Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 9: Movement Techniques and Spear Techniques in the Third Realm

"With my current physical condition, consuming the heartwood of the thousand-year-old willow should give me a certain chance of directly becoming a war god."

Shen Mu's current physical condition and strength are about 1.4 kilograms, and he has increased by 3000 kilograms in just one month.

The reason for such a significant improvement is mainly due to the medicinal effects hidden in the dragon blood, since Shen Mu only cultivated for one hour in the ancient civilization's gravity chamber in February.

call out!

Under Shen Mu's control, a golden throwing knife easily broke through the crystal shell, and a crystal clear green liquid slowly flowed out, floating in mid-air under the control of his mental power.

Then Shen Mu opened his mouth and sucked in a few dozen milliliters of essence liquid.

Instantly, a cool breeze spread from his mouth, seeping into his lungs and then, in the blink of an eye, permeating his limbs and bones.

At this moment, countless cells in Shen Muzhou's body were awakened, frantically absorbing the energy of the thousand-year-old willow heart to undergo transformation.

During this process, Shen Mu's entire body trembled slightly, and a sense of comfort from his genetic instincts filled his body, which was completely different from the pain he had experienced when using dragon blood before.

The sole purpose of dragon blood is to improve physical fitness, while the spirits of plants not only improve physical fitness but also enhance cell activity.

As his physical abilities improved dramatically, Shen Mu's mental power also increased dramatically.

……

Half an hour later, in the lobby on the first floor of the attic, Shen Mu stood in front of the strength testing device.

boom!

With a single punch, the punching pad on the testing device roared, and Shen Mu's current strength data appeared on the screen: 58174KG!

"58,000 kilograms, high-level general-class, not bad!"

With a thought, Shen Mu unleashed a golden beam of light from his throwing knife pouch, which shot directly at the force-measuring target.

"Beep, Strength value 23.5 kg, Excellent (Mid-level War God)!"

The standard for a high-level War God is 25.6 kilograms. In the coming period, with just a little training and by exploring the medicinal effects hidden in the heartwood of the thousand-year-old willow tree, one can easily break through this standard.

In fact, if Shen Mu wanted to, he could directly consume the Ten-Thousand-Year Willow Heart and instantly soar to the peak level of a War God-level Spiritual Master.

The medicinal effect of the Ten Thousand Year Willow Heart is to improve physical fitness by three to five times, but it cannot be used to break through to the planetary level of a mentalist.

This effect is among the highest of all the plant spirits in Hong's collection.

"From now until September 29th, the main task is to train your marksmanship and movement skills."

Shen Mu was confident that he could improve his marksmanship and movement skills to a perfect level before the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Relics were opened.

According to Chu Qiang, although Shen Mu's combat skills and movement techniques were only average, his improvement speed was very fast, making him one of the top level trainees in the entire training camp.

As for the next level, the "Artistic Realm," only three people, including Chu Qiang, reached this level among all the trainees in the entire training camp.

If Shen Mu is given two or three years, he might have a chance to break through to the realm of artistic conception.

The problem is that Shen Mu basically has no time left. It is now February 28, 2058, less than two years before the Golden Horned Beast incident.

Moreover, Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone is a sea monster, and at most, he will have to face the newly born Golden Horned Beast in a year.

Even a newly born Golden Horned Beast, with its tenfold genetic bonus and the innate secret technique "Enhancement," possesses a base strength that is 20 times that of an ordinary first-tier planetary-level monster, equivalent to a fifth-tier planetary-level ordinary monster.

"We must break through to the Planetary level within a year, and then send the Azure Dragon avatar into the base city as a beast tamer!"

Unlike Luo Feng, who possesses a primordial core and can revive even if his clone dies, Shen Mu's Azure Dragon clone might truly be gone once it dies.

Thousands of miles away, countless undercurrents surge beneath the surface of the sea.

A blue dragon over 100 meters long is chasing a giant whale-like monster. Wherever it goes, countless sea monsters lie in fear on the seabed, trembling in terror!

"hold head high!"

The immense spiritual power seemed to shake the entire ocean, and eleven streaks of azure light instantly pierced through a fleding Sky-Screaming Beast that had just reached the King level.

"Ugh!"

The enormous Sky-Screaming Beast let out a mournful cry, and its massive body began to fall helplessly towards the seabed, its powerful primal energy fluctuations starting to emanate.

"The amplitude of consciousness has finally increased 11 times!"

"The Celestial God Records are still too ineffective. If we could obtain the Meteorite Star Secret Technique from the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Relics, the speed at which our consciousness amplitude increases should be much faster."

If Shen Mu remembered correctly, even with Luo Feng's talent, after cultivating the Heavenly God Record for half a year, his consciousness amplitude only increased from 6 times to 7 times.

Then, he was trapped in the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins for one year and three months, cultivating the Meteorite Star Secret Technique, and his consciousness amplitude directly increased from 7 times to 16 times!

However, his Azure Dragon clone should be much more talented than Luo Feng in terms of mental energy mastery. Without any training, it can possess a 10-fold increase in consciousness amplitude simply through instinct.

Even without the Meteorite Star Secret Technique, Shen Mu was confident that he could increase his consciousness amplitude to 14 times within a year at most, comparable to the Fourth Speaker, East.

The following morning, March 1st, Shen Mu resumed his secluded cultivation, fighting monsters on odd-numbered days and training in the training camp on even-numbered days.

However, from that day on, Shen Mu's daily challenge became a low-level lord-level monster.

Another advantage of being a psychic is that you don't have to worry about being ambushed or losing stamina when fighting monsters; you can fight with all your might.

Of course, relying solely on his marksmanship and agility, Shen Mu was still no match for a monster a level higher than himself. Unable to withstand the attacks of the lord-level monster, he chose to run away, using the escape as an opportunity to hone his agility.

If he still couldn't outrun him, Shen Mu would use his mental power to instantly kill him.

On even-numbered days, Shen Mu no longer sparred with the other students. As the top-ranked student on the Black Dragon leaderboard last month, Shen Mu could use the trial room and gravity room for 6 hours every day.

Only in the evening would Shen Mu choose a student of similar strength to spar with, to verify his progress that day.

The first three levels of marksmanship and movement skills are actually all about technique. While they do require some talent, it's not that extreme.

Even ordinary warriors at the general level, through the accumulation of time and the tempering of battles, the vast majority of them possess combat skills and movement techniques of the second realm.

……

Two months later, inside the virtual space trial tower.

On a desolate wasteland, as soon as Shen Mu's figure appeared, a mechanical electronic voice rang out.

"Third Stage A Trial, Student Shen Mu, your goal is to kill 100 low-level Beast General-level Golden Vultures within thirty minutes! Good luck!"

Suddenly, a dark mass of monstrous birds appeared in the sky above the wilderness.

The Golden Vulture is a rather troublesome avian monster. Martial artists face great danger when confronting avian monsters; once caught in mid-air, death is the only outcome.

"I've failed every time these past two days because I lacked stamina, but I have to get through this today!"

Shen Mu stared at the flock of birds, his eyes gleaming with a cold light.

"Gah!"

A piercing, unpleasant cry rang out, and a hundred golden vultures swooped down from the sky like golden clouds, their sharp claws reflecting a cold, eerie light!

"Well done!"

The black spear in Shen Mu's palm gleamed with a cold, eerie light, and his figure seemed to transform into a phantom, displaying his perfect movement technique to the fullest.

Chi!

With a flash of light, and under the burst of power 2.4 times that of the second level of the World Destroyer, the spear pierced through a golden vulture the instant the weapons clashed, killing it instantly.

Then, with a sweeping motion of his spear, he sent several golden vultures flying, his ghostly figure dodging the attack of the birds with incredible speed.

The so-called perfect movement technique refers to the ability to use all objects in the surrounding environment to dodge and move, making the body seem to blend into the environment as it moves.

Having reached this level of agility, Shen Mu was able to use the attacks from the Golden Vulture to nimbly turn and dodge at high speeds, greatly reducing the impact of inertia on his body's flexibility.

During the past two months of monster hunting, Shen Mu only provoked low-level lord-level monsters, and he was basically suppressed. He spent more time honing his agility than his marksmanship.

Therefore, the movement technique was developed before the spear technique, allowing for a faster advancement to the third level of perfection.

It was precisely because of his perfect movement technique and the power exertion skills of the second level of "World Destruction" that Shen Mu was able to pass the second level of the Trial Tower as a martial artist.

One bird after another fell to the ground, staining the entire wilderness with blood.

However, during this process, Shen Mu's physical strength continued to deplete, and he could not maintain a 2.4 times burst of power for long.

"Huff, huff!"

Shen Mu was breathing heavily. The significant depletion of his physical strength had rendered him unable to fight back against the Golden Vulture's attacks, and he was covered in countless wounds of varying sizes.

"Master the spear, make it an extension of your body!"

Shen Mu took a deep breath, trying to maintain his composure, and struggled to hold on against the onslaught of the golden vultures.

Moments later, Shen Mu was once again torn apart by the remaining less than ten golden vultures due to exhaustion!

At the entrance to the Trial Tower, Shen Mu's figure reappeared.

"continue!"

Shen Mu has six hours of trial tower usage time every day, and each trial lasts about twenty minutes on average, which is enough for Shen Mu to fight more than 15 times.

The next instant, Shen Mu's figure was once again teleported to the third floor.

"Third-level, Phase A Trial..."

As the cold, mechanical sound ended, the herd of golden vultures emerged.

Shen Mu, spear in hand, charged forward once more, sensing the changes in himself and the spear, striving for that state of perfect harmony between man and weapon.

21 minutes and 12 seconds later, Shen Mu, exhausted, was once again surrounded and torn apart by golden vultures.

Outside the Trial Tower, Shen Mu's figure reappeared, having failed his second attempt.

Without wasting a second, Shen Mu stepped into the Trial Tower the moment he appeared, beginning his third attempt to challenge the tower.

The third time, the fourth time... until more than two hours later.

After failing his sixth attempt to break through the tower, Shen Mu reappeared at the entrance of the Trial Tower.

After more than two hours of intense fighting, Shen Mu's mental state was pushed to its limit.

In the real world, Shen Mu's eyes would probably be bloodshot.

"Yes, that's the feeling!" Shen Mu's voice was hoarse, but his expression was excited, and his eyes seemed to be shining.

Recalling the last few seconds of that battle, Shen Mu felt as if the spear had become a part of his body.

In that state, Shen Mu's body, which was already nearing its limit, actually managed to kill two more golden vultures.

"continue!"

Shen Mu's figure reappeared in the wilderness of the third level of the Trial Tower.

"Gah!"

"Gah!"

The piercing cries of eagles echoed as Shen Mu once again charged into the encirclement of hundreds of birds.

Clang!

The spear trembled and swept across, and Shen Mu once again experienced that state, as if the spear had become his third hand.

With the spear flashing, the thrusting, stabbing, parrying, and deflecting techniques were executed with greater agility, all of which felt incredibly natural.

Just like the human instinct to reach out, raise an arm, or bend a finger, the wielding of the spear seemed to be completely integrated into instinct.

The ghostly figure and the illusory spear light raged among the flock of birds, like a dancer gracefully moving about.

Accompanied by a series of mournful bird cries, golden vultures fell to the ground on the wilderness, pierced by the sharp glint of the spear.

A little over a minute later.

"Gah!"

With a final, even more piercing cry from the golden vulture, only Shen Mu remained, leaning on his spear, standing alone in the wilderness, his chest heaving with heavy breathing.

On the ground, the mangled limbs of birds lay scattered, staining the entire wilderness red, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

"All 100 golden vultures were killed in 7 minutes and 18 seconds. The third level A test has been passed!"

A mechanical electronic voice sounded, and Shen Mu's figure disappeared into the Trial Tower.

"Two more times, until your marksmanship is completely solidified at this level!"

At this point, Shen Mu's movement technique and spear technique had respectively reached the perfect level of the third realm.

The next goal is to explore that even higher level of artistic conception!

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