strokinit Chapter 13 Two Levels in One Day
Chapter 13 Two Levels in One Day
A surge of powerful qi and blood coursed through Chen Zheng's body. Because of the abundance of energy, the transformed qi and blood flowed automatically along the tempering pathways of the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist and the Thirteen Forms of the Viper Tendon.
This time, however, Chen Zheng was not actively cultivating; his body was being "cultivated."
This is the characteristic of "sudden enlightenment"—you don't need to circulate your energy; the energy of heaven and earth directly tempers you.
Amidst the increasingly astonished gazes of his classmates, Chen Zheng inscribed the final stroke of the rune "Thunder," resembling a bolt of lightning striking down from the sky.
Boom! Silver threads of spiritual energy surged into Chen Zheng's body, his consciousness roared, blinding white light exploded in his eyes, and thunder rumbled, tearing through the darkness.
At the same time, an invisible barrier within Chen Zheng's body was also torn apart.
Boom! In an instant, Chen Zheng's aura surged dramatically, his body's blazing blood and qi steaming, before slowly returning to calm.
Huff! Chen Zheng slowly opened his eyes. Although he had already exited the state of plundering all spirits, he inexplicably felt that the whole world was more welcoming.
Is it due to the affinity between heaven and earth? Chen Zheng seemed to be deep in thought.
He plundered 34 rune essences, which not only boosted his cultivation level but also increased his affinity with heaven and earth by 34 points.
It's just that we don't know what the use of this affinity is yet.
Just then, a feeling of exhaustion came from the depths of Chen Zheng's soul. Maintaining the Myriad Spirits Plunder for so long today had taken a toll.
"Chen Zheng!"
Jiang Mo was the first to come closer, asking curiously, "What happened to you just now?"
The students who were already surrounded by layers of people looked at him curiously, and Bai Su didn't know when he was standing on the outer edge of the crowd.
Chen Zheng made no attempt to conceal his presence; he directly unleashed the aura of a level six martial artist.
"When I was inscribing the runes earlier, I entered a mysterious state and resonated with the runes I was inscribing."
"Then the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) surged wildly into my body, unstoppable, and in one breath I broke through from level four to level six."
The entire classroom fell silent instantly, then erupted into chaos.
"Holy crap, an epiphany?"
"Can inscribing runes lead to sudden enlightenment? Really?!"
"Going directly from level four to level six martial artist, two levels in half a day, is this even human?"
Bai Su stepped out from the crowd and asked curiously, "Chen, I see that the runes you inscribed are all related to wind and fire. Is it because runes representing the power of heaven and earth are easier to comprehend?"
Chen Zheng nodded: "Yes, I've tested it. Runes inscribed with the power of heaven and earth are more likely to trigger resonance."
"Can each one trigger an epiphany?"
Chen Zheng said, half-jokingly, "It's not every single one; it's usually a few that resonate once. That's why I keep inscribing the basic runes I learned last semester."
"Amazing! This is the first time I've ever witnessed someone achieve enlightenment through runes," Bai Su exclaimed.
The news of Chen Zheng's sudden enlightenment spread faster than he had expected. In less than half an hour, the group chats of all the first-year classes in the Rune Department were buzzing.
Someone posted on Jiangzhou University's website.
[Holy crap, Chen Zheng from Class 9 of the Rune Department had an epiphany while inscribing runes today, and his martial arts realm jumped two levels!]
【real or fake? 】
[It's true, I saw it with my own eyes. When he was inscribing the runes, all the energy of heaven and earth around him surged into his body, and his aura rose rapidly, unstoppable.]
[Does learning runes really have this effect? I've been inscribing runes from my freshman year to my senior year, how come I never had an epiphany?]
"What you've carved isn't runes; it's just scribbles."
[The person upstairs is right. That's called inscription, yours is just tracing. A rune student who can't grasp the essence isn't a true rune student.]
Has anyone recorded a video? I need the video!
[I didn't record it. We were all stunned. Who would have thought to turn on the terminal to record a video?]
[Breaking News: A student in Class 9 of the Rune Department's first year has achieved enlightenment, and their martial arts realm has jumped from level four to level six]
[A liberal arts student majoring in runes? Inscribing runes can increase martial arts cultivation? Are you kidding me? What's the point of me, a martial arts major, practicing every day?]
[Stop being so sour, upstairs. They relied on their understanding; can you really compare that to brute force?]
Speaking of which, who is this Chen Zheng? I've never heard of him before.
[From Class 9 of the Rune Department. I heard he gets excellent grades in theory classes, but his martial arts talent is average. It's said he only broke through to level four martial artist at the end of last semester.]
The buzz surrounding Chen Zheng's sudden enlightenment continued to rise, and by evening, the topic of the rune system freshman's enlightenment realm advancing two levels in a row surged to the top of the campus forum's hot list.
In the cafeteria, some rune students who were eating read the post, then opened their personal terminals and started studying the "Basic Rune Catalog" while eating.
This energy feels like I'm back in my senior year of high school.
At this moment, Chen Zheng and Jiang Mo were also eating. Jiang Mo, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly shut down his personal terminal and said with a smug look, "That was awesome."
"What felt good?"
"I just had a few dozen arguments with people on the forum. There was this martial arts guy who was really foul-mouthed. He said my enlightenment was just a lucky guess. I argued with him until he deleted his post."
Cough cough!
Chen Zheng coughed twice: "There's no need to argue with people about this. If you don't believe me, then don't believe me."
"Tsk, not bad, so calm." Jiang Mo was somewhat impressed. If it were him who had suddenly broken through two realms, he would have been strutting around like crazy.
Chen Zheng simply smiled at this; he couldn't very well say that all his so-called epiphanies were fake.
However, it wasn't without its price. Maintaining the plunder of all spirits today was quite taxing, and the fatigue that surged from the depths of my consciousness is still very strong.
Of course, the harvest was also amazing.
Thinking of this, Chen Zheng summoned his personal page.
Name: Chen Zheng
Race: human
Realm: Level 6 Martial Artist
Rank: First Rank
Punching power: 810 kg
Exercises: Iron Mountain Stance [Minor Success], Wild Bull Body Refining Fist [Minor Success, 45% of Three Turns], Thirteen Forms of Viper Tendons [Minor Success, 55% of Three Turns]
Unique Talent: All-Spirit Plunder [SSS Rank]
Special attribute: Foldable
Constitution: +13
Defense: +1
Affinity with Heaven and Earth: +34
Chen Zheng's gaze swept over the words "Level 6 Martial Artist," and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
In just two days, he broke through from level four to level six, almost one level a day. This speed of improvement was simply exaggerated, and he dared not let anyone know.
However... Chen Zheng's gaze fell on the third stage of the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist and the percentage progress.
In the second semester of his senior year of high school, after breaking through to the third level of martial arts, Chen Zheng switched to practicing the Thirteen Forms of the Viper Tendon to temper his fascia and stopped practicing the Wild Bull Body Refining Fist. At the time, he thought that this flesh-refining fist technique was useless.
But it seems that there is still room for improvement in this boxing style.
Also, the progress of the Thirteen Forms of the Serpent Tendons is synchronized with the cultivation level. When a level 5 martial artist's progress is 5%, the progress of the Thirteen Forms of the Serpent Tendons is 5% at the third stage.
He originally thought that a level 3 martial artist corresponded to the first stage of the Viper Tendon Transformation, level 4 to the second stage, and level 5 to the third stage.
But now that his cultivation level has broken through to level six, his progress in the Thirteen Forms of the Serpent Tendon is only 55% of the third stage. It seems that the progress of the cultivation technique and the cultivation level do not necessarily have to be perfectly matched.
"I'll ask Chen Ye later," Chen Zheng muttered to himself.
As a liberal arts student, Chen Zheng's knowledge of martial arts was limited to basic common sense, and he was not very familiar with many professional martial arts information.
Just like the rune students.
The school provides them with free access to a library of three thousand basic runes, a large number of rune documents, and various professor's manuals, but students from other departments do not have access to these resources.
However, even though school has started, Chen Ye and his classmates are still in training camp, and it's unclear when they'll be back.
After dinner, Chen Zheng and Jiang Mo went back to their respective dormitories.
As soon as he entered the room, Chen Zheng sensed that the Black Armored Earth Dragon's injuries had healed, and his gaze turned cold.
"It's time to take revenge."