Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 1: Mastering the Basic Fist Techniques, Participating in the Preliminary Martial Artist Assessment

2056 11 Month 25 Day.

In the Extreme Martial Arts Academy in Yi'an District, Yangzhou City, on the third floor of the advanced student teaching building, there is a huge training hall.

A young man in a white training uniform was sweating profusely as he practiced his punches. He punched and pulled back his fists repeatedly, each movement precise and meticulous, striving for perfection!

With each complete punch, a clear notification sound would appear in the young man's mind.

"Basic boxing technique, proficiency +1!"

Again and again, and again!

It's unclear how long it lasted, but finally, accompanied by a crisp mechanical echo in his mind, a bright blue light screen suddenly popped up in the young man's mind, on which were written in gilded characters—

"Basic boxing techniques have reached perfection, and the power of your punches has increased by 2 times!"

The news did not stop the young man's actions.

Instead, he stepped forward with his right foot, turned his body, twisted his hips, and exerted force in the process. A powerful force suddenly arose from his waist and hips, which was transmitted along his spine to his right arm, layer by layer, and finally to his right fist.

"Whoosh!" Another fierce force surged from within, propelling his right fist out even faster.

The fist was fierce, accompanied by a rapid, sharp whistling sound!

With that punch, the young man finally collapsed to the ground, a broad smile of satisfaction on his face. He stared intently at the bright ceiling, his heart pounding with excitement.

"Finally, my basic fist techniques have reached the Great Perfection level!"

The young man's name was Luo Shen, and he was an ordinary time traveler.

When Luo Shen first learned that he had transmigrated to the world of Swallowing the Stars, he was somewhat bewildered. As a 9-to-9 office worker, he was only capable of doing things like extracting data from Excel and writing press releases.

But how can he adapt to such a high-risk profession as a martial artist?

however--

Before his martial arts dream could even begin to unfold, reality slapped him in the face.

Not just anyone can become a martial artist!

To become a martial artist, you must first reach the level of a quasi-martial artist, which means having a punching power of 900KG, a speed of 25M/s, and meeting the standards for neurological reaction assessment.

In addition, they must pass two tests: the preliminary martial artist assessment and the martial artist combat assessment.

Only after your citizenship information has been entered as a "martial artist" can you truly be considered a martial artist and have the qualification to hunt monsters in the wilderness!

He died before achieving his goal?

Nonsence!

Having finally transmigrated, how could Luo Shen possibly want to go back to the 9-to-9 corporate slave life of his previous life?

Who doesn't dream of being a martial arts hero?

Who wouldn't want to one day become a super strongman who can punch the Nanshan Nursing Home, kick the Beihai Kindergarten, and smash the Statue of Liberty against the Ugly Black House!

Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?

Others can be martial artists, but he can't?! So, on a whim, Luo Shen directly signed up to join the Yi'an District Extreme Martial Arts Academy, where the original protagonist Luo Feng had once stayed, and became a student there.

However, by then Luo Feng had already become a true martial artist, venturing out into the wilderness to hunt monsters.

The instructor, Jiang Nian, would occasionally mention his prized student.

When Luo Shen first joined the martial arts school, he was a little uneasy.

After all, he was already 18 years old after transmigrating. Was it too late to start practicing martial arts now? What if he wasn't cut out for martial arts? What should he do then?

But all these distracting thoughts...

After he finished practicing the punches once, they all disappeared without a trace!

Because the cheat code has arrived!

Unlike other transmigrators who start with high-level war god-level mental power by simply signing in, or whose abilities skyrocket to planetary level by randomly drawing a prize, his cheat ability is relatively rudimentary.

To sum it up simply, it can be summed up in five words: Cultivate to become stronger!

Taking basic boxing techniques as an example, as long as he can gain proficiency through practicing, he can also gain some additional improvements once he has improved his basic boxing techniques to a certain level.

It sounds like it's no different from normal cultivation.

But the biggest advantage of this cheat is that as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded! And you can clearly see how much proficiency you have left to reach the next level of your boxing technique!

Unlike his previous life, where he worked overtime at the company to create data reports and stayed up all night to finish drafts, all he received in return was a "good job" from his boss, without any substantial reward.

Sometimes you might even get rejected and told, "This isn't what I wanted."

Moreover, once the level of basic boxing skills is improved, it can also accelerate the growth of physical fitness!

It was precisely because of this that Luo Shen was able to become an intermediate and advanced student at the martial arts school in just three months. Before today, his standard punching power was less than 180 kg away from the 900 kg required for the preliminary martial arts assessment!

"My basic boxing skills have reached the Great Perfection level. My physical abilities will definitely improve rapidly in the next few days!"

Soaked in sweat, Luo Shen struggled to his feet, glancing at the punching power testing machine in the corner, thinking to himself, "Maybe I can still make it to the preliminary martial arts assessment on December 1st!"

On the 1st of every month, the Yangzhou City Limit Club holds a preliminary martial arts assessment!

"After becoming a quasi-martial artist, I'll wait another month until the martial artist practical assessment on January 1st!" Luo Shen's eyes shone brightly. "Once I become a true martial artist and purchase more powerful manuals, my strength will improve even faster!"

Basic boxing techniques are the best martial arts secrets that all martial arts students can learn.

To access even better martial arts manuals, one must become a martial artist!

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The next few days.

As Luo Shen had predicted, his physical fitness improved by leaps and bounds again because his basic boxing skills had reached the pinnacle.

Especially under the guidance of Instructor Jiang Nian.

Pay attention to dietary therapy and combine it with higher-intensity training; the effect of improving physical fitness will be more obvious!

On the evening of the 26th, his punching power reached 750KG!

On the evening of the 27th, his punching power reached 780KG!

On the evening of the 28th, his punching power reached 830KG!

On the evening of the 29th, when Luo Shen tested his punching strength again, he found that his punching strength had exceeded 900KG, surpassing the minimum requirement for the quasi-martial artist assessment!

That very evening, Luo Shen submitted his application to participate in the assessment on the official website of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy.

During the two days of waiting for the assessment to begin, Luo Shen was not idle either. In addition to his daily strength training, he also added training in basic body movements.

Although I was unable to raise my movement technique to the microscopic level before the start of the preliminary martial arts assessment.

However, according to the three levels of basic movement techniques—solid foundation, proficiency, and ease of use—Luo Shen has already demonstrated a very high level of proficiency at the ease of use level, and is only a step away from the subtle level of movement techniques.

The date is February 1, 2056.

Early in the morning, Luo Shen left the low-rent apartment where he had lived for several months and took the subway to the Extreme Club in the city center to prepare for the preliminary martial arts assessment!

(End of this chapter)