104: Chapter 101 The True Power of the Flying Locust Stone!

Li Changsheng ran his hands over the slightly slippery surface of the stone, testing his grip and finding a suitable angle. He took a deep breath and then gave a swift, powerful lift.

He lifted it effortlessly. With Li Changsheng's current strength combined with the flow of Qi within his body, this bit of weight was truly nothing.

He currently used a one-hundred-jin, adjustable dumbbell for rows when exercising at home.

Unless one were a heavyweight in the fitness circle, doing dumbbell rows with that kind of weight would be impossible.

The Military God could manage one-hundred-kilogram dumbbell rows, but Li Changsheng's current physical condition had not yet reached that level.

And this was perfectly normal; the Military God was naturally gifted in strength, and on top of that, he had trained diligently for many years. After all, being able to become the world number one spoke for itself.

Furthermore, Li Changsheng had no intention of competing with the Military God. His goal was simple: to rely on the System to gradually increase his physical fitness.

The purpose of his training was not to reach his limit, but to let his muscles experience pressure, so he hadn't even utilized his Integrated Force.

If he used his Integrated Force, he reckoned that lifting one hundred eighty or ninety jin would not be a problem.

If it were just lifting, combined with his force-dispelling methods and Standing Stake Internal Skill, six or seven hundred jin would not be an issue.

Different movements had different levels of difficulty, and depending on how force was applied, the explosive power generated could be immense.

Gao Qiang watched from the side, slightly dazed. After thinking about it, he also attempted to pick up a stone.

He did manage to lift it and transport it to the tricycle, but his face was flushed bright red. Looking back at Li Changsheng, he was neither red-faced nor out of breath, and hadn't even broken a sweat.

"Brother Changsheng, the results of your martial arts training are just too good. If I didn't know better, I would have thought you were out there laying bricks every day!"

Gao Qiang was truly puzzled. He had done plenty of manual labor back when he worked with construction teams, yet someone who sat in an office all day was actually stronger than him.

He held a sixty or seventy-jin boulder as if it were a pillow.

"Qiang Zi, you are so content that you've forgotten to return home; your wife must be very happy, right?" Li Changsheng teased with a smile, instantly causing Gao Qiang to turn bright red.

Pointing at Gao Qiang's increasingly thinning hairline, Li Changsheng sighed, "Qiang Zi, start practicing the Vajra Longevity Qigong as soon as possible. Also, you must remember to exercise restraint!"

Although there were many reasons for hair loss, seeing Gao Qiang's unsteady legs, it was likely related to that aspect of his life.

"Nonsense, my hair loss is hereditary!"

Gao Qiang turned his head away, feeling flustered. Having this kind of thing pointed out directly by a good brother was indeed a bit awkward.

For several days in a row, Li Changsheng would set aside an hour or two to help Gao Qiang move stones.

He needed quite a few stones for his fish pond, and there was no need to spend money to buy them.

Therefore, for these past few days, the two had agreed to move stones for two hours every morning.

"Brother Changsheng, that's about it. We have enough stones."

After loading the last cart of stones, Gao Qiang waved his hand repeatedly.

"Alright, then you go back first. I'll rest here for a while."

After seeing Gao Qiang off, Li Changsheng squatted on a giant rock, weighing a few Flying Locust Stones in his hand.

Of course, he wasn't going to rest; this bit of manual labor was nothing to him.

He was mainly just itching to test things out. Seeing so many materials here, he wanted to use Plucking Flowers and Flying Leaves to test the power of the Flying Locust Stone.

He gently bounced the stones in his hand. The next instant, he flicked his wrist sharply, like a cracking whip. The air let out a sharp bang, and a moment later, a whistling sound came from not far away as the stone pierced the air.

Li Changsheng narrowed his eyes and focused on a spot twenty or thirty meters away, seeing a sharp Flying Locust Stone embedded in the middle of a nearby tree trunk.

The Flying Locust Stone was now deeply embedded in the trunk, and quite a few wood chips and splinters had been blasted away by the fierce force.

It was just like an armor-piercing bullet fired in a spiral; one could see that the wood chips and splinters formed a spiral structure. Because it was a spiraling force, the area of destruction was larger.

Thus, one could see that the damaged surface of the trunk was circular and the size of a palm. In the core area, the Flying Locust Stone was embedded seven or eight centimeters deep, nearly piercing through the tree.

However, the immense force also caused the tree to tremble slightly, and leaves fell down with a rustling sound.

"If this hit a person, I'm afraid it would take away a large chunk of flesh."

Li Changsheng clicked his tongue in wonder. This thing was certainly inferior to an armor-piercing bullet, but if it hit a human body, it would definitely cripple a person in one shot.

If it hit a vital spot, it would be fatal on the spot.

This strike of his had utilized the spiral force technique from Xingyi, combined with the explosive power of Integrated Force; it was equivalent to adding a critical hit and a grievous injury buff.

"No wonder Great Master Du Xinwu used it to assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi; it's truly a Sharp Weapon for killing."

With Card Throwing, one had to hit vital spots like the throat, but with this thing, if you hit the chest, the spreading spiral force would directly cause massive damage to the heart and lungs, making it too late for emergency treatment.

If it hit a leg, that leg would be completely crippled.

"Unless absolutely necessary, this thing must never be used against people."

As long as one selected a sharper Flying Locust Stone, its lethality was unmatched by most bullets—though, of course, that was only in the hands of an expert in hidden weapons like Li Changsheng.

He tried a few more times, and almost every time, it demonstrated explosive power. When the Flying Locust Stone hit a giant rock, although it was smashed to pieces, one could see that the impact point on the giant rock still showed significant damage.

It was like an awl, drilling a clear dent into the surface of the giant rock.

"That's enough."

Clapping his hands, Li Changsheng decided to leave. He had had his fun; Card Throwing was nowhere near as interesting as this.

It was quite difficult to find stones like this in Shenzhen, and besides, if he broke any public facilities, he wouldn't just have to pay for the damages—he would also have to go in and be taught a lesson.

Here, he could just use materials on the spot; nature was free to be used.

Uh... this wouldn't be some protected tree, would it?

Li Changsheng hurriedly went forward to check, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

It wasn't. It seemed to have been planted here by Third Grandpa. He remembered watching Third Grandpa carry saplings to the foot of the mountain when he was a child; he hadn't expected it to have grown so big after all these years.

Huh!

"What is this?"

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, Li Changsheng noticed a mark on the side of the large tree that had obviously been made by a sharp object.

"Did I accidentally scratch it when I missed just now? No, that's not right!"

Suddenly, Li Changsheng was stunned to discover that it wasn't just this tree; further inside, many trees had similar scratch marks.

He made a rough estimate; one could see such a clear scratch mark every ten trees or so.

He touched the scratch mark.

"The scratch is very new, it seems to be within this month. Could it be hikers going up the mountain? But although this area belongs to the tourist zone, who would come here for no reason?"

This left Li Changsheng feeling very suspicious. Logically speaking, if one wanted to go to Wudang Mountain, taking the main road would suffice.

There were all kinds of hiking facilities over there, and supply stations along the way. But this, strictly speaking, was the back mountain. Going around to the main entrance of Wudang Mountain would take a lot of effort.

What's more, what could there be in here?

Could it be poachers?

"If I remember correctly, many people were arrested here before for poaching macaques."

Moreover, there were many protected animals in the vicinity of Wudang Mountain. Some of the more famous ones included leopards, otters, Asiatic golden cats, Reeves's pheasants, golden pheasants, Chinese monals, and crested goshawks.

These were all "sewing machine animals." If you dared to touch them, you would receive the "sewing machine package." If you poached as a group, you would basically be debuting as a "sewing machine band."