27: Chapter 27 Second Martial Arts Arena

This connection was indescribable.

Chen Moxuan felt that the thoughts in his mind could communicate directly with the pitch-black bracelet in his hand, moving it as easily as an extension of his own arm.

With a shift of his mind, the bracelet extended toward his palm like liquid, eventually forming a black longsword shimmering with a metallic luster.

With another thought, the ends of the longsword began to change, forming a black long spear.

Subsequently, the black color faded from the tail of the spear, until the entire body turned silver-white, then instantly turned crimson, and finally returned to pitch black.

"This is still the most unadorned and simple."

Chen Moxuan nodded, collected his thoughts, and the ends of the long spear in his hand dissipated simultaneously, transforming back into the bracelet.

Compared to how the crimson blood battle armor performed in Chen Moxuan's hands, what Liu Kai used seemed like a fake.

The crimson blood battle armor was composed of countless nanobots wrapped in special metallic coatings.

By using the power of Qi and blood to provide energy and transmit signals to the nanobots, it could transform into blades or armor according to established programs.

However, these programs were pre-written at the factory and could not be changed at will or even have their colors altered like Chen Moxuan could.

The crimson blood battle armor controlled by the Mechanical Race consciousness was completely different from before.

Under the control of the Mechanical Race's Xiao Bo, every nanobot could act independently, free from the programs.

Chen Moxuan only needed to convey his inner thoughts to Xiao Bo to arbitrarily change the form of the crimson blood battle armor.

However, since the Materials constituting the nanobots only came in three colors, the color could currently only be switched between black, white, and red.

But combined with the Mechanical Race's ability to consume metal, perhaps it could become a colorful black in the future.

"Let's call this bracelet Black God from now on, how about that, Xiao Bo?"

Chen Moxuan looked at the pitch-black bracelet and tried to communicate with Xiao Bo in his mind.

What he received, however, were meaningless utterances like "Woof, iya, dala."

"Strange, why does talking to it feel like talking to a fool?"

Chen Moxuan remembered that Xiao Bo was quite articulate when it spoke about protocols earlier.

He realized that his understanding of alien races was still too limited, and he needed to cram some knowledge when he had the chance.

Putting aside his doubts, Chen Moxuan stepped out of the room and walked toward the location of the Second Training Ground in his memory.

...

The Second Training Ground of Henghuo Martial Arts School was located on an open space in front of the Training Building.

In the center of the open space was a square martial arts platform. On the left side of the platform, unsharpened cold weapons such as blades, swords, staffs, and spears were neatly arranged.

Chen Moxuan slowly approached the martial arts platform and gradually saw his classmates practicing in batches on the platform.

Some were practicing sword forms, some were practicing punches, and others had gotten into a real fight while sparring, grappling with each other.

At the same time, the tall and burly Peng Jie also saw Chen Moxuan not far away and shouted:

"Brother Xuan, are you back at school for class?"

Peng Jie's shout attracted the attention of several classmates, who stopped what they were doing and immediately surrounded Chen Moxuan.

"Chen Moxuan, you're actually fine after fighting that Lin Muhan!"

"Do you have any internal injuries? This hand of yours isn't a prosthetic, is it?"

"Brother Xuan, when I heard you were going to be a substitute in the competition, I was so prepared to lose you that I bought you an insurance policy. Now it's useless, boo hoo hoo..."

"Are the Blood Race really as terrifying as the rumors say? My mom used to tell me that if I didn't sleep, she'd have the Blood Race take me away and eat me like bread."

"Stop babbling! Tell us, how does it feel?"

Nearly a dozen martial arts students instantly surrounded Chen Moxuan, talking over each other.

Chen Moxuan felt quite a headache. One of the reasons he was a bit reluctant to come to class was that he knew a portion of the students in the class were extremely gossipy.

Such a huge event had occurred in the competition two days ago, and the news on the forum was confusing. Chen Moxuan himself was their best subject for gossip.

He did not like facing this kind of scene.

"Everyone, quiet down!"

Suddenly, a girl with a high ponytail and a heroic air pushed her arms horizontally, separating the crowd.

It was Liu Lan, the class monitor of Traditional Martial Arts Class 2.

"Teacher Ma let you have a self-study session, not to chat here!"

"How much time is left before the Martial Arts Exam? At this rate, you won't even get into a Grade C martial arts university, and all that awaits you is paying to be an apprentice at a martial arts gym!"

After speaking, Liu Lan turned her head and shouted at the two people still grappling on the martial arts platform:

"Miao Ren, Guo Feng, how much longer are you two going to fight!?"

However, those two had clearly gotten into a real fight and couldn't hear a word anyone else said.

The crowd's attention was briefly diverted, and Chen Moxuan found an opportunity to take a step. His figure instantly passed through the crowd and arrived at a corner of the martial arts platform.

There, a boy with a gloomy expression was practicing punches with full concentration, completely unaffected even though the attention of everyone around him had been diverted.

His name was Zhang Chao, the top overachiever in the class. He usually hated practicing in groups and often stayed alone in the corner.

Chen Moxuan's figure appeared there like a ghost. Zhang Chao's eyes widened instantly, his expression complex, and he asked:

"Has your Void Body Step reached Major Achievement?"

"I suppose so." Chen Moxuan nodded slightly in response.

Zhang Chao was silent for a long time and was about to turn back to practice punches when he saw Chen Moxuan sit down, leaning against a stone pillar.

"Are you planning to rest during the self-study session?" Zhang Chao was incredulous, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Uh, is there a problem?"

"There's no point in practicing now." Chen Moxuan said slowly.

He was telling the truth; the Martial Skills he currently mastered had all been trained to Perfection, and as for the Body Refinement Method that left one exhausted, it was not suitable to practice at this time.

Zhang Chao said nothing, just turned around and began to step through the movements of the Void Body Step.

If Zhang Chao was the class's top overachiever, then Chen Moxuan was undoubtedly the second. One could even say that Zhang Chao became the top overachiever just to compete with Chen Moxuan.

If Chen Moxuan stayed behind to train alone until nine o'clock in the evening after school, then he would definitely practice until ten o'clock.

He would practice the Martial Skills Chen Moxuan knew, and he would also practice the Martial Skills Chen Moxuan didn't know.

However, this competition was entirely one-sided on Zhang Chao's part; Chen Moxuan was completely unaware of it.

"Complacent just because your Void Body Step reached Major Achievement, Chen Moxuan, you have fallen..."

Zhang Chao thought to himself, "Just watch me surpass you in minutes, and wake you up once again!"

Thinking this, Zhang Chao felt indignant, and his stance while practicing the Void Body Step became increasingly fierce and ferocious.

Not far away, the crowd saw that Liu Lan had successfully stopped the fight. When they came to their senses, they found that Chen Moxuan was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Chen Moxuan?"

"He's over by Zhang Chao... but let's not go over there for now."

In everyone's eyes, Zhang Chao looked extremely strange. His feet were stepping in weird and exaggerated patterns, and his hands were waving wildly like a madman.

Those who knew the inside story were clear in their hearts that Zhang Chao had been triggered by Chen Moxuan again.

"Just how desperate must one be to step out such frantic martial steps?" someone muttered to themselves.

Feeling guilty, they decided to find another time to go and gossip with Chen Moxuan, and each continued to practice their own Martial Skills.

Chen Moxuan leaned against the stone pillar, his gaze sweeping over the classmates who were practicing martial arts.

After mastering four Martial Skills to Perfection, although he had never been exposed to some people's Martial Skills, he could now roughly understand the way their Qi and blood circulated just by looking at their exertion movements.

A thought suddenly surged into his mind:

"Previously, I always directly analyzed the entire Martial Skill book. What if I directly analyze the Martial Skills others are performing?"

Thinking of it, he did it; Chen Moxuan immediately took the initiative to activate his Special Ability.

The Martial Skills practiced by those students in front of him were one by one analyzed by Chen Moxuan's [All-Things Calculation].

[Unknown Punch Technique, analysis complete]

[Unknown Sword Technique, analysis complete]

[Unknown Palm Technique, analysis complete]

[Unknown Staff Technique, analysis complete]

...

Most of these people's Martial Skill levels were at the Proficiency level, with a few reaching Minor Achievement.

Unlike analyzing the knowledge within Martial Skill books, Chen Moxuan was analyzing the Martial Skills they had mastered themselves, which was much faster.

As the saying goes, once one skill is mastered, all skills are mastered. As the number of Martial Skills Chen Moxuan analyzed increased, the time he needed for analysis became shorter and shorter.

Six minutes later, all the Martial Skills being practiced by the students of Traditional Martial Arts Class 2 had been completely mastered by Chen Moxuan.