14: Chapter 14 Breakthrough to Martial Artist! Fragments of Sealed Memories!

Su Wan was also persisting.

Her condition was better than most, but compared to Lu Cheng, the gap was still clearly visible.

As she ran, she stared at Lu Cheng's back, her eyes gradually narrowing.

Others couldn't tell.

But she was a reincarnator, and her perception of blood energy states was far sharper than that of ordinary students.

Lu Cheng's current blood energy fluctuations were clearly approaching the threshold of a Martial Artist.

Su Wan's heart trembled slightly.

It had only been one day!

Although Lu Cheng had been strong yesterday, he was far from this level.

This was definitely not a normal cultivation speed.

"Could it be... another change that didn't appear in the future?"

Su Wan pursed her lips, feeling a slight sense of loss of control for the first time.

However, she quickly forced herself to calm down.

It wasn't a big problem.

She had already mastered a C-Rank martial art and a movement technique; if she was given a few more days, she could quickly improve her proficiency.

Coupled with the bonus from her S-Rank Talent, she had no reason to lose the comparison in a week!

Thinking of this, Su Wan's eyes became firm once again.

Meanwhile, Xia Xi noticed Su Wan's gaze.

She followed that line of sight and recognized the other person almost instantly.

The girl who had always been by Lu Cheng's side in her dreams of the future.

Su Wan.

Xia Xi's pretty little face immediately tightened; like a cat with its fur standing on end, her sense of vigilance shot up instantly.

The next second, she forced herself to catch her breath, sped up, and ran directly to Lu Cheng's side, almost shoulder-to-shoulder with him.

Her posture was very much like someone protecting their food.

Lu Cheng: "?"

While panting, Xia Xi didn't forget to lift her chin and gesture in Su Wan's direction, as if silently declaring her territory.

Su Wan frowned slightly as she watched this scene.

The daughter of the Xia family.

By the timeline, Xia Wenchi should have indeed been transferred to Rong City two days ago.

But in her previous life, Xia Xi didn't study at No. 3 High School at all, but at a girls' school.

In this life, the changes were indeed becoming more and more frequent.

She withdrew her gaze and didn't look again.

...

By the time the ten laps were finished, a large crowd had already collapsed along the edge of the track.

Some people were slumped on the ground gasping for air, while others simply lay flat, their chests heaving like bellows.

Only six people had truly persisted until the end.

Lu Cheng, Su Wan, Xia Xi, and three other top students who usually had a good foundation.

But even for the other five, they were all panting heavily at this moment.

Only Lu Cheng stood there with his breathing only slightly accelerated; although his chest heaving was somewhat noticeable, his overall condition was still terrifyingly stable.

Countless eyes on and off the field fell upon him.

As if looking at a monster.

"Is he even human?"

"WTF! Lu Cheng, are you a monster?!"

Ma Dachun lay on the ground, and seeing Lu Cheng's relaxed appearance, his face turned green...

Not to mention the students, even the few teachers nearby were stunned.

Liu Haifeng's eye twitched.

He knew Lu Cheng's recent progress was absurd, but he hadn't expected it to be to this extent.

"Interesting..."

Instructor Qin Feng looked at Lu Cheng; his gaze was calm, but clearly held a bit more scrutiny.

He could certainly tell.

This student was not right.

It wasn't the kind of persistence that relied on gritting one's teeth; his physical foundation, breathing rhythm, and blood energy circulation were all far superior to his peers.

Especially after running ten laps, the state where his residual blood energy was still circulating steadily...

He was indeed a good seedling!

"Two minutes of rest."

"Next item: explosive sprints."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a chorus of wails from the ground.

"There's more?!"

"My legs have no feeling left!"

"Instructor, only two minutes of rest after the first item?!"

Instructor Qin Feng said coldly:

"When a ferocious beast in the Wilderness Area chases you, will it give you two hours to rest?"

With that one sentence, everyone shut up.

Two minutes later, the explosive sprints began.

100-meter shuttle runs, five consecutive sets.

Having experienced the torture of the previous long-distance run, some people's movements completely fell apart after rushing out just over ten meters.

Some people's legs gave way during the turn, and they fell directly to the ground.

The screams, gasps, and roars on the playground blended together.

But Lu Cheng was still absurdly steady, firmly at the very front of the group.

As Instructor Qin Feng watched, his gaze deepened a few degrees.

Strong foundation, fast recovery, steady rhythm; if he performed well in the following tasks, he could be recruited into the military.

Following that were push-ups, squats, and core stabilization.

Item after item, barely giving anyone room to breathe.

...

It wasn't until 2:00 PM that Instructor Qin Feng allowed the students to stop; even though Lu Cheng's Guiding Technique had reached the origin, his body couldn't withstand training like this!

His whole body was hot, and sweat was constantly evaporating under the sun's heat.

The playground could no longer be described as just "tired".

A large number of students were sprawled on the ground, and a few with weaker physiques had already been helped to the shade by the soldiers nearby.

Ma Dachun was lying on the ground in a spread-eagled position, his hair stuck to his forehead, cursing weakly.

"This isn't training... this is clearly murder..."

Someone nearby weakly corrected him: "Stop talking... your eyes are about to roll back..."

Ma Dachun tried to lift his hand with difficulty, but he couldn't say anything else.

On the other side, Su Wan was also still standing and hadn't collapsed, though her breathing was noticeably heavier, and the hair on her forehead was dampened by sweat, sticking to her fair cheeks.

Yet her eyes remained very bright.

This kind of extreme, squeezing training was torture for others, but for her, it was nothing; the training she received in her previous life was ten thousand times more exhausting than this.

A high-pressure environment could help with the tempering of blood energy; if not for being too poor and lacking potions, she could have continued to temper herself.

Xia Xi, however, was not so composed at this moment.

Her little face was flushed red, her chest heaving violently, and the back of her school uniform was soaked through with a dark patch of sweat; she was somewhat delirious.

Yet even exhausted to this point, she looked at Lu Cheng first thing and gave him a thumbs up.

"I... I'm okay..."

Lu Cheng gave her a thumbs up: "Then you're truly capable... How about I talk to Instructor Qin Feng and have you do a few extra sets?"

"Don't! I was just talking nonsense..."

With these two sentences, Xia Xi exhausted her remaining energy and slumped to the ground.

Up front, Instructor Qin Feng had already had several soldiers bring over boxes of metal insulated containers.

When the boxes were opened, a rich and slightly bitter medicinal scent immediately wafted out.

Many students who had been sprawled out subconsciously lifted their heads upon smelling it.

Instructor Qin Feng scanned the crowd and said coldly:

"Stop playing dead, come over and collect your medicinal liquid."

"This is a basic body-tempering medicinal liquid specially made by the military, which works best in conjunction with today's training."

"One vial per person, consume it on the spot."

Upon hearing the words "medicinal liquid," the eyes of the students who had been half-dead immediately lit up.

This stuff wasn't cheap.

Ordinary families couldn't afford to buy it, and even if the school occasionally distributed it, it was always a diluted version or a low-grade substitute.

But the ones in front of them, judging by the packaging and scent, were clearly not cheap goods.

The students lined up to collect them.

When it was Lu Cheng's turn, he took the pale red medicinal liquid and could clearly feel an active energy fluctuation contained within it.

Just holding it in his hand, his palm felt vaguely warm.

Not far away, Principal Song Yuanqiao also walked over.

This old principal, who usually appeared to have a rather elegant temperament, couldn't help but show a bit of heartache on his face as he looked at the group of students on the playground who had been trained to the point of falling apart.

"Instructor Qin, is this intensity... a bit too high?"

"After all, they are still just children."

As soon as these words were spoken, the teachers nearby subconsciously looked at Instructor Qin Feng.

To be honest, they were also a bit alarmed.

The training volume today, let alone for high school seniors, many adults might not even be able to endure it.

But upon hearing this, Instructor Qin Feng's expression suddenly turned cold.

"Children?"

He turned his head and looked at Song Yuanqiao, his voice deep and blunt.

"Principal Song, when the savage beasts from the Wilderness Area rush into the city, they won't spare them just because they are young..."

"Recently, the riots of savage beasts outside the city have been gradually increasing, and the pressure on the patrol defense line is growing day by day."

"Letting them suffer a bit more now, and helping them grow up faster, is the only way to be responsible for them."

These words were spoken with great severity.

Song Yuanqiao knew this too; he opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

Instructor Qin Feng waved his hand, looked at the students below, and spoke.

"Consume the medicine."

As the order fell, everyone pulled open the seals of the medicinal liquid and drank it in one gulp.

Lu Cheng didn't hesitate either.

The moment the medicinal liquid entered his mouth, there was first a thick bitterness, which then immediately transformed into a burning, warm current that slid down his throat and rapidly spread to his limbs and bones.

Boom!

The feeling was like a ball of fire exploding inside his body.

The muscles, fascia, and skin that had been pushed to their limits by the training began to absorb and transform crazily under the stimulation of this medicinal power.

Lu Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately operated his Guiding Technique to assist in the absorption.

And his Guiding Technique at the origin level, almost the moment the medicinal power entered his body, began to actively pull, decompose, and temper it, like a shark that had smelled blood.

The efficiency was terrifyingly high.

Lu Cheng could even feel his skin heating up and tightening; it was as if, after being repeatedly tempered, it was constantly approaching a certain critical point.

[Blood Energy Value + 0.3]

[Blood Energy Value + 0.2]

[Blood Energy Value + 0.4]

The notifications popping up in his mind one after another made his heart skip a few beats.

This medicinal liquid combined with extreme training had an effect even more powerful than he had anticipated.

Meanwhile, bursts of exclamations soon came from all around.

"Holy crap! My blood energy increased!"

"It was worth it! Even if I almost died training today, it was worth it!"

The atmosphere on the playground instantly changed from half-dead to excited and ecstatic.

For these students, an increase in blood energy was the most intuitive proof of getting stronger.

They might not be able to increase this much even after hard training for several days, so with one vial of medicinal liquid taking effect immediately, how could they not be excited?

Under the guidance of the Guiding Technique, the medicinal power was absorbed faster and faster, and his blood energy, which was already close to the critical point, began to rise, compress, and condense continuously.

The skin layer of the Body Refining Realm seemed to be thoroughly tempered at this moment.

Immediately after, an invisible barrier inside his body loosened with a boom.

Hum!

Lu Cheng felt his whole body shake, and it seemed as if a layer of blood-red color had appeared on the surface of his skin.

A flash of joy crossed Lu Cheng's eyes.

He had broken through!

At the same time, a memory faintly flashed through Lu Cheng's mind... the person in front of him seemed to be Chu Mu... along with his younger self.

They were in a valley; where was this?

The memory lasted only for an instant, with no other extra information...

Lu Cheng took a deep breath; it seemed that the background of this original host also had some strange aspects.

He didn't dwell on it anymore; right now, he was just a weakling, and if he wanted to survive in this world, he had to hurry up and get stronger.

Almost at the same time, Instructor Qin Feng, standing not far away, narrowed his eyes and looked over.

"This kid... if I remember correctly, the school only held the unified awakening yesterday, right? Today, he has actually broken through to a Martial Artist."

There were some who broke through to Martial Artist before awakening, but they were all children of top families, possessing some special bloodlines.

For the vast majority of people, no matter how many drugs they took, their blood energy progress before awakening was extremely slow; otherwise, Zhou Lize wouldn't have lost to Lu Cheng.

Liu Haifeng was also stunned, and then an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

"Lu Cheng has broken through?!"

The teachers nearby were all shocked.

The students were even more instantly in an uproar.

"Holy sh*t! Lu Cheng has broken through to Martial Artist?!"

And just as the shock of the crowd had not yet dissipated, another strange fluctuation suddenly came from the other side.