6kv Chapter 11 One Hour of Unleashed Power - Half a Year's Worth of Work! The Hurdle of the Acupoin
Chapter 11 One Hour of Unleashed Power - Half a Year's Worth of Work! The Hurdle of the Acupoin
A three-kilometer run is nothing to a martial artist.
In less than eight minutes, Wang Yichuan was the first to cross the finish line.
As he crossed the finish line, the timing system on the track automatically announced his time:
[Second runner: 7 minutes 29.88 seconds]
...
Lin Xiyue was the second to cross the finish line.
[Number 44: 7 minutes 65 seconds]
It was half a second faster than the joint entrance exam.
After she finished running, unlike Wang Yichuan, she didn't continue running. Instead, she slowed down, walked to the edge of the track, bent over, and held her knees to catch her breath.
Her hair was a little disheveled, with a few stray strands sticking to her forehead, and her face was flushed from exercise.
...
The third is Liu Xiangdong.
[Number 46: 7 minutes 33 seconds]
It was 0.8 seconds faster than the joint entrance exam.
He was quite calm after crossing the finish line. He adjusted his glasses, walked to the rest area, picked up a water bottle, took a sip, and then turned to look at the track.
One more person is needed.
Su Chen.
He has run the last lap.
Liu Xiangdong frowned as he looked at the figure on the track.
Su Chen has only about a quarter of a lap left.
According to Su Chen's time, it would take him about eighty seconds to complete one lap of 500 meters.
Liu Xiangdong looked at his score again.
Even if you add 20 seconds... it's only a little over eight minutes!
.......
On the track.
Su Chen's current state is somewhat peculiar.
Tired! Extremely tired!
My lungs felt like they were on fire, and every breath I took was accompanied by scorching hot air.
The leg muscles started to ache during the fourth lap, and by the fifth lap, the soreness turned into numbness, and the numbness turned into a dull ache.
But at the same time, that "feeling" from the learning machine continued.
Wang Yichuan's psionic trajectory was repeated again and again within his body.
Under the pull of this force, his own body unconsciously adjusted his stride frequency, stride length, and landing angle.
He felt as if he was being controlled by two people at the same time.
Two forces pulled at each other within the body, creating a strange balance.
Not fast, but extremely stable!
The moment Su Chen saw the red line, he felt all his strength drain away, and he just wanted to lie down and sleep.
Crossing the finish line!
.......
"Brother Chen, you're amazing!"
Wang Yichuan's voice rang out first.
Su Chen ran a few more steps before stopping, supporting himself on his knees with both hands, panting heavily.
He looked up at the timing screen beside the track.
[Number 08: 8 minutes 48 seconds]
Su Chen was stunned.
So fast?
It's almost 15 seconds faster than his time of 8 minutes and 23 seconds in the joint entrance exam!
This time, activating one acupoint boosted my energy for the entire night, right?
"Wow!"
Zhang Yan appeared out of the weight training area at some point, rushing up to him with small, quick steps. Her big eyes widened in surprise: "Didn't you only get 8 out of 20... something like that on your college entrance exam?"
"8 minutes and 23 seconds," Wang Yichuan added from the side.
"That's right! 8 minutes and 23 seconds!" Zhang Yan clapped her hands, then pointed at Su Chen, "So you're now 8 minutes and 08 seconds, an improvement of fifteen seconds? In just a few days? Even if you opened a new acupoint, it shouldn't be that much of an improvement, right?"
Su Chen didn't say anything.
He took the water Lin Xiyue handed him, unscrewed the cap, took a sip, and deliberately didn't say anything.
Zhang Yan waited two seconds, then put her hands on her hips and exclaimed loudly, "Are you on drugs?"
She circled Su Chen again, looking him up and down, then suddenly stopped, pointing at him with her finger: "No, no, no, have all your acupoints been activated in your legs? Could it be that you've mastered the Shadowless Step to the third level? And your proficiency has reached the third stage—a slight improvement?"
Su Chen's eyes lit up.
This excuse... seems pretty good!
Without using any secret techniques, no one else can see the opening status of the acupoints in his body.
As long as the results aren't ridiculously exaggerated, this reason is perfectly valid!
With that thought in mind, Su Chen shoved the water bottle in her hand into Wang Yichuan's arms and gave him a mysterious smile: "Haha~ Guess! If you guess right, I won't tell you."
"Tch~!" Zhang Yan rolled her eyes, but the expression on her face clearly showed the smugness of "I guessed right".
"That means the Shadowless Step has broken through to the third level! But the proficiency shouldn't have been raised to the third tier yet, otherwise it would have been more than this."
Su Chen neither admitted nor denied it, but simply smiled and shook his head.
Zhang Yan's attention shifted quickly. She pointed to Xiao Zi, who was strolling and relaxing by the track: "Did you buy it from the city guards?"
"Hmm, what's wrong?"
"They're really rich!" Zhang Yan clicked her tongue, glancing back at Xiao Zi's results on the big screen. "29 meters, 3 minutes 22 seconds, that's insane! She must be the best in her batch, right?"
"I don't know the specifics." Su Chen also looked at Xiao Zi. The big silver-white dog had just finished running and was strolling along the side of the track with its tongue hanging out. It didn't look tired at all. "It only came to my house yesterday, and I only just found out that it can run so fast."
"Really?"
"Really? We only met last night." Su Chen paused, then suddenly turned to look at Zhang Yan, his tone somewhat serious. "By the way, there's something I want to take back."
Zhang Yan looked at him suspiciously: "What did you say?"
"You said before, 'Young Madam, I can take them all down with one punch,' and I even said your win rate was over 50%," Su Chen chuckled. "Now, judging by Xiao Zi's speed, I think your win rate is far below 50%. It can completely outmaneuver this strong, violent little girl!"
"you--!"
Zhang Yan's face flushed red instantly. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "If you're so tough, then fight me! Let's see how evenly matched we are!"
"A rude little girl." Su Chen shook his head and turned to walk towards the rest area.
"You're the little loli!"
To be honest, Su Chen is no match for Zhang Yan right now.
This guy is a one-trick pony; his strength is ridiculously high, and his combat ability is much higher than his.
If a fight really breaks out, the odds of winning aren't zero, but losing would be shameful.
It's best not to fight!
.......
Su Chen walked to the rest area, picked up a towel to wipe his sweat, and looked at Wang Yichuan: "Want to run a little longer?"
Now that he has made such a huge improvement, he must want to press his advantage!
His time of 8 minutes and 38 seconds was eight months ago, back in his second year of high school.
In other words, it took him a full eight months to achieve his last 15-second improvement!
This time... it only took half a day.
It's so great to have cheat codes!
Upon hearing this, Wang Yichuan nodded and began to move his ankle.
Of the four, only his grades declined.
Although it only took two seconds to retreat, for someone aspiring to attend one of the nine top universities, two seconds is a hurdle.
Su Chen improved by fifteen seconds this time, which was a significant boost for him!
On the other side, Su Chen also gave Xiao Zi instructions to keep running.
Xiao Zi's mission is 100 kilometers, and she needs to accompany him on the long march.
The one who runs the shortest distance gets the credit. In other words, however much Su Chen runs, that's how much progress Xiao Zi makes on her mission.
"The 100-kilometer run has now covered 29 kilometers."
Su Chen mentally calculated, "With a little effort, I should be able to get it done tonight!"
"Wind and Thunder Pill..."
"I wonder what the quality of the pills the system gave me is..."
.......
In the blink of an eye, an hour and a half had passed.
Inside the venue, Su Chen stood by the track, supporting himself on his knees, panting heavily.
Sweat dripped quickly down his chin onto the elastic surface of the track.
After enjoying himself for a while, he looked up at the big screen.
[8 minutes 07.66 seconds]
Wow!
The record improved by another 0.8 seconds.
This was achieved despite him running continuously and expending a significant amount of energy.
After recovering his energy, Su Chen felt that he was not far from getting to eight points!
After seeing Wang Yichuan's first task, he felt that it should be achievable within a week.
But I never expected it to be this exaggerated...
"Brother Chen." Wang Yichuan walked over from the side, carrying two bottles of water, and handed one over.
His time was still displayed on the screen: 7 minutes and 27.11 seconds.
Although I didn't break my personal best, it was already better than my joint entrance exam score.
Su Chen took the water, unscrewed the cap, and took a big gulp.
"Your speed is now consistently under 8 minutes and 10 seconds," Wang Yichuan said, looking at the data on the screen with undisguised admiration.
"If you had an exceptionally good run, you could probably finish in under 8 minutes. To be honest, your improvement... is really a bit exaggerated!"
Su Chen wiped the sweat from his face, and couldn't help but curl his lips upwards slightly.
These words, coming from Wang Yichuan, a top student, carry a completely different weight.
When you make progress, who wouldn't want someone by their side who can provide emotional support?
"It's alright!" Su Chen pretended to be calm as he screwed on the bottle cap, but his gaze had already shifted to the line of small print at the bottom of the big screen.
【Shadowless Step Lv3 (183/3000)】
An hour and a half ago, the number was 126.
After 11 renewals, I actually gained 57 experience points!
Su Chen quickly did some mental calculations.
He previously estimated that he could gain about 100 experience points a day, and in less than a month he could upgrade Shadowless Step from Lv3 to Lv4, which corresponds to the third stage "slightly proficient".
But now it seems that it was far too conservative!
In less than two hours, it has risen by 57 points. And the growth rate of experience shows no signs of slowing down.
At this rate, 100 experience points can be gained in just four hours.
Four hours? That's nothing to a high school student.
When Su Chen was in high school in his previous life, he would get up before six in the morning and finish evening self-study at around ten o'clock at night. It was normal to study for sixteen hours a day.
In this world, martial arts are revered, and the time spent practicing martial arts will only become more exaggerated.
There are plenty of people who work 18 hours a day!
At a rate of 400 experience points per day, it will only take him seven days to advance his Shadowless Step to level 3.
The distance that used to take nine months to cover in one week.
Holy crap! That's outrageous!
Su Chen silently cursed in his mind.
He initially thought the cheat was useful, but after actually calculating the numbers, he realized: it wasn't just useful, it was insane!
Nearly 40 times faster!
The key point is that he is currently only using Wang Yichuan's version of the cheat.
Wang Yichuan is awesome; he's number one among his peers in the entire No. 7 Development Zone.
But looking at the whole of Jiangling City, who does he even count for?
In this joint exam of ten schools, there are at least thirty or forty people who are better than him.
Let's broaden our perspective to the entire Chinese Federation...
The nine top universities admit nearly 100,000 students each year.
Whether Wang Yichuan can get into one of the nine top universities is still unknown!
Within these top-tier universities, there are even geniuses among geniuses!
Heroes of the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river.
They are all helping me!
Su Chen took a deep breath, suppressing the surging feeling in his heart, and his gaze unconsciously drifted towards the strength zone - Zhang Yan.
This little girl is insanely strong!
In the strength category of the six martial arts disciplines, she almost always got full marks.
"Wang Yichuan is quite well-rounded; in terms of speed, he's just slightly outstanding."
"And this little girl is completely one-sided in everything she does!"
"If I could steal her strength-based martial arts techniques, that would be perfect."
"But... I can't make a contract! Damn it!"
"Damn it! I need to work on improving our relationship with him."
Seeing this, Su Chen looked at Wang Yichuan and said, "It's almost time, it's time to eat. Let's go tell the others."
"good!"
.......
Strength Zone.
Zhang Yan was standing in front of the dynamometer, in a horse stance, taking a deep breath...
He threw a punch.
boom!
The numbers on the force gauge fluctuated wildly, finally settling at... 645kg!
The full score standard for this joint exam is 500 kilograms, and one point is deducted for every five kilograms.
Zhang Yan's score in the ten-school joint exam seems to be 680kg.
She weighs 645kg right now, which is probably due to muscle fatigue from training for too long.
"So small, yet with such incredible punching power, who do you think you're going to kill?"
In this joint exam, Su Chen only scored 23 points in the strength subject, weighing 367kg.
"I have to find a way to increase my favorability with her!" Su Chen thought to himself. "Not just Zhang Yan, but all the other classmates in the class, and even those geniuses from other classes, I have to do it! With this thing called humanoid contracts, you have to cast a wide net to catch more fish."
Zhang Yan also noticed Su Chen.
Seeing her gaze fall upon him, Su Chen said, "That's about enough. Get ready, wash your face, and let's go eat!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan immediately stopped what she was doing, jogged over, her ponytail swinging behind her head: "What do you want to eat?"
"You'll see when we get there! Let's clean up first."
"good!"
"Awoo~"
Little Purple was also tired from running, and at this moment it let out a howl and its tail wagged very fast.
Its task progress has also increased significantly today.
The 100-kilometer run has covered 47 kilometers!
It ran alongside Su Chen for an hour and a half, and its progress was calculated based on how much Su Chen ran.
If I refresh the page again this afternoon, breaking 100 today shouldn't be a problem.
"50 pet energy points, and Wind and Thunder Pills..."
"Unfortunately, this elixir was clearly not prepared for me."
"I wonder how effective it will be for Xiao Zi~"
"The stronger Xiao Zi becomes, the more benefits I'll receive!"
Although they can now gain more benefits from Wang Yichuan and other humanoid pets.
The area that can be opened up has a considerable span.
The Opening Acupoint Realm cultivator who can unleash spiritual techniques is not the same species as the Opening Acupoint Realm cultivator who is still building their foundation!
Spiritual arts do not require years of arduous practice and slow honing.
Instead... it's through the Spirit Pearl!
It is no exaggeration to say that successfully absorbing a spirit pearl is equivalent to ten years of arduous training in a martial arts technique.
This is a unique hurdle; once overcome, a period of rapid growth will begin.
Combat power can be increased by at least three to five times, or even ten times!
Geniuses like Jiang Wei have already crossed this hurdle and are in a period of rapid advancement.
Wang Yichuan and the others look like they're still quite far from it.
In reality, it will only take a month or two for them to get through it.
This is somewhat similar to some pay-to-win mobile games, where your combat power can skyrocket after you break through a certain rank.
Su Chen only has twelve meridians and eighteen acupoints right now!
If things go normally, I'll be grateful if I can get past this hurdle before the college entrance exam.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the cutoff score for first-tier universities is only 140 or 150 points higher than that for the top nine universities.
But where did this score difference come from?
At least a hundred points came from the practical assessment!
Their fighting power is more than ten times that of yours, and they only scored a little over a hundred points higher than you. That's already a huge mercy in the college entrance exam group assignments!
"Although I don't know how to bridge the gap in cultivation level, at least..."
"If I can truly overcome that hurdle, I can master spiritual arts in a very short time with the help of Xiao Zi!"
"Although it cannot compare to the power of the Mythical Spirit Pearl, the fusion with the Mythical Spirit Pearl is quite dangerous, and it may damage the meridians and foundation if not handled properly."
"The risk of me doing this is extremely low!"