18: Lonely Tong Zhe, Chen Qing's thoughts

"What method?" Chen Qing looked directly at Tong Zhe.

"Combat! And not just ordinary combat, you must fight continuously until you are completely exhausted!"

"Combat?"

"That's right! When the human body is extremely depleted, a certain self-protection mechanism will appear, secreting a trace element that feeds back to the body. This power is like a final burst of energy, rapidly stimulating the body's nerves, causing life force to surge back and achieve an extreme Breakthrough."

"However, this method is also very dangerous, because once the human body is weakened to this extent, it is possible to suffer fatal injuries that are difficult to recover from. This is a double-edged sword. Many people in the past tried to Breakthrough this way and ended up dying. That's why Great Master didn't publicize this method, only telling us."

"But I suspect that many people in the Federation probably know about it, it's just that everyone has an unspoken understanding and hasn't made this extreme method public."

Chen Qing thought for a moment and nodded. He cupped his hands at Tong Zhe: "Thank you, Senior Brother, I understand."

After thanking him, he turned and walked towards the second floor.

Tong Zhe looked at him, a bit bewildered: "Junior Brother, are you going to Cultivate now?"

Chen Qing turned, looking at him in surprise: "Yes!"

What else would I do if I'm not Cultivating? Do you think I'm hiding a woman upstairs?

Suddenly, Chen Qing understood: "Oh, Senior Brother, haven't you had dinner yet? How about this, I'll order some takeout for you."

Tong Zhe rubbed his temples, waving his hand: "Wait! No need, you go Cultivate. If there are no other problems, I'll head back. Oh, right, Great Master wants you to see him once before school starts, don't forget."

Chen Qing nodded and continued up to the second floor.

Outside Villa 404, Tong Zhe's figure seemed a bit lonely. He sighed and turned to leave.

— — — —

Chen Qing returned to the second floor and spent some time forcing himself into a sleep state. He wanted to enter the Ice God Space and try the method Tong Zhe mentioned.

Entering the Barren Snowfield, Chen Qing immediately saw the Ice Spirit Cat. He didn't know why, but whenever he entered this space, he always appeared around this Spirit Cat.

The Ice Spirit Cat was originally lying lazily in the snow, sleeping idly. Suddenly feeling Chen Qing's arrival, it slowly opened its eyes and looked at Chen Qing.

Chen Qing was quite familiar with it by now, and immediately said: "Little White, find me some powerful Yao Beasts."

Although the method Tong Zhe spoke of was a double-edged sword, that was for others. With this space, wasn't it simple to experience exhaustion and death?

When he first encountered the Ice Spirit Cat, how many times had it made him experience death?

When it came to challenging physical limits, others had to hold onto their last breath. For him, there was no need to care about life or death at all.

Little White, the Spirit Cat, put away its crossed legs, yawned, and climbed to its feet.

This cat was extremely intelligent, almost the most intelligent Yao Beast Chen Qing had encountered in this barren land.

Other Yao Beasts either only knew how to fight, or simply had no desire to communicate with him. Only this cat was idle all day, like a lazy fish.

Little White nodded its head and quickly darted in one direction.

— — — —

"Clang!"

With one slash, he severed the head of a Snow Wolf. Chen Qing instinctively retreated a few steps.

At this moment, his entire body was bathed in fresh blood, looking out of place on this snowfield forged from ice.

In his hand, he held a large blade condensed from extreme ice. Blood oozed from the tiger's mouth of his hand, and both his hands trembled continuously.

"Damn it! Little White, you really think highly of me, bringing me into a wolf pack!"

However, this was exactly what he needed now. This wolf pack cooperated extremely well, constantly attacking him while surrounding the giant Snow Wolf King in the center.

He could clearly feel that he was at the end of his rope, his whole body somewhat depleted of strength, and his chest heaved violently.

Hoo~

Not enough! Just a little more!

He still hadn't felt the phenomenon Tong Zhe described to him; he needed to continue pushing himself.

The next moment, he looked at the Snow Wolf King, full of provocation: "Snow Wolf King? You brought so many of your kind to besiege me, and I still managed to kill several of them. Heh heh, nothing special!"

Saying that, he even gave the Snow Wolf King the middle finger!

At this, the Snow Wolf King's eyes flashed with fierce light, and it roared, slamming its front paw onto the ground!

Instantly, an extreme sense of death surged from Chen Qing's heart.

Danger! From underground!

Without warning, a strange energy suddenly surged within him. His depleted body regained strength, propelling his entire being to leap diagonally backward.

"Pfft!"

However, he still couldn't escape the attack.

Chen Qing only felt his body being completely pierced by an unknown object that emerged from underground.

When he woke up again, he was already in the Cultivation room.

This death was more intense than the previous times he was killed by a slit throat, because before, being killed by Little White was usually a fatal blow, but this time he truly fought to exhaustion before being killed.

However, the result also filled him with ecstasy!

[You were killed by the Snow Wolf King using the Ice Soul Spear! Successfully learned the Ice Soul Spear.]

[New Martial Skill: Ice Soul Spear (C) 1/100 (Beginner)]

The new Martial Skill certainly made him happy, but what truly excited him was the next prompt.

[Vitality Index: 0.98]

0.98!

"Finally Broke through! Damn it, I've wasted so much time and money, if I don't Breakthrough soon, I'll be too poor to eat."

Chen Qing looked down at his body, feeling the changes.

"The physical changes aren't too significant, but there's clearly a feeling that it's easier to Cultivate with each breath."

He tried to circulate the "Basic Breathing Technique" and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Cultivation speed has increased by at least 10%! The difference between 0.97 and 0.98 is actually so huge!"

If 0.99 could again add more than 10%, then his future Cultivation speed would be at least 20% faster than others!

This was assuming that others had all reached the limit of 0.97 in the non-Martial Artist stage.

And most people were below 0.95, so the gap in Cultivation speed would be immeasurable, not to mention the upper limit of future Cultivation.

"What if I can reach 1?" Chen Qing showed a smile.

He didn't care anymore, he continued to Cultivate!

This time, he wouldn't come out until he raised his limit to 1!

— — — —

Soon, 6 days passed, and there was less than a day left until the new semester began.

Dorm 404.

Fu Mingyu sat sprawled on the sofa, eating some fruit he got from who knows where.

He had been waiting for Chen Qing here for half a day, but the guy had stayed on the second floor and hadn't come down.

"Damn it, this guy is crazy about Cultivation, he's been locked upstairs for almost a week! Does he even know school starts tomorrow?"

These past few days, he had only received a few sporadic calls from Chen Qing, all asking him to buy medicine.

Aside from those few times picking up medicine, he hadn't seen the guy at all.

Fu Mingyu was speechless; he suspected that if he hadn't come to find him, this guy probably wouldn't even go to class tomorrow.

Just as he was idly scrolling through messages on his phone, footsteps came from the stairs.

From the stairs, Chen Qing, still sleepy-eyed, dragged his exhausted body downstairs.

He casually glanced at Fu Mingyu in the living room and said, "Why are you here? Delivering medicine? I'm out of money, I can't afford it anymore!"