inspire-indiana Chapter 69 The Bloodline Inheritance of a Mythical Beast, A Female Classmate Comes to the Door
Chapter 69 The Bloodline Inheritance of a Mythical Beast, A Female Classmate Comes to the Door
Chapter 70 The Bloodline Inheritance of a Mythical Beast, A Female Classmate Comes to the Door
"Awooo!"
Little Purple's limbs were slightly bent, its center of gravity lowered, and electric arcs began to flicker in its silvery-white fur.
At first, there were just a few streaks of blue electricity flashing at the tips of the hair.
But soon, the electric arcs began to grow denser and thicker, extending from the tips of the hairs toward the torso and converging into a winding band of light on the spine.
Xiao Zi's light golden eyes suddenly opened.
It pushed off the ground with all four claws at the same time, and its body shot out from the spot!
The moment it charged out, lightning exploded on its body, forming a layer of pale blue electric light that enveloped its entire body.
Wherever Xiao Zi passed, the grass blades were scorched and curled by the electric arc, leaving a shallow scorch mark on the surface of the soil.
But after only a few meters, the layer of lightning seemed to be sucked away by something.
The electric arc peeled off its body, turning into a few wisps of blue light that dissipated into the air, and Xiao Zi's speed also dropped sharply.
It turned around, its tongue lolling out, panting heavily, its chest heaving violently, but its light golden eyes were filled with excitement.
"not bad!"
Su Chen sat cross-legged on a stone bench next to the guard post, twirling a plucked foxtail grass in his hand: "At least this time it was a success; the lightning effect lasted for about ten meters!"
"Awoo~!"
Little Purple raised its head and let out a cry, its tail wagging like a windmill.
It's really exciting!
It doesn't know why, but after taking a nap, it seems to have learned a new skill.
This afternoon, Su Chen brought it to this hill, and for no apparent reason, it developed a set of power-generating techniques.
How to mobilize lightning-attribute energy, how to evenly distribute the energy throughout the body at the start, and how to maintain the energy during the sprint...?
This knowledge seemed to appear out of thin air in its mind, so clear as if it were something it was born with.
In fact, many of the skills of mythical beasts originally came from this: bloodline inheritance!
The stronger and higher the bloodline of a beast, the more complete the inheritance sleeping within its bloodline.
The offspring of a lord-level beast may have mastered more than ten, or even twenty, skills at the peak of the soldier level, including some powerful skills that are even rarer than lightning escape!
That's something etched into our genes; it only takes one battle, one crisis, one breakthrough to awaken it.
Xiao Zi's bloodline isn't high. The Wind and Thunder Hound is only a race with the potential to reach the Warrior level, and only 20% of them can reach the Warrior level. Most of them only stay at the peak of the Elite level!
But the feeling of learning skills from skill stones is almost exactly the same as inheriting bloodlines!
That's why it's so wonderful.
Su Chen chuckled as he watched its tail wagging so hard it looked like it was about to break.
He jumped down from the stone block, squatted down beside Little Purple, and pressed his hand on its shoulder blade: "But to be honest, your Thunder Body Charge has quite a few problems!"
"The energy distribution was uneven at the start. Look for yourself, the fur on this side is normal, but the fur on the other side is all puffed up!"
Xiao Zi turned her head and looked at her shoulder in the direction Su Chen was pointing.
It really is!
"This means that when you mobilized your lightning attribute energy, you focused it to one side. A collision requires the full force of the body; if the energy is concentrated on one side, you'll just flip over first!"
"Also, the speed drop is too obvious in the middle of the sprint. It's okay for the first ten meters, but after ten meters, the energy starts to dissipate. The real Thunder Body Impact is to concentrate all the energy on the impact surface and explode it in the instant before impact! You're doing the opposite, strong at the beginning, but getting weaker and weaker later on."
"Awoo..."
Little Purple's ears drooped down halfway, and its tail stopped wagging.
Baby is unhappy~
Su Chen patted its head: "But it's okay, you've only been practicing for a little over an hour. Your proficiency is only in the nineties right now, you haven't even scratched the surface yet. Being able to run ten meters is already a gift! Once your proficiency exceeds two hundred and you've entered the field, we'll see how you perform then."
After hearing this, Xiao Zi's ears perked up again.
What, ninety? What, two hundred?
Can't understand!
Practice makes perfect!
Su Chen glanced at the time again: 14:37.
"Alright, you've been practicing for an hour, let's take a break."
As he spoke, he took out a pill from his system inventory.
Bone-Sculpting Pill.
The elixir was held in the palm of his hand.
It is milky white with fine bone-like patterns on the surface, feels slightly heavy in the hand, and has a faint herbal fragrance.
Xiao Zi's nose twitched twice.
Its head snapped around, its light golden eyes fixed on the milky-white pill in Su Chen's palm.
A glistening strand of drool dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Su Chen glanced down at it, his lips twitching: "You have absolutely no sense of decorum!"
One Bone-Sculpting Pill costs 500 points to redeem in the school's points mall, which is equivalent to 100,000 Federal Credits!
This isn't some common stuff like Peiyuan Dan or Buqi Dan; it's a real gem.
Xiao Zi recently consumed two Wind and Thunder Pills, which significantly increased her affinity for the Wind and Thunder attributes, resulting in a marked improvement in the power of all her skills.
It gets more excited about the pills now than it gets about meat!
Su Chen didn't keep it in suspense any longer.
With a flick of his wrist, he tossed the Bone-Sculpting Pill out.
Little Purple kicked off with its hind legs, leaped into the air, and caught it precisely in one bite.
Then it carried the pill to the shade of a tree, lay down, used its front paws to bring the pill to its mouth, and put it in its mouth.
It had its eyes slightly closed and let out a satisfied hum.
Su Chen chuckled as he watched it enjoying itself, then looked down at the other Bone Shaping Pill in his palm.
He had carefully studied the instructions on the system panel regarding the effects of the Bone-Sculpting Pill over the past two days.
Strengthens bone density.
Bones are the foundation of strength. When a set of Overlord Body Techniques is practiced to a high level, the punching force can easily reach thousands of kilograms. Without bones of sufficient strength to support it, if you throw a punch, your finger bones will shatter before your enemy does.
In terms of meridians, the Bone-Shaping Pill can reshape some misaligned meridians, making the channels for the flow of spiritual energy smoother and more unobstructed.
The human body's meridians naturally have slight misalignments and bends. These bends are not a big problem in daily cultivation, but when spiritual energy is circulating at high speed, each bend is a point of resistance, which will slow down the transmission speed of spiritual energy from the dantian to the fist.
The "Meridian Opening Realm" and "Acupoint Opening Realm" involve opening up these meridians one by one, calibrating these channels, and expanding acupoints.
The Bone-Shaping Pill essentially speeds up the cultivation process significantly!
"I took the Ice Skin Jade Bone Pill last night, which activated the Qunliao acupoint."
Su Chen silently calculated in his mind: "After signing the contract with Zhang Yan today, and before the endurance test, I ate another Overlord Body Pill to complement the cultivation of the Overlord Body Technique."
"Take another bone-building pill now..."
He hesitated for a moment, then mentally brought up the control panel.
【Invincible Body Technique Iv1 (778/1000)】
Su Chen stared at the number, his eyebrows slightly raised.
"When I first signed Zhang Yan today, her score was only 632."
"It's only been four hours, and it's already gone up by nearly 150!"
He flipped through his cultivation records.
Last week, after activating the first acupoint of the Overlord Body Technique—the Jiuwei acupoint, the fastest speed was only about 20 points per hour!
Later, with the addition of the Mountain-Opening Fist and grueling training, I only reached a level of 10-20 points per hour.
With cultivation slowed down, one can only gain less than 100 experience points a day.
But now, in less than four hours, it's gone up by 150!
Of course, the effects of the Overlord Body Pill must be present in this.
The Overlord Body Pill is a pill specifically designed to work with the Overlord Body Technique, which can significantly enhance the body's perception and tolerance to power in a short period of time.
Even excluding the influence of elixirs, this growth rate is still too exaggerated!
"The key point is..." Su Chen silently added in his mind, "The first level of the Overlord Body Technique has four acupoints, and I've only opened the Jiuwei acupoint so far."
He hasn't even finished learning the first level of the Overlord Body Technique.
Are we about to approach the second stage—entering the inner sanctum?
If you first activate all four acupoints of the first level of the Overlord Body Technique, then combine it with grueling training, and simultaneously load Zhang Yan's v6 Overlord Body Technique...
Su Chen took a deep breath and suppressed the thought for the time being.
Not urgent!
Let's eat the pills in front of us first.
He tilted his head back and put the bone-shaping pill into his mouth.
The elixir melts instantly upon entering the mouth.
A warm medicinal force surged from my throat and spread throughout my body along my meridians.
The medicinal power of the Bone-Sculpting Pill is a deep, slow, warm sensation, as if an invisible hand is pushing outward from the depths of the bone marrow, tightening the surface of each bone.
Then, Su Chen's left arm suddenly went numb.
He looked down at the back of his left hand.
There was nothing abnormal visible on the surface of his skin, but he could feel that the base of the metacarpal bones of his middle and ring fingers, where there had been a slight misalignment, was being gently straightened little by little by a gentle force.
It wasn't excruciating pain, but rather a tingling, slightly itchy feeling.
"Phew~"
Su Chen exhaled a breath of stale air, stood up, and flexed his fingers.
The soreness gradually subsided, replaced by a sense of fullness that rose from the very core of the body, as if the entire skeleton of the arm had been recalibrated.
He was just about to take advantage of the drug's effects to practice a few sets of punches and mountain-opening punches using Zhang Yan's Overlord Body Technique when his phone suddenly rang.
Su Chen took out his phone, and his mother's number was displayed on the screen.
"Hello, Mom, what's up?"
"Son~" On the other end of the phone, Li Huilan's voice was filled with barely suppressed laughter, "Where are you now? Zhang Yan is at home looking for you."
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Su Chen was stunned for a moment.
"Forehead..."
He paused for two seconds, then asked, "Did she bring that thing with her?"
"Um!"
Li Huilan responded, then clearly brought the phone closer to her mouth, lowering her voice even further, with a mischievous smile that even a mother would understand: "I've already confirmed it, it's absolutely true!"
Su Chen hummed in agreement twice.
He had carefully explained the matter of this mythical spiritual fruit to his parents at the dinner table.
Zhang Yan has already taken one and experienced a huge improvement! The example is right here, so there's no need to worry about it being some kind of mythical spiritual fruit with huge side effects.
Judging from the current results...
This king fruit, priced at 2.5 million, is an absolute steal!
"Mom, is there anything else?"
"Son, someone came to our house to see you! Your behavior is quite impolite."
Li Huilan's tone carried a hint of reproach, but more so a gossipy interest: "People are asking where you are now, it seems like they want to come visit you."
Su Chen scratched his head.
"I'm at the guard post north of my house right now."
"Okay! I'll have someone come find you. Hang up?"
"Wait!" Su Chen quickly called out, "Mom, I have something to tell you."
"Oh? What is it?" Li Huilan's tone instantly rose a notch, full of anticipation, expecting some earth-shattering scoop.
"It's about the Fire Spirit Grass and the Crimson Flame Insects."
"Oh..." The tone on the other end of the phone clearly showed disappointment, like someone who had been following a TV series to the point of discovering it had a terrible ending.
What's wrong with these two?
"It's like this. I've come up with quite a few things before, some of which are related to Fire Spirit Grass and Crimson Flame Insects. I was thinking of asking you, Mom, to give them a try."
"Didn't your dad already know about the Firefeather Chicken? Why does Mom have to step in this time?"
Su Chen chuckled, "If I had told Dad directly, he would have pressed me for details. But by going around in circles and talking to you, Mom, everything's different!"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.
Then came Li Huilan's voice, tinged with laughter: "You little rascal! You've got your parents figured out perfectly."
"Haha, that's called the wisdom of life!"
"Okay, then tell me what you want to do, I'm listening."
"This time there's a bit more content; I'll send it to you via my Tencent QQ account later."
"Okay~ I'll have my female classmate come find you then, so don't leave and let her come looking for you but not finding you!"
"Okay, okay, bye-bye."
"Wait a minute, son, remember to come home before you go to school this afternoon. We have some of the items on that list you gave us, enough to make up about 40-50% of it. Take them over tonight. After all, we've got the items, it wouldn't be right not to give them something in return."
"Okay! Got it."
After hanging up the phone, Su Chen let out a long breath and rubbed his still slightly sore left hand.
He glanced down at Little Purple. Little Purple was still lying under the shade of the tree, its chin resting on its front paws, its light golden eyes half-open and half-closed, clearly still immersed in the effects of the Bone-Sculpting Pill.
Then Su Chen suddenly remembered something and brought up Zhang Yan's task panel.
Task Two: 1000kg Strength Task objective: Assist Zhang Yan in achieving a punching strength of 1000kg.
Progress: 0/1000
Rewards: Pet Energy x200, Tiger Bone Power Pill x5, Skill Stone: Overlord Fist Technique
"You only have eight days left on the contract. If you really want to complete this mission, you need to start now."
"Skill Stone—Overlord Fist Technique! For this, along with energy and elixir rewards, it's definitely worth sacrificing a bit!"
"Zhang Yan's current punching power is probably around 850 kilograms, right?"
The goal is to reach 150 kilograms in eight days.
It's not impossible, but you have to find the right method!
He mentally reviewed his entire treasure trove.
Water Spirit Fruit?
It has the remarkable effect of clearing the meridians and uncovering hidden acupoints; even two of them are extremely precious.
This is for myself; I would never take it out!
If we settle for second best... the Ice Skin Jade Bone Pill is beneficial to the meridians and acupoints. I even helped him open the Huanliao acupoint last night. However, that pill is not for increasing strength, so the effect of giving it to Zhang Yan may not be ideal.
Bone-Strengthening Pills can indeed strengthen bones...
But we can't rely solely on elixirs!
At No. 1 High School, the student who ranks first in strength in a single subject in the grade doesn't even have a punching power of 1,000 kilograms!
"Unless..." Su Chen tapped his fingers lightly on his knee twice, "I'll advise Zhang Yan to push her Body Tempering Technique or Mountain-Splitting Fist to a higher level?"
He carefully considered the feasibility of this idea.
Task Two does not require combat prowess or cultivation level, but rather fist strength.
This is the purest and simplest exercise in strength training!
The punching power test allows you to charge up your punches, use power techniques, and stack any skill buffs that can be stacked.
If there were a special boxing technique that specifically enhances the lethality of a punch, it would be possible to boost punching power data in a short period of time.
For example, the Mountain-Opening Fist is an explosive power martial art that concentrates the power of the whole body into a single point at the fist.
For each level of proficiency gained in the Mountain-Opening Fist, the punching power will receive a significant boost.
But the problem is...
Zhang Yan's Mountain-Opening Fist is already at Level 4.
To climb from IV4 upwards, what's needed isn't time, but a sudden realization!
And the Overlord Body Technique lv6...
Su Chen frowned and thought for a moment.
The Overlord Body Technique is a passive skill; with each level advancement, the strength attribute permanently increases.
Upgrading from Iv6 to Iv7 is extremely difficult!
But...it's not impossible!
"She gained 1400 experience last week and is now only 1300 away from Iv7."
"Even if the medicinal power of the Queen Fruit is weakened, there is still a possibility if we try hard enough."
"But even so... Iv7's Overlord Body Technique might not actually be able to reach 1,000 kilograms."
"Unless... she can master a new explosive power punching technique." Su Chen said silently to himself, then gave a wry smile. "Learning a new punching technique within seven days, and having it actually affect the technique of generating power... that's even more difficult than just giving her drugs."
He suddenly remembered that he still had three Enlightenment Fruits.
The Enlightenment Fruit can accelerate the growth of martial arts proficiency: greatly improving the efficiency of comprehending martial arts techniques.
Even with the blessing of the Enlightenment Fruit, seven days is too rushed to learn the new martial arts technique and then demonstrate its effectiveness in the punching power test!
"Ultimately, the only solution seems to be to upgrade both the Mountain-Splitting Fist and the Overlord Body Technique by one level!"
"Her Mountain-Opening Fist is less than 400 experience points away from Level 5, which is even simpler than the Overlord Body Technique."