195: Powerful and perverted martial arts

Absorbing Skill…

Shen Bei fell silent at the words.

Putting aside the unexpected fact that he could casually pick up books—Martial Skills, no less—in the underground lair.

Shen Bei felt that his cultural level was quite good.

At least… phonetically, the translation had no problems.

It was just that when it came to the specific character conversion, an ambiguity arose.

His original translation had been ‘Suck Big Chicken’…

Shen Bei sniffed, no longer dwelling on his completely irrelevant translation.

He then asked, “Absorbing Skill, what kind of Martial Skill is this? Can humans Cultivate it?”

This was Shen Bei’s concern.

After all, this was a Martial Skill that had not yet been “localized” by human Martial Artists.

In other words, there was a high probability that it was only suitable for Stranger (alien race) and not for humans.

This was also why Shen Bei wasn't overly excited at first.

An alien race’s Martial Skill, no matter how amazing it looked, was useless if it wasn't suitable for human Martial Artists.

One must know that the current Martial Artist system was a path paved with the countless blood and even lives of Seniors.

Shen Bei had no experience being a pioneer, removing the flaws of this Absorbing Skill and adapting it for human Martial Artists.

At this moment, Professor Gu Xinrou squinted her eyes mischievously, peering at him: “As of now, this is a brand new Martial Skill. How difficult it will be to Cultivate depends entirely on you.”

“Moreover, you must Cultivate it. After all, it’s simply too important! According to the scattered words in the Martial Skill, it should be able to directly extract the True Qi of an opponent!”

The last sentence directly shocked Shen Bei.

Extracting the opponent’s True Qi…

Star Absorbing Skill?

Is it that Heaven-Defying?

One must know that for a Martial Artist, attributes are important, but these are merely external basic manifestations.

However, True Qi is related to whether a Martial Skill can undergo a sharp transformation!

It could be said that a Martial Artist without True Qi is like a Devil Fruit user without Conqueror’s Haki.

Completely not on the same level, not in the same Rank.

Furthermore, some Martial Skills have extremely strict requirements for True Qi usage.

For example, erupting flames is a simulation using True Qi.

Without True Qi, this Martial Skill is just a fancy display, and its power plummets dramatically.

And now…

Shen Bei was truly shocked.

The Martial Skill lives up to its name.

Absorbing Skill extracts the enemy’s True Qi!

Hiss~~

One can imagine, in a battle, first absorbing a wave of their True Qi.

Without True Qi, what’s the difference from a super minion?

Wouldn’t the opponent cry to death?

“Beautiful!”

Shen Bei quickly flipped through the Martial Skill, page by page, not missing a single word.

When Shen Bei saw the conditions required for Cultivation.

He was immediately stunned.

Those were Professor Gu Xinrou’s annotations, or perhaps guesses.

“ Stranger (alien race) needs to reach Rank 4?”

“Humans need a Mental attribute of 100 or more?”

Shen Bei scratched his head and looked at Professor Gu Xinrou.

Professor Gu Xinrou explained: “From the perspective of Stranger (alien race), they don’t have the concept of Fourth Dimension Attribute, but after many skirmishes, we humans can deduce that a Rank 4 Stranger (alien race) is not much different from a Four-Rank Martial Artist.”

“And for this Martial Skill, Stranger (alien race) heavily emphasizes ‘Divine Sense,’ which for us humans is the so-called ‘Mental’ attribute.”

“And for human Martial Artists to advance to Four-Rank, they need two real attributes to exceed 100.”

“So, I deduce that to Cultivate this Martial Skill, it’s hard to say if there’s a Rank limit, but a Mental attribute exceeding 100 is definitely the most conservative requirement. This is still a 100% real attribute; if it were based on surface attributes, it would probably need 130 to 150 to be safe.”

“Of course, this is just my guess. For the specific Cultivation process, you’ll have to explore it yourself.”

After hearing this.

Shen Bei felt that Professor Gu Xinrou had clearly put a lot of effort into researching this Martial Skill.

Moreover, her deductions and guesses were logically sound.

It was just that a Mental attribute exceeding 100 was a bit difficult for people.

Shen Bei carefully recalled the content and data on the last attribute test sheet.

It seemed to be…

[Name: Shen Bei]

[Lingnan City Martial Arts University First Year.]

[Strength: 150.]

[Physique: 80.]

[Mental: 50.]

[Agility: 61.]

[Evaluation: Third-Rank Martial Artist ★ ★ ★ ★ ★]

Damn it…

Isn’t that a full half short?

Speaking of which… why did Shen Bei feel that Jian Tong would be better suited to Cultivate this Martial Skill?

Her Mental attribute was quite explosive.

Of course, Shen Bei only thought about it; handing over such an important Martial Skill for someone else to Cultivate would be more painful than killing him.

As for the translator, Professor Gu Xinrou, there was even less to say; she was a complete noob.

His Strength attribute alone could completely crush the sum of her four attributes.

Finally, before Professor Gu Xinrou left, she reminded him again: “Remember, my guesses are just guesses. It’s best to advance to Four-Rank and have your Mental attribute exceed 100 before Cultivating it. Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, I can’t imagine the consequences.”

“Any new Martial Skill’s localization is accompanied by blood and tears. You’ll know if you just look at the history, so I won’t say more.”

“Whether you want to grit your teeth and Cultivate it, or throw it in a corner to gather dust, is entirely up to you.”

Shen Bei saw her to the door, nodded, and didn't say much, watching Professor Gu Xinrou leave.

…

At this moment, Shen Bei was lying on the sofa, flipping through the Martial Skill.

The core essence lies in reversing the universe and stealing others' True Qi for one's own use.

When facing an enemy, the Cultivator can use this skill to forcefully extract the opponent's surging True Qi through special guidance methods and unique Meridians operation paths, converting it into their own Internal Energy.

Cultivation is roughly divided into several steps.

First, the Mental attribute must meet the standard. This is very important, according to Professor Gu Xinrou’s translation.

A strong Mental attribute ensures that when absorbing external force, one's own True Qi will not become disordered.

Moreover, according to Professor Gu Xinrou’s deduction, one must be careful when absorbing the opponent's True Qi.

For Martial Artists with Mental attributes lower than one's own, one can absorb casually, and there will likely be no problems.

For Martial Artists with Mental attributes equal to or close to one's own, one must be a little careful to avoid the True Qi that does not belong to one's own forming a repulsive reaction before it is converted.

For Martial Artists with Mental attributes higher than one's own, avoid absorbing if possible, as it is highly likely to cause problems.

Meridians refinement.

This is a unique set of Meridians different from ordinary Martial Artists. One needs to carefully widen and strengthen these special Meridians according to the Stranger (alien race) Meridians to smoothly receive and refine the absorbed enemy True Qi.

Finally, integration into one.

After successfully absorbing the enemy's True Qi, it needs to be quickly integrated into one's own True Qi, reaching the Realm of “self and other as one.”

During this process, one must maintain a clear mind, allowing the external True Qi and one's own True Qi to blend and become one's own.

Of course, in this process, Professor Gu Xinrou added a new Cultivation method.

That is practical combat tempering.

Under safe and controllable conditions, spar with opponents, gradually trying to use the Absorbing Skill to extract the opponent’s True Qi.

And constantly adjust and optimize the strength and speed of True Qi absorption in actual combat to prevent backlash or self-injury.

After flipping through for a while, Shen Bei now had a general idea in his mind.

The first step, work.

Try to make up all the Mental attributes, only needing to exceed 100.

Not only can he advance to Four-Rank, but he can also Cultivate the Absorbing Skill.

The second step, expand new Meridians, preparing for True Qi absorption.

…

The next day.

Shen Bei woke up early.

The daily settlement panel, after being immersed for many days, reappeared in the corner of Shen Bei’s eye.

[Completed lifeguard work, gained Money +200, Mental +1, Swimming Speed +50%, Free Underwater Breathing.]

Shen Bei was slightly stunned.

The swimming speed reward was not unexpected.

But underwater breathing was a bit interesting.

This wasn’t about how much time he could hold his breath underwater.

It was direct underwater breathing!

“So, I’ve become a handsome merman?”

Shen Bei hissed.

This Fifth Dimension Attribute was simply and powerfully Heaven-Defying!

To put it bluntly, Martial Artists can hold their breath underwater for quite some time.

Starting at 10 minutes, usually around half an hour.

After all, their Physique is strong.

But how many Martial Artists can breathe underwater?

There are certainly Martial Artists who can breathe underwater, but they all use Martial Skills plus True Qi!

Martial Skills change the breathing method, and True Qi converts oxygen to circulate within the body.

But the amount of True Qi is not unlimited; it will eventually be depleted.

But Shen Bei was different… he could breathe directly without consuming any True Qi.

Strength +2.

This time, it’s not +1, it must be +2!

“This job is simply too cost-effective!”

Shen Bei was genuinely shocked; this was his first time obtaining a complete Fifth Dimension Attribute.

Additionally, the rewarded Mental attribute might be due to the girl with the millstone-like waist setting a trap that Shen Bei saw through, causing some mental fluctuations, and thus the rewarded attribute.

A good start.

Still 39 Mental attributes short.

He put on his clothes and went out.

Just do it!

For Shen Bei, academics were no problem.

With Professor Gu Xinrou covering for him, he didn't need to attend classes at all.

Moreover, Professor Gu Xinrou wasn’t focused on making Shen Bei attend classes; she was still researching how to replicate a “Shen Bei.”

Leaving Lingnan City Martial Arts University.

Shen Bei arrived at the Labor Market early, even more proactive than those white-collar workers who clock in.

It truly made those brick-moving, laid-back people feel ashamed.

Soon.

Shen Bei got his first odd job of the day.

Municipal engineering.

Clearing the sewers…