52: Bronze Realm

As he absorbed crystals, Qin Shi's body was continuously strengthened.

More than an hour later.

Name: Qin Shi

Level: Black Iron 9-star

Experience: 1000/1000

Cultivation Method: None

His experience reached 1000, but it stopped increasing.

“Ding, you have reached the limit of humanity. Please continue to absorb 10,000 ordinary crystals to slowly break humanity's limit, elevate your life's essence, and thus advance to the Bronze Realm. Alternatively, absorbing more refined crystals may give you a chance to break through your current bottleneck.”

The game system suddenly displayed this message.

“……..”

He hadn't expected the system to do this; it would likely hinder most people from advancing to the Bronze Realm.

10,000 crystals would probably be impossible for most people to collect in a lifetime.

For Qin Shi, he seemed to have a more convenient option.

With a thought, several blue crystals appeared in his hand.

Aside from the Mutated Zombie he killed with An Qian on the first day, he had kept all the crystals obtained from other Mutated Zombies.

One from the Giant Zombie, one from the Crimson Eagle, one from the intelligent Mutated Zombie in the laboratory, and one from the Rat King.

There were four in total, with the Crimson Eagle's being the largest.

Qin Shi first held the Giant Zombie's crystal in his palm and slowly absorbed the refined energy within it.

As time passed, the crystal gradually shrunk until it disappeared.

Qin Shi felt his heart beating faster, and his body's blood seemed to be circulating rapidly. His body felt like an inflated balloon, with a distended sensation.

He took out the Mutated Zombie's crystal again.

Ten minutes later.

Qin Shi not only felt his entire body filled with power, but his glabella also pulsed continuously, giving him a faint throbbing sensation.

He thought for a moment, then directly took out the Crimson Eagle's largest crystal.

As the refined energy from the crystal entered his body, Qin Shi's body was strengthened to its limit.

Crack!

His body felt as if a layer of shackles had been broken through.

Then, a tiny void formed in his Dantian at his lower abdomen.

The refined energy from the crystal immediately surged into that illusory space, transforming into primal energy that Qin Shi could easily use.

Various energy particles around his body were also slowly absorbed and converted, then stored in this space.

Name: Qin Shi

Level: Bronze 1-star

Experience: 1/2000

Cultivation Method: None

Qin Shi opened his eyes and felt that the entire world was somewhat different.

The roars of zombies in the distance and the shouts of humans nearby clearly entered his ears; the smell of gunpowder, the stench of zombies, and the fresh scent of plants all rushed into his nostrils.

His five senses became more acute, and he could vaguely sense the various energy particles floating around him.

His body was filled with explosive power.

“Boom!”

He clenched his right fist, and it actually produced a sound like a sonic boom.

Qin Shi felt the power surging within his body and estimated that his physical fitness had at least doubled.

His current strength was probably more than ten times that of an ordinary person; a light strike could split mountains and rocks.

“Ding, the first human in the world to reach the Bronze Realm has appeared. This system will now undergo an upgrade.”

“Ding, the first human in the world to reach the Bronze Realm has appeared. This system will now undergo an upgrade.”

“Ding, the first human in the world to reach the Bronze Realm has appeared. This system will now undergo an upgrade.”

The game system repeatedly sent out three notifications in the minds of all humans on Blue Star.

Then Qin Shi received a personal system notification.

“Ding, in recognition of Qin Shi being the first to reach the Bronze Realm, a reward of one Earth-tier cultivation method is granted.”

Then the All Things Entry Refresh System also joined in the excitement.

“Ding, due to the host advancing to the Bronze Realm, the daily refresh count has become 15 times, and the fixed entry count is 6 times.”

“Ding, the host's personal entry count has increased by one.”

Qin Shi first claimed the rewarded cultivation method from the system mail.

Thunderous Nine Heavens: Earth-tier cultivation method, with six layers, can be cultivated to the Diamond Realm, each layer contains unique ultimate moves.

“Do you want to refresh the entries?”

“Refresh.”

One green, one purple, and one orange entry appeared on the Thunderous Nine Heavens manual.

Thunder Must Bring Rain (Green): As long as the host unleashes the Devouring Thunder from Thunderous Nine Heavens, torrential rain will definitely fall within a ten-kilometer radius of the host.

Thunder's Phantom (Purple): Allows the host to summon an energy clone with eighty percent of the host's attack power. The phantom exists for 10 minutes, with a cooldown of one hour.

Devouring Thunder (Orange): Unleashes a powerful lightning storm with lightning-attribute primal energy, covering a radius of one hundred meters.

Thunder's Phantom, Qin Shi was very envious.

However, to have his first orange entry, Qin Shi chose Devouring Thunder.

After adding the entry, Qin Shi opened the Thunderous Nine Heavens manual.

Instantly, the manual transformed into an orange light and flew into Qin Shi's mind.

Qin Shi instantly learned the first layer of Thunderous Nine Heavens.

At the Bronze stage of Thunderous Nine Heavens, he could learn the ultimate move Thunderbolt Thrust.

Thunderbolt Thrust: Swiftly thrusts dozens of swords at targets within a five-meter radius, and attacked targets will be subjected to a certain degree of paralysis.

Qin Shi looked hopefully at the Devouring Thunder move.

And then there was nothing.

His current primal energy simply couldn't unleash the Devouring Thunder ultimate move.

Who said orange was definitely better than purple?

What a miscalculation.

Can the system give me back Thunder's Phantom?

Qin Shi helplessly performed an entry refresh on himself.

One blue and two green entries appeared on him.

Killing Intent (Blue): Causes the host's eyes to carry awe-inspiring killing intent.

Mysterious Smile (Green): It is said that this smile can even charm female zombies.

Abundant Stamina (Green): Grants the host abundant stamina, allowing continuous combat for three days and three nights without fatigue; seven times a night is just a small matter.

None of the three entries were very good, so Qin Shi reluctantly chose the Abundant Stamina entry.

He would replace it later when he refreshed better entries.

He still had one last fixed entry opportunity today, and Qin Shi planned to use it later to see if there was anything good.

He pushed open the car door and stepped out.

The setting sun dyed the sky a fiery red.

With a step, Qin Shi instantly appeared on top of the dirt truck; at that moment, the afterimage beside the sedan slowly disappeared.

“You all go eat something and rest. I’ll stand guard here.”

Qin Shi took the rocket launcher from Zhang Xiaoli’s hand and said.

An Qian and the others handed two to three thousand crystals to Qin Shi, then turned and returned behind the defensive line.

Thunderbolt Thrust!

Qin Shi instantly transformed into countless afterimages, launching direct thrust attacks at the surrounding zombies.

In one second, more than ten zombies around him all fell.

The zombies' heads were all pierced and exploded by a single sword, leaving only headless corpses.

Thunderbolt Thrust! Thunderbolt Thrust! Thunderbolt Thrust!

Qin Shi continuously used Thunderbolt Thrust five times, and the primal energy in his Dantian decreased by half.

From this, it seemed his current primal energy could only unleash ten Thunderbolt Thrusts for now.

With each breath, a trace of primal energy would slowly increase within his body and flow into his Dantian.

With a thought, a crystal appeared in his hand.

As the crystal's energy entered his body, it rapidly converted into his own primal energy, and the primal energy in his Dantian also slowly increased.

Even in combat, Qin Shi could absorb crystals, but the efficiency was not high.

One crystal could restore approximately one percent of his primal energy.

Qin Shi was quite satisfied with this Thunderbolt Thrust move.