I teach judo in Tokyo.

Sosuke opened his panel, browsed through it for a while, and then selected four SR-level skills.

Manipulation Style: Willow, Cat Willow, Mountain Mist, Flying Card Technique.

His goal for improvement is the "Flow Manipulation Form: Willow," a skill whose overall capabilities are clearly superior to the several SR-level skills that were burned.

[Should we fuse "Cat Willow," "Mountain Mist," and "Flying Card Technique" to elevate "Manipulation Form: Willow"?]

【Sure】

["Cat Willow", "Mountain Mist", and "Flying Card Technique" have been recalled]

[The "Shu-ryu Form: Willow" is now complete]

[You have acquired the unarmed SSR-level skill - Manipulation Style: Ultimate]

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Chapter 317 Turning Fragments into a Whole

Is this an SSR-level manipulation technique...?

Sosuke felt the effects of his newly acquired skill and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"The Ultimate Form of Manipulating Flow" is the strongest form of "Willow". After using this technique, he will gain an even more extreme ability to sense the flow of power than when using Willow, as well as more precise control over the flow of power.

If we're talking about the level of "Liu," it's enough to disrupt the enemy's power and throw them off balance.

The "extreme" level can even be exaggerated to the point of manipulating the actions of someone who lacks self-control as a "puppet".

He glanced at his panel, and as he expected—all four SR-level skills that had been melted down had disappeared.

However, he could still clearly feel that he was still able to use his own abilities to perform the few techniques whose principles he already knew.

Rounding up, it's roughly equivalent to getting an SSR-level skill for free.

Since that's the case, there's nothing more to say—start melting!

Without hesitation, Sosuke unleashed four more SR-rank techniques.

[The moves "Three-Stage Thrust of Ignorance," "Swallow Return," and "Kissing Slash" have been retrieved.]

[The "Sword of No Thought" has been fully refined]

[You have acquired the SSR-level mechanical skill - Nine-Headed Dragon Flash].

Nine-Headed Dragon Flash is a high-speed sword technique that unleashes attacks in nine directions at the opponent in an extremely short period of time.

Now he only has two SR skills left: "Diamond Form: Indestructible" and "Mind's Eye False".

Unfortunately, while the newly acquired Nine-Headed Dragon Flash and Manipulation Style: Ultimate are powerful SSR-level techniques, they can only gradually enhance his abilities, but they won't give him any new "trump cards".

After pondering for a while, Sosuke made a careful decision!

He wants to try to refine and elevate the SSR-level skill!

That's right, melt down three SSR skills that have overlapping effects or are not that powerful, and sublimate one core skill into a more powerful UR-level ace!

Besides the UR skills "Yatagara" and "Yin Seal" awarded by the system, his truly core, long-unused, strongest SSR-level skill is naturally—

liberation!

Upgrading this status-based burst skill to UR level is quite necessary for him.

After careful consideration, he chose the technique to be melted down.

The selection process left him in a state of great anxiety.

After all, SSR-level skills are different from SR-level skills.

Although the system explained the principles of these techniques to Atobe Sousuke, at his current "level," he still cannot use them on his own without the system's guidance.

In other words, once an SSR-level skill is melted down, it's truly gone.

Ultimately, the three skills he chose to melt down were:

The Spade, Red, Diamond, and Club combo is a high-speed, deadly attack using playing cards.

I just used it today, and it seems that besides making the kicks faster, it doesn't have any other "extra effects"—the Hundred-Crack Kick.

And a similar grabbing technique to Dianchen, but which requires jumping and can be easily countered—Cuo Dadi.

The "Liberation" movement has been elevated to a higher level.

You have acquired a UR-level unarmed skill – Turning Fragments into One.

"Converting fragments into a whole?"

Sosuke's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the new UR-rank skill that had appeared on his screen.

The principles behind his moves had already been loaded into his mind by the system.

After learning about the effects of this technique, Sosuke's pupils began to tremble violently, and he couldn't help but become excited.

Without a doubt, this technique is even more powerful than "Liberation," so powerful that, like the other two UR-level techniques, it is a unique skill that should not exist in this world.

As for the results... let's wait until a suitable occasion arises before we can truly appreciate them.

Sosuke composed himself and thus ended the series of operations that accompanied this system function upgrade.

......

When I returned to my own dojo, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

The disciples and guests in the temple did not rest, but stayed on the first floor together, making a lot of noise while waiting for him.

Upon opening the dojo's gate, the first person to greet them was Ryougi Shiki, who happened to be standing near the entrance.

Tokyo is already quite cold at the end of December.

However, for a disciple as gifted as Ryougi Ori, the cold does not seem to pose much of a threat. When in the heated dojo, she would take off her red coat and move around in just her kimono.

Of course, even if she were to go outside in this heavy snow, she would simply wear an extra coat.

“Shifan, you’re back.” Ryougi gave him a slightly lively smile.

Sousuke nodded: "Yes, what are you planning to do outside, Ori?"

"Let's throw away the trash. We were all watching the live stream of the teacher's college's defense of the title, and we ate a lot of snacks." Ryougi Ori picked up the trash bag in her hand.

"Shi Fan, you are amazing. You were so dominant when you fought Chiba Takashi in the end. Now many people on the internet are saying that you are the strongest among all the champions."

"It's alright. If you practice martial arts seriously, you'll quickly become as strong as me." Sousuke patted her head.

At this moment, several disciples who had already spotted Sosuke quickly gathered around.

Oriya then walked out of the dojo to throw away the trash.

Yumi Mifune looked at Sousuke with admiration: "Master, your last match tonight was way too cool! You were just like the final boss in an anime. When Chiba Takashi hit you, it was like he was giving you a massage, hahaha!"

"Alright, stop praising this guy. You're making him so arrogant." Yae Meixuan looked at the grinning Atobe Sousuke with disdain and stopped Mifune Yumi from continuing her praise.

“But, Shi Fan is really amazing…” Beside Mei Xuan, her younger sister Yae Rin gave her a backstab. Rin looked at Atobe Sousuke with admiration: “Shi Fan, as a martial artist as strong as you, I’ve only heard of the legendary deeds of Mr. Rao, the ‘Grand Fist’ in the organization, before that are comparable to you.”

The Grand Master of Fist - Rao?

Sousuke's brow twitched; he hadn't expected to learn extra information about the Ring Serpent.

However, now is not the time to ask in-depth questions. Although his disciples have now inevitably entered the realm of "superhumans," there is no need for them to know too much about the worrying potential dangers.

Sousuke smiled gently: "Rin, you don't need to exaggerate like that. Forget about the title of the champion of fists. I think that even among the other thirty-one champions like me, there are probably some masters whose performance is no less than mine."

Hearing what he said, Yotsuba Saki couldn't help but chime in, saying weakly, "Sousuke-kun, I... Ai-neechan and I looked up some information for you online, and they've already made a preliminary ranking of your strength..."

"Oh? So where am I in the ranking?" Sosuke asked, a little curious.

Chapter 318 The effect of consolidating fragments, and the third stage of the competition.

"Before tonight, you were ranked eighteenth."

Ai Miyano crossed her arms and calmly accepted the topic.

"Huh? So low?" Sosuke scratched his head.

"After all, before today, although everyone easily defeated their opponents, the other champions, especially those big guys, had a much more impressive fighting style than you." Miyano Ai looked at Sousuke calmly.

“However…” Miyano Ai ignored Sousuke’s feigned dejection and continued, “I just looked at that ranking blogger again, and many people have started commenting that they misjudged your strength.”

"Many people have posted videos of you defeating Takashi Chiba in the final moments tonight, and believe that your ranking should be significantly improved."

"It doesn't matter." Sousuke waved his hand. "I'm more curious about who's at the very front of the line right now?"

“The top few who are considered the strongest are all guys who are over two meters tall and have huge physiques.” As Miyano Ai spoke, she took out a tablet and handed it to Atobe Sousuke.

Sosuke took the tablet and looked at it; it actually displayed a serious-looking strength ranking.

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T0: Julius, Zangief, Haru

T0.5: Wolfgang, Sauce, Maxima, Yuri, Mutba

T1: K', Laurent, Gule, Gaolan, Geese, Moji

T1.5: Dijon, Quan Xun, Robert, Atobe Sosuke, Fu Hua

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Good grief, is this a power ranking?

This is basically a "body size" ranking!

Those at the front of the line were all tall and strong guys, almost all of them were little giants over two meters tall.

Sousuke glanced at it and lost interest, then handed the tablet back to Ai Miyano.

"It's pointless to refer to it; it's just a random ranking by laymen." He shrugged.

It was definitely randomly ranked.

Although this blogger claims to be a world-renowned professional in the fighting world.

However, his ranking strategy was completely copied from the evaluation methods used in the ordinary world.

In the combat capability assessment system for ordinary people, size and weight are the most important elements.

Big means strong, strong means beautiful!

However, this standard is rather ridiculous in the realm of the gifted.

......

......

Two days later.

12 month 30 day.

[Defeat the Two Elements Weaver (Dynamic Matchmaking), rewards have been distributed]

[Victory Reward: All Protection skills +6]

[Virtual Trial Ends]

......

Early in the morning, Sosuke opened his eyes and sat up in bed.

Last night, in the early hours of the morning, he finally got to start a new week.

After all, if you want to test your skills in a new way, you can't find a suitable opponent in the real world to fight openly.

The most suitable environment is undoubtedly the virtual trial.

This time, Atobe Sousuke selected the "dynamic matching" difficulty level for Ryougi Ori, which he had been patiently "raising" for a long time.

Then, facing this "Super Ryougi-ori," who had been modified by the system, wore a pure white shrine maiden outfit, held a katana, had long hair, and a calm and composed expression.

Sosuke immediately initiated the "consolidation of fragments" strategy.

Thus, he fully understood the power of this UR-level technique.

Normally, even after activating "Liberation" and gaining a powerful boost to his physical abilities, Atobe Sousuke would often find himself at an unavoidable disadvantage against opponents of the same level who were armed.