108: Chapter 18 Copper Sheet Completed!!!

After class, Qin Yan did not head to the Sixth Institute.

Instead, he walked straight toward the direction of "Mechanism Alley."

Since his Body Tempering Martial Art had reached perfection, it was time to start making up for those lagging practical combat academic credits.

By virtue of his status as a Key Class student, he smoothly passed the identity verification and stepped into that "Mechanism Alley."

What appeared before his eyes was a deep, straight, long passage that seemed endless at a glance.

The alley was more spacious than he had imagined, with a width of about four or five meters.

The height also exceeded seven meters, and the floor and side walls were all made of a certain hard, dark green stone material.

Qin Yan took a deep breath and stepped forward to a position about one-third of the way into the alley and stood still.

Then he nodded to the staff member guarding the entrance, indicating that he was ready.

“Mechanism Alley challenge, begin!”

The staff member's voice rang out.

Almost the instant the voice fell—

“Swoosh!”

A sharp sound of breaking air suddenly erupted from the right side of Qin Yan's body!

A pitch-black, non-reflective short crossbow bolt.

It shot out like lightning from an extremely well-hidden crack in the wall, aiming straight for his ribs!

Qin Yan's spirit was highly concentrated, and his ears twitched slightly.

His footwork was like a ghost as he slid gently to the left.

The bolt grazed the edge of his clothes and flew past, with a 'thud' it nailed itself into the opposite wall, the fletching still trembling incessantly.

However, before he could even catch his breath—

“Click!” A stone slab beneath his feet sank down without any warning!

From above his head, an iron net covered in barbs fell with the sound of wind!

On the front wall, several holes suddenly opened, spraying out a green mist with a pungent odor!

To the left, a huge metal pendulum that would require two people to encircle with their arms swept across with an unstoppable momentum!

In an instant, from up and down, left and right, front and back.

All sorts of insidious, tricky, and perfectly coordinated mechanism traps.

They shrouded toward Qin Yan like a violent storm!

The trickiness of the angles, the ruthlessness of the timing, and the precision of the coordination far exceeded his imagination!

Qin Yan's pupils shrank slightly as he pushed his reaction speed to the limit.

At times, he rolled low like a nimble cat to avoid the sweeping pendulum;

At times, he leaped like an ape, using the edge of the sinking stone slab for leverage;

At times, he had to hold his breath and weave through the pervasive poison mist by feel...

For the first five minutes, relying on his powerful body control and keen perception, he narrowly avoided all attacks.

However, the design of this Mechanism Alley was clearly meant to squeeze a martial artist's reaction potential to the limit.

After holding on for five minutes.

After consecutively evading over a dozen waves of attacks, a very slight lapse occurred in Qin Yan's spirit.

In that split second, a small impact hammer popping out from an extremely hidden angle smashed firmly against his back!

“Bang!”

A significant force was transmitted.

Qin Yan's figure stumbled, and he rushed forward two steps before stabilizing himself.

“Challenge failed! Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds.”

A cold electronic voice sounded, and all mechanisms stopped instantly, returning to their original state.

“This Mechanism Alley... as expected of its reputation, it really has something to it.”

Qin Yan rubbed his aching back, grimacing as he sighed.

The mechanisms here did not rely on brute force but were full of intelligence and calculation, specifically targeting a martial artist's habits and weaknesses.

He was not discouraged and walked to the rest area at the entrance of the alley.

After a brief meditation to regulate his breathing, he reviewed the details of his mistake just now.

Fifteen minutes later, feeling his state had recovered, Qin Yan stepped into Mechanism Alley again.

“Begin!”

It was another new round of "baptism."

With the experience from the first time, Qin Yan handled it more calmly.

He also had some anticipation for some common mechanism combinations.

Ten minutes later, due to a misjudgment of a series of trapdoor traps, his left foot was pinched.

Although he was not injured thanks to his powerful flesh and skin.

But the rules judged that he had been hit, and the challenge failed again.

“Compared to last time, there's progress.”

Qin Yan looked at the recorded "1 minute 03 seconds" and encouraged himself.

He could feel that under this high-intensity stress training.

His nerve reaction speed and his body's instinctive evasion ability were being rapidly tempered.

For the entire following morning, Qin Yan almost soaked himself in Mechanism Alley.

Entering again and again, and being "sent" out by all kinds of unexpected mechanisms again and again.

Sweat soaked his clothes, and many blue and purple marks were added all over his body.

But his eyes grew brighter and brighter, and his movement techniques became more and more agile and efficient.

When he left Mechanism Alley, his personal record had been refreshed to—forty minutes!

Looking at the result displayed on his bracelet, Qin Yan couldn't help but sigh again: “This Mechanism Alley is indeed a good place to hone reactions and movement techniques, the effect is remarkable!”

“It seems I can temporarily put aside alchemy for the next few days and prioritize getting the full academic credits for Mechanism Alley first.”

He quickly adjusted his plan.

Returning to the manor in the afternoon, Qin Yan checked his academic credits balance.

【academic credits Balance: 674 points.】

Persisting for forty minutes in Mechanism Alley today brought him a cumulative first-clear reward of 10 academic credits.

This was equivalent to his income from two days of hard work refining pills!

However, alchemy was always available, but Mechanism Alley was not.

He did not hesitate and logged into the resource library again.

He exchanged for 4 portions of golden body marrow.

This was the key resource for the rapid improvement of his skin and flesh realm.

【Ding! Payment successful, 32 academic credits deducted.】

In a short while, the four portions of golden body marrow were delivered.

Qin Yan immediately went to the second floor, skillfully prepared the Golden Body Medicinal Bath, and then threw one portion of golden body marrow into it.

The marrow slowly swirled and melted in the pale gold medicinal liquid, releasing even more pure and majestic medicinal power.

It elevated the effect of the medicinal bath to a brand new level.

Qin Yan soaked in it, enduring that familiar, intense pain like ten thousand needles piercing, as he bore the medicinal power's frantic tempering.

After absorbing the medicinal power, Qin Yan immediately threw himself into the Spear Technique cultivation on the third floor.

Guiding his qi and blood, tempering his skin and flesh, he maximized the effect of the golden body marrow.

Under this almost insane cultivation rhythm, time flew by.

Two days later.

Inside the cultivation room, the qi and blood around Qin Yan's body surged violently like boiling water!

A clear and stable bronze luster appeared on his skin, as if he were wearing a layer of bronze battle armor.

It lasted for a moment before slowly withdrawing inward.

The eighth Skin Tempering, complete!

The realm of Copper Skin, attained!

“This speed... is too fast!”

It took only three days to complete the eighth Skin Tempering!

But on second thought, it seemed to be within reason.

The super high efficiency brought by the perfection realm of the top-tier Body Tempering Martial Art, the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear.

Plus the strong boost from a top-grade resource like golden body marrow.

Coupled with the daily uninterrupted assistance of medicinal baths, body tempering pills, and qi and blood pills...

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