Xiao and the others left, Ning Yuhang came up to them and said with a strange expression, "Ning Shuang wants you to make a phone call to her."

Ning Shuang?

Chen Cong's expression froze for a moment, then he remembered the request that the Ning family's genius girl had made to him.

"Is she asking about the star artifacts?"

Ning Yuhang nodded with a wry smile: "They've asked me several times this week, and I've always told them I'm busy and don't have time."

"He called again at noon today. The old man also spoke up, telling me to tell you."

Chen nodded awkwardly; in any case, he had agreed to the matter at the time.

However, he had given the information and documents that Ning Shuang had given him to his younger brother Chen Lin, and now a week had passed, he had almost forgotten about it.

If he were to make that call, he wouldn't know what to say.

"Oh, by the way, Grandpa also asked if you have time to come over for dinner this weekend."

Upon hearing this, Chen Cong suppressed his thoughts and said, "I'm afraid the weekend won't work. Please apologize to the old man for me, and I'll visit him again in a while."

Ning Yuhang nodded in understanding: "Okay, I'll tell him later. I'm leaving."

Watching Ning Yuhang's figure disappear into the small playground, Chen Cong scratched his head, pondering his words for the moment, when a sudden inspiration flashed through his mind.

He was taken aback for a moment, then pondered it carefully. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the idea, he activated the bracelet and called his younger brother, Chen Lin.